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National Museum of Natural History  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Natural History  Search this

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National Museum of Natural History

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EDAN-URL:

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Collector:

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology -- History  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Items have been tentatively identified and individually cataloged. Subjects include Hewitt, J. N. B.; Cushing, Frank H.; Powell, Johns Wesley; Hemenway, Mrs. August; Sapir, Edward; Hodge, F. W.; Radin, Paul; Kroeber, Alfred; Michelson, Truman; Fewkes, J. W.; Skinner, Alanson; Indian interest groups; Parker, Arthur C.; McGee, W. J. ; Swanton, J. R.; Walcott, Charles D.; Curtis, Charles; Bottineau, J. B.; medicine; Native American Church; religion; U. S. Army; war; Kiowa; Cheyenne; Boas, Franz; physical anthropology; Brown, John Mason; Trumbull, J. H.; Algonquin; astronomy; Thomas, Cyrus; Ten Tribes.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1647

Citation:

Manuscript 1647, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1647

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MS 1647 Miscellaneous materials by Hewitt and others

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34edd1d89-4cf1-42a4-9625-a4cd892a7388

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1647

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:

Goldstein, Marcus S. (Marcus Solomon), 1906-  Search this

Names:

Şenyürek, Muzaffer Süleyman, 1915-1961  Search this

Extent:

3 Linear feet

Note:

Portions of the collection are stored off-site. Advanced notice must be given to view the collection.

Culture:

African Americans  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Photographs

Date:

1940-1960

Scope and Contents:

The collection is made up of three types of material: photographs, notes, drafts of writings, tables, and so forth relating to physical anthropological work concerning Indians of Texas; correspondence; and materials of Muzaffer Suleyman Senyurek. The correspondence concerns publications, professional organizations, special projects relating to museums and racial attitudes, and personal relations with colleagues.

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:

Marcus Solomon Goldstein (1906-1997) was a physical anthropologist specializing in paleopathology, a public health analyst, and pioneer of dental anthropology. He received his BA and MA from George Washington University and a PhD from Columbia University. Following graduation, he worked as an aide to Ales Hrdlicka of the United States National Museum in 1927. After World War II, Goldstein started on a career in various govermnent agencies, including the US Public Health Service, National Institutes of Mental Health, and the Social Security Administration. He moved to Israel in 1971, where he joined the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. In 1987 he was given the Distinguished Service Award of the the Israel Association of Anthropology.

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds the Marcus S. Goldstein photograph collection from University of Texas and Louisiana State University, circa 1939-1940 and photographs by Goldstein in Photo Lot 24.

Additional photographs of Goldstein held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 7A and Photo Lot 4822.

Correspondence from Goldstein held in the National Anthorpological Archives in the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. Papers, Ales Hrdlicka Papers, and John Lawrence Angel Papers.

Provenance:

The papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Dr. Goldstein in 1976, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1994, and 1997.

Restrictions:

The Marcus Solomon Goldstein papers are open for research. Portions of the collection are restricted. Please contact the archivist for more information.

Access to the Marcus Solomon Goldstein papers requires an appointment.

Topic:

Physical anthropology  Search this

Paleopathology  Search this

Migration  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Photographs

Citation:

Marcus Solomon Goldstein papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1977-21

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a135c10d-926a-4f62-aebe-a7cf94f3a438

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1977-21

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Photographer:

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this

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

Extent:

2 Prints (etching or engraving)

13 Prints (albumen)

230 Copy prints (circa)

1 Chromolithograph

179 Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

200 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)

Culture:

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Sisitonwan Dakota (Sisseton Sioux)  Search this

Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux)  Search this

Tewa Pueblos  Search this

Taos Indians  Search this

Wenatchi Indians  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Tuscarora  Search this

Yanktonnai Nakota (Yankton Sioux)  Search this

Yakama (Yakima)  Search this

Iowa  Search this

Ponca  Search this

Dakota (Eastern Sioux)  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Cayuga  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Oneida  Search this

Choctaw  Search this

Muskogee (Creek)  Search this

Cochiti Pueblo  Search this

Sioux  Search this

Fox  Search this

Catawba Indians  Search this

Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)  Search this

Apache  Search this

Isleta Pueblo  Search this

Jicarilla Apache  Search this

Klamath  Search this

Laguna Indians  Search this

Menominee (Menomini)  Search this

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Seneca  Search this

Omaha  Search this

Onondaga  Search this

Osage  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Copy prints

Chromolithographs

Cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs mostly commissioned and collected by personnel in the Bureau of American Ethnology. Most of the photographs are studio portraits of Native Americans made by the Bureau of American Ethnology and Smithsonian Institution, possibly for physical anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka. There are also photographs made by Truman Michelson among the Catawba tribe, copies of illustrations and drawings, and various images of archeological sites and artifacts.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 87-2M, USNM ACC 42191

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Original negatives for many photographs in this collection held in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.

