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St. Paul's Island, Pribyloff Group, Bering Sea, A.T., Showing The Position and Area of the Furseal

Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
Extent:
1 Sheet (25 cm x 20 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Sheets
Maps
Place:
Alaska
Date:
APR 1873
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.00000374
Local Note:
BAE 0373 on the Reverse Side
Manuscript document
Collection Restrictions:
The Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology are open for research.

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Genre/Form:
Maps -- Economics
Collection Citation:
Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology
Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology / Series 13: Maps / Maps 353-532
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39e8e6841-c612-447e-8061-e7950a436a74
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0155-ref5654

Henry Wood Elliott drawings, [ca 1871]

Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Type:
Drawings
Citation:
Henry Wood Elliott drawings, [ca 1871]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Geological surveys -- Drawings -- United States  Search this
Geological surveys -- Pictorial works  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6991
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209123
AAA_collcode_ellihenr
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
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edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209123

MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings

Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Names:
Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1862-1872) (Hayden Survey)  Search this
Washakie, approximately 1804-1900  Search this
Extent:
20 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor, pencil, ink)
Culture:
Eskimo/Inuit  Search this
Unangan (Aleut)  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Tsimshian  Search this
Makah  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Works of art
Drawings
Watercolors
Place:
Alaska
British Columbia
Wyoming
Arctic regions
North America
Date:
1866-1892
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of twenty (20) drawings by Henry Wood Elliott. There are fifteen large black-and-white watercolor and pencil views of fishing and hunting in Alaska, two small watercolors made in British Columbia, and three ink sketches made while Elliott was serving with the Hayden Survey in Wyoming in 1870.

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Biographical Note:
Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930) was a conservationist, naturalist, artist and scientist. From 1862-1878 he worked for the Smithsonian Institution, studying and sketching natural history. In 1864 he traveled to British Columbia in his first field expedition. From 1869-1871 Elliott worked on the U.S. Geological Survey. Between 1872 and 1890 Elliott made three trips to Alaska to investigate seal conditions on the Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea. His sketches of St. Paul's Island provided persuasive evidence of the need to stop the seal slaughter. He authored the first international wildlife conservation treaty, the Hay-Elliott Fur Seal Treaty of 1911. When not in the field Elliott lived in Cleveland, tending to local business matters and his vineyards.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7119
Related Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives hold an additional drawing by Henry Wood Elliott in MS 18229.

Drawings by Henry Wood Elliott are held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives; Archives of American Art; Cleveland Museum of Natural History; University of Alaska Museum; Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and others.
Separated Materials:
An oil painting by Elliott, Tlingit Indians Raking in Eulachon, was transferred to the Smithsonian American Art Museum (1985.66.397,304).
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Genre/Form:
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Drawings
Watercolors
Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7119
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ce66f661-66e6-47a6-94e0-cca64c4ec54e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7119
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Henry Wood Elliott drawing of an Inuit boy from the Punuk Islands

Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (ink, 8 x 10 inches)
Container:
Box 18229
Culture:
Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) [Ponuk Island, off St. Lawrence Island]  Search this
Eskimo/Inuit  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Works of art
Drawings
Place:
North America
Arctic regions
Date:
1874 August 18
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of one (1) drawing of an Inuit boy by Henry Wood Elliott. The drawing is inscribed "[Eskimo] Inuit Boy, Poonook, St. Lawrence Island August 18, 1874" and is signed and dated by the artist: "H. W. E., 1874."

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Biographical Note:
Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930) was a conservationist, naturalist, artist and scientist. From 1862-1878 he worked for the Smithsonian Institution, studying and sketching natural history. In 1864 he travelled to British Columbia in his first field expedition. From 1869-1871 Elliott worked on the U.S. Geological Survey. Between 1872 and 1890 Elliott made three trips to Alaska to investigate seal conditions on the Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea. His sketches of St. Paul's Island provided persuasive evidence of the need to stop the seal slaughter. He authored the first international wildlife conservation treaty, the Hay-Elliott Fur Seal Treaty of 1911. When not in the field Elliott lived in Cleveland, tending to local business matters and his vineyards.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 18229

NAA INV 08529400
Publication Note:
Published in:

Nelson, Edward W. The Eskimo About Bering Strait. Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology [...] 1896-1897. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. Fig 20, p 331.
Related Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds additional drawings by Henry Wood Elliott in MS 7119.

Drawings by Henry Wood Elliott are also held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives; Archives of American Art; Cleveland Museum of Natural History; University of Alaska Museum; Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and others.
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Genre/Form:
Works of art
Drawings
Citation:
Henry Wood Elliott drawing of an Inuit boy from the Punuk Islands (MS 18229), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS18229
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw386807ab1-aebb-4e27-acd5-58162c4aa0d2
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ead_collection:sova-naa-ms18229
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[A man fishing with a harpoon on ice]

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor, 30 x 40 inches)
Container:
Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08594100

NAA MS 7119 (001)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3171dac03-d501-41d4-98fa-7b786131c222
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref1

Aleutian sea otter hunters in camp. Tigalda, Aleutian chain.

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (pencil and watercolor, 54 x 24 inches)
Container:
Roll 5
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1891
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08595000

NAA MS 7119 (010)
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Collection Citation:
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3123b4c7e-9359-4c57-81b3-e4d68825d33e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref10

[Group clubbing and skinning seals]

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 94 x 33 inches)
Container:
Roll 7
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1891
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08595100

NAA MS 7119 (011)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38fc64970-bde5-4742-bd91-8b7fedd20458
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref11

[Group of men with clubs on the edge of a seal rookery on St. Paul's Island]

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 94 x 33 inches)
Container:
Roll 8
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1890
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08595200

NAA MS 7119 (012)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a2d5fd25-f0bb-4254-87dd-76f4cdbe52eb
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref12

Oonalashkan Natives Cod-Fishing; An Aleutian Fisherman and Bidarka hooking "Treesca" in Oonalashkan Harbor, Oonalashkan Island

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (pencil, 40 x 39 inches)
Container:
Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1892
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08595300

NAA MS 7119 (013)
Publication Note:
Reproduced in: Elliott, Henry Wood. Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1886, p 169.
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw300bd7cb5-46bf-468d-87d4-b10c5d612987
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref13

[Seal rookery]

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 94 x 34 inches)
Container:
Roll 9
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1872 July
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08595400

NAA MS 7119 (014)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a3887eed-fc60-484f-b6cf-be0304e95fe2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref14

Dropping an Aleutian sea otter hunting party off the Avatanak Island. Aleutian chain.

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 54 x 24 inches)
Container:
Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1892
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08595500

NAA MS 7119 (015)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f8d761b9-bfb4-4b08-9c5b-ae6aed5da92b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref15

[Group men running at seals in a rookery]

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (watercolor and pencil, 92 x 33 inches)
Container:
Roll 6
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Date:
1892 July 27
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08594200

NAA MS 7119 (002)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c23b1c2a-2417-4b6f-a536-e3d06381308a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref2

[A group fishing with wicker baskets and drying fish]

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (pencil and watercolor, 40 x 30 inches)
Container:
Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08594300

NAA MS 7119 (003)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw311f71969-2424-44fc-8de4-e2a972cddba3
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ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref3

[Two men clubbing seals on a rocky shore]

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 54 x 24 inches)
Container:
Roll 1
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08594400

NAA MS 7119 (004)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fa4550ba-6c1b-4ba4-aa42-104859a82cbc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref4

Eskimo whaling and walrus camp. Icy Point, Arctic Ocean, Alaska. Lookout erected of drift logs.

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 54 x 24 inches)
Container:
Roll 2
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1891
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08594500

NAA MS 7119 (005)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e5ff4923-f3fb-4127-a59c-58d3ccbba5c2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref5

Interior or "stick" Indians. Spearing salmon in the canyon of the Fraser River.

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 54 x 24 inches)
Container:
Roll 3
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1891
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08594600

NAA MS 7119 (006)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d8165bd8-00e3-4cee-90bc-b19ce993318f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref6

Aleutes catching Halibut, Akootan Pass, Bering Sea

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 39 x 30 inches)
Container:
Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1872
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08594700

NAA MS 7119 (007)
Publication Note:
Reproduced in: Reproduced in: Elliott, Henry Wood. Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1886, p 212.
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Collection Citation:
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw394234fe1-f4f8-40a5-92f1-88b0b63845d6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref7

[View of settlement near shore with mound houses, lookout towers, and a fish trap]

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 39 x 30 inches)
Container:
Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08594800

NAA MS 7119 (008)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38a69c415-ae09-4be8-98f1-9dcfeffb2709
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref8

Aleuts striking humpback whales. Off Akootan Island, Bering Sea

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and pencil, 54 x 24 inches)
Container:
Roll 4
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08594900

NAA MS 7119 (009)
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3df195b05-0613-4d27-a0e8-904ff07655f0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref9

[Reclining man with silver disc hair plates down his back (at Washakie's camp)]

Collection Creator:
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (ink, 10 x 7 inches)
Container:
Box 7119, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Drawings (visual works)
Date:
1870
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08533900

OPPS NEG MNH 444?
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Collection Citation:
MS 7119 Henry Wood Elliott drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39c066530-3c74-442b-8e1e-a1cd2cda2bda
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ead_component:sova-naa-ms7119-ref16

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