Volume 20 was published in 1930 with the title The Alaskan Eskimo. The Nunivak. The Eskimo of Hooper Bay. The Eskimo of King Island. The Eskimo of Little Diomede Island. The Eskimo of Cape Prince of Wales. The Kotzebue Eskimo. The Noatak. The Kobuk. The Selawik.
Numbers given to the negatives made for volume 20 did not follow the "x" series schema applied to most NAI photographs. To differentiate the numbers given to the volume 20 photographs from same numbers found in the "x" series, the archivist added "AK" before the number.
Collection Restrictions:
Viewing of the photographic negatives and transparencies requires advance notice and the permission of the Photo Archivist.
Access to the Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
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Sponsor:
Processing and digitization of parts of this collection was supported by funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee and the Small Research Grants program of the National Museum of Natural History.
The collection consists of two small leather-bound account books filled with various words and symbols.
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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 316703
USNM Accession 66880
Related Materials:
Other Sheldon Jackson materials purchased by the Bureau of American Ethnology are held by the National Anthropological Archives in MS 316702 and by the Department of Anthropology object collections (Accession 66880).
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
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Genre/Form:
Pictographs
Citation:
Symbol account books, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution