Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern States Search this
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Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Contents:
1. Myths and customs of the Cherokee, Catawba, and Choctaw, from "Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British Provinces," by Charles Lanman, 2 volumes, Philadelphia, 1856- 60 pages.
2. Legends of Caddo Paintings by J. M. Stanley, from "Portraits of North American Indians, with sketches of scenery, etc., Washington, 1852. 1 page".
3. Corrections of McNutt's translations of the section on Chicora in Peter Martyr's "De Orbe Novo," by Dr John M. Cooper. 1 page and letter.
4. Memoirs of Berenger, La Harpe's captain on his exploration of the Texas coast. Copied from manuscript in Newberry Library, Chicago. (Linguistic sections omitted but published by Du Terrage and Rivet in Journal de la Societe des Americanistes de Paris. 34 pages.
5. Excerpts from Barcia's "Ensayo Cronologico a la Historia de la Florida." 23 pages.
6. Excerpts from Serrano y Sanz, "Documentos Historicos de la Florida y la Luisiana." 14 pages with additional slips.
7. Excerpts from Eugenio y Caravia, "La Florida." 2 volumes, 12 pages.
8. Extract from the Journal of the Reverend William Capers, printed in the Methodist Magazine for June, 1822, pages 232-236. 4 pages.
9. Extract from Captain Basil Hall's "Travels in North America in the years 1827 and 1828, Philadelphia, 1929. 18 pages (in duplicate.)
10. Notes from Dr Gideon Lincecum's manuscript entitled "Traditional History of the Chahta Nation", owned by the University of Texas, and never published in its entirety though the Choctaw migration legend was primted by the Mississippi Historical Commission. 21 pages.
11. Three pages of Manuscript material from the library of Col. William Preston, in Virginia State Library. 3 pages. Re Cherokee ca. 1780. Cf.Manuscript # 1912, transcript by Mooney, Same ?
12. Notes from Library of Congress copy of French documents by Regis de Roullet; printed also in Journal de la Societe des Americanistes de Paris. 6 pages.
13. Notes on sewan (Wampum) from "Original Narratives of New Netherlands". 2 pages.
14. Notes on Creek Indians from Manuscripts afterward printed by Grant Foreman in "A Traveler in Indian Territory." 23 pages.
15. Excerpts from a Memoir printed at Luxemberg, a copy of which is in the Library of Congress. 5 pages.
16. Excerpts from the "Letters" of Benjamin Hawkins, printed by the Georgia Historical Society. 23 pages.
17. Excerpts from the Narrative of Jean de Ribault from French's Historical Collections of Louisiana, 1875, 159-190. 4 pages.
18. Excerpts from Narrative of Jacques le Moyne translated and printed in Boston, 1875. 3 pages.
19. Excerpt from Oviedo, "Historia General y Natural," volume 3, 630-631. 3 pages.
20. Excerpt from Relation of Penicaut in Margry, V, page 457. 5 pages.
21. Miscellaneous extracts from Barcia's Ensayo (see Number 5). 44 pages and additional slips.
22. Extracts from Rene Gourlaine de Laudonniere, Paris, 1853, "L'Histoire Notable de la Florida." 44 pages.
23. A page on the Natchez language from Le Page du Pratz, "La Louisiane," Paris, 1758; and lists of Natchez and Taensa villages from Margry. 1 page.
24. Relation of Captain Penalosa's voyage to Florida, from Ruidiaz, "La Florida," volume II, pages 473-476. 4 pages.
25. Excerpt from Iberville's Journal in Margry, volume IV, pages 512-514. 2 pages.
26. Excerpt from de Kerelec's Report in Compte Rendu du Congres Internacional des Americanistes, Quebec, 1907. 1 page.
27. Excerpts from Pope's "Tour". 1 page.
28. Excerpt from Journal of Pere du Ru in Journal de la Societe des Americanistes de Paris (N.S.), Volume XVII, pages 119-135. 6 pages.
29. John Smith's version of the "Huskanaw" ceremony, Tyler ed., pages 112-113. 2 pages.
30. Corrections of translations of Fontaneda by an unknown writer and of doubtful value. 23 slips.
Photographs used to illustrate John Reed Swanton's "The Indians of the Southeastern United States" depicting American Indians of the Southeast and their dwellings, food preparation, and ceremonies.
