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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4745 Letters received by William Henry Holmes, and other papers and notes about correspondents
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4745
- Creators:
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Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957Fowke, Gerard, 1855-1933Zimmerman, Mark E.Keefe, Harry L.Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863-Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947
- Dates:
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1880's-1925
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contents: (1) Letter from Francis Densmore to W. H. Holmes describing a Hidatsa "bannerstone," June 6, 1916. (2) Letters received from and copies of letters sent to Gerard Fowke, mainly relative to cave explorations, 1890-91, 1893, 1903-1904. Also reports of "Shell Mounds on Tennessee River & Tributaries," 5 pages, and hematite Indian mine, Leslie Missouri, 6 pages. (3) Letters received by Gerard Fowke from Mark E. Zimmerman and Harry L. Keefe, 1914-1916, 1925. Also correspondence between Holmes and Fowke relative to Zimmerman's archeology. (4) Two copies of a letter from W. H. Holmes to Cosmos Mindeleff, 1890. (5) Three letters received by W. H. Holmes from Victor Mindeleff, 1882-1883. (6) Clippings and letters concerning Matilda C. Stevenson's biography and death including, a transcript of the notes made by Mrs Walker during her interview with Mrs Stevenson, just before the latter's death. (7) Copy of a letter from Clark Wissler to W. H. Holmes, September 20, 1919.
Administration
Custodial History
Received by transfer from Division of Archeology, U. S. National Museum, August 28, 1959.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4745, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4745
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Mounds -- American Indian | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Tools and implements -- Hidatsa | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archaeology -- United States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Tennessee River -- Archeology | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Minitari (Hidatsa) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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