This collection contains the papers of Frank Hamilton Cushing. The collection, which dates from circa 1875-1897, includes a poem, "The sun is sinking to the west," dated June 10, 1875; drafts of a letter sent to Spencer Baird, 1875; a manuscript concerning customs written in a shaky hand on badly deteriorated ledger paper; a Smithsonian official receipt for a "collection of bone implements"; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings; autographed copies of the American Journal of Folklore and the Canadian Indian; copies of Cushing's own publications inscribed to various family members; and a manuscript concerning social life and customs, written in a shaky hand on badly deteriorated ledger paper. This manuscript has writing in a different hand on the reverse.
Biographical / Historical:
Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900) was a noted anthropologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2009-06
General:
Historian Curtis Hinsley examined the manuscript in September 2009. He believes that Cushing was the author of this work, but it is not written in Cushing's own hand.
Fire in the hole the spirit work of Fi Yi Yi & the Mandingo Warriors : a collaborative ethnography with the committee members of Fi Yi Yi edited by Rachel Breunlin ; photographs by Jeffrey David Ehrenreich
The art of ceremony voices of renewal from Indigenous Oregon Rebecca J. Dobkins ; foreword by Alfred "Bud" Lane III ; afterword by Roberta "Bobbie" Conner
This collection consists of reports, dictionaries and indexes relating to Indians of North America and to the Seminole Indians in Florida in particular, circa 1913-1928. The materials were compiled using the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology by Lucien A. Spencer, who was Special Commissioner to the Florida Seminoles for what was then called the Office of Indian Affairs. Includes information on history, myths and legends, costume, social customs, religious practices, language, agriculture and architecture. Two black and white photographs of Spencer are also present.
Biographical / Historical:
Lucien A. Spencer was an Episcopal minister who was appointed special commissioner for the Florida Seminoles in 1913; he held the position until 1930. During his tenure, there was an emphasis on introducing agricultural methods to the Seminoles.
