Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy), 1840-1929 Search this
Extent:
1,363 Items (ca. 1363 pages)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
In three packages average 450 pages each. Boxes 1, 2, and 3.
This is marked "Final Manuscript" and is evidently an examination of the report published in 1st Annual Report of Bureau of American Ethnology (1881) and of Bureau of American Ethnology "Introduction" Number 4 (1880). See Yarrow's report to Major Powell dated June 30, 1886 (Bureau of American Ethnology file Number 2390) in which he refers to the near-completion of the "final volume" on mortuary customs. Also contains some original material received from various observers at army posts, etc., copies by Yarrow of such material, and notes of Yarrow's own.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2383
Topic:
Death and mortuary customs -- American Indian Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2383, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
