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Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2014-03-06T19:49:51.000Z

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Collector:

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Artist:

Homovi (Hopi)  Search this

Kutcahonauu (Hopi)  Search this

Winuta (Hopi)  Search this

Pobitsche (Hopi)  Search this

Extent:

176 Drawings (visual works) (graphite, colored pencil, ink, crayon, watercolor)

Culture:

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings (visual works)

Works of art

Drawings

Place:

Arizona -- First Mesa

North America

Date:

1899 November-1900 March

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of 176 drawings of Katsinam made by Hopi artists beteween November 1899 and March 1900. Katsinam are benevolent spirit beings in the Hopi religion, serving as messengers who accept Hopi gifts and prayers for health, fertility, and rain and carry them back to the gods. They may represent plants, animals, insects, the sun, and human qualities. The drawings were commissioned by Jesse Walter Fewkes, who referred to the collection as the Codex Hopiensis.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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:

The drawings are arranged in inventory number order, which mostly follows the order of the plates in Fewkes' publication "Hopi Kachinas Drawn by Native Artists" in the 21st Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report (1903).

Biographical Note:

The artists include Kutcahonauu (or White-bear), aged about 30 and who had attended the Keams Canyon School; his uncle, Homovi; Winuta; and Pobitsche, who had attended The Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansaa.

Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850‐1930) was a naturalist, anthropologist, and archaeologist who served as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1918 to his death in 1928. Fewkes received a Ph.D. in marine zoology from Harvard in 1877, and was curator of lower invertebrates at the Museum of Comparative Zoology until 1887. He became deeply interested in the culture and history of Puebloan peoples while on a collecting trip in the western United States. In 1891, he served as director of the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition and editor of the Journal of American Archeology and Ethnology. In 1895 he embarked on various archeological explorations for the Bureau of American Ethnology, during which he conducted excavations in the Southwest, the West Indies, and Florida.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4731

Conservation Note:

The drawings were mounted on light board prior to publication in 1903. After publication, they were trimmed so that the paper and board were the same size and bound into four volumes. In 2000-2001, all four volumes were disbound, flattened, and rehoused in sink mats.

Publication Note:

Almost all of the drawings were published in:

Jesse Walter Fewkes, "Hopi Kachinas Drawn by Native Artists" Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 21, 1903. Plates II-LIII.

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives also holds Fewkes's field notes (MS 4408).

Fewkes photographs are held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 1, Photo Lot 4321, Photo Lot 30, and Photo Lot 86 (his negatives).

Correspondence from Fewkes is held in the National Anthropological Archives in the George L. Beam papers (MS 4517), the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. papers, the Anthropological Society of Washington records (MS 4821), the Herbert William Krieger papers, the J.C. Pilling papers, the Walter Hough Papers (in the records of the Department of Anthropology), and the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Topic:

Kachinas  Search this

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Drawings

Citation:

MS 4731 Drawings of Katsinam by Hopi artists, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4731

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MS 4731 Drawings of Katsinam by Hopi artists

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f0f7357e-e1f6-4c80-9a38-525d66434e16

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4731

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Florida -- Archaeology

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Newspaper clippings giving accounts of researches in Florida. Miscellaneous

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1840

Citation:

Manuscript 1840, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1840

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37c10a06d-2670-406f-85a3-43873f591aba

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1840

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Extent:

9 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Place:

Florida -- Archaeology

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1842

Citation:

Manuscript 1842, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1842

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30bc202d4-569b-451b-bed2-32796e578bd5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1842

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Extent:

54 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Place:

Florida -- Archaeology

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Sections of a manuscript, with headings such as, "Snow Shoe," "Stellae," "Virgin Shells," "Shield," "Spider," etc.; intended order uncertain. The original handwritten drafts of nearly all of these have been located (7/67) in No. 2527, and the appropriate sections marked.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1844-a

Topic:

Key Marco (Florida)  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1844-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1844A

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ce1cface-ca25-4d05-8f05-87cf53e382f5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1844a

Collector:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Photographer:

Sawyer, Wells, 1863-1960  Search this

Extent:

300 Prints (circa, albumen and silver gelatin (some copy prints))

1 Drawings (visual works)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Drawings (visual works)

Photographs

Place:

Marco Island (Fla. : Island)

Tarpon Springs (Fla.)

Florida -- Antiquities

Date:

1895-1896

Scope and Contents note:

The collection consists of photographs collected by Frank Hamilton Cushing that document archeological sites at Key Marco and Tarpon Springs, Florida. Photographs include views of scenery, sites, excavations, a few objects in situ, and other objects after excavation and cleaning. The photographs may have been made by Wells Moses Sawyer, photographer and artist for Cushing's expeditions in Florida.

