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Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Informant:

Bradby, William Terrill, 1833- (Pamunkey)  Search this

Names:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915  Search this

Extent:

2 Pages

Culture:

Pamunkey  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

post 1899

Scope and Contents:

Includes Pamunkey dance song; word for "dog"; names of chiefs, 1858-1899; note about murder; and list of "Terrill Bradby papers," 1893-1899, which mentions letters from F. W. Putnam, 1893, appointing Bradby Honorary Assistant in the Department of Ethnology, and letter from O. T. Mason, 1893, acknowledging receipt of Pamunkey artifacts in USNM. Written in pencil, in difficult, abbreviated script.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2218

Local Note:

autograph document

Topic:

Bradby, Terrill, papers  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 2218, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2218

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a759726c-c99d-4f60-a1e8-3471dc5540bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2218

Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Culture:

Pamunkey  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Includes: An act for appointing Trustees to the Pamunkey Indians, 1786. Typed transcript. 1 page. An act authorizing a sale of a tract of land belonging to the Pamunkey tribe of Indians, 1828. Incomplete typed transcript. 1 page. A Petition from Citizens of King William County, Virginia [to] The General Assembly of Virginia, January 20, 1843, requesting authorization for a sale of two tracts of land, each known as the "Indian Town," originally set aside for the Pamunkey Indians but later occupied largely by "free negroes or Mulattoes," with list of petitioners. Mimeographed transcript of original Document identified as "Ms. Petitions, King William County, 1843, B 1207 [Virginia] State Library." 3 pages.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3695

Local Note:

Typed transcripts are on Bureau of American Ethnology letterhead; they were probably prepared for or by James Mooney.

Other Title:

An act for appointing Trustees to the Pamunkey Indians, 1786

An act authorizing a sale of a tract of land belonging to the Pamunkey tribe of Indians, 1828

A Petition from Citizens of King William County, Virginia [to] The General Assembly of Virginia, January 20, 1843

Topic:

Land cessions -- Pamunkey  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3695, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3695

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36a0b3fd3-6fb0-4213-bb74-be55e0a27786

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3695

Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Extent:

1.25 Linear feet

Culture:

Kiowa  Search this

Irish  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

North America

Europe

Date:

1859-1919

Scope and Contents:

Although this colletion includes a few items concerning the American Indians (especially the Kiowa, Pamunkey, Nansemond and other Virginia Indians) it is notable because it includes biographical material and material concerning Mooney's non-Indian interests, particularly his interest in the Irish. Incorporated in the papers are material relating to Mooney's death and to biographies of Mooney.

The series of letters includes letters from Mooney's grandmother in Ireland to his father. Most of the correspondence is made up of incoming letters. Correspondents include Jeremiah Curtin, Natalie Curtis, Hamlin Garland, M.C. Knowles, Sister Mary Agnes Mooney, Thomas J. Shahan, Vilhjalmar Stefansson, H.C. ten Kate, C.C. Uhlenbeck, and Henry Voth.

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.

Biographical Note:

James Mooney (1861-1921) was an ethnographer with the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1885 to 1921. Mooney is a well-known author of works on the Cherokee and other Southeast tribes, the ghost-dance religion, the Kiowa, and other Plains tribes. He also researched in the Southwest among the Pueblos and the northern plains tribes.

James Mooney's formal education was limited to the public schools of Richmond, Indiana. In his knowledge of American Indians, he was self-taught in an endeavor that begun early in life. He read widely and began a compilation of tribal names. After working as a teacher and newspaperman, he sought employment with John Wesley Powell, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology, who engaged him in 1885. At the BAE Mooney developed such a breadth and depth of knowledge that he came to be recognized as one of the most outstanding authorities on American Indians.

Mooney advocated meticulous field study and sought long association with his subjects. His work with the Cherokee began in 1887 and continued for the rest of his life. His other chief concern was the Kiowa tribes. He also spent considerable amounts of time studying and collecting among the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Apache, Dakota, Kiowa-Apache, Wichita, and Comanche and lesser amounts with the Hopi, Paiute, Shoshoni, Caddo, and small groups in northern Mexico and in the Southeast. His publications and field work also reveal interest in southern mountain people, the Irish, Florida aborigines and missionary efforts among the Indians.

Mooney's investigations led him to several cross-cultural studies, including most notably an investigation of the Ghost Dance Religion and the use of peyote. His study of the American population at the time that contact with Europeans was published posthumously. He also wrote many articles for Frederick W. Hodge's Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico (BAE Bulletin 30, 1907 and 1910) and prepared several exhibits for international expositions.

Related Materials:

Most of Mooney's papers are among the National Anthropological Archives's series of Numbered Manuscripts.

Provenance:

The material in this collection was donated by Mr. John M. (Jack) Scott, a grandson of Mooney's, in 1991.

Restrictions:

The James Mooney papers are open for research.

Access to the James Mooney papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Citation:

James Mooney papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsoian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1992-34

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw308c41bbf-92a6-4a6d-97f4-be26dc851850

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1992-34

Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Extent:

11.75 Linear feet (Photographic prints: albumen, gelatin silver Negatives: glass, cellulose nitrate )

Culture:

Apache  Search this

Caddo  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Powhatan  Search this

Dakota (Eastern Sioux)  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Wichita  Search this

Lenape (Delaware)  Search this

Mattaponi  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Nansemond  Search this

Chickahominy  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Place:

Mexico

Date:

circa 1872-1920

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs made during James Mooney's fieldwork with Apache, Arapaho, Caddo, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Comanche, Dakota/Lakota, Hopi, Kiowa, Navaho, Powhatan, and Wichita communities, as well as in Mexico. Photographs document individuals and families, gatherings, ceremonies and dances, daily activities, games, crafts, landscapes, and burials.

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 Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical / Historical:

James Mooney (1861-1921) was an American ethnographer whose research focused on Native North Americans. The son of Irish Catholic immigrants, Mooney was born in Richmond, Indiana. His formal education was limited to the public schools of the city; most of his knowledge of anthropology and ethnography was self-taught, largely through his field experience working with various Native communities.

In 1885, Mooney began working for the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) under John Wesley Powell. There, he carried out ethnographic research for more than 30 years. He was a very early adopter of photography and made thouands of photographs in the course of his fieldwork.

Mooney married Ione Lee Gaut in 1897, and had six children. He died in 1921 in Washington, D.C. from heart disease.

For fuller biographies of Mooney see George Ellison's introduction to the 1992 edition of Mooney's History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees, as well as The Indian Man: A Biography of James Mooney by L.G. Moses (2002).

Chronology

February 10, 1861 -- Born

1878 -- Graduated high school, then taught public school for 1 year

1879 -- Joined the staff of The Richmond Palladium

April 1885 -- Joined the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE)

May-June 1885 -- Worked with Cherokee Chief N. J. Smith on Eastern Cherokee grammar

Summer 1886 -- Worked with Chief Smith (in D.C.)

Summer 1887 -- First trip to the Eastern Cherokee of the Great Smokey Mountains to study language, collect material culture, and document activities including the Green Corn Dance and Cherokee ball games (3.5 months)

Winter/Spring 1888 -- Studied Iroquoian and Algonquian synonymies and published articles on the Irish and the Cherokee, collected and studied Cherokee sacred formulae

1889 -- Visit to Cherokee (worked with Swimmer, worked on his maps of place names/mound sites, witnessed ball play and the Green Corn Dance, gathered plants and collected objects for the Smithsonian

December 1890 -- Visited Oklahoma Territory to complete research with Western Cherokee, witnessed the Ghost Dance at the Cheyenne/Arapaho Reservation for the first time

1891 -- "The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee" published Visit to Cherokee in Oklahoma Territory

April 1891 -- Delegated to collect material for Chicago Exposition. Collected for the next 2 years while studying the Ghost Dance

May 1891 -- Photographed Kiowa Mescal (Peyote) Ceremony Headed west for a four month collecting trip for the Chicago exposition, commissioned model tipis and summer houses from the Kiowa

1891-1893 -- Observed/participated in three ghost dances during three seasons of fieldwork among Arapaho, Sioux, Kiowa, and Cheyenne communities

1892 -- Photographed Kiowa Mescal (Peyote) Ceremony and Oglala Sioux Ghost Dance

Winter 1892 -- Began intensive field study of Kiowa winter counts and Kiowa heraldry Among the Navajo and Hopi, making collections for Chicago Exposition

Fall 1893 -- Returned to Oklahoma Territory to observe and record Arapaho Sun Dance. Also studied the Hopi Kachina Dance, the Wichita Corn Dance, and possibly also the Arapaho Ghost Dance

May 1895 -- "Siouan Tribes of the East" published

1895 -- Trip to the Southwest, visited Hopi and Navajo communities

1896 -- "The Ghost Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890" published

January 1897 -- At Anadarko

September 28, 1897 -- Married Ione Lee Gaut

Fall 1898 -- Trip to Southwest, visited Hopi and Navajo communities

1898 -- Attended Omaha Fair, helped plan 'Congress of Indians', supervised Frank Rinehart, who photographed many of the Indian delegates to the fair Calendar History of the Kiowa Indians published

Fall 1899 -- For three weeks in the fall traveled with DeLancey Gill to William Co, VA to study and photograph Mattapony and Pamunkey communities; Gill took pictures while Mooney did census work before traveling to the Chickahominy River

1900 -- Myths of the Cherokee published

Spring 1900 -- Studied communities of the Powhatan Confederacy in VA; traveled to VA again with Gill to visit the Pamunkey and Mattapony communities for more pictures and to complete census, then traveled to area south of Portsmouth to find the rural settlement of the Nansemond.

Fall 1901 -- Cooperative agreement with Field Museum and J. Owen Dorsey; Studied Kiowa for BAE, studied Cheyenne for Field Museum (focused on heraldry). This project, with Dorsey working on Arapaho, continued until 1906

1902 -- Fieldwork on heraldry with Kiowa and Apache communities all year except for two brief visits to Washington, D.C. in September and November

July 1903 -- Mooney and Dorsey study Sun Dance on Cheyenne reservation in Oklahoma Territory, brought staff photographer Charles Carpenter. Spent a week attending the Sun Dance and made the first photographs of the skull-dragging ceremony

October 1903 -- Photographed Arapaho Tomahawk Dance

Winter 1903 -- At the Cheyenne-Arapaho agency in Darlington; winter spent with Cheyenne, and finishing Kiowa tipi models for the Bureau's exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition

March 1904 -- At Mount Scott with Kiowa

June 1904 -- St. Louis Exposition opens

April 1906 -- Last visit to Cheyenne

Summers, 1911-1916 -- Visits to Cherokee

1918 -- Assisted with charting the Native American Church of Oklahoma (the Secretary of the Interior issued a ban on his research)

June 28, 1918 -- Requested by Fewkes to study peyote cult and Kiowa Heraldry (see Mooney Papers, Box 1, Letters, statement dated 1921)

December 22, 1921 -- Died

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

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Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 74, James Mooney photographs, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.74

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35162d7ce-2ae2-4302-963d-b416aa1eca3b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-74

Creator:

Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this

Petroff, Ivan  Search this

Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon), 1812-1888  Search this

Brown, J. Ross  Search this

McDonald, Furman  Search this

Smith, Nimrod Tom  Search this

Hoffman, Walter James, 1846-1899  Search this

W., H. D.  Search this

Dalrymple, Edwin A., 1818-1881  Search this

Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892  Search this

Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871  Search this

Marban, M. P. P. Pedro  Search this

Rohde  Search this

Bruhl  Search this

Pinart, A. L. (Alphonse Louis), 1852-1911  Search this

Pike, Albert, 1809-1891  Search this

Informant:

Tomazin, Ignatius, 1843-1916  Search this

Porter, Pleasant  Search this

Naumoff  Search this

Kamilkoishin ?, Nicolai  Search this

Robertson, A. E. W. (Ann Eliza Worcester), 1826-1905  Search this

Correspondent:

Eells, Myron, 1843-1907  Search this

Denison, James D.  Search this

McCain, Frank  Search this

Extent:

253 Pages

Culture:

Chippewa  Search this

Seminole Indians  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Quechan (Yuma/Cuchan)  Search this

American Indian -- California  Search this

Hoh  Search this

Eskimos  Search this

Chugach  Search this

Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik (Kuskokwim Eskimo)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Yokuts  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Quechua  Search this

Coushatta (Koasati)  Search this

Catawba Indians  Search this

Chitimacha  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Euchee (Yuchi)  Search this

Apalachee (archaeological)  Search this

Beothuk Indians  Search this

Natchez  Search this

Quileute  Search this

Klamath  Search this

Hitchiti Seminole  Search this

Chimakum  Search this

Woccon  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Moxo (Mojo)  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

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

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Newsclippings

Place:

Alaska -- Names, place

Alaska -- Names, tribal

California

South America

Bolivia

Peru

Date:

ca. 1881-1886

Scope and Contents:

Contains vocabularies and other linguistic notes on a variety of American Indian languages. Mainly transcripts by Gatschet from other sources; includes some material recorded by Gatschet, and a few original manuscripts sent to him by others.

Contents: Alaska: Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 49-52. Petroff, Ivan. "Aliaskan Names, Ivan Petroff." 2 pages, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. List of Alaskan place and tribal names with notes on each. Apalachee: Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 103-104. [Gatschet, A. S.] Apalachee [vocabulary], with Pl[easant] Porter [Creek inft.]." 2 pages, in Gatschet's handwriting. Comparison of Apalachee words with Creek. Gatschet indicates: "(Copied in Apal. book, July 1889)." Beothuk: Ms. Vocabulary 1449, pages 27-41. [Gatschet, A. S.] Beothuk vocabularies, notes, and bibliographic references. 14 1/2 pages, mostly in Gatschet's handwriting. (pages 27-28 and 35-36 are in R. G. Latham's hand.) Working notes for Gatschet's published article on Beothuk -- comment by M. R. Haas, 11/58. California (Yuman ?): Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 122-123; 124 (?) Brown, J. Ross Extract from "J. Ross Brown. Sketch of the exploration of lower Cal. San Franc[isco ?], 1869. H. H. Bancroft & Co., 177 pp." 2 pages, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Miscellaneous notes on lower California tribes and languages, with list of some of the tribes in the area and their approximate locations. California: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 148. [Gatschet, A. S.] Bibliographic references relating to California. 1 page, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Furman, McDonald Ms Vocabulary 1449 file: Catawba. Page 159 "An Indian's Petition." No date. Newsclipping. 1 slip. Ms Vocabulary 1449 Woccon and Catawba comparative vocabulary No date. Autograph document. 6 pages. Pages 87-89 and 93-94. Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 186a and ff. Eells, M. Comparison of numerals in Chemakum, Quileute, and Hoh, 1 page and accompanying letter to A. S. Gatschet, August 24, 1883, from M. Eells, Skokomish, Mason Co., Wash., 2 pages, handwritten. Ms Vocabulary pages 108-110. [Gatschet, A. S.] "Mtn. Cherokee's names (topographical). Nimrod Tom Smith [inft ?], 1/2 breed, in Swain Co., North Car., P. O. Quallatown...April 18, '82." 3 pages, in Gatschet's handwriting. List of Cherokee place names and locations. Chippewa: Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 178-80. [Gatschet, A. S.] "Odjibwe - Local and tribal names. Ign. Tomazin [inft.], Jan. 31, '83." 3 pages, in Gatschet's handwriting. Also (page 180) short extract from Dorman, Primitive Superstitions, page 148, on Ojibwa cannibalism, in Gatschet's handwriting.

Chitimacha: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 85 (top). [Gatschet, A. S.] "Shetimasha" vocabulary of 8 words, translated into French. 1/2 page, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Eskimo: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 45. Hoffman, Dr W. J. "Eskimo text obtained by Dr W. J. Hoffman, at San Francisco, Cal., from Naumoff, an Eskimo from Kadiak..." No date. 1 page in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Includes text and inter-linear translation, plus translation of same story from sign language. Note by Gatschet indicates that text is not in Kodiak dialect. Eskimo (Chugach) Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 53-66. Petroff, Ivan "Vocabulary of Tchugatch-Inuit. Taken by Ivan Petroff, in June, 1881, at various places, chiefly at Nu'tchik or Port Etches, abt. 60 1/2 N. Lat. From full bloods. 14 pages, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Also contains comparison with "Tchiglit" (Kopagmiut), in Gatschet's handwriting. "Partly entered in Mscr. vocab. Vol. 3." Eskimo (Kuskwogmiut): Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 76-84; 85-86; 95-96. [Petroff, Ivan ?] "Kuskokvog-miut (Inuit) [vocabulary], from Nicolai Kamilkoishin [?] native of the tribe educated at the Russian Mission, Yukon R., at Ikomiut." 13 pages, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Partly entered in Mscr. vocabulary, Volume IIId (note in Gatschet's handwriting.) Eskimo: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 249. W--, H. D. "A curious race. The Mutes of northern Alaska. Their manner of living. Peculiar family relations - superstitions and queer customs." From the San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday November 14, 1886. 1 page, newsclipping. Hitchiti: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 203 (bottom), 204 (bottom), 205. Robertson, Mrs A. E. "Acts. VIV, ii in Hitchiti" (page 203); "Hitchiti words from Mrs Robertson" (204); "Hitchiti verbs, by Mrs Robertson" (205). 3 pages, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Kiowa: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 26. Gatschet, A. S. "Phonetics of the Kayowe Language, by Albert S. Gatschet. Read before the A.A.A.S., Cincinnati, 1881." 1 page, clipping from published article. Note in margin in Gatschet's handwriting reads: "Science of Sept. 17, 1881. By John Michels, New York."

