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MS 7587 Material concerning the Papago

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Catalog Data

Creator:
Underhill, Ruth, 1883-1984  Search this
Culture:
Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
ca. 1938?
Scope and Contents:
Includes a manuscript entitled "Material Culture of the Papago," with photographs; "Acculturation of the Papago Village of Santa Rosa"; material concerning a Papago calendar; bibliography from "Social Organization ofthe Papago"; and an undated letter from Underhill to Ruth Benedict.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7587
Local Note:
The date is based on the presence of the bibliography from Underhill's Social Organization of the Papago (1939) and material concerning calendars may actually predate Underhill's publication on that subject (University of New Mexico Bulletin, anthropological series vol. 2, no. 6, 1938).
Topic:
Acculturation -- Papago  Search this
Calendar -- Papago  Search this
Papago (Tohono O'odham)  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 7587, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7587
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw316daeb50-87f1-4a1d-9c83-c9c6fcf388fb
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7587