Biographical/Historical note:

Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900) was curator of the ethnological department of the United States National Museum and an ethnologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology (1876-circa 1886), best known for his work with at Zuni. In 1895 and 1896, he went to Florida due to ailing health and undertook archeological work on Florida's western coast with the joint sponsorship of the Bureau of American Ethnology and Dr. William Pepper of the University of Pennsylvania. He embarked on reconnaissance in May-June 1895 and conducted large-scale explorations in December 1895-April 1896.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 2

Location of Other Archival Materials:

The original negatives for the prints and some additional negatives not printed are in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 14 subject and geographic file of negatives.

The artifacts depicted in these photographs were probably divided between the Department of Anthropology collections at the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Pennsylvania's museum.

The National Anthropological Archives also holds Cushing's papers (MS 2009-06, MS 4780, and MS 1847), photographs (MS 1839), and manuscripts relating to Cushing's work in Florida (MS 2527, MS 2526, MS 1849-b, MS 1849-a, MS 1848, MS 1846, MS 1844-b, MS 1844-a, MS 1842, MS 1841, and MS 1840)

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University also holds some of the Frank Hamilton Cushing papers, 1876-1892.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Topic:

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 2, Frank Hamilton Cushing photograph collection relating to excavations on the west coast of Florida, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.2

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Frank Hamilton Cushing photograph collection relating to excavations on the west coast of Florida

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3577a8a5f-7e32-43b0-8489-cd6246ebfdba

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-2

Collector:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Collection Collector:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Extent:

1 Drawings (visual works) (004 1/2 in x 008 3/4 in)

Type:

Archival materials

Drawings (visual works)

Drawings

Place:

Florida

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.09689600

Local Note:

Black and white drawing on cardboard

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Topic:

Archeology -- Florida  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Collection Citation:

Photo lot 2, Frank Hamilton Cushing photograph collection relating to excavations on the west coast of Florida, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Frank Hamilton Cushing photograph collection relating to excavations on the west coast of Florida

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw359062bf3-c5cf-4412-9de1-9f7ac311960c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-2-ref898

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Extent:

124 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Drawings

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Nearly all unlabeled. With one highly miscellaneous lot is a 4 - page list of captions, but there is nothing to indicate the connection, if any, between the captions and the illustrations that are present.

Photographs: 7 - 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. showing shells, pottery, etc, unmounted. 30 - plates showing pottery designs, etc . unmounted av. 9 x 6 1/2 in. Not here in 1956. 1 Landscape showing designs on rock. Not here in 1956. 3 photographs of Indian men, (unmounted), 8 1/2 x 6 in. and 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (names not given) Not here in 1956. Photos in envelope marked "Bird Eye": 2 - showing Idol, 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. mounted. 3 - plates showing stone figures & miscellaneous designs. 1 - 8 x 10 in. showing figures. Photos in envelope marked "Club and Club Face": 1 - showing row of stone figures, 1 - showing shell figures (small); 1 of Indian figure with club 6 1/2 x 9 in.

2 - showing miscellaneous stone figures 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. Not here in 1956. In envelope marked "War Club and Shield": 4 - miscellaneous drawings and sketches. In envelope marked "Pecking Bird": 2 drawings showing designs, etc. In envelope marked "Club god": 1 - design showing shell gorget 1 - design showing figured copper plate Miscellaneous small sketches of shell mask, etc. 4 - figures showing clubs, etc. 1 - showing pottery.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1846

Topic:

Key Marco (Florida) -- Florida -- Archeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Photographs

Citation:

Manuscript 1846, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1846

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36a839b51-fd77-4827-ad06-332c9cf60043

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1846

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Photographer:

Brown, George, St. Augustine  Search this

Extent:

7 Photographs

1 Map

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Maps

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1849-a

Topic:

St. Johns -- Florida -- Archeology  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1849-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1849A

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw397bb19fb-744f-46fc-b025-39a3a5dbfb22

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1849a

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Florida -- Archaeology

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Several manuscripts and parts thereof, as follows: (1) Untitled manuscript, apparently a narrative account of a survey of Florida archaeological sites. 708 pages, typed on half-sheets. (2) Section of a manuscript, "Tomahawk and Calumet; Shield and Gorget." 50 pages typed on half-sheets, numbered 680-729. (3) Beginning of typescript identical with Cushingʹs published paper, "Preliminary Report on the Exploration of Ancient Key-Dwellersʹ Remains on the Gulf Coast of Florida," American Philosophical Society Procs., Volume 35, 1897, page 329-448; typescript covers published pages 329-338 only.

