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Bryson Jones Travelogue: Deep South, ca. 1940,

Creator:
Human Studies Film Archives  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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Dave Shealy's 2000 Skunk Ape Footage

Creator:
Smithsonian Magazine  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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MS 4731 Drawings of Katsinam by Hopi artists

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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

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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

MS 1840 Newsclippings about Frank Cushing's work in Florida

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

MS 1842 The Law of Origins

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

MS 1844-a "Key Marco Types."

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

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

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.

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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

Pencil drawing of 2 pottery vessels

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

MS 1846 Miscellaneous photographs, sketches, facsimiles and tracings, assembled for comparison between Key Marco artifacts and others from widely separated localities

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

MS 1849-a Map of Florida, with location of mounds in St. Johns county marked in ink and photographs of pottery and conch shell hoes from "St. Augustine collection."

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

MS 2526 Manuscripts relating to archaeological sites in Florida

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

MS 7171 Letter to William Henry Holmes

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

MS 2527-b First Draft Catalogue Tarpon Springs, Florida

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

MS 1848 Correspondence relating to the division of the Key Marco collection between the Free Museum of Science and Art, Philadelphia, and the Bureau of American Ethnology

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

MS 1849-b Maps of F. H. Cushingʹs excavation at Florida sites

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

MS 2527-a First Catalogue of collection from Muck-beds in the Court of the Pile Dwellers, Key Marco, S.W. Florida

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

MS 1841 Series of notes to accompany illustrations for Volume II of BAE Bulletin 60

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

MS 7138 Letters, photographs, and other material containing reports of archaeological finds

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

MS 2400 Division of Mound Exploration Records

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

MS 4408 Jesse Walter Fewkes papers

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.
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The Jesse Walter Fewkes papers are open for research.

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