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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M83- 25
Creator: Peithmann, Irvin M.
Title, Dates: Irvin Peithmann photographic collection, 1930-1960 (bulk 1950-1960).
Amount: 1.25 cubic ft.
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Unarranged.
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Biographical/Historical:     Irvin M. Peithmann (1904-1981) was an archaeologist, historian, and educator. He was born in Hoyleton, Illinois to Edward and Sarah Jane (Smith) Peithman and he married Leona Ruth Hendricks on March 20, 1926. Together they had two sons: Albert D. and Russell I.

    Peithmann spent most of his life studying the archaeological remains of pre-historic Indians in Southern Illinois. In 1931 he joined the staff of Southern Illinois University and became Curator of Archeology at the SIU Museum in 1949. During a leave of absence from SIU, Peithmann established a research base in St. Petersburg, Florida, from which he made field trips and conducted extensive research on the Seminole Indians. This research resulted in his 1957 book, "The Unconquered Seminole Indians: A Pictorial History of the Seminole Indians."

Summary:     This collection consists of photographs, negatives, and slides of Seminole Indians in Florida that Irvin M. Peithmann took, primarily in the 1950s. The images document Seminole life on the Brighton and Big Cypress Indian Reservations in southern Florida. The collection also includes some 1930s black and white negatives and prints by photographer Bob Becker, whose images Peithmann used in his published writings on the Seminoles. In addition, there are clippings about the Seminoles and Peithmann's work (photographic shows and books), screened (PMT) prints of photographs used in Peithmann's books, and some biographical material.

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Additional Physical Form: Images from this collection have been digitized and are avilable on the Florida Memory web site: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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Publication Note: Several of the photos in this collection are published in Peithmann's book, "The Unconquered Seminole Indians: A Pictorial History of the Seminole Indians" (St. Petersburg, Florida, Great Outdoors Association, 1957).
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Electronic Records Access: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
Subject Access Fields: Peithmann, Irvin M.
Indian reservations Florida
Indians of North America Florida
Photography
Seminole Indians.
Photographs. aat
Negatives. aat
Slides. aat
Big Cypress Reservation (Fla.)
Brighton Reservation (Fla.)
Added Entries Peithmann, Irvin M.