Klamath: Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 133-136; 143-147. [Gatschet, A. S.] Queries relating to the Klamath language by Gatschet, with answers written in by various Indians from the Klamath Agency, Oregon (cf. letter of J. G. Dennison, page 142 of this manuscript). 9 pages, partially in Gatschet's handwriting. Klamath: Ms 1449, pages 137-142. Denison, James D. "Story of the birth of Aisis," a Klamath legend, and accompanying letter from J. G. Dennison to A. S. Gatschet, August 29, 1880, Klamath Agency, Oregon. 6 pages, handwritten. Klamath: Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 149-152. McCain, Frank Letter to A. S. Gatschet, January 30, 1880, from Frank McCain, Klamath Indian Agency, Lake Co., Oregon, containing 22 word Klamath vocabulary. 4 pages, handwritten. Koasati: Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 102; 204. Robertson, Mrs A. E. [and A. S. Gatschet] "Koassadi. Supplement to words by Mrs A. E. Robertson, copied in Vocab. No. 2, obtained from [---illeg.]"; short vocabulary of verbs "from vocab. Vol 2, Koassati of Mrs Robertson"; and passage from "Actorum XIV, 11, in Koasata." 2 pages, in A S. Gatschet's handwriting. Page 102 contains a short list of Koasati words (probably from Mrs Robertson) with corresponding Choctaw equivalents (supplied by Gatschet [?] from the "Ch. grammar"; passage from Acts XIV, ii in Koasati with inter-linear translation, presumably by Gatschet; and list of Koasati verbs, no source mentioned. Page 204 contains the same bible passage in Koasati, with slightly different English translation, and list of same verbs, identified as being from "vocab. Vol 2...of Mrs Robertson." Pamunkey: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 46. Dalrymple, Rev Mr 17 word Pamunkey vocabulary collected by Rev Dalrymple in 1844 at King William County, Virginia. (Hist Mag., N. Y. II, page 182) and short note from J. G. Shea. 1 page, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. See National Anthropological Archives Manuscript 4069, referring to the original of the Dalrymple Manuscript in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore.

Seminole: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 182. [Buckingham-Smith, etc. ?] "Seminole Local Names. Buck. Smith, Beach, p. 125 (with Stidham)." 1 page, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. South America (Mojo): Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 187. Marban, M. P. P. Pedro "Moxo 6 Mojo. M.P.P. Pedro Marban, de la Compania de Jesus, Superior [ ]. Arte de la Lengua Moxa, con su vacabulario y cathecismo. Colegio de San Pablo (Lima), 1701. pages 664, etc." 1 page, in Gatschet's handwriting. Notes on Mojo language. South America (Miscellaneous): Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 128. Rohde, [ ] "Rohde on Sudamerika"...(1883-84)." 1 page, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Miscellaneous extracts relating to South American Indian tribes. South America (Miscellaneous): Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 97-101. Miscellaneous notes on South America copied by Gatschet from various published sources. 5 pages, in Gatschet's handwriting. South America Peru: (Quechua): Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 239. Bruhl, -- "Inquiries by Bruhl on Kechua. Oct. 1885." 1 page, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. 9 word Quechua vocabulary. Yokuts (Cholovone): Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 231-236. Pinart, Alph. L. "Yatchikumne [Cholovone, in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30], near Stockton, Cal. Alp. L. Pinart, 1880." 6 pages, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Notes (written in French) on the various Cholovone dialects, and vocabulary with some words translated into English and some into Spanish. Yuchi and Natchez: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 106 Pike, Gen Albert "Elements of Inflection [of the verb to have]. Yuchi (Pike, p.--) & Naktche." 1 page, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Yuchi and Natchez: Ms Vocabulary 1449, page 107 Pike, Gen. Albert "Albert Pike's Vocabularies, 18.... Yuchi & Naktche." 1 page, in A. S. Gatschet's handwriting. Comparison of 33 words in Yuchi and Natchez. Yuchi: Ms Vocabulary 1449, pages 201-203. Robertson, Mrs A. E. "Yutchi [vocabulary] transliterated from mscr. of Mrs. Robertson, 1873 ?." 3 pages, in Gatschet's handwriting. Also contains passage from bible (Acts XIV, ii) apparently in Yuchi, with interlinear translation.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1449

Topic:

Names, place -- Chippewa  Search this

Names, tribal -- Chippewa  Search this

Names, place -- Alaska  Search this

Names, tribal -- Alaska  Search this

Chemakum Indians  Search this

Numbers  Search this

Quileute Indians  Search this

Hoh  Search this

Cannibalism  Search this

Names, place  Search this

Klamath Indians  Search this

Folklore  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Creek  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Genre/Form:

Newsclippings

Citation:

Manuscript 1449, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1449

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3dafd8d43-beb2-4676-9810-224ec9fb4c35

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1449

Creator:

Stern  Search this

Extent:

1 Photograph (4x5 in)

Culture:

Catawba Indians  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

ca 1900

Biographical / Historical:

Born: 1838. Died: 1922. Daughter of Anthony George and Becky Mush. Mother of Sally Brown. Anthony George: brother of A.S. Gatschet's informant, Uncle Billy George.

Local Numbers:

OPPS NEG.55023 A

Local Note:

Becky Mush was a granddaughter of a Pamunkey man named Mush who married a Catawba. Information from Wes White, December 3, 1976.