Additional Michelson photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 13, Photo Lot 24, MS 2139, and MS 4365-c.

Additional Hillers photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 14, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 28, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 143, Photo Lot 83-18, Photo Lot 87-2N, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 92-46, and the BAE historical negatives.

Additional Jackson photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 93, Photo Lot 143, Photo Lot R82-10, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 92-3, the records of the Department of Anthropology, and the BAE historical negatives.

Additional Smillie photographs held in the National Museum of American History Archives Center in the Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie Glass Plate Negatives and in Smithsonian Institution Archives SIA Acc. 05-123.

Additional Gardner photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 80-18, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, and the BAE historical negatives.

Associated busts and molds held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 42191.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Citation:

Photo lot 87-2M, Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.87-2M

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38ec3245f-6abd-4664-a65e-b51cdda340e6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-2m

Creator:

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Extent:

24 Items (Approximately papers Approximately 24 papers)

260 Items (Approximately pages Approximately 260 pages)

Culture:

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

District of Columbia -- Piney Branch Quarry -- Archeology

Date:

1872-1920 assembled May 7th, 1932."

Scope and Contents:

The Story of the Human Race. Notes for Lecture. 1916. (Sketches Nos. I and IX Missing) 2. Bearing of Archeological Evidence on the Place of Origin and on the Question of the Unity or Plurality of the American Race. 1912. 3. Art in Stone. Lithic Art in History. 4. Stone Age Among Eastern and Northern Tribes. 5. The Place of Archeology in Human History. 1915. 6. American Archeology. Prepared for the International Cyclopedia. 1913. 7. Dr. Holmesʹ Letter to Colonel Sherrill, April 29, 1925 concerning erection of bronze copy of the Piney Branch Quarry group. One illustration. 8. The Great Lesson of the Quarry Shops. 9. The End of Paleolithic Man in America, 1889-1894.

10. America and the Far East. 11. Paper on trans-oceanic contacts. (First six pages of this article missing.) 12. The American Man and his Culture. 13. Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities. Preface and table of Contents. (Volume left unfinished with Mr. Judd, Bulletin 60, pt. 2)

14. Report to Dr. Langley suggesting archeological explorations. 1904. 15. The Story of our Local Aborigines, Historic and Prehistoric. (Lecture for museum course, 1918-19.) 16. Sites of Aboriginal Occupation. (Local) 17. On the Race History and Facial Characteristics of the Aboriginal Americans. (Taken from Art and Archeology, and incomplete.) 18. An Adventure with the Indians. 1875. 19. Letter of W. H. Jackson to W. H. Holmes, Fort Defiance, Arizona Territory, April 27, 1877. Re issue of cattle to the Navajo Indians and other matters. -- Miscellaneous scraps.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4695

Local Note:

Photographs filed separately; see separate catalog entry under Photos, 4695 (part).

Topic:

Archeology  Search this

Physical anthropology  Search this

Art  Search this

Archeology -- quarries  Search this

Early man -- in America  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4695, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4695

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3742111e0-2c69-48f4-82db-c5ab88001109

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4695

Author:

Hunt, David R.  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

2014

Citation:

Hunt, David R. 2014. [Book review] "A Companion to Forensic Anthropology, edited by Dennis Dirkmaat." American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 153, (2), 323–324. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22442.

