KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY

Pictogram on Volume 14 of The Native American Indian by Edward Curtis

The Curtis Legacy Foundation™ is the centralized reference source for scholars, researchers, authors, and others who are interesting in finding out more about Edward S. Curtis. We collect and publish historical documents, scholarly articles, Curtis family stories, and other materials that are difficult or impossible to find elsewhere.

Here's a guide to the resources we're currently providing on our website.

Curtis Bibliography

We have the most detailed bibliography of writings and other media by and about Edward Curtis and The North American Indian.

Films and Videos

Here are some of the recent videos about Edward S. Curtis that are now available online.

Stone Houses article writen by Edward Curtis

Other Writings by Curtis

Before and during his work on The North American Indian, Edward Curtis wrote more than a dozen articles about photography and about some of the Native Peoples he visited.

The Curtis Census

Learn about our efforts to identify and locate every set of the Curtis masterpiece, The North American Indian.

Prospectuses

To promote The North American Indian to potential high-end clients, Curtis published elegant prospectuses for publication.
We have seven different versions in PDF form.

Screen Shot of Research Archives page, the primary archives of materials produced by Edward Curtis during the course of his work.

Other Research Archives

For anyone interested in doing original research on Curtis or The North American Indian, here are the primary archives of materials produced by Curtis during the course of his work.

A photograph of the entire North American Indian bound book collection.

Research Documents

Historical documents and recent research about Curtis and his work by contemporary scholars, historians, and authors.

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