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Creator:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

330.25 Linear feet (519 boxes)

Note:

Some materials are held off-site; this will be indicated at the series or sub-series level. Advanced notice must be given to view these portions of the collection.

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1840s-circa 2015

Summary:

The Department of Anthropology records contain administrative and research materials produced by the department and its members from the time of the Smithsonian Institution's foundation until today.

Scope and Contents:

The Department of Anthropology records contain correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, memoranda, invoices, meeting minutes, fiscal records, annual reports, grant applications, personnel records, receipts, and forms. The topics covered in the materials include collections, exhibits, staff, conservation, acquisitions, loans, storage and office space, administration, operations, research, budgets, security, office procedures, and funding. The materials were created by members of the Section of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, the Division of Anthropology of the United States National Museum, the Office of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History, and the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History and range in date from before the founding of the Smithsonian Institution to today. The Department of Anthropology records also contain some materials related to the Bureau of American Ethnology, such as documents from the River Basin Surveys.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 28 series: (1) Correspondence, 1902-1908, 1961-1992; (2) Alpha-Subject File, 1828-1963; (3) Alpha-Subject File, 1961-1975; (4) Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Subject Files, 1967-1968; (5) River Basin Survey Files, 1965-1969; (6) Research Statements, Proposals, and Awards, 1961-1977 (bulk 1966-1973); (7) Publication File, 1960-1975; (8) Memoranda and Lists Concerning Condemnations, 1910-1965; (9) Notebook on Special Exhibits, 1951-1952 (10) Section on Animal Industry; (11) Administrative Records, 1891-1974; (12) Administrative Records, 1965-1994 (bulk 1975-1988); (13) Fiscal Records, 1904-1986; (14) Annual Reports, 1920-1983; (15) Chairman's Office Files, 1987-1993; (16) Division of Archaeology, 1828-1965; (17) Division of Ethnology, 1840s, 1860-1972, 1997; (18) Division of Physical Anthropology; (19) Division of Cultural Anthropology, 1920-1968; (20) Records of the Anthropological Laboratory/Anthropology Conservation and Restoration Laboratory, 1939-1973; (21) Collections Management, 1965-1985; (22) Photographs of Specimens and Other Subjects (Processing Laboratory Photographs), 1880s-1950s; (23) Exhibit Labels, Specimen Labels, Catalog Cards, and Miscellaneous Documents, circa 1870-1950; (24) Antiquities Act Permits, 1904-1986; (25) Ancient Technology Program, circa 1966-1981; (26) Urgent Anthropology; (27) Records of the Handbook of North American Indians; (28) Personnel; (29) Repatriation Office, 1991-1994

Administrative History.:

The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846. Although there was no department of anthropology until the creation of the Section of Ethnology in 1879, anthropological materials were part of the Smithsonian's collection from its foundation. The Section of Ethnology was created to care for the rapidly growing collection. In 1881, the United States National Museum was established. Soon thereafter, in 1883, it was broken up into divisions, including the Division of Anthropology. In 1904, Physical Anthropology was added to the Division.

The Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) was created in 1879 as a research unit of the Smithsonian, separating research from collections care. However, during the 1950s, research became a higher priority for the Department of Anthropology and, in 1965, the BAE was merged with the Department of Anthropology to create the Office of Anthropology, and the BAE's archives became the National Anthropological Archives (NAA).

In 1967, the United States National Museum was broken up into three separate museums: the Musuem of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History), the National Museum of American Art, and the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). The Office of Anthropology was included in NMNH and was renamed the Department of Anthropology in 1968.

New divisions were added to the Department, including the Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA) in 1981, the Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies (RIIES) in 1982, and the Repatriation Office in 1993. In 1983, the Smithsonian opened the Museum Support Center (MSC) in Suitland, Maryland, as offsite housing for collections with specialized storage facilities and conservation labs.

The Department of Anthropology is currently the largest department within NMNH. It has three curatorial divisions (Ethnology, Archaeology, and Biological Anthropology) and its staff includes curators, research assistants, program staff, collections specialists, archivists, repatriation tribal liaisons, and administrative specialists. It has a number of outreach and research arms, including the Repatriation Office, Recovering Voices, Human Origins, and the Arctic Studies Center.

The Museum is home to one of the world's largest anthropology collections, with over three million specimens in archaeology, ethnology, and human skeletal biology. The NAA is the Smithsonian's oldest archival repository, with materials that reflect over 150 years of anthropological collecting and fieldwork. The HSFA is the only North American archive devoted exclusively to the collection and preservation of anthropological film and video.

Sources Consulted

National Museum of Natural History. "Department of Anthropology: About" Accessed April 13, 2020. https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthropology/about

National Museum of Natural History. "History of Anthropology at the Smithsonian." Accessed April 13, 2020. https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/history-anthropology-si.pdf

National Museum of Natural History. "History of the Smithsonian Combined Catalog." Accessed April 13, 2020 https://sirismm.si.edu/siris/sihistory.htm

Chronology

1846 -- The Smithsonian Institution is founded

1879 -- George Catlin bequeaths his collection to the Smithsonian The Section of Ethnology is established to oversee ethnological and archaeological collections The Bureau of Ethnology is established by Congress as a research unit of the Smithsonian

1881 -- The U.S. National Museum (USNM) is established as a separate entity within the Smithsonian Institution

1883 -- The staff and collections of the USNM are reorganized into divisions, including a Division of Anthropology

1897 -- The United States National Museum is reorganized into three departments: Anthropology headed by W. H. Holmes; Biology with F. W. True as head; and Geology with G. P. Merrill in charge The Bureau of Ethnology is renamed the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) to emphasize the geographic limit of its interests

1903 -- The Division of Physical Anthropology established

1904 -- The Division of Physical Anthropology is incorporated into the Division of Anthropology

1910 -- The USNM moves into the new Natural History Building

1965 -- The Smithsonian Office of Anthropology is created on February 1 The BAE is eliminated and merged with the Office of Anthropology

1968 -- The Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA) of the National Museum of Natural History is retitled the Department of Anthropology on October 29

1973 -- The Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies (RIIES) is established at the National Museum of Natural History's (NMNH) Center for the Study of Man (CSM) to study the waves of immigration to the United States and its overseas outposts that began in the 1960's

1975 -- The National Anthropological Film Center is established

1981 -- The National Anthropological Film Center is incorporated into the Department of Anthropology

1982 -- The RIIES, part of the CSM at the NMNH, is transferred to the Department of Anthropology

1991 -- NMNH establishes a Repatriation Office

1993 -- The Repatriation Office is incorporated into the Department of Anthropology

Head Curators and Department Chairs

1897-1902 -- William Henry Holmes

1902-1903 -- Otis T. Mason (acting)

1904-1908 -- Otis T. Mason

1908-1909 -- Walter Hough (acting)

1910-1920 -- William Henry Holmes

1920-1923 -- Walter Hough (acting)

1923-1935 -- Walter Hough

1935-1960 -- Frank M. Setzler

1960-1962 -- T. Dale Stewart

1963-1965 -- Waldo R. Wedel

1965-1967 -- Richard Woodbury

1967-1970 -- Saul H. Riesenberg

1970-1975 -- Clifford Evans

1975-1980 -- William W. Fitzhugh

1980-1985 -- Douglas H. Ubelaker

1985-1988 -- Adrienne L. Kaeppler

1988-1992 -- Donald J. Ortner

1992-1999 -- Dennis Stanford

1999-2002 -- Carolyn L. Rose

2002-2005 -- William W. Fitzhugh

2005-2010 -- J. Daniel Rogers

2010-2014 -- Mary Jo Arnoldi

2014-2018 -- Torbin Rick

2018- -- Igor Krupnik

Related Materials:

The NAA holds collections of former head curators and department chairs, including the papers of Otis Tufton Mason, Walter Hough, T. Dale Stewart, Waldo Rudolph and Mildred Mott Wedel, Saul H. Riesenberg, Clifford Evans, and Donald J. Ortner; the photographs of Frank Maryl Setzler; and the Richard B. Woodbury collection of drawings of human and animal figures.

Other related collections at the NAA include the papers of Gordon D. Gibson, Eugene I. Knez, and Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans; and the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, the Center for the Study of Man, and the River Basin Surveys.

Provenance:

This collection was transferred to the National Anthropological Archives (NAA) by the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Anthropology in multiple accessions.

Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

Access to the Department of Anthropology records requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.XXXX.0311

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Department of Anthropology records

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3da0f5297-c324-47c1-96dd-171f6edd11b6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-xxxx-0311

Creator:

Farber, Joseph C., 1903-  Search this

Names:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) -- Exhibitions.  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Gorman, R. C. (Rudolph Carl), 1932-2005  Search this

Extent:

6,000 Contact prints (circa 6000 contact prints (proof sheets))

6,000 Acetate negatives (circa)

8 Color transparencies

1,000 Items (circa 1000 enlarged prints: silver gelatin (some mounted for exhibition))

Culture:

Arctic peoples  Search this

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Onondaga  Search this

Taos Indians  Search this

Quinault  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this

Tewa Pueblos  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Eskimos  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Lummi  Search this

Haida  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Kootenai (Kutenai)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Mojave (Mohave)  Search this

Miccosukee Seminole (Mikasuki)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this

Chehalis  Search this

Apache  Search this

Athapascan Indians  Search this

Cocopa  Search this

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern States  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Contact prints

Acetate negatives

Color transparencies

Photographs

Place:

North Carolina

New York

New Mexico

Montana

South Dakota

Oklahoma

Arizona

California

Florida

Minnesota

Alaska

Alberta

Washington (State)

Barrow, Point (Alaska)

Yuma County (Ariz.)

Taos (N.M.)

Date:

circa 1970-1975

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made as part of Joseph C. Farber's project to document modern NAtive American everyday life. Represented tribes include the Acoma, Apache, Blackfoot, Chehalis, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cocopa, Dakota, Eskimo, Haida, Kiowa, Kutenai, Lummi, Mohave, Mohawk, Navaho, Northern Athabascan, Onandaga, Pima, Pueblo, Quinalt, Seminole, Taos, Tlingit, and Zuni. Subject coverage is broad and varies from tribe to tribe. Included are portraits, as well as totem poles, carving, weaving, pottery, painitng, landscapes, boats and canoes, ceremonial regalia, camps, classes and vocational training, homes and traditional dwellings, construction projects, rodeos and powwows, dances, industries (including lumber), herding and ranching, agriculture, stores and storefronts, cliff dwellings, parades, crab cleaning, fishing, games, health care, legal processes, music, office work, sewing, vending, and a funeral. There are also photographs of R. C. Gorman (and a letter from Gorman to Farber) and Fritz Shoulder (some in color).

Farber's travels included Alaska (Point Barrow, Dead Horse, Glacier Bay, Haines, Hoona, Hydaberg, Ketchikan, Mount McKinley, Prudhoe Bay, Saxman, and Sitka); Alberta (Blackfeet Reservation); Arizona (Canyon de Chelly, Cocopa Reservation, Flagstaff, Kayenta, Monument Valley, Pima Reservation, Quechan Reservation, Mojave Reservation, and Yuma); California (Alcatraz, Oakland, and San Francisco); Florida (Big Cypress Reservation; Miccosukee Reservation); Minnesota (Minneapolis and Nett Lake); Montana (Northern Cheyenne Reservation); New Mexico (Acoma, Gallup, Navajo Forest, Picuris, Puye, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Santa Fe, Taos, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, and Tesuque); New York (New York City and Onandaga Reservation); North Carolina (Cherokee Reservation); Oklahoma (Anadarko, Apache, Lawton, Stilwell, and Tahlequah); South Dakota (Rosebud and Wounded Knee); and Washington (Lummi Reservation, Nisqually River, Puyallup River, and Quinalt Reservation).

Biographical/Historical note:

Joseph C. Farber (1903-1994) was a successful New York businessman and professional photographer. He studied with Edward Steichen at the New York Camera Club in the 1920s. The prints in this collection resulted from a five-year project that involved travelling to Native communities throughout the United States to document modern Native American life. The project resulted in a book, Native Americans: 500 Years After (1975), as well as exhibits, including one in the National Museum of Natural History in 1976-1977.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 78-1, NAA ACC 95-3

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Farber's photographs, previously located in Photo Lot 95-3 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 78-1. These photographs were also made by Joseph C. Farber and form part of this collection.

The National Museum of American History Archives Center holds the Joseph Farber Papers and Photographs, circa 1962-1990.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Photographs published in Farber's books still under copyright. Reproduction permission from artist's estate.

Topic:

Dwellings  Search this

Vocational education  Search this

Canoes and canoeing  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Dance  Search this

Powwows  Search this

Rodeos  Search this

Building  Search this

handicrafts  Search this

Totem poles  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

Livestock  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 78-1, Joseph C. Farber photographs of Native American life, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.78-1

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Joseph C. Farber photographs of Native American life

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw381bc3276-6acf-4c9a-ac8c-9b59ad173f56

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-78-1

Creator:

Karp, Ivan  Search this

Names:

Emory University  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Kratz, Corinne Ann, 1953-  Search this

Masolo, D.A.  Search this

Extent:

16.24 Linear feet (43 boxes and 2 sets of rolled maps)

0.21 Gigabytes

19 Sound recordings

Culture:

Teso (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Sound recordings

Manuscripts

Field recordings

Photographs

Field notes

Correspondence

Electronic records (digital records)

Place:

Busia District (Kenya)

Date:

circa 1945-2012

bulk 1969-2012

Summary:

Ivan Karp (1943-2011) was a curator of African Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) from 1984 to 1993. He was also a professor at Emory University from 1993 to 2011. He conducted fieldwork among the Iteso (Teso) of Kenya and made significant contributions to the areas of African systems of thought, social theory, museum studies, and public scholarship. His collection contains his research on the Iteso of Kenya; his work at Emory University and the Smithsonian Institution; his reviews of manuscripts and books; recommendations that he wrote for his colleagues and students; his published articles and papers presented at conferences; and his project files on various topics including museum studies, African philosophy, public scholarship, agency and personhood, and the history of social anthropology.

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains the professional papers of Ivan Karp, documenting his work as an anthropologist, professor, and museum curator. The materials include his research on the Iteso of Kenya; his work at Emory University and the Smithsonian Institution; his reviews of manuscripts and books; recommendations that he wrote for his colleagues and students; his published articles and papers presented at conferences; and his project files on various topics including museum studies, African philosophy, public scholarship, agency and personhood, and the history of social anthropology.

Karp's Iteso research files span from the late 1960s to the 1990s. These materials consist of his field notes, in both paper and digital form; household surveys; photographs; sound recordings; maps; grant proposals; bibliographic research; correspondence; notes and drafts of his dissertation; and his other writings. A great deal of the field materials was collected by his field assistants, particularly Steven Omuse. Some field materials were also collected by Karp's first wife, Patricia.

His Smithsonian files are electronic and contain little documentation regarding his administrative work. There are, however, some materials relating to the planning of exhibits at NMNH and a proposal to establish a program focusing on the African continent and the African Diaspora. There is also a memo with Karp's response to questions from a House Subcommittee regarding the National African American Museum and complaints about the NMNH Africa Hall. Other associated materials include his research and papers on museums and exhibits. While there are no files pertaining to the first two museum conferences he organized, a folder titled "Bellagio" contains documentation for the conference and associated workshops on museums and globalization that he organized while at Emory.

Karp's files from Emory are also in digital form and more substantive than his Smithsonian materials. They document his work on the different committees he chaired and programs he directed and founded, including the Center for the Study of Public Scholarship. His Emory files also include his comments on students' dissertations, papers, and proposals.

The digital files also document Karp's other areas of interests, particularly African philosophy; concepts of identity, personhood, and agency; and the relationships between international development and personhood. His work on African philosophy largely consists of files from a number of collaborative projects with Kenyan philosopher Dismas Masolo, including the 1993 conference in Nairobi they organized and the associated volume they edited, African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry (2000). There are a few files of research on the Luo people. His research on development and personhood focuses on Africa, particularly on Kenya, and includes his papers, notes, and reference sources, which also exist in paper form. There are also files of obituaries and memorials of Karp from numerous publications and events.

Other materials in Karp's collection include his doctorate diploma, his Master's thesis, family photos, and a wedding album from his first marriage.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into 6 series: 1) Iteso Research; 2) Development Discourse; 3) Personal; 4) Photographs; 5) Sound Recordings; 6) Born Digital Files.

Biographical / Historical:

Ivan Karp (1943-2011) was a curator of African Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) from 1984 to 1993. He conducted fieldwork among the Iteso (Teso) of Kenya and made significant contributions to the areas of African systems of thought, museum studies, and public scholarship.

Karp was born on August 27, 1943 in Stamford, Connecticut. He attended the University of Vermont as an undergraduate, majoring in Sociology and Anthropology (1961-1965), and pursued graduate studies in Social Anthroplogy at the University of Rochester (1967-1969). Karp received his M.A. (1969) and Ph.D. (1974) from University of Virginia. As a doctoral student he conducted research among the Iteso from 1969 to 1971. His dissertation, titled Fields of Change Among the Iteso of Kenya, was published in 1978. Karp continued his research on the Iteso into the 1990s and published various papers including "Beer Drinking and Social Experience in African Society" (1980) and "Laughter at Marriage: Subversion in Performance" (1987).

Before his employment at the Smithsonian, Karp held a teaching appointment at Colgate University from 1972 to 1975 and was a professor at Indiana University from 1976 to 1984. At Indiana University, he coedited with Charles S. Bird Explorations in African Systems of Thought (1980), the first of a 34-volume series published under his editorship.

He left Indiana University in 1984 to become the Curator of African Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History. While at the Smithsonian, he served as Chair of the Ethnology Division and established with William Merrill the Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry. It was also during this period that Karp began to critically examine museum practice, concepts of identity and agency, and systems of representation in relation to museum exhibits. He and Steven Lavine organized two major conferences on museums and co-edited the resulting conference proceedings: Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display (1991) and Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture (1992).

In 1993, Karp left the Smithsonian to direct the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts (1993-1996) at Emory University. He also served as director of the university's Institute of African Studies (1996-1999) and the Emory Center for International Studies (1996-1999). In addition, he cofounded and codirected with Corinne Kratz, his second wife, the Center for the Study of Public Scholarship (CSPS) from 1994 to 2009 and the Grant Writing Program from 1992 to 2011. Through the CSPS, he and Kratz also established and codirected the Institutions of Public Culture program, a collaboration with South African colleagues that brought together scholars of public culture from universities, museums, NGOs, political and arts organizations and related institutions (2000-2008). Karp also continued to facilitate discussions on museums, working with Kratz and his colleagues at the Rockefeller Foundation to organize a series of international workshops and a conference in 2002 on museums and globalization. He coedited Museum Frictions: Public Cultures/Global Transformations (2006), a collection of papers presented at the conference.

Karp retired from teaching at Emory University in May 2011 but planned to continue working with the Laney Graduate School's Grant Writing Program until full retirement in August 2013. Not long after finishing his last graduate seminar, Ivan Karp died at the age of 68 on September 17, 2011 in New Mexico.

1943 -- Born on August 27 in Stamford, Connecticut.

1961-1965 -- Undergraduate studies at University of Vermont with major in Sociology and Anthropology.

1965-1967 -- Graduate studies in Social Anthropology at the University of Rochester.

1969 -- Earns M.A. from University of Virginia. Begins conducting fieldwork among the Southern Iteso in Busia District, Kenya.

1972-1975 -- Instructor and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Colgate University.

1974 -- Earns Ph.D. from University of Virginia.

1976-1984 -- Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University.

1984-1993 -- Curator of African Ethnology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Insitution.

1987 -- Organizes conference on "The Poetics and Politics of Exhibiting Other Cultures."

1988 -- Organizes conference on "Museums and their Communities."

1993-1996 -- Director of Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University.

1994-2009 -- Director of Center for the Study of Public Scholarship, Emory University.

1996-1999 -- Director of Emory Center for International Studies, Emory University. Director of Institute of African Studies, Emory University

2000-2008 -- Director of Institutions of Public Culture program through CSPS.

2002 -- Organizes conference on " Museums and Global Public Spheres" held in Italy at Bellagio Conference Center of the Rockefeller Foundation.

2009 -- Moves to Santa Fe, NM where he had bought a home in 2003.

2011 -- Retires from teaching at Emory University. Dies on September 17 at the age of 68.

Related Materials:

Artifacts collected by Ivan Karp can be found in the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Anthropology Collections (Accession #390893 and 416181). Indiana University Archives of Traditional Music holds some of Karp's original Iteso sound recordings.

Separated Materials:

Four DVDs and a videotape were separated from the collection and transferred to the Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA.2014.12) One of the recordings is an interview with Karp that Robert Lavenda and Emily Schultz conducted in 1989 to accompany their introductory anthropology textbook, Cultural Anthropology: A Perspective on the Human Condition. The rest of the recordings are of Karp giving presentations.

Provenance:

This collection was donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Corinne Kratz in 2014.

Restrictions:

Recommendations that Karp wrote for his colleagues and students are restricted until 2061.

Access to the Ivan Karp papers requires an appointment.

Topic:

Museum techniques  Search this

Luo (African people)  Search this

Social sciences -- Philosophy  Search this

Philosophy, African  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Teso language  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Manuscripts

Field recordings

Photographs

Field notes

Correspondence

Electronic records (digital records)

Citation:

Ivan Karp papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

This collection was processed with the support of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Corinne Kratz.

Identifier:

NAA.2013-30

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Ivan Karp papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c830beb4-e199-44c0-a894-569ef6fc6b1b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2013-30

Collector:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Russell, James Townsend  Search this

Extent:

14 Prints (copy prints)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Drawings

Photographs

Place:

England

Java

France

Date:

circa 1933

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs documenting archeological sites and diagrams of excavations. Depicted Paleolithic archeological sites include: Pithecanthropus site in Trinil, Java; Piltdown site in Suffolk (or Sussex), England; Heidelberg site in Heidelberg, Germany; Moustier site in Dordogne, France; La Chapelle aux Saints site in Coreze, France; La Quina sitein Charante, France; Galilee Skull site on the Sea of Galilee; Laugerie Haute in Dordogne, France; and La Madeleine in Dordogne, France. The prints were made by the Smithsonian laboratory for the Synoptic Series in the Old World Archeological exhibits, from photographs furnished by Ales Hrdlicka and J. Townsend Russell.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 160, USNM ACC 124072

Location of Other Archival Materials:

This collection has been relocated from Photo Lot 79-38.

Originals for some of these drawings and photographs as well as additional drawings and photographs of Paleolithic sites can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 157 and the Ales Hrdlicka papers.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Paleolithic period -- France  Search this

Paleolithic period -- England  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 160, Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Paleolithic sites, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.160

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34c8d8568-f763-41f2-8352-031d1ee5a99b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-160

Creator:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Subject:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Education and Outreach Butterfly Pavilion  Search this

Type:

Electronic records

Collection descriptions

Web sites

Date:

2020

Topic:

Natural history museums  Search this

Museums--Public relations  Search this

Web sites  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Butterflies  Search this

Museums--Educational aspects  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 22-003

See more items in:

Website Records 1994-2020 [National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404653

Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Zoology  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Bird Hall (USNM)  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

United States National Museum Dept. of Birds  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Birds  Search this

Physical description:

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

Date:

Pre-1956

Topic:

Ornithology  Search this

Birds  Search this

Domestic animals  Search this

Chickens  Search this

Standard number:

MNH-28259

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_12327

Creator:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Names:

Osborne, Lilly de Jongh  Search this

Extent:

2 Drawings (pencil and colored pencil)

Container:

Box 7560

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Graphic Materials

Drawings

Works of art

Sketches

Place:

Guatemala

Central America

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

The collection consist of two (2) sketches for an exhibit was based on the Lilly Osborne collection of Guatemalan textiles in Hall H, National Museum of Natural History. Robert Laughlin was the curator for the exhibit.

