MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
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- Creators:
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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
- Dates:
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circa 1870-1956
bulk 1870-1895
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30 Linear feet (70 boxes, 1 oversized box, 20 manuscript envelopes, 4 rolled maps, and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4800
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Reverend James Owen Dorsey (1848-1895) was a missionary and Bureau of American Ethnology ethnologist who conducted extensive research on Siouan tribes and languages.The papers of James Owen Dorsey comprise mostly ethnographic and linguistic materials on various tribes of the Siouan language family as well as tribes from Siletz Reservation in Oregon. These materials include texts and letters with interlineal translations; grammar notes; dictionaries; drawings; and his manuscripts. In addition, the collection contains Dorsey's correspondence, newspaper clippings, his obituaries, and reprints.
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- Creators:
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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
- Dates:
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circa 1890
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21 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.134E
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs depicting Quapaw men, women, and children, in front of or near wood-sided buildings.
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- Creators:
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Kisan
- Dates:
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1886 or before
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98 Drawings (ink, 14 x 17.5 cm)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS211195
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives