MS 7235 Vocabularies and notes based on material collected by Horatio Hale from enslaved African-Brazilians
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Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896
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undated
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98 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7235
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National Anthropological Archives
This manuscript probably represents what Horatio Hale originally intended to publish on southern Africa in his Philology and Ethnology that is one of the volumes of the report of the United States Exploring Expedition (Wilkes Expedition). It includes several vocabularies, comparative vocabularies, and notes on the location and appearance (especiall...
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Smithsonian Institution. Institute of Social Anthropology
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circa 1945-1950
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8 color prints
39 Prints (silver gelatin)
7 Posters (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4623
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made as part of the work of the Institute of Social Anthropology (ISA), some of which have been mounted on posters for a Smithsonian Institution Regents Exhibit. The photographs document people, the built and natural environments, agricultural work, and events (including dances and a Catholic procession) in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and...
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Kozák, Vladimir, 1897-1979
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circa 1959-1970
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99 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2016.33
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National Anthropological Archives
99 Black and white photographic prints by Vladimir Kozak primarily depicting indigenous Brazilians, but also including views of the countryside and a village. Kozák annotated many of the prints on verso.
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Jensen, James A., 1918- (collector and photographer)
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circa 1965-1974
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1 Lithograph
1 Watercolor
95 color slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.79-1
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National Anthropological Archives
The bulk of the collection is comprised of images of paintings by Vladimir Kozak and his artifacts relating to Brazilian tribes, photographed by James A. Jensen at Kozak's home in Curitaba, Brazil, in September 1965. It also includes a watercolor image of body decoration at a ceremony held by the upper Xingu River tibes of Central Brazil. Additio...
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Toomey, Humphrey, 1900-1974
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bulk 1929 - 1933
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0.51 Cubic Feet (2 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0068
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of .5 cubic ft of documentary material chronicling Humphrey Toomey's aviation career with the New York, Rio and Buenos Aires Line (NYRBA). The following types of material are included in this collection: Navy and Air Corps strip maps used on the Bridgeport, Connecticut to Buenos Aires flight; correspondence; telegrams; memo...
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Anacostia Community Museum
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2010
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2.7 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-056
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition documenting the historical journey made by people from Africa to the Americas, along with their language and music. In the 1930s, Lorenzo Dow Turner discovered that the Gullah people of Georgia and South Carolina retained parts of the culture and language of their West African enslaved ancestors. Turner's research produced a living treasury of previously unknown traditions, songs, and folkways that also uncovered and illuminated the connections with West African and Afro-Brazilian communities.
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bulk 1945
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0.1 Cubic Feet ((2 folders))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0069
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of eight photographs, an envelope, and an article from January 20, 1945, relating to the Brazilian airline, Viação Aérea Santos Dumont (VASD).
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Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program
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1983-2004
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-132
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the environmental education initiatives of the Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program (GLTCP). Originally administered entirely by the National Zoological Park (NZP), Department of Zoological Research, the GLTCP focused on the conservation of the golden lion tamarin in its natural habitat and was re...
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Ribeiro, Berta G. (Berta Gleizer)
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circa 1985
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168 color slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.91-37
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of watercolor paintings by Feliciano Lana, a member of the Desana tribe in Brazil, made at the request of Dr. Berta Ribeiro in 1985 while she was studying the tribe. The paintings illustrate three stories, narrated or translated by Ribeiro: "The Story of Gain Panan and of the Peach Palm that He Brought from the Invisible Fish World," "D...
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Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Wallis, Ruth Sawtell, 1895-1978
Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991
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1928-1992
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26.5 Linear feet ((63 document boxes and 1 oversized box))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1991-04
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National Anthropological Archives
Most of Ruth Landes's papers relate directly or indirectly to Landes's American Indian research, her work in Brazil, and her study of bilingualism. There is also a considerable amount of material that relates to her experiences (sometimes fictionalized) at Fisk University. There is only small amount of material related to her other interests. Her collection also has material of and relating to the Brazilian folklorist and journalist Edison Carneiro. There is also noteworthy material concerning Herbert Baldus, Ruth Benedict, Elmer C. Imes, Charles S. Johnson, and Robert E. Park. There is a large amount of printed and processed materials in the collection, mainly in the form of newspaper clippings and a collection of scholarly papers.