Photographs depicting a delegation of Zuni spiritual leaders with members of the Department of Anthropology. Made on September 26, 1978, they include images of the Zuni individuals Alonzo Hustito, Allen Kallestewa, Chester Mahooty, and Edmund J. Ladd. The photographs also depict T. J. Ferguson of the University of Arizona School of Anthropology, and William W. Fitzhugh, William C. Sturtevant, John Canfield Ewers, Bruce David Smith, and James A. Hanson of the Smithsonian Institution.
Biographical / Historical:
The Zuni delegation pictured in this collection came to the Smithsonian to investigate and discuss the Institution's holdings of Zuni religious objects, September 25-27, 1978.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 99-3, NAA Photo Lot 86-68
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Photographs previously filed in Photo Lot 86-68 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 99-3. These are additional photographs of this Zuni delegation and form part of this collection.
The National Anthropological Archives holds the William C. Sturtevant papers, the John Canfield Ewers papers, and the Bruce D. Smith Papers.
Writing by Edmund Ladd can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7584.
Reports by T. J. Ferguson can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7404 and MS 7405.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 99-3, Smithsonian Institution Office of Printing and Photographic Services photographs of Zuni delegation, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Contact prints
Photographs
Date:
1990
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs documenting presentation of Henry Lookout's manuscripts to his descendants, made in the Director's office of the National Museum of Natural History on September 27, 1990. Depicted individuals include George Big Eagle, Olivia Mashunkashey Bristow (daughter of Henry Lookout), Tom E. Fugate, Michele Easley, Anita West, Frank Talbot, Ives Goddard, Douglas Evelyn (Deputy Director, NMAH), Peggy Anderson (Talbot's assistant), Melinda Zeder (Deputy Chairman, Anthropology), James R. Glenn (National Anthropological Archives), Cory Gilliland (Numismatics, NMAH), Elvira Stefanelli (Director, National Numismatics Center), and Bruce Smith (Acting Chairman, Anthropology).
Biographical/Historical note:
Henry Lookout (Osage), made an indefinite loan of documents (NAA MS 4405 and 4406) and a Jefferson Peace Medal (NAA MS 4407) to the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1952. His descendents later requested the return of the material and all items except the peace medal were repatriated in the Director's office of the National Museum of Natural History on September 27, 1990. The medal was purchased by the National Museum of American History and remains in its collection.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 93-9
Location of Other Archival Materials:
A photograph of Lookout holding Jefferson Peace Medal held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24.
Photo Lot 93-9, Smithsonian Institution Office of Printing and Photographic Services photographs of reception for repatriation of Henry Lookout's manuscripts, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology Search this
Extent:
12.5 Linear feet
Note:
Portions of the collection are stored off-site. Advanced notice must be given to view the collection.
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
North America
Missouri
Date:
1970-2012
Scope and Contents:
The papers of Bruce Smith contain materials relating to research, lectures, publications, and conferences as well as his NMNH administrative files. Present in the collection are field materials relating to Smith's work at the Gypsie Joint site in Ripley County, Missouri. His research files also include data and photos of wild plants, chenopodium fruits, gourds, and squash from various sites including the Ozarks, Guila Naquitz, Balsas River valley, Coxcatlan Cave, Valenzuela's Cave, and Phillips Spring. Material concerning the Mound Division Conference of the Lower Mississippi Survey pertain to a meeting arranged by Smith at the Smithsonian. The collection also contains artwork for his publications, including paintings of Powers Phase settlements for a chapter Smith wrote for the Smithsonian publication "The American Land."
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:
Bruce David Smith is Curator Emeritus of North American Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 1973 and taught at Loyola University of Chicago and at University of Georgia before joining the staff of NMNH in 1978. He is a specialist in the archaeology of eastern United States, particularly Mississippian (Temple Mound) culture, focusing on human-environmental interaction. Since 1985, his research has focused on the origins of agriculture. He has also collaborated with geneticists in studying evolutionary changes in ancient crop plants. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2003 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011.
Restrictions:
Access to the Bruce Smith papers requires an appointment.
Rivers of change : essays on early agriculture in eastern North America / Bruce D. Smith ; with contributions by C. Wesley Cowan and Michael P. Hoffman, and with a new introduction by the author
Abstracts of the Sixth International Conference, International Council for Archaeozoology : May 21-25, 1990, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. / edited by Elizabeth A. Myler, Bruce D. Smith, Melinda A. Zeder
Author:
International Council for Archaeozoology Conference (6th : 1990 : Washington, D.C.) Search this
Moore, Elizabeth A (Elizabeth Ann) 1962- Search this