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds a reprint of Osborne's "Making a textile collection" (Department of Anthropology Manuscript and Pamphlet file) and Lilly de Jongh Osborne photograph and postcard collection relating to Guatemala (Photo Lot 97-1).

Guatemalan artifacts collected by Osborne held in Department of Anthropology collections in accession 268424.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Topic:

Museum exhibits  Search this

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Sketches

Citation:

MS 7560 Sketches for Guatemala exhibit, Hall 11, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7560

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw334779775-6ac6-4142-affa-7874bdfadece

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7560

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Uniform title:

Twitter  Search this

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Air and Space Magazine  Search this

Subject:

Bunch, Lonnie G  Search this

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

National Postal Museum (U.S.)  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Smithsonian Enterprises  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Museum on Main Street  Search this

Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Advancement Smithsonian Women's Committee  Search this

Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access  Search this

Smithsonian Affiliations (Program)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of International Relations  Search this

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this

Archives of American Art  Search this

National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)  Search this

Chandra X-ray Observatory (U.S.)  Search this

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce (Fort Pierce, Fla.)  Search this

Smithsonian Gardens  Search this

National Zoological Park (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of the Chief Information Officer Digitization Program Office  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Scientific Diving Program  Search this

Smithsonian Books (Publisher)  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Smithsonian Conservation Commons  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this

Smithsonian Exhibits  Search this

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute  Search this

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center  Search this

Smithsonian Latino Center  Search this

Smithsonian Science Education Center  Search this

Smithsonian Transcription Center  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Mineral Sciences  Search this

Arctic Studies Center (National Museum of Natural History)  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Anthropology  Search this

National Anthropological Archives  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Invertebrate Zoology  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Communications and External Affairs  Search this

Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative  Search this

Smithsonian American Art Museum Lunder Conservation Center  Search this

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center  Search this

Smithsonian Associates Discovery Theater  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Enterprises Smithsonian Journeys  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press  Search this

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Entomology  Search this

Museum Conservation Institute  Search this

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Paleobiology Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Program  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.) Office of the Director  Search this

Field Book Project (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Paleobiology  Search this

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Human Resources  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of the Inspector General  Search this

Smithsonian Facilities  Search this

Minor Planet Center (Cambridge, Mass.)  Search this

Smithsonian Latino Center Latino Virtual Museum  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.) Smithsonian's History Explorer  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Ocean Portal  Search this

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Bocas del Toro Research Station  Search this

National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Public Observatory Project  Search this

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Punta Culebra Research Station  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Marine Global Earth Observatory  Search this

Smithsonian Craft2Wear (Craft show)  Search this

Smithsonian Craft Show  Search this

Type:

Electronic records

Collection descriptions

Web sites

Date:

2019

2019-2020

Topic:

Web sites  Search this

Blogs  Search this

Online social networks  Search this

Social media  Search this

Museums--Public relations  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 22-122

See more items in:

Website Records 1995-2020 [Smithsonian Institution]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_404772

Photographer:

Dinwiddie, William  Search this

Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this

Shindler, Antonio Zeno  Search this

Baer, Prescott, Arizona  Search this

Barthelmess, Christian  Search this

Bell, Bert  Search this

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896  Search this

Buehman, Henry  Search this

Cross, W. R. (William R.)  Search this

Carter, C. W., 1832-1918  Search this

Chamberlain, W. G. (William Gunnison)  Search this

Curtin, Jeremiah  Search this

Easterly, Thomas M.  Search this

Elrod, J.C.  Search this

Ericson, Augustus William  Search this

Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901  Search this

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this

Gurney, Jeremiah  Search this

Harrison, C.P.  Search this

Hastings, Oregon Columbus  Search this

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943  Search this

Hutchins  Search this

James, George Wharton  Search this

Jenks, Albert Ernest  Search this

Love (pawhuska oklahoma)  Search this

Marckel, W.E.  Search this

Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer)  Search this

Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916  Search this

Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948  Search this

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Morse, S.G.  Search this

Notman, William  Search this

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

Parker, San Diego  Search this

Randall, A. Frank  Search this

Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)  Search this

Robinson, H. P.  Search this

Russell, Frank A.  Search this

McEvoy  Search this

Sawyer, Wells, 1863-1960  Search this

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

Soule, William S. (William Stinson), 1836-1908  Search this

Vannerson, Julian  Search this

Cohner, Samuel A.  Search this

Vroman, A. C. (Adam Clark), 1856-1916  Search this

Wallis, R.H.  Search this

Westmann, Orloff R.  Search this

Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886  Search this

Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this

Woodruff, Charles E. Dr.  Search this

Baker and Johnston  Search this

Brown, N., and Son  Search this

Heyn Photo  Search this

McClees and Germon  Search this

Savage & Ottinger  Search this

Ulke Brothers (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

McClees Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Creator:

Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941  Search this

Names:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

2,555 Prints

Culture:

American Indians  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Date:

19th Century

Scope and Contents:

These are mostly nineteenth-century prints of some negatives in the glass negative collection. Included are a few images made from negatives that apparently have since been broken or lost. Some of the prints were acquired by the Department of Anthropology of the United States National Museum and have accession and/or catalog numbers. Others were apparently made for exhibit purposes. The collection has not been sufficiently studied to allow the positive identification of the print makers but many were probably prepared by Charles Milton Bell, De Lancey W. Gill, John K. Hillers, and Antonio Zeno Shindler. Some of the prints have been hand colored by Shindler.

Arrangement:

Roughly by tribe

Citation:

Prints of Indian Negatives, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.177

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3371bb1cb-77da-4318-96fe-a7eef3ad3c56

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-177

Collector:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Native American Public Programs  Search this

Ringlero, Aleta Pima  Search this

Photographer:

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services  Search this

Clark, Chip, 1947-2010  Search this

Hansen, Carl C.  Search this

Hart, Alan  Search this

Long, Eric  Search this

Minor-Penland, Laurie  Search this

Penland, Dane  Search this

Strauss, Richard  Search this

Taccone, Christina  Search this

Vargas, Rick  Search this

Names:

Lewis, Lucy M.  Search this

Extent:

5,750 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (including contact prints))

12 Color transparencies

10 Color negatives

3,500 Color slides (circa)

67 Color prints

4 Negatives (acetate)

Culture:

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Paiute  Search this

Jemez Pueblo  Search this

Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this

Yurok  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Tewa Pueblos  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern States  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Lenape (Delaware)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Onondaga  Search this

Muskogee (Creek)  Search this

Kutzadika'a (Mono Paiute)  Search this

Pomo  Search this

Laguna Indians  Search this

Makah  Search this

White Mountain Apache  Search this

Seneca  Search this

Minneconjou Lakota (Minniconjou Sioux)  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Minitari (Hidatsa)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Cayuse  Search this

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Payómkawichum (Luiseño)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this

Mohawk  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Color transparencies

Color negatives

Color slides

Color prints

Negatives

Date:

1989-1993

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs documenting Native American Public Programs events, including images of Native American artists and examples of their work during demonstrations and lectures at the National Museum of Natural History. Photographs were mostly made by Smithsonian photographers, including Carl C. Hansen, Richard Strauss, Chip Clark, Laurie Minor-Penland, Eric Long, Alan Hart, Rick Vargas, Dane Penland, and Christina Taccone. Included are a large number of photographs of Don Tenoso (Hunkpapa), an artist-in-residence at the National Museum of Natural History, and performances by James Luna (Luiseno/Digueno), Guillermo Gomez-Pena (Chicano), and Coco Fusco. Crafts and arts depicted include beadwork, basket weaving, dollmaking, peyote fanmaking, weaving, hand games, quilting, clothing making, leatherwork, woodcarving, saddlemaking, sculpture, painting, story-telling, and performance art. There are also images of Dolores Lewis Garcia and Emma Lewis Garcia (daughters of Acoma potter Lucy M. Lewis) and their pottery, Joallyn Archambault with artists, and the 1990 American Indian Theater Company reception.