(4) Miscellaneous pages of unidentified manuscripts. 28 pages, typed on half-sheets.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2526

Other Title:

Tomahawk and Calumet; Shield and Gorget

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 2526, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2526

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw379b23bb0-72f2-4df9-af18-336690e5e1cb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2526

Author:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Addressee:

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this

Extent:

1 Page

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

July 26, 1896

Scope and Contents:

Request for copy of Holmes's recent publication on Mexican archeology and forwards copies of Cushing's article on the arrow (The Arrow, Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, XLIV, 18950) and a newspaper account of his Florida explorations. The latter has not been found.The letter is attached to the former.

Provenance:

Department of Anthropology transfer May 22, 1973

Citation:

Manuscript 7171, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7171

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ce5314e7-bfcf-4ccb-9a89-f4f64e187334

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7171

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Extent:

2 Volumes

146 Pages

124 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Pages

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2527 (part 2)

Topic:

Tarpon Springs (Florida) -- Florida -- Archeology  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 2527 (part 2), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2527B

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b91b50f8-c981-45b3-9d00-0fd75d872abd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2527b

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Free Museum of Science and Art  Search this

Extent:

23 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

1900-1903

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1848

Topic:

Key Marco (Florida) -- Florida -- Archeology  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1848, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1848

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39c5fb4b1-691d-4326-805b-6d13cfdde25c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1848

Creator:

Sawyer, Wells, 1863-1960  Search this

Names:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Florida -- Archaeology

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Sites are follows: Key Marco, Bear Point, Hope Mound (Negative 45012-C), Tarpon Springs Mound (Negative 45012-A), Safford Mound (Negative 45012-B), Region about Tarpon Springs (Negative 45012).

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1849-b

OPPS NEG 45012-C

OPPS NEG 45012-A

OPPS NEG 45012-B

OPPS NEG 45012

Citation:

Manuscript 1849-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1849B

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f2f9e6f2-d755-4ecf-888e-32e6b5fc429d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1849b

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Extent:

1,621 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Original drafts of portions of manuscript on "Key Marco Types" (nearly all found to match with typescripts in No. 1844-a); lists of illustrations for this or a related paper; original Key Marco shipping list and packing slips.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2527 (part 1)

Topic:

Key Marco (Florida) -- Florida -- Archeology  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 2527 (part 1), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2527A

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a8287369-ea90-4649-b87d-07cf8302b108

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2527a

Creator:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Extent:

300 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Place:

Florida -- Archaeology

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1841

Citation:

Manuscript 1841, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1841

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw370b09d6c-440d-46cc-a3d5-b6a2498fe4e5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1841

Creator:

Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941  Search this

Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (ca. in. ca. 5 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Place:

North Carolina -- Archeology

Mississippi -- Archeology

Pennsylvania -- Archeology

Iowa -- Archeology

Indiana -- Archeology

New York (State) -- Archeology

Maryland -- Archeology

Connecticut -- Archeology

Florida -- Archaeology

Date:

ca. 1912-16

Scope and Contents:

Relates to the proposed Handbook of Aboriginal Remains East of the Mississippi. Includes folders for Rhode Island, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Maine, New York, Maryland, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, and Miscellany.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 7138

Other Archival Materials:

See also MS 2619-a and MS 4098. MS 2400 also has some materials relating to preparations for the Handbook.

Topic:

Rhode Island -- Archeology  Search this

Massachusetts -- Archeology  Search this

Wisconsin -- Archeology  Search this

Maine -- Archeology  Search this

New Hampshire -- Archeology  Search this

Virginia -- Archeology  Search this

Kentucky -- Archeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Manuscript 7138, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7138

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30e6eaabf-bc3a-4d77-8b95-d3dece41f4c1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7138

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Mound Exploration Division  Search this

Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910  Search this

Extent:

11 Boxes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

United States -- Archeology -- Mounds

Date:

1881-1889

Scope and Contents:

Includes reports, field notes, drawings, correspondence and other materials relating to mound explorations by Cyrus Thomas and collaborators, including F. S. Earle, J. W. Emmert, Gerard Fowke, Charles C. Jones, J. P. MacLean, J. D. Middleton, Warren K. Moorehead, P. W. Norris, Edward Palmer, H. L. Reynolds, J. P. Rogan. L. H. Thing.

Site reports and correspondence relating to specified localities are arranged by state. There are separate files of material relating to more than one state; correspondence of a general nature; and bibliographic references.

