MS 980 Makah vocabulary in Smithsonian Institution Comparative Vocabulary schedule
In printed outline (10 microframes).
MS 1039 Scribe's copy of Haida (Kaigani) vocabularies (MS 1037 and 1038)
Hudson's Bay Company
In printed "Comparative Vocabulary" form.
James G. Swan drawings of a Tlingit house and salmon carving
The collection consists of two (2) drawings by James Gilcrest Swan. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology …
MS 970 Letters from James G. Swan to George Gibbs
Old Toke
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Contents relate to medicine men; story of the Thunder Bird; notes on religion, customs, tribal names, etc.
MS 4985 Receipt from the chiefs of the Ottawa nation to William Hull, Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Detroit, Michigan for the sum of eight hundred dollars
Swan, James G., 1818-1900
Hull, William
Includes James G. Swan's letter of transmittal, forwarding the receipt. Neah Bay, W[ashington] Territory]. January 27, 1880. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Includes reference to the 1805 Treaty, Fort Industry, Detroit, Michigan, July 4, 1805.
Dog salmon
- Level:
- item
- Dates:
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1878 June 1
- Size:
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1 Drawing (watercolor and pencil, 10 x 7 inches)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS129776
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Model of plank house with painted entrance way
- Level:
- item
- Dates:
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1874 March
- Size:
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1 Drawing (watercolor and pencil , 11 x 7.5 inches)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS129776
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4513 Miscellaneous notes by A.P. Niblack
Barnett, George
Swan, James G., 1818-1900
Gould, J. Loomis
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Concern Indians of the Northwest Coast, mainly Tlingit and Haida.
Portraits of anthropologists
8 Prints (halftone (including one newspaper clipping))
124 Prints (circa, silver gelatin, albumen, and platinum)
50 Copy prints (circa)
3 copper printing plates
1 Color print
1 Print (wood engraving)
3 Copy negatives (glass)
This collection is an artificial collection of photographs, copper plates, and a few notes, all of which depict or relate to anthropologists, many of which were associated with the Bureau of American Ethnology. Included are portraits of Franz Boas, Q. M. Bond, Arno B. Cammerer, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Edwin Hamilton …
John Canfield Ewers Papers
Conner, Stuart W.
Dempsey, Hugh A.
Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997
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The John Canfield Ewers Papers document his wide ranging anthropological interests from early White depictions of Native Americans to the material culture of the Plains tribes through correspondence, exhibit catalogs, field notes, illustrations, lectures, maps, photocopies of archival materials, photographs, and writings. The collection includes materials relating to his numerous …
