Henry Bascom Collins films of Yupik Eskimo Life, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
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Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987
Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968
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circa 1930
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Film reels (black-and-white silent; 2000 feet, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1982.06
- Repository:
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Human Studies Film Archives
Footage taken by Smithsonian anthropologist Henry Collins and his assistant James Ford in the summer of 1930, Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Shots include Eskimos in boats; three men positioning themselves in boulders along seacliffs to catch birds with pole net; dancing and drumming; fishing with both lines and nets; dog teams; the preparat...
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Voyevodsky, Stepan Vasiliyevich, 1805-1884
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1858
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2 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS333
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Original is in hand of same scribe as Manuscript Letter Signed, Wowodsky to Gibbs, 21/5 March, 1858, transmitting vocabularies (NAA file Number 371). Original recorded in Comparative Vocabulary of Indian Languages; copy on plain ruled paper. Copy of the above by George Gibbs. No date. Manuscript Document. 2 pages.
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Baer, John
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1852-1855
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41 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS338C
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Vocabularies collected by the expedition team at the sites called Yerigen (Yergin, Yarga on Arakamchechen Island) and Siqluk (Chak-lock, on the nearby Yttygran Island) respectively, off the Glasenap Harbor, Senyavin Strait, west side of Bering Strait. Yergin/Yarga and Siqluk/Chak-lock are about 2 miles apart.
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Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus, 1821-1909
- Dates:
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1859
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2 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS331
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National Anthropological Archives
Original is in hand of same scribe as Manuscript Letter Signed, Wowodsky to Gibbs, 21/5 March, 1858 and Manuscript Letter Signed, Furuhjelm to Gibbs, 10/22 November, 1959, transmitting vocabularies (NAA file Number 371). It was evidently transmitted with the latter. Copy of the above by George Gibbs. No date. Manuscript document. 2 pages.
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National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Public Programs
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1993-2005
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-089
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of production records created by Howard Bass, Cultural Arts Manager, in the planning and development of the recording, "Beautiful Beyond: Christian Songs in Native Languages." Produced in partnership with Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, "Beautiful Beyond" is an anthology of hymns and songs from Native American communit...
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Hall, Asaph, III, 1829-1907
Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930
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undated
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12 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1224
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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Morgan, Joli
- Dates:
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circa 1968
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2 Film reels (55 minutes, color sound, 800 feet, Super 8mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1976.07
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Human Studies Film Archives
Footage shot in the Yupik village of Kasigluk, Alaska and adjacent locations along the Johnson River in spring of 1968 or 69. Footage includes various scenes of everyday village life such as ice fishing during the spring, catching and preparation of salmon, and inside village houses. Film equipment and film purchased under a SI Urgent Anthropolog...
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Jolles, Carol Zane
- Dates:
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1910-2013
bulk 1988-2004
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7 Linear feet
XXXXX Sound cassettes
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2014-14
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The Carol Zane Jolles papers document her research conducted among the Inupiaq and Yup'ik communities of Wales, St. Lawrence Island, and Big and Little Diomede Islands from approximately 1982-2004. Jolles interviewed villagers (with a focus on village elders) in English and Yup'ik about their lives, traditions, and village histories. The collection contains: audiovisual material, correspondence; maps, charts, diagrams, and drawings, population records, questionnaires, reports, research project notes and papers, school records, transcripts, and various Yup'ik-related publications.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
- Dates:
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1982
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4 Prints (silver gelatin)
5 Negatives (acetate, 35 mm)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.94-33
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Group portraits of Henry Bascom Collins and a St. Lawrence Island dance group, made by a Smithsonian photographer on June 22, 1982. The photographs were taken at the opening of the "Inua: Spirit World of the Bering Sea Eskimo" exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History.
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- Dates:
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1929
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1 Print (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.86-59
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection consists of a photograph depicting Henry Bascom Collins removing loose surface dirt at an excavation site at Cape Kialegak, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