Contents:

Alabama - Arkansas; Canada, Florida - Illinois; also California and Canada, Indiana - New York, New York - North Dakota (and South Dakota), Ohio, Oregon - Tennessee (South Dakota, see North Dakota) Virginia - Wisconsin, "Miscellaneous and General" (more than one state discussed) General Correspondence, 1882-1892, A - Z Bibliography; Newsclippings; Thomas, Personal Miscellanea.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2400

Citation:

Manuscript 2400, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2400

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e0ebe0d0-432f-4dab-b9df-90d717b733e2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2400

Creator:

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Extent:

13 Boxes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1873-1927

Summary:

This collection consists principally of Fewkes's archeological and ethnological field notebooks, 1890-1927. It also includes correspondence, 1873-1927; lectures, circa 1907-1926; and unpublished manuscripts by Fewkes and others, circa 1893-1923.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists principally of Fewkes's archeological and ethnological field notebooks, 1890-1927; and includes correspondence, 1873-1927; lectures, circa 1907-1926; and unpublished manuscripts by Fewkes and others, circa 1893-1923.

In the accompanying inventory, the catalog numbers under which each volume or part was originally catalogued is shown in brackets.

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:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1873-1927

Series 2: Field Diaries, Notebooks, and Maps, 1873-1927

Series 3: Lectures and Articles, mostly unpublished, circa 1907-1926, undated

Series 4: Manuscripts by Other Authors, collected by Fewkes, circa 1893-1923

Biographical Note:

Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850‐1930) was a naturalist, anthropologist, and archeologist who served as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology (B.A.E.) from 1918 to 1928. Fewkes received a Ph.D. in marine zoology from Harvard in 1877 and was curator of lower invertebrates at the Museum of Comparative Zoology until 1887. He became deeply interested in the culture and history of the Pueblo Indians while on a collecting trip in the western United States. In 1891, Fewkes became director of the Hemenway Southwestern Archeological Expedition and editor of the Journal of American Archeology and Ethnology. In 1895 he began working for the B.A.E., during which he conducted archaeological excavations in the Southwest, the West Indies, and Florida. During the summers of 1908-1909, 1915-1916, and 1918-1922, Fewkes worked almost exclusively on excavations and repair of ruins in Mesa Verde National Park. He was appointed chief of the B.A.E. in 1918 and played an important role in the creation of Hovenweep National Monument in Colorado and Wupatki National Monument in Arizona. He retired in 1928, after which he continued research for the B.A.E. under the title of Associate Anthropologist.

Related Materials:

Additional records created by and about Fewkes are contained in the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Fewkes correspondence held in the National Anthropological Archives is contained in the George L. Beam papers (MS 4517), the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. papers, the Anthropological Society of Washington records (MS 4821), the Herbert William Krieger papers, the J.C. Pilling papers, the Walter Hough Papers (in the records of the Department of Anthropology), and the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Fewkes photographs held in National Anthropological Archives are contained in in Photo Lot 1, Photo Lot 30, Photo Lot 86 (his negatives), Photo Lot 73-43B, and Photo Lot 4321.

Fewkes drawings held in the National Anthropological Archives are contained in MS 3427 Drawings of specimens, Heshota Uthla.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives also holds a field notebook by Fewkes, Record Unit 7350.

The Department of Anthropology collections holds several accessions of artifacts collected by Fewkes, including USNM ACC 048761 (relating to Casa Grande excavations) and USNM ACC 050765 (relating to Mesa Verde excavations).

Collection supplement files relating to the life and published work of J. Walter Fewkes are on file in the NAA Reading Room.

Provenance:

The original accession of Fewkes's papers was selected by Matthew W. Stirling at Fewkes's home after Fewkes's death in 1930. This accession consisted largely of archeological and ethnological field notebooks, correspondence, lectures, and unpublished manuscripts. These materials were originally cataloged in unrelated lots. NAA archivist Margaret C. Blaker brought these materials together in 1956 and cataloged them under MS 4408.

In March 1976, the Smithsonian Libraries transferred to the NAA papers largely concerning Fewkes's other scientific work. These were accessioned under the number NAA ACC 76-133. Another group of materials consisting of three volumes recording trip to the American West were transferred from the Smithsonian Institution Archives in December 1979.

Another acquisition to the Fewkes papers, consisting of a volume of photographs, a volume of correspondence, and another volume concerning Betatakin, were acquired from aņ unknown source. These materials appeared in James R. Glenn's office in the Department of Anthropology in April 1986. A notebook of graphite drawings of Taino culture was donated by Jordan Belfort of Old Brookville, New York via Alvin Abrams.

Restrictions:

The Jesse Walter Fewkes papers are open for research.

Access to the Jesse Walter Fewkes papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4408 Jesse Walter Fewkes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4408

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MS 4408 Jesse Walter Fewkes papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3505e09a3-abe0-41a5-98e5-06d63e0c5c31

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4408