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Collection Author:

Society for the History of Technology  Search this

Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1964 - 1988

Scope and Contents:

This series consists of materials documenting SHOT's numerous official contacts with other professional societies, including joint meetings, correspondence, and minutes. These records are arranged chronologically. Papers relating to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Council of Learned Societies are grouped separately.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Subgroup II: Technology and Culture Records

Series 2: Correspondence, 1965-1988

Files are restricted for thirty years from the most recent date of the correspondence. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Series 4: Editorial Review of Articles, 1960-1993

Files are restricted for thirty years from the most recent date of the review. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Series 9: Published Files, 1982-1994

Files are restricted for thirty years from the date of the last correspondence in the individual folder. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Society for the History of Technology Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0400, Series 9

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Society for the History of Technology Records

Society for the History of Technology Records / Subgroup I: General Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep887bb185e-5275-4e67-bb5e-54bb086555a4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0400-ref27

Collection Author:

Society for the History of Technology  Search this

Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995  Search this

Container:

Box 199 (Subgroup I), Folder 17

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

2007

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Subgroup II: Technology and Culture Records

Series 2: Correspondence, 1965-1988

Files are restricted for thirty years from the most recent date of the correspondence. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Series 4: Editorial Review of Articles, 1960-1993

Files are restricted for thirty years from the most recent date of the review. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Series 9: Published Files, 1982-1994

Files are restricted for thirty years from the date of the last correspondence in the individual folder. They may be opened, on a case-by-case basis, through appeal to the SHOT Editorial Committee.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Society for the History of Technology Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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Society for the History of Technology Records

Society for the History of Technology Records / Subgroup I: General Records / Series 10: Officers Files / 10.10m: John Krige Files (President)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8111f72b8-c838-418a-a22b-8032b79d78e9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0400-ref3387

Container:

Box 20 of 47

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7314, Charles Lewis Gazin Papers

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Charles Lewis Gazin Papers

Charles Lewis Gazin Papers / Series 5: ORGANIZATIONS, 1930-1984. / Box 20

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru7314-refidd1e5134

Author:

Freundlich, Martin M., 1905-  Search this

Wagner, Bernard Meyer 1928-  Search this

American Association for the Advancement of Science  Search this

American Astronautical Society  Search this

Physical description:

xi, 172 pages illustrations 26 cm

Type:

Congresses

Congrès

Conference papers and proceedings

Kongress

Date:

1969

Topic:

Life on other planets  Search this

Vie extraterrestre  Search this

Außerirdisches Leben  Search this

Call number:

QB54 .E96 1969

QB54.E96 1969

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_4603

Published by:

MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986  Search this

Created by:

C. Melvin Patrick, American, died 1985  Search this

Subject of:

Sen. Edward Brooke, American, born 1919  Search this

Morris Brown College, American, founded 1881  Search this

Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, American, founded 1963  Search this

Opportunities Industrialization Center of America, Inc., American, founded 1964  Search this

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., American, 1911 - 1978  Search this

General Daniel James Jr., American, 1920 - 1978  Search this

Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981  Search this

Rufus B. Shorter, American  Search this

National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968  Search this

National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953  Search this

National Medical Association, American, founded 1895  Search this

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry  Search this

Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784  Search this

Howard University, American, founded 1867  Search this

National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827  Search this

Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), International, founded 1844  Search this

Avon, founded 1886  Search this

Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937  Search this

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this

The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946  Search this

National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919  Search this

National Medical Association, American, founded 1895  Search this

National Dental Association, American, founded 1913  Search this

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922  Search this

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914  Search this

National Urban League, American, founded 1910  Search this

Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1929  Search this

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908  Search this

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920  Search this

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906  Search this

Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1943  Search this

National Association of University Women, American, founded 1910  Search this

National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953  Search this

Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932  Search this

American Bridge Association, American, founded 1932  Search this

Arthur Ashe Jr., American, 1943 - 1993  Search this

The Salvation Army, American, founded 1865  Search this

National Dental Association, American, founded 1913  Search this

Shriners International, American, founded 1870  Search this

Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990  Search this

Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971  Search this

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr, American, 1899 - 1984  Search this

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898  Search this

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957  Search this

National Urban League Guild, American, founded 1946  Search this

Association for the Study of African American Life and History, American, founded 1915  Search this

369th Veterans Association, American  Search this

Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784  Search this

One Hundred Black Men, Inc., American, founded 1963  Search this

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 7/16 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1.1 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place made:

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

California, United States, North and Central America

Houston, Texas, United States, North and Central America

Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America

Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America

Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

West Africa, Africa

Date:

1978

Topic:

African American  Search this

Advertising  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Business  Search this

Communities  Search this

Fraternal organizations  Search this

Fraternities  Search this

Government  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Journalism  Search this

Labor  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Men  Search this

Political organizations  Search this

Politics  Search this

Professional organizations  Search this

Religion  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Sororities  Search this

Travel  Search this

U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Women  Search this

Women's organizations  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely

Object number:

2012.167.12

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e8bb6cbd-99b9-4ce0-8851-3b3bef3dd0e8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.167.12

Author:

Schmidt, Gerald D. 1934-  Search this

American Association for the Advancement of Science  Search this

Physical description:

131 pages illustrations, portraits 23 cm

Type:

Classification

Congress

Actes de congrès

Conference papers and proceedings

Date:

1969

Topic:

Animals  Search this

Parasites  Search this

Parasitology  Search this

Parasites--classification  Search this

Animaux  Search this

Animaux--Classification  Search this

Parasitologie  Search this

Call number:

QL757 .P96

QL757.P96

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_2388

Artist:

Stuart Davis, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1892–1964  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

52 x 40 in. (132.8 x 101.4 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1952

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Accession Number:

66.1165

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School:

American Abstraction (Mid-Century)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2250a1435-9d26-4445-a63f-af94692812da

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.1165

Creator:

La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932  Search this

Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923  Search this

Correspondent:

La Flesche family  Search this

Aldrich, Charles F.  Search this

Alexander, Hartley B.  Search this

Allen, James T.  Search this

Andrews, Gleorge L.  Search this

Armstrong, S.C.  Search this

Ashley, Robert H.  Search this

Atkins, John D.C.  Search this

Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this

Bowditch, Charles P. (Charles Pickering), 1842-1921  Search this

Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899  Search this

Brown, George LeRoy  Search this

Burlin, Natalie Curtis, 1875-1921  Search this

Cadman, Charles Wakefield, 1881-1946  Search this

Copley, John T.  Search this

Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927  Search this

Dawes, E.S.  Search this

Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957  Search this

Dixon, Roland Burrage, 1875-1934  Search this

Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895  Search this

Dunbar, John Brown, 1841-1914  Search this

Ellinwood, F.F.  Search this

Farabee, William Curtis, 1865-1925  Search this

Farley, Caryl E.  Search this

Farley, Rosalie La Flesche  Search this

Farwell, Arthur  Search this

Fellowes, R.S.  Search this

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930  Search this

Fillmore, John Comfort, 1843-1898  Search this

Fillmore, L.H.  Search this

Fillmore, Thomas Hill  Search this

Freire-Marreco, Barbara W. (Barbara Whitchurch), 1879-1967  Search this

Gay, E. Jane  Search this

Griffith, Elmer C.  Search this

Guthrie, William Norman  Search this

Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896  Search this

Hall, C.C.  Search this

Hall, Charles Lemon, 1847-1940  Search this

Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919  Search this

Heth, H.  Search this

Hewett, Edgar L. (Edgar Lee), 1865-1946  Search this

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956  Search this

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909  Search this

Johnston, Catherine M.  Search this

Kincaid, William  Search this

La Flesche, Joseph  Search this

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928  Search this

MacCurdy, George Grant, 1863-1947  Search this

Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908  Search this

Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905  Search this

McBeth, Kate C., 1832-1915  Search this

McBeth, Sue L., -1893  Search this

McCown, S.M.  Search this

McGee, W J, 1853-1912  Search this

McGuire, Joseph D. (Joseph Deakins), 1842-1916  Search this

Mead, Frances K.  Search this

Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942  Search this

Merrick, Fannie  Search this

Merrick, Jessie  Search this

Moon, Karl  Search this

Moore, Homer  Search this

Morgan, Caroline S.  Search this

Morgan, John T.  Search this

Murie, James R.  Search this

Myers, John L.  Search this

Nuttal, Maria Magdalena  Search this

Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924  Search this

Petter, W.H.  Search this

Pettigrew, Frederick W., 1850-1901  Search this

Picotte, Susan La Flesche  Search this

Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924  Search this

Price, Hiram  Search this

Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923  Search this

Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915  Search this

Quinn, Daniel  Search this

Robertson, Alice M.  Search this

Rogers, Emily F.  Search this

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917  Search this

Seymour, Thomas Day  Search this

Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908  Search this

St. Cyr, Julia  Search this

Starr, Frederick  Search this

Stuart, James  Search this

Talbot, Emily  Search this

Teller, W.J.  Search this

Thaw, William  Search this

Tozzer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marston), 1877-1954  Search this

Wallaschek, Richard  Search this

Westcott, Edith  Search this

Wilkinson, G.W.  Search this

Wilkinson, Hattie M.  Search this

Willoughby, Charles Clark  Search this

Names:

Carr, Lucien, 1829-1915  Search this

Radin, Paul, 1883-1959  Search this

Extent:

19 Linear feet (50 boxes)

Culture:

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Sioux  Search this

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Ponca  Search this

Quechua  Search this

Quapaw Indians  Search this

Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this

Mexicans  Search this

Wichita  Search this

Zapotec  Search this

Muskogee (Creek)  Search this

Apache  Search this

Cherokee  Search this

Hopi Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Hitchiti Seminole  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southeast  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Caddo  Search this

Biloxi Indians  Search this

Omaha  Search this

Osage  Search this

Oto  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Ajachemem (San Juan de Capistrano Luiseño)  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Alaska

Date:

1873-1939

Summary:

These papers reflect the professional lives of Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838-1923), an ethnologist with the Peabody Museum of Harvard and collaborator with the Bureau of American Ethnology, and Francis La Flesche (1856-1923), an anthropologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology. Due to the close professional and personal relationship of Fletcher and La Flesche, their papers have been arranged jointly. The papers cover the period from 1874 to 1939. Included in the collection is correspondence, personal diaries, lectures, field notes and other ethnographic papers, drafts, musical transcriptions, publications by various authors, maps and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

These papers reflect the professional lives of Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838-1923), an ethnologist with the Peabody Museum of Harvard University and collaborator with the Bureau of American Ethnology, and Francis La Flesche (1856-1923), an anthropologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology. Due to the close professional and personal relationship of Fletcher and La Flesche, their papers have been arranged jointly. The papers cover the period from 1874 to 1939. Included in the collection is correspondence, personal diaries, lectures, field notes and other ethnographic papers, drafts, musical transcriptions, publications by various authors, maps and photographs.

The papers have been divided into three general categories: the papers of Alice Cunningham Fletcher, the papers of Francis La Flesche, and the ethnographic research of Fletcher and La Flesche. The first two categories represent personal and professional materials of Fletcher and La Flesche. The third section holds the majority of the ethnographic material in the collection.

Of primary concern are Fletcher and La Flesche's ethnological investigations conducted among the Plains Indians, particularly the Omaha and Osage. Fletcher's Pawnee field research and her allotment work for the Bureau of Indian Affairs among the Omaha, Nez Perce, and Winnebago are represented in the collection. A substantial portion of the ethnographic material reflects Fletcher and La Flesche's studies of Native American music. Much of the correspondence in the papers of Fletcher and La Flesche is rich with information about the situation of Omaha peoples in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Also included in the collection are documents related to Fletcher's work with the Archaeological Institute of America and the School for American Archaeology. Additionally, substantial amounts of Fletcher's early anthropological and historical research are found among her correspondence, lectures, anthropological notes, and early field diaries. La Flesche's literary efforts are also generously represented.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into the following 3 series: 1) Alice Cunningham Fletcher papers, 1873-1925; 2) Francis La Flesche papers, 1881-1930; 3) Papers relating to the anthropological research of Alice Fletcher and Francis La Flesche, 1877-1939.

Series 1: Alice Cunningham Fletcher papers is divided into the following 10 subseries: 1.1) Incoming correspondence, 1874-1923 (bulk 1882-1923); 1.2) Outgoing correspondence, 1873-1921; 1.3) Correspondence on specific subjects, 1881-1925; 1.4) Correspondence between Fletcher and La Flesche, 1895-1922; 1.5) Publications, 1882-1920; 1.6) Organizational records, 1904-1921; 1.7) General anthropological notes, undated; 1.8) Lectures, circa 1878-1910; 1.9) Diaries, 1881-1922; 1.10) Biography and memorabilia, 1878-1925.

Series 2: Francis La Flesche papers is divided into the following 6 subseries: 2.11) General correspondence, 1890-1929; 2.12) Correspondence on specific subjects, 1881-1930; 2.13) Publications, 1900-1927; 2.14) Literary efforts, undated; 2.15) Personal diaries, 1883-1924; 2.16) Biography and memorabilia, 1886-1930.

Series 3: Papers relating to the anthropological research of Alice Fletcher and Francis La Flesche is divided into the following 12 subseries: 3.17) Alaska, 1886-1887; 3.18) Earth lodges, 1882, 1898-1899; 3.19) Music, 1888-1918; 3.20) Nez Perce, 1889-1909; 3.21) Omaha, 1882-1922; 3.22) Osage, 1896-1939; 3.23) Pawnee, 1897-1910; 3.24) Pipes, undated; 3.25) Sioux, 1877-1896; 3.26) Other tribes, 1882-1922; 3.27) Publications collected, 1884-1905, undated; 3.28) Photographs, undated.

Biographical / Historical:

Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838-1923) was an ethnologist with the Peabody Museum of Harvard and collaborator with the Bureau of American Ethnology. Francis La Flesche (1856-1923) was an anthropologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Chronology of the Life of Alice Cunningham Fletcher

1838 March 15 -- Born in Havana, Cuba

1873-1876 -- Secretary, American Association for Advancement of Women

1879 -- Informal student of anthropology, Peabody Museum, Harvard University

1881 -- Field trip to Omaha and Rosebud Agencies

1882 -- Assistant in ethnology, Peabody Museum, Harvard University

1882 -- Helped secure land in severalty to Omaha Indians

1882-1883 -- Begins collaboration with Francis La Flesche on the Peabody Museum's collection of Omaha and Sioux artifacts

1883-1884 -- Special Agent, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Omaha Agency

1886 -- Bureau of Education investigation of Alaskan native education

1887-1888 -- Special Disbursing Agent, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Winnebago Agency

1889-1892 -- Special Agent for allotment, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Nez Perce Agency

1890-1899 -- President, Women's Anthropological Society of America

1891-1923 -- Mary Copley Thaw Fellow, Peabody Museum, Harvard University

1892-1893 -- Department of Interior consultant, World's Columbian Exposition

1896 -- Vice-President, Section H, American Association for the Advancement of Science

1897 -- Collaborator, Bureau of American Ethnology

1899-1916 -- Editorial board, American Anthropologist

1900 -- Published Indian Story and Song from North America

1901-1902 -- Advisory committee, Anthropology Department, University of California at Berkeley

1903 -- President, Anthropological Society of Washington

1904 -- Published The Hako: A Pawnee Ceremony with James Murie

1904 -- Member, ethnology section, Louisiana Purchase Exposition

1905 -- President, American Folk-lore Society

1908-1913 -- Chair, Managing Committee of School of American Archaeology

1911 -- Honorary Vice-President, Section H, British Association for Advancement of Science

1911 -- Published The Omaha Tribe with Francis La Flesche

1913 -- Chair Emeritus, Managing Committee of School of American Archaeology

1915 -- Published Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs Arranged from American Indian Ceremonials and Sports

1923 April 6 -- Died in Washington, D.C.

Chronology of the Life of Francis La Flesche

1857 December 25 -- Born on Omaha Reservation near Macy, Nebraska

1879 -- Lecture tour, Ponca chief Standing Bear

1881 -- Interpreter, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

1881-1910 -- Clerk, Bureau of Indian Affairs

1891 -- Informally adopted as Fletcher's son

1892 -- LL.B., National University Law School

1893 -- LL.M., National University Law School

1900 -- Published The Middle Five: Indian Boys at School

1906-1908 -- Marriage to Rosa Bourassa

1910-1929 -- Ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology

1911 -- Published The Omaha Tribe with Alice Fletcher

1921 -- Published The Osage Tribe, Part One

1922 -- Member, National Academy of Sciences

1922-1923 -- President, Anthropological Society of Washington

1925 -- Published The Osage Tribe, Part Two

1926 -- Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Nebraska

1928 -- Published The Osage Tribe, Part Three

1932 -- Published Dictionary of the Osage Language

1932 September 5 -- Died in Thurston County, Nebraska

1939 -- Posthumous publication of War Ceremony and Peace Ceremony of the Osage Indians

Related Materials:

Additional material related to the professional work of Fletcher and La Flesche in the National Anthropological Archives may be found among the correspondence of the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) and the records of the Anthropological Society of Washington.

Sound recordings made by Fletcher and La Flesche can be found at the Library of Congress. The National Archives Records Administration hold the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), including those relating to allotments in severalty for the Nez Perce by Alice Fletcher. The Nebraska Historical Society has diaries, letters and clippings regarding the La Flesche family, including correspondence of Francis La Flesche and Fletcher. The Radcliffe College Archives holds a manuscript account of Alice Fletcher's four summers with the Nez Perce (1889-1892). Correspondence between Fletcher and F. W. Putnam is also located at the Peabody Museum Archives of Harvard University.

Separated Materials:

Ethnographic photographs from the collection have been catalogued by tribe in Photo Lot 24.

Glass plate negatives from the collection have been catalogued by tribe in the BAE glass negatives collection (Negative Numbers 4439-4515).

Provenance:

The papers of Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche have been received from an undocumented number of sources. Portions of Fletcher's ethnographic papers were donated to the archives by Mrs. G. David Pearlman in memory of her husband in 1959.

Restrictions:

The Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers are open for research.

