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!Kung Bushman stories of "The Moon and the Hare," [sound recording]

Creator:
Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this
Speaker:
Lee, Richard  Search this
Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this
Extent:
1 Reel (7 inch)
Culture:
!Kung (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Reels
Speeches
Date:
June 29, 1966
Scope and Contents:
Richard Lee reading !Kung Bushman Stories of "The Moon and The Hare" (In !Kung and English) and click sounds and phonemic analysis
Local Numbers:
Asch Sound Recording 3
Topic:
!Kung (African people) -- Myths  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Speeches
Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Timothy Asch papers
Timothy Asch papers / Series 12: Sound Recordings
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e120aaf9-88d6-4c06-ab8d-478b33f75a04
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1996-16-ref2668

!Kung stories read by Squiffy [sound recording]

Creator:
Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this
Squiffy  Search this
Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this
Extent:
1 Reel (7 inch)
Culture:
!Kung (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Reels
Speeches
Local Numbers:
Asch Sound Recording 4
Topic:
!Kung (African people) -- Myths  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Speeches
Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Timothy Asch papers
Timothy Asch papers / Series 12: Sound Recordings
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw343414f7e-a801-4b5a-b78a-57489185fb8b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1996-16-ref2669

"A Munsee Devil God" mask

Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Delaware -- Munsee  Search this
Munsee Delaware  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
"Me-Zeengk is the name of this God"- Information printed on plate.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.742592
Local Note:
"Obliterated legend at left reads: "A Muncey Idol/ Delivered up by Jos. Nicholas on his conversion to Christianity." The mask on the right was collected by M. R. Harrington and is now in the American Museum of Natural History (see Harrington, Vestiges of Material Culture among the Candian Delawares, American Anthropologist n. s. 10 (3); 408-418; 1908--417 and Plate 26a; Religion and Ceremonies of the Lenape, Indian Notes and Monographs [volume 19], Museum of the American Indian, N. W., 1921, Plate 3b). --Information from W. C. Sturtevant
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Lenape  Search this
Delaware (Lenape)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  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/nw3730d3429-5374-4882-8f85-efd259e004c0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref8828

"A Time For Learning: A Course of Study", Jerome Bruner, [sound recording]

Creator:
Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this
Speaker:
Bruner, Jerome  Search this
Collection Creator:
Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994  Search this
Extent:
1 Reel (5 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Reels
Lectures
Local Numbers:
Asch Sound Recording 124
Topic:
Education  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lectures
Collection Citation:
Timothy Asch papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Timothy Asch papers
Timothy Asch papers / Series 12: Sound Recordings
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c3431621-396d-45a4-a01e-92931f300522
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1996-16-ref2712

"Aōōah:" Pueblo Indian love song"

Singer:
Watahwaso, Princess  Search this
Collection Collector:
Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009  Search this
Woodbury, Natalie Ferris Sampson  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (band )
Culture:
Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Scope and Contents:
Mezzo-soprano accompanied by piano and flute.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7231 (part)
Local Note:
78 rpm shellac sound recording
Topic:
Music -- Pueblo  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 7231, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 7231 Album of sound recordings of Native American songs and chants
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bf0f61d3-b762-4d50-b206-d1bbe595cf23
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7231-ref3

"Big Drum, Chief of the Ponkas"

Creator:
Howland, J. D.  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Ponca  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.55952 C
Local Note:
See Negative Number 55952 (entire page) for text accompanying sketches on page 629.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Howland, J. D.
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3582cf7c5-5181-4275-8149-e1b3f0f940b3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11054

"Big Eagle, Chief of the Santees"

Artist:
Howland, J. D.  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Dakota (Eastern Sioux)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1867
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.55952 B
Local Note:
See Negative Number 55952 (entire page) for text accompanying sketches on page 629.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Howland, J. D.
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ad4ca7bd-fa2d-45e7-94a2-3877205f471b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref8478

"By the Water of Minnetonka: an Indian love song"

Composer:
Lieurance, Thurlow  Search this
Singer:
Watahwaso, Princess  Search this
Creator:
Lieurance, Thurlow  Search this
Small, Hubert (flutist)  Search this
Collection Collector:
Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009  Search this
Woodbury, Natalie Ferris Sampson  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (side )
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Scope and Contents:
Mezzo-soprano accompanied by piano and flute.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7231 (part)
Local Note:
78 rpm shellac sound recording
Topic:
Music -- American Indian-White  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 7231, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 7231 Album of sound recordings of Native American songs and chants
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3489c5790-dd9d-4d79-a759-7b5f1314cffe
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7231-ref5