Identifier:

118164

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22442

ISSN:

0002-9483

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_118164

Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Director:

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

Dockstader, Frederick J.  Search this

Names:

Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition 1930  Search this

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)  Search this

Hendricks-Hodge Expedition (1917-1923).  Search this

Huntington Free Library  Search this

Hyde Exploring Expedition (1902-1903)  Search this

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research  Search this

Collector:

Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1879-1965  Search this

Churchill, Clara G.  Search this

Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912  Search this

Davis, Edward H., b. 1862  Search this

Emmons, George Thornton  Search this

Gridley, Marion E. (Marion Eleanor), 1906-1974  Search this

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

Harvey, Byron  Search this

Harvey, Fred  Search this

Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this

Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994  Search this

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956  Search this

Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965  Search this

Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924  Search this

Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925  Search this

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

Stiles, William F., 1912-1980  Search this

Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954  Search this

Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936  Search this

Wildschut, William  Search this

Former owner:

Burnett, Edwin K.  Search this

Force, Roland W.  Search this

Extent:

400 Linear feet

Culture:

Indians of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Administrative records

Photographs

Annual reports

Field notes

Correspondence

Ledgers (account books)

Minutes

Date:

1890-1998

Summary:

These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.

Scope and Contents:

These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.

Arrangement:

The MAI, Heye Foundation records have been arranged into 21 series and 50 subseries: Series 1: Directors, 1908-1990 (1.1: George Gustav Heye, 1863-1962, 1.2: Edwin K. Burnett, 1943-1960, 1.3: Frederick Dockstader, 1950-1976, 1.4: Alexander F. Draper, 1972-1977, 1.5:Roland W. Force, 1963-1990, 1.6: George Eager, Assistant Director, 1977-1990) Series 2: Board of Trustees, 1916-1990 (2.1: Board of Trustee Minutes, 1916-1990, 2.2: Individual Board Correspondence, 1943-1990, 2.3: Subject Files, 1917-1990) Series 3: Administrative, 1916-1989 (3.1: Subject Files, 1904-1991, 3.2: Personnel, 1956-1991, 3.3: Legal, 1900-1989, 3.4: Task Force, 1976-1986, 3.5: George Abrams, 1980-1991) Series 4: Financial, 1916-1990 (4.1: Ledgers, 1900-1962, 4.2: Correspondence, 1905-1985, 4.3: Subject Files, 1916-1990) Series 5: Expeditions, 1896-1973Series 6: Collectors, 1872-1981Series 7: Registration, 1856-1993Series 8: Collections Management, 1937-1988Series 9: Curatorial, 1963-1990 (9.1: Curatorial Council, 1973-1990, 9.2: Gary Galante, 1979-1991, 9.3: Mary Jane Lenz, 1974-1994, 9.4: James G. E. Smith, 1963-1990, 9.5: U. Vincent Wilcox, 1968-1984, 9.6: Anna C. Roosevelt, 1973-1988) Series 10: Exhibits, 1923-1991 (10.1: MAI Exhibits, 1923-1990, 10.2: Non-MAI Exhibits, 1937-1991) Series 11: Public Programs, 1935-1990Series 12: Publications, 1904-1994 (12.1: Annual Reports, 1917-1989, 12.2: Publications by MAI, 1904-1990, 12.3: Publications by Other Sources, 1881-1990, 12.4: Administration, 1920-1988, 12.5: Archival Set of Official Publications, 1907-1976) Series 13: Public Affairs, 1938-1991Series 14: Development, 1927-1991 (14.1: Administration, 1979-1990, 14.2: Donors, 1978-1990, 14.3: Fundraising, 1973-1990, 14.4: Grants, 1970-1990, 14.5: Subject Files, 1976-1990) Series 15: Other Departments, 1914-1990 (15.1: Archives, 1914-1990, 15.2: Conservation, 1972-1989, 15.3: Education, 1921-1990, 15.4: Indian Information Center, 1977-1989, 15.5: Museum Shop, 1947-1989, 15.6: Photography, 1918-1990, 15.7: Physical Anthropology, 1919-1956) Series 16: Huntington Free Library, 1926-1991Series 17: Museum Relocation, 1969-1992 (17.1: Subject Files, 1979-1990, 17.2: American Museum of Natural History, 1980-1987, 17.3: Dallas, Texas, 1984-1987, 17.4: Smithsonian Institution, 1979-1990, 17.5: U.S. Custom House, 1977-1990, 17.6: Other Locations, 1974-1987) Series 18: MediaSeries 19: PhotographsSeries 20: Miscellaneous, 1837-1990Series 21: Oversize, 1873-1972 (21.1: Maps, 1873-1975, 21.2: Miscellaneous, 1884-1982)

History of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation:

The Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation was established by wealthy collector George Gustav Heye in 1908. Heye began collecting American Indian artifacts as early as 1897 and his collection rapidly increased over the next several years. Based in New York, Heye bought collections and documentary photographs, sponsored expeditions, and traveled and collected items himself. In addition, once MAI was established he sponsored numerous expeditions across the Western Hemisphere, including North American, Canada, South America and Central America.

