National Anthropological Archives

MS 2002-01 Letter from Vilhjalmur Stefansson to James Mooney

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2002-01
Creators:
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962
Mooney, James, 1861-1921
Dates:
bulk 1915 November 10
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
2 Pages
and 1 envelope
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Typewritten letter sent by Vilhjalmur Stefansson to James Mooney on November 10, 1915 from the winter quarters of the Canadian Arctic Expedition at Armstrong Point, Victoria Island. The letter is a response to Mooney's letter sent July 10, 1914. In Stefansson's letter, Stefansson clarifies Eskimo terms and suggests people in Point Barrow, Alaska that Mooney can contact for information on the Barrow Eskimos. He also describes errors in his recently published diary, Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic expedition of the American museum: preliminary ethnological report, published by the American Museum of Natural History (1914).

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2002-01, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2002-01


Keywords

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Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Barrow, Point (Alaska) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eskimo ? Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eskimos Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Indians of North America -- Subarctic Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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