"By the weeping waters: Chippewa Indian mourning song"

Composer:
Lieurance, Thurlow  Search this
Singer:
Watahwaso, Princess  Search this
Collection Collector:
Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009  Search this
Woodbury, Natalie Ferris Sampson  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (side )
Culture:
Chippewa  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Scope and Contents:
Mezzo-soprano accompanied by piano and flute.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7231 (part)
Local Note:
78 rpm shellac sound recording
Topic:
Music -- Chippewa  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 7231, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 7231 Album of sound recordings of Native American songs and chants
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3688aade2-b4e2-4556-bbe7-c7b6f9675cb3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7231-ref7

"Chant of the Eagle Dance"

Creator:
Hopi Indian Chanters (singers)  Search this
Billingsley, M. W., group (performers)  Search this
Collection Collector:
Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009  Search this
Woodbury, Natalie Ferris Sampson  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (side )
Culture:
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Scope and Contents:
Chant of male voices with drum accompaniment.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7231 (part)
Local Note:
78 rpm shellac sound recording
Topic:
Eagle dance -- Hopi  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 7231, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 7231 Album of sound recordings of Native American songs and chants
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a1ef16f4-5f65-400b-bbc4-0224c0ca7f8c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7231-ref2

"Chant of the Snake Dance"

Creator:
Hopi Indian Chanters (singers)  Search this
Billingsley, M. W., group (performers)  Search this
Collection Collector:
Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009  Search this
Woodbury, Natalie Ferris Sampson  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (side )
Culture:
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Scope and Contents:
Chant of male voices with drum accompaniment.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7231 (part)
Local Note:
78 rpm shellac sound recording
Topic:
Snake dance -- Hopi Indians  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 7231, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 7231 Album of sound recordings of Native American songs and chants
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37efc0516-e0f3-4501-b3f2-e74f1a454893
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7231-ref1

"Chief Shoppenagon outside his home, Grayling, Iosco county, Michigan, on the Au Sable River

Creator:
Wasson  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (4x6 1/4 in)
Culture:
Odawa (Ottawa)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Michigan -- Grayling
Date:
1905-1910
Scope and Contents:
Chief, standing with gun, Indian dress. Old woman and small boy seated on ground. Clapboard dwelling.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.44428 E
Local Note:
Information from Richard Pohrt, Flint, Michigan; friend of his gave Chief Shoppenagon his second gorget at time of an Indian celebration. Pohrt has postcard like this, postmarked 1910.
Tribal identification from Stewart Brand, 1965, who stated that Shoppenagon gave a name in Ottawa language to Brand's grandmother.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Odawa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Wasson
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fcfc38fc-df2f-4ee4-bdc7-86d341292ccf
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref10496

"Dusky Maiden" & "Young Brave"

Creator:
Silver Horn, 1860-1940.  Search this
Artist:
Hogoon  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Kiowa  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
ca 1887
Scope and Contents:
Drawing (10" x 13 3/4") by Silver Horn (Hogoon). "The old story -do you love me dusky maiden or not. - speak" -- information on page opposite drawing Number 5.

Consists of 23 drawings marked with numbers 1 - 23, two drawings marked Number 24, Numbers 25 - 26, two drawings marked Number 27, Numbers 28 - 30. "The battle scenes are intended to represent events that have actually occurred 15 or 20 years ago; the Ki a was at that time being at war, not only with the whites but also with other tribes of Indians. The other pictures merely represent scenes that happened in their everyday life" -- note by Horace P. Jones, U. S. Interpreter, opposite page 1 in notebook. Each sketch is identified in Mr Jones' handwriting (--information from letter of January 25, 1964, from Mrs Burkhalter to Mrs Snodgrass).
Biographical / Historical:
History of the Notebook: Acquired by Horace P. Jones, 1887. "Presented by General John L. Bullis to his friend, William Cassin - 1887" (note on inside cover page of notebook.) Notebook given to McNay Art Institute "by a descendant of General Bullis" (see letter of January 25, 1964, Burkhalter to Snodgrass. Now (1965) in Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.