From 1908 to 1917 Heye housed his artifacts on temporary loan at the University of Pennsylvania's University Museum, Pennsylvania, in lofts on East 33rd Street in New York City, and at other depositories. In 1917, the collections moved from his apartment to their permanent museum location at Audubon Terrace, at 155th Street and Broadway in New York City. The museum, containing ethnographic and archaeological collections from North, Central and South America, opened to the public in 1922. Less than ten years later, Heye completed a storage facility in the Pelham Bay area of the Bronx, known as the Research Branch. Heye served as Chairman of the Board and Museum Director until his death in 1957. After growing concern about the financial and other management of the collections came to a head, the museum became part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1989 and in 1994 opened exhibit space in the U.S. Customs House at Bowling Green near New York City's Battery Park. The Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland later opened in 1999 and the main Washington, DC museum opened in 2004.

Please visit the following links for more information about the history of the museum; History of the Collection, Collections Overview, and Significance of the Collection. Moreover, for information about how the museum currently cares for and exhibits the collection, please see the Conservation department and recent entries regarding Exhibitions and Conservation on the NMAI Blog. In addition, see portions of the NMAI Archive Center's collections highlighted in the SIRIS Blog.

Related Materials:

In 2004, the Huntington Fee Library, once part of the MAI/Heye Foundation, was transferred to the Cornell University Library Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. While this collection mainly contained books, it also contained a significant amount of archival materials. The Huntington Free Library's Native American Collection contains outstanding materials documenting the history, culture, languages, and arts of the native tribes of both North and South America, as well as contemporary politics and human rights issues are also important components of the collection. Further information about the collection and links to finding aids can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/HFL_old.html.

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

Topic:

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Tennessee  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State)  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Panama  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Jersey  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Mexico  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Missouri  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Nevada  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- California  Search this

Indians of South America  Search this

Indians of Central America  Search this

Pre-Columbian objects  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Texas  Search this

Museums -- Collection management  Search this

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Ethnological expeditions  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Museums -- Acquisitions  Search this

Museums -- Curatorship  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Cuba  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ecuador  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arkansas  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Canada  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Guatemala  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Haiti  Search this

Genre/Form:

Administrative records

Photographs

Annual reports

Field notes

Correspondence

Ledgers (account books)

Minutes

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.001

See more items in:

Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv412df8cf1-44c0-41fd-9101-eefb477e5aef

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001

Author:

Stewart, T. Dale  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

1954

Citation:

Stewart, T. Dale. 1954. "Sex determination of the skeleton by guess and by measurement." American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 12, (3) 385–392.

Identifier:

120184

ISSN:

0002-9483

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_120184

Author:

Stewart, T. Dale  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

1954

Citation:

Stewart, T. Dale. 1954. "Metamorphosis of the joints of the sternum in relation to age changes in other bones." American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 12, (4) 519–536.

Identifier:

120185

ISSN:

0002-9483

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_120185

Collector:

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this

Extent:

3 Pages

Culture:

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Caddo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1321

Topic:

Physical anthropology -- Comanche  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1321, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1321

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw383a6f4b1-0760-454a-8868-f2ed82ee3f43

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1321

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Williams, Talcott  Search this

Hawley, Edwin H.  Search this

Wilson, Thomas  Search this

Collection 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:

41 Linear feet

Culture:

Luiseno  Search this

Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Baubi  Search this

Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this

Eskimos  Search this

Innuit  Search this

Jamomadi  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Mission  Search this

Moro  Search this

Naltunnetunne  Search this

Pygmies  Search this

Tesuque  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Modoc  Search this

Wichita  Search this

Osage  Search this

Dyak  Search this

Fox  Search this

Haida  Search this

Makah  Search this

Maya  Search this

Carib  Search this

Shuar/Achuar  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Nanticoke  Search this

Seri  Search this

Pomo  Search this

Chinook  Search this

Washo Indians  Search this

Nez Percé Indians  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Kuna (Cuna)  Search this

