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Language:English | Tiwa, Southern
Date:1920, 1925-1927, 1936-1941
Contributor:Adair, John | Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Correspondence | Diaries | Notebooks | Photographs | Stories
Extent:11 notebooks, 338 loose pages, 2 photographs
Description: The Isleta materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist of numerous materials found in multiple sections of the finding aid for the collection, including Subcollection I, Series II, "Notes, manuscripts, etc." and Subcollection II, Series IV, "Research Notes." The majority of this material may be restricted due to cultural sensitivity or privacy concerns. Additional relevant material may appear in some correspondence folders. Some materials may be closed to all access.
Collection:Elsie Clews Parsons papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.29)
Culture:
Isleta includes: Tiwa
Language:English
Date:1936-1941
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography | Art | Social life and customs | New Mexico--History
Type:Still Image
Genre:Watercolors | Drawings
Extent:.25 linear feet; 189 items
Description: These 189 original watercolor and ink drawings of pueblo activities were drawn by Joe Bartolo Lente, of Isleta Pueblo of New Mexico. The drawings were commissioned by Elsie Clews Parsons, a sociologist, anthropologist, and folklorist. In 1962, 140 of the paintings were published in "Isleta Paintings" by the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. This collection was been designated as culturally sensitive and restricted. These materials were formally deaccessioned and removed from the collections in December 2023.
Collection:Isleta sketches (Mss.572.P25.1.No.25)
Culture:
Jemez includes: Jemez Pueblo, Walatowa, Towa
Date:1910s, 1921-1922
Contributor:Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
Type:Text
Genre:Notebooks | Photographs
Extent:10 photographs, 5 notebooks
Description: The Jemez materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist of photographs in "No. 32. Tewa and Jemez pictures, printed and original," found in Subcollection I, Series II, "Notes, manuscripts, etc.," and 4 notebooks in Subcollection II, Series IV, "Research Notes." Some of this material may be restricted due to cultural sensitivity or privacy concerns. Additional relevant material may appear in correspondence folders.
Collection:Elsie Clews Parsons papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.29)
Culture:
Kiowa includes: Ka'igwu
Date:1927
Contributor:Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
Subject:Oklahoma--History | Religion | Rites and ceremonies | Social life and customs
Type:Text
Genre:Notebooks
Extent:3 notebooks
Description: The Kiowa materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist of 3 "Kaiowa" notebooks found in Subcollection II, Series IV, "Research Notes." Some of this material may be restricted due to cultural sensitivity or privacy concerns. Additional relevant material may appear in correspondence folders.
Collection:Elsie Clews Parsons papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.29)
Culture:
Nak'waxda'xw includes: Nakoaktok, Nakwoktak, Nakwaxda'xw
Namgis includes: Nimkish, Nimpkish
K'ómoks includes: Comox
Kwakwaka'wakw includes: Kwakiutl
Dzawada'enuxw includes: Tsawataineuk
Gusgimukw includes: Koskimo
Gwatsinuxw includes: Quatsino
Date:1885-1942
Contributor:Averkieva, Julia | Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969 | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Bunzel, Ruth Leah, 1898-1990 | Cadwallader, W. J. | Cadwallader, H. T., Mrs. | Cadwallader, Jane | Cranmer, Dan | Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901 | Fairbairn, Archibald Macdonald Duff, 1888-1979 | Fillmore, John Comfort, 1843-1898 | Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923 | Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896 | Hall, Alfred I. | Halliday, W. H. | Hunt, George | Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908 | McGee, William J. | Nowell, Charles James, 1870-1956 | Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941 | Seler, Eduard, 1849-1922 | Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975 | Sutton, William J. | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922 | Tylor, Edward B. (Edward Burnett), 1832-1917 | Vowell, A. T.
Subject:Archaeology | British Columbia--History | Ethnography | Fishing | Hunting | Linguistics | Kinship | Museums | Music | Social life and customs
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 linear foot
Description: This collection contains the bulk of correspondence between Franz Boas and his professional colleagues, though there are also other Boas collections in the library. The correspondents listed above contain some correspondence related to the culture or language listed in this entry. The largest correspondence is that of George Hunt, which took place from 1894-1933 and runs around 1000 pages. A full index for this correspondence is available upon request, and includes cross references to the locations (in other APS collections) of fieldwork and other materials referred to in the letters. Other correspondences primarily about Kwakwaka'wakw matters are that of the Cadwalladers, Dan Cranmer, John Fillmore (concerning the transcription of Boas' cylinder recordings of Kwakiutl songs), Alfred I. Hall, and C. J. Nowell. In the finding aid listings for some of these correspondents, the individual letters pertaining to this culture or language will be identified by a subject heading, though for some correspondents this indexing has not yet been completed. Some letters may contain only brief mentions of work being conducted in relation to the topic. Some additional correspondences in this collection that have not yet been indexed may also contain additional material.
Collection:Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61)
Culture:
Laguna includes: Kʾáwáigamʾé, Keres, Kawaika
Language:English | Keres, Western
Date:1917-1920, 1926
Contributor:Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
Type:Text
Genre:Notebooks
Extent:11 notebooks, 3 loose pages
Description: The Laguna materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist of a draft manuscript of a "Laguna emergence myth," found in Subcollection I, Series II, "Notes, manuscripts, etc." under item 61, which contains draft versions from her "Pueblo Indian Religion" book. In Subcollection II, Series III, "Lectures and Manuscripts", see the "In the Southwest" manuscript, which contains "Folder #9. "Laguna Lodging Houses," In Subcollection II, Series IV, "Research Notes," there are numerous field notebooks labelled "Laguna," as well as some Laguna information in "Zuni - Notes by Alfred L. Kroeber" and "Zuni and Laguna Songs - Notes." Some of this material may be restricted due to cultural sensitivity or privacy concerns. Additional relevant material may appear in correspondence folders.
Collection:Elsie Clews Parsons papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.29)
Culture:
Mi'kmaq includes: Micmac
Language:English
Date:1923 and undated
Contributor:Morris, Stephen | Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941 | Paul, Peter
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Notebooks | Photographs | Stories
Extent:10 notebooks; 1 photograph
Description: The Mi'kmaq materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist primarily of field notebooks and related notes from Nova Scotia recorded in 1923. These are found in Subcollection II, Series IV, under "Nova Scotia." There are 10 field notebooks. Some of the earlier notebooks pertain not to Mi'kmaq people but to people of Gaelic and African descent who settled there. There may be portions of these notebooks that contain Mi'kmaq information. The later notebooks pertain to Mi'kmaq people from places including Mniku (Chapel Island), including one, Notebook 8, was written by a Mi'kmaw man named Peter Paul. There is also 1 photograph labelled "Sanlamuli, Chief of Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island," found in Subcollection II, Series IV, "Photographs and Scrapbooks."
Collection:Elsie Clews Parsons papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.29)
Culture:
Nambé includes: Nambe Owingeh
Date:1926
Contributor:Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
Type:Text
Genre:Notebooks
Extent:1 notebook
Description: The Nambe materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist of 1 field notebook found in Subcollection II, Series IV, "Research Notes." Some of this material may be restricted due to cultural sensitivity or privacy concerns. Additional relevant material may appear in correspondence folders.
Collection:Elsie Clews Parsons papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.29)
Culture:
Navajo includes: Diné, Navaho
Date:1885-1891, 1915-1916
Subject:Archaeology | Arizona--History | Religion | Rites and ceremonies | Social life and customs
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Notebooks | Photographs | Reports | Stories
Extent:2 notebooks
Description: The Navajo materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist of items in multiple sections of the finding aid. In Subcollection I, Series I, "Correspondence", see Parsons' "Project report for Navajo archaeology." In Subcollection I, Series II, "Notes, manuscripts, etc.", see Stephen's "Navaho Notebook" (item 42). In Subcollection II, Series IV, "Research Notes," see "Zuni - Notebook" 1915-1916, which contains some Navajo information. Some of this material may be restricted due to cultural sensitivity or privacy concerns. Additional relevant material may appear in correspondence folders.
Collection:Elsie Clews Parsons papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.29)
Culture:
Ohkay Owingeh includes: San Juan Pueblo
Date:1923
Contributor:Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
Type:Text
Genre:Notebooks
Extent:4 notebooks
Description: The Ohkay Owingeh materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist of 4 "San Juan" field notebooks found in Subcollection II, Series IV, "Research Notes." Some of this material may be restricted due to cultural sensitivity or privacy concerns. Additional relevant material may appear in correspondence folders.
Collection:Elsie Clews Parsons papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.29)