Other depicted artists include Maynard White Owl Lavadour (Cayuse/Nez Perce), Evangeline Talshaftewa (Hopi), Lisa Fritzler (Crow), Marian Hanssen, Vanessa Morgan (Kiowa/Pima), Marty Good Bear (Mandan/Hidatsa), Katie Henio and Sarah Adeky (Navajo), Geneva Lofton and Lee Dixon (Luiseno), Chris Devers (Luiseno), Mary Good Bear (Mandan), Robert and Alice Little Man (Kiowa), Lisa Watt (Seneca), Jay McGirt (Creek), Bill Crouse (Seneca), Kevin Johnny-John (Onondaga), Rose Anderson (Pomo), Francys Sherman and Margaret Hill (Mono), Thelene Albert and Annie Bourke (White Mountain Apache), Bob Tenequer (Laguna), Jimmy Abeyeta (Navajo), Lou Ann Reed (Acoma), Melissa Peterson (Makah), Jennifer and Kallie Keams Musial (Navajo), Joyce Growing Thunder-Fogarty and Juanita Fogarty (Assiniboine/Sioux), David Neel (Kwakiutal), Mervin Ringlero (Pima), Jhon Goes-In-Center (Oglala), D. Montour (Delaware/Mohawk), Rikki Francisco (Pima), Annie Antone (Papago), Angie Reano-Owen (Santo Domingo Pueblo), Carol Vigil (Jemez), Gregg Baurland (Miniconjou), Greg Colfax (Makah), Lydia Whirlwind-Soldier (Sicangu Dakota), Martin Red Bear (Oglala), Michael Rogers (Paiute), Alta Rogers (Yurok/Paiute), Dorothy Stanley (Miwok), Lisa Little Chief (Dakota), Tom Haukaas (Sicangu Dakota), Nora Navanjo-Morsie (Santa Clara Tewa), Seneca Women's Singing Society, Molly Blankenship and Martha Ross (Eastern Cherokee), Julia Parker (Miwok/Pomo), Candy and Claudia Cellicion (Zuni), Sally and Lorraine Black (Navajo), Carmen Quinto-Plunkett (Tlingit), Ina McNeil (Hunkpapa), and Ellen and Faye Quandelancy (Zuni), and Rikki Francisco (Pima).

Biographical/Historical note:

Native American Public Programs was founded in 1989 as a part of the Department of Education in the National Museum of Natural History. Under the directorship of Aleta Ringlero, its main activity was the arranging of demonstrations by Native American artists and craftsmen in the exhibition areas of the museum.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 91-26

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Audio of James Luna's lecture for the Native American Public Programs office held in National Anthropological Archives in MS 7514.

Dolls made by Don Tenoso for the Native American Public Programs office held in Department of Anthropology collections in accession 390905.

Additional photographs of Tenoso held in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in SIA2009-2222 and 90-13726.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Art  Search this

Handicraft  Search this

Citation:

Photo Lot 91-26, Native American Public Programs photograph collection relating to Native American artists and art, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.91-26

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw380668afd-9cb5-4658-9c1c-491584e12125

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-91-26

Creator:

Sturtevant, William C.  Search this

Names:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Six Nations  Search this

Extent:

220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)

Culture:

Indians of North America -- Southeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Realia

Research

Notes

Office files

Theses

Slides (photographs)

Sound recordings

Exhibition catalogs

Field notes

Clippings

Correspondence

Photographs

Microfilms

Newsletters

Manuscripts

Memorandums

Articles

Card files

Books

Artifacts

Negatives

Date:

1952-2007

Summary:

This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and his involvement in various professional activities. The collection is comprised of research and field notes, sound recordings, realia, clippings, negatives, slides, prints, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, memorandums, conference papers and meeting notes, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, bibliographies, student files such as class notes and papers from Sturtevant's years as an anthropology student, teaching materials including lecture notes and exams, daily planners, passports, military records, artwork including prints and lithographs, maps, and computer files.

The materials in this collection document Sturtevant's career as a preeminent North American ethnologist, museum curator, university professor, his role as General Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, and his contributions to the field of Anthropology. From his early work with the Seminole Indians of Florida to his forays into Burma, and his decades-long study of how Native Americans have been depicted in artistic and popular culture, Sturtevant's diverse intellectual interests are represented in his research files. A copious note taker, Sturtevant captured his observations and opinions of everything from meetings with colleagues to museum exhibits. Sturtevant's commitment to the anthropological profession can be found in the notes and programs of the many conferences, symposiums, and lecture series he attended and at which he presented. He also held numerous leadership positions in various professional associations and sat on the board of directors/trustees for several cultural organizations including Survival International and the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation. Sturtevant was respected for his vast knowledge of indigenous peoples and he received a voluminous amount of correspondence from colleagues who often included copies of their papers and grant proposals. He kept many of these works, which, it appears he used as reference material. Sturtevant's own work is reflected in his writings; he published over 200 scholarly papers, articles, and books.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized in 14 series: 1. Correspondence, 1951-2008; 2. Research Files, 1851, 1860s, 1880s, 1890, 1939-2006; 3. Writings, 1952-2006; 4. Professional Activities, 1952-2006; 5. Smithsonian, 1954-2008; 6. Handbook of North American Indians, 1971-2007; 7. Biographical Files, 1933-2007; 8. Student Files, 1944-1985; 9. Subject Files, 1902-2002; 10. Photographs, 1927-2004; 11. Artwork, 1699-1998; 12. Maps, 1949-1975; 13. Sound Recordings, 1950-2000; 14. Computer Files, 1987-2006.

Biographical/Historical note:

William C. Sturtevant (1926-2007), preeminent North American ethnologist, museum curator, and university professor, was best known for his contributions to Seminole ethnology, as curator of North American Ethnology in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and for his work as the general editor of the Handbook of North American Indians.

Sturtevant's passion for studying Native peoples began at a young age. In third grade "after a class on American Indians, he asked his father what kind of people study Indians, and his father replied, 'Anthropologists.' Sturtevant decided then that he would make anthropology his career" (Merrill 11). After graduating with honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1949, Sturtevant went on to Yale University to complete his graduate work in anthropology. When it came time to decide on what area of North America he should focus his research, one of his faculty members at Yale, Irving Rouse, "suggested he consider the Seminoles of south Florida. By the end of his first fieldwork season, Sturtevant was convinced that the dearth of ethnographic information about these Seminoles and their status as one of the least acculturated of all North American Indian societies justified ethnographic research among them and offered the possibility of making an important contribution to North American ethnology" (Merrill 13). Sturtevant spent the summers of 1950 and 1951 conducting preliminary fieldwork among the Mikasuki-speaking Seminole and in 1952 he took up temporary residence at Big Cypress Reservation to undertake research for his dissertation, "The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices." This work focused on Seminole medicine, but also included Sturtevant's analysis of Seminole worldview, religion, history, inter-ethnic relations, material culture, economy, kinship, language, and social organization.