Black and white copy negative

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

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Bureau of American Ethnology negatives

Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Stern

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw321c1e129-7e0d-487e-99a3-588c917af29f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref6910

Culture/People:

Pamunkey  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Ada Bush, Pamunkey, 1898-1969  Search this

Collector:

Theodore Stern (Ted Stern), Non-Indian, 1917-2005  Search this

Seller:

Theodore Stern (Ted Stern), Non-Indian, 1917-2005  Search this

Object Name:

Jar

Media/Materials:

Pottery

Techniques:

Coiled/hand built

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

King William County; Virginia; USA

Date created:

1940-1941

Catalog Number:

20/4044

Barcode:

204044.000

See related items:

Pamunkey

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e2f4cf29-e5fe-40ad-980e-3c8418ca226c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_218000

Culture/People:

Pamunkey  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Paul Miles (Paul Lenard Miles), Pamunkey, 1887-1965  Search this

Collector:

Theodore Stern (Ted Stern), Non-Indian, 1917-2005  Search this

Seller:

Theodore Stern (Ted Stern), Non-Indian, 1917-2005  Search this

Object Name:

Vessel (unfinished)

Media/Materials:

Pottery

Techniques:

Modeled, incised

Object Type:

Containers and Vessels

Place:

King William County; Virginia; USA

Date created:

1940-1941

Catalog Number:

20/4047

Barcode:

204047.000

See related items:

Pamunkey

Containers and Vessels

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6314746f1-212a-4f89-bc9b-0b2ab0b34a4a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_218003

Former owner:

Webb, Conrad, Col  Search this

Wallace, William J.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Hampstead (Tunstall Station, Virginia)

United States of America -- Virginia -- New Kent County -- Tunstall Station

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of articles about the property.

General:

The Federal style house was built ca. 1825 by Colonel Conrad Webb, and overlooks the Pamunkey River. Some colonial era plantings on the property predate the house. There was a terraced garden leading to the river, at one time called the most elaborate in the state. The property was planted with magnolia trees, crape myrtle and boxwood bordered garden beds that contained old-fashioned flowers, and also had undisturbed old-growth forest trees.

The red brick house has identical porticoes in the front and back that are supported by four two-story columns, in the style identified with Adams. Also there are walls on the property built of red brick. The original roof parapet, of early 19th c. design survives and was studied as a model for the restoration of Virginia's capital building in Richmond, in the 1980s when the property was owned by Mr. and Mrs. William J. Wallace. An overseer's house with wooden siding also was found on the property.

Persons associated with the garden include the Webb family, Colonel Conrad Webb (former owner, 1825- ) and Mr. and Mrs. William J. Wallace (former owner, 1950s-1980s).

Related Materials:

Hampstead related holdings consist of 1 folder (2 glass lantern slides and 6 35mm slides (photographs))

See others in:

Hollerith Collection, ca. 1957-1974.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Virginia -- Tunstall Station  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File VA046

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Virginia

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6f86a9849-d7e9-4bc7-b6e9-e88915b5e4fe

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref18942

Donor:

United States. Department of State  Search this

Artist:

Agard, Nadema  Search this

Akers, Norman  Search this

Feddersen, Joe, 1958-  Search this

Heap of Birds, Edgar  Search this

Little Turtle, Carm  Search this

Longfish, George C.  Search this

Powhatan, Rose  Search this

Slick, Duane  Search this

Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See, 1940-  Search this

Tremblay, Gail  Search this

WalkingStick, Kay  Search this

Curator of an exhibition:

Farris, Pheobe, 1952-  Search this

Extent:

26 Posters

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Posters

Date:

2005

Summary:

This collections includes 26 posters that were part of the traveling exhibiton "Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals" curated by Phoebe Farris in 2005.

Scope and Contents:

This poster collection contains the 26 posters that made up the U.S. Department of State's traveling exhibition Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals. The posters feature the work of 12 Native American artists and includes samples of the artists works and seperate posters for the artist's statements. The following Native artists were included in this exhibition; Nadema Agard (Cherokee/Lakota/Powhatan), Norman Akers (Osage/Pawnee), Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Renape/Pamunkey), Joe Feddersen (Colville Confederated Tribes), Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne/Arapaho), Carm Little Turtle (Apache/Tarahumara), George Longfish (Seneca/Tuscarora), Rose Powhatan (Pamunkey), Duane Slick (Meskwaki), Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Flathead Salish/Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), Gail Tremblay (Onandaga/Micmac) and Kay Walking Stick (Cherokee).

Arrangement:

The poster collection is arranged in one folder in the original order of the exhibition.

Biographical / Historical:

Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals is a traveling exhibit curated by Dr. Pheobe Farris for the United States Department of State consisting of 26 posters. The exhibit was developed as an outgrowth of a 2003 College Art Association panel chaired by Farris titled "Native American Artists/Intellectuals: Speaking for Ourselves in the 21st Century." Working together with Evangeline Montgomery (Senior Program Officer of the State Department's Cultural Programs Division) and Ceasar Jackson (Project Designer for the Cultural Programs Division), Farris selected 12 Native American artists whose work would be viewed in U.S. embassies around the world. The exhibit was put together in a poster format with each poster featuring a photo of the individual artist, one example of their work as well as an artist statement.

Provenance:

Gift of the U.S. Department of State and Dr. Pheobe Farris, 2007.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

Indian artists -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Posters

Citation:

Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals poster collection, 2005. National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.065

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv44d8ad203-c650-40f0-bf1b-f5b8203cbd33

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-065

Creator:

Tamarin, Alfred H.  Search this

Extent:

425 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35mm, 120 film)

65 Photographic prints (black and white, 8x10)

Culture:

Passamaquoddy  Search this

Mashpee Wampanoag  Search this

Narragansett  Search this

Cayuga [Six Nations/Grand River (Brantford, Ontario)]  Search this

Mohawk [Akwesasne (St. Regis), Hogansburg, New York]  Search this

Seneca  Search this

Lenape (Delaware)  Search this

Nanticoke  Search this

Nanticoke [Six Nations/Grand River (Brantford, Ontario)]  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Chickahominy  Search this

Eastern Band of Cherokee  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Southeast  Search this

Mid-Atlantic  Search this

Northeast  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Photographic prints

Negatives

Copy prints

Date:

1970-1971

Summary:

The Alfred Tamarin photograph collection consists of negatives and contact prints shot by Tamarin in 1971 during research for his publication We Have not Vanished: Eastern Indians of the United States. Tamarin made photographs among the Passamaquoddy, Mashpee Wampanoag, Narragansett, Cayuga [Six Nations/Grand River (Brantford, Ontario)], Mohawk [Akwesasne (St. Regis), Hogansburg, New York], Seneca, Lenape (Delaware), Nanticoke, Pamunkey, Chickahominy and Eastern Band of Cherokee communities, capturing both events and craftspeople at work.

