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MS 4745 Letters received by William Henry Holmes, and other papers and notes about correspondents

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Creator:
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this
Correspondent:
Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957  Search this
Fowke, Gerard, 1855-1933  Search this
Zimmerman, Mark E.  Search this
Keefe, Harry L.  Search this
Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863-  Search this
Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948  Search this
Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947  Search this
Names:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915  Search this
Culture:
Minitari (Hidatsa)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Tennessee River -- Archeology
Date:
1880's-1925
Scope and Contents:
Contents: (1) Letter from Francis Densmore to W. H. Holmes describing a Hidatsa "bannerstone," June 6, 1916. (2) Letters received from and copies of letters sent to Gerard Fowke, mainly relative to cave explorations, 1890-91, 1893, 1903-1904. Also reports of "Shell Mounds on Tennessee River & Tributaries," 5 pages, and hematite Indian mine, Leslie Missouri, 6 pages. (3) Letters received by Gerard Fowke from Mark E. Zimmerman and Harry L. Keefe, 1914-1916, 1925. Also correspondence between Holmes and Fowke relative to Zimmerman's archeology. (4) Two copies of a letter from W. H. Holmes to Cosmos Mindeleff, 1890. (5) Three letters received by W. H. Holmes from Victor Mindeleff, 1882-1883. (6) Clippings and letters concerning Matilda C. Stevenson's biography and death including, a transcript of the notes made by Mrs Walker during her interview with Mrs Stevenson, just before the latter's death. (7) Copy of a letter from Clark Wissler to W. H. Holmes, September 20, 1919.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4745
Topic:
Mounds -- American Indian  Search this
Tools and implements -- Hidatsa  Search this
Archaeology -- United States  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4745, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4745
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3cc2db801-1fc7-4966-8203-d0b9ae1e5de2
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4745