Search Results

Creator:

Mallery, Garrick, 1831-1894  Search this

Extent:

41.29 Linear feet (22 boxes, 29 folders, 3 mounted drawings, and 3 rolled items)

Note:

Some materials, especially in series 3, are stored in the NAA artwork collection.

Culture:

Arctic peoples  Search this

Indians of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pictographs

Place:

Oceania

Date:

1849-1902

bulk 1870-1895

Summary:

Garrick Mallery (1831-1894) was an ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology who focused primarily on Native American sign language and pictography. This collection reflects Mallery's research interests and methods. Much of the collection is comprised of correspondence and notes relating to sign language and pictography and is organized chiefly by either the cultural or geographic region to which the material belongs. Bound volumes of several of his publications are included, along with annotated draft copies from collaborators. In the case of Mallery's work on pictography, the collection includes several oversize items including original works and reproductions.

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains Garrick Mallery's research and writings as a BAE ethnologist and is largely comprised of correspondence and preparatory materials for publications on Native American sign language and pictography. The geographic scope of the material is chiefly the present-day United States and Canada, though other areas of the world are represented less comprehensively. Correspondence and research notes include verbal descriptions of signs, sometimes with illustrations included. Bound volumes of Mallery's publications are included, along with annotations from collaborators. In addition, this collection includes notecards, drawings, illustrations, photographs, articles, and art objects. Art objects (mostly oversize) deal chiefly with Dakota winter counts and other artifacts.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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 into 3 series: 1) Research Notes, undated; 2) Materials on Sign Language, 1843-1849, 1873-1894; 3) Materials on Pictographs and Petroglyphs, 1849-1902, undated

Biographical Note:

Garrick Mallery (1831-1894) was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and practiced law in Philadelphia from 1853 until the outbreak of the American Civil War. While serving in the army, he became interested in Native American sign language and pictography, perhaps while performing his duties in frontier areas. After retiring from the military in 1879, Mallery was appointed to the newly created Bureau of American Ethnology as one of its first ethnologists. In his work with the Bureau, Mallery pioneered the study of sign language and pictographs, examining them as a universal human phenomenon with a direct link to spoken language.

In his work, Mallery collected and examined sign language vocabulary from Native American groups throughout the U.S. and Canada and regularly solicited contributions from collaborators. He also related his findings to examples from the wider world, comparing the formation of Native American signs to those in other areas by hearing individuals and by the deaf. Mallery completed several publications on the topic throughout the 1880s, notably Introduction to the Study of Sign language Among the North American Indians (1880), A Collection of Gesture- Signs and Signals of the North American Indians (1880), and "Sign-language among North American Indians Compared with that Among other People and Deaf-mutes," which appeared in the BAE 1st Annual Report (1881).

While most widely known for his work with sign language, Mallery also undertook extensive research into Native American pictography. Like his work with sign language, he both conducted original research and solicited assistance from collaborators. He was especially interested in the representational images in Dakota winter counts and petroglyphs in the United States and throughout the world.

Sources Consulted

Fletcher, Robert. "Garrick Mallery, President of the Philosophical Society of Washington, in 1888." In Brief Memoirs of Colonel Garrick Mallery, U.S.A., Who Died October 24, 1894, 3-8. Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1895.

Fletcher, Robert. "Colonel Garrick Mallery, U.S.A." American Anthropologist 8, no. 2 (1895): 79-80.

Chronology

1831 -- Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on April 25

1850 -- Graduates Yale College

1853 -- Earns LL. B. from the University of Pennsylvania Admitted to the Pennsylvania bar

1853-1861 -- Practices law in Philadelphia

1861 -- Enters the volunteer army of the United States

1862 -- Severely wounded in the battle of Peach Orchard, Virginia Captured and held prisoner at Libby prison in Richmond, Virginia

1866 -- Completes service with volunteer army of the United States Accepts commission in regular army of the United States

1870 -- Marries Helen W. Wyckoff

1879 -- Retires from the United States army due to disability Appointed to the Bureau of American Ethnology

1880 -- Publishes Introduction to the Study of Sign-Language Among the North American Indians as Illustrating the Gesture-Speech of Mankind and A Collection of Gesture-Signs and Signals of the North American Indians With Some Comparisons

1881 -- Publishes "Sign Language Among North American Indians, Compared with that Among Other Peoples and Deaf-Mutes"

1894 -- Dies after a short illness in Washington, D.C., on October 24

Related Materials:

See MS 2322 A collection of gesture-signs and signals of the North American Indians for more of Garrick Mallery's work on sign language.

Provenance:

MS 2372 was transferred from the Bureau of Ethnology Archives to the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Archives with the merger of the BAE and the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History in 1965. The Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Archives was renamed the National Anthropological Archives in 1968.

Restrictions:

Manuscript 2372 is open for research.

Access to Manuscript 2372 requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Sign language  Search this

Picture-writing  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Anthropology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Pictographs

Citation:

Manuscript 2372, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2372

See more items in:

MS 2372 Garrick Mallery Collection on Sign Language and Pictography

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw367638eb8-dce6-4d4e-bea5-2204e49134ef

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2372

Creator:

National Museum of Natural History  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-07-13T17:53:22.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Natural History  Search this

See more by:

smithsonianNMNH

Data Source:

National Museum of Natural History

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianNMNH

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_7fQIaFROzVU

Creator:

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-10-18T17:52:04.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Arctic Studies;Alaska;Alaska Natives;Native Art;Indigenous Art  Search this

See more by:

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska

YouTube Channel:

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_NX_HCeUKKf4

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-10-24T17:38:50.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_Hz4jlfA8A9U

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

Interviews

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-04-29T19:28:45.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_JWybQZLcvDE

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-11-11T13:43:18.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_MCmAPoQ4JSs

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-07-26T18:44:34.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_XsdSu-hg0PA

Collector:

Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka  Search this

Culture:

Prehistoric Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas)  Search this

Object Type:

Sinker

Place:

Umnak Island, Umnak Quad / Unalaska Quad / Samalga Island Quad / Aleutian Islands / Fox Islands, Alaska, United States, North America

Accession Date:

21 Dec 1938

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

149653

USNM Number:

A395768-0

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3428524b9-aca3-449e-97c5-3462273f83a3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8142042

Culture/People:

Cree  Search this

Object Name:

Firebag

Media/Materials:

Wool cloth, cordage, glass bead/beads, thread

Techniques:

Sewn, loom beadwork, overlay beadwork, edge beaded, strung, fringed

Dimensions:

38 x 30 x 1.5 cm

Object Type:

Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Place:

Manitoba; Canada (inferred)

Date created:

1860-1880

Catalog Number:

21/573

Barcode:

210573.000

See related items:

Cree

Bags/Pouches (and parts)

On View:

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62506d540-2641-407f-baa2-4c248b5832b9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_224804

Culture/People:

Yup'ik (Yupik Eskimo)  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Marie Moses (Cup’aq), Yup'ik (Yupik Eskimo), 1931-2020  Search this

Seller:

Phillip Moses, Yup'ik (Yupik Eskimo), 1925-2010  Search this

Object Name:

Child's boots

Media/Materials:

Sealskin/fur (Ring seal), beaver skin/fur, bearded seal/ugruk hide/skin, commercially tanned leather, wool yarn

Techniques:

Sewn, braided

Dimensions:

21.5 x 20.7 x 8.5 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Place:

Toksook Bay; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Archipelago:

Bering Sea Islands

Island Name:

Nelson Island

Date created:

2002

Catalog Number:

26/2601

Barcode:

262601.000

See related items:

Yup'ik (Yupik Eskimo)

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b9c03792-e9cc-4653-8204-5c765d902c63

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_278716

Culture/People:

Yup'ik (Yupik Eskimo)  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Marie Moses (Cup’aq), Yup'ik (Yupik Eskimo), 1931-2020  Search this

Seller:

Phillip Moses, Yup'ik (Yupik Eskimo), 1925-2010  Search this

Object Name:

Woman's boots

Media/Materials:

Bearded seal/ugruk hide/skin, beaver skin/fur, wool cloth, glass bead/beads

Techniques:

Sewn, braided, overlay beadwork

Dimensions:

55.5 x 29.3 x 9 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Place:

Toksook Bay; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Archipelago:

Bering Sea Islands

Island Name:

Nelson Island

Date created:

2002

Catalog Number:

26/2602

Barcode:

262602.000

See related items:

Yup'ik (Yupik Eskimo)

Clothing/Garments: Footwear

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61acb5f7f-f308-44b9-8efe-8904f6668a34

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_278717

Culture/People:

Unangan (Aleut)  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Bill Prokopiof, Unangan (Aleut), 1944-1999  Search this

Seller:

Hilary Elliot, Non-Indian  Search this

Previous owner:

Hilary Elliot, Non-Indian  Search this

Title:

Child's Mask Dance

Object Name:

Figural group

Media/Materials:

Steel

Techniques:

Welded

Dimensions:

81.5 x 45.6 x 99.3 cm

Object Type:

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place:

Santa Fe; Santa Fe County; New Mexico; USA

Date created:

1990

Catalog Number:

26/8913

Barcode:

268913.000

See related items:

Unangan (Aleut)

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a174ad55-bb7c-4c32-aefa-34372062749e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_407613

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-07-26T18:44:33.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_CBy-voS3Z6I

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-11-02T19:05:51.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_EpWjZgemFHA

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-11-13T20:10:16.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_GkbbXqoBgp0

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-11-02T19:11:45.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_am9yOZ60mmw

Editor:

Ganteaume, Cécile R  Search this

Author:

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center  Search this

Subject:

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center  Search this

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this

Physical description:

320 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color maps 29 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogs

History

Date:

2010

Topic:

Indian art  Search this

Indians--History  Search this

Material culture  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Indians  Search this

Indians--Antiquities  Search this

Indians--Material culture  Search this

Call number:

E59.A7 I54 2010

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_952738

Collector:

Captain Riedell  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. William H. Dall  Search this

Height - Object:

31.5 cm

Culture:

Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas)  Search this

Object Type:

Mask

Place:

Unga Island / Delarof Harbor, Port Moller Quad / Aleutian Islands / Shumagin Islands, Alaska, United States, North America

Accession Date:

26 Jan 1869

Collection Date:

1868

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

69A00010

USNM Number:

E7604-0

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/349fbc171-56f2-4f03-81d8-47a557c2be3d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8479203

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-07-26T18:44:32.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_YrOVJQPDNEQ

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-03-25T16:26:45.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_f-pDx7ijQw0