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MS 2351 Words which I learned of the Sauages, in their Language

Creator:
Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952  Search this
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626  Search this
Extent:
3 Pages
Culture:
Penobscot  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
February 1901
Scope and Contents:
Extract from "Hakluytus posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes: contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others," by Samuel Purchas, volume 4, p. 1667, published London, 1625. Includes letter of transmittal from George Winship, dated February, 19, 1901.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2351
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2351, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2351
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3494f0f47-f5b3-49d0-a58b-eb94c4de6d34
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2351

MS 2091 The Last Penobscots

Collector:
Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916  Search this
Extent:
12 Pages
Culture:
Penobscot  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1885
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2091
Local Note:
manuscript document
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2091, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2091
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw385893eab-3b92-4863-8063-b51fc6f349e1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2091

MS 1608 Gov. Neptune's speech (in English) at trial of Susup, in 1870, for the murder of Capt. Knight, a bartender

Collector:
Noyes, Charles W.  Search this
Creator:
Neptune, John, 1767-1865  Search this
Names:
Knight, Captain  Search this
Susup  Search this
Extent:
3 Pages
Culture:
Penobscot  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
October 1906
Scope and Contents:
Includes 1 page letter of transmittal. Also extract from Quebec Manuscript Vol. II, pages 34-37. "Words of the savages of the Mission of Pentagoet" (translation). 4 pages. Refers to the use of kettles in manufacturing of arrow heads.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1608
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1608, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1608
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d69b55bc-6e41-4c5c-ba55-8ca4c8512048
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1608

Indian good book made by Eugene Vetromile ... for the benefit of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, St. John's, Micmac, and other tribes of the Abnaki Indians. This year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. Old-town Indian village, and Bangor

Author:
Vetromile, Eugene 1819-1881  Search this
Subject:
Catholic Church  Search this
Physical description:
449, [1] p front., plates 17 cm
Type:
Texts
Prayers and devotions
Prières et dévotions
Textes
Prayers
Printed waste (Binding)
Date:
1857
Topic:
Abenaki language  Search this
Abénaqui (Langue)  Search this
Call number:
PM551.Z71 V4 1857
PM551.Z71 V4 1857
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_268820

Indian good book made by Eugene Vetromile ... for the benefit of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, St. John's, Micmac, and other tribes of the Abnaki Indians. This year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. Old-town Indian village, and Bangor

Author:
Vetromile, Eugene 1819-1881  Search this
Subject:
Catholic Church  Search this
Physical description:
4 pages leaves, [7]-586 p front., plates 17 cm
Type:
Texts
Prayers and devotions
Prières et dévotions
Textes
Date:
1858
Topic:
Abenaki language  Search this
Abénaqui (Langue)  Search this
Call number:
PM551.Z71 V4 1858
PM551.Z71 V4 1858
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_268821

Indian good book made by Eugene Vetromile for the benefit of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, St. John's, Micmac, and other tribes of the Abnaki Indians. This year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Old-town Indian village, and Bangor

Author:
Vetromile, Eugene 1819-1881  Search this
Subject:
Catholic Church  Search this
Physical description:
449 p front., plates 17 cm
Type:
Texts
Prayers and devotions
Prières et dévotions
Textes
Hymns
Prayers
Date:
1856
Topic:
Abenaki language  Search this
Abénaqui (Langue)  Search this
Call number:
PM551.Z71 V4 1856
PM551.Z71 V4 1856
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_342232

English definitions of Indian terms from Paul Dudley's papers ; furnished by J. Wingate Thornton

Author:
Dudley, Paul 1675-1751  Search this
Author:
Thornton, John Wingate 1818-1878  Search this
Physical description:
pages [427]-429 22 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1857
Topic:
Language  Search this
Penobscot language  Search this
Norridgewock (Indiens)--Langage  Search this
Penobscot (Langue)  Search this
Call number:
PM2147.Z5 .D8 1857
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_713429

Guy W. Leadbetter films

Creator:
Leadbetter, Guy W., Sr.  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (color silent; 1,400 feet)
Culture:
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Penobscot  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
Central America
Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)
Date:
circa 1937
Scope and Contents:
16mm amateur film taken by Dr. Guy W. Leadbetter, Sr. in Mexico (Mayan ruins), Hopi and Penobscot dances and Mexico City.

