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Tattooed (moko) heads of Maori men

Names:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Lithograph (005 in x 008 in)
Culture:
Maori (New Zealand people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Lithographs
Photographs
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.05099300
Local Note:
Contains images of human remains, which may be culturally sensitive.
Place:
District of Columbia -- Washington
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 97 DOE Oceania: Polynesia:New Zealand: Illustrative 05099300, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Division of Ethnology photograph collection
Division of Ethnology photograph collection / Oceania / Polynesia / New Zealand
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw331efcfe5-5757-43ab-af48-43c426bf9d95
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref11884

Aleš Hrdlička papers

Creator:
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Correspondent:
American Association of Physical Anthropologists  Search this
Names:
American Journal of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Hyde Exploring Expedition (1902-1903)  Search this
Institute of Population  Search this
International Congress of Americanists  Search this
Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Extent:
206.71 Linear feet (294 boxes, 138 folders, 9 rolled items, and 4 folios)
Culture:
Indians of North America  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska) -- Archaeology
Australia
Alaska -- Archaeology
Mexico -- Anthropology
Florida -- Archaeology
Egypt -- Archaeology
Czechoslovakia
Peru -- Physical anthropology
Kodiak Island (Alaska)
Date:
1875-1966
bulk 1903-1943
Summary:
The papers of Aleš Hrdlička, curator in the Division of Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, offer considerable insight into the development of physical anthropology in the first half of this century. The papers include honors bestowed on Hrdlička, autobiographical notes, correspondence with many of the leading anthropologists of the day, anthropometric and osteometric measurements and observations (forming most of the collection), extensive photographs of Hrdlička's field work, manuscripts, research materials, and "My Journeys" (essentially a diary Hrdlička kept of his field work). In addition, there is material of a personal nature. The papers date from 1875 to 1966, but the bulk of the materials date from 1903 to 1943, the time of Hrdlička's career at the USNM.
Scope and Contents:
This collection is comprised of both professional and personal materials. The professional material includes honors bestowed on Hrdlička, autobiographical notes, correspondence with many of the leading anthropologists of the day, anthropometric and osteometric measurements and observations (forming most of the collection), extensive photographs of Hrdlička's field work, manuscripts, research materials, and "My Journeys" (essentially a diary Hrdlička kept of his field work). The personal material primarily consists of correspondence with his first wife (Marie Dieudonnée Strickler) and other family members, but there are also financial records. The papers date from 1875 to 1966, but the bulk of the materials date from 1903 to 1943, the time of Hrdlička's career at the United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Hrdlička investigated all major questions confronting physical anthropologists of his day (the fossil record of early humans, the arrival of humans in the Americas, human variation, evolution, and eugenics) and made valuable contributions in all these areas. Hrdlička's interests in the establishment of physical anthropology as a distinct and important field, the welfare of the Czech people, early hominids, and variation within the human species are all documented in the collection as are the services he performed for various United States government agencies. He pursued field studies in many different parts of the world, but there are relatively few field notes as such among his papers. There is instead the edited journal "My Journeys," photographs, and physical anthropological forms. There is also relatively little material on his administrative involvement in the USNM. There is no material from Hrdlička's time at the Pathological Institution of the New York State Hospitals; after he resigned, fire destroyed the anthropological records Hrdlička collected as a member of the staff. There are materials in the collection which contradict, or at least complicate, many long-held criticisms of Hrdlička, particularly claims that he was racist and opposed feminist ideas. The collection contains materials of interest to genetic research, including anthropometric measurements, hair clippings and fingerprints.

