This series consists of contact sheets, approximately 3600 black-and-white negatives, prints of various sizes, typescripts, and a bound volume pertaining to Robert Davidson, an artist from Masset, Haida Gwaii who is considered one of the foremost Haida carvers of the late 20th century. After meeting while Steltzer was working on Indian Artists at Work, Steltzer and Davidson developed a long-standing friendship. Her documentation of Davidson's poles, masks, jewelery, carvings, and potlatches, from the mid-1970s until 2004, provides a unique insight into the technique, community involvement, and philosophy surrounding Davidson's work, as well as into the Haida cultural revival of which he was a part. As children of a generation for whom government attempts at integration suppressed native artistic and cultural activities, Davidson and other Haida artists in the 1970s-2000s are credited with reviving traditional forms, as well as reinterpreting them. Photographs show Davidson at work in his studio, with his family at various events and celebrations, as well as individual pieces of art, which were often photographed over the course of their completion. Includes photographs and early drafts of Robertson's text for Eagle Transforming: The Art of Robert Davidson, published in 1994. As a result of a long working relationship with Steltzer, materials related to Robert Davidson can also be located in Series 4 and Series 6.

Folders include contact sheets and negatives with interspersed prints, unless otherwise noted in folder title or description. Several containers of general prints and a copy of the book are arranged at the end of the series.