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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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

14,500 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Drawings

Clippings

Date:

ca. 1860s-1960s

Scope and Contents:

Consists of photographs collected by the United States National Museum (USNM) Division of Ethnology and later by the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA). Coverage is worldwide outside North America. Most of the items are photographic prints, some in albums. There are also negatives, photomechanical prints, artwork, and newsclippings. For the most part, the material is historical or ethnological, including images of specimens, portraits, and scenes of daily activity. Some landscape views are also included.

Arrangement:

Arranged by geographic area, generally following George P. Murdockʹs Outline of World Cultures.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Drawings

Clippings

Citation:

Photo lot 97, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.97

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3361718ad-0211-4be3-805f-10163a0c4dc2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-97

Creator:

United States National Museum., Dept. of Anthropology.  Search this

Photographer:

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1873-1878) (Hayden Survey)  Search this

Heyn Photo  Search this

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this

Mitchell, McGowan and Company  Search this

Place & Coover  Search this

Addison, George A.  Search this

Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934  Search this

Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896  Search this

Bretz, George W. (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)  Search this

Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901  Search this

Fouch, John H., 1849-1933  Search this

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this

Goff, O. S. (Orlando Scott), 1843-1917  Search this

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930  Search this

Randall, A. Frank  Search this

Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899  Search this

Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this

Publisher:

Rice, Rutter & Co.  Search this

Artist:

Noyes, Francis H.  Search this

Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953  Search this

Extent:

3 Painted photographs

8 Prints (halftone and color halftone)

56 Photographic prints (albumen and silver gelatin)

10 Copy prints

1 Stereograph (albumen)

2 Engravings

2 Color lithographs

Culture:

Sioux  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Ute  Search this

Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Chiricahua Apache  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Powhatan  Search this

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern States  Search this

Mohawk  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Painted photographs

Prints

Photographic prints

Copy prints

Stereographs

Engravings

Color lithographs

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

The bulk of the collection consists of portraits of identified Native Americans and some government officials and interpreters. It includes cabinet cards, other mounted prints, newspaper articles, illustrations, and a photographic postcard. Depicted individuals include American Horse, Oglala; Black Hawk, Sauk; Bob Tail, Cheyenne; Crowfoot, Hunkpapa; Gaul, Hunkpapa; Geronimo, Chiricahua; John Grass, Teton; Chief Joseph, Nez Perce; Little Wound, Oglala; Medicine Bull, Hunkpapa; Osceola, Seminole; Ouray, Ute; Litte Raven, Arapaho; Plenty Coups, Crow; Pocahontas, Powhatan; Rain in the Face, Hunkpapa; Red Cloud, Oglala; Red Iron, Dakota; Short Man, Piegan; Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa; Standing On Prairie, Siouan; Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk; Two Guns White Calf, Piegan; Two Moon, Cheyenne; and Washakie, Shoshoni.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 87-2P

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 87-2P, United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.87-2P

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United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw378544a5f-2448-46cd-90a0-4f00194bb205

EDAN-URL:

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

Collector:

United States National Museum, Department of Anthropology, Division of Old World Archeology  Search this

Van Beek, Gus W. (Gus Willard), 1922-  Search this

Extent:

6 Prints (silver gelatin and albumen)

2 Cyanotypes

1 Print (halftone)

Culture:

Roman  Search this

Greek  Search this

Egyptians  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Cyanotypes

Postcards

Photographs

Place:

Zimbabwe

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

Photographs depicting classical art and architecture from Rome, Egypt and elsewhere. They include images of classical sculpture in Rome, an Egyptian papyrus, as well as additional sculpture, coins, and other items. There is also a postcard from A. C. Haddon that shows Smart & Copley's photograph of the Matopos in Zimbabwe. Some of the photographs are mounted, possibly for publication.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 79-38

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Photographs from accessions 29586, 40922, 121411, 124072, and 161740, have been relocated to National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 158, Photo Lot 161, Photo Lot 76-78, Photo Lot 160, and Photo Lot 159, respectively.

Material found in Gus Van Beek's office can also be found in the National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 79-34.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Art, Egyptian  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Coins  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Postcards

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 79-38, Division of Old World Archeology collection of photographs of ancient sculpture, architecture, and art, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.79-38

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3975d8ab7-19ce-42fb-b866-6d1d64a439a3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-79-38

Creator:

Kargopulo, Basile  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (004 in x 003 in mounted on 004 in x 003 in)

Culture:

French  Search this

Turks  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Place:

England

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.04093500

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint on standard card

Place:

Anatolia -- Constantinople/Istanbul/Pera/Bosphorus River

Turkey -- Constantinople/Istanbul/Pera/Bosphorus River

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 97 DOE Mid East:Turkey:M Unlisted:Kargopoulo, Photog 04093500, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / Middle East / Turkey / M Unlisted

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw304eca9cd-088d-4ca6-8ee3-a99a3838b31b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref1977

Creator:

Chandlee, W. E.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

1 Photomechanical print (008 in x 006 in)

Type:

Archival materials

Photomechanical prints

Photographs

Place:

England

Argentina

Date:

1899

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.04209200

Local Note:

Black and white photomechanical print

Place:

Argentina -- Buenos Aires? -- Buenos Aires?/Southern Railway Depot/Hasta San Vicente

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 97 DOE So Amer: Argentina: General: NM Unlisted 04209200, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / South America / Argentina / Gen

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38dd8ea13-14f9-4bff-b6e6-be054635cae3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref2483

Creator:

Osborne, J. W. (John Walter), 1828-1902  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

1 Albumen print (009 in x 006 in mounted on 010 in x 008 in)

Culture:

Australian Aborigines  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Albumen prints

Photographs

Date:

1890

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.04926400

OPPS NEG.75-14014

Local Note:

Black and white albumen print on paper mount

Place:

Australia

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 97 DOE Oceania: Australia: NM 23775: Osborne Colln 04926400, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / Oceania / Australia / Unspecified

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3afd567a1-b91b-4d47-8856-8f67976a5ccf

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref9958

Creator:

Abbott, William Louis, 1860-1936  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Kloss, Charles Boden  Search this

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

Photographer:

Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944  Search this

Extent:

13 Linear feet

Culture:

Enggano  Search this

Jakun (Malaysian people)  Search this

Borneo  Search this

Indonesians  Search this

Dyak  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Trang -- Thailand

Anambas Islands (Indonesia)

Mergui Archipelago

Enggano (Malaysia)

Sumatra

Malaysia

Mentawai Islands (Indonesia)

Nias Island (Indonesia)

Date:

1888-1919

Summary:

The papers in the Abbott collection appear to have been brought together in the Smithsonian's Department of Anthropology in order to process ethnological specimens from Malaya and Indonesia and to prepare an exhibit and publications. Included are some of Abbott's original letters, notes, maps, and a considerable number of photographs. Most of these materials concern the Enggano, Jakun, and Dyak. Many other documents in the collection consist of copies of or extracts from Abbott's letters, the originals of which are now in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. There are also letters and other materials of Otis Tufton Mason and Walter Hough accumulated as they worked on the collection, many simple lists of accessions compiled in the Department of Anthropology, and a few manuscripts. In addition, there are printed materials that were apparently used by the department's staff for reference purposes. Some of the photographs made in Borneo in 1914 are by Henry Cushier Raven, a field assistant of Abbott and, later, a collector financed by Abbott.

Additional materials of Abbott and Raven are in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, and their material (often duplicate photographs) are included in several collections in the National Anthropological Archives.

Scope and Contents:

William Louis Abbott, although formally trained in medicine, chose instead to devote his time and inherited wealth to worldwide exploration and the collection of natural history specimens and ethnological artifacts. The Abbott papers in the National Anthropological Archives reflect his collecting activities in the East Indies, and the work on his collections from that region by United States National Museum personnel, especially Otis Tufton Mason, curator of ethnology. The collection includes correspondence, maps, illustrations of artifacts, manuscripts, lists of objects in the Abbott collection in the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology, and photographic prints and negatives. In addition, there is a subject file which contains information on a variety of topics relating to Indonesia and Malaysia. The materials date from the 1890s to the early decades of this century.

This archival collection forms a valuable complement to the collection of artifacts housed in the National Museum of Natural History. (Abbott's collections from Indonesia are described by Dr. Paul M. Taylor, curator of Asian ethnology, in the Museum Anthropology Newsletter, April, 1985.) The subject file and lists of objects provide data on certain specific artifacts and their uses and Abbott's correspondence contains his observations of the daily life of the various peoples from whom the objects were collected. These documents are supplemented by a generous photographic record and sketch maps which outline the routes he followed. The papers focus on the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, the region closest to Abbott's heart and to which he dedicated over a decade before eye disease forced him to leave the tropics.

In addition to Abbott's own materials, there are notes by museum staff, including descriptions of artifacts, and manuscripts of articles mostly by Mason who was particularly interested in basketry. The bulk of the correspondence is between Abbott, Otis Mason, Walter Hough, and Cecil Boden Kloss who accompanied Abbott on several expeditions. Other correspondents include Cyrus Adler, Jesse Walter Fewkes, William H. Furness, Alfred Cort Haddon, Ales Hrdlicka, Mary Lois Kissell, Elmer D. Merrill, William Palmer, Richard Rathbun, and Charles Clark Willoughby. Most of the letters are brief and discuss proposed work on the Abbott collections, bibliographic sources, and basketry.

Additional material in the National Anthropological Archives relating to William Louis Abbott is contained in the papers of Ales Hrdlička and of Herbert W. Krieger, the Manuscript and Pamphlet File of the United States National Museum Department of Anthropology, and the photographic collection of the United States National Museum Division of Ethnology. Because Abbott donated material to a variety of departments in the Smithsonian, his original written material is located in several other Smithsonian departments as well. There are personal letters to his mother and sister as well as Smithsonian personnel in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Field notebooks including detailed sketch maps of collecting stations are in the libraries of the departments of Mammals and of Birds.

The spelling of place names used here are those of Abbott who frequently wrote them as they sounded to him.

Arrangement:

Collection arranged into 9 series: (1) Correspondence, 1896-1919; (2) Subject file; (3) Register of accessions, 1890-1906; (4) Lists of objects by accession number and location; (5) Lists of objects by type or geographic location; (6) Drafts of unpublished articles with working materials; (7) Printed material; (8) Photographic prints; (9) Photographic negatives.

Biographical Note:

William L. Abbott studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and, after receiving an M.D., continued his training in London. Although a highly successful student, he seems never to have been fully committed to medicine. Instead, around 1880, using his own resources, he turned to a life of exploration and the study of natural history.

Abbott's early expeditions were in the United States, but, in time, he went abroad, at ever increasing distances, to the Greater Antilles, East Africa, Kashmir, and Turkestan. In 1896, he began work in Malaya and Indonesia that would largely occupy him until 1915. Using Singapore as a base, he sailed his ship, the Terrapin, to points on both coasts of the Malayan Peninsula, Trang in Thailand, the Anambas Islands, the Mergui Archipelago, the Nicobars and Andamans, both costs of Sumatra and the nearby islands (notably Nias, the Mentawai Islands, and Enggano), the Rhio Archipelago, and Borneo. On many of thes voyages, he collected both biologcial and ethnological specimens and photographs. At times, however, he was accompanied by an Englishman, Cecil Boden Kloss, who handled the ethnological work. Kloss retain his own notes and many of his photographs.

Abbott's later work, between 1916 and 1923, was carried out in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. After this, he retired to a farm on the Elk River in Maryland.

Abbott has been described as one of the great field naturalists of all time simply for the quantity of material he collected. Virtually the only body of work he left, in fact, is his large collection of specimens and notes, letters, and photographs that relate to them. Although he contributed to the collections of several museums, the chief benefactor of his work was the United States National Museum. Its staff and associated produced around forty publications based on his material. Abbott himself published very little.

CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM LOUIS ABBOTT

1860 February 23 -- Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1880 -- Collected birds in Iowa and North Dakota

1881 -- Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania

1883 -- Collected birds in Cuba and Santo Domingo

1884 -- Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

1884-1886 -- Postgraduate work in England Licentiate of Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Physicians

1886 -- Received inheritance and discontinued formal practice of medicine

1887-1889 -- Exploration of Taveta region near Mt. Kilimanjaro with William Astor Chandler. Collection donated to United States NationalMuseum

1890 -- Exploration and collection in Zanzibar, Seychelles Islands, and Madagascar

1891 -- Ethnological collections in the U.S. National Museum from Kilima-Njaro, East Africa,Annual Report of the U.S. National Museum for 1891, pages 381-398Exploration and collection in India, including Baltistan, Karachi, Kashmir, and Srinagar

1892 -- Exploration and collection in Vale of Kashmir, Baltistan, Aden, Seychelles Islands, and Aldabra Island

1893 -- Exploration and collection in Seychelles Islands; India, including Kashmir and Srinagar; Leh Ladakh; Sinkiang, China; and Eastern Turkistan

1894 -- Continued exploration and collection in region of Eastern Turkistan, Pakistan, India, and Ceylon

1895 -- Exploration and collection in Madagascar and Kashmir

1896 -- Exploration and collection in Malay Peninsula, including:Jan-Feb – PerakFeb-Mar – CantonApr-Nov – Trang Province, Siam, including Pramon, Tyching, and Penang

1897 -- Exploration and collection:Jan -- TrangApr-May -- PenangMay-Dec -- India

1898 -- Volunteered in Spanish-American War with William A. Chambers as Irregular Horse in Florida, and served in CubaTravel in Singapore and China

1899 -- Construction of schooner TerrapinExploration and collection accompanied by Cecil Boden Kloss:Jan-Mar -- TrangMarch -- SingaporeMar-Apr -- JavaJul-Sept -- Lingga and Anamba islandsOct-Nov - Singapore, PenangDec - Junkseylon

1900 -- Exploration and collection accompanied by Kloss:Jan-Mar -- Burma, Mergui ArchipelagoJun-Aug -- Natuna ArchipelagoNov-Dec -- Penang, Burma, Mergui Archipelago

1901 -- Exploration and collection accompanied by Kloss:Jan -- Andaman IslandsJan-Mar -- Nicobar IslandsApr-Nov -- Northern Sumatra, Rhio-Lingga Archipelago, Johore, PenangNov-Jan 02- Simalur

1902 -- Exploration and collection accompanied by Kloss:Jan-Feb -- Banjak Islands, Lasia, BabiFeb-Mar -- Western SumatraMar -- NiasApr-May -- Pahang, Malaya; Singapore and Straits IslandsAug-Sep -- Bintang, Rhio ArchipelagoOct-Nov -- SimalurNov-Jan 03 -- Pagi Islands

1903 -- Exploration and collection:Jan -- Western SumatraFeb -- Pulo TelloApr -- Penang, SingaporeMay-June -- Karimun IslandsJuly-Aug -- Rhio-Lingga ArchipelagoAug-Sep -- Eastern SumatraOct -- PenangNov-Mar 04 -- Burmese coast, including Victoria Point, Mergui Archipelago, and Tenasserim

1904 -- Exploration and collection:Apr -- Penang and Straits of MalaccaMay-Jun -- Banka IslandJul-Aug -- Billiton IslandAug-Sep -- Karimata IslandOct -- Benkulen, SumatraNov-Dec -- Engano

1905 -- Exploration and collection:Dec 04-Feb- Western SumatraFeb-Mar -- NiasJun-Sep -- Western Borneo, including Pontianak and Kapuas riversNov-Jan 06 -- Eastern Sumatra Designated Honorary Associate in Zoology by the U.S. National Museum

1906 -- Visited Hong Kong and Japan (April-May)Exploration and collection accompanied by Kloss:Oct-Feb 07 -- Easter Sumatra, including Bengkalis and Rupat islands and Siak River

