National Anthropological Archives

MS 4078 Letters to M. W. Stirling

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4078
Creators:
Bull Head, (Blackfeet chief)
Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
Dates:
June 14, 1934 and June 26, 1934
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
2 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Both letters include ink sketches in the body of the letter; letter of June 26 includes ink sketches colored with crayons. Letters offer Stirling "The Blue Smoke of Friendship." The sketches are of a pipe and an ideograph for Chief Bull, Sanderville's Indian name.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4078, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4078

Local Note

Local Note
Autograph letters signed


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Pipe -- Blackfoot Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Blackfeet Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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