Biographical note:
John Reed Swanton (1873-1958) was an ethnologist and ethnohistorian with the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) from 1900 until his retirement in 1944. Swanton spent his first few years at the BAE studying the Haida and Tlingit groups of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and published a number of significant articles on the language, ethnography, and folklore of Northwest Coast Indians. His focus then shifted to the American Indians of the Southeastern United States, where his interest remained for the rest of his career. In addition to conducting ethnographic fieldwork in the Southeast, Swanton studied extensively the history of the area in order to better understand its indigenous cultures and is considered a pioneer in the field of ethnohistory. During his career Swanton published numerous articles and several major works on Southeastern American Indians, including the reference work The Indians of the Southeastern United States (1946), a Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin (No. 137).
Local Numbers:
NAA Photo Lot R87-2Q
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs published in BAE Bulletin 137 can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 80-39.
Photographs made by Swanton can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 76 and the BAE historical negatives.
The National Anthropological Archives hold more than 200 manuscripts created or collected by Swanton, in the Numbered Manuscripts.
Objects collected by Swanton, including potsherds from various sites in Southeastern United States can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accessions 111748, 113252, 122679, 129788, 165802, and 062577.
Contained in:
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collections, undated
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Copy prints in this collection that represent photographs not held by the National Anthropological Archives are for reference only.
Photo Lot R87-2Q, John Reed Swanton photograph collection of illustrations for "The Indians of the Southeastern United States", National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
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Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Watercolors
Lithographs
Engravings
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Contents: Package 1 Folio-size engravings, after drawings by John Webber, 1778,, published in Captain James Cook's Voyages. 16 prints. Copy negatives made for all. See Smithsonian Institution Negative Numbers 44,242; A-Q. Package 2 Vue prise de bords de l'Ohio et du Scioto, dans la Nouvelle Amerique. View on banks of the Ohio. Water color. Dessiens de Sauvages de Plusieurs Nations, New Orleans, 1735. Balbahachas. Mississippi or River St Louis. Photostat (?) of drawing by Du Pratz. For data, see Bushnell, SMC 80:5 or Bureau of American Ethnology copy negative 2860-zz-6. Indians and squaws of Lower Canada- Montreal. Color lithograph. C. Krieghoff, artist. Hee-o-kun, the Running Fox [Keokuk ?], Chief of Sacs and Foxes. Water color, copy by ? , from ? Mah-to-toh-pa, Chief of the Mandans. Water color. Copy by ? from Catlin ?
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Sheets
Place:
Unalaska (Alaska)
Date:
1778
Scope and Contents:
Includes the following: Plate 38, A man of Nootka Sound; Plate 39, A woman of Nootka Sound; Plate 40, Various articles, at Nootka Sound; Plate 41, A view of the habitation in Nootka Sound; Plate 42, The inside of a house of Nootka Sound; Plate 45, A view of Snug Corner Cove, in Prince William's Sound; Plate 46, A man of Prince William's Sound; Plate 47, A woman of Prince William's Sound; Plate 48, A man of Oonalashka; Plate 49, A woman of Oonalashka; Plate 50, Canoes of Oonalashka; Plate 52, Sea horses; Plate 54, Inhabitants of Norton Sound and their habitations; Plate 56, Caps of the natives of Oonalashka; Plate 57, Native of Oonalashka and their habitations; Plate 58, The inside of a house, in Oonalashka
The history of Louisiana, or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina : containing a description of the countries that lye on both sides of the River Missisipi : with an account of the settlements, inhabitants, soil, climate, and products : translated from the French, (lately published,) / by M. Le Page du Pratz ; with some notes and observations relating to our colonies ; in two volumes
The Natchez : annotated translations from Antoine Simon le Page du Pratz's Histoire de la Louisiane and a short English-Natchez dictionary / by Charles D. Van Tuyl ; with ethnographic footnotes, Natchez transcription, sound system, kinship terminology, and kinship system by Willard Walker
The history of Louisiana, or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina : containing a description of the countries that lie on both sides of the River Missisippi : with an account of the settlements, inhabitants, soil, climate, and products / translated from the French of M. Le Page du Pratz ; with some notes and observations relating to our colonies
The Natchez : annotated translations from Antoine Simon le Page du Pratz's Histoire de la Louisiane and a short English-Natchez dictionary / by Charles D. Van Tuyl ; with ethnographic footnotes, Natchez transcription, sound system, kinship terminology, and kinship system by Willard Walker
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Le Page du Pratz -1775 Histoire de la Louisiane Search this
Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays, sa description géographique, un voyage dans les terres, l'histoire naturelle, les mœurs, coûtumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines : deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'à la mer du Sud : ornée de deux cartes & de 40 planches en taille douce / par M. Le Page du Pratz
The history of Louisiana : or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina : containing a description of the countries that lie on both sides of the river Mississippi : with an account of the settlements, inhabitants, soil, climate, and products / tr. from the French of M. Le Page du Pratz
