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MS 4976 Mississippi Choctaw anthropometric notes and calculations

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Creator:
Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987  Search this
Extent:
86 Pages
1 Item (adding machine tapes 1 folder)
Culture:
Choctaw  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1925
Scope and Contents:
Contents: (f.1) List of 58 names of subjects of study with 13 different measurements cited for each. Autograph document. 1 page. (f.2) Table of anthropometric measurements on 58 individuals. Manuscript document. 7 pages. (f.3) Comparative indices of group of 18 Choctaw women and 40 men. Typescript document. 2 pages. (f.4) Standard deviation calculations on Choctaw. Autograph document. 78 pages, 5 index cards, 8 slips. Calculations are separated into three groups of papers: Males, females and both sexes. These calculations and results remain unpublished. (f.5) Adding machine tapes. (f.6) Henry B. Collins, Jr., "Anthropometric Observations on the Choctaw," AJPA, October-December., 1925 (reprint).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4976
Local Note:
Typescript autograph document
Other Title:
Anthropometric Observations on the Choctaw
Other relationship:
Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987 Photographs of Mississippi Choctaw people 1925.
Topic:
Physical anthropology -- Choctaw  Search this
Names, Personal -- Choctaw  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4976, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4976
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32722933f-99f0-4026-bf05-e8dbad35e653
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4976