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MS 2600-c Notes by J. N. B. Hewitt and James Mooney relating to Edwin T. Denig's Manuscript report on the Indian tribes of the Upper Missouri

Creator:
Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this
Annotator:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Culture:
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Contents: Miscellaneous notes on the Manuscript by Hewitt and Mooney, 1918-1928. Typescript and Manuscript Document. 41 pages and slips. Notes and incomplete drafts of Hewitt's introduction to Denig's "Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri," Bureau of American Ethnolgy-AR 46, Washington, D. C., 1930. 1928. Typescript and Autograph Document. 50 pages. Notes on the Denig Manuscript by Hewitt. 1923-1928. Typescript and Autograph document. Approximately 90 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2600-c
Topic:
Assiniboin  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2600-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2600C
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw302ea4c2f-baad-4d86-9fb8-2cb9d8e5da00
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2600c

MS 2600-d Correspondence relating to Edwin Thompson Denig and the publication of his "Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri River," Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 46, Washington, D.C., 1930

Creator:
Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this
Correspondent:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this
Kessler, Charles N. (Charles Nickolas), 1874-1957  Search this
Extent:
150 Items (ca. pages ca. 150 pages)
Culture:
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1919-1925
Scope and Contents:
Includes correspondence between Denig's descendents and James Mooney, J.N.B. Hewitt, and J.W. Fewkes; and correspondence between C.N. Kessler, Helena, Montana, and Mooney and Fewkes regarding Denig Manuscript.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2600-d
Local Note:
Typescript and manuscript
Topic:
Assiniboin  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2600-d, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2600D
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e1887131-0723-4279-ba45-19b3926f5b65
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2600d

John Canfield Ewers Papers

Correspondent:
Hanson, James A.  Search this
Conner, Stuart W.  Search this
Dempsey, Hugh A.  Search this
Brasser, Ted J.  Search this
DeMallie, Raymond  Search this
Schaeffer, Claude E.  Search this
Taylor, Colin F.  Search this
Creator:
Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997  Search this
Names:
National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
United States. National Park Service  Search this
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this
Taylor, James E. (Artist)  Search this
Extent:
97 Linear feet
Culture:
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Cree  Search this
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1945-1993
Scope and Contents:
The John Canfield Ewers Papers document his wide ranging anthropological interests from early White depictions of Native Americans to the material culture of the Plains tribes through correspondence, exhibit catalogs, field notes, illustrations, lectures, maps, photocopies of archival materials, photographs, and writings. The collection includes materials relating to his numerous research projects and publications such as his books on plains sculpture and Jean Louis Berlandier as well as his field research among the Assiniboin and Blackfoot tribes. Ewers' career as an ethnologist based in a museum is amply documented through correspondence, exhibit plans and scripts, notes, and reports showcasing his work for the National Park Service and his fifty plus years at the Smithsonian. The voluminous correspondence file highlights his close collaboration with individuals such as Stu Conner, Hugh Dempsey, Claude Schaeffer, and Colin Taylor. Ewers' graduate studies and his family are featured in Series XI. One special category of materials in this collection is Series XIV, the card files. Ewers pulled information from his field notes and other sources, classified them, and typed or wrote them up on 3x5 or 5x7 inch index cards. He then organized these files alphabetically by subject within large categories such as "Collecting Alpha by Collectors Name" or "Fur Trade and Trade Goods." The card files include correspondence and photographs and closely relate to materials throughout the rest of the collection. Though Ewers' papers are primarily textual in nature, there are graphic materials throughout his files. Series XIII features the graphic materials that Ewers kept separate from his files such as the contents of his slide cabinets. There is overlap within this series as Ewers kept multiple copies of his slides in various locations. This series also includes audiotapes of conferences and symposia at which Ewers spoke and three scrapbooks. Of note are original pencil and ink drawings from his book, The Horse in Blackfoot Culture, in Series XV. Transcripts of oral history interviews with John Canfield Ewers are also available at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Arrangement note:
This collection was organized into 15 series - Correspondence, Research & Subject Files, Research Projects, Trips and Presentations, Artists of the Old West, North American Indian Art, Plains Sculpture Book, Berlandier Project, Smithsonian Institution, National Park Service, Personal, Writings by Ewers, Audiovisual Materials, Card Files, and Art Work.
Biographical/Historical note:
John Canfield Ewers (1909-1997) earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1931 and an M.A. in Anthropology from Yale University in 1934. Ewers began his career in museums as a Field Curator for the National Park Service. He helped design exhibits at Vicksburg National Battlefield and Ocmulgee National Monument among others. In 1941, the Bureau of Indian Affairs hired Ewers to design and establish the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Montana. After a short stint in the Navy during World War II, Ewers joined the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution. He worked at the Smithsonian for over fifty years in numerous capacities including Director of the National Museum of History and Technology (now called the National Museum of American History). Ewers' research dealt with the Plains Indians and the Blackfoot tribe in particular. Ewers wrote several books on a wide variety of topics including White artists depictions of Native Americans, Plains Indian sculpture, and the horse in Blackfoot Indian culture.
Restrictions:
The John Canfield Ewers papers are open for research.
Rights:
Contact repository for terms of use.
Occupation:
Artists  Search this
Topic:
Ethnohistory  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Carving  Search this
American Indians -- Plains  Search this
Artists -- United States -- West -- Biography  Search this
American Indians -- Clothing  Search this
American Indians -- arts and crafts  Search this
Museums -- History -- Exhibitions  Search this
Museums -- Collection management  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Repatriation  Search this
Citation:
John Canfield Ewers papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.1998-35
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a79ed527-de46-4681-a92d-bd23575f45f5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-1998-35

