"In November 1852 James Swan moved to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington Territory. Fascinated by the Indian communities he encountered, Swan spent the remainder of his life studying their art, material culture, and history. The author of several books, he became the Smithsonian Institution's principal agent in the Northwest, collecting natural history and ethnographic objects from Gray's Harbor through the Alaskan panhandle

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Introduction: The Franz and Kathryn Stenzel Collection James Swan: Chā-tic of the Northwest Coast Botanical Watercolors Early Drawings from the Olympic Peninsula Tattoos Neah Bay Revisited The Queen Charlotte Islands Works by Johnny Kit Elswa Marine Life Rough Sketches