In 1954, while he was finishing his dissertation, Sturtevant made the transition from student of anthropology to professional anthropologist. He was hired as an instructor in Yale's Anthropology Department and began his career in museum work as an assistant curator of anthropology at the Yale Peabody Museum. After receiving his PhD from Yale in 1955, Sturtevant moved on to the Smithsonian Institution, where he accepted a position as a research anthropologist at the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE). This position afforded Sturtevant the chance to continue to explore his many research interests in ways that a full time professorship or museum curatorship could not. Over the next ten years he studied the Catawba in South Carolina; the Seneca and Cayuga nations of the Iroquois League in New York, Oklahoma, and Ontario; continued his work with the Seminole; visited European museums to examine early ethnographic examples and possible European prototypes of eastern North American Indian material culture; and spent a year in Burma. In 1963, Sturtevant and his wife, Theda Maw, the daughter of a prominent Burmese family, took their three young children to Burma so that they could visit with Maw's family. Sturtevant took this as an opportunity to branch out from his Native American research and spent the year visiting neighborhoods in Rangoon and villages in the surrounding countryside, examining archival materials, studying the Burmese language, learning about Burmese clothing and other aspects of the culture, and taking photographs. He also collected 386 items of clothing and other objects for the Smithsonian.

When Sturtevant returned from Burma, he found the BAE had been dissolved. In 1965, he was transferred from the now-defunct BAE to the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), where he became curator of North American Ethnology, a position he held for the next forty-two years. During his tenure at NMNH Sturtevant oversaw all the North American ethnology collections, planned exhibitions, served on committees, and sponsored interns and fellows. One of Sturtevant's primary duties at NMNH was serving as the General Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, "a major multi-volume reference work summarizing anthropological, linguistic, and historical knowledge about native peoples north of Mexico" (Jackson). Each volume was designed to represent a geographic or topical area of Americanist study. As General Editor, Sturtevant selected volume editors, chapter authors, oversaw office staff, and proofread manuscripts over the course of production.

Besides focusing on the Handbook, much of Sturtevant's time was taken up by responsibilities he held outside the Institution. Sturtevant was extremely involved in professional anthropological associations and held many leadership positions. Fresh out of graduate school, he began a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1957. He later became a member of the executive committee of the Florida Anthropological Society, served as book-review editor and associate editor of the American Anthropologist from 1962-1968, was a member of the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Anthropological Research in Museums and was both vice president and president of the committee once it became the Council for Museum Anthropology, was on the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Archives, served three terms on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation from 1976-1982 and was appointed to a fourth term between 1984 and 1986, and sat on the Board of Directors of Survival International from 1982-1988. He was President of the American Society for Ethnohistory, the American Ethnological Society, the American Anthropological Association, and the Anthropological Society of Washington. Sturtevant also taught classes at Johns Hopkins University as an adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology, served as a consultant on exhibits at other museums, and reviewed manuscripts for scholarly publications.

Sturtevant remained active in the profession throughout his later years. After divorcing Theda Maw in 1986, he married Sally McLendon, a fellow anthropologist, in 1990 and they undertook several research projects together. Sturtevant was recognized for his dedication and contributions to the field of anthropology in 1996 when he was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters by Brown University, and in 2002 when his colleagues published a festschrift in his honor, Anthropology, History, and American Indians: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant.

Sturtevant died on March 2, 2007 at the Collingswood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rockville, MD after suffering from emphysema.

Sources Consulted

Estrada, Louie. 2007. William C. Sturtevant; Expert on Indians. Washington Post, March 17. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031602273.html, accessed August 31, 2012.

Jackson, Jason Baird. 2007. William C. Sturtevant (1926-2007). http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2007/03/william-c-sturtevant-1926-2007.html, accessed August 31, 2012.

Merrill, William L. 2002. William Curtis Sturtevant, Anthropologist. In Anthropology, History, and American Indians: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant. William L. Merrill and Ives Goddard, eds. Pp. 11-36. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

1926 -- Born July 26 in Morristown, NJ

1944 -- Entered the University of California at Berkeley as a second-semester freshman

1944 -- Attended summer school at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City where he took courses on Mexican archaeology and South American ethnology

1945 -- Drafted into the United States Navy

1946 -- Received an honorable discharge from the Navy with the rank of pharmacist's mate third class and returned to UC Berkeley

1947 -- Attended the University of New Mexico's summer field school in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

1949 -- January: Received his Bachelor's degree with honors in anthropology from UC Berkeley

1949 -- Began graduate studies at Yale University

1950-1951 -- Spent the summers of 1950 and 1951 in Florida conducting fieldwork among the Mikasuki-speaking Seminole

1951 -- Conducted his first research study of the Iroquois, a classification of Seneca musical instruments, their construction and use, with Harold Conklin

1952 -- May: Moved to Big Cypress Reservation in Florida to conduct research for his dissertation. He focused on Seminole medicine, but also collected physical anthropological data such as blood-type frequencies, handedness, and color blindness

1952 -- July 26: Married Theda Maw

1954 -- Hired by Yale University as an instructor in the Department of Anthropology and as an assistant curator of anthropology in the Yale Peabody Museum

1955 -- Received PhD in anthropology from Yale University

1956 -- Joined the staff of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) as a research anthropologist

1957 -- Began a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the Anthropological Society of Washington

1957 -- Traveled to Rock Hill, South Carolina to collect linguistic data from Sam Blue, the last member of the Catawba tribe to have maintained some proficiency in the Catawba language. While there, he made a small collection of Catawba pottery for the United States National Museum

1957-1958 -- Spent seven weeks continuing his research among the New York Seneca

1959 -- Returned to Florida to study Seminole ethnobotany. He also collected ethnographic materials, especially objects made for the tourist market, which he deposited in the United States National Museum

1959-1960 -- Member of the executive committee of the Florida Anthropological Society

1960 -- July and August: Visited 17 European museums to examine early ethnographic examples and possible European prototypes of eastern North American Indian material culture

1961-1962 -- Spent the summers of these years conducting ethnographic fieldwork among the Seneca-Cayuga in Oklahoma

1962 -- October: Visited the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada to conduct fieldwork among the Seneca and Cayuga there

1962-1968 -- Book-review editor and associate editor of the American Anthropologist

1963 -- October: Spent the year in Burma; visited neighborhoods in Rangoon and villages in the surrounding countryside, examined photographs in several archives, studied the Burmese language, and read extensively about the country's history and culture. Assembled notes on Burmese clothing and other aspects of the culture, took hundreds of photographs, and made a collection of 386 items of clothing and other objects for the Smithsonian

1964 -- Visited Inle Lake in the Southern Shan States southeast of Mandalay, where he examined local approaches to artificial island agriculture

1964-1981 -- Became a member of the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Anthropological Research in Museums, which became the Council for Museum Anthropology in 1974. Sturtevant was the Council's first vice president, serving two terms between 1974 and 1978, and was its president from 1978 to 1981

1965 -- Became curator of North American Ethnology in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History after the dissolution of the BAE

1965-1966 -- President of the American Society for Ethnohistory

1966 -- Named the editor of the Handbook of North American Indians

1967-1968 -- Fulbright scholar and lecturer at Oxford University's Institute of Social Anthropology

1969 -- Began serving on the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Archives

1974-1989 -- Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University

1976-1982 -- Served three terms on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation and was appointed to a fourth term between 1984 and 1986

1977 -- President of the American Ethnological Society

1980-1981 -- President of the American Anthropological Association

1981 -- Spent part of the spring semester at the University of California Berkeley as a Regents Lecturer

1982-1988 -- Board of Directors of Survival International

1986 -- Divorced Theda Maw

1986-1987 -- Smithsonian Fellow at Oxford University's Worcester College

1990 -- Married Sally McLendon

1992 -- President of the Anthropological Society of Washington

1996 -- Awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters at Brown University

2007 -- Died March 2 in Rockville, MD

Related Materials:

Other materials relating to William C. Sturtevant at the National Anthropological Archives are included in the following collections:

Manuscript 4504

Manuscript 4595

Manuscript 4806

Manuscript 4821

Manuscript 4972

Manuscript 7045

Photo Lot 59

Photo Lot 79-51

Photo Lot 80-3

Photo Lot 81R

Photo Lot 86-68 (6)

Photo Lot 86-68 (7)

