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Creator:

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Director:

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

Dockstader, Frederick J.  Search this

Names:

Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition 1930  Search this

Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)  Search this

Hendricks-Hodge Expedition (1917-1923).  Search this

Huntington Free Library  Search this

Hyde Exploring Expedition (1902-1903)  Search this

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation  Search this

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research  Search this

Collector:

Barrett, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1879-1965  Search this

Churchill, Clara G.  Search this

Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912  Search this

Davis, Edward H., b. 1862  Search this

Emmons, George Thornton  Search this

Gridley, Marion E. (Marion Eleanor), 1906-1974  Search this

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971  Search this

Harvey, Byron  Search this

Harvey, Fred  Search this

Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this

Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994  Search this

Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956  Search this

Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965  Search this

Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924  Search this

Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925  Search this

Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950  Search this

Stiles, William F., 1912-1980  Search this

Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954  Search this

Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936  Search this

Wildschut, William  Search this

Former owner:

Burnett, Edwin K.  Search this

Force, Roland W.  Search this

Extent:

400 Linear feet

Culture:

Indians of North America  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Administrative records

Photographs

Annual reports

Field notes

Correspondence

Ledgers (account books)

Minutes

Date:

1890-1998

Summary:

These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.

Scope and Contents:

These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.

Arrangement:

The MAI, Heye Foundation records have been arranged into 21 series and 50 subseries: Series 1: Directors, 1908-1990 (1.1: George Gustav Heye, 1863-1962, 1.2: Edwin K. Burnett, 1943-1960, 1.3: Frederick Dockstader, 1950-1976, 1.4: Alexander F. Draper, 1972-1977, 1.5:Roland W. Force, 1963-1990, 1.6: George Eager, Assistant Director, 1977-1990) Series 2: Board of Trustees, 1916-1990 (2.1: Board of Trustee Minutes, 1916-1990, 2.2: Individual Board Correspondence, 1943-1990, 2.3: Subject Files, 1917-1990) Series 3: Administrative, 1916-1989 (3.1: Subject Files, 1904-1991, 3.2: Personnel, 1956-1991, 3.3: Legal, 1900-1989, 3.4: Task Force, 1976-1986, 3.5: George Abrams, 1980-1991) Series 4: Financial, 1916-1990 (4.1: Ledgers, 1900-1962, 4.2: Correspondence, 1905-1985, 4.3: Subject Files, 1916-1990) Series 5: Expeditions, 1896-1973Series 6: Collectors, 1872-1981Series 7: Registration, 1856-1993Series 8: Collections Management, 1937-1988Series 9: Curatorial, 1963-1990 (9.1: Curatorial Council, 1973-1990, 9.2: Gary Galante, 1979-1991, 9.3: Mary Jane Lenz, 1974-1994, 9.4: James G. E. Smith, 1963-1990, 9.5: U. Vincent Wilcox, 1968-1984, 9.6: Anna C. Roosevelt, 1973-1988) Series 10: Exhibits, 1923-1991 (10.1: MAI Exhibits, 1923-1990, 10.2: Non-MAI Exhibits, 1937-1991) Series 11: Public Programs, 1935-1990Series 12: Publications, 1904-1994 (12.1: Annual Reports, 1917-1989, 12.2: Publications by MAI, 1904-1990, 12.3: Publications by Other Sources, 1881-1990, 12.4: Administration, 1920-1988, 12.5: Archival Set of Official Publications, 1907-1976) Series 13: Public Affairs, 1938-1991Series 14: Development, 1927-1991 (14.1: Administration, 1979-1990, 14.2: Donors, 1978-1990, 14.3: Fundraising, 1973-1990, 14.4: Grants, 1970-1990, 14.5: Subject Files, 1976-1990) Series 15: Other Departments, 1914-1990 (15.1: Archives, 1914-1990, 15.2: Conservation, 1972-1989, 15.3: Education, 1921-1990, 15.4: Indian Information Center, 1977-1989, 15.5: Museum Shop, 1947-1989, 15.6: Photography, 1918-1990, 15.7: Physical Anthropology, 1919-1956) Series 16: Huntington Free Library, 1926-1991Series 17: Museum Relocation, 1969-1992 (17.1: Subject Files, 1979-1990, 17.2: American Museum of Natural History, 1980-1987, 17.3: Dallas, Texas, 1984-1987, 17.4: Smithsonian Institution, 1979-1990, 17.5: U.S. Custom House, 1977-1990, 17.6: Other Locations, 1974-1987) Series 18: MediaSeries 19: PhotographsSeries 20: Miscellaneous, 1837-1990Series 21: Oversize, 1873-1972 (21.1: Maps, 1873-1975, 21.2: Miscellaneous, 1884-1982)

History of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation:

The Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation was established by wealthy collector George Gustav Heye in 1908. Heye began collecting American Indian artifacts as early as 1897 and his collection rapidly increased over the next several years. Based in New York, Heye bought collections and documentary photographs, sponsored expeditions, and traveled and collected items himself. In addition, once MAI was established he sponsored numerous expeditions across the Western Hemisphere, including North American, Canada, South America and Central America.

From 1908 to 1917 Heye housed his artifacts on temporary loan at the University of Pennsylvania's University Museum, Pennsylvania, in lofts on East 33rd Street in New York City, and at other depositories. In 1917, the collections moved from his apartment to their permanent museum location at Audubon Terrace, at 155th Street and Broadway in New York City. The museum, containing ethnographic and archaeological collections from North, Central and South America, opened to the public in 1922. Less than ten years later, Heye completed a storage facility in the Pelham Bay area of the Bronx, known as the Research Branch. Heye served as Chairman of the Board and Museum Director until his death in 1957. After growing concern about the financial and other management of the collections came to a head, the museum became part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1989 and in 1994 opened exhibit space in the U.S. Customs House at Bowling Green near New York City's Battery Park. The Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland later opened in 1999 and the main Washington, DC museum opened in 2004.

Please visit the following links for more information about the history of the museum; History of the Collection, Collections Overview, and Significance of the Collection. Moreover, for information about how the museum currently cares for and exhibits the collection, please see the Conservation department and recent entries regarding Exhibitions and Conservation on the NMAI Blog. In addition, see portions of the NMAI Archive Center's collections highlighted in the SIRIS Blog.

Related Materials:

In 2004, the Huntington Fee Library, once part of the MAI/Heye Foundation, was transferred to the Cornell University Library Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. While this collection mainly contained books, it also contained a significant amount of archival materials. The Huntington Free Library's Native American Collection contains outstanding materials documenting the history, culture, languages, and arts of the native tribes of both North and South America, as well as contemporary politics and human rights issues are also important components of the collection. Further information about the collection and links to finding aids can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/HFL_old.html.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Tennessee  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State)  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Panama  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Jersey  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- New Mexico  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Missouri  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Nevada  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- California  Search this

Indians of South America  Search this

Indians of Central America  Search this

Pre-Columbian objects  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Texas  Search this

Museums -- Collection management  Search this

Archaeological expeditions  Search this

Ethnological expeditions  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this

Museums -- Acquisitions  Search this

Museums -- Curatorship  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Cuba  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ecuador  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arkansas  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Canada  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Guatemala  Search this

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Haiti  Search this

Genre/Form:

Administrative records

Photographs

Annual reports

Field notes

Correspondence

Ledgers (account books)

Minutes

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.001

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Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv412df8cf1-44c0-41fd-9101-eefb477e5aef

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-001

Culture/People:

Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)  Search this

Presenter/funding source:

Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-  Search this

Object Name:

Bottle

Media/Materials:

Pottery

Techniques:

Painted

Dimensions:

20.3 x 16.9 cm

Object Type:

Food/Beverage Serving

Place:

Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo), San Juan Reservation; Rio Arriba County; New Mexico; USA

Date created:

1900-1930

Catalog Number:

21/1894

Barcode:

211894.000

See related items:

Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)

Food/Beverage Serving

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws679609643-67da-4e3b-881d-bd346d51173f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_226351

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-12-14T19:21:40.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_XOYfMoEP8Kc

Creator:

Mintz, Jerome R.  Search this

Extent:

104 Film reels (black-and-white color silent sound; 57,400 feet, 16mm)

Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Sound films

Place:

Europe

Andalusia (Spain)

Date:

1969-1982

Scope and Contents:

Edited films films by Jerome Mintz made in Casa Viejas, Andalusia, Spain: Pepe's Family, The Shoemaker, Romeria: Day of the Virgin, Carnaval de Pueblo, The Shepherd's Family, Perico: the Bowlmaker and film outtakes associated with these six titles. Collection also contains audio tapes and still photographs.

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 Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical / Historical:

Jerome R. Mintz was a professor of anthropology and Jewish studies at Indiana University. He earned a B.A. from Brooklyn College, an M.A. from the City University of New York, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. Mintz received the National Jewish Book Award in 1993 for "Hasidic People: A Place in the New World." He also received international recognition for his work in Andalusia, Spain. His book "The Anarchists of Casas Viejas" (1982) is considered the most comprehensive account of the tragic events surrounding the 1933 uprising in the small rural town of Casas Viejas. Mintz produced six films on tradition and change in Andalusia, Spain.

Related Materials:

The Jerome R. Mintz papers are in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Provenance:

Received from Carla Aviva Mintz Tavel and Betty Mintz in 2011.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Domestic relations  Search this

Family  Search this

Social interaction  Search this

Occupations  Search this

Rural-urban migration  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound films

Citation:

Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

Identifier:

HSFA.2011.08

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Jerome Mintz films and photographs of Andalusia, Spain

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9a4f9f562-126a-44c2-87f5-c7a5963908ed

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-hsfa-2011-08

Collection Creator:

Reining, Priscilla  Search this

Container:

Box 26

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Priscilla Reining papers are open for research.

Some materials from the East African Medical Survey and Ethnography of Reproduction project contain personal medical history and are thus restricted. Grant applications sent to Reining to review are also restricted as well as her students' grades, and recommendation letters Reining wrote for her students. Electronic records are also restricted.

A small portion of the materials relating to Reining's Haya research, Ethnography of Reproduction project, and IBRD ujamaa research suffered severe mold damage. These materials have been cleaned and may be accessed. The legibility of some of the documents, however, is limited due to water and mold stains. Mold odor is also still present.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Priscilla Reining Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Priscilla Reining papers

Priscilla Reining papers / Series 2: Research / 2.2: Haya

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38e5d26b9-acb1-4ab9-9844-213f5e4c578c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2009-25-ref265

Collection Creator:

Solecki, Ralph S.  Search this

Solecki, Rose L.  Search this

Container:

Box 218

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1961

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Funding for the partial processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund

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Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers

Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki papers / Series 5: Research and Teaching Files / 5.1: Research Files

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw391d33a1b-f353-4625-a144-c49eefd1032b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2016-29-ref1781

Collection Creator:

Wedel, Mildred Mott  Search this

Wedel, Waldo R. (Waldo Rudolph), 1908-1996  Search this

Container:

Box 20

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Waldo R. Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel papers are open for research. Personnel files and grant proposals sent to Waldo Wedel to review are restricted. Waldo and Mildred Wedel's monographs are stored at an off-site facility.

Access to the Waldo R. Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

NAA.1990-20, Waldo R. Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Waldo R. Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel papers

Waldo R. Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel papers / Series 1: Correspondence / 1.1: Correspondence of Waldo R. Wedel

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b436ef5b-8529-47ee-a234-92c38c90ba3a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1990-20-ref2714

Creator:

Sturtevant, William C.  Search this

Names:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Six Nations  Search this

Extent:

220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)

Culture:

Indians of North America -- Southeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Indians of North America  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Realia

Research

Notes

Office files

Theses

Slides (photographs)

Sound recordings

Exhibition catalogs

Field notes

Clippings

Correspondence

Photographs

Microfilms

Newsletters

Manuscripts

Memorandums

Articles

Card files

Books

Artifacts

Negatives

Date:

1952-2007

Summary:

This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and his involvement in various professional activities. The collection is comprised of research and field notes, sound recordings, realia, clippings, negatives, slides, prints, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, memorandums, conference papers and meeting notes, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, bibliographies, student files such as class notes and papers from Sturtevant's years as an anthropology student, teaching materials including lecture notes and exams, daily planners, passports, military records, artwork including prints and lithographs, maps, and computer files.

The materials in this collection document Sturtevant's career as a preeminent North American ethnologist, museum curator, university professor, his role as General Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, and his contributions to the field of Anthropology. From his early work with the Seminole Indians of Florida to his forays into Burma, and his decades-long study of how Native Americans have been depicted in artistic and popular culture, Sturtevant's diverse intellectual interests are represented in his research files. A copious note taker, Sturtevant captured his observations and opinions of everything from meetings with colleagues to museum exhibits. Sturtevant's commitment to the anthropological profession can be found in the notes and programs of the many conferences, symposiums, and lecture series he attended and at which he presented. He also held numerous leadership positions in various professional associations and sat on the board of directors/trustees for several cultural organizations including Survival International and the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation. Sturtevant was respected for his vast knowledge of indigenous peoples and he received a voluminous amount of correspondence from colleagues who often included copies of their papers and grant proposals. He kept many of these works, which, it appears he used as reference material. Sturtevant's own work is reflected in his writings; he published over 200 scholarly papers, articles, and books.

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 organized in 14 series: 1. Correspondence, 1951-2008; 2. Research Files, 1851, 1860s, 1880s, 1890, 1939-2006; 3. Writings, 1952-2006; 4. Professional Activities, 1952-2006; 5. Smithsonian, 1954-2008; 6. Handbook of North American Indians, 1971-2007; 7. Biographical Files, 1933-2007; 8. Student Files, 1944-1985; 9. Subject Files, 1902-2002; 10. Photographs, 1927-2004; 11. Artwork, 1699-1998; 12. Maps, 1949-1975; 13. Sound Recordings, 1950-2000; 14. Computer Files, 1987-2006.

Biographical/Historical note:

William C. Sturtevant (1926-2007), preeminent North American ethnologist, museum curator, and university professor, was best known for his contributions to Seminole ethnology, as curator of North American Ethnology in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and for his work as the general editor of the Handbook of North American Indians.

Sturtevant's passion for studying Native peoples began at a young age. In third grade "after a class on American Indians, he asked his father what kind of people study Indians, and his father replied, 'Anthropologists.' Sturtevant decided then that he would make anthropology his career" (Merrill 11). After graduating with honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1949, Sturtevant went on to Yale University to complete his graduate work in anthropology. When it came time to decide on what area of North America he should focus his research, one of his faculty members at Yale, Irving Rouse, "suggested he consider the Seminoles of south Florida. By the end of his first fieldwork season, Sturtevant was convinced that the dearth of ethnographic information about these Seminoles and their status as one of the least acculturated of all North American Indian societies justified ethnographic research among them and offered the possibility of making an important contribution to North American ethnology" (Merrill 13). Sturtevant spent the summers of 1950 and 1951 conducting preliminary fieldwork among the Mikasuki-speaking Seminole and in 1952 he took up temporary residence at Big Cypress Reservation to undertake research for his dissertation, "The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices." This work focused on Seminole medicine, but also included Sturtevant's analysis of Seminole worldview, religion, history, inter-ethnic relations, material culture, economy, kinship, language, and social organization.

In 1954, while he was finishing his dissertation, Sturtevant made the transition from student of anthropology to professional anthropologist. He was hired as an instructor in Yale's Anthropology Department and began his career in museum work as an assistant curator of anthropology at the Yale Peabody Museum. After receiving his PhD from Yale in 1955, Sturtevant moved on to the Smithsonian Institution, where he accepted a position as a research anthropologist at the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE). This position afforded Sturtevant the chance to continue to explore his many research interests in ways that a full time professorship or museum curatorship could not. Over the next ten years he studied the Catawba in South Carolina; the Seneca and Cayuga nations of the Iroquois League in New York, Oklahoma, and Ontario; continued his work with the Seminole; visited European museums to examine early ethnographic examples and possible European prototypes of eastern North American Indian material culture; and spent a year in Burma. In 1963, Sturtevant and his wife, Theda Maw, the daughter of a prominent Burmese family, took their three young children to Burma so that they could visit with Maw's family. Sturtevant took this as an opportunity to branch out from his Native American research and spent the year visiting neighborhoods in Rangoon and villages in the surrounding countryside, examining archival materials, studying the Burmese language, learning about Burmese clothing and other aspects of the culture, and taking photographs. He also collected 386 items of clothing and other objects for the Smithsonian.

When Sturtevant returned from Burma, he found the BAE had been dissolved. In 1965, he was transferred from the now-defunct BAE to the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), where he became curator of North American Ethnology, a position he held for the next forty-two years. During his tenure at NMNH Sturtevant oversaw all the North American ethnology collections, planned exhibitions, served on committees, and sponsored interns and fellows. One of Sturtevant's primary duties at NMNH was serving as the General Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, "a major multi-volume reference work summarizing anthropological, linguistic, and historical knowledge about native peoples north of Mexico" (Jackson). Each volume was designed to represent a geographic or topical area of Americanist study. As General Editor, Sturtevant selected volume editors, chapter authors, oversaw office staff, and proofread manuscripts over the course of production.

Besides focusing on the Handbook, much of Sturtevant's time was taken up by responsibilities he held outside the Institution. Sturtevant was extremely involved in professional anthropological associations and held many leadership positions. Fresh out of graduate school, he began a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1957. He later became a member of the executive committee of the Florida Anthropological Society, served as book-review editor and associate editor of the American Anthropologist from 1962-1968, was a member of the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Anthropological Research in Museums and was both vice president and president of the committee once it became the Council for Museum Anthropology, was on the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Archives, served three terms on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation from 1976-1982 and was appointed to a fourth term between 1984 and 1986, and sat on the Board of Directors of Survival International from 1982-1988. He was President of the American Society for Ethnohistory, the American Ethnological Society, the American Anthropological Association, and the Anthropological Society of Washington. Sturtevant also taught classes at Johns Hopkins University as an adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology, served as a consultant on exhibits at other museums, and reviewed manuscripts for scholarly publications.