Scope and Contents:

The Alfred Tamarin photograph collection consists of negatives and contact prints shot by Tamarin during research for his publication We Have not Vanished: Eastern Indians of the United States. In addition to Tamarins own photographs there are also 8x10 black and white prints from other sources used in the same publication.

Series 1: Reasearch Negatives includes photographic negatives made by Tamarin which were shot on 35mm film and 120 (6x6) film and have accompanying contact sheets. Most of the negatives were shot in 1971 along the east coast of the United States in Maine, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia as well as in Ontario, Canada and at the Heard Fair in Phoenix, Arizona. Tamarin made photographs among the Passamaquoddy, Mashpee Wampanoag, Narragansett, Cayuga [Six Nations/Grand River (Brantford, Ontario)], Mohawk [Akwesasne (St. Regis), Hogansburg, New York], Seneca, Lenape (Delaware), Nanticoke, Pamunkey, Chickahominy and Eastern Band of Cherokee communities, capturing both events and craftspeople at work.

Events of note photographed include--the Monroe Powwow sponsored by Lenape (Delaware) Chief Earl Two Bears and a Narragansett anniversary celebration. There are also several photographs featuring Chief Jake Thomas (Ha-da-jib-ghen-ta [Descending Cloud]/Jacob Ezra Thomas) and his daughter Donna Thomas during a mask making demonstration in Brantford, Ontario. At the time, Chief Thomas was a museum preparator at the Mohawk Indian Woodland Indian Cultural.

Series 2: Publication Prints includes 65 8x10 black and white photographic prints and copy prints. Subseries 2.1 includes 19 prints from Tamarin's negatives that can be found in Series 1. Subseries 2.2 includes copy prints requested from outside photographer and institutions for use in We Have Not Vanished. These include photographs from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Florida News Bureau, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Maine State Highway Commission, and National Anthropological Archives (Smithsonian Institution).

Arrangement:

Arranged in two series. Series 1: Research Negatives and Series 2: Publication Prints.

Biographical / Historical:

Alfred Tamarin (1913-1980) was born in New York to parents Abraham and Fannie. Tamarin worked in publicity and advertising for theatre and film until the 1960s. During that time he worked for the Theatre Guild, United Artists Corporation and was also a founder and vice president of In Flight Motion Pictures Inc. After marrying his second wife Shirley Glubok in 1968, Alfred began his second career as a photographer for a series of art books written by Shirley. Alfred also wrote several books himself including We Have not Vanished: Eastern Indians of the United States (1974). We Have not Vanished was illustrated with photographs taken by Alfred in 1970-1971 among several Native American communities along the East Coast of the United States. Other books written by the Tamarins include Ancient Indians of the Southwest (1975), The Art of the Plains Indians (1975), Voyaging to Cathay (1976), among many others. Shirley Glubok Tamarin donated Alfred's materials related to We Have not Vanished to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye foundation in 1985 following Alfred's death in 1980.

Provenance:

Gift of Shirley Glubok Tamarin, 1985.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Images in Subseries 2.2: Copy prints from other sources are not owned by the National Museum of the American Indian.

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Negatives

Copy prints

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alfred Tamarin photographs for We Have not Vanished, image #, NMAI.AC.376; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.376

See more items in:

Alfred Tamarin photographs for We Have not Vanished

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4e3e6f8d7-c04d-46c3-989e-ccf7043e6b93

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-376

Donor Name:

Dr. Titus Ulke  Search this

Culture:

Pamunkey (?)  Search this

Object Type:

Bead

Place:

Leedstown Near, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States, North America

Accession Date:

19 Feb 1965

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

259840

USNM Number:

A440235-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32dcfa993-ab1f-4388-8a5a-c7e4dd0f5872

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8193891

Container:

Box 1, Folder 21

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1862-07

Collection Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Collection of Frederick Douglass materials, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

Collection of Frederick Douglass' Monthly's, booklets, and other materials

Collection of Frederick Douglass' Monthly's, booklets, and other materials / Series 1: Douglass' Monthly Newspapers

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa72fac27fd-d75e-4467-9050-aff5eae70cfd

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-acma-06-112-ref28

Creator:

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971  Search this

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Donor:

Harrington, Marie Walsh  Search this

Extent:

2133 Negatives (photographic)

3 Lantern slides

174 Photographic prints (black & white)

Culture:

Mesoamerica  Search this

Southwest  Search this

Island Caribbean  Search this

Paiute  Search this

Achomawi (Pit River)  Search this

Alibamu  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Cahuilla  Search this

Catawba  Search this

Chitimacha  Search this

Coushatta (Koasati)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Lenape (Delaware)  Search this

Maidu  Search this

Menominee (Menomini)  Search this

Miami  Search this

Mohegan  Search this

Nanticoke  Search this

Narragansett  Search this

Niantic  Search this

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Osage  Search this

Northern Paiute (Paviotso)  Search this

Pomo  Search this

Potawatomi  Search this

Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Tolowa  Search this

Bribri  Search this

Chiricahua Apache  Search this

Eastern Band of Cherokee  Search this

Kickapoo [Oklahoma]  Search this

Kikapu (Mexican Kickapoo)  Search this

Mattaponi  Search this

Mississippi Choctaw  Search this

Oklahoma Delaware  Search this

Oklahoma Shawnee  Search this

Oneida  Search this

Onondaga  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Peoria  Search this

Seneca  Search this

Shinnecock  Search this

Sisitonwan Dakota (Sisseton Sioux)  Search this

Wyandot  Search this

Yara Taíno  Search this

Absentee Shawnee [Shawnee, Oklahoma-Pottawatomie County]  Search this

Cayuga [Six Nations/Grand River (Brantford, Ontario)]  Search this

Mississauga (Missisauga)  Search this

Munsee Delaware  Search this

Wyandotte [Oklahoma]  Search this

Gay Head Wampanoag  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Lantern slides

Photographic prints

Negatives

Place:

Cuba

Texas

Arkansas

Louisiana

Northeastern States

Missouri

California

New Mexico

Tennessee

New York

Florida

Southern States

Nevada

Mexico

Great Basin

Southwestern States

Arizona

Canada

Ecuador

Date:

1899-1947

Summary:

Includes photographs of individual tribal members, artifacts; and the following archeological sites: Hawikku (Hawikuh), Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico; Mill Creek, Tehama County, California; Coachilla Valley, California; Sandal Cave, New Mexico; Eagle Canyon, Texas; Thea Heye Cave, Pyramid Lake, Nevada; Crown Peak, Chisos Mountains, Texas; Pueblo Grande, Nevada; Salt Caves, St. Thomas, Nevada; Chuckawalla Cave, Nevada; Lovelock Cave, Pershing County, Nevada; other sites in Nevada; cacti in Brewster County, Texas and California; archaeological sites in Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, New York, and Tennessee Collection also includes a variety of scenic shots in different states; shots of persons, identified and unidentified; personal photographs of Harrington, his son, and one of his wives (ELH); and photographs taken during his expeditions to Cuba and Ecuador. Includes photographs of the Alibamu, Apache, Catawba, Cherokee, Chitimacha, Choctaw, Chumash, Comanche, Delaware, Iowa, Iroquois, Kaw, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Klamath, Koasati, Maidu, Mattaponi, Mohegan, Nanticoke, Narragansett, Navajo, Niantic (Nyantic),Ojibwa (Chippewa), Osage, Paiute, Pamunkey, Peoria, Pit River, Potawatomi, Quapaw, Sac and Fox (Sauk and Fox), Seminole, Shawnee, Tolowa, Tulare, Wampanoag, Wichita, Wyandot, Yara, and Zuni tribes.

Arrangement note:

Collection arranged by format and item number.

Biographical/Historical note:

Mark Raymond Harrington was born on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on July 6, 1882. He received his BS in 1907 and his MA in 1908 from Columbia University, where he studied under Franz Boas. He met George Heye while working at Covert's Indian store in New York in 1908 and Heye hired him shortly thereafter. Harrington spent from 1908-1911 visiting and collecting from tribes in the east and Midwest for Heye. From 1911-1915 Harrington was assistant curator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. From 1916-1917 he conducted archeological surveys in Cuba and Arkansas, after which he spent a short time in the U.S. Army during the First World War. After his return in 1919 he started a series of archeological surveys in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nevada, and Texas. Harrington worked for George G. Heye as an archaeologist, ethnologist, field collector, and curator, primarily along the eastern seaboard, in the south, Midwest, west, Cuba and Ecuador, from 1908 to 1928. He then joined the staff of the Southwest Museum as curator until his retirement in 1964. He died in San Fernando, California on June 30, 1971. Harrington is the author of many books and several hundred articles. A partial bibliography can be found in the Mark Raymond Harrington manuscript collection in the archives of the National Museum of the American Indian, Cultural Resource Center, Suitland, Maryland.

General note:

NMAItest

Restrictions:

Access restricted. For information on this collection consult the NMAI photo archivist at 301-238-1400 or NMAIphotos@si.edu.

Rights:

Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for information.

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Photographic prints

Lantern slides

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.001.035

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4acadc0fb-6afe-4e43-9413-0684acc3dda5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001-035

Creator:

Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950  Search this

Former owner:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Extent:

1428 Negatives (photographic)

40 Photographic prints (black & white)

Culture:

Mushuaunnuat (Barren Ground Naskapi)  Search this

Mistassini Cree  Search this

Lorette Huron  Search this

Mohawk  Search this

Montagnais Innu  Search this

Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki Algonquin) [River Desert]  Search this

Maliseet (Malecite)  Search this

Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this

Iroquois [Six Nations/Grand River (Brantford, Ontario)]  Search this

Penobscot  Search this

Passamaquoddy  Search this

Abenaki (Abnaki)  Search this

Wampanoag  Search this

Nauset  Search this

Mohegan  Search this

Niantic  Search this

Pequot  Search this

Nanticoke  Search this

Rappahannock  Search this

Chickahominy  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Mattaponi  Search this

Nansemond  Search this

Catawba  Search this

Eastern Band of Cherokee  Search this

Machapunga (Pungo River)  Search this

Innu  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Photographic prints

Negatives

Place:

Massachusetts

Maine

Maryland

Virginia

Canada

Delaware

North Carolina

Date:

1909-1937

Summary:

The Frank Gouldsmith Speck photograph collection includes portraits of individuals and families, as well as scenic shots and landscape views made between 1909 and 1937. Speck was an anthropologist and ethnographer, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and worked on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation collecting ethnographic materials across the Eastern United States and Canada. His collection of photographs includes materials from native communities ranging from Newfoundland to Ontario in Canada and from Maine to South Carolina in the United States.