American Society for Ethnohistory records

Committee on Anthropological Research in Museum Records

Handbook of North American Indians records

Records of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History

Gordon Davis Gibson Papers, Sound Recordings

SPC Se Powhatan Confederacy Mattapony BAE No # 01790700

DOE Oceania:Amer Poly:Hi:Hawaiian Helmet:Sturtevant 04913800

DOE Oceania:Amer Poly:Hi:Hawaiian Helmet:Sturtevant 04913900

DOE Oceania:Amer Poly:Hi:Hawaiian Helmet:Sturtevant 04914000

Negative MNH 1530

Negative MNH 1530 B

Sturtevant is listed as a correspondent in the following NAA collections:

Administrative file, 1949-1965, Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology

John Lawrence Angel Papers

James Henri Howard Papers

Donald Jayne Lehmer Papers

John Victor Murra Papers

Records of the Society for American Archaeology

Albert Clanton Spaulding Papers

Waldo Rudolph Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel Papers

Copies of sound recordings made by William C. Sturtevant can be found at The California Language Archive at UC Berkeley in two collections, The William Sturtevant collection of Creek/Seminole sound recordings, which includes 31 minutes of Northern Muskogean linguistic field recordings from 1951, and The William Sturtevant collection of Mikasuki sound recordings, which includes 33 minutes of Mikasuki linguistic field recordings from 1951. Two sound tape reels of Seminole music Sturtevant recorded in Florida in 1951 can be found at Wesleyan University's World Music Archives. Folk songs on these recordings include "Scalping Sickness," "Bear Sickness with blowing," "Bear sickness without blowing," "Lullaby," "Feather Dance," "Snake Dance," and "Crazy Dance." Performers include Josie Billie, Lee Cypress, Harvey Jumper, Boy Jim, Charlie (Johnny?) Cypress, Little Tiger Tail, Billy Ossiola, and Charlie Billy Boy.

Separated Materials:

One video tape, "Seminole History and Tradition", was transferred to the Human Studies Film Archives. Series 2.2, Tukabahchee Plate: Glass negative of spectrogram from FBI (Box 135), removed for storage with other glass plate negatives.

Provenance:

These papers were transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History.

Restrictions:

Files containing Sturtevant's students' grades have been restricted, as have his students' and colleagues' grant and fellowships applications. Restricted files were separated and placed at the end of their respective series in boxes 87, 264, 322, 389-394, 435-436, 448, 468, and 483. For preservation reasons, his computer files are also restricted. Seminole sound recordings are restricted. Access to the William C. Sturtevant Papers requires an apointment.

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Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Botany  Search this

Anthropology  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

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Linguistics  Search this

Genre/Form:

Realia

Research

Notes

Office files

Theses

Slides (photographs)

Sound recordings

Exhibition catalogs

Field notes

Clippings

Correspondence

Photographs

Microfilms

Newsletters

Manuscripts

Memorandums

Articles

Card files

Books

Artifacts

Negatives

Citation:

William C. Sturtevant papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

The papers of William C. Sturtevant were processed with the assistance of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Dr. Ives Goddard. Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Identifier:

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Creator:

Jones, Charles C., Jr. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

Collection Creator:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

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Extent:

2 Pages

Container:

Box 2, Folder 19

Culture:

Creek -- model of village  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

January 4, 1892

Scope and Contents:

Concerns Mason's wish to build a model of a Creek village.

Place:

United States -- Georgia -- Augusta

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Topic:

Exhibits -- Creek village  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Anthropology—Correspondence

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National Anthropological Archives

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Creator:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Names:

United States National Museum  Search this

Extent:

4.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1862

1881-1905

Summary:

Otis T. Mason served as the first full-time Curator of Ethnology at the United States National Museum (USNM) from 1884 to 1902, as the Acting Head Curator of the Department of Anthropology of the USNM from 1902 to 1905, and as the Head Curator of the Department of Anthropology of the USNM from 1905 until his death in 1908. The majority of the material in this collection pertains to the organization and cataloguing of the ethnology collections of the USNM conducted by Mason in the late 1870s and early 1880s.

Scope and Contents:

In the late 1870s and early 1880s, Mason was largely occupied with organizing and cataloguing the United States National Museum ethnology collections and with installing them in the new building which was opened in 1881. Much of this collection pertains to these USNM specimens. The largest section of the Mason material relates to the basketry collection and includes slipnote catalogues which were sometimes annotated and/or accompanied by photographs. The letters and notes found with the catalogues contain information similar in nature to accession papers on at least six accessions of basketry, including a "Catalog of the Hudson of Indian Products, 1899," and material on the Fred Harvey Collection. Also present are handwritten and typescript notes; extracts from various early sources; letters from dealers, collectors, and anthropologists; clippings; articles and illustrations, and photographs relating to the basket collection and to mortuary customs. The original arrangement of this material into topical series and the arrangement of Mason's notebooks by topic and type of object reflect the topological approach to specimens that characterized Mason's work in this period. The final two series include two books by Mason and honorary diplomas and certificates awarded to him.

It is difficult to determine exactly the dates of most of the material in the Otis T. Mason papers. Only a small percentage of the collection is dated correspondence, the bulk consisting of notes, articles, catalogues, clippings, and illustrations related to the United States National Museum basketry and knife collections and to the topics of "Modes of Travel and Transportation" and "Mortuary Customs." From their content, much of this material seems to date to the late 1870s and 1880s, when Mason was working on these collections. As far as actual dated material goes, Mason's own articles (not counting his collection of articles by other authors) and dated notes and letters cover 1884-1904. The certificates and diplomas date to 1862 and 1881-1905.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 6 series: (1) Material Relating to the United States National Museum Basketry Collection, circa 1896-1904; (2) Material Relating to Modes of Travel and Transportation, circa 1884-1900; (3) Material Relating to the Knife Collection at the United States National Museum, undated; (4) Information Relating to Mortuary Customs, undated; (5) Bound Volumes, undated; (6) Diplomas and Certificates, 1862, 1881-1905

Biographical / Historical:

Mason began his professional career at his alma mater, Columbian University (now George Washington University), where he spent the middle third of his life (1861-1884) as a teacher and principal of the preparatory department. In 1872, Joseph Henry redirected Mason's interest from Eastern Mediterranean studies to American ethnology and introduced Mason to what was to become a 36-year career at the United States National Museum. For the first twelve years, 1872-1884, Mason worked as one of S. F. Baird's unpaid part-time "resident collaborators." His work in this period included preparing the tribal synonymy which later became Hodge's Handbook, preparing exhibit schemes for the 1876 Centennial Exposition, arranging and cataloguing the United States National Museum ethnological collections, and editing the anthropology sections of American Naturalist (1876-1887) and three other serials in ethnology. In 1884, Mason left Columbian University, where he had worked his way up to "Professor of Anthropology," to become the Smithsonian's first full-time curator of Ethnology. In 1902, he became acting head curator and, in 1905, permanent head curator of the Department of Anthropology, serving as curator of the department until his death in 1908.

Sources Consulted

Cattell, J. McKeen, ed. "The Progess of Science: Otis T. Mason," The Popular Science Monthly 74 (Jan 1909): 96-100.

The Evening Star Newspaper Company. "Otis T. Mason Dead." The Evening Star, November 5, 1908.

Hough, Walter. "Otis Tufton Mason," American Anthropologist 10, no. 4 (October-December 1908): 661-667.

Hough, Walter. "Mason, Otis T.," In Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 12, edited by the American Council of Learned Societies, 370-372. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.

Hrdlička, Aleš. "Otis Tufton Mason," Science 28, no. 726 (November 27, 1908): 746-748.

White, James Terry, ed. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York: J. T. White and company, 1900.

Who's Who in America, vol. 5. Chicago, Marquis Who's Who, 1908.

