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Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Graphic artist:
Enthoffer, Joseph  Search this
Maedel, E. A.  Search this
Maker:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 60 cm x 49 cm; 23 5/8 in x 19 9/32 in
Object Name:
Print
Other Terms:
Print; Intaglio; Engraving
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
United States: District of Columbia
Depicted:
United States: Maine
Date made:
1875
ID Number:
GA.09656
Catalog number:
09656
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-045b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_790985

Walter Guyton Cady Papers

Creator:
Cady, Walter Guyton, 1874-1973 (physicist)  Search this
Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics  Search this
Extent:
22.5 Cubic feet (73 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Notebooks
Date:
1903-1974
Scope and Contents:
Consists chiefly of Cady's research notebooks on various subjects in physics and a considerable technical reprint file; some records of Cady's consultant work and patents granted.
Arrangement:
Divided into 11 series.

Series 1: Research Notebooks, 1896 1972

Series 2: Chapter Drafts for Piezoelectricity An Introduction To The Theory And Applications Of Electromechanical Phenomena In Crystals, 1945

Series 3: Technical Reprint Files, 1900s-1960s

Series 4: Walter G. Cady's Writings and Reviews, 1950s-1960s

Series 5: Consultant Work, 1931-1967

Series 6: Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), 1945-1963

Series 7: Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1932-1973

Series 8: Patent Records, 1914-1974

Series 9: Books, 1887-1960

Series 10: Miscellaneous, 1949-1973

Series 11: Card Indexes, 1940s-1960s.
Biographical / Historical:
Walter Guyton Cady (1874 1973) was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University (Bachelors 1895 and Masters 1897) and from the University of Berlin (Ph. D. Physics, 1900). Cady worked at a magnetic observatory of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1900-1902. In 1902, Cady joined the faculty of Wesleyan University as a professor of physics where he remained until 1946. During WW I, Cady used piezoelectricity—electricity or electric polarity due to pressure especially in a crystalline substance as quartz—and underwater sound to make devices that would locate enemy submarines. From this work evolved the crystal resonator and oscillator. Piezoelectricity is utilized in microphones, phonograph pickups, and telephone communications systems.

During World War II, Cady worked on military applications of piezoelectricity. Among the applications were supersonic trainers for radar operators, which employed piezoelectric transducers in liquid tanks to generate realistic echoes on radar indicators. In 1946, Cady published a book titled Piezoelectricity An Introduction To The Theory And Applications Of Electromechanical Phenomena In Crystals, 1946. After his retirement in 1951 to Pasadena, California, Cady returned to Providence, Rhode Island in 1963 and was active in consulting work for industry and the Federal government. Cady was an active member of Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), becoming a fellow of the institute in 1927 and receiving the Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award in 1928. He also received the Dudell Medal from the Physics Society of Great Britain in 1936. Cady also served as an editor for the PROCEDDINGS OF IRE and as president of IRE, was Editor of the Physical Review from 1924-1926, a member of the national Research Committee, 1935-1938, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Cady's principal interests included the study of electrical discharges in gases, detection of wireless waves, piezoelectricity, ultrasonics, piezoelectric resonators and oscillators, and crystal devices.

Cady married Kathrin Olive Miller (1883-1909) and they had one son, Willoughby Miller Cady (1907-1953), also a physicist.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Scientists  Search this
Resonators  Search this
Ultrasonics  Search this
Piezoelectric resonators  Search this
Physics  Search this
Professors  Search this
Piezoelectricity  Search this
Crystal devices  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Electrical science and technology  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notebooks
Citation:
Walter Guyton Cady Papers, 1903-1974, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0046
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cad9103e-9ab5-4197-9bf7-62f351aecde7
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0046
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[Map]

Collection Creator:
Smith, Ernest  Search this
Bronte, Emory  Search this
Container:
Map-folder 1, Item 1
Type:
Archival materials
Maps
Date:
1917
Scope and Contents:
Map (nautical navigational chart), "Hawaii Islands, Eastern Part, No. 4102," U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (Washington, D.C.), August 1917; used by Ernest Smith and Emory Bronte on the first civilian transpacific flight from California to Hawaii in their Travel Air Model 5000 City of Oakland. Typed note at center: "NAVIGATION CHART of HAWAIIAN ISLANDS showing compass bearings taken by Navigator Emory B. Bronte as airplane City of Oakland was on final approach on flight from Oaklnd, California, July 15, 1927. The plane landed out of gasoline in a grove of Kiawe trees at Kamalo, Molokai after 25 hours 02 minutes in the air."
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Ernest Smith/Emory Bronte Flight Scrapbook, NASM.XXXX.0389, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ernest Smith/Emory Bronte Flight Scrapbook
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2eb15f315-d22c-4da9-858d-78ce862f2652
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0389-ref506

Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

Biogeographical Region:
42 - Malesia  Search this
Collector:
Harley Harris Bartlett  Search this
Place:
The Philippine Islands. Dalupiri Island, Babuyan Group. (see chart 4229, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)., Philippines, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
31 Oct 1935 to 5 Nov 1935
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Chloridoideae
Published Name:
Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Barcode:
04384169
USNM Number:
1983486
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ee4f5f8f-699f-4eda-8d2b-456b4a8826fb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16249405

Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

Biogeographical Region:
42 - Malesia  Search this
Collector:
Harley Harris Bartlett  Search this
Place:
The Philippine Islands. Dalupiri Island, Babuyan Group. (see chart 4229, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)., Philippines, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
31 Oct 1935 to 5 Nov 1935
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Chloridoideae
Published Name:
Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Barcode:
04384168
USNM Number:
3524298
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3af6b445f-e9ff-48f4-999e-b1b2dc83f716
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16249406

Adenia zucca (Blanco) Merr.

Biogeographical Region:
42 - Malesia  Search this
Collector:
Harley Harris Bartlett  Search this
Place:
The Philippine Islands. Dalupiri Island, Babuyan Group. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey., Philippines, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
31 Oct 1935 to 5 Nov 1935
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Malpighiales Passifloraceae Passifloroideae
Published Name:
Adenia zucca (Blanco) Merr.
Barcode:
04215154
USNM Number:
3544019
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f230804b-c689-41fc-8ec9-786f21d1ddfb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16334711

Colona serratifolia Cav.

Biogeographical Region:
42 - Malesia  Search this
Collector:
Harley Harris Bartlett  Search this
Place:
Luzon. Hills at (Sito)Babayuan (indicated but not named on Chart 4229, of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) southwestwardly across the Cagayan River from Camalaniugan, Cagayan Province, Luzon., Cagayan, Cagayan Valley, Philippines, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
30 Oct 1935
Crowdsourcing:
Transcribed by digital volunteers
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Malvales Tiliaceae
Published Name:
Colona serratifolia Cav.
Barcode:
01210799
USNM Number:
3532743
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Crowdsourcing Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/356cdef41-b8cb-4a76-9575-85b0308cb065
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11145621
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Croton argyratus Blume

Collector:
Harley Harris Bartlett  Search this
Place:
Dalupiri Island, Babuyan Group (see chart 4229 U.S Coast and Geodetic Survey), Eastern Visayas, Philippines, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
31 Oct 1935 to 5 Nov 1935
Crowdsourcing:
Transcribed by digital volunteers
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae
Published Name:
Croton argyratus Blume
Barcode:
01246447
USNM Number:
3544032
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Crowdsourcing Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3db4e0e6f-df59-4aee-9fcc-35367c80b52b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11451615
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Claoxylon sp.

Biogeographical Region:
42 - Malesia  Search this
Collector:
Harley Harris Bartlett  Search this
Place:
Dalupiri Island, Babuyan Group (see chart 4229, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey), Cagayan Valley, Philippines, Asia-Tropical
Collection Date:
31 Oct 1935 to 5 Nov 1935
Crowdsourcing:
Transcribed by digital volunteers
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae
Published Name:
Claoxylon sp.
Barcode:
01254979
USNM Number:
2544029
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Crowdsourcing Project
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39e10b217-341a-47b3-a4dd-d30d64a91c2e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_11454721
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Catalog, "Aeronautical Chart Catalog", U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Collection Creator:
Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)  Search this
Container:
Box 163, Folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1947
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers, Accession 2012.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers / Series 2: Professional Materials
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg23418a081-0c37-4347-b06a-7086eb3506de
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2012-0052-ref1881

Catalogs, aeronautical charts, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Collection Creator:
Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)  Search this
Container:
Box 164, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1949
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers, Accession 2012.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers / Series 2: Professional Materials
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg20d751074-7154-47ba-be55-2ade1da81f3f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2012-0052-ref1887

Notices, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Collection Creator:
Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)  Search this
Container:
Box 167, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1947
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers, Accession 2012.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers / Series 2: Professional Materials
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22a1d2976-a75a-441f-a08e-eca5e426d673
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2012-0052-ref1935

Booklet, "Bulletin", Association of Field Engineers, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Collection Creator:
Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)  Search this
Container:
Box 175, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1930
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers, Accession 2012.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers / Series 2: Professional Materials
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2509229a0-1b02-4ab1-94e1-de3d471ae7bd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2012-0052-ref1988

Map, Norfolk, VA, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Collection Creator:
Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)  Search this
Container:
Box 181, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1949
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers, Accession 2012.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers / Series 2: Professional Materials
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22d5d4d85-573a-487a-96b4-648deb3faabe
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2012-0052-ref2062

