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Basket (No image available)

Culture/People:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Possible owner:
General Oliver Otis Howard (O. O. Howard), Non-Indian, 1830-1909  Search this
Previous owner:
Elizabeth Howard Bancroft (Mrs. Joseph Bancroft), Non-Indian, 1871-1941  Search this
Donor:
Elizabeth Howard Bancroft (Mrs. Joseph Bancroft), Non-Indian, 1871-1941  Search this
Object Name:
Basket (No image available)
Media/Materials:
Vegetal Fiber
Techniques:
Twined
Object Type:
Containers and Vessels
Place:
Northern California; California; USA (inferred)
Catalog Number:
19/680
Barcode:
190680.000
See related items:
Karuk (Karok)
Containers and Vessels
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws697575a4f-cdc3-4648-aec6-b59001ab37c4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_203475
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MS 4516 Philip Drucker papers

Creator:
Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982  Search this
Names:
Albert, John  Search this
Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King), 1918-1978  Search this
Beynon, William  Search this
Fast, Edward G.  Search this
Garfield, Viola Edmundson, 1899-1983  Search this
Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979  Search this
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960  Search this
Thompson, George E.  Search this
Tobin, J.E.  Search this
Uyeharan, Harry K.  Search this
Extent:
17 Boxes
17 Boxes
Culture:
Angaur  Search this
Haida  Search this
Nuxalk (Bellacoola)  Search this
Yoeme (Yaqui)  Search this
Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this
Chinook  Search this
Yurok  Search this
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Likiep  Search this
Jaliut  Search this
Heiltsuk [Oowekeeno (Wikeno)]  Search this
Kili  Search this
Ebon  Search this
Samoans  Search this
Paipai (Pi-Pi/Pais)  Search this
Clackamas  Search this
Bikini  Search this
Haisla  Search this
Heiltsuk (Bella Bella)  Search this
Coos (Kusan)  Search this
Alsea  Search this
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)  Search this
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this
Tsimshian  Search this
Tolowa  Search this
Payómkawichum (Luiseño)  Search this
Kumeyaay (Diegueño)  Search this
Micronesians  Search this
Xai'xais (Haihais/China Hat)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Kili (Marshall Islands)
Date:
1933-circa 1954
1933-circa 1954
Summary:
The processed material in this collection concerns work before 1955. Included are field notebooks, printed material, drafts of manuscripts, notes, catographic material, drawings, photograhs, writings, historical documents, and copies of United States government documents. Incorporated are notes (often comments and suggestion regarding Drucker's work) by Alfred Louis Kroeber, photographs of Nootka by R. Maynard, copies of papers by William Beynon and Viola Garfield, a catalog of an Alaskan Collection of Edward G. Fast, a field notebook relating to the British Columbia coast archeology survey by Richard King Beardsley, notes on Alsea by John Albert, and miscellaneous papers of various authors concerning Micronesia. The latter includes material by Harry K. Uyeharan on Angaur clan organization, J.E. Tobin on the Bikini, and George E. Thompson on education in American Samoa.
Scope and Contents:
These papers reflect the professional life of Dr. Philip Drucker (1911-1982), Assistant Curator for the U. S. National Museum, Ethnologist and Anthropologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), Staff Anthropologist in the U. S. Navy, farmer, and professor at the Universities of Kentucky, Colorado, and Baylor. Included are notes and fieldnotes from his expeditions into the American Northwest, MesoAmerica, and Oceania, correspondence sent and received by Drucker, drafts and notes of some of his works, element lists, newspapers and newsletters he collected, papers and materials from others in the field, class notes and exams from his years of teaching, photographs, and maps.

Of primary concern are the materials dealing with the Northwest Coast, which contain his most detailed notes. Dr. Drucker was considered to be one of the foremost experts in that region. There is also considerable photographic material on MesoAmerica, the majority of which remains unprocessed. Also included are materials dealing with Southern California, South America, and Oceania.

