MS 4905 Note on Turtle gentes in various American Indian tribes
Extracted from Lewis H. Morgan, Ancient Society, H. Holt & Company, N. Y., 1877, page 153.
Collected Notes, Photographs, and Graphic Illustrations on Turtles, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
This collection, which probably began to be assembled in the 1930s, comprises an information file on turtles, containing a high proportion of visual material: chiefly photographs (often only negatives) and graphic illustrations, many in watercolor. Several of these are by illustrator Antonio Zeno Shindler, and one is by Spencer F. Baird …
MS 2687 Fox story by Alfred Kiyana of Snapping Turtle
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
Story of Snapping Turtle in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text by Alfred Kiyana, collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
MS 1337 Snapping Turtle Legend
Also includes one legend of Snapping Turtle, 1 page. (incomplete- page missing).
MS 2663 When Snapping Turtle played the moccasin game with badger
Text only.
MS 1376 Snapping Turtle Legend
Fraction of text is missing.
Animal Medical Records
This accession consists of records documenting the health of animals at the Conservation and Research Center as well as some animals at the National Zoological Park's main facility. The records also document medical procedures performed by the veterinarians. Materials include bound and loose daily medical reports and diaries, anesthesia records …
Curatorial Records
This accession consists of the curatorial records of Leonhard Stejneger, Curator, 1889-1943, and Doris M. Cochran, Assistant Curator, Associate Curator, and Curator, 1927-1968. These materials pertain to their studies on the Chelydra genus of snapping turtles. Included are correspondence, memoranda, research notes, and photographs of specimens. For related collections see the Leonhard …
MS 4530 Drafts of 7 proposed bills for termination of Federal Supervision over certain tribes of Indians
Each draft consists of about 25-50 pages, processed. Tribes concerned are as follows: --California Indians S. 2749 H.R. 7322. --Sac and Fox and Iowa of Kansas and Nebraska, Kickapoo and Prairie Potawatomi of Kansas S. 2743 H.R. 7318. --Confederated Salish and Kutenai of the Flathead Reservation S. 2750 H.R.7319. --Seminole of Florida S. 2747 H.R. 7321. --Klamath of …
MS 1695 Miami Texts
Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924
Papangamwa Alsokakana (The Fox Stories); Little Turtle, His Speech; The Awl, His Story.