Access to the Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Pipes -- American Indian  Search this

Earth houses  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Music -- American Indian  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4558 Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4558

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MS 4558 Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw364f28c11-4526-4a7d-9d44-1db060dad721

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4558

Creator:

Tainter, Charles Sumner, 1854-1940  Search this

Hartsook Studio (San Diego, Calif.)  Search this

Names:

American Graphophone Company  Search this

Clark, Alvin and Sons Company  Search this

Edison Phonograph Works  Search this

International Graphophone Company  Search this

Volta Graphophone Gompany  Search this

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922  Search this

Bell, Chichester  Search this

Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanisms  Search this

Extent:

2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Laboratory notebooks

Date:

1878-1937

Summary:

Charles Sumner Tainter has been recognized as the father of the talking machine, and much of the material in this collection represents his experimental work on the graphophone. Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, and Tainter established the Volta Laboratory Association in 1881. This collection presents a comprehensive picture of the early development of the phonograph and Tainter's substantial contributions to the project.

Scope and Contents:

Charles Sumner Tainter has been recognized as the father of the talking machine, and much of the material in this collection represents his experimental work on the graphophone.

Alexander Graham Bell, in partnership with his cousin Chichester Bell, and Tainter, established the Volta Laboratory Association in 1881, which stayed in operation until 1885. During this time Tainter recorded his experiments on the graphophone in thirteen note books or "Home Notes" and in two large volumes of technical drawings and notes. One of these volumes contains very exact drawings for a multiple record duplicator (1897-1908); the other contains rough sketches of his experiments with various apparatuses (1883-1884).

Tainter also wrote an unpublished, undated manuscript on The Talking Machine and Some Little Known Facts in Connection with Its Early Development. Another document consists of a binder with the printed patent specifications of Tainter, Alexander Graham Bell, and Chichester Bell (1880-1903). All of these documents are contained within this collection, except Volumes 9, 10, and 13 of Tainter's "Home Notes" which were destroyed in a fire in Tainter's Laboratory in Washington, D.C., in September 1897. The other ten volumes were needed in a law suit and were in possession of his attorney at the time of the fire. Records of Court testimony in suits involving the phonograph (1894-1896) are also included in this collection.

Tainter's memoirs, Early History of Charles Sumner Tainter provide a personal account of his childhood and youth, and of his later role as a member of the U. S. Government Expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1874. Certificates, photographs, clippings, some correspondence, handwritten notes, and articles on the history of the phonograph complete the collection of his papers.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into three series:

Series 1, Papers, 1878-1937

Series 2, Laboratory Notes, 1881-1908

Series 3, Artifacts, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Sumner Tainter, son of George and Abigail Sanger Tainter, was born on April 25, 1854, in Watertown, Massachusetts, near Boston. His father was an inventor with several patents to his name. In his memoirs Tainter describes his father as "a man of much force of character and inventive ability" and his mother as, "a woman of high character and beloved by all." His school years left him with a terror of public speaking that followed him all his life. He completed public school without much enthusiasm and then became essentially self-educated, studying only subjects that interested him. He obtained scientific and technical books from the public library, and was an avid reader of Scientific American. In his memoirs he recalls: "I believe that this journal had a great influence in molding my thoughts in mechanical and scientific directions as I grew up with it and used to read it regularly."

In 1870 Tainter started to work for Charles Williams, Jr., a manufacturer of telegraphs and electrical apparatus in Boston, for five dollars a week. Two years later he became associated with Johnson and Whittlemore, manufacturers of electrical instruments in Boston. He stayed with them until the business folded in 1873, and then joined Alvan Clark and Sons, a well-known manufacturing company of large telescopes and optical instruments in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. As a technician at the Alvan Clark and Sons Company, Tainter assisted with the building of the Equatorial Telescope mounted in the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. He also constructed much of the equipment that was used during the U.S. government expedition to observe the transit of Venus in the South Pacific on December 8, 1874. The Secretary of the Navy appointed Tainter a member of this expedition, and Tainter vividly reveals his role in the event in his memoirs: "Early History of Charles Sumner Tainter." See Series 1, Box 1. [Note: Henry Draper, (1837 1882), a scientist whose collection of papers are also stored in the Archives Center, Series 3, Box 6, was superintendent of the government commission for the observation of the transit of Venus.] After he returned from the expedition in 1875, Tainter rejoined Alvan Clark and Sons Company and stayed there for three years.

Tainter started his own business in 1878 in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, constructing scientific instruments. It was in Cambridgeport, that he met Alexander Graham Bell. A year later Tainter accepted Bell's proposal to join him in Washington, D.C. to establish a small laboratory. After a series of experiments they developed the radiophone, an instrument for transmitting sound to distant points through the agency of light, using sensitive selenium cells. The radiophone was shown at an electrical exhibition in Paris in 1881, where Tainter was awarded a gold medal and diploma for his part in the invention. Between 1879 and 1880, Tainter and Bell also experimented with and tried to improve on Edison's talking machine.

The Academie des Sciences of Paris awarded Bell the Volta prize in 1880 for his development of the telephone. The prize included $10,000 that Bell used a year later to establish the Volta Laboratory Association, a small research laboratory in Washington, D.C. He asked his cousin, Chichester A. Bell, a chemist from London, and Tainter to join him in this venture. Although they devoted much of their attention to electrical and acoustical research, most of their efforts went into the improvement of Edison's talking machine. Edison had used tinfoil as the recording medium for his first phonograph in 1877, but then abandoned the project and turned his attention to the electric light and power distribution system. Meanwhile, Chichester Bell and Tainter saw the fragile tinfoil as a major obstacle in any further development of the instrument, and after much experimenting came upon the idea of replacing the tinfoil with a wax compound onto which they could engrave the sound waves directly. This invention was patented in May 1886 under the name Graphophone. It was an important step in the development of the phonograph since for the first time it was possible to manufacture the device commercially. Tainter recorded his experiments on the graphophone in thirteen notebooks ("Home Notes") and two large volumes of technical drawings and sketches. See: Series 2, Boxes 1, 2, and 3.

