National Anthropological Archives

MS 7053 Julian H. Steward field notes and other material

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7053
Creators:
Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972
Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969
Brand, Donald D. (Donald Dilworth), 1905-1984
Ray, Verne F. (Verne Frederick), 1905-2003
Dates:
ca. 1940
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1,000 Items
ca. pages ca. 1000 pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes:1) Census of Stuart Lake and other communities by family with data on traps; 2) Census by bands or reserves; 3) Notebook listing plant specimens and use (14 pages); 4) Miscellaneous notes 5) (Culture) element list, with notes; 6) Typed list of culture features apparently prepared for comparative purposes, not used; 7) List of specimens collected, July 6-12, 1940; 8) Letters received from M. W. Stirling, Diamond Jenness, Donald D. Brand, and others; 9) List, "Culture Element Distributions; the Plateau" by Verne F. Ray (not completed);
Scope and Contents
10) "Carrier Acculturation: the Direct Historical Approach;" 11) Notes on Irving Goldmanʹs "The Alkatcho Carrier of British Columbia;" 12) Genealogical charts; 13) Miscellany; 14) Maps -- a. British Columbia, Department of Lands, Pre-Emptorʹs map: Stuart Lake Sheet, 1923, ca. 40 x 25 in. b. British Columbia, Department of Lands, Pre-Emptorʹs Map: Fort George Sheet, 1923, ca. 40 x 25 in.; c. Portion of map of British Columbia (southern part only), 72 x 27 in. -- annotated with numbered locations, no key provided d. Canadian Topological Survey sheets annotated to show land holdings, ca. 45 x 40 in.; e. British Columbia
Scope and Contents
Department of Lands, Cariboo and Adjacent Districts, annotated to show land holdings, ca. 44 x 32 in.; f. Canada, Department of Mines and Resources, Map of the Dominion of Canada Excluse of Northern regions indicating Main Natural Resources, 1936, 36 x 26 in.; g. A.L. Kroeber, Cultural and Natural Areas of Native America, 1939, 28 x 22 in.; h. British Columbia, Topographical Sketch Map of Omineca and Finlay River Basins, 1917, 28 x 40 in.

Administration

Custodial History
Stewart gave materials to Sam Stanley in 1958. Stanley deposited them in the archives in summer 1968.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 7053, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 7053


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Census -- Carrier Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Traps -- Carrier Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ethnobotany -- Carrier Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Acculturation -- Carrier Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maps Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dakelh (Carrier) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Subarctic Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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