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Performing ArchiveMain MenuVisualizing the “Vanishing Race”: the photogravures of Edward S. CurtisFront Page for Visualizing the "Vanishing Race" pathCurtis' Image and Life: The Network of The North American Indian, Inc.An experiment with data visualization approach to understand and contextualize Curtis' images and his lifeMedia, Technology and MediationsCurtis's Technology, Relationships to Media and StyleContextualizing Curtis, The North American Indian, and Racethe collection of essays from the contributorsConsulting with Tribes as Part of Archive DevelopmentIntroduction to Consulting with Tribes by Ulia GosartContributing ArchivesInformation on how to participate in Performing ArchiveBrowsing the MediaA path of paths that allow users to cut through the collection in a variety of ways.Acknowledgements and Project InformationProject NetworkJacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8David J. Kim18723eee6e5a79c8d8823c02b7b02cb2319ee0f1Stephan Schonberg23744229577bdc62e9a8c09d3492541be754e1efAmy Borsukc533a79d33d48cbf428e1160c2edc0b38c50db19Beatrice Schustera02047525b31e94c1336b01e99d7f4f758870500Heather Blackmored0a2bf9f2053b3c0505d20108092251fc75010bfUlia Gosart (Popova)67c984897e6357dbeeac6a13141c0defe5ef3403
Who's "Vanishing"? - Curtis' Ideas on Race and his Work
12018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637294821Introduction to "Who's Vanishing?" by Ulia Gosartplain2018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
Ulia Gosart, Independent scholar
"Vanishing Race" is the first image in the first portfolio of photogravure images (as opposed to the illustrations) that are the heart of the 20 volume The North American Indian. The image graphically expresses a popular belief, referred to as the "vanishing race" metaphor, that American Indians were destined to disappear due to the progressive laws of historical development, and as such, must be preserved and protected as artifacts of history. The vanishing metaphor also captures the sad reality of the rapid decline of Indian population as the result of military conquest, removal, and systematic oppression. At the turn of the century 20th, the American Indian population reached its lowest number of 237,000, with the estimated population decline from the end of the 15th century to 1900 being close to 85 percent.1
We invite you to explore the following short essays to learn more of the idea of the Vanishing Race that conclude with the thematic quotes of some of the contemporaries of Curtis, a bibliography of key works on race, and of thematic contemporary works and a gallery.
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12018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Contextualizing Curtis, The North American Indian, and RaceErik Loyer2the collection of essays from the contributorsplain2018-03-16T21:34:50-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
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12018-03-16T21:12:54-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637The Idea of the Vanishing Race1First essay on historical context for Curtis' "vanishing race" idea by Ulia Gosartplain2018-03-16T21:12:54-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:53-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Gathering "Types"1Second essay on historical context for Curtis' "vanishing race" idea by Ulia Gosartplain2018-03-16T21:12:53-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637In the Words of His Peers1Selected quotations contemporary to Curtis' work collected by Ulia Gosartplain2018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:54-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Historical Readings1Major works in development of the idea of raceplain2018-03-16T21:12:54-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:13:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Race & American Indians Endnotes and Bibliography1Selected bibliography of contemporary works on race, created by Ulia Gosartplain2018-03-16T21:13:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Vanishing Race Gallery1Selected images relating to the "vanishing race" theme; by Ulia Gosartstructured_gallery2018-03-16T21:11:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
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12018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Vanishing race - Navaho1The thought which this picture is meant to convey is that the Indians as a race, already shorn in their tribal strength and stripped of their primitive dress, are passing into the darkness of an unknown future. Feeling that the picture expresses so much of the thought that inspired the entire work, the author has chosen it as the first of the series.plain2018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00