Of the Crow Nation / by Edwin Thompson Denig ; edited, with biographical sketch and footnotes, by John C. Ewers

Author:
Denig, Edwin Thompson 1812-1858  Search this
Ewers, John Canfield  Search this
Physical description:
74 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
1953
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Call number:
E99.C92 D46 1953
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_714698

MS 2600-e Last will and testament of Edwin T. Denig

Creator:
Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this
Collector:
Vickers, Chris, 1901-1994  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
August 7, 1946
Biographical / Historical:
Executed June 10, 1859.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2600-e
Local Note:
Negatives of two pages of this Manuscript were made and prints furnished Mr. J.C. Ewers, for the purpose of comparing the handwriting of Mr. Denig with a Manuscript in St. Louis. Negatives and prints in envelope with photostats; also copy of Vicker's letter.
Photostat copy
Citation:
Manuscript 2600-e, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2600E
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37c0d9187-fa68-4f78-8cdb-96bf5d50e9b0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2600e

MS 9 Blackfoot vocabulary

Creator:
Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this
Extent:
7 Pages
Culture:
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Vocabulary
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Approximately 169 words, with "Rules for pronunciation."
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 9
Local Note:
Manuscript document
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Blackfeet  Search this
Genre/Form:
Vocabulary
Citation:
Manuscript 9, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS9
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3da5e45b8-61ad-416f-a476-6d7a3e638583
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms9

MS 2600-a A Report to the Hon. Issac I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory, on the Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri

Creator:
Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this
Addressee:
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862  Search this
Extent:
488 Pages
Culture:
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
ca. 1854
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2600-a
Local Note:
Manuscript document
Topic:
Assiniboin  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2600-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2600A
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e59c7e30-fe14-4718-9490-99b29757c77f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2600a

MS 1334 Assiniboin vocabulary

Creator:
Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873  Search this
Extent:
7 Pages
Culture:
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
ca. 1860's
Scope and Contents:
Copy by George Gibbs from the original Manuscript in the possession of F.V. Hayden.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1334
Local Note:
Manuscript document
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Assiniboin  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1334, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1334
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw343aaa63c-c51d-465b-9e21-1fee803b454c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1334

MS 2600-b-2 Partial Abridged copy of "A Report to the Hon. Issac I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory, on the Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri"

Creator:
Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this
Addressee:
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862  Search this
Annotator:
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895  Search this
Extent:
150 Pages
Culture:
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
ca. 1854
Scope and Contents:
Includes marginal note by J. Owen Dorsey and partial typescript of the section "Legends and Fables," probably made for J.N.B. Hewitt, no date, typescript document, 5 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2600-b-2
Local Note:
Manuscript document
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Assiniboin  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2600-b-2, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2600B2
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36470b7bd-ba77-4cf0-9cd3-240142d44f6a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2600b2

Indian tribes of the upper Missouri / by Edwin Thompson Denig ; edited with notes and biographical sketch by J.N.B. Hewitt

Author:
Denig, Edwin Thompson 1812-1858  Search this
Hewitt, J. N. B (John Napoleon Brinton) 1859-1937  Search this
Physical description:
377-628 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1967
Call number:
E99.A84 D465 1967
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1028406

The Assiniboine / by Edwin Thompson Denig ; edited by J.N.B. Hewitt ; introduction by David R. Miller

Author:
Denig, Edwin Thompson 1812-1858  Search this
Hewitt, J. N. B (John Napoleon Brinton) 1859-1937  Search this
Physical description:
xxxiii, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2000
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_604552

Indian tribes of the upper Missouri / by Edwin Thompson Denig., with notes and biographical sketch by J.N.B. Hewitt

Author:
Denig, Edwin Thompson 1812-1858  Search this
Hewitt, J. N. B (John Napoleon Brinton) 1859-1937  Search this
Physical description:
p. [375]-628., on 10 leaves : ill. (incl. ports., map ; 29 cm
Type:
Articles
Place:
Missouri River Valley
Date:
1930
1930]
Call number:
E99.A84 D465 1930
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_941488

Of the Assiniboines / by Edwin T. Denig ; edited by John C. Ewers

Title:
Assiniboines
Author:
Denig, Edwin Thompson 1812-1858  Search this
Ewers, John Canfield  Search this
Missouri Historical Society  Search this
Physical description:
p. [121]-150, [4] p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1952
Call number:
E99.A84 D39 1952
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_503222

Five Indian tribes of the upper Missouri; Sioux, Arickaras, Assiniboines, Crees, Crows. Edited and with an introd. by John C. Ewers

Author:
Denig, Edwin Thompson 1812-1858  Search this
Physical description:
217 p. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Missouri Valley
Date:
1961
[1961]
Call number:
E78.M82D4X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_260322

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