Bannock  Search this

Omaha  Search this

Cochiti Pueblo  Search this

Yavapai  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Lenape (Delaware)  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Mojave (Mohave)  Search this

Hupa  Search this

Caddo  Search this

Klamath  Search this

Onondaga  Search this

Maidu  Search this

Oto  Search this

Tolowa  Search this

Wintun  Search this

Samoan  Search this

Cossacks  Search this

Arabs  Search this

Diegueño Indians  Search this

Goajira  Search this

Hittites  Search this

Kabyles  Search this

Kirghese  Search this

Luiseño Indians  Search this

Maori (New Zealand people)  Search this

Wichí (Mataco)  Search this

Narragansett  Search this

Parsee  Search this

Quichua  Search this

Quinaielt  Search this

Tonga?  Search this

Tulalip  Search this

Dayak (Indonesian people)  Search this

Samoans  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Wintu  Search this

Arctic peoples  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

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

Quinault  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Inuit  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Letters

Notes

Drawings

Maps

Photographs

Printed materials

Processed materials

Paper specimens

Reports

Manuscripts

Catalogs

Motion pictures (visual works)

Bibliographies

Place:

British Columbia

District of Columbia

Europe

Hawaii

India

Iran

Ireland

Japan

Korea

Madagascar

Madeira Islands

Micronesia

Mongolia

Morocco

New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Nubia

Puerto Rico

Spain

Tahiti

Philippines

Thailand

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Date:

1840s

1860-1962

1972

1997

Scope and Contents:

For those who are searching for anthropologically substantive materials, special note should be made of the Manuscript and Pamphlet File. A potpourri of documents, the file includes correspondence, notes, drawings, maps, photographs, printed and processed materials, paper specimens, reports, writings, catalogs, motion picture film (now in the Smithsonian's Human Studies Film Archives), bibliographies, and other types of documents. Of concern is a wide variety of subjects such as anthropological specimens, museology and museums, Smithsonian history, archaeological and ethnological methods, exhibits, expeditions, history of anthropology, and so forth.

The file seems to have been maintained in the Division of Ethnology — in one document it was referred to as Herbert W. Krieger's morgue — and the subject matter is largely ethnological. Nevertheless, some documents relate to archeology and physical anthropology. The file also contains administrative materials, such as records relating to the Department of Anthropology's use of Work Projects Administration workers during the 1930s. In addition, the file is the main location of materials not generally accepted as being strictly anthropological in the modern sense. It includes, for example, material on period costumes, fish and fisheries, whaling, religions, armor, biblical studies, modern appliances, the seal industry, European music and musical instruments, lace, aeronautics, and other similar subjects. In addition, the file includes sets of papers of Edwin H. Hawley ,Walter Hough, Otis T. Mason, Talcott Williams and Thomas Wilson. Some documents, both primary and secondary research materials, concern the following cultural groups and geographic areas: Arabs, Bannock, Baubi, Blackfoot, British Columbia, Caddo, Carib, Chinook, Cochiti, Comanche, Cossacks, Cuna, Delaware, Diegueño, District of Columbia, Dyak, Eskimo, Europe, Fox, Goajira, Haida, Hawaii, Hittites, Hupa, India, Innuit, Iran, Ireland, Jamomadi, Japan, Jivaro, Kabyles, Kiowa, Kirghese, Klamath, Korea, Luiseño, Madagascar, Madiera, Maidu, Makah, Maori, Mataco, Maya, Micmac, Micronesia, Mission, Modoc, Mohave, Mongolia, Moro, Morocco, Naltunnetunne, Nanticoke, Narragansett, Navaho, New Guinea, Nez Perce, Nubia, Omaha, Onandaga, Osage, Oto, Papua, Parsee, Pawnee, Peru, Philippines, Pomo, Pueblo, Puerto Rico, Pygmies, Quichua, Quinaielt, Samoa, Sauk, Seminole, Seri, Shoshoni, Spain, Tahiti, Tesuque, Thailand, Texas, Tolowa, Tonga, Tulalip, Utah, Virginia, Washo, Wichita, Wintun, Yavapai, and Zuni.