There are a few items in the collection which are dated earlier than the collection's date span. These are publication dates, and the folders containing the items have been dated accordingly, but they have not affected the dates of the series or collection. There are also a few items which are dated after Hrdlička's death. These dates reflect the fact that the collection was added to by the Department of Physical Anthropology after Hrdlička's death and have been taken into account when formulating dates for the series and collection.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in 37 series:

(1) Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1875-1940

(2) Early Personal Correspondence, 1883-1919

(3) Correspondence, 1885-1953

(4) News Clippings and Printed Matter, 1893-1953

(5) Financial Papers, 1910-1943

(6) Journeys to the Southwestern United States and Mexican Indians, 1898-1919

(7) Journeys to the Dakota, Chippewa, Kickapoo, and Shawnee, 1916-1917

(8) Florida Survey, 1918, 1918-1927

(9) Alaska Archeological Expeditions, 1912-1938 (bulk 1926-1938)

(10) Panama-California Exposition Expeditions, 1912-1914

(11) Journey to Egypt, Europe, and Russia, 1908-1909

(12) Journey to South America, 1910, 1910-1912

(13) Journey to the Far East, 1920, 1900-1930

(14) Journey to Australia, Java, India, South Africa, and Europe, 1924-1925

(15) Anthropometric Measurements of Indians Taken at the United States National Museum, 1904-1905, most undated

(16) Bone Studies, 1893-1929, most undated

(17) Old Americans, 1914-1930

(18) Children Who Run on All Fours, 1928-1936

(19) Early Man Studies, 1906-1930

(20) European Ethnic History, 1908-1938

(21) Miscellaneous Research Notes, 1887-1930

(22) Manuscripts of Writings, 1901-1944, most undated

(23) Writings by Other Authors, 1877-1942

(24) Anthropometry, undated

(25) "From My Journeys", 1898-1938

(26) -- American Journal of Physical Anthropology -- , 1918-1931

(27) American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1924-1931

(28) International Congress of Americanists, 1900-1928

(29) Institute of Population, 1942

(30) Department of Anthropology, 1914-1943

(31) Lecture Notes, 1920-1932

(32) Maps and Charts, 1900-1932

(33) Miscellany, 1895-1954

(34) Index Cards, 1899-1948

(35) Bibliographic Index, undated

(36) Physical Anthropology Folios, undated

(37) Photographs, 1887-1944
Biographical Note:
Aleš Hrdlička was born in Bohemia in 1869 and came to America when he was thirteen. As a young man, he was trained in medicine at New York's Eclectic Medical College and the New York Homeopathic Medical College, receiving degrees from each. His first professional work was as a private practitioner, but he gave that up in 1894 when he joined the staff of the New York State Hospital for the Insane at Middletown. There, in addition to other duties, he began studies of the physical characteristics of inmates. This set in motion developments that would eventually lead him to become one of the world's most prominent anthropologists who has sometimes been referred to as "the founder of physical anthropology in America."

In 1896, in preparation for a research appointment with the Department of Anthropology in the Pathological Institute of the New York State Hospitals, Hrdlička went to Paris and studied with Leon Manouvrier. After his return to America, he worked for a short period with the Pathological Institute and came into contact with G.S. Huntington of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Hrdlička arranged and studied Huntington's large collection of skeletal material, thus gaining knowledge of a well-documented collection representing largely normal persons of European ancestry. He came to the attention of Frederic Ward Putnam, of the American Museum of Natural History, who arranged for his first anthropological field studies.

It was thus that Hrdlička became a member of the Hyde Expeditions to the American Southwest and northern Mexico. In 1898, he traveled to Mexico with Carl Lumholtz to study the Tarahumaras, Huichols, and neighboring tribes. In subsequent years, he returned to Mexico and the Southwest alone and studied physical characteristics and medical conditions of several American Indian tribes. With this experience and examinations of the Trenton and Lansing skeletal material for Putnam, Hrdlička came fully into the world of anthropology. In 1903, he was appointed head of the newly formed Division of Physical Anthropology in the United States National Museum.

While in his position at the Smithsonian, Hrdlička returned to the Southwest for studies of Pima and Apache children in 1905 and, in the following year, traveled to Florida to examine allegedly ancient remains of man. In 1908, he worked among a number of Indian tribes, including the Menominee, Oglala Dakota, Quinailt, Hupa, and Mohave, in a study of tuberculosis among them. In 1909, he traveled to Egypt with an expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in order to study living Egyptians and to examine remains of Egypt's past population. The following year took him to Argentina, Peru, and Mexico. In the first of these, he again examined allegedly ancient remains of man. In Peru, he made a large collection of skeletal material near Trujillo, at Pachamac, and in the Chicama Valley.

