Archive Grid and CAMIO - take 2

Now that I can access the databases, let me tell you what I learned about Sitting Bull:

• AKA Tatanka Iyotake, Tatanka Iyotanka, Ta-Tanka-I-Yotan
• Native American shaman from the mid to late 1800s
• fought against the Crow Indians
• wounded in battle on several occasions
• opposed the encroachment of the white man
•  led Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against US soldiers of the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn
• after battle, led tribe into Canada where they lived until surrendering to the US
• after capture, toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show
• killed in 1890 while resisting arrest for Ghost Dancing

This artifact is held at the Cornell University Library.

I searched on Monet and got 198 entries. There were such things as letters, exhibition catalogues, bills, artist files, books in French, miscellaneous uncatalogued material, institutional files including clippings and reviews of an exhibition, and special collections of research work. The institutions included the Brooklyn Museum, MOMA New York, The University of Virginia, the Research Library of the Getty Research Institute, the National Gallery of Art, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, and the Smithsonian Institute. Each entry had similar information as the Sitting Bull autograph card, there was information on the holdings and contact information for the institution. If you were doing research on a specific subject, this would be a great place to begin your search although I suspect your would need to be independently wealthy to visit all the institutions who had items of interest, could be kind of fun though!

In CAMIO my search on Paul Revere turned up many objects such as teaspoons, tea urns, sugar bowl, cream pots, a sauceboat, goblet, wine quart and Federal style tea service; in short, everything you might expect a master silversmith to make.

My Sioux search brought up 63 works including artifacts of and made by the Sioux and art done by and about the Sioux. There were beaded artifacts, like a shirt and gauntlet and doll, sculpture, jewelry, drawings, paintings, and photographs. Each entry included the what, where, dates, format, size, a good photo, and copyrights.

I searched on Nampeyo, a famous Hopi potter. There were 4 results and each included the what, where, dates, format, size, picture and copyrights.

Let me just say that these are incredible photos of the object, high resolution, very nice! I think one might be able to use this site for research and information gathering if your were looking for a specific artist. It could also be used for educational purposes or your own pleasure, but the entries I looked at were very specific that the images not be used for public purposes.

For my search I continued with the Hopi theme and selected the pots as my favorites. The slideshow is very cool, as are the comparison tools. I'm not sure what I would use the web page feature for - could you add it to your library webpage for special events or would that violate copyright issues? Pretty fun little interactive tool!