Correspondents include Margaret Blackman, Joanna Chisholm, William Beynon, John Fox, E. Gartly Jaco, Elizabeth Tooker, Margaret Lantis, Joseph P. Benson, Kenneth Ames, Vera Rubin, Charles M. Tolbert, Robert E. Quirk, James R. Glenn, and Ward H. Goodenough.

The Drucker Papers also include notes, exams, and assignments from his classes as well as a number of papers dealing with topics not directly related to the main series. There are many photographs of the Northwest Coast and MesoAmerica, and a few maps from each of the main regions in which Drucker worked.
Arrangement:
(1) Northwest Coast native brotherhoods; (2) Northwest Coast Nootkan tribes; (3) Northwest Coast miscellaneous ethnology (on the Bellabella, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Bellacoola, Wikeno, Haida, Haisla, Xaihais, and Heiltsuk); (4) Northwwest Coast archeology; (5) Northwest Coast cultural element distribution; (6) Oregon Coast and Northern California (including material on the Coos, Alsea, Clckamas, Tolowa, Karuk, Chinook, Karok, and Yurok; (7) southern California (including material on the Diegueno, Akwa'ala, Yaqui, Papago, Luiseno); (8) southwest Yuman-Piman tribes; (9) miscellaneous North American ethnology; (10) Mesoamerican archeology; (11) Micronesia (including material on Kili, Likiep, Jaliut, Ebon, Angaur, and other islands); (12) unprocessed material
Biographical Note:
Chronology of the Life of Philip Drucker

January 13, 1911 -- Born in Chicago, Illinois

1927 -- Began degree program in Animal Husbandry at Colorado Agricultural College

1929 -- Changed to Liberal Arts program at Colorado College

Summer 1930 -- Field School in Archaeology with the University of New Mexico

1930 -- Began Anthropology Degree at the University of California, Berkeley

1932 -- A. B. Degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley

1933 -- Teaching Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

1934-1935 -- Social Science Research (SSRC) pre-doctoral fellowship "Study of Nootkan Indians"

1936 -- Ethnographic Survey of Northwest Coast for the University of California Program in "Cultural Element Distribution" Ph. D. In Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

1938-1939 -- National Research Council (NRC) post-doctoral fellowship(Archaeological Survey of the Northwest Coast)

1940 -- Assistant Curator, United States National Museum (transferred to Bureau of American Ethnology)

1941-1942 -- Olmec Field Trips

1942 -- Commissioned Lt. (Jg) (Line) USNR; active duty

December 1945 -- Released from active duty Ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution

October 1948 -- Ordered to active duty, LCdr, USNR. Staff Anthropologist, Staff of Deputy High Commissioner, Trust Territory Of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia)

January 1952 -- Released from active duty Anthropologist for BAE

December 1955 -- Resigned BAE

1955-1966 -- Married Rosario and had two children, Felipe and Rosario Self-employed, farming operation, Vera Cruz, Mexico

October 1966 -- Sold farm and moved to San Andes Tuxtla, Vera Cruz

Spring 1967 -- Visiting professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

Summer 1968 -- Visiting professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado

1968-1969 -- Visiting professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

1969-1978 -- Professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

June 1978 -- Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky

1978-1979 -- Distinguished Visiting Professor, Baylor University

1979—? -- Senior Scientist (Ethnography), Kentucky Longevity Study Project, University of Kentucky

February 28, 1982 -- Died in Lexington, Kentucky
Addl. KW Subj::
Tipai-Ipai, Karuk, Luiseno, Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Chinook, Coosan, Bella Bella (Heiltsuk), Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth), Papago (Tohono O'odham), Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Papago (Tohono O'odham), Luiseno, Tipai-Ipai, Karuk
Provenance:
These materials were left by Drucker in his office at the Bureau of American Ethnology when he resigned in December, 1955, and were deposited in the Bureau of American Ethnology Archives ca. 1956 By M. W. Stirling, Chief, Bureau of American Ethnology.
Restrictions:
Manuscript 4516 is open for research.

Access to Manuscript 4516 requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Archeology -- Meso-America  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4516, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4516
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34664157a-4d7a-4b62-8ecf-c8c111494273
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4516

C. Hart Merriam photographs of Native Americans

Creator:
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942  Search this
Photographer:
Boysen Studio  Search this
Diller, J. S.  Search this
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930  Search this
Meddaugh, O. E.  Search this
Names:
Muir, John, 1838-1914  Search this
Talbot, Zenaida Merriam (photographer)  Search this
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910  Search this
Extent:
5,000 Items (glass negatives, film negatives, lantern slides, and some prints)
Culture:
Apache  Search this
Athapascan Indians  Search this
Achomawi (Pit River)  Search this
Jicarilla Apache  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Atsugewi (Hat Creek)  Search this
Patwin  Search this
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Klamath  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Shasta  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Pomo  Search this
Paiute  Search this
Koso (Panamint) Shoshone  Search this
Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this
Kutzadika'a (Mono Paiute)  Search this
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this
Ohlone (Costano)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Payómkawichum (Luiseño)  Search this
Maidu  Search this
Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this
Modoc  Search this
Klikitat  Search this
Laguna Indians  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Yana  Search this
Wintu  Search this
Yokuts  Search this
Yokayo Pomo  Search this
Pueblo  Search this
Tolowa  Search this
Taos Indians  Search this
Washo Indians  Search this
Wasco  Search this
Nisenan Indians  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Hupa  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Lantern slides
Photographs
Date:
circa 1902-1938
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs depicting Native American baskets and portraits of Native Americans with whom C. Hart Merriam worked, as well as scenic views and images of animals and plants, mostly in California. Many of the photographs were made by Merriam himself or his daughter Zenaida Merriam Talbot. In addition, Merriam collected photographs from other researchers and photographers, including J. S. Diller, John Peabody Harrington, Henry Wetherbee Henshaw, and O. E. Meddaugh. There are also images acquired from the Boysen Studio of Yosemite and photographs of Mark Twain, John Muir, basketmaker Maggie James, and Merriam's family.
Biographical/Historical note:
Clinton Hart Merriam (1855-1942) was a Columbia University-educated physician who worked as a naturalist, including as head of the Biological Survey for the US Department of Agriculture. He joined the Harriman Alaska Expedition as a zoologist in 1899. In 1910, he left the USDA and began to conduct research among California tribes. Financed by Mary W. Harriman and the E. H. Harriman Fund administered by the Smithsonian, he researched tribes' vocabularies, history, mythology, crafts (particularly basketmaking) until about 1936. His resarch was assisted by his daughter, Zenaida, who took photographs and painted glass slides for him. Merriam served as President of the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1920-1921.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 74-27
General note:
Additional information supplied by Marvin Shodas.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Merriam's notes held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 1563 and in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in SIA Acc. 12-264.
Additional photographs by Merriam held in the National Museum of American Indian Archives in the Mary Harriman Rumsey Photograph Collection and the Harriman Alaska Expedition Photograph Collection.
Correspondence from Merriam held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4558, the Department of Anthropology records (Manuscript and Pamphlet file), Bureau of American Ethnology records, J.C. Pilling Papers, Ales Hrdlicka Papers, and Jesse Logan Nusbaum Papers.
The Bancroft Library at University of California, Berkeley holds the C. Hart Merriam Papers, C. Hart Merriam Collection of Native American Photographs (prints corresponding to negatives in this collection), and C. Hart Merriam pictorial collection.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Baskets  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lantern slides
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 74-27, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.74-27
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3deff9e69-60c3-4ce5-83a4-22711ef14333
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-74-27

Karok/Shasta/Konomihu

Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Maddux, Phoebe  Search this
Roberts, Helen H. (Helen Heffron), 1888-1985  Search this
Collection Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Extent:
49 Boxes
Culture:
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Shasta  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Field notes
Vocabulary
Songs
Narratives
Date:
circa 1925-1933
Scope and Contents:
This subseries of the Northern and Central California series contains Harrington's research on Karok, Shasta, and Konomihu. Materials include notes on vocabulary, grammar, placenames, and basketry; biographical data on various Karok people; texts consisting of stories, myths, formulas, songs, and ethnographic accounts; notes from rehearings of secondary sources; and notes and drafts of Harrington's writings. There are also notes from his interviews with Sandybar Jim, Francisco Capitan, Fritz Hanson, Mrs. Grant, and Fannie Orcutt.

The section of Karok vocabulary is extensive and includes terms for cosmography/minerals, plants, animals, kinship, geography, material culture, and tribenames. The list of plant names also include information on botanical specimens that Harrington collected in the field. A mixture of Shasta and Karok vocabulary can be found elsewhere in the subseries, covering natural history, material culture, kinship and rank, tribenames, and placenames. Etymologies and ethnographic data can be found in both sections for some of the vocabulary.

The section on Karok grammar is also fairly large. The notes include observations he made on the language while working with Fritz Hanson and Sylvester Donohue in 1926. Most of the notes were rechecked with Phoebe Maddus in 1928-1929. There are also miscellaneous vocabulary and short sentences with glosses and translations, elicited to illustrate a variety of phonetic and grammatical principles.

Harrington's notes on placenames include a set of diaries of trips he made throughout Karok territory. He also conducted a detailed study of the Konomihu region of Salmon River. Information that he gathered include etymologies, physical descriptions, locations, and related ethnographic data.

The scope of subjects covered in Harrington's ethnographic notes is broad and mostly reflect his work with Maddux. There are descriptions of life in the living house and sweat house, dress, and food preparation. Various ceremonies, dances, doctoring songs, and formulas are discussed. A wide variety of customs, practices, and beliefs, are mentioned as well as biographical information and anecdotes relating to Maddux and fellow members of her tribe.

Maddux also dictated in Karok stories, myths, formulas, and ethnographic accounts. Some include English translations or summaries. The stories include numerous tales about Coyote and other mythical figures. The formulas include prayers and recitatives, as well as chants used as medicine. The ethnographic texts concern such topics as gathering sugarpine nuts, bear hunting, and marriage customs. Partial transcriptions of Karok and Konomihu songs also form a substantial part of the textual material.
Biographical / Historical:
Much of John P. Harrington's major work of recording Karok vocabulary and ethnographic notes was undertaken during an uninterrupted period of six and one-half weeks from late March to early May 1926. Part of the work was conducted in cooperation with Helen H. Roberts, the ethnomusicologist. The principal Karok speaker that Harrington worked with at the time was Fritz Hanson, a speaker of the Katimin dialect, who was considered to be especially knowledgeable regarding material culture and tribenames. Sylvester Donohue acted as interpreter. Lesser amounts of data were given by Donohue's younger brother, Ben, and a number of other speakers.

Harrington first officially requested permission to work on the ethnology of the Karok in May 1928. In August of that year he returned to the Klamath and Salmon River area. It was at this time that he began working extensively with Phoebe Maddux. Maddux, whose mother was a native doctor, had been raised at Ishipishrihak (Ishi Pishi), a village on the northwest bank of the Klamath River opposite Katimin. While in the region, Harrington obtained sizable vocabularies of the Shasta and Konomihu languages from a Mrs. Grant (further unidentified) and her older sister, Susan Brizelle, both of whom worked with Roland B. Dixon, Jaime de Angulo, and Helen H. Roberts. Daughters of a Konomihu mother and a French father, the women apparently had also learned some Shasta from their maternal grandmother, a Cherokee, who, after her capture, had adopted the "Etna language" (Scotts Valley Shasta).

In October 1928 Harrington brought Phoebe Maddux back with him to Washington, D.C., where she remained until July of the following year when they began the return trip to the west coast via Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. During this lengthy period, Maddux reheard the Karok notes obtained from Hanson, furnished much grammatical information, dictated numerous texts, and examined many artifacts and specimens in the collections of the U. S. National Museum. In addition, she commented upon the Shasta and Konomihu notes, particularly the placename data. In April, Harrington and Maddux were authorized to meet with Franz Boas in New York City for the purpose of making several wax cylinder recordings of the Karok language. En route to Maddux's home in late July 1929, Harrington and Maddux stopped at Eureka, California, to work briefly with Fannie Orcutt, an Orleans Karok woman.