From 1912-1914, Hrdlicka undertook a physical anthropological exhibit for the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego and, for this, traveled to eastern Siberia, Mongolia, Peru, and Florida. He also examined fossil remains of man in Europe and directed field work of other anthropologists in South and East Africa, St. Lawrence Island in Alaska, the Philippines, eastern Siberia, and the Ukraine. In 1915, for the Department of Justice, he assessed the racial makeup of Chippewas on the Leech Lake and White Earth reservations in Minnesota and also studied Dakota Indians. In 1917, his field work was directed toward white American families with longtime residence in the United States. In 1918, he carried out a survey of ancient sites in eastern Florida for the Bureau of American Ethnology. In 1920, he traveled to Hawaii, Japan, Korea, and Manchuria in connection with an appointment to lecture at the Peking Union Medical College. As director of the American School for Prehistoric Studies in France, he again studied fossil remains of man in Europe in 1922 and 1923. In 1925, he carried out work in India, Ceylon, Java, Australia, South Africa, and Europe. In 1927, he was again in Europe to deliver the Huxley Memorial Lecture before the Royal Anthropological Society in Great Britain. Between 1929 and 1938, he traveled frequently to Alaska to carry on an anthropological survey. In 1939, he traveled to Russia and Siberia.

Beginning with much of the skeletal collection of the Army Medical Museum, which had been transferred to the Smithsonian in 1898 before he was appointed there, Hrdlička amassed a bone collection that included, among many other specimens, the Huntington collection, casts of fossil remains of man, and a large and diverse North American collection. He also gathered a large collection of human brains. Over three hundred publications resulted from his study of this material, his field work, and his study of specimens in other museums. In addition, he was involved in many other activities. For United States government agencies, he provided services ranging from examinations of human remains for law enforcement officials to providing information and opinions concerning national origins and traits that were needed to interpret laws and form foreign policy. During World War II, he also advised government officials on policies to be pursued with certain national groups following the war.

In 1918, Hrdlička founded the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and remained its editor until 1942. In 1928, he was the major force behind the organization of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and served as its president from 1928 to 1932. He was also president of the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1907, the American Anthroplogical Association from 1925 to 1927, and the Washington Academy of Sciences from 1928 to 1929. He was chairman of Section H of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1918 and secretary of the Committee on Anthropology of the National Research Council in 1917. From the 1920s to the 1940s Hrdlicka was a member of the American Eugenics Society and prepared exhibits for various eugenics congresses. In addition, Hrdlička was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the National Academy of Sciences. He represented the Smithsonian at several international gatherings of scholars, including meetings of the International Congress of Americanists.

Chronology

1869 March 29 -- Alois Ferdinand Hrdlička (Aleš Hrdlička) born in Humpolec, Bohemia

1882 September -- Emigrated to New York City

1888 -- While stricken with typhoid, met M. Rosenbleuth, a physician who arranged for Hrdlička to enroll at the Eclectic Medical College of New York City

1892 -- Enrolled in the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital Published first article, "Scheme of Examination (Medical)," Publications of the Eclectic Medical College Graduated first in his class from the Eclectic Medical College

1894 -- Graduated first from his class from the Homeopathic Medical College Became research intern at the State Homeopathic Hospital for the Insane in Middletown, New York, where he began his studies in physical anthropology Passed state board examination (allopathic)

1895 -- Joined staff of the Pathological Institute of the New York State Hospitals as associate in anthropology

1896 -- Studied anthropology under Leon Manouvrier in Paris

1896 August 6 -- Married Marie Stickler (Dieudonnée)

1898 March-July(?) -- Accompanied Carl Lumholtz on his expedition to northern Mexico, sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), and visited the Tarahumara, Huichol, and Tepecan Indians

1899 Spring -- Resigned from the Pathological Institute to take charge of physical and medical anthropological research on the Hyde Expeditions of the AMNH to the southwestern United States

1899 August -- Hyde expedition for the AMNH to Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, to excavate the site of Pueblo Bonito and to conduct somatological surveys among the Indians; visited Grand Gulch caves in southern Utah; included visits to the Navahos and southern Utes

1900 -- Hyde expedition for the AMNH to New Mexico, Arizona, and southern Colorado to conduct somatological surveys among the Indians; included visits to the Apaches, Yumas, and Pueblo Indians

1902 January-September -- Hyde expeditions for AMNH to southwestern Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico to conduct somatological surveys; included visits to the Tepecanos, Papagos, Opatas, Pimas, Yaquis, Mayos, Huichols, Otomis, Tepehuanes, Maricopas, Yumas, Yavapais, Paiutes, Walapais, and Havasupais

1902 October-December -- Hyde expedition for the AMNH to Mexico for Hrdlička to complete his somatological investigations; included visits to the Tepehuanes, Coras, Huichols, "Nahuas," "Aztecs," and Tarascans

1903 May 1 -- Became assistant curator in charge of the new Division of Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, at the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution

1905 -- Expedition under the auspices of the Bureau of American Ethnology to Arizona and New Mexico to complete the observations on the tribes of this region; Hrdlička especially studied Apache and Pima Indian children

1906 February -- Expedition to western Florida to investigate remains of alleged ancient man

1907 -- President of the Anthropological Society of Washington

1908 -- Expedition to Indian schools and reservations in Wisconsin, Washington, California, Arizona, and South Dakota to study tuberculosis for a report to the International Congress of Tuberculosis

1908 December - 1909 May -- Traveled to Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Bohemia, Russia, Poland, and Germany to examine human skeletal remains from an excavation in Egypt by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and to study peoples of the Near East

1910 March 28 -- Promoted to curator in the Division of Physical Anthropology

1910 April-September -- Attended the 17th International Congress of Americanists in Buenos Aires and Mexico City Traveled to Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and Panama

1912 -- Planned and directed seven expeditions for the physical anthropology exhibit at the Panama-California Exposition held at San Diego in 1915; expeditions included Hrdlička to Siberia and Mongolia and later to Peru; Riley D. Moore to St. Lawrence Island, Alaska; Philip Newton to the Philippine Islands; Vojtech Suk to Africa; Stanislaw Poniatowski to eastern Siberia; Kazimir Stolyhwo to the Birusa caves in Siberia and to the Ukraine; and Jindřich Matiegka to Bohemia

1912 May-Summer -- Traveled to London to attend 18th International Congress of Americanists Traveled to Siberia and Mongolia for the Panama-California Exposition

1912 September -- Traveled to Geneva for the 14th International Congress of Prehistoric Anthropology and Archaeology

1913 January-April -- Expedition to Peru as part the effort for the Panama-California Exposition

1914 November 18 - 1915 January 18 -- Attended Panama-California Exposition

1915 May -- Research for the Department of Justice at the White Earth and Leech Lake reservations in Minnesota to determine non-Indian mixture among Chippewas

1915 December -- Served as General Secretary for the 19th International Congress of Americanists held in Washington

1916 Fall -- Traveled to Florida to examine remains of supposed ancient man

1917 March-July -- Served as Secretary on the Committee on Anthropology of the National Research Council

1917 Summer -- "Old American" research at Yale University, Harvard University, and the University of Virginia and in Tennessee

1917 August -- Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, traveled to Oklahoma to visit the Shawnee Agency in eastern Oklahoma and the Kickapoo Indians in McCloud to search for adequate samples of pure blood Indians

1918 -- Elected to the American Philosophical Society Served as Chairman of Section H of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Founded the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and became its long-time editor Surveyed prehistoric sites on the southwest coast of Florida

1918 October 8 -- Death of his wife Marie

1920 -- Anthropometry published by the Wistar Institute Elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Anthropological Society of Great Britain

1920 Summer -- Married Mina (Vilemina) Mansfield

1920 January-May -- Visited Japan, Korea, Manchuria, northern China, Mongolia, and Hawaii Lectured at Peking Union Medical College in China

1920 Fall -- Visited Minnesota Chippewa (at the White Earth Reservation?) to help the Department of Justice setter the question of mixed and pure bloods among the Chippewa

1921 -- Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

1922 -- Visited Spain, France, Germany, Moravia, and England Awarded honorary Sc.D. degree from the University of Prague Chairman of the American delegation to the 20th International Congress of Americanists in Rio de Janiero

1923 -- Served three and one-half months as Director of the American School in France for Prehistoric Studies Visited England, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Croatia, and Italy

1925 -- The Old Americans published by Williams and Wilkins Co.

