MS 3826 Letters to A. S. Gatschet, concerning Bernard Romans' map of southeastern U. S. in 1773; Choctaw place names; the Tonkawa of Texas, and Tonkawa Chief Placido
Creator:
Halbert, Henry S. (Henry Sale), 1837-1916 Search this
Correspondent:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907 Search this
Riley, Franklin L. (Franklin Lafayette), 1868-1929 Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
April 17, 1900-June 1, 1901
Scope and Contents:
Includes letter from F. L. Riley, writing for Halbert, to A.S. Gatschet concerning Romans' map, University, Mississippi, June 25, 1900, typescript letter, signed, 1 page. The Tonkawa data are contained in the letters of August 17, 1900, 4 pages and August 23, 1900, 4 pages.
Photographs used to illustrate John Reed Swanton's "The Indians of the Southeastern United States" depicting American Indians of the Southeast and their dwellings, food preparation, and ceremonies.
Biographical note:
John Reed Swanton (1873-1958) was an ethnologist and ethnohistorian with the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) from 1900 until his retirement in 1944. Swanton spent his first few years at the BAE studying the Haida and Tlingit groups of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and published a number of significant articles on the language, ethnography, and folklore of Northwest Coast Indians. His focus then shifted to the American Indians of the Southeastern United States, where his interest remained for the rest of his career. In addition to conducting ethnographic fieldwork in the Southeast, Swanton studied extensively the history of the area in order to better understand its indigenous cultures and is considered a pioneer in the field of ethnohistory. During his career Swanton published numerous articles and several major works on Southeastern American Indians, including the reference work The Indians of the Southeastern United States (1946), a Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin (No. 137).
Local Numbers:
NAA Photo Lot R87-2Q
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs published in BAE Bulletin 137 can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 80-39.
Photographs made by Swanton can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 76 and the BAE historical negatives.
The National Anthropological Archives hold more than 200 manuscripts created or collected by Swanton, in the Numbered Manuscripts.
Objects collected by Swanton, including potsherds from various sites in Southeastern United States can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accessions 111748, 113252, 122679, 129788, 165802, and 062577.
Contained in:
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collections, undated
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Copy prints in this collection that represent photographs not held by the National Anthropological Archives are for reference only.
Indians of North America -- Southern states Search this
Genre/Form:
Paintings
Sketches
Photographs
Illustrations
Drawings
Citation:
Photo Lot R87-2Q, John Reed Swanton photograph collection of illustrations for "The Indians of the Southeastern United States", National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 16, 1976.
General:
377-1/3-76
Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Edgar P. Richardson papers, 1814-1996, bulk 1921-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund.
A concise natural history of East and West Florida [electronic resource] : containing, an account of the natural produce of all the southern part of British America, in the three kingdoms of nature particularly the animal and vegetable ... / by Bernard Romans
A concise natural history of East and West Florida; containing an account of the natural produce of all the southern part of British America, in the three kingdoms of nature particularly the animal and vegetable ... Illustrated with 12 copper plates, and 2 whole sheet maps. Vol.1. New York, Printed for the author, 1775