MS 44 An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Sauk Indians
A copy.
MS 4989 Winnebago vocabulary in Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891
Brigham, Ebenezer
Webster, W. N.
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In handwriting of Lyman C. Draper. Recorded in schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Also includes: Biographical sketch of Thomas J. George (b. 1842). Autograph document by Lyman C. Draper. 1 page; "List of Winnebago Words from Ebr. [Ebenezer] Brigham's acct. book, 1831-33." Autograph document by Lyman …
Philleo Nash papers
The Philleo Nash papers attest to Nash's interest in anthropology, not only research and teaching but also in its application to public service. His papers can be separated into four main areas: undergraduate and graduate education, research, teaching, and public service. Files contain class notes from Nash's undergraduate and graduate studies as well as papers by well-known professors lecturing at the University of Chicago including Ralph Linton, Robert Redfield, and R.A. Radcliffe-Brown. The bulk of his research was conducted in the Pacific Northwest where he studied the Klamath-Modoc culture on the reservation, focusing on revivalism and socio-political organization (1935-1937). Other research included archeology at two sites, a study of the Toronto Jewish community, and a continuing interest in minority issues. Nash taugh at the University of Toronto (1937- 1941) and at American University in Washington, D.C. (1971-1977). Teaching files contain lecture notes from his work at the University of Toronto. Public service files include correspondence from the period when he was Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (1959-1961) as well as reports and photos from the years as Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1961-1966). Other public service and business positions are not represented in these files.
H. Scudder Mekeel photographs
circa 1920-1947
443 Negatives (nitrate)
235 Prints (silver gelatin)
The photographs primarily document ceremonies, people, and lands of Native Americans in the Plains and Southwest, taken during Mekeel's field research from 1929 to 1936. A large portion of the collection depicts Mekeel's research during the early 1930s among the Oglala of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Another large portion of …
Huron H. Smith photograph collection
11 Copy negatives
This collection includes photographs made by Huron H. Smith during his ethnobotanical studies among Native communities in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota between 1921 and 1924. These include photographs made among the Menominee (Menomini), Minnesota Chippewa [Mille Lacs and Leech Lake], Lake Superior Chippewa [Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin], Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox) on the Mesquakie Indian Settlement in Tama, Iowa.
MS 4097 Rain Dancing and Corn-grinding Songs of the Zuni
Material comprises 16 page manuscript with descriptive analyses. (4 sketches, transparencies and tabulated analyses of 15 Zuni songs, recorded on old catalog card, are not present. Transcriptions and tabulated analyses were sent to the Editor's office for use in Bulletin 164, 8/19/55, and not returned.)
MS 4354 Fox vocabulary and grammatical notes, collected in Wisconsin
3 Boxes
Box 1: Fox-English Dictionary. Box 2: English-Fox Dictionary; Grammatical notes. Box 3: Grammatical notes.
Charles and Harriet Eaton photograph collection
5 Copy negatives
This collection includes photographic prints, postcards, and copy negatives acquired by Charles P. Eaton. These photographs were taken by assorted photographers from approximately 1920-1922 and include portraits shot among the Lake Superior Chippewa community in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, Ute communities in Colorado, and Sioux communities of unknown locations within the United States.
MS 7230 Two Chippewa stories from Baraga-L'Anse, Michigan
Pine, Frank (Ojibwe)
Nichols, John (John D.)
Wisconsin Native American Languages Project
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Includes introduction, Chippewa writing system key, Wenagozho and the Cranberries, Wenabozho and the Berries in the Bowl, and glossary.
MS 1854 Potawatomi and Ojibwa notes collected by Truman Michelson
Undated notebook containing anthropometric measurements and notes on the linguistics and ethnology of the Potawatomi and Ojibwa, collected by Truman Michelson in Wisconsin. According to Explorations and Field Work, Smithsonian Institution (Pub. 2711), Michelson traveled to Wisconsin to conduct research on the Potawatomi near Arpin and the Ojibwa near Reserve in …