1925 March-October -- Traveled to Australia, Java, India, South Africa, and Europe on a trip sponsored by the Buffalo [New York] Society of Natural Science to obtain cranial measurements of Australian aborigines and Tasmanians, to investigate the Rhodesian Man site in South Africa, to survey the field of early man, and to collect data to support his hypothesis about the peopling of the Earth

1925-1926 -- President of the American Anthropological Association

1926 -- Awarded honorary Sc.D. degree from University of Brno and D.Nat.Sc. degree from Brunn University

1926 May-September -- First fieldwork in Alaska: reconnaissance down the Yukon River to its mouth, around the Bering Sea and through the Bering Strait along the Alaskan coast to Point Barrow

1927 -- Received Huxley Memorial Medal and gave Huxley Lecture on "the Neanderthal Phase of Man" before the Royal Anthropological Society of Great Britain

1928 -- Helped found the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA)

1928-1929 -- President of the Washington Academy of Sciences

1928-1932 -- Served as first president of the AAPA

1929 -- Fieldwork in Alaska: surveyed the Yukon River from Tanana to its mouth, to St. Lawrence and the Diomede Islands, to Cape Prince of Wales, up to Point Barrow and back to Unalaska Awarded honorary Sc.D. degree from Charles University, Prague

1930 -- Published The Skeletal Remains of Early Man, Vol. 83 Smithsonian Miscellaneous collections Published "Anthropological Survey in Alaska," Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, pp. 21-374

1930 Summer -- Fieldwork in Alaska: surveyed the Kuskokwim River from Bethel down river to Apogak and up river to Stony River

1931 -- Children Who Run on All Fours published by McGraw-Hill Book Co.

1931 Summer -- Fieldwork in Alaska: excavated at Our (Jones) point site, trial excavations at Chief's Point and other sites, and a survey of Kodiak Island

1932 -- Kober Foundation lecturer of Georgetown University

1932 Summer -- Fieldwork in Alaska: excavated at Our (Jones) Point site, trial excavations at Chief's Point and other sites, and a survey of Kodiak Island

1934 Summer -- Fieldwork in Alaska: excavated at Our (Jones) Point site and surveyed Cooks Inlet sites and the mainland opposite the Our Point site

1935 Summer -- Fieldwork in Alaska: excavated at Our (Jones) Point site

1936 Summer -- Fieldwork in Alaska: excavated at Our (Jones) Point site and surveyed the Dutch Harbor caves, some of the Aleutian Islands, and the mummy cave on Kagamil Island

1937 Summer -- Fieldwork in Alaska: surveyed the Aleutian Islands and Commander Islands

1938 Summer -- Fieldwork in Alaska: surveyed the Aleutian Islands, Dutch Harbor caves, and Commander Islands

1939 April 4 -- Testimonial dinner given by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in honor of his 70th birthday

1939 April-June -- Recuperated in London hospital after suffering a coronary occlusion

1942 March 31 -- Retired from curatorship at United States National Museum, becoming an associate in anthropology

1942 December -- Resigned as editor of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology

1943 -- Alaska Diary published by Cattell Press

1943 September 5 -- Died of heart attack

1944 -- Anthropology of Kodiak Island published by Wistar Institute

1945 -- The Aleutian and Commander Islands and Their Inhabitants published by Wistar Institute

1969 -- Tenth Anthropological Congress of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences dedicated to Hrdlička in the 100th anniversary year of his birth

Selected Bibliography

1908 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Bulletin 34, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908.

1912 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. Early Man in South America. Bulletin 52, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912.

1919 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. Physical Anthropology: Its Scope and Aims. Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1919.

1920 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. Anthropometry. Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1920.

1925 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. The Old Americans. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1925.

1930 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. The Skeletal Remains of Early Man. Vol. 83, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. City of Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1930. Hrdlička, Aleš. Anthropological Survey in Alaska. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1930.

1931 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. Children Who Run on All Fours, and Other Animal-like Behaviors in the Human Child. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1931.