Date: July 13, 1887, Fort Sill (--written opposite page 1 in notebook.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.1464 A 5
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Silver Horn, 1860-1940
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36052378a-c075-4aa7-b755-163e570c58bb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref9466

"Emerging Africa in the Light of Its Past" [sound recording]

Creator:
Schneider, Harold Kenneth, 1925-1987  Search this
Collection Correspondent:
Fallers, Lloyd  Search this
Evans-Pritchard, Edward Evans  Search this
Forde, Cyril Daryll, 1902-  Search this
Godelier, Maurice  Search this
Fortes, Meyer  Search this
Hansen, Judith  Search this
Goody, Jack  Search this
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978  Search this
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963  Search this
Merriam, Alan P. (Alan Parkhurst), 1923-1980  Search this
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005  Search this
Winter, Edward H.  Search this
Tax, Sol, 1907-1995  Search this
Southall, Aidan, 1920-2009  Search this
Richards, Audrey  Search this
Peristiany, John  Search this
Narroll, Raoul  Search this
Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985  Search this
Moore, Joseph G.  Search this
Bascom, William Russell, 1912-1981  Search this
Collection Creator:
Schneider, Harold Kenneth, 1925-1987  Search this
Extent:
1 Reel (5 inch)
Type:
Archival materials
Reels
Lectures
Local Numbers:
Schneider Sound Recording 8
Collection Restrictions:
The Harold K. Schneider papers are open for research.

Access to the Harold K. Schneider papers requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Anthropology  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lectures
Citation:
Harold Kenneth Schneider Papers, Sound Recordings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Harold K. Schneider papers
Harold K. Schneider papers / Series 6: SOUND RECORDINGS / Audio Cabinets / Emerging Africa in the Light of its Past (slide lecture?)
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37303ad9a-4bbc-4450-892b-41db19ba1301
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1994-19-ref761

"First-born children sacrificed to the chief with solemn ceremonies"

Creator:
le Moyne, Jacques  Search this
Engraver:
De Bry, Theodor  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Timucua (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1564-65
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.44534
Local Note:
Black and white film negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / le Moyne, Jacques
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw302ef814c-0d4c-4dc3-99f1-0e8085114f3d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11801

"Her blanket"

Singer:
Watahwaso, Princess  Search this
Collection Collector:
Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009  Search this
Woodbury, Natalie Ferris Sampson  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (band )
Culture:
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Scope and Contents:
Mezzo-soprano accompanied by piano and flute.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7231 (part)
Local Note:
78 rpm shellac sound recording
Topic:
Music -- Navaho  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 7231, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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MS 7231 Album of sound recordings of Native American songs and chants
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36331eeeb-65eb-4f9a-aa9b-deb49e4fcc7a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7231-ref6

"Home of Charles Journeycake, Chief of the Delawares"

Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1890
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.56908
Local Note:
Retouched photo of same reproduced in U. S. Department of the Interior, "Report of Indians Taxed and Not Taxed in the United States (except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census: 1890," Miscellaneous Doc. Number 340., Part 15, Washington, D. C., 1894, opposite page 297 and dated 1890.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Lenape  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  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/nw3b7f4b049-927b-4c28-a619-b7c3ea366b68
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref8803

"How they declare war"

Creator:
le Moyne, Jacques  Search this
Engraver:
De Bry, Theodor  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Timucua (archaeological)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1564-65
Scope and Contents:
Arrows, having locks of hair fastened to the notches, being stuck into the ground.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.44534 B
Local Note:
Black and white film negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
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Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / le Moyne, Jacques
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b0e8c6d4-f9b1-4d91-8f15-264d6d0f1540
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref11803

"Indian pictographs near Adamana"

Creator:
Keystone View Company  Search this
Underwood and Underwood  Search this
Collection Collector:
Allen, George V.  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph (7 x 3.5 in.)
Culture:
American Indian -- Pueblo -- Pictographs  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Stereographs
Scope and Contents:
The item is number V23214 of an unidentified series. The number 70 is stamped on the front of the photograph.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09918500
Other Title:
"Indian pictographs. Undeciphered writing of antiquity, near Adamana, Arizona."
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Pictographs -- American Indian -- Pueblo  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31fbde421-bd66-497f-8afe-229b8fc55ab4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-90-1-ref1488

"International Indian Council"

Creator:
Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Cherokee  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Oklahoma -- Tahlequah
Scope and Contents:
Painting depicts the famous council at Tahlequah (Oklahoma) convened by John Ross, June 1843, to which seventeen tribes sent delegates.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.1063 W
Local Note:
According to Dr Helen Marie Redbird, a Cherokee (here 4/14/71) modern meeting are still held every September at Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The meetings last for more than one week and are conducted in the Cherokee language. The meetings also serve a religious purpose.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Stanley, J. M. (John Mix), 1814-1872
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ad508eb7-aac4-48c1-8180-a387290fa2ea
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref6996

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