Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Search Results

Collections Search Center
63 documents - page 1 of 4

MS 2197 Pamunkey notebook

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Creator:
Cook, Lavinia  Search this
C., R., Mrs  Search this
Smith, John, 1580-1631  Search this
Strachey, Thomas  Search this
Dalrymple, William  Search this
Extent:
38 Pages
Culture:
Pamunkey  Search this
Mattaponi  Search this
Chickahominy  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Maps
Newsclippings
Date:
post 1893
Scope and Contents:
Includes occasional brief references to the Mattaponi and Chickahominy. Contents: Indian medicines by Lavinia Cook, 3 pages; names of Chiefs, from "Mrs R. C.," 1 page; the country and animals hunted, 1 page; tenure of lands, 1 page; population, 1 page; government, 1 page; "sustentation," 1 page; local names in King William Co., Virginia, 3 pages, note about Roxy (Roxanna) Indians near Norfolk, Virginia: "Meherrins?," 1 page; note on Cumberland town, English settlement on Pamunkey river, and "Cumberland Indians" visited by Gatschet, November 16, 1890, 3 pages; vocabulary notes from John Smith, Thomas Strachey, and the Reverend William Dalrymple, 3 pages; historical notes extracted in Virginia State Library, 2 pages; sketch map of King William County, Virginia, 1 page; sketch map of same area, after John Smith, 1608, 1 page.
Newspaper clippings, as follows: "Tribe of Pamunkey," The Daily Times, Richmond, Virginia, October 26, 1890 and November 2, 1890, 6 pages; a notice of the Pamunkey Indians on a reservation near Richmond, Virginia having sent a delegation to the World's Fair to invite other Indians to come and settle on their reservation, Indian Journal of Muskogee, Eufaula, Indian Territory, August 3, 1893, 1 page; "Pamunkeys Want a Sea Trip," Times, Washington, D.C., July 6, 1899, 1 page; "Powhatan's Men Yet Live," Washington [D.C.] Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 25, 1894, 2 pages; "Pamunkey Indians and Their Little Reservation," Washington Chronicle, Washington, D.C., December 14, 1890, 2 pages. Reference added to file, 1956: The Historical Magazine, 1858, Volume 2, Number 6, page 182, containing Pamunkey vocabulary by Reverend Dalrymple (transcribed by Gatschet in his notebook). Photostat, 1 page.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2197
Local Note:
printed document
Other Title:
Tribe of Pamunkey
Pamunkeys Want a Sea Trip
Powhatan's Men Yet Live
Pamunkey Indians and Their Little Reservation
Topic:
Medicine -- Pamunkey  Search this
Names, Personal -- Pamunkey  Search this
Names, place -- King William County, Virginia -- Pamunkey  Search this
Hunting -- Pamunkey  Search this
Land tenure -- Pamunkey  Search this
population -- Pamunkey  Search this
Government -- Pamunkey  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
King William County (Virginia) -- Place names  Search this
Cumberland Town (Virginia)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Maps
Newsclippings
Citation:
Manuscript 2197, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2197
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31468d656-ca73-4349-aa19-80a1d8542340
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2197

Madagascar - Le Paiement de l'Impot dans les Villages

Creator:
Messageries Maritimes  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Madagascar
Date:
ca. 1905
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "Madagascar - Payment of taxes in the villages."
Logo on verso reads: "Messageries Maritimes."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-15-12
Local Note:
temp 80
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Leaders  Search this
Government  Search this
People  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0381
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75546000d-c513-47e0-a152-771b568aed17
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref5682

MS 648 Extinction of available candidates for the Council

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Gibson, John Arthur, 1849-1912  Search this
Extent:
5 Pages
Culture:
Onondaga  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1923
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 648
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 648, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS648
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw348a7e087-5c23-4371-8c83-481bf42150d9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms648
Online Media:

MS 4045 Notes on "The Great Volunteer"

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Newhouse, Seth  Search this
Extent:
6 Pages
Culture:
Mohawk  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Also The Lord's Prayer in Mohawk text, 2 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4045
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois -- Mohawk  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4045, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4045
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3084bbfa6-ed99-4488-9a63-cc32c77fd6ed
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4045
Online Media:

MS 484 The law governing the behavior of federal chiefs

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Informant:
Gibson, John Arthur, 1849-1912  Search this
Buck, Charles Jr  Search this
Extent:
32 Pages
Culture:
Onondaga  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1917-1937
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 484
Local Note:
See Number 470- same.
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 484, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS484
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39378bdb2-d68f-4b14-8a20-666f8922c88c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms484
Online Media:

MS 3580 Iroquois Texts

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Informant:
Davey, R.  Search this
Charles, Chief  Search this
Jacobs, John  Search this
Translator:
Hill, Hilton M.  Search this
Names:
Dekanawidah, 16th century?  Search this
Hiawatha  Search this
Extent:
133 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Mohawk  Search this
Seneca  Search this
Oneida  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Cayuga  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1925-26 -1917
Scope and Contents:
Contents: Notes on Dekanawida text; Hiawatha; notes on the League; notes to Seneca League traditions; translation by Hilton M. Hill, Seneca, official interpreter of the Six Nations Agency, Brantford; "down fended" explained; Mohawk Owachira and clans, 1932; Oneida titles (Jacob Hess, 1930); notes to texts, Charles, 1917 (1928); insert in the law of the woman chief, English; ascendancy of War Chiefs; Procedure by R. Davey, Cayuga chief, 1925-6. Also Principles of the League, text, typed, 19 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3580
Other Title:
Principles of the League
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois  Search this
Kinship -- Mohawk clans  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3580, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3580
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37fb118b4-7ab6-4c6a-b827-e1fe4d4bcaef
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3580
Online Media:

MS 609 Laws Governing the Election of the Federal Chiefs, and Suffrage, Status, and Descent of Blood

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Gibson, John Arthur, 1849-1912  Search this
Buck, John Sr, Chief  Search this
Abram, Charles, Chief  Search this
Extent:
15 Pages
Culture:
Onondaga  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1929
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 609
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 609, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS609
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f3c0dac1-f1c5-48f6-8081-800dcd7eb532
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms609
Online Media:

MS 470 Correction of notes on law controlling the behavior of Federal chiefs

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Informant:
Abram, Charles, Chief  Search this
Extent:
10 Pages
Culture:
Onondaga  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1917-1923
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 470
Local Note:
See Number 484.
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 470, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS470
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c858590f-63ed-438b-85bf-efb18f618a52
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms470
Online Media:

MS 894 The law of the woman chief

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Gibson, John Arthur, 1849-1912  Search this
Extent:
13 Pages
Culture:
Onondaga  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1907
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 894
Local Note:
See also Number 1636.
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 894, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS894
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d995e091-725e-4311-825f-33cdfe6d6a05
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms894
Online Media:

MS 3490 Translation of the Mohawk version of the Constitution of the League

Creator:
Newhouse, Seth  Search this
Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Extent:
43 Pages (typescript document)
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3490
Local Note:
See also MS 1343, MS 1358, and MS 1359.
Topic:
Constitution -- Iroquois  Search this
Government -- Iroquois  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3490, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3490
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw384c2678e-71f1-412a-8d41-663ff38ff27b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3490
Online Media:

MS 3510 Seneca version of the Law of the Woman Chief

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Clute, Alexander H.  Search this
Extent:
30 Pages
Culture:
Seneca  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1925
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3510
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois -- Seneca  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3510, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3510
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw324ed87ca-5dcf-41dc-b6dc-945358cc07f4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3510
Online Media:

MS 1582 Cayuga version of the Deganawida legend

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Names:
Deganawida  Search this
Extent:
17 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Cayuga  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1890
Scope and Contents:
With notes on titles.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1582
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1582, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1582
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3842fa15e-9ed4-4655-ad33-32d53f39f58f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1582
Online Media:

MS 1359 Constitution of the Five Nation Indians Confederation

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Newhouse, Seth  Search this
Extent:
16 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
February 1880
Scope and Contents:
Seth Newhouse version. Handwritten (English).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1359
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1359, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1359
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw398772410-17c0-4805-b62c-5d08cd5f72a7
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1359
Online Media:

MS 1435 A Seneca/English tradition of the founding of the League

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Abram, Charles, Chief  Search this
Extent:
25 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Seneca  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1917
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1435
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1435, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1435
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38431d20d-9847-4e45-937a-dfe053bf3fb3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1435
Online Media:

MS 1636 Law of the woman chief

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Skye, David, Chief  Search this
Abram, Charles, Chief  Search this
Extent:
18 Pages
Culture:
Onondaga  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1923-1928
Scope and Contents:
Also one sheet in text, by Chief David Skye (1924), and one entitled "The Revered Federal Goyane'r," (May 21, 1923).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1636
Local Note:
Notes probably on Number 894.
Other Title:
The Revered Federal Goyane'r
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1636, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1636
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a15e74ee-31c2-42ed-bd95-61324ca670c3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1636
Online Media:

MS 830 The Life and Culture of the Ute

Creator:
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902  Search this
Informant:
Naches  Search this
Extent:
160 Pages
Culture:
Ute  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Title supplied by J. N. B. Hewitt, and sections numbered and arranged by him. Unnumbered sections added later.
Sections entitled: (1) Games and amusements, 3 pages;

(2,3) [Paiute; transferred in 1959 to file Number 831-c, -d];

(4) Means of Subsistence, 52 pages;

(5) Migration, 8 pages;

(6) Home, 5 pages;

(7) Government, 10 pages;

(8) Fear of the insane, 2 pages;

(9) treatment of the sick, 27 pages;

(10) Treatment of the aged, 4 pages;

(11) Killing the doctor (told by Naches, Salt Lake City, May, 1873), 3 pages;

(12) The boundaries of the earth, 5 pages;

(13) Na-gun'-tu-wip, the home of the departed spirits, 8 pages;

(14) Methods of marrying, 7 pages;

(15) Selection of food (1873), 3 pages;

(16) The morning address, 2 pages;

(17) Some of their faculties;, 4 pages;

(18) Notes on the gentes (in shorthand), 2 pages; Mythology of the Numas, 10 pages; Pine nuts are brought from a distant country (legend, 1873), 4 pages; Burying customs (told by Naches, Salt Lake City, 1873), 1 page; Religion of the Utes (talk given by Powell ?), 29 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 830
Topic:
Games -- Ute  Search this
Migration -- Ute  Search this
Habitations -- Ute  Search this
Government -- Ute  Search this
Subsistence -- Ute  Search this
Religion -- Ute  Search this
Pine nuts -- Ute  Search this
Folklore -- Ute  Search this
Kinship -- Ute  Search this
Food -- Ute  Search this
Disease -- Ute  Search this
Geriatrics -- Ute  Search this
geography -- Ute  Search this
Marriage -- Ute  Search this
Death -- Ute  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Mental illness -- Ute  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 830, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS830
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f73e37dd-f3ee-4075-87d3-291f077f5965
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms830

MS 3554 A Constitutional League of Peace in the Stone Age of America, The League of the Iroquois and its Constitution

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Extent:
33 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1918
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3554
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3554, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3554
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw304da019b-6f97-4040-8042-5cbce3a3a573
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3554
Online Media:

MS 1361 Mohawk text of League material by Mr Seth Newhouse

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Informant:
Newhouse, Seth  Search this
Extent:
260 Pages
Culture:
Mohawk  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1898
Scope and Contents:
Recorded in pencil by J.N.B. Hewitt, 1916.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1361
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1361, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1361
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw318141088-9cac-408a-8376-7c5475b31019
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1361

MS 3754 Oneida Federal Chief Titles

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Extent:
2 Pages
Culture:
Mohawk  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Includes probable meanings and mnemonic.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3754
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois -- Oneida  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3754, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3754
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f85a39dd-089a-4519-8ccf-a4ca0509115a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3754

MS 1343 Constitution of the Confederacy by Dekanawidah, collected and translated from Mohawk by Chief Seth Newhouse

Creator:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Deganawida  Search this
Translator:
Newhouse, Seth  Search this
Extent:
42 Pages
Culture:
Mohawk  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1898
Scope and Contents:
Marked by Hewitt: "Translation as literal as possible of the Mohawk text of his Constitution of the League of the Iroquois, of 8910 sentence terms." "Old." "Discarded." "Copied 1936." Typescript in blue with red and black ink changes in Hewitt's hand.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1343
Local Note:
typescript and manuscript document in English
Topic:
Government -- Iroquois  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1343, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1343
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fb814012-cc05-494a-b665-b5ce0dd2ca91
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1343

Modify Your Search







or


Narrow By