MS 7119 Paintings made in Alaska and British Columbia
Includes: 1) Eskimo man with harpoon. Undated. 2) Man running at seal seals in rookery. July 7, 1892. 3) Natives fishing and drying fish. Undated. 4) Man clubbing seals. Undated. 5) Eskimo whaling and walrus camp, Icy Point, Arctic Ocean, Alaska. Lookout created of drift logs. 1891. 6) Interior or Stick Indians spearing fish in the canon of th …
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MS 2759 Truman Michelson linguistic notes on Peoria with comparisons in Fox
Truman Michelson's notes on Peoria phrases, handwritten individually on index cards with English translations. Some include comparisons in Meskwaki (Fox).
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MS 1882 Extracts by James Mooney from U. S. government printed documents concerning the Cherokee
1882-a Documents of Senate, 3rd Session, 25th Congress, volume 1, 1839, pages 102-103, 111-112, 117, and 120. Extracts concerning Cherokee Removal, 1838. 6 pages typed. 1882-b Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1895 (Volume 2 of Annual Report of Secretary of Interior for 1895), Washington, 1896, pages 632-637. Extracts from court decisions concerning Cherokee status, 1895. 6 pages typed; also 7 pages partly typed, partly handwritten (duplicate …
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MS 321 Kodiak (Eskimo) vocabulary
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Thread
circa 1834-1923
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Thread forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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MS 4948 Drawings of Zuni game equipment
9 Items (proofs of ink drawings )
2 Items (pencil drawings )
A. notes on some of the drawings.
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MS 2372 Garrick Mallery Collection on Sign Language and Pictography
bulk 1870-1895
Garrick Mallery (1831-1894) was an ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology who focused primarily on Native American sign language and pictography. This collection reflects Mallery's research interests and methods. Much of the collection is comprised of correspondence and notes relating to sign language and pictography and is organized chiefly by either the cultural or geographic region to which the material belongs. Bound volumes of several of his publications are included, along with annotated draft copies from collaborators. In the case of Mallery's work on pictography, the collection includes several oversize items including original works and reproductions.
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MS 1795-a John Wesley Powell Journals
Previously titled "Journals." Volumes 1-11 (Number 7 missing).
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MS 3848 Cherokee dance songs; some with partial transliteration or translation by Mooney
Gahuni (Cherokee)
Also, facsimile of one page of the Gahuni manuscript as reproduced in 7th AR BAE, plus an additional paragraph, possibly from another page of the Gahuni manuscript.
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MS 2701 Sauk Legend
Bacon Rind (Osage Indian), 1860-1932
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