MS 952 A Vocabulary of Washoe Indian Names of Birds
My Arizona Home
A framed oil painting on canvas depicting a woman, child, and small dog in front of a thatched structure. A note accompanying the painting states: "Jack Hurd, a Washoe Indian aged 16 years, a student at Phoenix Indian School, painted this picture of the Arizona home. This boy shows special talent …
Robert M. Farring Jr. photographs of Native American delegations
169 Polaroid prints (color)
Photographs depicting tribal delegates, probably made by Robert M. Farring during tribal group visits to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Washington office. Many of the photographs were originally mounted in notebooks with identification of pictured individuals and their affiliations.
MS 4368 Washoe Numerals
List of numbers 1-100.
MS 950 Washo vocabularies in Department of the Interior schedule
Powers, Stephen, 1840-1904
Clerk's copy in parallel columns, in U. S. Department of Interior printed schedule, evidently from Numbers 778 and 951.
MS 951 Washo vocabulary in Smithsonian Institution Comparative Vocabulary schedule
Captain Joe, Chief
In Smithsonian printed schedule (Smithsonian Pub. Number 170). Title page in Powell's hand ? Note on page [3] in hand of A. S. Gatschet.
MS 963 Washoe vocabulary in Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages
MS 963-a Vocabulary in Schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Original, in pencil. MS 963-b Vocabulary in Schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Copy, evidently by Henshaw, and more legible than 963-a.
MS 778 Washoe, Pi-ute, Shoshonie vocabulary in Smithsonian Institution Comparative Vocabulary schedule
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Recorded in Comparative Vocabulary. Title in hand of Gatschet. Includes a dialect of Paviotso ("Truckee River near Pyramid Lake.")
MS 808 Life and culture of the Washo and Paiutes
Section of Northern Paiute (pages 11-61) contains ethnological and ethnobotanical vocabulary in Paviotso. On page 12, Powers remarks: "The words here are in the Pyramid Lake dialect."
James E. Curry papers
Curry, James E., 1907-1972
These are the papers of Washington, D.C. attorney James E. Curry, whose legal career included work both as a government attorney and in his own private practice. The bulk of the papers reflect his private practice in the area of Indian affairs.
