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Correspondence and Memoranda

Names:
Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Ball Herbarium  Search this
Cardwell Collection of Egyptian Antiquities  Search this
Greely Relief Expedition (1884)  Search this
Illustrated American Expedition to Southern Utah and Northern New Mexico  Search this
Medicinal Flora of America Commission  Search this
Owen Collection of Fossils  Search this
Riggs Collection of Arms and Armor  Search this
Smithsonian Institution -- Administration  Search this
Troost Collection of Crinoids  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
United States National Museum. Section of Foods  Search this
United States National Museum. Section of Naval Architecture  Search this
United States Navy Expedition to Guam (1899)  Search this
United States-Mexican International Boundary Commission (1891-1894)  Search this
Abbott, William Louis, 1860-1936  Search this
Atwater, W. O. (Wilbur Olin), 1844-1907  Search this
Bowdish, Beecher S.  Search this
Boyd, S. H., 1828-1894  Search this
Bradley Collection of Fossils  Search this
Brown, John Croumbie  Search this
Brown, William Harvey Dr.  Search this
Calkins, C. G.  Search this
Camp, John H.  Search this
Capron, Horace, 1804-1885  Search this
Chaillé-Long, C. (Charles), 1842-1917  Search this
Chamberlain, Frances Lea  Search this
Chatelain, Héli  Search this
Cluss, Adolph, 1825-1905  Search this
Collins, J. W. (Joseph William), 1839-1904  Search this
Deschamps, Emile, 1857-  Search this
Geisler, Bruno  Search this
Harris, Israel H., 1823-  Search this
Hippisley, Alfred Edward, d. 1939  Search this
Jeffreys, John Gwyn, 1809-1885  Search this
Jouy, Pierre Louis  Search this
Keam, Thomas V.  Search this
Kerr, Mark Brickell  Search this
King, C. A.  Search this
LeBaron, John Francis  Search this
MacFarlane, R. (Roderick), 1833-1920  Search this
MacGowan, D. J.  Search this
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874  Search this
Montcrieffe, R. B  Search this
Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934  Search this
Ogden, Herbert Gouverneur, 1846-1906  Search this
Orcutt, Charles Russell, 1864-1929  Search this
Palmer, Edward, 1831-1911  Search this
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920  Search this
Perkins, Frederick Stanton, 1832-1899  Search this
Pringle, Cyrus G. (Cyrus Guernsey), 1838-1911  Search this
Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932  Search this
Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914  Search this
Safford, William Edwin, 1859-1926  Search this
Shufeldt, Percy W.  Search this
Shufeldt, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1850-1934  Search this
Snyder, D. W.  Search this
Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-1909  Search this
Stein, Robert  Search this
Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910  Search this
Wilcox, Timothy E.  Search this
Williams, Talcott, 1849-1928  Search this
Woolfe, Henry D.  Search this
Extent:
76.58 cu. ft. (151 document boxes) (3 5x8 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
1860-1908
Descriptive Entry:
Most of the correspondence is directed to Goode, with lesser amounts to True, Walcott, and Rathbun. Also, a small amount of correspondence is addressed to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, (Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel P. Langley, 1887-1906) but is generally referred to the Assistant Secretary for response.

Much of the material is routine correspondence from the general public, and deals with offers to sell and collect specimens, the identification of artifacts and specimens, museum administration, and requests for publications. Also evident is correspondence from contractors, publishing houses, and other firms conducting business transactions with the United States National Museum. A large part of the international scientific community corresponded with the United States National Museum, and many letters concerning 19th century science and scientific affairs are contained in this collection. A large quantity of correspondence exists from museums, scientists, various scientific institutions, and colleges and universities. Once again, much of the correspondence is routine, concerning exhibits, museum administration, requests for publications, and the exchange of specimens. A voluminous amount of material regards United States National Museum publications. However, most of the correspondence concerns the technical production of the manuscripts, rather than the content. Materials of special interest include correspondence from collectors and naturalists in the field, plans and accounts of scientific expeditions, and data on significant accessions. A small amount of outgoing correspondence appears in the collection.

See Record Unit 112 for outgoing correspondence.
Historical Note:
These records comprise the primary incoming correspondence of the officer in immediate charge of the United States National Museum. Beginning in 1850 with the appointment of Spencer F. Baird, the primary responsibility of the Assistant Secretary was the direction of the United States National Museum. The Assistant Secretary also performed other functions at the direction of the Secretary, and for various periods of time was in charge of publications, exchanges, and other areas. Incumbents included: (1) Spencer F. Baird, 1850-1878; (2) George Brown Goode, 1880-1896, including the years 1880-1887 when he served as assistant director of the museum without the title of Assistant Secretary; (3) Charles D. Walcott, Acting Assistant Secretary, 1897-1898; (4) Richard Rathbun, 1897-1918. After Goode's death in 1896, the business of the office was administered for a time by the executive curator, Frederick William True.
Restrictions:
Inquiries related to specimens should be directed to the appropriate museum registrar.
Topic:
Museums -- Administration  Search this
Museums -- Collection management  Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 189, Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum, Correspondence and Memoranda
Identifier:
Record Unit 189
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Correspondence and Memoranda
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru0189

Copies of Mary Ogden Dranga photograph album of Hopi pueblos

Creator:
Dranga, Mary Ogden (collector and album maker)  Search this
Photographer:
Forbes, A. A.  Search this
Names:
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923  Search this
Keam, Thomas V.  Search this
Collector:
Hough, Myrtle Zuck  Search this
Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this
Extent:
21 Copy prints
Culture:
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy prints
Photographs
Place:
Walpi (Arizona)
Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
Date:
circa 1893-1895
Scope and Contents note:
Copies of photographs collected by Mary Ogden Dranga that relate to Hopi Indians. They include images of Hopi pueblos, a Snake Dance, and a Green Corn Dance, made by A. A. Forbes; an expedition party at Moqui Pueblo, including Frederick Webb Hodge and George Wharton James in 1895; and Thomas v. Keam's house. The album in which the original prints are mounted was probably originally compiled in 1895 by Mary Ogden Dranga for Myrtle Zuck, wife of anthropologist Walter Hough; a notation on the cover states: "Myrtle Zuck. December Twenty-second, Eighteen hundred and ninety-five. From Mary Ogden Dranga."
Biographical/Historical note:
Mary Ogden Dranga was a social worker who was married from 1912-1918 to Charles F. F. Campbell, founder of the Massachusetts Association of the Blind and the journal "Outlook for the Blind."
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot R92-15
Reproduction Note:
Copy negatives and prints made by Smithsonian Institution, 1992.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional Forbes photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 59.
Walter Hough's papers held in the National Anthropological Archives in the Department of Anthropology records.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
This copy collection has been obtained for reference purposes only. Contact the repository for terms of use and access.
Topic:
Snake dance  Search this
Dwellings  Search this
Dance  Search this
Pueblos  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot R92-15, Copies of Mary Ogden Dranga photograph album of Hopi pueblos, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.R92-15
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3073a2de9-be47-41ae-9540-acec2f9f2d82
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-r92-15

Laurence R. Blair and Mary Ellen Blair photographs relating to Nampeyo and Thomas V. Keam

Creator:
Blair, Laurence R. (collector and photographer)  Search this
Photographer:
Hood Museum of Art  Search this
Collector:
Blair, Mary Ellen  Search this
Names:
Keam, Thomas V.  Search this
Nampeyo, ca. 1856-1942  Search this
Stephen, Alexander MacGregor, d. 1894  Search this
Extent:
5 Copy prints
5 Color prints
4 Color slides
Culture:
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy prints
Color prints
Color slides
Photographs
Place:
England
Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
Arizona
Date:
circa 1915, 1984-1986
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs relating to Nampeyo and her pottery, and Thomas V. Keam's life. Includes photographs made by Laurence Blair in the church graveyard at Truro, England, where Keam was buried; the house in Truro where he died; and a copy of a portrait, possibly the last made of Keam. The collection also includes images of the birthplace of A. M. Stephen in Edinburgh and his grave in Keams Canyon, Arizona. Two photographs show pottery made by Nampeyo, which is now in the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, and an additional photograph depicts Nampeyo with members of the Polacca family at the Tom Polacca Memorial at Hopi Pueblo. There is also an image of Nampeyo's eldest daughter Annie Lesou Healing with three other women (Rachel Healing Namingha, Priscilla Namingha Shamie, and Lydia Healing).
Biographical/Historical note:
Laurence and Mary Ellen Blair were historical researchers and authors. In 1999, they published a book on Nampeyo, entitled The Legacy of a Master Potter: Nampeyo and Her Descendants. The book detailed the life and work of Iris Nampeyo (ca. 1860-1942), a potter who lived at Hopi in Arizona. During the 1870s and 1880s, she sold her work at a local trading post operated by Thomas Keam, an English-born trader who worked with both Hopi and Navajo craftspeople.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 87-35
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Photographs of Nampeyo can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 59, and the BAE historical negatives.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Museum of the American Indian, and Department of Anthropology hold examples of Nampeyo pottery.
The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds correspondence from Thomas Keam regarding his pottery collection (SIA RU000189).
The Peabody Museum at Harvard University and the Cline Library at Northern Arizona University hold photographs and artifacts donated by Keam.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Copy prints of photographs held by Royal Cornwall Art Institute and Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of Art cannot be copied. Copies may be obtained from these repositories.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 87-35, Laurence R. Blair and Mary Ellen Blair photographs relating to Nampeyo and Thomas V. Keam, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.87-35
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3474f469d-4360-49eb-a427-a0b7f3745a68
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-35