Scope and Contents:

The Frank Gouldsmith Speck photograph collection includes negatives and a small amount of prints made by Speck throughout the course of his career as an anthropologist and ethnographer. The majority of the photographs in this collection were made while Speck conducted field trips on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation between 1924 and 1932, though there are photographs from before and after this time. This collection has been arranged into Series by geographical location and then into subseries by culture group or community. Series 1: Newfoundland and Labrador: Innu, Mushuaunnuat, 1916-1935; Series 2: Quebec: Innu, Mistassini Cree, Lorette Huron, Wawenock, Mohawk, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, 1910-1937; Series 3: New Brunswick and Nova Scotia: Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, 1909-1917; Series 4: Ontario: Six Nations/Grand River (Naticoke, Mohawk, Cayuga, Mahican, Tutelo), Oneida Nation, 1914-1937; Series 5: Maine and New Hampshire: Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki, 1910-1924; Series 6: Massachussets and Rhode Island: Wampanoag, Nauset, 1914-1931; Series 7: Connecticut: Mohegan, Niantic, Schaghticoke, Pequot, 1912-1931; Series 8: Delaware: Nanticoke and Rappahanock, 1911-1925; Series 9: Virginia and Maryland: Rappahanock, Chickahominy, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, Nansemond, Potomac, Accomac, Powhatan, 1915-1924; Series 10: North Carolina and South Carolina: Catawba, Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1915-1930.

Many of Frank Speck's photographs are individual and family portraits of community members, many identified, posed outdoors in front of homes and community buildings. There are also landscape views as well as photographs taken during community events. There are a small amount of photographs that have now been restricted due to cultural sensitivity though for the most part Speck did not photograph culturally sensitive activities.

Arrangement:

The collection is intellectually arranged in 10 Series by geographic region and within each series by culture group. The negatives are physically arranged by catalog number.

Biographical / Historical:

Frank Gouldsmith Speck was born on November 8, 1881 in Brooklyn, New York. He studied under the prominent linguist John Dyneley Prince and anthropologist Franz Boas at Columbia University, receiving his BA in 1904 and MA in 1905. He received his Ph.D. in 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania. His doctoral dissertation on the ethnography of the Yuchi became a basis for an article which later appeared in the Handbook of American Indians. That same year Speck became an assistant in the University of Pennsylvania Museum and an instructor in anthropology at the University. He was made assistant professor in 1911, and professor and chairperson of the department in 1925, a position which he held until his death in 1950. Speck was the founder of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society, and was vice-president of the American Anthropological Association from 1945-46. Speck's research concentration was on the Algonkian speaking peoples. Speck studied every aspect of a culture: language, ethnobiology, technology, decorative art, myths, religion, ceremonialism, social organization, and music. Collecting material culture was also an integral part of Speck's fieldwork. His collections can be found in museums around the world, one of which is the National Museum of the American Indian. He is the author of numerous books and articles. Frank G. Speck died February 6, 1950. (A. Irving Hallowell, American Anthropologist, Vol. 53, No. 1, 1951)

Related Materials:

The Frank G. Speck Papers can be found at the American Philosophical Society (Mss.Ms.Coll.126) along with additional photographic materials by Speck.

Frank Speck published extensively in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation publications; "Indian Notes" and "Indian Notes and Monographs." These publications are avialable through the Smithsonian Institution Libraries or online on the Internet Archive.

Separated Materials:

A small amount of notes from Speck's field work can be found in the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records (NMAI.AC.001) in Box 273, Folder 18 through Box 274 Folder 2.

Close to 4000 ethnographic and archeological items were collected by Speck for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (MAI) and are now in the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) collection. For more information about these objects contact the NMAI Collections Department.

Provenance:

The majority of the negatives were gifted to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (MAI) by Frank Speck in 1927. The group of Nanticoke photographs were purchased by the MAI in 1915 and smaller amounts of photographs were gifted and purchased by the MAI between 1923 and 1942.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Maine  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Maryland  Search this

Indians of North America -- Massachusetts  Search this

Indians of North America -- Canada  Search this

Indians of North America -- Delaware  Search this

Indians of North America -- Midwest  Search this

Indians of North America -- Virginia  Search this

Indians of North America -- North Carolina  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Photographic prints

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank Speck photograph collection, Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.001.032

See more items in:

Frank Gouldsmith Speck photograph collection

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4a7ad21af-6cc2-49e2-a636-bcf01e1c4dc6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001-032

Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

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

Extent:

1 Item (vintage photoprint, 004in X 005in)

Culture:

Powhatan -- Pamunkey  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1900

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.01791100

Local Note:

Black and white vintage photoprint

Place:

Virginia -- Pamunkey Reservation?/King William County?

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 24 SPC Se Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey BAE 1-8 01791100, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Southeast / Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39a59f717-253a-4182-be3a-144c8a5f7efa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref1516

Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

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

Extent:

1 Photographic print (004in X 005in)

Culture:

Powhatan -- Pamunkey  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

1900

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.01791200

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint

Place:

Virginia -- Pamunkey Reservation?/King William County?

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 24 SPC Se Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey BAE 1-8 01791200, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Southeast / Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bbc1ea30-1236-4292-8ca9-79e8e430a006

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref1517

Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

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

Extent:

1 Item (vintage photoprint, 004in X 005in)

Culture:

Powhatan -- Pamunkey  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1900

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.01791300

Local Note:

Black and white vintage photoprint

Place:

Virginia -- Pamunkey Reservation?/King William County?

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 24 SPC Se Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey BAE 1-8 01791300, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Southeast / Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34b2369a2-7358-4379-8247-4b12b5d817ea

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref1518

Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

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

Extent:

1 Photographic print (004in X 005in)

Culture:

Powhatan -- Pamunkey  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

1900

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.01791400

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint

Place:

Virginia -- Pamunkey Reservation?/King William County?

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 24 SPC Se Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey BAE 1-8 01791400, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Southeast / Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw346591939-6370-4872-b6cb-b7496b36538c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref1519

Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

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

Extent:

1 Photographic print (004in X 005in)

Culture:

Powhatan -- Pamunkey  Search this

Pamunkey  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

1900

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.01791500

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint

Place:

Virginia -- Pamunkey Reservation?/King William County?

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 24 SPC Se Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey BAE 1-8 01791500, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects

Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Southeast / Powhatan Confederacy Pamunkey

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b166d200-a8a6-4683-a21c-6963939507d3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref1520