Correspondence, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Collection Creator:
Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)  Search this
Container:
Box 75, Folder 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1947-1951
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers, Accession 2012.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers / Series 2: Professional Materials
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2373dad7e-971c-403a-8aca-567f90b7a93b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2012-0052-ref736

Correspondence, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Collection Creator:
Weems, Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.)  Search this
Container:
Box 89, Folder 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1950
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers, Accession 2012.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers
Philip Van Horn (P. V. H.) Weems Papers / Series 2: Professional Materials
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg29cf32127-5dd2-4ec8-a55a-ae7b7cf0ecf2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-2012-0052-ref979

Vernon Torrence Collection

Creator:
Donnald, Morrill  Search this
Torrence, Vernon Keith, 1921-1946  Search this
Kansas Wesleyan University  Search this
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation  Search this
Extent:
0.8 Cubic feet (1 flat box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Programs
Pamphlets
Travelers' checks
Photographs
School yearbooks
Diplomas
Contracts
Commemoratives
Memorial service booklets
Diaries
Correspondence
Date:
1940-1942
Summary:
Photographs, a Kansas Wesleyan University yearbook (with personal messages and inscriptions), diplomas, correspondence regarding Torrence's disappearance, newspaper clippings, his memorial service booklet or program, and a diary which he kept during a week-long adventure as a "hobo" in Kansas.
Scope and Contents:
This small collection is comprised of several types of material including Vernon's high school and college diplomas, college yearbook with handwritten notes from classmates, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings about the discovery of his remains, and his memorial service booklet. Of special interest is a 1940 pocket diary containing Vernon's account of a week long adventure as a "hobo" in rural Kansas when he and a friend hopped freight trains, slept in boxcars and a hay stack, washed up in a "jungle," and met other men traveling the rails. In 2000 an attempt was made by the author of this finding aid to obtain additional information about Vernon from the FBI under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts (FOIA). The material obtained focused on the finding of his body and the process of identifying his remains; little information about his days as a conscientious objector was provided. The FOIA material is in this collection's control file.
Arrangement:
1 series.
Biographical / Historical:
Vernon Keith Torrence was born in McCune, Kansas, on November 18, 1921. After graduating from high school in Solomon, Kansas, Vernon entered Kansas Wesleyan University from which he graduated with honors in history in 1942. During his senior year he was the editor of the University's 1942 yearbook, the "Coyote." His pacifist beliefs were in place at least by his senior year as evidenced by the comments fellow students wrote in Vernon's copy of the yearbook. Vernon's father was a Methodist minister who also held anti war sentiments.

In September 1942 Vernon was drafted and joined the Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector. His alternative service took him to Buck Creek, North Carolina, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and Markleeville, California, under the auspices of the National Park and Forestry Service. In December 1943 he began work with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, serving in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. In March 1945 he walked out of Conscientious Objector's Camp # 98 in Arizona; two months later he was picked up, arraigned, and released on bond by the U.S. District Court. That fall Vernon received a notice of dismissal of his court case, and he took this to mean that his alternative service was now complete and began working for a construction company in Los Angeles. The government felt otherwise and declared him absent without leave.

In the summer of 1946 Vernon put his savings into American Express Travelers Checks and began hitchhiking to Kansas to visit his family. He never arrived. On August 27, 1956 a ranger found his body in rugged terrain in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California, where Vernon had apparently fallen while hiking alone. The FBI, which had continued to search for Vernon until 1951, identified the body from the travelers checks. Vernon was buried in Minneapolis, Kansas, on October 13, 1956.
Provenance:
The material in this collection was maintained by Vernon's parents, Ira and Madge Torrence, and his younger sister, Lois Torrence, a fellow student at Kansas Wesleyan University who was devoted to her older brother. Upon their deaths the material was obtained by the remaining sister, Margaret Torrence Donnald, whose husband, Morrill Donnald, donated the material to the Archives Center, NMAH, in January 2000.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Conscientious objectors -- World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Tramps -- 1940-1990  Search this
Public service employment  Search this
Genre/Form:
Programs -- Memorial services
Pamphlets
Travelers' checks
Photographs -- 1900-1950
School yearbooks
Diplomas
Contracts
Commemoratives
Memorial service booklets
Diaries -- 20th century
Correspondence -- 1930-1950
Citation:
Vernon Torrence Collection, 1930-1957, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0717
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Vernon Torrence Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep829a1d615-029a-4c05-83af-da9bb929a3fd
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0717
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Civil Aeronautics Administration, International Civil Aviation Organization

Collection Creator:
Stanton, Charles Ingram, 1893-1986  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1944-1957
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers, Acc. NASM.1987.0076, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers
Charles Ingram Stanton, Sr., Papers / Series 1: Professional Life / 1.2: Civilian Career
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22c922308-0d64-4580-ab67-42d5c29d933f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1987-0076-ref33
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Records Relating to the Siberian Origin of the American Indian

Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937  Search this
Correspondent:
Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969  Search this
Names:
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this
Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987  Search this
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this
Collection Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Extent:
2 Boxes
Culture:
Indians of North America  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Chukchee  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Notes
Manuscripts
Maps
Vocabulary
Place:
Bering Strait
Siberia (Russia)
Date:
1909-1957
Scope and Contents:
This subseries of the Notes and writings on special linguistic studies series contains material reflecting John P. Harrington's long-time interest in theories of the Siberian origin of American Indians. Materials consist of notes and drafts for his paper "Siberian Origin of the American Indian.

His early notes include handwritten and typed versions of the outline "Antiquity of Man . . . " from 1915 (dated by handwriting as well as by type of pencil and paper); copies of short early vocabularies recorded by La Perouse (Tchoka) and Father Jette (Ten'a), probably prepared by Harrington around 1922 to 1923; a mimeographed statement by the Science News Service, dated 1923; newspaper clippings on Harrington's theories from 1924; and two pages of notes which Harrington recorded during a discussion with colleague Truman Michelson in November 1926. There is also an undated typed proposal titled "Investigation of the Origin of the Native American Race." This three page document does not appear to have been written by Harrington, but the source is not indicated.

Materials accumulated during the period 1937 to 1938 are the most numerous. They include notes from interviews; copies of correspondence; records regarding the computation of tribal areas; notes on maps and photographs; and reading notes, extracts, and bibliographic references to secondary sources. The transcripts of interviews, dated February 1937 through November 1938, include information from Riley Moore, Carl Bishop, John G. Carter, and B.A.E. colleagues Truman Michelson and Matthew W. Stirling. The lengthiest set of notes is from a discussion with Smithsonian archeologist Henry B. Collins, who described fieldwork he had conducted from May to November 1936. The brief file of correspondence contains letters from Diamond Jenness and H. E. Rollins and a note from John G. Carter. The file on illustrative materials includes maps and charts showing the computation of land areas occupied by the Chukchee, Aleut, Eskimo, and Athapascan tribes. Supplementing these are notes from meetings with staff members of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in March and April 1937. There are also notes on maps, motion picture films, and photographs, as well as illustrations by Clark M. Garber and Joelle Danner. The notes from secondary sources include the title page and table of contents for a manuscript by Ivan A. Lopatin titled "The Cult of the Dead Among the Natives of the Amur Valley." There are also a few pages on file for another paper by Lopatin, "Material on the Language of the Natives of the Amur Region." There is also a sizable set of notes relating to the translation of various terms--mostly tribal names--into Russian. These include cut-and-pasted portions of letters which Waldemar Jochelson sent Harrington.

The material compiled after 1937 is highly miscellaneous. Items from the 1940s include a sixteen-page untitled rough draft on the migration of Siberian man; a three-page typed carbon copy of the article "Stepping Stones Between Eurasia and America" which was used in a release by the Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, on August 4, 1940; a partial draft of an article on boats; a sectional map of the Bering Strait which was mailed to Harrington by C. M. Garber on January 18, 1947; and notes from interviews with Mr. [Tappan?] Adney on March 28, 1941, with William Heslop and King Mooers later in that year, and with Henry B. Collins on December 8, 1947. There is also an Eskimo vocabulary which Harrington copied from William Thalbitzer and three pages of miscellaneous notes dating from the late 1950s.

A separate file of notes on Chukchee spans the entire period of Harrington's work on Siberia. There are a number of pages on Chukchee, Yukagir, and Eskimo mythology which he extracted from his notes for lectures at the University of Washington in 1910; brief notes from discussions with Truman Michelson, Waldemar Jochelson, and Franz Boas around 1926 to 1928; and copies made on February 23, 1937, of "Chukchee polysynthesis words" which had been compiled in an unspecified article by colleague Robert W. Young. The source of data for the latter was Waldemar Bogoras's paper "Chukchee" in the Handbook of American Indian Languages edited by Franz Boas. Later material includes a copy of a letter from Ivan Lopatin (November 23, 1947) with an enclosure titled "Discovery of the Chukchee and Derivation of the Name"; a copy by Harrington of the enclosure; and the rough beginning of a paper by Harrington titled "Short Sketch of the Grammar of the Chukchee Language," also evidently written in 1947.
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Collection Citation:
John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Knabenshue, A. Roy (Augustus Roy), 1876-1960  Search this
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