Supervisor Bristol and Some of the Extension Inspecting a Field of Alfalfa, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Supervisor Bristol and Some of the Extension Inspecting a Field of Alfafa that had Been Eaten Bare by the Morman Crickets": Supervisor Bristol watches over as Extension workers squat near the ground to perform soil tests on a barren alfalfa field after a plague of Morman crickets. All three men are dressed in cotton shirts and pants.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Originals: b&w glossy photograph
Date of Creation:
1936
Physical Details:
One of two black and white glossy photographs placed in brackets, attached to a page in report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #9081.1
External Links:
Provenance:
The photographs in this collection were published in the annual reports of the extension agent for the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry at the Crow Reservation. (The text of the reports has not yet been added to the CIVAM collection.) The report photographs were copied by Cindy Ott at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. in March 2015. Cindy Ott organized three exhibitions of a dozen of the photographs at senior centers in the towns of Crow Agency, Lodge Grass, and Pryor on the Crow reservation in summer 2017. (Catalog records of individual photographs document which ones were exhibited.)
Citation:
Charles S. Runyan, Agricultural Agent, U.S. Dept of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field Service, “Annual Report of Division of Extension and Industry: Crow Reservation; To Director of Extension and Industry; From January 1, 1936 to December 31, 1936.” Records of Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 75), Central Classified Files, 1907-39; Crow; 40761-1912-.023.1 To 130-1936-031; Box 2: PI-163 E-121 HM 2001. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. CIVAM-NARA #9081.1
Creators:
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Charles S. Runyan
Keywords:
1930's
American Indian/White relations
Black & white image
Crow Indian Reservation
Farming
Mormon Crickets
image
1930s
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Bristol
Division Extension & Industry
Farms
Mountain
Agriculutural Agents
Big Horn County
Supervisor
Dry land farming
Group photograph
Photograph
Alfalfa
Montana
Crops
Extension Agents
Men
Runyan, Charles S.