The manuscript and pamphlet file is virtually a potpourri of documents, including correspondence, notes, drawings, maps, photographs, printed and processed materials, paper specimens, reports, writings, catalogs, motion picture film, bibliographies, and other types of documents. Of concern is a wide variety of subjects such as anthropological specimens, museology and museums, Smithsonian history, archeological and ethnological methods, exhibits, expeditions, history of anthropology, and so forth. The file seems to have been maintained in the Division of Ethnology--in one document it was referred to as being Herbert W. Krieger's morgue--and the subject matter is largely ethnological.

Some documents, however, concern archeology and physical anthropology. The file also contains some administrative materials--records relating to the Department of Anthropology's use of Work Projects Administration workers, for example. In addition, it is the main location of materials not generally accepted as being strictly anthropological in the modern sense. It includes, for example, material on the First Ladies' Gown exhibit now in the National Museum of American History, fish and fisheries, whaling, religions, armour, biblical studies, modern appliances, the seal industry, European music and musical instruments, lace, aeronautics, and other similar subjects.

The file includes the papers of many different persons. The file also includes sets of papers of Otis Tufton Mason, Walter Hough, Talcott Williams, Edwin H. Hawley, and Thomas Wilson. It includes documents, sometimes of a secondary nature, about the following cultural groups and geographic areas; Arabs, Bannock, Baubi, Blackfoot, British Columbia, Caddo, Chinook, Cochiti, Comanche, Cossacks, Cuna, Delaware, Diegueno, District of Columbia, Dyak, Eskimo, Europe, Fox, Goajira, Haida, Hawaii, Hittites, Hupa, India, Innuit, Iran, Ireland, Jamomadi, Japan, Jivaro, Kabyles, Kiowa, Kirghese, Klamath, Korea, Luiseno, Madagascar, Madeira, Maidu, Makah, Maori, Mataco, Maya, Micmac, Micronesia, Mission, Modoc, Mohave, Mongolia, Moro, Morocco, Naltunnetunne, Nanticoke, Narragansett, Navaho,

New Guinea, Nez Perce, Nubia, Omaha, Onandaga, Osage, Oto, Papua, Parsee, Pawnee, Peru, Philippines, Pomo, Pueblo, Puerto Rico, Pygmies, Quichua, Quinaielt, Samoa, Sauk, Seminole, Seri, Shoshoni, Spain, Tahiti, Tesuque, Thailand, Texas, Tolowa, Tonga, Tulalip, Utah, Virginia, Washo, Wichita, Wintun, Yavapai, and Zuni.

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

Access to the Department of Anthropology records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Lace and lace making  Search this

Musical instruments  Search this

Seal industry  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Fish and fisheries  Search this

First Ladies' Gowns  Search this

Whaling  Search this

Religions  Search this

Armor  Search this

Biblical studies  Search this

Tipai-Ipai  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Lenape  Search this

Mi'kmaq  Search this

Otoe  Search this

Pueblo  Search this

Eskimo ?  Search this

Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this

Blackfeet  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Genre/Form:

Letters

Notes

Drawings

Maps

Photographs

Printed materials

Processed materials

Paper specimens

Reports

Manuscripts

Catalogs

Motion pictures (visual works)

Bibliographies

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.XXXX.0311, Subseries 17.1

See more items in:

Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b2f3180c-4348-4175-ab6f-c61e477eafc5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref53

Creator:

Hirschhorn, Howard H.  Search this

Extent:

42 Prints (silver gelatin)

Culture:

Seminole  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Date:

circa 1970

Scope and Contents note:

Front and profile images of Seminole people, mostly children. The photographs are mounted and annotated for publicaiton in "Seminole Physiognomy and Beady Cerumen."

Biographical/Historical note:

Howard H. Hirschhorn was a member of New York University's Department of Anthropology and the Research Division of the Hoffmann-LaRoche Company.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 83-37

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Articles by Hirschhorn, including "Ethnomedical Acculturation of Florida Seminole Indians 1919-1952," "Cerumen Types and PTC-tasting in the Seminole Indians of Florida," "Botanical Remedies of South and Central America, and the Caribbean: An Archival Analysis Part II Conclusion," and "Seminole Physiognomy and Beady Cerumen: Two Afterthoughts from a Field Study" were also donated with this collection and have been relocated to the National Anthropological Archives Reference Files.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Physical anthropology  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 83-37, Howard H. Hirschhorn photographs of Seminole people, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.83-37

