The Indian in America and the Negro in Africa. Group I. Sections 3 and 4. The National Geographic Society Pictorial Geography. . . .

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, [1919]. Two parts in one. Oblong 4to. 11 x 9 in. 24; 24 leaves, printed on thick gloss paper stock, with photo illustrations & colour illustrations on recto of each leaf (minor thumbing, very slight soiling), still VG set preserved in original printed envelope with instructional information, and stamp “Indian and African” on recto (minor creasing, edgewear, ink marks on verso). First edition, of these scarce sets of plates designed for geography classroom use following World War I, filled with text by Burrall (1883-1960) to increase geographical literacy of children as well as promote the ideas of preparing American youths to assume the role of a “World Power.” These plates feature images of images and text detailing Flathead Indians of Montana, with photos by C.J. Blanchard; Ojibwa & Chippewa Indians, with photo by Roland Reed; Pueblo & Hopi Indians in Arizona & New Mexico, with photos and colour plates by Vroman and Franklin Price Knott; as well as Hulita Mexican-Indian woman grinding tortillas with photo by Winfield Scott. Peruvian Indians are included as well with photos by Hiram Bingham and the intrepid Harriet Chalmers Adams. The sort of Amerocentric views are also reinforced in these education sets by the “Negro in Africa” section emphasizing people of colour as exotic, wearing ear plugs, sporting tattoos, tribal markings, amidst apes, giraffes, Hippos, and hunting elephants. Worldcat ostensibly locates 5 surviving Indian & Negro in Africa portfolios (at least 2 are microfilm copies); See: Katie Good, Bring the World to the Child: Technologies of Global Citizenship in American Education (2020), pp. 44-47, 227-228.