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Date:1900; 1940-1946; 1963-1997
Contributor:Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896 | Siebert, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), 1912-1998 | Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950 | Wildcat, Polly | Witthoft, John
Subject:Birds | Linguistics | Pottery | Botany | Migrations
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Newspaper clippings | Essays | Photographs | Notes
Description: The Cherokee materials in the Siebert Papers consist a moderate range of items relating mainly to the Cherokee language. In Series IV, there are articles by Blumer, Masthay, Speck, Strom about the Cherokee language, as well as one item labelled "Quapaw and Cherokee - Linguistic Notes." In Series V, see "Linguistic Notes, Quapaw and Cherokee" (different from the item in Series IV), "Polly Wildcat, Cherokee." In Series VI, see articles by Hale and Witthoft. In Series XI, there is one studio portrait of an unidentified Cherokee child.
Collection:Frank Siebert Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.97)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:1792-1796
Contributor:Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Subject:Zoology | Birds | Natural history | Animals--Nomenclature | Birds | Diseases | Folklore
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Correspondence relating to Cherokees. Letter to Thomas Pennant, sending specimens of birds called Onacloneita by visiting Cherokee Indians; and letter to John G. E. Heckewelder, inquiring whether any Indians ever have a sickly white color or white spots on them and mentioning Cherokee belief that their ancestors found a race of "develish white-people" when they came to the area then inhabited. [From original in the Gilbert Collection, College of Physicians, Philadelphia.]
Collection:Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d)
Culture:
Guna includes: Kuna, Cuna, Dule
Language:English | Kuna, San Blas | Spanish
Date:1959, 1960-1962
Contributor:Colman, Seferino | González, Arturo | Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | Torres de Iannello, Reina | Tipipi, Guayni
Subject:Rites and ceremonies | Ethnography | Folklore | Panama--History | Puberty rites | Birds | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Linguistics
Type:Sound recording | Text
Genre:Stories | Songs | Music | Vocabularies
Extent:2 folders; 37 minutes
Description: The main Guna materials in the Floyd Lounsbury Papers (spelled Kuna or Cuna in the finding aid) are audio recordings made by Reina Torres de Iannello, in Series VII, from a reel titled "Panama". Correspondence with Clifford Evans in Series I may provide more context. Correspondence with John Gillespie in the same series compares Kuna to several other languages.
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
Culture:
Squamish includes: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Sko-ko-mish
Date:1976
Contributor:Bouchard, Randy | Kennedy, Dorothy I. D.
Subject:Anthropology | Linguistics | Salishan languages | Zoology | Ethnography | Food | Animals | Mammals | Birds | Insects | Amphibians | Zoology | British Columbia--History | Tools | Ecology
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Monographs | Illustrations
Extent:163 pages
Description: This is an ethnographic study of traditional Squamish use of land animals (mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, and amphibians) as resources, co-authored by Randall (Randy) T. Bouchard and Dorothy I. D. Kennedy. Photographs by Kennedy accompany the text to show uses of tools by the Squamish people of Northern Vancouver as applied to the species discussed. See also the other volumes in the same series in the APS collections: Bouchard and Kennedy's "Utilization of fish, beach foods, and marine mammals by the Squamish Indian people of British Columbia" (1976) (Mss.970.6.K38); and Bouchard and Nancy J. Turner, "Botany of the Squamish Indian people of British Columbia" (1976) (Mss.970.6.B66). These publications were disseminated by the British Columbia Language Project.
Collection:Knowledge and usage of land mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, and amphibians by the Squamish Indian people of British Columbia (Mss.970.6.K38.k)
Culture:
Ktunaxa includes: Kootenai, Kootenay, Kutenai, Tonaxa
Date:1946-1950
Contributor:Garvin, Paul L. | Stanley, Joe | Adams, Isaac | Andrew, Pete | Chiqui, Joe | Dennis, Joe | Eustace, Chief | Francis, Nicle | George, John | Jimmie, Joe | Jimmie, Joe, Mrs. | Joseph, Chris | Lefthand, Abraham, Mrs. | Matthias, Baptiste, Chief | Sam, Martin | White, Albert | White, Basil | White, Louis Paul | White, Louis Paul, Mrs.
Subject:British Columbia--History | Montana--History | Idaho--History | Food | Warfare | Birds | Politics and government | Canada--History | Diplomacy | Hunting | Migrations | Government relations | Agriculture | Whites--Relations with Indians | Fishing | Ecology | Anthropology | Alcohol | Gambling | Circuses | Games | Music | Kinship | Diseases | Health | Military service | Military history
Type:Text
Genre:Stories | Oral histories
Extent:1 linear foot (11 reel-to-reel tapes, 24 folders)
Description: The majority of the Paul Garvin Papers is from fieldwork conducted by Garvin in 1946 and 1950 in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, Cranbrook, B.C., Creston, B.C., Elmo, Montana, Premier Lake, B.C., Tobacco Plains, B.C., and Windermere, B.C.. The first 11 tapes (Series I) are Ktunaxa, as are all the transcripts (Series II). Tapes may correspond to transcripts.
Collection:Paul Garvin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.281)
Culture:
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Language:English
Date:1795-1796
Contributor:Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Subject:Earthquakes | Folklore | Birds | Natural history | Animals--Folklore
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Correspondence relating to Delawares. Two letters to John G. E. Heckewelder. The first inquires whether words for "earthquake" exist in Delaware or other Indian languages and whether there is an "earthquake theme." The second concerns whether certain objects are unequivocally Indian, and whether any species of birds is venerated or held in particular esteem by the Delawares or other Indians. [Both from originals in the Gilbert Collection, College of Physicians, Philadelphia.]
Collection:Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d)
Language:English
Date:1792-1805
Contributor:Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Subject:Birds | Birds | Zoology | Animals--Folklore | Anthropometry | Health | Breastfeeding | Politics and government | Linguistics | Antiquities
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:10 items
Description: Correspondence relating to miscellaneous indigenous peoples and cultures. Seven letters are to John G. E. Heckewelder and three are to Thomas Pennant. Smith's letters to Heckewelder largely consist of questions about Native peoples, cultures, and languages, including a query about Indian names for a particular bird; the Indians' feelings and beliefs about the opossum; Heckewelder's opinion on the strength of body and age of Indians in comparison to whites; what Indian nations in Heckewelder's knowledge compress the heads of children and how it is done; and information on health, nursing, menstruation, etc. Smith also expounds at times, expressing his belief that some Indian nations formerly had a hieroglyphic writing system and asking Heckewelder's opinion, wondering whether Indian chiefs have more or less power now than formerly, and pursuing his inquiry into the relations of North American and Asiatic languages. He is also interested in accuracy of George Henry Loskiel's "History of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America," which mentions the Moshkos Indians, of whom Barton had never heard before. Also mentions study of the Nanticoke. Smith's letters to Pennant revolve around the prospects for his work on antiquities and Indians and his hopes for a London edition to satisfy European market, and the possible Welsh origins of American Indians. Barton general disapproves it, but agrees that there is a case for the Welsh origin of the American Indians from physical appearance, while others had seen this as evidence for Jewish origin. He finds striking vocabulary evidence for Jews, Greeks, Scottish Highland, as well as Welsh. [Most of the letters to Heckewelder are from originals in the Gilbert Collection, College of Physicians, Philadelphia.]
Collection:Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d)
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Language:English
Date:April 29, 1688
Contributor:Unknown
Subject:Birds | Zoology | Wampum | Material culture | Social life and customs
Type:Text
Genre:Microfilms | Correspondence
Extent:1 page
Description: Letter from S. P., perhaps to Robert Boyle of the Royal Society for Improving Natural Knowledge. Sends dead hummingbird and a sample of Indian wampum which Indians measure by cubits, varying with each person. Original at the Royal Society of London.
Collection:Royal Society (Great Britain) miscellaneous correspondence and documents (Mss.Film.460)
Culture:
Snuneymuxw includes: Sneneymux, Nanaimo
Ktunaxa includes: Kootenai, Kootenay, Kutenai, Tonaxa
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Inuit includes: Inuk, Eskimo (pej.), ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
Cree includes: Nēhiyaw, Cri
Anishinaabe includes: Anishinaabeg, Anishinabe, Nishnaabe, Anishinabek
Language:English
Date:1880-1908
Contributor:Bell, Robert | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Isbister, William
Subject:Anthropometry | Physical anthropology | Geology | Geography | Birds | Human remains | Grave robbing | Museum objects | Museum specimens | Museums | Chicago World's Fair
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:5 folders
Description: The Robert Bell correspondence collection is a small collection of incoming letters to Robert Bell, who was primarily a geologist. The main content relating to Indigenous peoples in the collection is from Franz Boas, which mentions Boas's field trips to British Columbia and Baffin Island, anthropometric data collection, the collection of objects for museums, and human remains. There is also mention of William Isbister documenting Cree stories around Oxford House, Manitoba. See individual letter descriptions for more detail.
Collection:Robert Bell correspondence (Mss.B.B421)
Culture:
Ojibwe includes: Ojibwa, Chippewa, Ojibway
Anishinaabe includes: Anishinaabeg, Anishinabe, Nishnaabe, Anishinabek
Language:English
Date:1865-1871
Contributor:Trippe, T. Martin, 1848-
Subject:Birds | Minnesota--History | Natural history | Social life and customs
Type:Text
Genre:Journals | Notebooks | Travel narratives
Extent:2 volumes, 655 p.
Description: The two surviving volumes of Trippe's journals document his ornithological and natural historical observations between 1865 and 1871, including meticulously detailed records of the avifauna (and to lesser degree other fauna) in central New Jersey, central Iowa, and southern Minnesota. They include detailed, and Trippe provided year-end taxonomic and meteorological indexes for 1869, 1870, and 1871. Includes brief mentiones of Chippewa Indians.
Collection:T. Martin Trippe Journals (Mss.598.2.T73)