National Anthropological Archives

MS 4745 Letters received by William Henry Holmes, and other papers and notes about correspondents

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4745
Creators:
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
Fowke, Gerard, 1855-1933
Zimmerman, Mark E.
Keefe, Harry L.
Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863-
Mindeleff, Victor, 1860-1948
Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947
Dates:
1880's-1925
Languages:
Undetermined
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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

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4745


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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