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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4695 Minor Archaeological Papers by W. H. Holmes
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4695
- Creators:
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Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
- Dates:
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1872-1920 assembled May 7th, 1932."
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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24 ItemsApproximately papers Approximately 24 papers260 ItemsApproximately pages Approximately 260 pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The Story of the Human Race. Notes for Lecture. 1916. (Sketches Nos. I and IX Missing) 2. Bearing of Archeological Evidence on the Place of Origin and on the Question of the Unity or Plurality of the American Race. 1912. 3. Art in Stone. Lithic Art in History. 4. Stone Age Among Eastern and Northern Tribes. 5. The Place of Archeology in Human History. 1915. 6. American Archeology. Prepared for the International Cyclopedia. 1913. 7. Dr. Holmesʹ Letter to Colonel Sherrill, April 29, 1925 concerning erection of bronze copy of the Piney Branch Quarry group. One illustration. 8. The Great Lesson of the Quarry Shops. 9. The End of Paleolithic Man in America, 1889-1894.
Scope and Contents
10. America and the Far East. 11. Paper on trans-oceanic contacts. (First six pages of this article missing.) 12. The American Man and his Culture. 13. Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities. Preface and table of Contents. (Volume left unfinished with Mr. Judd, Bulletin 60, pt. 2)
Scope and Contents
14. Report to Dr. Langley suggesting archeological explorations. 1904. 15. The Story of our Local Aborigines, Historic and Prehistoric. (Lecture for museum course, 1918-19.) 16. Sites of Aboriginal Occupation. (Local) 17. On the Race History and Facial Characteristics of the Aboriginal Americans. (Taken from Art and Archeology, and incomplete.) 18. An Adventure with the Indians. 1875. 19. Letter of W. H. Jackson to W. H. Holmes, Fort Defiance, Arizona Territory, April 27, 1877. Re issue of cattle to the Navajo Indians and other matters. -- Miscellaneous scraps.
Administration
Custodial History
This material was left with Neil M. Judd, U.S. National Museum, Oct. 1934 by Mrs. Mary Holmes. Transferred from Division of Archeology, U.S. National Museum, Dec. 1964.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4695, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4695
Local Note
Local Note
Photographs filed separately; see separate catalog entry under Photos, 4695 (part).
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Archeology | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Physical anthropology | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Art | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Archeology -- quarries | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Early man -- in America | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| District of Columbia -- Piney Branch Quarry -- Archeology | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Diné (Navajo) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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