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Human Studies Film Archives  Search this

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Lectures

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Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

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Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2010-02-23T19:57:54.000Z

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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 United States National Museum Department of Anthropology Division of Archeology  Search this

Jochelson, Waldemar I.  Search this

Bernheimer, Charles L.  Search this

Colburn, Burnham S.  Search this

Featherstonehaugh, Thomas  Search this

Geist, Otto William  Search this

Hill, A. T.  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Langford, George Langford  Search this

Montgomery, Henry  Search this

Moore, Clarence B. (Clarence Bloomfield), 1852-1936  Search this

Pittier, Henri F.  Search this

Stebbins, F. B.  Search this

Artex, Charles Artes (archeological collector)  Search this

Beckwith, C. W.  Search this

Branch, C. W.  Search this

Hempstead, F. S.  Search this

Pillars, James  Search this

Price, Governor  Search this

Squier, Ephraim George  Search this

Davis, Edwin Hamilton  Search this

Riaboushinsky Expedition. Ethnological Section  Search this

Collector:

Colburn, Burnham S.  Search this

Photographer:

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Matteson, Sumner W.  Search this

Mearns, Edgar S.  Search this

Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948  Search this

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882  Search this

Names:

Wetherill, Richard -- Mancos Canyon, Colorado  Search this

Extent:

1,600 Items

Culture:

Tlingit -- burials  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Unangan (Aleut)  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Negatives

Photomechanical prints

Tintypes

Drawings

Clippings

Notes

Letters

Place:

Massachusetts -- Dighton Rock

Alabama -- 1931 -- Moundville

Alabama -- Archeology

Alaska -- Archeology

Arizona -- Archeology

Arkansas -- Archeology

California -- Archeology

Colorado -- Archeology

Connecticut -- Archeology

Delaware -- Archeology

Florida -- Archeology

Georgia -- Archeology

Illinois -- Archeology

Indiana -- Archeology

Iowa -- Archeology

Kansas -- Archeology

Kentucky -- Archeology

Maryland -- Archeology

Maine -- Archeology

Massachusetts -- Archeology

Michigan -- Archeology

Minnesota -- Archeology

Mississippi -- Archeology

Missouri -- Archeology

Nebraska -- Archeology

Nevada -- Archeology

New Jersey -- Archeology

New Mexico -- Archeology

New York (State) -- Archeology

North Carolina -- Archeology

North Dakota -- Archeology

Ohio -- Archeology

Oklahoma -- Archeology

Oregon -- Archeology

Pennsylvania -- Archeology

South Carolina -- Archeology

Tennessee -- Archeology

Texas -- Archeology

Utah -- Archeology

Virginia -- Archeology

Washington -- Archeology

Costa Rica -- Archeology

British Columbia -- Antiquities

Canada -- Archeology

New Zealand -- Archeology

Nova Scotia -- Archeology

Pacific Islanders -- Archeology

West Indies -- Archeology

Date:

1870s-1930s

Scope and Contents:

The material consists mostly of photographic prints. A few negatives, photomechanical prints, tintypes, drawings, newspaper clippings, notes, and letters are also included. Much of the material is annotated. In part, the file was assembled for or relates to many accessions and cataloging units of the division.

The material was received from professionals and amateurs, mostly working in North America. The images are of artifactual and skeletal specimens, fradulent specimens, collections of specimens, sites, excavations, site features, ruins, petroglyphs, and field parties. A few are reproductions of maps and portraits of native people. Some of the specimens are in the Smithsonianʹs collections, but many are not.

Included among the many subjects are photographs of Dighton Rock in Massachusetts; many ruins of the 1931 Moundville, Alabama, excavation; Tlingit burial boxes; excavations, specimens, and Aleut portraits taken by Waldemar I. Jochelsonʹs Ethnological Section of the Riaboushinsky Expedition, 1909-1912; Richard Wetherillʹs party in Mancos Canyon, Colorado, and F. S. Hempsteadʹs Archaeological and Topographic Map of Portsmouth," [Ohio].

Some of the material relates to the work of Charles L. Bernheimer in Utah, Burnham S. Colburn in Georgia and North Carolina, Thomas Featherstonehaugh in Florida, Otto William Geist in Alaska, A. T. Hill in Nebraska, Walter Hough in Arizona (for the Gates-United States National Museum Expedition, 1901), George Langford in Illinois, Henry Montgomery in North Dakota, Clarence B. Moore in Florida, Henri F. Pittier in Costa Rica, and F. B. Stebbins in Tennessee. Collections are those of Charles Artes (filed Indiana), Thomas Beckwith (filed Missouri), C. W. Branch (filed West Indies), Burham S. Colburn Cherokee relics (filed North Carolina), James Pillars (filed Ohio), Governor Price (frauds from New Mexico), Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis (filed Ohio).

The material is from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Utah, Virginia, Washington, Costa Rica, British Columbia, Canada, New Zealand, Nova Scotia, South Pacific, and West Indies.

The works of many photographers are included. Among them are John K. Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Sumner W. Matteson, Edgar A. Mearns, Victor Mindeleff, and Timothy H. OʹSullivan.

Arrangement:

(1) Frauds; (2) petroglyphs (3) general

Topic:

Archeology -- artifacts -- skeletal specimens -- frauds -- collection -- sites -- Excavations -- Petroglyphs  Search this

Archeology -- frauds -- New Mexico  Search this

Archeology -- Alabama  Search this

Archeology -- Arizona  Search this

Archeology -- Alaska  Search this

Archeology -- Arkansas  Search this

Archeology -- California  Search this

Archeology -- Colorado  Search this

Archeology -- Connecticut  Search this

Archeology -- Delaware  Search this

Archeology -- Florida  Search this

Archeology -- Georgia  Search this

Archeology -- Illinois  Search this

Archeology -- Indiana  Search this

Archeology -- Iowa  Search this

Archeology -- Kansas  Search this

Archeology -- Kentucky  Search this

Archeology -- Maryland  Search this

Archeology -- Maine  Search this

Archeology -- Massachusetts  Search this

Archeology -- Michigan  Search this

Archeology -- Minnesota  Search this

Archeology -- Mississippi  Search this

Archeology -- Missouri  Search this

Archeology -- Nebraska  Search this

Archeology -- Nevada  Search this

Archeology -- New Jersey  Search this

Archeology -- New Mexico  Search this

Archeology -- Archeology  Search this

Archeology -- North Carolina  Search this

Archeology -- North Dakota  Search this

Archeology -- Ohio  Search this

Archeology -- Oklahoma  Search this

Archeology -- Oregon  Search this

Archeology -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Archeology -- South Carolina  Search this

Archeology -- Texas  Search this

Archeology -- Utah  Search this

Archeology -- Virginia  Search this

Archeology -- Washington  Search this

Archeology -- Costa Rica  Search this

Archeology -- British Columbia  Search this

Archeology -- Canada  Search this

Archeology -- New Zealand  Search this

Archeology -- Nova Scotia  Search this

Archeology -- Oceania  Search this

Archeology -- West Indies  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Negatives

Photomechanical prints

Tintypes

Drawings

Clippings

Notes

Letters

Citation:

Photo lot 40, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.40

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3413cc2cb-bf9c-41d2-bd29-5e2c850d63d9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-40

Photographer:

James, George Wharton  Search this

Cook, W. A.  Search this

Chapman, John W. (John Wight), 1858-1939  Search this

Chandlee, W. E.  Search this

Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987  Search this

Carbonell, Jose  Search this

Brown, S. C.  Search this

Abbott, William Louis, 1860-1936  Search this

Archer, William Andrew  Search this

Bartleman, Richard M.  Search this

Boleter, Frank M.  Search this

Dinwiddie, William, 1867-1934  Search this

Moorhouse, Lee, 1850-1926  Search this

Gilfillan, J. A. (Joseph Alexander), 1838-1913  Search this

Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Ward, Fanny B.  Search this

Worcester, Dean Conant  Search this

Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this

Russell Brothers  Search this

Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929  Search this

Pilsudski, Bronislaw  Search this

Rice, Arthur P.  Search this

Robertson, Mrs. T. C.  Search this

Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944  Search this

Sigourney, W. S.  Search this

Spencer, S. A.  Search this

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this

Doty, Charles Edward, 1862-1921  Search this

Miller, E. Y.  Search this

Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920  Search this

Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863-  Search this

Miller, Hugo H.  Search this

Turner, Lucien M. (Lucien McShan)  Search this

Moore, Riley Dunning, 1883-  Search this

Moros, E.  Search this

Correspondent:

Jacobs, Melville  Search this

Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery), 1881-1949  Search this

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this

Clark, Charles Upson, 1875-1960  Search this

Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973  Search this

Cambiaso, R. D.  Search this

Brown, O. M.  Search this

Briggs, C. F.  Search this

Abbot, Charles G.  Search this

Archer, William Andrew  Search this

Barry, J. Neilson (John Neilson), 1870-1961  Search this

Beckwith, Frank  Search this

Blumentritt, Ferdinand  Search this

Boekelman, H. J.  Search this

Costells, J. Martinez  Search this

Booy, Theodore de  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Cressman, Luther S., 1897-1994  Search this

Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997  Search this

Felts, Wayne M.  Search this

Drierden, J. E.  Search this

Franco, Jose L.  Search this

Harding, H. T.  Search this

Harris, J. R.  Search this

Granberry, Julian  Search this

Higgins, B. B.  Search this

Setzler, Frank M. (Frank Maryl), 1902-1975  Search this

Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957  Search this

Thomas, E. H.  Search this

Stern, T. B.  Search this

Spinden, Herbert J.  Search this

Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936  Search this

Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978  Search this

Weltfish, Gene, 1902-1980  Search this

Wright, L. S.  Search this

Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964  Search this

Nicholson, Grace, -1948  Search this

Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915  Search this

Packard, E. L.  Search this

Palm, Erwin W.  Search this

Parkes, George A.  Search this

Sexton, Charles E.  Search this

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Skinner, H. D.  Search this

Langille, W. A.  Search this

Laudermilk, J. D.  Search this

Judd, Neil Merton, 1887-1976  Search this

Lashmitt, Ivan de  Search this

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

Lawrence, Donald B.  Search this

Folkmar, Daniel, 1861-1932  Search this

Moberg, Gosta  Search this

Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997  Search this

Creator:

Krieger, Herbert W. (Herbert William), 1889-1970  Search this

Author:

Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

19 Linear feet

Culture:

Haida  Search this

Athapascan Indians  Search this

Northern Athabascan  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Lists

Drawings

Memorandums

Notebooks

Press releases

Printed materials

Maps

Notes

Letters

Photographs

Bibliographies

Reports

Place:

Cuba

Bahama Islands

Alaska

Dominican Republic

Japan

Old Kasaan

Philippines

Oceania

Date:

1925-1957

Summary:

The papers of this collection are those of Herbert William Krieger (b. 1889), archaeologist and curator of the Division of Ethnology for the former United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Included are correspondence, field notebooks, notes, administrative material, manuscripts of writings, printed matter, sketches, maps, photographs and other documents.

Scope and Contents:

These papers reflect the professional life of Herbert William Krieger (b. 1889), archaeologist and curator of the Division of Ethnology for the former United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Included are correspondence, field notebooks, notes, administrative material, manuscripts of writings, printed matter, sketches, maps, photographs and other documents that cover the period from 1925 to 1957.

The bulk of the material concerns Krieger's archaeological work in the West Indies, primarily the Dominican Republic, where he researched intermittently from 1938 to 1953. There is also material in the collection on Krieger's work in Southeastern and Central Alaska where he was involved with the restoration and reconstruction of the Kansaan National Monument from 1926 to 1927. Material concerning the salvage archaeology performed on the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon, particularly in the area of the construction site of the Bonneville Dam, is included in the collection. Also included is work on two War Background Studies publications, one on the peoples of the Philippines, the other on the islands of the Western Pacific. The collection additionally contains Krieger's office files and collected correspondence of scholars and informants used for reference purposes.

Not represented in the collection is any phase of Krieger's personal life, nor is there any material reflecting his life prior to or since his association with the Museum.

Among correspondents whose letters are included are Franz BOAS, C. U. CLARK, John COLLIER, L. S. CRESSMAN, Frances DENSMORE, Philip DRUCKER, John EWERS, Jesse W. FEWKES, Melville HERSKOVITS, William H. HOLMES, Walter HOUGH, Neil M. JUDD, A. L. KROEBER, Otis MASON, Frank M. SETZLER, Herbert J. SPINDEN, T. D. STEWART, Matthew STIRLING, William Duncan STRONG, T. T. WATERMAN, Waldo WEDEL, Alexander WETMORE, and Clark WISSLER.

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:

OUTGOING LETTERS, 1925-1955: Box 1

INCOMING LETTERS, 1925-1957: Boxes 2, 3

COLLECTED CORRESPONDENCE USED AS REFERENCES, 1892-1957: Box 3

OFFICE FILE, 1929-1957: Boxes 4, 5, 6, 7

MATERIAL RELATING TO SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL ALASKA, 1926-1927: Box 8

MATERIAL CONCERNING THE COLUMBIA RIVER REGION, 1927-1955: Boxes 8, 9

MANUSCRIPTS AND NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC, 1943: Boxes 10, 11, 12, 13

MATERIALS RELATING TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1942: Box 14

MATERIAL CONCERNING THE WEST INDIES, 1938-1953: Boxes 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

MISCELLANY, 1925-1957: Boxes 20, 21

PRINTED, PROCESSED AND EXTRACTED MATERIAL, 1884-1957: Boxes 22, 23, 24

PHOTOGRAPHS, UNKNOWN-1975: Boxes 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

Biographical / Historical:

Herbert William Krieger joined the staff of the United States National Museum's Department of Anthropology as assistant curator of ethnology in 1924, and he became curator of ethnology in 1925. In spite of his position, much of his field work was carried out in archaeology. In 1927, for the Bureau of American Ethnology, he examined the feasibility of restoring Old Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, and carried out archaeological reconnaissance along the Columbia River. In the following year, he continued reconnaissance work, first along the middle Yukon River and then, again, along the Columbia. In the former area, he also collected a few random notes on living Athapascan Indians and in both areas he carried out several excavations.

In 1934, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Public Works Administration, he carried out salvage archaeological work near Bonneville, Oregon. As a pastime, during the 1930s, he carried out reconnaissance along the lower Potomac River. Krieger's major work, however, lay to the south among the problems of Caribbean archeology. Between 1928 and 1937 and from 1947 to 1952, he concerned himself with sites visited by Columbus and attempts to plot areas previously occupied by the Arawak, Carib, and other tribes.

His studies involved examinations of both historic and prehistoric Spanish and Indian settlements in Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas. Based on these, he published several articles and books, including Archeological and Historical Investigations in Samana, Dominican Republic, United States National Museum Bulletin 156, 1931, and Aboriginal Indian Pottery of the Dominican Republic, United States National Museum Bulletin 156, 1931. He was also a participant in several conferences concerned with the archaeology, ethnology, and history of the Caribbean area.

In addition to his field work and administrative duties as head of the Division of Ethnology, Krieger worked with the Museum's ethnological collections and published several articles based on them. He also became involved in the renovation of the division's public areas so that "the antiquated and overcrowed exhibits should be replaced by modern exhibits in which art and science are blended". Much of the effort for this was carried out by Krieger's associate curator John Canfield Ewers.

Having a special interest in the Philippines and western Oceania that grew from his early service as a teacher in Manila, Krieger also produced studies of the people of the Philippines and the islands of the western Pacific for the Smithsonian's War Backgroud Studies series during World War II. He also worked on a volume "The Islands of New Japan, " but it was never published.

December 8, 1889 -- Born in Burlington, Iowa

1907 -- Bachelor of Arts, Wartburg College, Clinton, Iowa

1908 -- Master of Arts, State University of Iowa, in German and Philosophy

1909-10 -- Fellow, University of Illinois

1911-14 -- Instructor of economics and commercial geography at the School of Commerce, Bureau of Education, Manila, Philippine Islands

1914-20 -- Bank cashier and ranch owner, Granada, Minnesota

1920-21 -- Instructor, Burlington Junior College, Burlington, Iowa

1922 -- Married Rosalia Louise Krapf

1922-24 -- Instructor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota

1924 -- Assistant Curator, Division of Ethnology, U. S. National Museum

1925 -- Curator, Division of Ethnology, U. S. National Museum

1926-27 -- On an expedition to southeast and central Alaska, engaged in the reconstruction and restoration at the Old Kansaan National Monument

1927-35 -- Salvage archaeology along the Columbia River, primarily in the area surrounding the Bonneville Dam prior to its construction for the Department of the Interior

1938-53 -- Investigations in the Caribbean area, primarily the island of Hispaniola, Dominican Republic

1957 -- Retired from the staff of the United States National Museum and made Honorary Research Associate, U. S. N. M.

July 1, 1970 -- Died, Buried in Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Related Materials:

Additional material in the National Anthropological Archives that relates to Herbert Krieger can be found in the United States National Museum Manuscript and Pamphlet File, as well as among the correspondence files of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Topic:

Houses -- North America -- Africa -- Asia -- South America  Search this

War Background Studies  Search this

Archeology -- Columbia River -- Yukon River -- Cuba -- Dominican Republic -- Bahama Islands  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Lists

Drawings

Memorandums

Notebooks

Press releases

Printed materials

Maps

Notes

Letters

Photographs

Bibliographies

Reports

Citation:

Herbert William Krieger papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.XXXX.0171

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32a81f6e7-bbbc-4202-b085-dbffa2d95ce3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-xxxx-0171

Creator:

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

Extent:

5 Items (Typed data on cards, arranged by state. boxes. Typed data on cards, arranged by state. 5 boxes.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

United States -- Archeology

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Apparently assembled for a proposed Handbook of Aboriginal Remains East of the Mississippi. Also includes data on some states West of Mississippi River.

Box No. 1: Alabama, Arkansas - microfilm on reel 67-4/68, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois.

Box No. 2: Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York

Box No. 3: North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, West Virginia, Vermont.

Box No. 4: Virginia, Wisconsin

Box No. 5: (West of Mississippi River) There is also a miscellaneous group of cards covering various states apparently not completed, including: Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas. In addition there are miscellaneous notes on the states already completed.

Arrangement:

Alphabetical by state

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4098

Local Note:

Typed cards

Other Archival Materials:

See also MS 2619-a and MS 7138. MS 2400 also has some materials relating to the Handbook.

Citation:

Manuscript 4098, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4098

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31e0b3074-2eb9-4aff-8c5d-f45873eca556

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4098

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Photographer:

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this

Smillie, T. W. (Thomas William), 1843-1917  Search this

Extent:

2 Prints (etching or engraving)

13 Prints (albumen)

230 Copy prints (circa)

1 Chromolithograph

179 Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

200 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)

Culture:

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Sisitonwan Dakota (Sisseton Sioux)  Search this

Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux)  Search this

Tewa Pueblos  Search this

Taos Indians  Search this

Wenatchi Indians  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Tuscarora  Search this

Yanktonnai Nakota (Yankton Sioux)  Search this

Yakama (Yakima)  Search this

Iowa  Search this

Ponca  Search this

Dakota (Eastern Sioux)  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Cayuga  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Oneida  Search this

Choctaw  Search this

Muskogee (Creek)  Search this

Cochiti Pueblo  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Fox  Search this

Catawba Indians  Search this

Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)  Search this

Apache  Search this

Isleta Pueblo  Search this

Jicarilla Apache  Search this

Klamath  Search this

Laguna Indians  Search this

Menominee (Menomini)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Seneca  Search this

Omaha  Search this

Onondaga  Search this

Osage  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Copy prints

Chromolithographs

Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs mostly commissioned and collected by personnel in the Bureau of American Ethnology. Most of the photographs are studio portraits of Native Americans made by the Bureau of American Ethnology and Smithsonian Institution, possibly for physical anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka. There are also photographs made by Truman Michelson among the Catawba tribe, copies of illustrations and drawings, and various images of archeological sites and artifacts.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 87-2M, USNM ACC 42191

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Original negatives for many photographs in this collection held in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.

Additional Michelson photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 13, Photo Lot 24, MS 2139, and MS 4365-c.

Additional Hillers photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 28, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 143, Photo Lot 83-18, Photo Lot 87-2N, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 92-46, and the BAE historical negatives.

Additional Jackson photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 93, Photo Lot 143, Photo Lot R82-10, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 92-3, the records of the Department of Anthropology, and the BAE historical negatives.

Additional Smillie photographs held in the National Museum of American History Archives Center in the Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie Glass Plate Negatives and in Smithsonian Institution Archives SIA Acc. 05-123.

Additional Gardner photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 80-18, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, and the BAE historical negatives.

Associated busts and molds held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 42191.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Citation:

Photo lot 87-2M, Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.87-2M

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38ec3245f-6abd-4664-a65e-b51cdda340e6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-2m

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Point

Place:

Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A137908-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3be1b03ac-1d28-4908-a9bd-2974d1043ca1

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edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8017115

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Sherd

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138773-0

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NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e0dae260-3c6e-4b56-83b9-b967c0be5021

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edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018093

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Blade

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138774-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d8b27ce3-c6df-49c3-9d10-3c9e41284cfb

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edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018094

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Blade

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138775-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

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edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018095

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Blade

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138776-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d632d75f-2b4d-49bd-9768-ea2f6c63d53e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018096

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Blade

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138777-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f5acda85-bffe-496f-9849-1c836d1fdff3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018097

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Blade

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138778-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36698a2f8-9192-41b6-97d6-832ececf4bd8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018098

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Blade

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138779-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34d711d3f-a8a5-4ed0-a1a6-1aace12bd876

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018099

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Blade

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138780-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d23dba1b-d328-49de-b2c5-52930e795e1b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018101

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Blade

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138781-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3572f3927-c66f-4355-8a39-7f301f7c9bee

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edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018102

Collector:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Charles Rau  Search this

Object Type:

Axe

Place:

North Buena Vista, Near, Clayton County, Iowa, United States, North America

Accession Date:

10 Dec 1887

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

019931

USNM Number:

A138782-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c9f3ffc3-7aae-4c8c-ab54-438ea084bad3

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edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8018103

Photographer:

Van Schaick, C.J.  Search this

Smith, Huron H. (Huron Herbert), 1883-1933  Search this

Creator:

Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925  Search this

Extent:

454 Negatives (photographic)

99 Photographic prints (black and white)

5 Lantern slides

Culture:

Indians of Mexico  Search this

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this

Iowa  Search this

Menominee (Menomini)  Search this

Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this

Plains Cree (Prairie Cree)  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Bribri  Search this

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)  Search this

Cayuga  Search this

Minnesota Chippewa  Search this

Saulteaux  Search this

Shinnecock  Search this

Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux)  Search this

James Bay Cree  Search this

Seneca [Cattaraugus]  Search this

Potawatomi [Forest County, Wisconsin]  Search this

Kesagami (Kesagmi) Cree  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Photographic prints

Lantern slides

Negatives

Place:

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Costa Rica

Oklahoma

Mexico

Canada

Florida

New York

New Mexico

Wyoming

Date:

circa 1870 to before 1926

Summary:

Tribes covered in the photographs are: Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Iowa, Iroquois, Mahican, Menomini, Ojibwa, Oto, Plains Cree, Potawatomi, Seminole, Seri, Shinnecock, Sioux, Winnebago, Zuni Pueblo. The majority of photographs (552) have Skinner listed as the photographer and presumably are photographs he took on his expeditions. However, 104 photos are of the Seminole in Florida. According to Dennis P. Carey's biography of Skinner (Unpublished? 1980) Julian Q. Dimock, a well-known photographer, accompanied him on his expedition to the Seminole in Florida; how many of the photos were taken by Dimock is unknown, but he is listed as the photographer for 23 of them. Skinner's other photographs are of the Seneca Iroquois in New York; the Zuni Pueblo and Hawikku site; several tribes in Wisconsin; the Chippewa in Minnesota; and miscellaneous shots taken in Canada, Costa Rica, Florida and New York. Two photographs of the Mahican were taken by Huron H. Smith (1923) and two of the Winnebago were taken by C.J. Van Schaick (c. 1870). The remaining photographs have no photographer listed but were in Skinner's collection of photographs and are of varying tribes with dates ranging from 1909 to 1923.

Arrangement note:

Collection arranged by item number.

Biographical/Historical note:

Alanson Buck Skinner was born in Buffalo, New York, on September 7, 1886. His parents moved to Staten Island, New York, when Alanson was still very young. There Alanson met W.T. Davis who taught him to find arrowheads and other traces of ancient Indian life. When he was older he consulted with Prof. F.W. Putnam and George H. Pepper at the American Museum of Natural History about his interest. In the summer of 1902 Skinner went on his first fieldwork expedition near Shinnecock Hills, Long Island, for the American Museum of Natural History with Arthur C. Parker and Mark R. Harrington. Two years later Skinner and Harrington went on another archeological expedition in western New York State for the Peabody Museum and while there he attended his first Native ceremony on the Cattaraugus reservation. After high school Skinner joined the staff of the AMNH as an assistant in anthropology. In 1908 he led an expedition to Hudson Bay to study the Cree Indians. In 1910 he went to Wisconsin where he met John V. Satterlee, part Menomini, and Judge Sabatis Perote, a full-blooded Menomini, who adopted him into the tribe under the Thunder clan name of Sekosa or "Little Weasel." He later went on expeditions to collect from the Seminoles in the Florida Everglades, and other tribes in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and other states. During these years he was also studying anthropology at Columbia under Boas, Farrand, Saville, and Bandelier, and at Harvard under Dixon, Tozzer, and Farrabee. In 1916 Skinner joined the Museum of the American Indian and remained there until 1920, when he took a position as curator of anthropology at the Public Museum of Milwaukee. He returned to the MAI in 1924 where he remained until his untimely death on August 17, 1925 in a car accident in North Dakota. He was a member of the American Anthropological Association, the Wisconsin Archeological Society, the Explorer's Club, a York Rite Mason and a Shriner. A more detailed biography by Dennis P. Carey (1980) can be found in the vertical file. A complete bibliography of Skinner's writings can be found in Indian Notes, Vol. II, No. 4 (October 1925).

Restrictions:

Access restricted. Researchers should contact the staff of the NMAI Archives for an appointment to access the collection.

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Wisconsin  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Lakes Region  Search this

Indians of North America -- New York (State)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Indians of North America -- New Mexico  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Photographic prints

Lantern slides

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.001.036

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv43e72bdfd-3445-490f-9e4f-9684dc6b5597

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001-036

Creator:

Abbott, William Louis, 1860-1936  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Kloss, Charles Boden  Search this

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

Photographer:

Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944  Search this

Extent:

13 Linear feet

Culture:

Enggano  Search this

Jakun (Malaysian people)  Search this

Borneo  Search this

Indonesians  Search this

Dyak  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Trang -- Thailand

Anambas Islands (Indonesia)

Mergui Archipelago

Enggano (Malaysia)

Sumatra

Malaysia

Mentawai Islands (Indonesia)

Nias Island (Indonesia)

Date:

1888-1919

Summary:

The papers in the Abbott collection appear to have been brought together in the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology in order to process ethnological specimens from Malaya and Indonesia and to prepare an exhibit and publications. Included are some of Abbott's original letters, notes, maps, and a considerable number of photographs. Most of these materials concern the Enggano, Jakun, and Dyak. Many other documents in the collection consist of copies of or extracts from Abbott's letters, the originals of which are now in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. There are also letters and other materials of Otis Tufton Mason and Walter Hough accumulated as they worked on the collection, many simple lists of accessions compiled in the Department of Anthropology, and a few manuscripts. In addition, there are printed materials that were apparently used by the department's staff for reference purposes. Some of the photographs made in Borneo in 1914 are by Henry Cushier Raven, a field assistant of Abbott and, later, a collector financed by Abbott.

Additional materials of Abbott and Raven are in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, and their material (often duplicate photographs) are included in several collections in the National Anthropological Archives.

Scope and Contents:

William Louis Abbott, although formally trained in medicine, chose instead to devote his time and inherited wealth to worldwide exploration and the collection of natural history specimens and ethnological artifacts. The Abbott papers in the National Anthropological Archives reflect his collecting activities in the East Indies, and the work on his collections from that region by United States National Museum personnel, especially Otis Tufton Mason, curator of ethnology. The collection includes correspondence, maps, illustrations of artifacts, manuscripts, lists of objects in the Abbott collection in the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology, and photographic prints and negatives. In addition, there is a subject file which contains information on a variety of topics relating to Indonesia and Malaysia. The materials date from the 1890s to the early decades of this century.

This archival collection forms a valuable complement to the collection of artifacts housed in the National Museum of Natural History. (Abbott's collections from Indonesia are described by Dr. Paul M. Taylor, curator of Asian ethnology, in the Museum Anthropology Newsletter, April, 1985.) The subject file and lists of objects provide data on certain specific artifacts and their uses and Abbott's correspondence contains his observations of the daily life of the various peoples from whom the objects were collected. These documents are supplemented by a generous photographic record and sketch maps which outline the routes he followed. The papers focus on the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, the region closest to Abbott's heart and to which he dedicated over a decade before eye disease forced him to leave the tropics.

In addition to Abbott's own materials, there are notes by museum staff, including descriptions of artifacts, and manuscripts of articles mostly by Mason who was particularly interested in basketry. The bulk of the correspondence is between Abbott, Otis Mason, Walter Hough, and Cecil Boden Kloss who accompanied Abbott on several expeditions. Other correspondents include Cyrus Adler, Jesse Walter Fewkes, William H. Furness, Alfred Cort Haddon, Ales Hrdlicka, Mary Lois Kissell, Elmer D. Merrill, William Palmer, Richard Rathbun, and Charles Clark Willoughby. Most of the letters are brief and discuss proposed work on the Abbott collections, bibliographic sources, and basketry.

Additional material in the National Anthropological Archives relating to William Louis Abbott is contained in the papers of Ales Hrdlička and of Herbert W. Krieger, the Manuscript and Pamphlet File of the United States National Museum Department of Anthropology, and the photographic collection of the United States National Museum Division of Ethnology. Because Abbott donated material to a variety of departments in the Smithsonian, his original written material is located in several other Smithsonian departments as well. There are personal letters to his mother and sister as well as Smithsonian personnel in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Field notebooks including detailed sketch maps of collecting stations are in the libraries of the departments of Mammals and of Birds.

The spelling of place names used here are those of Abbott who frequently wrote them as they sounded to him.

Arrangement:

Collection arranged into 9 series: (1) Correspondence, 1896-1919; (2) Subject file; (3) Register of accessions, 1890-1906; (4) Lists of objects by accession number and location; (5) Lists of objects by type or geographic location; (6) Drafts of unpublished articles with working materials; (7) Printed material; (8) Photographic prints; (9) Photographic negatives.

Biographical Note:

William L. Abbott studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and, after receiving an M.D., continued his training in London. Although a highly successful student, he seems never to have been fully committed to medicine. Instead, around 1880, using his own resources, he turned to a life of exploration and the study of natural history.

Abbott's early expeditions were in the United States, but, in time, he went abroad, at ever increasing distances, to the Greater Antilles, East Africa, Kashmir, and Turkestan. In 1896, he began work in Malaya and Indonesia that would largely occupy him until 1915. Using Singapore as a base, he sailed his ship, the Terrapin, to points on both coasts of the Malayan Peninsula, Trang in Thailand, the Anambas Islands, the Mergui Archipelago, the Nicobars and Andamans, both costs of Sumatra and the nearby islands (notably Nias, the Mentawai Islands, and Enggano), the Rhio Archipelago, and Borneo. On many of thes voyages, he collected both biologcial and ethnological specimens and photographs. At times, however, he was accompanied by an Englishman, Cecil Boden Kloss, who handled the ethnological work. Kloss retain his own notes and many of his photographs.

Abbott's later work, between 1916 and 1923, was carried out in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. After this, he retired to a farm on the Elk River in Maryland.

Abbott has been described as one of the great field naturalists of all time simply for the quantity of material he collected. Virtually the only body of work he left, in fact, is his large collection of specimens and notes, letters, and photographs that relate to them. Although he contributed to the collections of several museums, the chief benefactor of his work was the United States National Museum. Its staff and associated produced around forty publications based on his material. Abbott himself published very little.

CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM LOUIS ABBOTT

1860 February 23 -- Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1880 -- Collected birds in Iowa and North Dakota

1881 -- Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania

1883 -- Collected birds in Cuba and Santo Domingo

1884 -- Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

1884-1886 -- Postgraduate work in England Licentiate of Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Physicians

1886 -- Received inheritance and discontinued formal practice of medicine

1887-1889 -- Exploration of Taveta region near Mt. Kilimanjaro with William Astor Chandler. Collection donated to United States NationalMuseum

1890 -- Exploration and collection in Zanzibar, Seychelles Islands, and Madagascar

1891 -- Ethnological collections in the U.S. National Museum from Kilima-Njaro, East Africa,Annual Report of the U.S. National Museum for 1891, pages 381-398Exploration and collection in India, including Baltistan, Karachi, Kashmir, and Srinagar

1892 -- Exploration and collection in Vale of Kashmir, Baltistan, Aden, Seychelles Islands, and Aldabra Island

1893 -- Exploration and collection in Seychelles Islands; India, including Kashmir and Srinagar; Leh Ladakh; Sinkiang, China; and Eastern Turkistan

1894 -- Continued exploration and collection in region of Eastern Turkistan, Pakistan, India, and Ceylon

1895 -- Exploration and collection in Madagascar and Kashmir

1896 -- Exploration and collection in Malay Peninsula, including:Jan-Feb – PerakFeb-Mar – CantonApr-Nov – Trang Province, Siam, including Pramon, Tyching, and Penang

1897 -- Exploration and collection:Jan -- TrangApr-May -- PenangMay-Dec -- India

1898 -- Volunteered in Spanish-American War with William A. Chambers as Irregular Horse in Florida, and served in CubaTravel in Singapore and China

1899 -- Construction of schooner TerrapinExploration and collection accompanied by Cecil Boden Kloss:Jan-Mar -- TrangMarch -- SingaporeMar-Apr -- JavaJul-Sept -- Lingga and Anamba islandsOct-Nov - Singapore, PenangDec - Junkseylon

