National Anthropological Archives

MS 2009-06 Frank H. Cushing papers

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2009-06
Creators:
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
Dates:
circa 1875-1897
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
5 Items
linear inches 1 box
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Frank Hamilton Cushing. The collection, which dates from circa 1875-1897, includes a poem, "The sun is sinking to the west," dated June 10, 1875; drafts of a letter sent to Spencer Baird, 1875; a manuscript concerning customs written in a shaky hand on badly deteriorated ledger paper; a Smithsonian official receipt for a "collection of bone implements"; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings; autographed copies of the American Journal of Folklore and the Canadian Indian; copies of Cushing's own publications inscribed to various family members; and a manuscript concerning social life and customs, written in a shaky hand on badly deteriorated ledger paper. This manuscript has writing in a different hand on the reverse.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900) was a noted anthropologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Administration

Custodial History
Donated by Kent Van Allen.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2009-06, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2009-06

General

General
Historian Curtis Hinsley examined the manuscript in September 2009. He believes that Cushing was the author of this work, but it is not written in Cushing's own hand.


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