Encloses criticisms of James C. Mooney's "Siouan Tribes of the East," Bureau of American Ethnology-Bulletin 22, 1894. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Autograph document. 4 pages.
Indians of North America -- Southern States Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
United States -- Southeast -- artifacts
Date:
ca. 1884
Scope and Contents:
Includes specimen numbers and notes. The material was collected in the South from whites and Indians, including Choctaws and Catawbas. Also includes transmittal letter, Cyrus Thomas to Spencer F. Baird, November 21, 1884.
Includes reports, field notes, drawings, correspondence and other materials relating to mound explorations by Cyrus Thomas and collaborators, including F. S. Earle, J. W. Emmert, Gerard Fowke, Charles C. Jones, J. P. MacLean, J. D. Middleton, Warren K. Moorehead, P. W. Norris, Edward Palmer, H. L. Reynolds, J. P. Rogan. L. H. Thing.
Site reports and correspondence relating to specified localities are arranged by state. There are separate files of material relating to more than one state; correspondence of a general nature; and bibliographic references.
Contents:
Alabama - Arkansas; Canada, Florida - Illinois; also California and Canada, Indiana - New York, New York - North Dakota (and South Dakota), Ohio, Oregon - Tennessee (South Dakota, see North Dakota) Virginia - Wisconsin, "Miscellaneous and General" (more than one state discussed) General Correspondence, 1882-1892, A - Z Bibliography; Newsclippings; Thomas, Personal Miscellanea.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2400
Citation:
Manuscript 2400, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Draft of brief article on "Astronomical Ideas" probably intended for the Handbook of American Indians, with a note of general criticism and outline bibliography by F. W. Hodge.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1647(20)
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 1647, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Members of the 1870 U.S. government survey of the Yellowstone River and Rocky Mountains led by Ferdinand Hayden (also known as the "Hayden Geological Survey")
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
1907-1909 correspondence relating to bibliography filed Ballou, H. M., 1907. (Should be in Bureau of American Ethnology letters received, National Anthropological Archives).
Alexander, W. D. (William De Witt), 1833-1913 Search this
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937 Search this
Extent:
157 Items (pages + newspaper clipping )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Polynesia -- Polynesian origins
Date:
1894
1910
Scope and Contents:
137 page manuscript, 20 pages of miscellaneous notes, letter from Dr. Thomas to Dr. W.D. Alexander, Honolulu and a newspaper clipping regarding Dr. Alexander.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1869
Citation:
Manuscript 1869, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