1900 -- Exploration and collection accompanied by Kloss:Jan-Mar -- Burma, Mergui ArchipelagoJun-Aug -- Natuna ArchipelagoNov-Dec -- Penang, Burma, Mergui Archipelago

1901 -- Exploration and collection accompanied by Kloss:Jan -- Andaman IslandsJan-Mar -- Nicobar IslandsApr-Nov -- Northern Sumatra, Rhio-Lingga Archipelago, Johore, PenangNov-Jan 02- Simalur

1902 -- Exploration and collection accompanied by Kloss:Jan-Feb -- Banjak Islands, Lasia, BabiFeb-Mar -- Western SumatraMar -- NiasApr-May -- Pahang, Malaya; Singapore and Straits IslandsAug-Sep -- Bintang, Rhio ArchipelagoOct-Nov -- SimalurNov-Jan 03 -- Pagi Islands

1903 -- Exploration and collection:Jan -- Western SumatraFeb -- Pulo TelloApr -- Penang, SingaporeMay-June -- Karimun IslandsJuly-Aug -- Rhio-Lingga ArchipelagoAug-Sep -- Eastern SumatraOct -- PenangNov-Mar 04 -- Burmese coast, including Victoria Point, Mergui Archipelago, and Tenasserim

1904 -- Exploration and collection:Apr -- Penang and Straits of MalaccaMay-Jun -- Banka IslandJul-Aug -- Billiton IslandAug-Sep -- Karimata IslandOct -- Benkulen, SumatraNov-Dec -- Engano

1905 -- Exploration and collection:Dec 04-Feb- Western SumatraFeb-Mar -- NiasJun-Sep -- Western Borneo, including Pontianak and Kapuas riversNov-Jan 06 -- Eastern Sumatra Designated Honorary Associate in Zoology by the U.S. National Museum

1906 -- Visited Hong Kong and Japan (April-May)Exploration and collection accompanied by Kloss:Oct-Feb 07 -- Easter Sumatra, including Bengkalis and Rupat islands and Siak River

1907 -- Exploration and collectionMar -- Rhio ArchipelagoMay -- Islands of South China Sea, including Direction Island, Datu, Temayer, Lamukutan, Panebangan, and PelapisMay-Sep -- Western Borneo, including Kapuas and Simpang riversNov-Dec -- Java Sea, including Bawean Island

1908 -- Exploration and collection:Dec 07-Mar- Southeastern Borneo, including Pulo Laut and Pulo SebukuJun -- Southwestern BorenoNov -- Java Sea

1909 -- Exploration and collection:Dec 08-Apr -- Pulo Laut and eastern Borneo, including Pasir RiverOnset of partial blindness caused by spirochetosis, and treatment in Aachen, Germany. Illness forced Abbott to suspend collecting activities in tropics.

1910-1915 -- Exploration and collection in Kashmir

1912-1915 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to Borneo by Henry Cushier Raven

1914 -- Brief visit and collection in Molucca Islands and Celebes, accompanied by his sister

1915-1916 -- Donated funds for expedition by Raven to Dutch East Indies, especially Celebes

1916 -- Exploration and collection in Dominican Republic

1917-1918 -- Exploration and collection in Haiti

1918 -- Interruption of field work by Abbott because of servere illness (dysentary) and by Raven because of the war

1919-1923 -- Exploration and collection in Hispaniola

1920 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for botanical collection in Haiti by Emery C. Leonard, aid in Division of Plants

1920-1922 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to Australia by naturalist Charles M. Hoy

1923-1924 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to China by Charles M. Hoy until Hoy's death in the field; workconcluded by Reverend David Crockett Graham

1925-1927 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expeditions to Hispaniola

1928 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to China

1928 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to Hispaniola by Arthur J. Poole, Division of Mammals

1928-1931 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for archeological expedition to Hispaniola by Herbert William Krieger, curator, Division of Ethnology

1932 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for archeological expedition to Cuba

1934 -- Purchase and donation of birds of the Himalayas for the United States National Museum

April 2, 1936 -- Death of William Louis Abbott at his farm near North East, Maryland of heart disease after a long illnessBequest to Smithsonian Institution any of books and papers desired (278 volumes accepted) and approximately $100,000 (1/5 of estate) to promote zoological researchers

Provenance:

William Louis Abbott was a self-trained and self-sustaining collector who donated large numbers of ethnological artifacts, zoological specimens, and funds to the United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution around the turn of the twentieth century. The Abbott Papers in the National Anthropological Archives were apparently compiled by the staff of the Department of Anthropology, especially Otis Tufton Mason, curator of ethnology, in order to process incoming collections. The correspondence and printed materials relate primarily to Abbott's collecting activities and to Mason's research on Abbott's collections.

Restrictions:

The William Louis Abbott collection is open for research. Access to the William Louis Abbott collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Citation:

William Louis Abbott collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.XXXX.0228

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William Louis Abbott collection

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

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EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-xxxx-0228