Sturtevant remained active in the profession throughout his later years. After divorcing Theda Maw in 1986, he married Sally McLendon, a fellow anthropologist, in 1990 and they undertook several research projects together. Sturtevant was recognized for his dedication and contributions to the field of anthropology in 1996 when he was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters by Brown University, and in 2002 when his colleagues published a festschrift in his honor, Anthropology, History, and American Indians: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant.

Sturtevant died on March 2, 2007 at the Collingswood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rockville, MD after suffering from emphysema.

Sources Consulted

Estrada, Louie. 2007. William C. Sturtevant; Expert on Indians. Washington Post, March 17. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031602273.html, accessed August 31, 2012.

Jackson, Jason Baird. 2007. William C. Sturtevant (1926-2007). http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/2007/03/william-c-sturtevant-1926-2007.html, accessed August 31, 2012.

Merrill, William L. 2002. William Curtis Sturtevant, Anthropologist. In Anthropology, History, and American Indians: Essays in Honor of William Curtis Sturtevant. William L. Merrill and Ives Goddard, eds. Pp. 11-36. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

1926 -- Born July 26 in Morristown, NJ

1944 -- Entered the University of California at Berkeley as a second-semester freshman

1944 -- Attended summer school at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City where he took courses on Mexican archaeology and South American ethnology

1945 -- Drafted into the United States Navy

1946 -- Received an honorable discharge from the Navy with the rank of pharmacist's mate third class and returned to UC Berkeley

1947 -- Attended the University of New Mexico's summer field school in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

1949 -- January: Received his Bachelor's degree with honors in anthropology from UC Berkeley

1949 -- Began graduate studies at Yale University

1950-1951 -- Spent the summers of 1950 and 1951 in Florida conducting fieldwork among the Mikasuki-speaking Seminole

1951 -- Conducted his first research study of the Iroquois, a classification of Seneca musical instruments, their construction and use, with Harold Conklin

1952 -- May: Moved to Big Cypress Reservation in Florida to conduct research for his dissertation. He focused on Seminole medicine, but also collected physical anthropological data such as blood-type frequencies, handedness, and color blindness

1952 -- July 26: Married Theda Maw

1954 -- Hired by Yale University as an instructor in the Department of Anthropology and as an assistant curator of anthropology in the Yale Peabody Museum

1955 -- Received PhD in anthropology from Yale University

1956 -- Joined the staff of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) as a research anthropologist

1957 -- Began a three-year term on the Board of Governors of the Anthropological Society of Washington

1957 -- Traveled to Rock Hill, South Carolina to collect linguistic data from Sam Blue, the last member of the Catawba tribe to have maintained some proficiency in the Catawba language. While there, he made a small collection of Catawba pottery for the United States National Museum

1957-1958 -- Spent seven weeks continuing his research among the New York Seneca

1959 -- Returned to Florida to study Seminole ethnobotany. He also collected ethnographic materials, especially objects made for the tourist market, which he deposited in the United States National Museum

1959-1960 -- Member of the executive committee of the Florida Anthropological Society

1960 -- July and August: Visited 17 European museums to examine early ethnographic examples and possible European prototypes of eastern North American Indian material culture

1961-1962 -- Spent the summers of these years conducting ethnographic fieldwork among the Seneca-Cayuga in Oklahoma

1962 -- October: Visited the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada to conduct fieldwork among the Seneca and Cayuga there

1962-1968 -- Book-review editor and associate editor of the American Anthropologist

1963 -- October: Spent the year in Burma; visited neighborhoods in Rangoon and villages in the surrounding countryside, examined photographs in several archives, studied the Burmese language, and read extensively about the country's history and culture. Assembled notes on Burmese clothing and other aspects of the culture, took hundreds of photographs, and made a collection of 386 items of clothing and other objects for the Smithsonian

1964 -- Visited Inle Lake in the Southern Shan States southeast of Mandalay, where he examined local approaches to artificial island agriculture

1964-1981 -- Became a member of the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Anthropological Research in Museums, which became the Council for Museum Anthropology in 1974. Sturtevant was the Council's first vice president, serving two terms between 1974 and 1978, and was its president from 1978 to 1981

1965 -- Became curator of North American Ethnology in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History after the dissolution of the BAE

1965-1966 -- President of the American Society for Ethnohistory

1966 -- Named the editor of the Handbook of North American Indians

1967-1968 -- Fulbright scholar and lecturer at Oxford University's Institute of Social Anthropology

1969 -- Began serving on the American Anthropological Association's Committee on Archives

1974-1989 -- Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University

1976-1982 -- Served three terms on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the American Indian-Heye Foundation and was appointed to a fourth term between 1984 and 1986

1977 -- President of the American Ethnological Society

1980-1981 -- President of the American Anthropological Association

1981 -- Spent part of the spring semester at the University of California Berkeley as a Regents Lecturer

1982-1988 -- Board of Directors of Survival International

1986 -- Divorced Theda Maw

1986-1987 -- Smithsonian Fellow at Oxford University's Worcester College

1990 -- Married Sally McLendon

1992 -- President of the Anthropological Society of Washington

1996 -- Awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters at Brown University

2007 -- Died March 2 in Rockville, MD

Related Materials:

Other materials relating to William C. Sturtevant at the National Anthropological Archives are included in the following collections:

Manuscript 4504

Manuscript 4595

Manuscript 4806

Manuscript 4821

Manuscript 4972

Manuscript 7045

Photo Lot 59

Photo Lot 79-51

Photo Lot 80-3

Photo Lot 81R

Photo Lot 86-68 (6)

Photo Lot 86-68 (7)

American Society for Ethnohistory records

Committee on Anthropological Research in Museum Records

Handbook of North American Indians records

Records of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History

Gordon Davis Gibson Papers, Sound Recordings

SPC Se Powhatan Confederacy Mattapony BAE No # 01790700

DOE Oceania:Amer Poly:Hi:Hawaiian Helmet:Sturtevant 04913800

DOE Oceania:Amer Poly:Hi:Hawaiian Helmet:Sturtevant 04913900

DOE Oceania:Amer Poly:Hi:Hawaiian Helmet:Sturtevant 04914000

Negative MNH 1530

Negative MNH 1530 B

Sturtevant is listed as a correspondent in the following NAA collections:

Administrative file, 1949-1965, Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology

John Lawrence Angel Papers

James Henri Howard Papers

Donald Jayne Lehmer Papers

John Victor Murra Papers

Records of the Society for American Archaeology

Albert Clanton Spaulding Papers

Waldo Rudolph Wedel and Mildred Mott Wedel Papers

Copies of sound recordings made by William C. Sturtevant can be found at The California Language Archive at UC Berkeley in two collections, The William Sturtevant collection of Creek/Seminole sound recordings, which includes 31 minutes of Northern Muskogean linguistic field recordings from 1951, and The William Sturtevant collection of Mikasuki sound recordings, which includes 33 minutes of Mikasuki linguistic field recordings from 1951. Two sound tape reels of Seminole music Sturtevant recorded in Florida in 1951 can be found at Wesleyan University's World Music Archives. Folk songs on these recordings include "Scalping Sickness," "Bear Sickness with blowing," "Bear sickness without blowing," "Lullaby," "Feather Dance," "Snake Dance," and "Crazy Dance." Performers include Josie Billie, Lee Cypress, Harvey Jumper, Boy Jim, Charlie (Johnny?) Cypress, Little Tiger Tail, Billy Ossiola, and Charlie Billy Boy.

Separated Materials:

One video tape, "Seminole History and Tradition", was transferred to the Human Studies Film Archives. Series 2.2, Tukabahchee Plate: Glass negative of spectrogram from FBI (Box 135), removed for storage with other glass plate negatives.

Provenance:

These papers were transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History.

Restrictions:

Files containing Sturtevant's students' grades have been restricted, as have his students' and colleagues' grant and fellowships applications. Restricted files were separated and placed at the end of their respective series in boxes 87, 264, 322, 389-394, 435-436, 448, 468, and 483. For preservation reasons, his computer files are also restricted. Seminole sound recordings are restricted. Access to the William C. Sturtevant Papers requires an apointment.

Rights:

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Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Botany  Search this

Anthropology  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

History  Search this

Linguistics  Search this

Genre/Form:

Realia

Research

Notes

Office files

Theses

Slides (photographs)

Sound recordings

Exhibition catalogs

Field notes

Clippings

Correspondence

Photographs

Microfilms

Newsletters

Manuscripts

Memorandums

Articles

Card files

Books

Artifacts

Negatives

Citation:

William C. Sturtevant papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

The papers of William C. Sturtevant were processed with the assistance of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Dr. Ives Goddard. Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Identifier:

NAA.2008-24

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b2223e72-e872-41c5-ae7b-abd0b27eaf6a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2008-24

Collection Creator:

Sturtevant, William C.  Search this

Container:

Box 82

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

Files containing Sturtevant's students' grades have been restricted, as have his students' and colleagues' grant and fellowships applications. Restricted files were separated and placed at the end of their respective series in boxes 87, 264, 322, 389-394, 435-436, 448, 468, and 483. For preservation reasons, his computer files are also restricted. Seminole sound recordings are restricted. Access to the William C. Sturtevant Papers requires an apointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

William C. Sturtevant papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

The papers of William C. Sturtevant were processed with the assistance of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Dr. Ives Goddard. Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

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William C. Sturtevant papers

William C. Sturtevant papers / Series 1: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3da28b2b5-1eb3-4bbf-89e8-d12772a62cd2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-2008-24-ref3498

Collection Creator:

Medicine, Beatrice  Search this

Container:

Box 59

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1992

Collection Restrictions:

Materials relating to student grades, letters of recommendation, and evaluations have been restricted.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Beatrice Medicine papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

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Beatrice Medicine papers

Beatrice Medicine papers / Series 21: Reports

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34a113fef-6c67-4b93-8458-47dba971bfc3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1997-05-ref1336

Collection Creator:

Mintz, Jerome R.  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (33 minutes, black-and-white sound; 1206 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Edited film follows a shoemaker who had always assumed that he would spend his last years in his native village, Casa Viejas, Andalusia, Spain. When his children leave to work in a tourist town, the shoemaker follows. Separated from his network of family and friends, he struggles to adapt to the isolation. Sound track consists of Spanish language interviews with English voice over. Spanish title is El Zapatero.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Aging ; Moving, Household ; Occupations ; Shoes ; Domestic relations ; Domestic and family life ; Family Spain ; Cities and towns ; Tourism

Local Number:

HSFA 2011.8.1

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Jerome Mintz films and photographs of Andalusia, Spain

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9cbc2957e-9615-4a2d-946d-b43cd7adf693

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-2011-08-ref1

Collection Creator:

Mintz, Jerome R.  Search this

Extent:

2 Film reels (41 minutes, black-and-white sound; 1426 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Edited film shot in Casa Viejas, Andalusia, Spain, documents a migrant laborer's concerns when he needs to confront moving his large family to the town in Germany where he has found work. Film explores his social networks and the challenging decision he must make when his father refuses to leave his rural community.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic relations ; Family Spain ; Social isolation ; Social interaction ; Occupations ; Rural-urban migration

Local Number:

HSFA 2011.8.2

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Jerome Mintz films and photographs of Andalusia, Spain

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc954b8a9d2-4fa5-4aea-b899-cbe5d00b601c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-2011-08-ref2

Collection Creator:

Mintz, Jerome R.  Search this

Extent:

2 Film reels (54 minutes, color sound; 2135 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1986

Scope and Contents:

Edited film focusses on a religious pilgrimage to a local shrine of the Virgin near the town of Alcala de los Gazules, Cadiz, Spain. Film shows the elaborate preparations needed for the day long event and includes interviews with organizers and worshippers who reveal their personal ambiguous feelings towards their religion and affiliations.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Celebrations Spain ; Religious beliefs ; Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Local Number:

HSFA 2011.8.3

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Jerome Mintz films and photographs of Andalusia, Spain

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc988123845-6859-47c8-939b-c1da17c19550

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-2011-08-ref3

Collection Creator:

Mintz, Jerome R.  Search this

Extent:

2 Film reels (58 minutes, color sound; 2098 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1987

Scope and Contents:

Edited film documents events leading up to carnaval (carnival) and the carnaval in Casa Viejas Pueblo, Andalusia, Spain. A primary feature of carnaval are the irreverent songs about local affairs and social criticism about national events. A controversary is created when one song names a parent of an illegitimate child which is followed by the villagers discussing an individual's privacy and what results in insult versus entertainment.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic relations ; Family Spain ; Rites and ceremonies ; Music ; Songs

Local Number:

HSFA 2011.8.4

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Jerome Mintz films and photographs of Andalusia, Spain

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9d17804fd-71ba-4ced-968a-650fee9fc143

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-2011-08-ref4

Collection Creator:

Mintz, Jerome R.  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (45 minutes, black-and-white sound; 1170 feet, 16mm )

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1987

Scope and Contents:

Edited film looks at the changing roles of a craftsman in Casa Vieja Pueblo, Andalusia, Spain, and the societal and personal factors that shape his occupation. Film also captures the making of wooden bowls, difficulties in marketing his goods and off season work during the cork harvest.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic relations ; Family Spain ; Social interaction ; Occupations ; Cork industry Spain

Local Number:

HSFA 2011.8.5

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Jerome Mintz films and photographs of Andalusia, Spain

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc962d881fa-03df-4ac4-a9c8-56e4e1514be2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-2011-08-ref5

Collection Creator:

Mintz, Jerome R.  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (22 minutes, black-and-white sound; 700 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1978

Scope and Contents:

Edited film is a portrayal of a family in Casa Viejas, Andalusia, Spain, that maintains its ties to the land and the community through the traditional occupation of sheperding a flock of sheep. The children are shown supplementing the family income by gathering snails, picking cotton and hoeing.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic relations ; Family Spain ; Sheep ; Social interaction ; Occupations ; Shepherds Spain ; Children Spain

Local Number:

HSFA 2011.8.2 [sic]

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Jerome Mintz films and photographs of Andalusia, Spain

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9c70fbe4b-2e17-4f2a-81b5-9e0914e71b2d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-2011-08-ref6

Collection Creator:

Mintz, Jerome R.  Search this

Extent:

35 Film reels (black-and-white silent; 24,600 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1969-1976

Scope and Contents:

Outtakes from Jerome Mintz' film project in Casa Viejas, Andalusia, Spain. Edited films made from this project are: "The Shoemaker", "Pepe's Family", "The Sheperd's Family" and "Perico the Bowlmaker".

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic relations ; Family Spain ; Social interaction ; Occupations ; Rural-urban migration

Local Number:

HSFA 2011.8.7

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Jerome Mintz films and photographs of Andalusia, Spain

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9b9949f62-5197-43ba-a143-16abdff22cf1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-2011-08-ref7

Collection Creator:

Mintz, Jerome R.  Search this

Extent:

60 Film reels (color sound; 24,000 feet, 16mm)

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1981-1982

Scope and Contents:

Outtakes from Jerome Mintz' film project in Casa Viejas, Andalusia, Spain. Edited films made from this project are: "Carnaval de Pueblo" and "Romeria: Day of the Virgin".

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Domestic relations ; Family Spain ; Social interaction ; Religious beliefs ; Festival

Local Number:

HSFA 2011.8.2 [sic]

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Jerome Mintz films of Andalusia, Spain, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Processing of the Jerome Mintz film collection was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.

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Jerome Mintz films and photographs of Andalusia, Spain

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc91387dc20-64f2-40a5-b477-fea54c6f6c31

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-hsfa-2011-08-ref8

Collection Creator:

Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon), 1901-1985  Search this

Container:

Box 2

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

undated

Collection Restrictions:

The Ralph Leon Beals papers are open for research. At Ralph Beals' request, his 1930-1933 correspondence were restricted until 2000. These include letters to and from his wife while he was in the field, several letters to his children, and one letter to his mother-in-law. Beals supplied edited copies of the restricted letters for public access. The restrictions have since been lifted, and the edited copies have been retained with the original letters. His field assistants' materials have been restricted for the lifetime of the creators.

Access to the Ralph Leon Beals papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Ralph Leon Beals papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Ralph Leon Beals papers / Series 1: Correspondence / General correspondence

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw396d1cf16-17b1-4954-91c3-5ec09aeee8bf

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-54a-ref54

Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Extent:

1 Slide (col., 35mm.)

Culture:

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Color slides

Place:

Nigeria

Africa

Date:

1970

Scope and Contents:

This photograph was taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg while conducting research among the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria in 1970-1971, 1973, and 1975. At the time Dr. Houlberg was on a Kress Foundation Research grant and on a Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research grant.

Original title reads,"R7-28, Egungun mask at Lanlate, carved in Erua by Afinfon. (I doubt it), owned by Ojelabi."

Publication title reads, "[Fig.] 8. Egungun headdress depicting a Hausa Muslim carved by Afinfon of Erua. Lanlate, 1970."

Local Numbers:

R7-28

General:

Title source: Marilyn Houlberg and EEPA staff based on slide information

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Email: elisofonarchives@si.edu

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Egúngún (Cult)  Search this

Masks  Search this

Wood-carving  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2005-0002-00224

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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Series 2: Egungun Festivals / Egungun

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7aab0775c-5bfd-425b-ade3-447d7c8f385b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref1242