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Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
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circa 1880-1925
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1 Lantern slide
170 Photographic prints (albumen)
392 Negatives (photographic) (acetate)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.015
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National Museum of the American Indian
These images depict the indigenous people of Peru, Bolivia, Suriname and Chile; the largest percentage of the images are of Panama and Guyana (British Guiana).
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Starr, Frederick, 1859-1933
Lang, Charles B.
Grabic, Louis
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1894-1910
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152 Lantern slides
3344 Negatives (photographic)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.052
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The collection includes materials from cultures in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guiana: Acoma Pueblo, Apache, Arapaho, Arikara, Assiniboine, Caddo, Cahuilla, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chibcha, Chinantec, Chippewa (Ojibwa), Choco, Chol, Chontal, Cochiti Pueblo, Crow, Cuicatec, Eskimo, Flathead, Haida, Hopi, Huastec, Huave, Iowa, Iroquois, Isleta, Karaja, Kwakiutl, Laguna Pueblo, Macusi, Mandan, Maya, Mazahua, Mazatec, Mehinaku, Menomini, Mixe, Mixtec, Navajo, Nez Perce, Osage, Otomi, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pima, Ponca, Potawatomi, Salish, San Blas, San Felipe Pueblo, Sauk & Fox, Shuar, Sioux, Taos Pueblo, Tarasco, Teotihuacan, Tepehua, Tlaxcala, Tlingit, Tonkawa, Totonac, Triqui, Tzental, Tzotzil, Ute, Wampanoag, Zapotec, Zoque, Zuni.
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Holmes, J. H. H. (Joseph Henry Hendon)
Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941
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1803; 1820-
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162 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2127
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Contents: British Guiana: Localities,= Letter I, page 1 to 41. Boundaries, Rivers, Lakes, etc.= Letter II, pages 42-75. Berbice Letter III, Pages 76-101. Indians, etc. Letter IIII, pages 101-120. Indian poisons Letter V, pages 121-137. Indian dwellings, colonial maladies. Letter VI, pages 138-162. List of words and sentences of the Caribs and Arrow...
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Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985
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circa 1942-1948
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700 Copy prints (circa)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4632
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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...
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Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933
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undated
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109 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3360
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Contents: Chapter I. Eldorado and the White Sea. Chapter II. Cannibal Remains along the Coast of Guiana. Chapter III. Hieroglyphs in the Interior of Guiana. Chapter IV. The Cannibal Dutchman, etc. Chapter V. Fighting. Weapons, Poisons, etc.
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Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933
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1925
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218 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7295
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National Anthropological Archives
The material includes lists, texts, brief articles, clippings, vocabularies, letters, reading notes, bibliographic notes, and maps. Much of the material has to do with natural history and geography and includes material on place names and animal names. Some of the material has no direct relation to Roth's study of Guyana aborigines. For example, th...
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William Warfield photographs of petroglyphs
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Warfield, William, 1891-1947
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circa 1920-1924
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6 Gelatin silver prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.235
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 6 gelatin silver prints depicting petroglyphs in Venezuela circa 1920-1924. The photographs were collected or shot by William Warfield, the Director for Standard Oil Corporation of New Jersey in Argentina at the time.
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Meggers, Betty Jane
Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981
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1893-2012
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129 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2013-01
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National Anthropological Archives
The Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers document their research and professional activities from 1946-2012 and primarily deal with their archaeological and anthropological research in South America. Their work at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and their frequent collaboration with other researchers and professional organizations is also represented. In addition, this collection contains detailed records on South American research conducted by the Smithsonian Institution from the 1950s through the 2010s. The collection consists of research and project files, raw data and analysis, graphs and illustrations, photographs, correspondence, maps and charts, and administrative files.
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Teriananda, 1947-
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1972 - 1999
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0.83 Linear feet (2 archival boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.009
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Teriananda Paperscontain writings authored by Teriananda, as well as various position papers, news articles, flyers, correspondence, and group newsletters that represent the political activities she participated in on behalf of Native American and other indigenous peoples.
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Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959
Davis, Ruth
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circa 1930-1960
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23 Film reels (color silent; 17,000 feet, 16mm)
8 Linear feet
500 Photographs
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1994.08
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Human Studies Film Archives
Collection consists of motion picture film outtakes, production elements, and incomplete edited films shot in Guyana and French Guiana. Collection also includes numerous photographs from the two filming projects as well as other travels and a Denis Roosevelt filmed African expedition, newspaper articles, correspondence, books, unpublished manuscrip...
