Charles Fletcher Lummis

Charles Fletcher Lummis (March 1, 1859, in Lynn, Massachusetts – November 25, 1928, in Los Angeles, California) was a United States journalist, and an activist for Native American rights and historic preservation. A traveler in the American Southwest, he settled in Los Angeles, California, where he also became known as a historian, photographer, ethnographer, archaeologist, poet, and librarian.[1][2][3] Lummis founded the Southwest Museum of the American Indian.

  1. ^ "Charles Fletcher Lummis". Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.
  2. ^ "Guide to the Charles F. Lummis Papers". Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries. Irvine, California.
  3. ^ "LUMMIS, Charles Fletcher". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 720.