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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4976 Mississippi Choctaw anthropometric notes and calculations
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4976
- Creators:
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Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987
- Dates:
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1925
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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86 Pages1 Itemadding machine tapes 1 folder
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contents: (f.1) List of 58 names of subjects of study with 13 different measurements cited for each. Autograph document. 1 page. (f.2) Table of anthropometric measurements on 58 individuals. Manuscript document. 7 pages. (f.3) Comparative indices of group of 18 Choctaw women and 40 men. Typescript document. 2 pages. (f.4) Standard deviation calculations on Choctaw. Autograph document. 78 pages, 5 index cards, 8 slips. Calculations are separated into three groups of papers: Males, females and both sexes. These calculations and results remain unpublished. (f.5) Adding machine tapes. (f.6) Henry B. Collins, Jr., "Anthropometric Observations on the Choctaw," AJPA, October-December., 1925 (reprint).
Administration
Custodial History
Deposited by Dr. Henry B. Collins, Archaeologist Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution, 7/1971.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4976, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Other relationship
Other relationship
Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987 Photographs of Mississippi Choctaw people 1925.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4976
Local Note
Local Note
Typescript autograph document
Other Title
Other Title
Anthropometric Observations on the Choctaw
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical anthropology -- Choctaw | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Names, Personal -- Choctaw | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Choctaw | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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