1838 -- Born in Eastport, Maine, on April 10; childhood in Philadelphia and then in Haddonfield, New Jersey

1851 -- Mason family moved to Woodlawn, Virginia

1856-1861 -- Student at Columbian University (now George Washington University) specializing in the culture/history of the peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean

1861 -- Received A.B. degree from Columbian University

1861-1884 -- Principal and teacher of the Preparatory Department of Columbian University

1862 -- Married Sarah E. Henderson

1872-1884 -- Collaborator in Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution

1879 -- With J. M. Toner and G. Mallery, founded the Anthropological Society of Washington and wrote its constitution Received Ph.D. from Columbian University

1879-1905 -- Collaborator with the Bureau of American Ethnology

1881 -- The United States National Museum building opened

1884-1902 -- Curator of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution

1890-1908 -- Served on the U.S. Board of Geographic Names

1892-1895 -- President of the Anthropological Society of Washington

1898 -- Received LL.D. from Columbian University

1902-1905 -- Acting head curator, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution

1905-1908 -- Head curator, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution

1908 -- Died in Washington, D.C., on November 5

Related Materials:

Material related to the Otis T. Mason collection can also be found in the Bureau of American Ethnology records and the Department of Anthropology records, including the Division of Ethnology Manuscript and Pamphlet file. The following materials in the National Anthropological Archives series of Numbered Manuscripts are also pertinent:

A.S.W./Anthrop., Hist. of, 4821 (pt.): Box 4. "Anthropology in the District of Columbia..." (39 pages, dated 1906) and two letters pertaining to it.

Anthrop., Hist. of, 49033: "Diary of Otis T. Mason.." from 1 July 1884 to 23 May 1891 (approximately 100 pages).

Arch., U.S., 2431: notes, sketches, and letters used in Smithsonian Annual Reports for 1876-1879 and 1881-1883.

Athapaskan, 173 and Tinne (Kutchin), 169: translation and notes from works of Petitot (total of 68 pages).

Choctaw, 666: revision of Byington's grammar of Choctaw (ca. 1872).

Census, 4289: report on Indian education for the 10th census.

Africa, Morocco, 7083: Choctaw, 4056; Fewkes 4408 (5-a); Mohaven 7036; and Pamunkey, 2218: various letters to Mason containing ethnographic or linguistic information (dated from 1891 to 1893).

In the United States National Museum Manuscript and Pamphlet File, Boxes 4, 14, 20, 35-40, and 70, is material on the topics represented in the Mason papers as well as other material produced by Mason.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives has a small series of copies of letters which Mason wrote to the Smithsonian in 1889 while on a trip in Europe to study museum practices (SIA 7086).

Separated Materials:

Material originally found with the Otis Mason collection that was, from its nature and arrangement, determined to belong to the Manuscript and Pamphlet file of the Department of Anthropology records, has been moved to that collection. This material consists of numerous articles, notes, and manuscripts, including 14 manuscripts by Thomas Wilson of the Division of Prehistoric Anthropology, correspondence between W. H. Holmes and Zelia Nuttall, and correspondence between A. F. White and Thomas Wilson. All are listed under "Thomas Wilson" in the guide to the Manuscript and Pamphlet file (Box 84).

Papers, consisting of administrative files and correspondence, which were originally found with the Otis Mason collection but clearly belonged to the Department of Anthropology's own administrative files were moved to that collection in the NAA. Correspondents included in the eleven letterpress books moved to the Department of Anthropolgy records are W. H. Holmes, Ales Hrdlicka, Walter Hough, and E. H. Hawley. These papers relate almost entirely to administrative matters directed by Mason and very little to Mason's own ethnological and anthropological research.

Provenance:

The majority of the Otis Tufton Mason papers were transferred to the National Anthropological Archives from the Department of Anthropology in 1965. Some of the materials were found in the NAA's collection.

Restrictions:

The Otis Tufton Mason papers are open for research.

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Topic:

Basketwork  Search this

Knives  Search this

Mortuary customs  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Citation:

Otis Tufton Mason papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1973-23

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Correspondent:

Hanson, James A.  Search this

Conner, Stuart W.  Search this

Dempsey, Hugh A.  Search this

Brasser, Ted J.  Search this

DeMallie, Raymond  Search this

Schaeffer, Claude E.  Search this

Taylor, Colin F.  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

United States. National Park Service  Search this

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this

Taylor, James E. (Artist)  Search this

Extent:

97 Linear feet

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Cree  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1945-1993

Scope and Contents:

The John Canfield Ewers Papers document his wide ranging anthropological interests from early White depictions of Native Americans to the material culture of the Plains tribes through correspondence, exhibit catalogs, field notes, illustrations, lectures, maps, photocopies of archival materials, photographs, and writings. The collection includes materials relating to his numerous research projects and publications such as his books on plains sculpture and Jean Louis Berlandier as well as his field research among the Assiniboin and Blackfoot tribes. Ewers' career as an ethnologist based in a museum is amply documented through correspondence, exhibit plans and scripts, notes, and reports showcasing his work for the National Park Service and his fifty plus years at the Smithsonian. The voluminous correspondence file highlights his close collaboration with individuals such as Stu Conner, Hugh Dempsey, Claude Schaeffer, and Colin Taylor. Ewers' graduate studies and his family are featured in Series XI. One special category of materials in this collection is Series XIV, the card files. Ewers pulled information from his field notes and other sources, classified them, and typed or wrote them up on 3x5 or 5x7 inch index cards. He then organized these files alphabetically by subject within large categories such as "Collecting Alpha by Collectors Name" or "Fur Trade and Trade Goods." The card files include correspondence and photographs and closely relate to materials throughout the rest of the collection. Though Ewers' papers are primarily textual in nature, there are graphic materials throughout his files. Series XIII features the graphic materials that Ewers kept separate from his files such as the contents of his slide cabinets. There is overlap within this series as Ewers kept multiple copies of his slides in various locations. This series also includes audiotapes of conferences and symposia at which Ewers spoke and three scrapbooks. Of note are original pencil and ink drawings from his book, The Horse in Blackfoot Culture, in Series XV. Transcripts of oral history interviews with John Canfield Ewers are also available at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Arrangement note:

This collection was organized into 15 series - Correspondence, Research & Subject Files, Research Projects, Trips and Presentations, Artists of the Old West, North American Indian Art, Plains Sculpture Book, Berlandier Project, Smithsonian Institution, National Park Service, Personal, Writings by Ewers, Audiovisual Materials, Card Files, and Art Work.

Biographical/Historical note:

John Canfield Ewers (1909-1997) earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1931 and an M.A. in Anthropology from Yale University in 1934. Ewers began his career in museums as a Field Curator for the National Park Service. He helped design exhibits at Vicksburg National Battlefield and Ocmulgee National Monument among others. In 1941, the Bureau of Indian Affairs hired Ewers to design and establish the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Montana. After a short stint in the Navy during World War II, Ewers joined the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution. He worked at the Smithsonian for over fifty years in numerous capacities including Director of the National Museum of History and Technology (now called the National Museum of American History). Ewers' research dealt with the Plains Indians and the Blackfoot tribe in particular. Ewers wrote several books on a wide variety of topics including White artists depictions of Native Americans, Plains Indian sculpture, and the horse in Blackfoot Indian culture.

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Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Ethnohistory  Search this

Carving  Search this

American Indians -- Plains  Search this

Artists -- United States -- West -- Biography  Search this

American Indians -- Clothing  Search this

American Indians -- arts and crafts  Search this

Museums -- History -- Exhibitions  Search this

Museums -- Collection management  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Repatriation  Search this

Citation:

John Canfield Ewers papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1998-35

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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

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Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records / Series 16: Division of Archaeology / 16.6: Subject Files

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National Anthropological Archives

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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

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Box 27

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Department of Anthropology records / Series 16: Division of Archaeology / 16.6: Subject Files / Arizona specimens on exhibit

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National Anthropological Archives

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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

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Box 27

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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

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Box 27

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Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

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Box 27

Type:

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Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records / Series 16: Division of Archaeology / 16.6: Subject Files / Arizona specimens on exhibit

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National Anthropological Archives

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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

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Box 27

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Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records / Series 16: Division of Archaeology / 16.6: Subject Files / Arizona specimens on exhibit

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