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National Anthropological Archives
MS 7505 Field material concerning the Comanches
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7505
- Creators:
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Carlson, Gustav G.
- Dates:
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1933
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes folktales and ethnological notes. Many of the latter have to do with war, kinship relations, and sexual practices.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Gust G. Carlson, of the University of Michigan, was a scholarship holder with the Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, ethnological field school group led by Ralph Linton. The group worked with Comanche Indians at Walter, Oklahoma. Other members of the group were Waldo Wedel (see his Comanche notes), and E. Adamson Hoebel (see photo lot 91-9).
Administration
Custodial History
The material was received through Thomas W. Kavanagh, July 1, 1991.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 7505, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 7505
Local Note
Local Note
Mostly typescript; some manuscript documents
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Folklore -- Comanche | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sexual practices -- Comanche | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
War -- Comanche | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Kinship -- Comanche | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Niuam (Comanche) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Laboratory of Anthropology (Museum of New Mexico) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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