Harrington returned briefly to his study of the Shasta and Konomihu languages in October 1933 when his presence in Takelma territory facilitated a second visit with Brizelle. At that time he "touched up" his earlier notes by adding language identifications and once again rechecked the material. Brizelle's brother, Henry, and her son, Johnny, were also present at these sessions.

Nonlinguistic information was provided by Carl Langford, Harrington's host in the area, and F. B. McCann, as well as by a variety of specialists in the natural sciences. He was assisted in much of the work by George W. Bayley of Santa Barbara, a friend who had helped in the excavation of the Burton Mound some years earlier.
Local Numbers:
Accession #1976-95
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Karok language  Search this
Shasta language  Search this
Konomihu language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Linguistics  Search this
Names, Geographical  Search this
Names, Ethnological  Search this
Ethnobotany  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Ethnomusicology  Search this
Basket making  Search this
Karuk  Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Field notes
Vocabulary
Songs
Narratives
Collection Citation:
John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The preferred citation for the Harrington Papers will reference the actual location within the collection, i.e. Box 172, Alaska/Northwest Coast, Papers of John Peabody Harrington, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

However, as the NAA understands the need to cite phrases or vocabulary on specific pages, a citation referencing the microfilmed papers is acceptable. Please note that the page numbering of the PDF version of the Harrington microfilm does not directly correlate to the analog microfilm frame numbers. If it is necessary to cite the microfilmed papers, please refer to the specific page number of the PDF version, as in: Papers of John Peabody Harrington, Microfilm: MF 7, R34 page 42.
Identifier:
NAA.1976-95, Subseries 2.9
See more items in:
John Peabody Harrington papers
John Peabody Harrington papers / Series 2: Papers Relating to the Native American history, language and culture of northern and central California
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b50a622a-9dd7-4522-86af-da98ecd43cc0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1976-95-ref13272

Supplemental Material on Northern and Central California

Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960  Search this
Underhill, Ruth, 1883-1984  Search this
Names:
Drake, Francis, 1540?-1596  Search this
Du Bois, Cora Alice, 1903-1991  Search this
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942  Search this
Morton, C. V. (Conrad Vernon), 1905-1972  Search this
Uldall, Hans Jørgen, 1907-1957  Search this
Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986  Search this
Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), b. 1885  Search this
Collection Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Extent:
5 Boxes
Culture:
Wiyot  Search this
Yurok  Search this
Mattole  Search this
Nisenan Indians  Search this
Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this
Pomo  Search this
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Chimariko  Search this
Shasta  Search this
Wailaki  Search this
Achomawi (Pit River)  Search this
Atsugewi (Hat Creek)  Search this
Wintu  Search this
Yana  Search this
Ohlone (Costano)  Search this
Esselen Indians  Search this
Salinan Indians  Search this
Yokuts  Search this
Maidu  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Vocabulary
Field notes
Manuscripts
Place:
California -- Discovery and exploration
Date:
circa 1907-circa 1957
Scope and Contents:
This subseries of the Notes and writings on special linguistic studies series contains material that supplement Harrington's Northern and Central California field notes. There are materials on Wiyot/Yurok/Mattole; Nisenan/Northern Sierra Miwok; Southern Pomo/Central Sierra Miwok; Plains Miwok; Karok/Shasta/Konomihu; Chimariko/Hupa; Wailaki; Achomawi/Atsugewi/Wintu/Yana; Yana/Achomawi/Wintu/Chimariko; Costanoan; Esselen; Salinan; and Yokuts. The files include notes Harrington collected from the field, covering linguistic, botanical, biographical, geographical, and ethnographic topics; notes from rehearings; notes and drafts from his papers; notes on his travels and activities; and notes from secondary sources, including field notes from Alfred Kroeber and other colleagues and notes on Sir Francis Drake's travels in California. Some of his botanical notes include scientific identifications and comments by botanist C. V. Morton of the National Herbarium. The Karok section contains labels for Karok baskets housed in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution's Department of Anthropology.

