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Louis Shotridge Digital Archive Project

Curatorial Section

American

Research Discipline

Ethnography

Dates

1915 - 1932

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Louis Shotridge Digital Archive was created to make the remarkable Shotridge collection accessible to scholars, students, and community leaders interested in learning more about Southeastern Alaskan Native history and culture.

Location Information

Louis Shotridge collected among his own Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska.

Time Period Studied

Louis Shotridge worked for the Museum for two decades, from 1913-1932.

Researcher(s)

Lucy Fowler Williams, Penn Museum
Robert Preucel, Penn Museum

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Project Overview

Penn Museum’s American Section developed this digital archive of its Tlingit collections acquired by Louis Shotridge. The Museum’s only indigenous Curator, Shotridge worked for Penn from 1913-1932. His goal was to preserve Tlingit history and art and he acquired exceptional collections for the Penn Museum. The digital archive makes available Shotridge’s 500 objects, 3,000 pages of research notes, and 500 photographs available to our Tlingit and world audiences through a searchable website.

Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), project partners include the Penn Library’s Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image (SCETI), the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and the Alaska State Library.

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Research Access to the Collections

The Penn Museum welcomes and encourages researchers to make use of its collections, including objects from all over the world, as well as extensive photographic, film, and document archives.

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