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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs used to illustrate Alfred Louis Kroeber's "Handbook of the Indians of California," circa 1900-1919
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.66E
- Creators:
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Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960
- Dates:
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circa 1900-1919
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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12 Printssilver gelatin
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Images included in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 78 ("Handbook of the Indians of California") and photographs of spoons and acorn gruel stirrers, some of which were also published in the volume. Among the photographs included as plates are the interior of a Yurok sweat house (plate 10), a Chilula sweat house (plate 13), a Yurok boat (plate 13), a view of the Karok center of the world (plate 22), and a Wintun cradle (plate 35).
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Alfred Louis Kroeber (1876-1960) was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, but his family moved to New York City shortly afterward. He received his BA (1896) and MA (1897) from Columbia University and worked as a teaching assistant there from 1897-1898. During this time, he took courses from Franz Boas who introduced him to the university's newly established Department of Anthropology. Kroeber received his PhD in Anthropology in 1901 and then accepted a position at the University of California at Berkeley, where he founded the Department of Anthropology. Kroeber conducted extensive research into California tribes and collected artifacts for museums. His "Handbook of the Indians of California," submitted in 1919, was published in the Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin in 1925. In 1923, Kroeber published "Anthropology," considered among the first general textbooks on the subject.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Using the Collection
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 66E, Photographs used to illustrate Alfred Louis Kroeber's "Handbook of the Indians of California," National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Papers and notes by Kroeber can be found in National Anthropological Archives MS 2108, MS 2622, MS 2560, and MS 3134.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Kroeber held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7116, MS 4365-a, MS 1897-a, MS 4623, NAA MS 4372(4), American Ethnological Society records, Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Handbook of South American Indians Records, and collections of personal papers.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 66E
Bibliography
Bibliography
Photographs published in A. L. Kroeber, "Handbook of the Indians of California," BAE Bulletin 78, 1925.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Karuk (Karok) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Whilkut (Redwood Indians) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Buildings | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Wintun | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Implements, utensils, etc. | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Yurok | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- California | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Boats and boating | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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