Negatives shot by Francis Gow-Smith over the course of eight months of fieldwork in the Mato Grosso state of Brazil in 1926. Gow-Smith was collecting ethnographic material on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Indigenous communities photographed include the Parecís (Paressi), Nambikuára (Nambicuara) and Borôro (Bororo) peoples.

Contents: Indians of the Rio Uaupes (Vaupes) and its tributaries in Southeast Colombia and adjacent Brazil, taken by Paul H. Allen, ca. 1946, while employed by a rubber company. Includes 2 duplicate photos.

This collection contains the professional papers of cultural anthropologist James B. Watson, and documents his fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, Brazil, and Del Norte, Co., as well as his teaching career at the University of Washington. Included are field notes, lecture notes, correspondence, maps, photographs, books, articles, journals, grant proposals, surveys, data punch cards, conference materials, and sound recordings.

Contents: (a) A typed manuscript entitled Salmokuera (at top of each page) in the Guarani language of Paraguay, 27 pages. The corrections in red pencil on the manuscript were made by Mr Rosenberg. (b) Portfolio containing the Book of Psalms in the Guarani language. Also printed booklet, 88 pages.

COLUMBUS (1923), THE HOAX (1932), [HUNTING IN AFRICA] (194?), [A MATTER OF MURDER] (196?), [UNID. SCHUYLER: COFFEE DOCUMENTARY] (1926), and [UNID. SCHUYLER: DATING RITUALS IN NEW GUINEA] (196?) from the AFI/John B. Schuyler III Collection. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context a...

The collection contains materials primarily documenting Forman's research on fishermen in Alagoas, Brazil in 1965. Included are fieldnotes and various datasets such as household surveys and censuses, maps, interviews with fishermen and villagers, and folk music, as well as a draft of Forman's dissertation based on this research. Additionally the c...

The Institute of Social Anthropology was an autonomous unit of the Smithsonian Institution which existed from 1942-1952. The objectives of the Institute of Social Anthropology were to work in cooperation with the institutions in certain Latin American republics which had requested assistance in anthropological work; the Institute of Social Anthropology had two main objectives: 1) Training of personnel in the concepts and techniques of anthropology; 2) Acquisition of a body of scientific information concerning the basic rural populations that is fundamental to any program affecting Latin Americans as well as to science and education. The research provided an understanding of the manner of living, agricultural systems in relation to environmental factors, economic life, crafts and industries, food habits, health status, social organization, religion, language, literacy, and basic attitudes and interests of the people. From a scientific point of view, these studies revealed the most recent changes and the factors making for change in cultures that in many instances can be traced back more than 2,000 years through archaeology and post-conquest written history. From a practical point of view, the findings were indispensable to any action programs, both governmental and private, concerned with matters of health, education, soil erosion, commercial development, colonization, marketing, and so on.

Photographs assembled circa 1942-1948, probably as part of the Strategic Index of Latin America, and relating to people and scenery in Latin America. They depict transportation, irrigation, agriculture and industry (including rubber production), cities and villages, and archeological finds. The prints are arranged geographically into the followin...

This collection documents the research and professional activities of William Henry Crocker, an anthropologist and Latin American specialist who worked at the National Museum of Natural History. The materials largely relate to his ethnological research among the Canela Indians of Brazil and includes correspondence, field notes, diaries of informants, research notes, weather records, pamphlets, journals, bibliographies, receipts, photographs and sound recordings.

Number 3300: Original (?) drawings "To accompany Cushing's Zuni Lecture." Used as illustrations in 4th AR, Bureau of American Ethnology. Number 1. Tipi, water jar beside entrance (not used in AR ?) See Figure 490 ? 2. Plan of pueblo structure of lava. Figure 492. 3. Plan of pueblo structure of lava. Figure 493. 4. A typical cliff dwelling. Figure 4...