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Benjamin Morris Thomas Collection, 1863 -
1928
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Collection Summary | ||
| Title | Benjamin Morris Thomas Collection | |
| Dates (Inclusive) | 1863 - 1928 | |
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| Collection Number | PAC 025 | |
| Size | 1 linear foot | |
| Repository | Palace of the Governors Photo Archives | |
| Languages | English | |
Biographical Information
Benjamin Morris Thomas, a Santa Fe dentist and Republican Territorial Secretary, moved to New Mexico from Indiana in 1870 with William Crothers who was stationed at Fort Wingate as an Indian agent. Thomas suffered from a pulmonary illness as did Crothers. As a result he assisted his friend with his duties until taking a position in the Indian Service in 1871. Following his years as an Agency Farmer with the Navajo he held positions working with the Mimbres and Jicarilla Apache, Ute and the Pueblo Indians (1874-1893) of New Mexico. An advocate of the self-sufficient Pueblo Indians way of life, he fought U.S. government policy which tended to benefit the more nomadic tribes, to allocate more funding for the Pueblo communities. Along with his school teacher wife he was interested in education as a way of assimilating Pueblo children, including boarding schools to remove them from home influences. He served as New Mexico Territorial Secretary from 1888 to 1892. Also a trained dentist he returned to Santa Fe in 1888 to set up practice and died there in 1892.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of some 300 early images by various photographers of primarily southwestern Indian subjects, printed in a variety of formats and sizes (cabinet cards, stereos, boudoir cards, etc.) from the 1870s through 1912. Original collection by B.M. Thomas was added to by his son Bradley M. Thomas following Benjamin’s death. Photographs are itemized by negative number followed title or description. Mnay of these images have been posted on the Palace of the Governors Photo Archive online digitized collection at http://econtent.unm.edu/cdm4/indexpg.php.
Collection Available Online
A selection of Benjamin Morris Thomas Collection images are available at New Mexico's Digital Collections
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Researchers may examine material in collection under supervised conditions in the Reading Room upon approval of application
Copy Restrictions
Permission to publish must be obtained from Photo Archives. Online Request Permission form available at: http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/photo_request.html. User responsible for all copyright compliance.
Preferred Citation
Benjamin Morris Thomas Collection, Courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA) followed by negative number
Related Material
Benjamin Morris Thomas manuscript and document collection AC 221 Fray Angelico Chavez History Library. 38 photographs by John K. Hillers moved to PAC 020. 12 photographs by William Henry Jackson moved to PAC 019
Access Terms
Indians, North America -- Arizona
Indians, North America -- Education
Indians, North America -- New Mexico
Contents List
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Carlisle Industrial Indian School, Students 87569 Two Indian boys 87570 Two Indian boys 87561 Group of 34 Indians students 87572 Seven Indian students 87571 Two Indian boys 87568 Four Zuni students 87565 Group of Sioux boys 87560 Group of 19 "Noted Indian Chiefs" 87566 Group of Indian girls 87577 Three Mescalero Apache boys 89078 Three San Felipe Pueblo boys |
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Carlisle Industrial Indian School - Stereos 87574 Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowas students 87575 Three Pine Ridge Sious students 87576 Three Pine Ridge sious students 87579 Four Rosebud Sioux students 87577 Two Rosebud Sioux students 87578 Five Rosebud Sioux boys 87580 Rosebud Sioux students 87581 Four Rosebud Sioux boys |