1943 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. Alaska Diary, 1926-1931. Lancaster, PA: The Jacques Cattell Press, 1943.

1944 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. Anthropology of Kodiak Island. Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1944.

1945 -- Hrdlička, Aleš. The Aleutian and Commander Islands and Their Inhabitants. Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1945.
Related Materials:
Additional material in the National Anthropological Archives relating to Aleš Hrdlička can be found in the papers of William Louis Abbott, Henry Bascom Collins, Herbert William Krieger, and Frank Spencer; records of the American Anthropological Association, Bureau of American Ethnology, Department of Anthropology of the United States National Museum (National Museum of Natural History), Science Service, Anthropological Society of Washington, and the United States Army Medical Museum (anatomical section, records relating to specimens transferred to the Smithsonian Institution); and glass negatives of Indians collected by the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution illustrations.

Additional related photographs can be found in Photo Lot 8, Division of Physical Anthropology collection; Photo Lot 9, Photographs of Indians for the Panama-California Exposition, San Diego; Photo Lot 24, Bureau of American Ethnology, United States National Museum photographs of American Indians; Photo Lot 70, Department of Anthropology portrait file; Photo Lot 78, Miscellaneous negatives; Photo Lot 97, Division of Ethnology collection ("USNM" Collection); Photo Lot 73-26B, Aleš Hrdlička photographs relating to the Panama-California Exhibition; Photo Lot 73-26G, Miscellany; Photo Lot 77-48, Group portraits of International Congress; Photo Lot 79-38, Division of World Archeology collection; Photo Lot 83-41, Division of Physical Anthropology collection of photographs of human bones; and Photo Lot 92-46, Anthropology lantern slides.

Related films can be found in the Human Studies Film Archive under the accession numbers HSFA 1982.2.1, 1982.2.2, 1986.12.1, and 2015.13.1.

Hrdlička's extensive collection of reprints is maintained in the Division of Physical Anthropology.

Frank Spencer's doctoral dissertation "Aleš Hrdlička, M.D., 1869-1943: A Chronicle of the Life and Work of an American Physical Anthropologist" (1979) is the only book length biography of Hrdlička. The Frank Spencer papers, 1836-1999, are available at the NAA and contain original correspondence between Hrdlička and his first wife, Marie Strickler; his childhood report card from 1869; copies of family photos obtained from Lucy Miller, Hrdlička's niece; and an audio recording of Hrdlička speaking at Wistar Institute.

Further material may be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

The University of Alaska Anchorage holds diaries relating to Hrdlička's Expeditions to Alaska in 1936, 1937, and 1938 in the Alan G. May papers. The finding aid for this collection is avialable online at https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/specialcollections/hmc-0690/ and a trascription of May's diaries from the expeditions is available online at https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/11850
Provenance:
Hrdlička bequeathed his papers to the Smithsonian Institution. The Division of Physical Anthropology maintained them until they were deposited in the National Anthropological Archives in the 1960s. Some papers have come into the collection since then, most recently in 2018. These new accretions came to the collection through Donald Ortner, David Hunt, T. Dale Stewart, the Department of Anthropology, and the University of Alaska.
Restrictions:
Access to the Aleš Hrdlička papers requires an appointment.
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Topic:
Human evolution  Search this
Physical anthropology  Search this
Children -- Physical anthropology  Search this
anthropometry  Search this
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Fossil hominids  Search this
Citation:
Aleš Hrdlička papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.1974-31
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d88b75be-491f-4f90-b56a-104765d885eb
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Names:
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Extent:
78 Prints (circa, albumen)
Culture:
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Minitari (Hidatsa)  Search this
Eskimos  Search this
Apache  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this
Paiute  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Hawaiians  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Unangan (Aleut)  Search this
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Wichita  Search this
Ponca  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Date:
circa 1884-1885
Scope and Contents note:
Army Medical Museum photographs prepared under the supervision of John Shaw Billings and Washington Matthews, and created by superimposing images of several skulls for comparative purposes. Each image has a caption that includes tribal or racial identification, number of skulls photographed, photograph number, negative number, and data on photographic technique.