Bell and Tainter recognized Edison as the inventor of the talking machine, and they wanted to work with him and carry the costs for all further experiments in exchange for half the share of the profits, but Edison rejected this proposal. He felt that they wanted to steal his invention. In 1885 the partnership between Bell, his cousin, and Tainter was dissolved, and the graphophone rights were given to a group of Washington court stenographers who felt that the graphophone could best be utilized as a dictaphone. The group subsequently formed the Volta graphophone Company where Tainter continued to work for several years. The Volta Graphophone Company was reorganized two years after its formation as the American Graphophone Company. Eventually Edison sued the Volta Graphophone Company (1894), and the American Graphophone Company (1895-96).

In June 1886 Tainter married Lila R. Munro, daughter of William J. Munro of Newport, Rhode Island. Two years later he suffered a severe case of pneumonia, which was to incapacitate him intermittently for the rest of his life.

The Volta Graphophone Company sold the foreign rights for the graphophone in the spring of 1889 to form the International Graphophone Company. Tainter became associated with this new company and went to Europe to look after its interests there. In the same year the graphophone was exhibited at the Paris Exposition and Tainter was awarded the Decoration of "Officier de L Instruction Publique" from the French government for his invention of the graphophone. Upon his return from Europe Tainter established a factory for the International Graphophone Company in Hartford, Connecticut in 1889. When he left the company in 1890, he launched his own laboratory in Washington, D.C., where he continued to improve on the phonograph and a number of new inventions were patented.

At the Chicago Exposition in 1893 Tainter was asked to manage the exhibition of more than a hundred machines for the American Graphophone Company. In 1897 a fire destroyed Tainter's Washington laboratory and much valuable material was lost, including three volumes of his "Home Notes", which contained some of the findings of his experiments on the graphophone. Three years later the city of Philadelphia awarded the John Scott medal to Chichester Bell and Tainter for their work in connection with the graphophone.

Tainter's chronic illness forced him to suspend his work frequently and seek treatment and relief in various sanatoria and spas both in Europe and in the United States. He and his wife eventually moved to California. They settled in San Diego in June of 1903 to enjoy the better climate there. Again Tainter established a laboratory and continued to work whenever his health allowed. In 1915 he was awarded a gold medal and diploma for his work with the graphophone at the San Francisco Exposition. Tainter's wife died in 1924. Four years later he married Laura Fontaine Onderdonk, widow of Charles G. Onderdonk.

At the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Pittsburgh in December 1934, Tainter was made an Emeritus Life Member, having been a fellow for 55 years. His obituary also mentions that in 1915 Tainter was awarded a gold medal at the Panama Pacific Exposition for his work on the graphophone.

Tainter died on April 20, 1940. He was considered an inventor, a physicist, and a manufacturer of electrical apparatus, but most of all he was known as the father of the talking machine.

Separated Materials:

Materials Located at the National Museum of American History

Medal award given to Charles Sumner Tainter, Exposition Internationale d'Electricite, Paris, 1881. See Accession #: ME*313452.02

Gold medal award given to Charles Sumner Tainter. Panama - Pacific Exposition, 1915. See Accession #: ME*313452.01

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Laura F. Tainter, Charles Sumner Tainter's widow, in 1947 and 1950.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Physicists  Search this

Inventors  Search this

Electrical engineers  Search this

Light machinery  Search this

Mechanical engineering  Search this

Dictating machine  Search this

Sound recording and reproduction  Search this

Talking machine  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Laboratory notebooks

Citation:

Charles Sumner Tainter Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0124

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8887378c2-5b90-4839-90fc-901c69375fb7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0124

Collection Creator:

United States. Nicaragua Canal Commission (1897-1899)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1887

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Nicaragua Canal Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Nicaragua Canal Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83e8e032e-c88c-43e8-bd65-109691d4993c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1550-ref2

Extent:

68.75 cu. ft. (68 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 half document box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Brochures

Clippings

Manuscripts

Drawings

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1920s-1970s

Descriptive Entry:

These records constitute the morgue files for the Science Service, and as such contain past articles, press releases and other materials produced by the Science Service. In addition are supplemental photographs, news clippings, scientific papers and articles, obituaries and related topical information.

Files are categorized according to Library of Congress headings. These alphabetic category indicators often appear before folder headings. Researchers should note that not all subject files are grouped together and that folders within subject areas may not be in strict subject or alphabetic order. Some information may be found under a specific folder heading, and other related information may be found in folders with broader subject or alphabetic headings.

Historical Note:

Science Service was established in 1920 through the efforts of E. W. Scripps in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and the National Research Council (NRC). In 1919 Scripps had established the American Society for the Dissemination of Science. Unknown to Scripps, the three major scientific organizations were trying to agree on a format and establish a popular science journal. In 1920 Scripps met with representatives of the AAAS, NAS, and NRC in an attempt to pool resources. Out of that meeting came Science Service, a news service designed to popularize science and to disseminate scientific knowledge.

Edwin E. Slosson (1865 1929), chemist, journalist, and editor of the Independent, was appointed first Editor of Science Service in 1921, a post he held until his death.

Watson Davis (1896 1967) was appointed Managing Editor of Science Service in 1921, and became Editor of the Science News Letter in 1922. After Slosson's death, Davis assumed the duties of Director, 1929-1966.

Topic:

Nuclear energy  Search this

Medicine  Search this

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Science -- History  Search this

Journalism, Scientific  Search this

Genre/Form:

Brochures

Clippings

Manuscripts

Drawings

Black-and-white photographs

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service, Records

Identifier:

Accession 90-105

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Records

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa90-105

Container:

Box 17 of 21

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Until the death of the Donor, SIA will notify the Donor prior to, or within 7 days after, the materials have been accessed for research, Transferring office; 9/5/2007 Deed of Gift; Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-376, David H. DeVorkin Papers

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David H. DeVorkin Papers

David H. DeVorkin Papers / Box 17

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa16-376-refidd1e5947

Container:

Box 11 of 13

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 87-039, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Special Events, Records

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Records

Records / Box 11

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa87-039-refidd1e7889

Container:

Box 2 of 5

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 92-037, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Special Events, Records

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Records

Records / Box 2

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa92-037-refidd1e850

Inventor:

Saxton, Joseph  Search this

Measurements:

frame: 12 in; 30.48 cm

overall: 12 1/8 in x 4 in x 2 7/8 in; 30.7975 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.3025 cm

Object Name:

thermometer

Place made:

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Date made:

1850-1900

Credit Line:

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

ID Number:

PH.309672

Catalog number:

309672

Accession number:

106954

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Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences

Thermometers and Hygrometers

Measuring & Mapping

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-d566-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1420923

Author:

Symposium on Mathematical Biology (1st : 1966 : Washington, D.C.)  Search this

American Mathematical Society  Search this

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics  Search this

Physical description:

vi, 117 pages illustrations 22 cm

Type:

Congresses

Congrès

Actes de congrès

Conference papers and proceedings

Congresses (form)

Date:

1968

Topic:

Biomathematics  Search this

Biomathématiques  Search this

42.11 biomathematics  Search this

Biomathématiques--Biomathématiques  Search this

Biologie  Search this

Wiskunde  Search this

Call number:

QH324 .S98 1966

QH324.S98 1966

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_191

Creator:

Taylor, Walter W. (Walter Willard)  Search this

Names:

Pueblo Ecology Survey  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Northern Mexico Archeological Fund  Search this

Adams, William Yewdale  Search this

Taylor, Lyda Averill  Search this

Extent:

59.82 Linear feet

Culture:

Pueblo  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Maps

Place:

Coahuila (Mexico : State)

Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah)

Sonora (Mexico : State)

Spain

Date:

1925-1983

Scope and Contents:

Includes correspondence, teaching materials, student papers, manuscripts, miscellaneous papers relating to projects, diaries, printed materials, photographs, cartographic materials. Much of the material concerns Taylor's archeological work in Coahuila, Mexico, some of which was carried out for the Smithsonian Institution (Northern Mexico Archeological Fund), and material on Tatvejo Cave in Sonora. Some materials concern Southeastern Indians and some or all of that belonged to Lyda Averell Taylor. Still other material concerns work in Monument Valley, Arizona, in 1952; the Pueblo Ecology Survey (with William Yewdale Adams), and work in Spain. The work also includes material concerning many other aspects of Taylor's life, both personal and professional. Also included are many papers by Taylor's students and other archeologists.

Biographical Note:

Walter W. Taylor, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1913, but moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, as a young boy. He earned an A. B. in Geology from Yale University in 1935, and upon graduation worked for the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, where he was involved in archeological excavations, before becoming archeological field foreman at the University of New Mexico field school in Chaco Canyon.

In 1938, Taylor enrolled in the anthropology doctoral program at Harvard University, from which he earned his Ph. D. in 1942. That same year, Taylor enlisted as a private in the U. S. Marine Corps, and in 1944 his service overseas resulted in his capture and detainment in prisoner-of-war camps by German forces, from which he was not released until the end of the war in Europe. Taylor's military career lasted until 1955, when he resigned from the Marines as a captain, having earned a Purple Heart.

In 1958, Taylor began teaching at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, founding its Department of Anthropology. He also taught at the University of Texas, University of Washington, University of Santa Fe, Mexico City College, and La Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico.

During his career, Taylor produced several publications on the topics of archaeological theory and Coahuila archeology. Early professional influences include his acquaintanceship with anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn, and the work of anthropologist Lyndon Hargrave.

"A specialist in the neolithic and chalcolithic archaeology of Western Europe, he was also known for his North American fieldwork," which he "conducted in Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia, Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora, and Zacatecas), and Spain, before retiring in 1974" (Bowman 1995, Euler 1997).

Taylor is perhaps best remembered for his research and fieldwork in Coahuila, Mexico, and his controversial doctoral dissertation, published as a book in 1948, titled A Study of Archeology, in which he criticized the approaches of contemporary archeologists and posited a new theory of conducting archeological research, called the "conjunctive approach." Taylor's book is widely regarded as being directly influential in the development of "New Archeology," or the "processual approach."

On April 14, 1997, Taylor "died at his home in Rockaway Beach, Oregon, of complications resulting from the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's disease" (Euler 1997).

Sources Consulted

Bowman, John S., ed., "Taylor, Walter W. (Willard)," The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Euler, Robert C. "Walter Willard Taylor, Jr. 1913-1997." Society for American Archaeology Bulletin 15:4 (1997). Accessed August 7, 2013. http://www.saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/publications/saabulletin/15-4/SAA15.html.

Maca, Allan, William Folan and Jonathan Reyman, editors, Prophet, Pariah, and Pioneer: Walter W. Taylor and Dissension in American Archaeology. Chicago: University Press of Chicago, 2010.

Taylor, Walter W. Curriculum vitae. 1975.

1913 -- Born in Chicago, Illinois

1935 -- Earns A. B. in Geology from Yale University

1935-1941 -- Field work in Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia, Mexico (Coahuila)

1942 -- Earns Ph. D. in Anthropology from Harvard UniversityEnlists in U. S. Marine Corps

1944 -- Captured and detained in prisoner-of-war camps by German forces during overseas service in WWII

1947 -- Field work in Mexico (Coahuila)

1948 -- Publishes book, A Study of Archeology

1949-1965 -- Field work in Arizona, Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora, Zacatecas)

1955 -- Resigns from U. S. Marine Corps with rank of Captain

1958-1974 -- Professor of Anthropology and Chairman of the Department, Southern Illinois University

1963, 1967 -- Field work in Spain

1973 -- Field work in Arizona

1974 -- Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University

1997 -- Dies April 14 in Rockaway Beach, Oregon, from complications of Alzheimer's disease

Related Materials:

Taylor is listed as a correspondent in the following collections at the National Anthropological Archives: Frank Maryl Setzler Papers 1927-1960 American Indian Chicago Conference Records 1960-1966.

Taylor is listed as a subject in the following collection at the Smithsonian Institution Archives: Permanent Administrative Files, 1877-1975, United States National Museum.

Archeological specimens related to Taylor's fieldwork, especially in Coahuila, Mexico, can be found in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Anthropology Collections.

Bone specimens related to Taylor's fieldwork in Coahuila, Mexico, can be found in the NMNH Mammals Divison of Vertebrate Zoology Collections.

Print versions of Taylor's books (author, editor, and contributor) can be found at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. These volumes include: A Study of Archeology Contributions to Coahuila archaeology: with an introduction to the Coahuila project The identification of non-artifactual archaeological materials : report of a conference held in Chicago, March 11-13, 1956 / by the Committee on Archaeological Identification, Division of Anthropology and Psychology, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. Culture and life; essays in memory of Clyde Kluckhohn Archaeology without borders: contact, commerce, and change in the U.S. Southwest and northwestern Mexico

For oral history interviews with anthropologists that have Taylor listed as a subject or professional influence, see the following video cassettes at the Human Studies Film Archives: Video Dialogues in Anthropology: John Rowe and Charles Wagley, 1984 Video Dialogues in Anthropology: Charles Wagley, 1983

For additional materials concerning Taylor's manuscript on "Sandals from Coahuila Caves," see: Patty Jo Watson collection on Walter Taylor, circa 1980-2003, at the National Anthropological Archives.

For correspondence and other documents related to Taylor's position held at Southern Illinois University, see: Walter W. Taylor Papers, 1958-1973, University Archives, Southern Illinois University.

Provenance:

These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Walter Taylor in 2004.

Restrictions:

Portions of the collection have been restricted at Natch Taylor's request until 2034. See finding aid for more information.

Rights:

Contact the Repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Maps

Citation:

Walter W. Taylor Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1987-00

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c1b9e30b-c8ca-4ccf-94bc-a1dfbc26b844

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1987-00

Creator:

Adams, William  Search this

Spaulding, Albert C. (Albert Clanton), 1914-1990  Search this

Correspondent:

Aberle, David F. (David Friend), 1918-2004  Search this

Ackerman, Robert  Search this

Adams, Richard N. (Richard Newbold), 1924-  Search this

Aginsky, Bernard W. (Bernard Willard), 1905-  Search this

Baby, Raymond S.  Search this

Baerreis, David A., 1916-1989  Search this

Baker, George W.  Search this

Bartlett, Katherine  Search this

Bascom, William  Search this

Baumhoff, Martin A.  Search this

Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King), 1918-1978  Search this

Beaubien, Paul L.  Search this

Bell, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1914-2006  Search this

Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953  Search this

Binford, Lewis R. (Lewis Roberts), 1931-2011  Search this

Black, Glenn A. (Glenn Albert), 1900-1964  Search this

Boggs, Stephen Taylor  Search this

Bozeman, Tandy  Search this

Braidwood, Robert J. (Robert John), 1907-2003  Search this

Brew, J. O. (John Otis), 1906-1988  Search this

Buettner-Janusch, John, 1924-1992  Search this

Byers, Douglas S., 1903-1978  Search this

Campbell, John M.  Search this

Carneiro, Robert  Search this

Carr, John F.  Search this

Champe, John L. (John Leland), 1895-  Search this

Clark, J. Desmond (John Desmond), 1916-2002  Search this

Coe, Joffre Lanning  Search this

Collier, Donald, 1911-1995  Search this

Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987  Search this

Conklin, Harold C., 1926-2016  Search this

Conner, Stuart W.  Search this

Coon, Carleton S. (Carleton Stevens), 1904-1981  Search this

Corbett, John M.  Search this

Cotter, John Lambert  Search this

Cressman, Luther S., 1897-1994  Search this

Culbert, T. Patrick  Search this

De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004  Search this

Deuel, Thorne, 1890-  Search this

Dickinson, J.C.  Search this

Dillingham, Beth  Search this

Dockstader, Frederick J.  Search this

Dole, Gertrude Evelyn, 1915-2001  Search this

Ehrich, Robert W.  Search this

Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977  Search this

Erasmus, Charles  Search this

Euler, Robert  Search this

Evans, Clifford, Jr.  Search this

Fagan, Brian  Search this

Fejos, Paul, 1897-1963  Search this

Fenenga, Franklin  Search this

Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005  Search this

Fitting, James E.  Search this

Fitzhugh, William W., 1943-  Search this

Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968  Search this

Ford, Richard I.  Search this

Gabel, Creighton  Search this

Giddings, Louis  Search this

Greengo, Robert E.  Search this

Griffin, James B. (James Bennett), 1905-1997  Search this

Gunnerson, James A.  Search this

Gurland, John  Search this

Hamilton, Henry W.  Search this

Harp, Elmer  Search this

Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979  Search this

Henry, Ardell A.  Search this

Hewes, Gordon Winant, 1917-  Search this

Hodson, F.R.  Search this

Horne, Stephen  Search this

Howard, James H., 1925-1982 (James Henri)  Search this

Hruska, Robert J.  Search this

Hughes, Jack T.  Search this

Hull, W.C.  Search this

Hurt, Wesley R.  Search this

Huscher, Harold A., 1908-1992  Search this

Jelinek, Arthur J. (Arthur Julius), 1928-  Search this

Jennings, Jesse D. (Jesse David), 1909-1997  Search this

Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994  Search this

Kaemlein, Wilma  Search this

Kaplan, Bernice  Search this

Kennard, Edward A. (Edward Allan), 1907-1989  Search this

Kerr, Clark  Search this

Kivett, Marvin F.  Search this

Krieger, Alex D. (Alex Dony), 1911-1991  Search this

Krogman, Wilton Marion, 1903-1987  Search this

Kunstadter, Peter  Search this

Lasker, Gabriel Ward  Search this

Laughlin, William S.  Search this

Leech, Florence  Search this

Lilban, Richard W.  Search this

Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953  Search this

Lister, Robert H. (Robert Hill), 1915-1990  Search this

Malouf, Carling I. (Carling Isaac), 1916-2007  Search this

Martin, Paul S. (Paul Sidney), 1899-1974  Search this

Mayer-Oakes, William J., 1923-2005  Search this

McGregor, John  Search this

McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-  Search this

Meggers, Betty Jane  Search this

Miller, George (Omaha)  Search this

Muirhead, George  Search this

Neumann, Georg K. (Georg Karl), 1907-1971  Search this

Newman, Marshall T. (Marshall Thornton), 1911-1994  Search this

Norbeck, Edward, 1915-1991  Search this

Oakley, Kenneth Page, 1911-  Search this

Omwake, Henri Geiger, 1907-1967  Search this

Osborne, Douglas  Search this

Pilling, Arnold R.  Search this

Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-  Search this

Reed, Charles A.  Search this

Reed, Erik Kellerman, 1914-1990  Search this

Ritchie, William A. (William Augustus), 1903-1995  Search this

Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966  Search this

Rouse, Irving, 1913-2006  Search this

Rowe, John Howland, 1918-2004  Search this

Ruppé, Reynold J., 1917-1993  Search this

Schumacher, Paul J. F.  Search this

Schwartz, Douglas W., 1929-  Search this

Sears, William H.  Search this

Sebeok, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1920-2001  Search this

Smith, Allen H.  Search this

Smith, Carlyle S. (Carlyle Shreeve), 1915-1993  Search this

Smith, Hale G.  Search this

Smith, Marion W.  Search this

Solecki, Ralph S.  Search this

Spier, Leslie, 1893-1961  Search this

Spuhler, J.N.  Search this

Stephenson, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd), 1919-  Search this

Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1962  Search this

Struever, Stuart  Search this

Sturtevant, William C.  Search this

Swanson, Earl H., Jr. (Earl Herbert), 1927-1975  Search this

Tax, Sol, 1907-1995  Search this

Taylor, Walter W., Jr.  Search this

Thomas, David Hurst  Search this

Tolstoy, Paul  Search this

Tong, Marvin E. (Marvin Enoch), 1922-1981  Search this

Ward, Lauriston  Search this

Washburn, S. L. (Sherwood Larned), 1911-2000  Search this

Waterman, Alan T.  Search this

Watson, Patty Jo, 1932-  Search this

Wauchope, Robert  Search this

Webb, William S. (William Snyder), 1882-1964  Search this

Wedel, Waldo R. (Waldo Rudolph), 1908-1996  Search this

Wenner-Gren, Axel, 1881-1961  Search this

Wheeler, Richard  Search this

White, Leslie A., 1900-1975  Search this

Will, George W.  Search this

Williams, Stephen  Search this

Wolfe, Alvin W. (Alvin William), 1928-  Search this

Wood, W. Raymond  Search this

Woodbury, Natalie Ferris Sampson  Search this

Woodbury, Richard B. (Richard Benjamin), 1917-2009  Search this

Yellen, John E., 1942-  Search this

Extent:

4.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

North America

South Dakota

Alaska

Date:

1940s-1980s

Summary:

The Albert Clanton Spaulding Papers consist of correspondence, field project data, manuscripts, and teaching notes documenting his work at the University of Michigan, University of California Santa Barbara, the National Science Foundation, and field work at the Arzberger Site and Agattu.

Scope and Contents:

The Albert Clanton Spaulding Papers consist of correspondence, field project data, manuscripts, and teaching notes documenting his work at the University of Michigan, University of California Santa Barbara, the National Science Foundation, and field work at the Arzberger Site and Agattu. Although it has been noted that there are significant and inexplicable lucunae in Spaulding's papers, they nevertheless touch on most phases of his professional life. There is, however, relatively little field material.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

1. Correspondence, 1948-1982; 2. manuscript of Spaulding writings; 3. material concerning students; 4. site reports and field project data; 4. material regarding conferences and committees; 6. material related to work as National Science Foundation archeology program director; 7. student notebooks and dissertation; 8. material regarding the Arzberger site; 9. administrative material regarding the University of Michigan; 10. academic papers collected by Spaulding, teaching aids, and lecture notes; 11. Philip C. Phillips and Gordon R. Willey file; 12. James A. Ford file; 13. correspondence regarding publications; 14. miscellany; 15. photographs

Biographical note:

Albert C. Spaulding was trained at Montana State University (B.A. in economics, 1935), the University of Michigan (M.A. in ahthropology, 1937), and Columbia University (Ph.D., 1946). In 1946-1947, he taught at the University of Kansas and was an assistant curator at the university's Museum of Anthropology. From 1947-1961, he taught at the University of Michigan and was curator of that university's Museum of Anthropology. In 1959-1961, Spaulding was first program director for the History and Philosophy of Science Program of the National Science Foundation and the NAS program director for anthropology. In 1963-1966, he was professor and chairman of the anthropology department at the University of Oregon. In 1967-1971, he became dean of the College of Letters and Science at the University of California at Santa Barbara and continued at that institution as professor of anthropology until 1983. Spaulding served the Society for Amercian Archeology as associate editor, secretary, vice president, and president. In 1964, he was vice president for Section H of American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Although Spaulding carried out several significant field projects, he is best rememberd for his theoretical and methodological concerns. In relating his first archeological field work, he declared: "My fundamental interest at the time (and now) was clarification of the basic concepts of archeology, which led me into explicit definitions of archaeological problems in terms of relationship between or among well-defined variables." Spaulding produced many articles and book reviews in which he dealt with such problems. Some of the best-known appeared in the pages of American Antiquity in 1953 and 1954 when be debated James A. Ford in general terms concerning teh most productive methods of archeology in general and the nature of archeological types and methods of defining them in particular. Because of his espousal of rigor in method, Spaulding is considered on of the main forerunners of the "new archeology" of the 1960s. For his work, he received the SAA distinguished Service Award in 1981.

Restrictions:

The Albert Clanton Spaulding papers are open for research.

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Rights:

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Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Citation:

Albert Clanton Spaulding papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1997-12

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3808d85f3-876e-4f0d-99a4-a84e673bfcee

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1997-12

Author:

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this

Addressee:

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933  Search this

Extent:

1 Page

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

July 26, 1896

Scope and Contents:

Request for copy of Holmes's recent publication on Mexican archeology and forwards copies of Cushing's article on the arrow (The Arrow, Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, XLIV, 18950) and a newspaper account of his Florida explorations. The latter has not been found.The letter is attached to the former.

Provenance:

Department of Anthropology transfer May 22, 1973

Citation:

Manuscript 7171, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7171

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ce5314e7-bfcf-4ccb-9a89-f4f64e187334

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7171

Author:

Riley, Charles V.  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

1882

Citation:

Riley, Charles V. 1882. "Observations on the Fertilization of Yucca and on structural and anatomical Peculiarities in Pronuba and Prodoxus." Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 31 467–468.

Identifier:

128839

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_128839