National Anthropological Archives

MS 7011 A.S. Gatschet Scrapbook

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7011
Creators:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915
Dates:
ca. 1885-96
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
138 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contents: Copies of Science and other publications including a poem entitled "The Scientific Scrap, or the Battle of the Bone Hunter (after Bret Harte): "The Atakapa Language," Lake Charles (Louisiana) Echo, February 14, 1885, by Gatschet; form and instructions by F.W. Putnam and Franz Boas for collecting physical anthropological data for the World's Columbian Exposition. Also includes notes on Central American languages and dialects, a map of Central America annotated with the locations of linguistic groups, and notes on rules and notes for preparing subvouchers for the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 7011, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 7011

Other Title

Other Title
The Scientific Scrap, or the Battle of the Bone Hunter
Other Title
The Atakapa Language


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Expositions -- World's Columbian Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Central America Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maps Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Atakapa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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