The collection represents of Aleut, Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Dakota, Eskimo, Hidatsa, Navajo, Oglala, Ojibwa, Paiute, Piegan, Ponca, Wichita, African American, Hawaiian, people, and people of San Miguel and San Nicholas Islands (California).
Biographical/Historical note:
The United States Army Medical Museum (AMM, renamed the National Museum of Health and Medicine in 1989) was established by US Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond in 1862. Its initial focus was on collecting specimens of unusual pathology, mostly taken from victims of the American Civil War. By 1867, the museum had expanded to include medical, microsopical, anatomical, comparative anatomics, and other sections. The anatomical collection grew in part as a result of Circular No. 2 of 1867, which authorized military medical officers to collect cranial specimens from deceased Native Americans. Additionally, the AMM made an arrangement with the Smithsonian Institution, by which the Smithsonian transferred their collection of human remains in exchange for ethnological artifacts. AMM photographed and measured many of the specimens in its collection as part of the museum's anthropological research.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 6A
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional Army Medical Museum photographs of skulls can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 6B, Photo Lot 73-26C, Photo Lot 78-42, Photo Lot 83-41, and Photo Lot 97.
The National Anthropological Archives holds microfilm of the papers of Washington Matthews, circa 1864-1905, and records concerning skeletal material transferred to the Smithsonian Institution from the Army Medical Museum.
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, circa 1884-1885
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The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
anthropometry  Search this
Skull  Search this
Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.6A
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National Anthropological Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ef9d6018-15b7-4236-8483-bb120980893e
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ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-6a

United States Army Medical Museum photographs of measuring and photographing skulls

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Names:
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Extent:
13 Albumen prints (mounted)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Albumen prints
Photographs
Date:
circa 1885-1900
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs documenting physical anthropology techniques for measuring and photographing skulls for comparison, as practiced by scientists of the Army Medical Museum. Photographs are mounted on unbound pages from an album and have been annotated to describe the technique depicted.
Biographical/Historical note:
The United States Army Medical Museum (AMM, renamed the National Museum of Health and Medicine in 1989) was established by US Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond in 1862. Its initial focus was on collecting specimens of unusual pathology, mostly taken from victims of the American Civil War. By 1867, the museum had expanded to include medical, microsopical, anatomical, comparative anatomics, and other sections. The anatomical collection grew in part as a result of Circular No. 2 of 1867, which authorized military medical officers to collect cranial specimens from deceased American Indians. Additionally, the AMM made an arrangement with the Smithsonian Institution, by which the Smithsonian transferred their collection of human remains in exchange for ethnological artifacts. AMM photographed and measured many of the specimens in its collection as part of the museum's anthropological research.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 78-42
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Copy prints of additional mounted photographs from this series can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 33.
Additional photographs of skulls by the Army Medical Museum can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 6A, Photo Lot 6B, Photo Lot 73-26C, Photo Lot 83-41, and Photo Lot 97.
The National Anthropological Archives holds microfilm of the papers of Washington Matthews, circa 1864-1905.
The National Anthropological Archives holds records concerning skeletal material transferred to the Smithsonian Institution from the Army Medical Museum.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
anthropometry  Search this
Physical anthropology -- methodology  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 78-42, United States Army Medical Museum photographs of measuring and photographing skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.78-42
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34337313e-d1fb-485b-807d-ad5a8750e57a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-78-42

Skull from Vermont

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Names:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology. Division of Physical Anthropology  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (007 in x 008 in mounted on 009 in x 013 in)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.07633000
Local Note:
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Place:
Washington, D C
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection
Division of Physical Anthropology Photograph Collection / Vermont
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a2972bc7-5bc8-498a-8d9b-37104c9b5a6e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-8-ref10750

Seven adult male Esquimaux skulls (superimposed; frontal view); Numbers 1189, 1190, 1206, 1182, 1191, 1195

Creator:
United States. Department of War. United States Army Medical Museum  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 1/4 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Eskimo -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09712100
Local Note:
Wet process; exposure 70 seconds each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw300f97413-f30b-4f8f-92ae-63ef66631993
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref512

Seven adult male Esquimaux skulls (superimposed; frontal view)

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 3/4 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Eskimo -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09712200
Local Note:
Negative 2
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw301989b01-99fe-4c06-a8f3-cbb299572858
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref513

Seven adult male Sandwich Islanders skulls (superimposed; frontal view); Number 425, 444, 442, 445, 446, 438, 286

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 1/4 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Hawaiians -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09712300
Local Note:
Wet process; exposure 70 seconds each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34f7cd086-efdc-4168-9898-304160bc9556
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref514

Seven adult male Sandwich Islanders skulls (superimposed; lateral view); Numbers 425, 444, 442, 445, 446, 438, 286

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (005 3/4 in x 006 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Hawaiians -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09712400
Local Note:
Wet process; exposure 70 seconds each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw333c63082-dde2-4369-a2bd-b41f611d072e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref515

Seven adult male Sandwich Islanders skulls (superimposed; base view); Numbers 425, 444, 442, 445, 446, 438, 286

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Hawaiians -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09712500
Local Note:
Dry process; exposure 3 seconds each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d6740174-e77b-487b-9c6d-91767dcd9dee
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref516

Seven adult male Sioux Indian skulls (superimposed; frontal view); Numbers 483, 793, 792, 1119, 665, 330, 816

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Dakota -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09712600
Local Note:
Negative 5
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3067ad793-bb2c-4928-ba72-adef7d38c8ce
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref517

Seven adult male Sioux Indian skulls (superimposed; frontal view); Numbers 483, 793, 792, 1119, 665, 330, 816

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 in x 006 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Dakota -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09712700
Local Note:
Wet process; exposure 70 seconds each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b8fda50e-9e57-4338-b807-113937ca0cbd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref518

Seven adult male Sioux Indian skulls (superimposed; lateral view); Numbers 483, 793, 1119, 665, 330, 816

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Dakota -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09712800
Local Note:
Dry plate; exposure 1 second each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32c5b662f-7ed6-47dc-9ca0-aa153470474f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref519

Seven adult male Sioux Indian skulls (superimposed; base view); Numbers 483, 793, 792, 1119, 665, 330, 816

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Dakota -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09712900
Local Note:
Dry plate; exposure 1 second each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d98ad972-8fa9-46d5-9e6e-84ab282a523c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref520

Seven adult male "Negro" skulls (superimposed; frontal view); Numbers 980, 411, 955, 949, 953, 979, 954

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 1/4 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09713000
Local Note:
Negative 7
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39347e2ea-78c3-45df-9f8d-6ad49ac3cdf2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref521

Seven male adult "Negro" skulls (superimposed; frontal view); Numbers 980, 411, 955, 949, 953, 979, 954

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 1/4 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09713100
Local Note:
Dry plate; exposure 3 seconds each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3142e73eb-0ffb-4aa0-b8e5-a21f61b916b8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref522

Seven adult male "Negro" skulls (superimposed; lateral view); Numbers 980, 411, 955, 949, 953, 979, 954

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 1/4 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09713200
Local Note:
Dry process; exposure 3 seconds each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a5cefd7a-055b-4440-bc00-5237b719a24b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref523

Seven adult male "Negro" skulls (superimposed; lateral view)

Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 in x 006 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09713300
Local Note:
Negative 6
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bf0cc361-b3bd-415d-b3fb-bbf11497e018
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref524

Seven adult male "Negro" skulls (superimposed; lateral view)

Creator:
United States. Department of War. United States Army Medical Museum  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 1/4 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09713400
Local Note:
Negative 6
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

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Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35c30cdbe-a30a-4e50-86b8-14e0913e5161
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref525

Seven male adult Apache skulls (superimposed; frontal view); Numbers 6578 (Sect I), 2108, 1709, 329, 209, 907, 1168

Creator:
United States. Department of War. United States Army Medical Museum  Search this
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913  Search this
Collection Creator:
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (006 1/4 in x 006 1/4 in mounted on 011 in x 014 in)
Culture:
Apache -- skulls  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09713500
Local Note:
Dry process; exposure 3 seconds each
Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
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Topic:
Physical anthropology -- anthropometry  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 6A, United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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United States Army Medical Museum composite photographs of skulls
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a8e94dc4-2866-4317-a669-d66357177d98
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-6a-ref526

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