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:
Guy W. Leadbetter, Sr. was born in Bangor, Maine, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1916 and attended Johns Hopkins Medical School. He was an orthopedic surgeon in Washington, D.C. and a friend of Mayan archaeologist Sylvanus Morley. Leadbetter also gave lectures on astronomy for the National Park Service.
Provenance:
Received from Dr. Guy W. Leadbetter, Jr. in 2002.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Dance  Search this
Archeology  Search this
Genre/Form:
silent films
Citation:
Guy W. Leadbetter films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.2002.15
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Guy W. Leadbetter films
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc904e21d57-d8ee-4fba-97fd-697dd65155e1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-2002-15

Bringing It Home: Theresa Secord

Creator:
National Museum of the American Indian  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2015-12-10T19:59:29.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Native Americans;American Indians  Search this
See more by:
SmithsonianNMAI
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianNMAI
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_dVzgik-Vntc

Weaving Culture and Community - Native Arts and Resilience

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2020-12-03T20:55:52.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
See more by:
smithsonianfolklife
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianfolklife
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_tlDIYds_y-Y

Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus

Biogeographical Region:
West Atlantic Boreale  Search this
Collector:
Frank S. Collins  Search this
Place:
Penobscot Bay, Hancock County, Maine, United States, North America
Collection Date:
17 Jul 1898
Taxonomy:
Chromista Ochrophyta Dictyosiphonales Dictyosiphonaceae
Published Name:
Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus
Dictyosiphon hispidus
Barcode:
00199492
USNM Number:
663
See more items in:
Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3550367bc-0462-4150-897a-5c433a0f5f73
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2338698

Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus

Biogeographical Region:
West Atlantic Boreale  Search this
Collector:
Frank S. Collins  Search this
Place:
Penobscot Bay, Hancock County, Maine, United States, North America
Collection Date:
Jul 1896
Taxonomy:
Chromista Ochrophyta Dictyosiphonales Dictyosiphonaceae
Published Name:
Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus
Dictyosiphon hippuroides
Barcode:
00199479
USNM Number:
654
See more items in:
Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d0d226f0-962f-44b5-8134-44953a2d091e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2349578

Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
[Not Stated]  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Slide
Stage:
Immature
Place:
Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Collection Date:
5 Oct 1912
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae
Published Name:
Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus (Walker, 1852)
Barcode:
USNMENT01084169
Other Numbers:
Accession No. : 177-12
USNM Number:
USNMENT1084169
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Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3190982e3-e1ca-43b4-af3b-9d676c3aadae
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_12209556

Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
[Not Stated]  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Slide
Stage:
Immature
Place:
Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Collection Date:
9 Oct 1908
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae
Published Name:
Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus (Walker, 1852)
Barcode:
USNMENT01084386
Other Numbers:
undefined : 124081
Accession No. : 99-08
USNM Number:
USNMENT1084386
See more items in:
Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c806c082-327e-4e16-87d7-29fd37b16a20
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_12209819

Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
[Not Stated]  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Slide
Stage:
Immature
Place:
Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Collection Date:
1 Oct 1908
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae
Published Name:
Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus (Walker, 1852)
Barcode:
USNMENT01084463
Other Numbers:
undefined : 124081
Accession No. : 94-08
USNM Number:
USNMENT1084463
See more items in:
Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e259763c-fbae-41f9-9b12-8681966e8f66
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_12209891

Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
[Not Stated]  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Slide
Stage:
Immature
Place:
Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Collection Date:
1 Oct 1908
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae
Published Name:
Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus (Walker, 1852)
Barcode:
USNMENT01084482
Other Numbers:
undefined : 124081
Accession No. : 94-08
USNM Number:
USNMENT1084482
See more items in:
Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39f74a91a-6a8f-48f0-8a71-a2a7df6e7be7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_12209908

Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
[Not Stated]  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Slide
Stage:
Adult
Place:
Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Collection Date:
1 Oct 1908
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae
Published Name:
Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus (Walker, 1852)
Barcode:
USNMENT01084531
Other Numbers:
undefined : 124081
Accession No. : 94-08
USNM Number:
USNMENT1084531
See more items in:
Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c1edabbb-a1cc-4744-8fdc-f454f57d83e9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_12209949

Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus

Biogeographical Region:
Nearctic  Search this
Collector:
[Not Stated]  Search this
Prep Count:
1
Preparation:
Slide
Stage:
Immature
Place:
Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Collection Date:
5 Oct 1912
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae
Published Name:
Prociphilus (Prociphilus) americanus (Walker, 1852)
Barcode:
USNMENT01084656
Other Numbers:
Accession No. : 177-12
USNM Number:
USNMENT1084656
See more items in:
Specimen Inventory
Data Source:
NMNH - Entomology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39402d037-6079-40cd-925a-5d844a696947
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhentomology_12210076

Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance video collection

Creator:
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance  Search this
Donor:
Hudson Museum (University of Maine at Orono)  Search this
Extent:
51 Videocassettes (MiniDV)
Culture:
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this
Passamaquoddy  Search this
Penobscot  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Videocassettes (minidv)
Video recordings
Mini-dv
Interviews
Date:
2006-2008
Summary:
Videotapes of interviews with basketmakers from the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance (MIBA) documenting Maine Indian art forms. Created by the Hudson Museum in partnership with MIBA.
Scope and Contents:
Videotapes of interviews with basketmakers from the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance (MIBA) documenting Maine Indian art forms. Created by the Hudson Museum in partnership with MIBA.
Arrangement:
The Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance Video Collections consists of a single series containing video recordings of interviews with Maine Indian basketmakers and other artisans.
Biographical / Historical:
The following description of the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine is from their website, found at http://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/index.html:

"The Hudson Museum maintains a collection of over 8,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects including a world class assemblage of 2,828 Precolumbian ceramics, lithics and gold work dating from 2000 BC to the time of the Spanish Conquest. This collection is complemented by contemporary ethnographic objects from Mexico, Guatemala and Panama.

The North American collection includes Native American and Native Alaskan objects from the Northwest Coast, Arctic, Plains, Southwest and Northeast. The Maine Native American collection boasts 400 objects, including the largest institutional collection of Penobscot basketmaking tools in the region. Southwestern holdings include historic Pueblo pottery, Hopi kachinas, Navajo textiles, Pima and Havasupai basketry, Navajo and Zuni silverwork and contemporary art. Arctic holdings feature ethnographic clothing, tools and weapon"

The following description of the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance is from their website, found at http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/:

"The Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) is a nonprofit Native American arts service organization focused on preserving and extending the art of basketmaking within Maine's Native American community. MIBA seeks to preserve the ancient tradition of ash and sweetgrass basketmaking among the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes."
Provenance:
These materials were donated to the National Museum of the American Indian by the Hudson Museum of the University of Maine in March 2010. The primary contact at the Hudson Museum was Gretchen Faulkner, Museum Director.
Restrictions:
Due to its fragile nature, this collection is closed to researchers until it has been digitized.
Rights:
Researchers seeking permission for commercial uses of these materials must contact the Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance directly. Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance may be contacted at:

Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance P.O. Box 3253 Old Town, ME 04468 (207) 859-9722 miba@gwi.net http://www.maineindianbaskets.org/
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Maine  Search this
Indian basket makers -- Interviews -- Maine  Search this
Indian basket makers -- Maine  Search this
Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Mini-DV
Interviews
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Baksetmakers' Alliance Video Collection, Videotape Title; National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.019
See more items in:
Hudson Museum/Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance video collection
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv43ef76bb5-8485-44a6-bc7a-15f05fe2055d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-019

Asperococcus fistulosus

Biogeographical Region:
West Atlantic Boreale  Search this
Collector:
Collector unknown  Search this
Place:
Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States, North America
Taxonomy:
Chromista Ochrophyta Dictyosiphonales Punctariaceae
Published Name:
Asperococcus fistulosus
Asperococcus echinatus
Barcode:
00195892
USNM Number:
181
See more items in:
Botany
Algae
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/392957312-f67d-4f6a-b6b0-780f78890b07
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2256169

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