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Portraits, Indians and Agents 87559 Taos Pueblo man in doorway 87554 Ute Indians and agents, Abiquiu Agency 87555 Ute Indians and agents, Abiquiu Agency 59625 Indian agent Frank Cushing 87573 Captain Pratt and Feather Tail with ladies 87558 Mescalero Apaches and agent, Albuquerque 15894 Mescalero Chief San Juan and son, Albuquerque 70544 Pueblo woman carrying water (stereo) 87556 Taos Pueblo group |
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Indian Portraits I 87545 José Pocati (Yuma) 87547 Augustine Vigil (Jicarilla Apache) 87548 Huerito (Jicarilla Apache) 87551 Santiago Largo (Jicarilla Apache) 87546 Augustine Vigil (Jicarilla Apache 11761 Geronimo (Chiricahua Apache) 87553 Juan de Jesus Romero (Taos) 16131 Kiowa Chief Big Bow and two Kiowa men, Santa Fe 15892 Geronimo 59723 Manuelito Chonii(sp?) (Navajo) 59724 Manuelito Chiquito (Navajo) 43501 Tom Toslino (Navajo), Carlisle School 132197 Mangas (Warm Springs Apache) 87562 Navajo group at Carlisle School |
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Indian Portraits II 87532 Nic-A-Rash or British (Iowa) 87533 "Sleeping Wolf and Squaw" (Kiowa) 87531 Black Beaver (Delaware) 87530 Drunken Terrapin (Creek) 87550 Santiago Largo (Jicarilla Apache) 87549 Huerto (Jicarilla Apache) 15949 Manuelito (Navajo) 58631 Ouray, Chief of Utes and Otto Mears 59435 Juanita (Navajo) 87536 Pipe Stem (Otoe) 3328 Two Pawnee men 87537 Luis Morague (Pima) 87544 Oscar (Wasco) 87543 Semeo (Warm Springs) 87541 Oligario (Temecula) 87542 Long Soldier (Waco) 87540 George Harvey (Rogue River) 87539 Antonio José Atencio (San Juan Pueblo) 87538 Iron Whip (Ponca) 87535 Mohanuzhe, Standing Bent |
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New Mexico 132191 Proposed Women's Board of Trade Library - postcard 132192 Fine Arts Museum - postcard 93605 Elk's Home, Las Vegas - postcard 118546 Palace of the Governors - stereo 4356 Adolph Bandelier at Santo Domingo Pueblo 4357 Santo Domingo Pueblo 4360 Santo Domingo from top of old mission church 14391 Adolph Bandelier at Santo Domingo mission church 4253 Adloph Bandelier next to kiva, Santo Domingo 2140 Adolph Bandelier on footbridge, Santo Domingo |
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Miscellaneous Portraits 132182 Captains Windle, Comstock, Henry and Ford - CdV 59624 Adloph Bandelier 132198 Unidentified man 59623 Esther Virginia Bradley (Mrs. Thomas) 59627 Old Round Tower, Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
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Miscellaneous family photos, postcards, photos of Santo Domingo Corn Dance, envelopes |
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Family photographs and negatives, unidentified #189570 - 189606 |
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Miscellaneous photographs, Arkansas, cliff dwellings, CdV of B.M. Thomas, several other portraits of B.M. Thomas, family photographs |
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Tintype, daguerreotype (Richard Hayden Penn with personal slave) and glass mounted photo |
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Stereocard landscapes of the West, Rocky Mountains, La Porte Indiana, Yellowstone and other miscellaneous |
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Stereocard landscapes of the West, Rocky Mountains, La Porte Indiana, Yellowstone and other miscellaneous |
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Stereocard landscapes of the West, Rocky Mountains, La Porte Indiana, Yellowstone and other miscellaneous |
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Large Prints 87507 San Xavier Del Bac church near Tucson 87508 San Xavier Del Bac church interior 87506 Rendering of Thomas home 87510 Thomas home on Washington Street 5 photographs of home and gardens in Indiana by Lee Brothers 87564 Sioux students at Carlisle School 87565 Sioux students at Carlisle School 87566 Students at Carlisle School 87563 Sioux student at Carlisle School 87513 Indian delegation at Corcoran Gallery in Washington 59724 Manuelito Chiquito at Carlisle School 87512 Jicarilla Apache delegation at Corcoran Gallery in Washington 87511 Jicarilla Apache delegation at Corcoran Gallery in Washington |
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Oversize Cabinet 3, Drawer 2 163547 Group of young men |
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