There are also some general and miscellaneous materials, notes relating to collections of artifacts, notes relating to mission records, notes from conversations, notes from secondary sources, and notes and writings collected from others. Miscellaneous material includes lists of possible informants for a number of California languages, bibliographic references, notes on boats, a list of captions for Harrington's paper "Chainfern and Maidenhair, Adornment Materials of Northwestern California Basketry," a tracing of a map labeled "Plano de la Mision San Jose, 1824," additional references to that mission, and a text. The papers contain references to the Hupa, Maidu, and Yurok tribes. Notes on artifacts pertain to collections held by others, including the George Heye collection of artifacts for the Modoc, Klamath, Pomo, Tolowa, Hupa, and Yurok tribes. Notes from conversations includes interviews with Cora DuBois, C. Hart Merriam, Carl F. Voegelin, and T.T. Waterman. Notes from his meeting with Dr. J.W. Hudson are the most extensive. The last file in the subseries consists of notes from a meeting with Ruth Underhill on January 10, 1941, and a notebook which Harrington evidently obtained from her at that time. The notebook contains class notes from a course on Maidu which Underhill had taken at Columbia University in 1932 with Hans Jorgen Uldall. Included are information on phonetics and grammar and a number of texts.
Local Numbers:
Accession #1976-95
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Linguistics  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Grammar, Comparative and general  Search this
Names, Geographical  Search this
Names, Ethnological  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Wiyot language  Search this
Yurok language  Search this
Mattole language  Search this
Nisenan language  Search this
Miwok languages  Search this
Karok language  Search this
Shasta language  Search this
Konomihu language  Search this
Chimariko language  Search this
Hupa language  Search this
Achomawi language  Search this
Atsugewi language  Search this
Wintu language  Search this
Yana language  Search this
Ohlone language  Search this
Esselen language  Search this
Salinan language  Search this
Yokuts language  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Karuk  Search this
Achumawi  Search this
Genre/Form:
Vocabulary
Field notes
Manuscripts
Collection Citation:
John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The preferred citation for the Harrington Papers will reference the actual location within the collection, i.e. Box 172, Alaska/Northwest Coast, Papers of John Peabody Harrington, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

However, as the NAA understands the need to cite phrases or vocabulary on specific pages, a citation referencing the microfilmed papers is acceptable. Please note that the page numbering of the PDF version of the Harrington microfilm does not directly correlate to the analog microfilm frame numbers. If it is necessary to cite the microfilmed papers, please refer to the specific page number of the PDF version, as in: Papers of John Peabody Harrington, Microfilm: MF 7, R34 page 42.
Identifier:
NAA.1976-95, Subseries 8.2
See more items in:
John Peabody Harrington papers
John Peabody Harrington papers / Series 8: Notes and Writings on Special Linguistic Studies
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30cfeef45-d96e-4d0f-b57c-8ea915d225b3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1976-95-ref15214
Online Media:

Necklace (Image withheld)

Culture/People:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Collector:
Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948  Search this
Previous owner:
Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948  Search this
Seller:
Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948  Search this
Object Name:
Necklace (Image withheld)
Media/Materials:
Dentalium shell/shells, cotton cloth, cordage
Techniques:
Strung, tied
Dimensions:
53 x 10 x 1.5 cm
Object Type:
Adornment/Jewelry
Place:
Northern California; California; USA (inferred)
Date created:
circa 1900
Catalog Number:
11/2968
Barcode:
112968.000
See related items:
Karuk (Karok)
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c898607f-d089-4b81-915b-72f3fa9fd62d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_121743

Basket used with stone mortar for pulverizing acorns

Culture/People:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Previous owner:
Earl G. Johnson (E. G. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1880-1945  Search this
Seller:
Earl G. Johnson (E. G. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1880-1945  Search this
MAI agent:
George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957  Search this
Presenter/funding source:
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this
Object Name:
Basket used with stone mortar for pulverizing acorns
Media/Materials:
Willow, conifer root, bear grass
Techniques:
Twined
Dimensions:
42.5 x 14.5 cm
Object Type:
Food Gathering and Preparation
Place:
Klamath River; Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Siskiyou County; California; USA
Date created:
circa 1890
Catalog Number:
11/3548
Barcode:
113548.000
See related items:
Karuk (Karok)
Food Gathering and Preparation
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68ca6e320-a6f1-41ec-9397-3271e4ee28ec
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_122382
Online Media:

Necklace (Image withheld)

Culture/People:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Previous owner:
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this
Donor:
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this
Object Name:
Necklace (Image withheld)
Media/Materials:
Dentalium shell/shells, glass bead/beads, velvet, cordage, sinew, hide thong/babiche
Techniques:
Incised, strung, wrapped, tied
Dimensions:
59 x 0.03 cm
Object Type:
Adornment/Jewelry
Place:
Northern California; California; USA (inferred)
Date created:
circa 1890
Catalog Number:
14/9645
Barcode:
149645.000
See related items:
Karuk (Karok)
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws631c92a4f-f884-47a1-86bc-2958f479e4d2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_160411

Necklace (Image withheld)

Culture/People:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Collector:
Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948  Search this
Previous owner:
Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948  Search this
Seller:
Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948  Search this
Presenter/funding source:
Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928  Search this
Object Name:
Necklace (Image withheld)
Media/Materials:
Dentalium shell/shells, cotton twine/string
Techniques:
Strung
Dimensions:
42 x 6 x 1 cm
Object Type:
Adornment/Jewelry
Place:
Northern California; California; USA (inferred)
Date created:
circa 1890
Catalog Number:
15/1797
Barcode:
151797.000
See related items:
Karuk (Karok)
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws669e63684-d422-4376-b454-de6d4f1ec711
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_162920

Jump Dance basket (Image withheld)

Culture/People:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Collector:
Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948  Search this
Previous owner:
Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948  Search this
Seller:
Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948  Search this
Presenter/funding source:
Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928  Search this
Object Name:
Jump Dance basket (Image withheld)
Media/Materials:
Willow, conifer root, bear grass, maidenhair fern stem, hide, flicker feather/feathers (red-shafted flicker), sinew, hide thong/babiche, paint
Techniques:
Twined, stitched, painted, tied
Dimensions:
64 x 9 x 19 cm
Object Type:
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Place:
Northern California; California; USA (inferred)
Date created:
circa 1905
Catalog Number:
15/1865
Barcode:
151865.000
See related items:
Karuk (Karok)
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65f571af0-d512-4dbd-9de0-c6d14011bcb6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_162988

Necklace

Culture/People:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Previous owner:
M. Alta Richards (Margaret Alta Richards/Mrs. Harry De Courcy Richards), Non-Indian, 1862-1939  Search this
Seller:
M. Alta Richards (Margaret Alta Richards/Mrs. Harry De Courcy Richards), Non-Indian, 1862-1939  Search this
Object Name:
Necklace
Media/Materials:
Abalone/Haliotis shell, olivella shell/shells, seed/seeds, cordage
Techniques:
Strung
Dimensions:
0.8 x 42.7 cm
Object Type:
Adornment/Jewelry
Place:
Humboldt County; California; USA
Date created:
circa 1890
Catalog Number:
18/9715
Barcode:
189715.000
See related items:
Karuk (Karok)
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c4813af9-ed9a-43f5-b31b-19b2a4316e0d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_202804
Online Media:

Woman's headband for Jump Dance ceremony.

Culture/People:
Hupa  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Wendy George (Wendy Ferris-George), Hupa/Yurok/Karuk (Karok)/Chimariko  Search this
NMAI agent:
Emil Her Many Horses (EHMH), Oglala Lakota [Pine Ridge]  Search this
Seller:
Wendy George (Wendy Ferris-George), Hupa/Yurok/Karuk (Karok)/Chimariko  Search this
Object Name:
Woman's headband for Jump Dance ceremony.
Media/Materials:
Porcupine quills, twine/string
Techniques:
Braided, tied
Dimensions:
1.5 x 22 cm
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Place:
Hoopa, Hoopa Valley Reservation; Humboldt County; California; USA
Date created:
2002
Catalog Number:
25/8425
Barcode:
258425.000
See related items:
Hupa
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b9206c42-7264-47e5-ade2-979490b58314
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_274365
Online Media:

[A basket maker, California]

Creator:
Daggett, John  Search this
Extent:
1 Glass negative
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Photographs
Date:
1894
1894
Scope and Contents:
She wears a twined basket hat and a deerskin garment decorated with long fringes of false braided work in straw, the work done in a single strand. Another print of same photo labeled "Phebe and her baby, a Klamath River Indian woman". See BAE Bulletin 94, Plate 1 for photo of Mrs. Phoebe Maddux, taken about 30 years later, which seems to be the same woman.
Local Numbers:
BAE GN.2608 A
Topic:
Karuk  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Daggett, John
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c030936b-c9f6-4fdc-aa7d-e6fb39e3cd6f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref12510

Man Making Fire by Friction

Extent:
1 Glass negative (007 in x 009 in)
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Date:
1907
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 06412400 ; OPPS NEG 02609 A
Local Note:
Copy of Print
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.176, Item BAE GN 02609A 06412400
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Glass Negatives / Photographer not recorded
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3df98f3e4-13a6-4b84-8e07-d8fac28c74a9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref3523

Young girl, Salmon River (Valley of the Klamath)

Creator:
Gibbs, George  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
NOV 12 1851
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.2854 F 23
Local Note:
"At the village of Weitchpec," information from Arnold Pilling, visit 8/21/70.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Karuk  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Gibbs, George
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34944987f-1c40-4219-afd7-fcc14c93780c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref6882

Man

Extent:
1 Glass negative (5x7 in)
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Scope and Contents:
Copy from an unidentified original print found in U.S. National Museum collection. Writing on bottom of print is illegible.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 9994300 ; OPPS NEG 28080
Local Note:
Apparently from same source as S.I. Negative Number 28081. ; Possibility portrait is of Mad Dog or Marathon Run - Karok. -- Nancy Richardson, 1-23-78.
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.176, Item Negative 28080
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Glass Negatives / Photographer not recorded
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3de189c2b-73d7-4c52-8b9f-b67963b1d018
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref7039

Three pieces of sinew and a piece of rope

Extent:
1 Photograph (4x5 in)
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
The three pieces of sinew appear in John P. Harrington, "Tobacco among the Karok Indians of California," Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 94. Washington, D.C., 1932. ff. page 172. Plate 33. The piece at the extreme left is plate 33-d and the caption says "leg sinew;" The piece, second from the left looks like Plate 33-e (not positive identification) and the caption reads "connective tissue of sinew." The piece of sinew third from the left is plate 33-b and is captioned "sinew thread used for sewing pipe sack;" The negative says "One-half actual size."
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.50305
Local Note:
Black and white direct duplicate of film negative of undetermined source
Topic:
Karuk  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35a19da09-2303-405d-bcef-f0a68862a762
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref7217

Phoebe Maddux

Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Extent:
1 Glass negative
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Date:
1928
Scope and Contents:
From Catimin, Siskiyou County, California. Informant of J. P. Harrington. Source: J. P. Harrington
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 10001051 ; OPPS NEG 2868 C
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.176, Item Negative 2868 C
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Glass Negatives / Harrington, John Peabody 1884-1961
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f6248adb-0128-4b7f-9f0d-8c7d55704780
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9980

Phoebe Maddux

Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1928
Biographical / Historical:
Full blood Karok Indian from Catimin, Siskiyou County, California. Informant of J. P. Harrington.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.2868 D
Local Note:
Black and white copy film negativeof undetermined source
Topic:
Karuk  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3188fd8b8-8099-4df3-bf4d-e7c07d05f95d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9981

Phoebe Maddux

Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1928
Biographical / Historical:
Full blood Karok Indian from Catimin, Siskiyou County, California. Informant of J. P. Harrington.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.2868 E
Local Note:
Black and white copy film negativeof undetermined source
Topic:
Karuk  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ad20db00-7a25-43bf-a64f-07f0992b9b4b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9982

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