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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2400 Division of Mound Exploration Records
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2400
- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Mound Exploration DivisionThomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910
- Dates:
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1881-1889
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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11 Boxes
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, field notes, drawings, correspondence and other materials relating to mound explorations by Cyrus Thomas and collaborators, including F. S. Earle, J. W. Emmert, Gerard Fowke, Charles C. Jones, J. P. MacLean, J. D. Middleton, Warren K. Moorehead, P. W. Norris, Edward Palmer, H. L. Reynolds, J. P. Rogan. L. H. Thing.
Site reports and correspondence relating to specified localities are arranged by state. There are separate files of material relating to more than one state; correspondence of a general nature; and bibliographic references.
Contents
Contents
Alabama - Arkansas; Canada, Florida - Illinois; also California and Canada, Indiana - New York, New York - North Dakota (and South Dakota), Ohio, Oregon - Tennessee (South Dakota, see North Dakota) Virginia - Wisconsin, "Miscellaneous and General" (more than one state discussed) General Correspondence, 1882-1892, A - Z Bibliography; Newsclippings; Thomas, Personal Miscellanea.
Administration
Custodial History
Much of the general administrative correspondence was transferred in 1960 from the Smithsonian Archives.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2400, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2400
Bibliography
Bibliography
Cyrus Thomas, "Report on the Mound Explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology, BAE-AR 12, Washington, 1894 is based on these materials, but the printed report frequently contains important differences from the original notes, as well as being less detailed.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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United States -- Archeology -- Mounds | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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