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3563fcda1-7180-4f5a-8e01-47a8855d6dae

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-83-37

Collector:

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

Creator:

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this

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

Names:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

138 Pages

Culture:

Atakapa  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Maps

Place:

Central America

Date:

ca. 1885-96

Scope and Contents:

Contents: Copies of Science and other publications including a poem entitled "The Scientific Scrap, or the Battle of the Bone Hunter (after Bret Harte): "The Atakapa Language," Lake Charles (Louisiana) Echo, February 14, 1885, by Gatschet; form and instructions by F.W. Putnam and Franz Boas for collecting physical anthropological data for the World's Columbian Exposition. Also includes notes on Central American languages and dialects, a map of Central America annotated with the locations of linguistic groups, and notes on rules and notes for preparing subvouchers for the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 7011

Other Title:

The Scientific Scrap, or the Battle of the Bone Hunter

The Atakapa Language

Topic:

Expositions -- World's Columbian  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this

Genre/Form:

Maps

Citation:

Manuscript 7011, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7011

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b3eeedf3-4617-4443-8ff0-d2d9564a8cd3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7011

Creator:

Oschinsky, Lawrence, 1921-1965  Search this

Extent:

18 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Photographs

Date:

circa 1900-1965

Summary:

The papers of Lawrence Oschinsky primarily document his research and professional activities from 1940s-1965 as an American physical anthropologist, but include some personal materials as well. The collection contains his published works, dissertations, field notes, correspondence, teaching materials, and many photographs depicting both his personal travels and his research subjects in the Canadian Arctic, Africa, Asia, and other regions.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Lawrence Oschinsky primarily document his professional life and research on the racial affinities and evolutionary characteristics of various peoples. The collection contains his published works, dissertations, field notes, correspondence, teaching materials, and many photographs depicting both his personal travels and his research subjects in the Canadian Arctic, Africa, Asia, and other regions.

Arrangement:

The Lawrence Oschinsky papers are organized into 9 series:

Series 1: Personal Information and Effects

Series 2: Correspondence

Series 3: Education

Series 4: Research and Notes

Series 5: Published Works

Series 6: Writings

Series 7: Teaching Materials

Series 8: Photographs

Series 9: Motion picture film

Biographical / Historical:

Lawrence Oschinsky was born on April 19, 1921, to Lea Pollak Oschinsky and John Oschinsky in New York City. He received his B.A. degree from Brooklyn College in 1943, where he was first drawn to anthropology. In 1947 he received his master's degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, with the thesis entitled "Islam in Chicago: Being a Study of the Acculturation of a Muslim Palestinian Community in That City." He attended the University of Zurich from 1947-1950 pursuing graduate coursework in anthropology.

From 1950-1951 he was instructor of anatomy at Makerere College Medical School, in Kampala Uganda, studying the racial affinities of various African tribes. From 1951-1952 he was a Research Student at the University of Cambridge, England. He returned to the University of Zurich in 1952 and received his PhD in Anthropology. His doctoral dissertation, published in 1953, was entitled "The Racial Affinities of the Baganda and Other Bantu Tribes of British East Africa." In October 1953, Oschinsky returned to the United States and began his teaching and research career as an Instructor in Physical Anthropology at the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He also acted as research assistant to Dr. Wilton M. Krogman, Professor of Physical Anthropology, and took anthropometric measurements of school children for Krogman's child growth research program.

Concurrently, Oschinsky cooperated with police and other agencies in the forensic identification of unknown human remains and cases of disputed paternity. Toward the end of 1953, he obtained a position as a Research Scholar in Physical Anthropology at the United States Educational Foundation in Burma. He spent a year studying the peoples of Burma in relation to those of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaya, and the Philippines. From 1956-1957, he was an Instructor in Anatomy at Howard University Medical School in Washington, DC. During 1957-1958, he was Visiting Lecturer in Physical Anthropology at the University of Arizona, Tucson. In 1958, Oschinsky was offered the position of Curator of Physical Anthropology at the National Museum of Canada, in Ottawa, where he devoted himself to an intensive study of the museum's osteological collections. In 1962 he became a part-time instructor in Physical Anthropology at St. Patrick's College, University of Ottawa. In July 1963, Oschinsky became Assistant Professor, and later Associate Professor of Physical Anthropology, University of Toronto, where he taught for the rest of his career. He died on December 19, 1965.

