It has been written that Franz Boas -the father of modern anthropology- was critical of Edward Curtis' photographic and ethnographic project for being weak on methodological rigor. Among Boas' vast bibliography and unpublished archives, is there any record of his views on Curtis?
Attaching link to Franz Boas archives at The American Philosophical Society.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml