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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4396 Hugh Lenox Scott letters and clippings
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4396
- Creators:
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Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934Tompkins, William
- Dates:
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1897-circa 1930s
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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85 Items0.85 linear feet (2 boxes and 1 map folder
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Personal letters received by Hugh Lenox Scott and his collection of newspaper clippings relating to Indians. Box 1: Personal letters received, 1897-98 and 1926, 1929. Alphabetically arranged by sender. Approximately 100 letters. Bills and receipts, personal. 1 folder. Newsclippings. Roughly sorted by cataloguer into the following categories: Sign Language work of H. L. Scott. Sign Language work of William Tompkins (3 clippings) H. L. Scott and Indians: conferences, inspection trips, lectures. Box 2: Newsclippings, continued: Indian conditions, welfare, legislation. Feature articles--accounts and reminiscences concerning Indian history: battles, treaties, forts, scouts, etc., including 1 folder of Battle of Little Big Horn. Map folder: Newspaper clippings about Hugh L. Scott and one article about Hopi snake dance.
Administration
Custodial History
Received with Scott papers donated by Mrs Hugh L. Scott, ca. 1934-1938 (correspondence in old Bureau of American Ethnology letter files).
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4396, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Other Archival Materials
Other Archival Materials
Biographical clippings and obituary notices of Indians, Indian fighters, etc. have been removed from this collection and added to the main biographical file in Bureau of American Ethnology Archives office.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4396
Local Note
Local Note
Title changed from "Personal letters received, 1897-98, 1926, 1929" 6/13/2014.
Keywords
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Federal-Indian relations | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sign language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
War | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Treaties | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Clippings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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