National Anthropological Archives

MS 3942 Material relating Chippewa Music, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletins 45 and 53

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS3942
Creators:
Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
Richards, J. S., 1854-
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
39 Items
ca. pages ca. 39 pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
(Old Number 3917) 10 sheets of original drawings of the Mid'e and 2 Mid'e diagrams reproduced in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 45. Drawings made for F. Densmore, 1907-1908 and transmitted by her to the Bureau of American Ethnology, August 4, 1937. Also native (?) drawing of noose for catching rabbits described in the bulletin. (Specimen of noose for catching rabbit sent to U.S. National Museum, , 1964, Accession Number . (The following on micro film reel #19)-List of corrections in the text used by F. Densmore in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletins 45 and 53 as made by Father S.J. Richards, Sprague, Ontario. (Missionary to the Indians since 1883), October 8, 1939. 17 page manuscript. Also letter from F. Densmore to Dr. Stirling returning Father Richards' manuscript. "Series of Three Chippewa Stories."--March 9, 1932. 10 pages typed. Received from Densmore estate, ca. 1962. 2272 "Chippewa customs and uses of Plants." Manuscript once filed under number 2272, not present (no further information as to number of pages, etc.) Third page of handwritten manuscript describing construction of the frame of a wigwam. Refers to negative Number 596-D-13-e, found with manuscript.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Part on Negative Microfilm reel #19.
Custodial History
Submitted by the author to the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1937-1938, or received from the Densmore estate, ca. 1962.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 3942, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 3942

Local Note

Local Note
1 portfolio, 1 oversize envelope

Other Title

Other Title
Series of Three Chippewa Stories
Other Title
Chippewa customs and uses of Plants


Keywords

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Chippewa -- Hunting Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chippewa -- plant use Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chippewa -- wigwam constructionewa Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Chippewa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drawings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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