MS 1273 Report on the remains and the earthworks in the Huron-Iroquoian area
8 Sketches
Includes sketches, showing earthworks and mounds, and several maps of the various regions covered by the report.
MS 2175 "Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Tennessee"
Concerns city of Cisco, Great Mound group, fortress at junction of Harpeth and Cumberland rivers.
Photographs relating to Native Americans and buildings
5 Copy prints
3 Prints (collotype)
Photographs of various subjects, including portraits of Native Americans made from negatives by the Bureau of American Ethnology and United States National Museum. Depicted individuals include Lamar Richards (also known as Ostin, Tonkawa) and Grant Richards (also known as Sentele, Tonkawa); Turning Hawk, Crow Dog, Spot Tail, Red Leaf, and …
Jesse Walter Fewkes photograph collection relating to archaeological subjects
40 Prints (circa, halftone)
77 Prints (circa, albumen)
84 Drawings (circa 84 drawings (some mechanically produced))
1,655 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)
71 Copy negatives
43 Copy prints
363 Negatives (circa, nitrate)
7 Paintings
1 Print (cyanotype)
1 Print (photogravure)
1 Postcard (collotype)
Photographs and drawings mostly relating to archeological subjects, collected and arranged by Jesse Walter Fewkes for his reference. Subjects include burial mounds, excavations, drawn maps, as well as urns, implements, idols, pottery, and other artifacts found in excavations, and Hopi, Zuni, and Piegan ceremonies and dances. Many of the photographs …
Arthur W. Clime photographs of Clarence B. Moore's Ouachita River expedition
23 prints (silver gelatin (including some enlargements))
Photographs made by Arthur W. Clime during Clarence B. Moore's expedition on the Ouachita River, which include images of excavations, archeological crew, mounds, and Moore's riverboat, the Gopher of Philadelphia. Individuals depicted in the photographs include Clime, as well as Clarence B. Moore, his principal assistant Milo Miller, and captain …
Tulamniu Project records
Walker, Edwin F.
Walker, Winslow M. (Winslow Metcalf), 1903-1996
bulk 1933-1934
4 Volumes (4 albums of nitrate negatives)
The Tulamniu C.W.A. Project SLF-76 excavated a group of large shell mounds near Taft, California, in the upper San Joaquin valley. The site had previously been located and tentatively identified as the village site of Tulamniu. The project was directed by Dr. William Duncan Strong, assisted by Winslow M. Walker. Two trained California archaeologists, W. R. Wedel, from the University of California, and E. F. Walker of the Southwest Museum, assisted. This collection includes field notes, records, specimen catalogues, correspondence, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, reference articles, maps, and charts and tables generated by the expedition. There is material mentioned in reports which is not included in this collection.
Collected Letters on Ethnology
This record unit includes correspondence, drawings, and maps regarding American archaeology. Most of the correspondence was probably sent to the Smithsonian in response to Circular 316, but some make no reference to the Circular. A small portion antedated its release. These were probably included in the collection because of the related …
In Search of the Early Americans
Shell Oil Company
Edited film produced by the Shell Oil Company in consultation with the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology. Film presents the theory that a prehistoric land bridge existed between Seward Peninsula and Siberia allowing the migration of man to North America. Animated scenes depict the formation of glaciers and the subsequent fall …
MS 3434 Early detail survey of Cahokia group
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
Also miscellaneous correspondence between Mr. Bushnell and Dr. J.W. Fewkes - 1921.
MS 3420 Photographs of the Macon Group, with index; and photographs of the Lamar Group
Kelley, Arthur Randolph (supervisor in charge of work)
Carr, John