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National Anthropological Archives
MS 7489 Material relating to Betty Meggers' doll collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7489
- Creators:
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Meggers, Betty Jane
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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71 Itemscards + 2 photographs + 2 post cards + 11 labels + 1 envelope
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes catalog cards with country, costume (including tribe), height, acquisiton (source), and price. Many have photographs of the dolls attached to the back. All of the dolls are of American Indians. The postcards show a group in costume ready for a pow-wow and a group of Menominee Indians taken near Shawano, Wisconsin. The photographs are of exhibits at a Dollology Club Show, May 22, 1943.
Administration
Custodial History
Transferred from the Processing Lab, September 12, 1990.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 7489, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 7489
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolls -- American Indian | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| exhibit -- Dolls | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Menominee (Menomini) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Dollology Club of Washington, D.C. | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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