Oschinsky wrote several scientific papers during these years, culminating in 1964 with the monograph The Most Ancient Eskimos: The Eskimo Affinities of Dorset Culture Skeletal Remains.. In this book, Oschinsky explored Eskimo prehistory via skeletal specimens.

Chronology

1921 April 19 -- Born in New York City, NY

1939-1943 -- Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College

1943-1947 -- Masters in Anthropology, University of Chicago

1947-1950 -- Graduate Coursework in Anthropology, University of Zurich

1950-1951 -- Anatomy instructor; studied racial affinities of African tribes, Makerere College Medical School, Uganda

1951-1952 -- Research student, University of Cambridge, England

1952-53 -- PhD in Physical Anthropology, University of Zurich

1953 -- Worked with police and other agencies in the forensic identification of unknown human remains and cases of disputed paternity

1953-1954 -- Instructor, Physical Anthropology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Research assistant to Dr. Wilton M. Krogman; took anthropometric measurements of schoolchildren for Krogman's child growth research program.

1954-1955 -- Research scholar in Physical Anthropology, United States Educational Foundation, Burma (currently Myanmar)

1956-1957 -- Instructor in Anatomy, Howard University Medical School, Washington, D.C.

1957-1958 -- Visiting Lecturer in Physical Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson

1958-1963 -- Curator of Physical Anthropology, National Museum of Canada, Ottawa

1962 -- Part-time instructor in Physical Anthropology, St. Patrick's College, University of Ottawa

1963-1965 -- Assistant Professor of Physical Anthropology, University of Toronto

1964 -- Published monograph, The Most Ancient Eskimos: The Eskimo Affinities of Dorset Culture Skeletal Remains

1965 December 19 -- Died in Toronto, Ontario

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological archives holds the records of the Wilton M. Krogman Center for Research in Child Growth and Development.

Separated Materials:

Oschinsky's measuring instruments and a number of dental casts were transferred to the biological anthropology collections of the National Museum of Natural History.

Provenance:

The papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Lawrence Oschinsky's nephew, Scott Fuller, in 2016.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Access to the Lawrence Oschinsky papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Physical anthropology  Search this

anthropometry  Search this

Physical anthropology -- skeletal remains  Search this

Physical anthropology -- Eskimo  Search this

Physical anthropology -- Early man  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Photographs

Citation:

Lawrence Oschinsky papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NAA.2016-26

See more items in:

Lawrence Oschinsky papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33565392a-9526-4fe9-871d-aa2f22fd5bcc

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2016-26

Donor Name:

Tetsuka Shimamura & Company  Search this

Height - Object:

30.5 cm

Culture:

Japanese  Search this

Object Type:

Mannequin

Place:

Japan, Asia

Accession Date:

1893

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

027832

USNM Number:

E168800-0

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32f5e3bd1-81b6-416c-bd46-addf7bd652b3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8348961

Donor Name:

Tetsuka Shimamura & Company  Search this

Height - Object:

29 cm

Culture:

Japanese  Search this

Object Type:

Mannequin

Place:

Japan, Asia

Accession Date:

1893

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

027832

USNM Number:

E168800-1

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/368b1c352-05c3-4c4c-861a-6d68819d1d10

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12132984

Donor Name:

Tetsuka Shimamura & Company  Search this

Height - Object:

29 cm

Culture:

Japanese  Search this

Object Type:

Mannequin

Place:

Japan, Asia

Accession Date:

1893

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

027832

USNM Number:

E168800-2

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a3898982-3881-4a4c-a833-e222fcdf0ad9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12169580

Donor Name:

Tetsuka Shimamura & Company  Search this

Height - Object:

33 cm

Culture:

Japanese  Search this

Object Type:

Mannequin

Place:

Japan, Asia

Accession Date:

1893

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

027832

USNM Number:

E168800-3

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30418c472-1a47-44b8-b3d7-99bff22541de

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12343698

Donor Name:

Tetsuka Shimamura & Company  Search this

Height - Object:

28.5 cm

Culture:

Japanese  Search this

Object Type:

Mannequin

Place:

Japan, Asia

Accession Date:

1893

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

027832

USNM Number:

E168800-4

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/384d801c2-4d40-459f-836a-791987d03d87

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12835203