1907 -- Exploration and collectionMar -- Rhio ArchipelagoMay -- Islands of South China Sea, including Direction Island, Datu, Temayer, Lamukutan, Panebangan, and PelapisMay-Sep -- Western Borneo, including Kapuas and Simpang riversNov-Dec -- Java Sea, including Bawean Island

1908 -- Exploration and collection:Dec 07-Mar- Southeastern Borneo, including Pulo Laut and Pulo SebukuJun -- Southwestern BorenoNov -- Java Sea

1909 -- Exploration and collection:Dec 08-Apr -- Pulo Laut and eastern Borneo, including Pasir RiverOnset of partial blindness caused by spirochetosis, and treatment in Aachen, Germany. Illness forced Abbott to suspend collecting activities in tropics.

1910-1915 -- Exploration and collection in Kashmir

1912-1915 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to Borneo by Henry Cushier Raven

1914 -- Brief visit and collection in Molucca Islands and Celebes, accompanied by his sister

1915-1916 -- Donated funds for expedition by Raven to Dutch East Indies, especially Celebes

1916 -- Exploration and collection in Dominican Republic

1917-1918 -- Exploration and collection in Haiti

1918 -- Interruption of field work by Abbott because of servere illness (dysentary) and by Raven because of the war

1919-1923 -- Exploration and collection in Hispaniola

1920 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for botanical collection in Haiti by Emery C. Leonard, aid in Division of Plants

1920-1922 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to Australia by naturalist Charles M. Hoy

1923-1924 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to China by Charles M. Hoy until Hoy's death in the field; workconcluded by Reverend David Crockett Graham

1925-1927 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expeditions to Hispaniola

1928 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to China

1928 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for expedition to Hispaniola by Arthur J. Poole, Division of Mammals

1928-1931 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for archeological expedition to Hispaniola by Herbert William Krieger, curator, Division of Ethnology

1932 -- Donated funds to United States National Museum for archeological expedition to Cuba

1934 -- Purchase and donation of birds of the Himalayas for the United States National Museum

April 2, 1936 -- Death of William Louis Abbott at his farm near North East, Maryland of heart disease after a long illnessBequest to Smithsonian Institution any of books and papers desired (278 volumes accepted) and approximately $100,000 (1/5 of estate) to promote zoological researchers

Provenance:

William Louis Abbott was a self-trained and self-sustaining collector who donated large numbers of ethnological artifacts, zoological specimens, and funds to the United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution around the turn of the twentieth century. The Abbott Papers in the National Anthropological Archives were apparently compiled by the staff of the Department of Anthropology, especially Otis Tufton Mason, curator of ethnology, in order to process incoming collections. The correspondence and printed materials relate primarily to Abbott's collecting activities and to Mason's research on Abbott's collections.

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The William Louis Abbott collection is open for research. Access to the William Louis Abbott collection requires an appointment.

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Citation:

William Louis Abbott collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.XXXX.0228

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William Louis Abbott collection

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw328cd842b-b0dd-464d-aae1-0b81d6251200

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-xxxx-0228

Creator:

Matthews, Washington  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

3 Pages

Container:

Box 2, Folder 19

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

June 28, 1891

Scope and Contents:

Concerns the contribution of army officers to the study of American Indians.

Local Note:

Autograph letter signed

Place:

United States -- New Mexico -- Fort Wingate

Related Materials:

See Mason's draft, GRSN 5855.

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Anthropology—Correspondence

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National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33566cd3b-0d19-45ef-85ef-b0c19ee06df4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15514

Creator:

Pilling, James Constantine  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

2 Pages

Container:

Box 2, Folder 19

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

June 2, 1891

Scope and Contents:

Concerns men eminent in American linguistics.

Related Materials:

See Mason's draft, GRSN 5855.

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Topic:

Linguists -- Americanists  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Anthropology—Correspondence

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National Anthropological Archives

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36e3d5fc6-d005-4019-974f-0d6fc5a14927

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15515

Creator:

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Names:

Boston Society of Natural History  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

3 Pages

Container:

Box 2, Folder 19

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

June 18, 1891

Scope and Contents:

Concerns the Boston Society of Natural History and anthropological work.

Place:

United States -- Arizona -- Hopi Pueblos

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Anthropology—Correspondence

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3983b1abc-61b3-4394-89cf-10d0592d4966

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15516

Creator:

Jones, Charles C., Jr. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

2 Pages

Container:

Box 2, Folder 19

Culture:

Creek -- model of village  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

January 4, 1892

Scope and Contents:

Concerns Mason's wish to build a model of a Creek village.

Place:

United States -- Georgia -- Augusta

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Topic:

Exhibits -- Creek village  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Anthropology—Correspondence

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw367286075-060d-4d15-93d0-9fcda2e32dad

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15517

Creator:

Hale, Horatio  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

7 Pages

Container:

Box 2, Folder 19

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

July 30, 1891

Scope and Contents:

Concerns sources on ethnological work.

Place:

Canada -- Ontario -- Clinton

Related Materials:

See Mason's draft, GRSN 5855.

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Anthropology—Correspondence

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National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37479e844-be46-4417-a2cf-eb0f776c4f83

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15518

Creator:

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Rathbun, Richard  Search this

Names:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology -- History  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

86 Pages (ca. 86 pages)

Container:

Box 2, Folder 21

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

1906

Scope and Contents:

Attached to letter, Richard Rathbun to Otis Tufton Mason, June 9, 1906, calling for a history of the divisions of the Department of Anthroplogy.

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Topic:

Anthropology -- History  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Anthropology—Manuscripts

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National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw318c8e05c-ae06-4d31-a3b4-af7d266d8fe2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15520

Creator:

Douglass, A. E.  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

4 Pages

Container:

Box 2, Folder 25

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Place:

Florida -- Archeology

Date:

June 3, 1890

Scope and Contents:

Concerns shell heap sites on the coast of Florida.

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Topic:

Archeology -- Florida  Search this

Mounds  Search this

Shell heaps  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Archeology—Correspondence

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National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bfce07cc-4cbb-4241-bf8d-687bd5c50202

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15525

Creator:

McGuire, Joseph Deakins  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

4 Pages

Container:

Box 2, Folder 25

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

October 18, 1890

Scope and Contents:

Concerns McGuire's thoughts on shellheap habitation.

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Topic:

Archeology -- Shell heaps  Search this

Shell heaps  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Archeology—Correspondence

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31e34d51b-2e3a-4bed-b3d0-a89a645f9de2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15526

Creator:

Stearns, Richard Edwin  Search this

Names:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

3 Pages

Container:

Box 2, Folder 25

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

October 28, 1890

Scope and Contents:

Concerns shell heaps on the west coast of the United States and names of species involved.

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Topic:

Archeology -- Shell heaps  Search this

Shell heaps  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Archeology—Correspondence

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw363da317e-6a7d-45f9-8308-7059bbafae91

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15527

Creator:

Lopp, W. T.  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

4 Pages

Container:

Box 3, Folder 33

Culture:

Eskimo -- Armour  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

December 20, 1895

Scope and Contents:

Concerns Eskimo armour

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Topic:

Armour -- Eskimo  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Armor

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b54acb94-4efc-429a-8e7c-56314182442a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15541

Creator:

McLeod, E. L.  Search this

Addressee:

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

50 Pages

Container:

Box 4, Folder 44

Culture:

Paiute  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Place:

California, Kern County -- Paiute

Date:

September 14, 1902

Scope and Contents:

Includes notes on the Paiute of Kern County, California and many Paiute terms for baskets.

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

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Topic:

Baskets -- Paiute  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Baskets

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National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw336ab0bd8-a848-43a0-9e2e-0ccea871e74e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15548

Creator:

Bailie, William  Search this

Addressee:

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  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:

9 Pages

Container:

Box 4, Folder 44

Culture:

Ekoi  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

1907-1908

Scope and Contents:

Concern baskets, basketry terms, work of the Ekoi in Africa.

Collection Restrictions:

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Topic:

Baskets  Search this

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Basketry

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National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw305f3ff1e-c72f-44f0-aac5-dd9d40c13da4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref15553