Photographs of Round Valley Indian Reservation, CaliforniaChesnut, V. K. (Victor King), 1867-1938ca. 1898.engAlbums of photographic prints compiled by ethnobotanist Victor King Chesnut of Yuki Indians, Wailaki Indians, and botanical specimens on the Round Valley Indian Reservation, ca. 1898. Photographers of several of the images include William J. Nolan of Covelo, California, and L. E. HuntImages of the Round Valley Indian Reservation include views of the Round Valley, the Round Valley Indian School, a church, a sweathouse located near Burgess Creek, vernacular structures of the Yuki Indians, and houses built by the government. Images of locations near Ukiah, California, include a Yuki Indian village and a Pomo Indian sweathouseImages depicting daily activities of Yuki Indians include men and women grinding acorn meal, women gathering wild grass seeds for pinole meal, and men and women smoking venison over a campfire. An image shows the manufacturing sequence from raw plant to a finished fishing net. Several images show baskets made by Yuki Indians, including those used in preparing acornsInformal portraits of identified persons include Yuki Indian Nettie Smith and her children, who had an African American father; Happy Jack, a white man, his Yuki Indian wife, and their child; the Yuki Indian family of U. or V. Webster; and a group portrait that includes Yuki Indian Mary Anderson, Victor King Chesnut, William J. Nolan and his wife, Mr. Truebody, and Mr. Patrick. Portraits of unidentified persons include an image depicting three generations of Yuki Indian women, a white woman identified as a field matron, and an elderly woman identified as a Redwood Indian (Whilkut Indian). Several group portraits show Yuki and Wailaki Indian boys and girls dressed in school uniforms on commencement day for the Round Valley Indian SchoolNumerous images depict shrubs and trees endemic to the Round Valley, including several species of oak trees and pine treesThe first album includes a typed transcription of a poem by J. Torrey Connor, “On a Indian Basket”Victor King Chesnut worked for the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, 1894-1904. In 1902, Chesnut published "Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California" based on ethnobotanical information procured at the Round Valley Indian Reservation. He later worked as a professor of chemistry and geology at Montana Agricultural College, 1904-1907, and returned to work with the United States Department of Agriculture until his retirement in 1933.Title devised by cataloger.Albums numbered sequentially; several images in the first two albums have duplicate photographic prints in the third album.Individual photographic prints are 9.5 x 15 cm. and smaller.Manuscript captions on leaves below prints and in indices.Ink stamps and inscriptions of "V. K. Chesnut" on the verso of several prints.