Painting (Image withheld)

Culture/People:
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Homovi, Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Collector:
Thomas V. Keam (Thomas Verker Keam), Non-Indian, 1842-1904  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:
Painting (Image withheld)
Media/Materials:
Elk hide/skin, paint
Techniques:
Painted
Dimensions:
222 x 194 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Orayvi (Oraibi), Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
Date created:
circa 1900
Catalog Number:
9/7656
Barcode:
097656.000
See related items:
Hopi Pueblo
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61706dd5a-c178-4c35-8e1d-3d8519962365
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_105591
Online Media:

Man's pants

Culture/People:
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Collector:
Thomas V. Keam (Thomas Verker Keam), Non-Indian, 1842-1904  Search this
Previous owner:
Thomas Bahti (Tom Bahti), Non-Indian, 1926-1972  Search this
Seller:
Thomas Bahti (Tom Bahti), Non-Indian, 1926-1972  Search this
Object Name:
Man's pants
Media/Materials:
Cotton cloth
Techniques:
Sewn
Dimensions:
98 x 88 cm
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments
Place:
Orayvi (Oraibi), Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
Catalog Number:
23/8521
Barcode:
238521.000
See related items:
Hopi Pueblo
Clothing/Garments
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws658a4ebe0-8921-41a4-af08-13f5b343e9e9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_254150
Online Media:

Hopi pottery symbols / by Alex Patterson ; illustrated by Alexander M. Stephen, William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) & Alex Patterson

Author:
Patterson, Alex  Search this
Stephen, Alexander MacGregor d. 1894  Search this
Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933  Search this
Keam, Thomas V  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 272 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Arizona
Date:
1994
C1994
Topic:
Hopi pottery  Search this
Pottery--Themes, motives  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_475419

MS 175 List of Hopi and Navajo clothing and artifacts, with Native names

Creator:
Keam, Thomas V.  Search this
Extent:
6 Pages
Culture:
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Terms are given mainly in Hopi, with some Navajo.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 175
Local Note:
autograph document
Topic:
Clothing -- Hopi  Search this
Clothing -- Navaho  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 175, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS175
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f3e79e51-b4b1-44fa-bc31-19bcb0c19a08
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms175

Thomas V. Keam, Portrait Of, (painting)

Painter:
Scott, Julian 1846-1901  Search this
Subject:
Keam, Thomas V  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Ganado Arizona 86505
Date:
Nov. 1890
Topic:
Portrait male--Bust  Search this
Control number:
IAP 00830025
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_32242

Historic Hopi ceramics : the Thomas V. Keam Collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University : [catalog] / Edwin L. Wade and Lea S. McChesney

Author:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology  Search this
Wade, Edwin L  Search this
McChesney, Lea S  Search this
Subject:
Keam, Thomas V Art collections Catalogs  Search this
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 603 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Catalogs
Place:
Arizona
Date:
1981
Topic:
Hopi pottery--Catalogs  Search this
Indian pottery--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
E99.H7 P4 1981X
E99.H7P4 1981X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_152390

Thomas Varker Keam, Indian trader / by Laura Graves ; foreword by David M. Brugge

Author:
Graves, Laura 1953-  Search this
Subject:
Keam, Thomas V  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 342 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Southwest, New
Date:
1998
C1998
Topic:
Indian traders--Biography  Search this
Government relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_529450

America's great lost expedition : the Thomas Keam Collection of Hopi Pottery from the Second Hemenway Expedition, 1890-1894 : featuring the collections of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts / by Edwin L. Wade ; Lea S. McChesney

Title:
Thomas Keam Collection of Hopi Pottery from the Second Hemenway Expedition, 1890-1894
Author:
Wade, Edwin L  Search this
McChesney, Lea S  Search this
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology  Search this
Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art  Search this
Subject:
Keam, Thomas V Archaeological collections  Search this
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology  Search this
Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (1886-1894)  Search this
Physical description:
104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 x 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1980
C1980
Topic:
Hopi pottery  Search this
Call number:
E99.H7 W25 1980X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_507190

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