OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10110 |
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Title: | Houma materials, Frank G. Speck Papers | |
Contributor: | Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950 | |
Beatty, Willard W. (Willard Walcott), 1891-1961 | ||
Billiot, Maurice | ||
Billiot, Anthony | ||
Billiot, Charles | ||
Billiot, David | ||
Billiot, George | ||
Marriott, Alice, 1910-1992 | ||
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | ||
Zimmerman, William, 1890-1967 | ||
McCaskill, Joseph C. (Joseph Clyde), 1899- | ||
Date: | 1929-1947 | |
Description: | Materials relating to Speck's study of Houma history and culture. Includes correspondence with Houma consultants such as members of the Billiot family, Ann Celestine, Dorothy Celestine, and Ben Paul about topics including museum specimens (a pirogue, beaded belts, baskets, blow guns, etc.), land questions, and schooling problems; correspondence with government officials and academic colleagues including Willard Beatty, William Zimmerman, Joseph McCaskill, Alice Marriott, and John Reed Swanton, and others regarding Speck's field work, various aspects of his research, and the social and economic conditions of the Houma people; a draft and copy of Speck's "Report...on Houma Indians" prepared for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, concerning the history and condition of the Houma and their educational needs; notes and correspondence regarding Houma medicine and traps; and Houma specimens consisting of six bone and wood points for canoe arrows and a model of canoe with two paddles. | |
Extent: | 11 folders | |
Identifier: | https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10110 | |
Language: | English | |
Language (ISO639): | eng | |
Subject: | Houma | |
Creek | ||
Tohono O'odham | ||
Akimel O'odham | ||
Delaware | ||
Ethnography | ||
Anthropology | ||
Education | ||
Economic conditions | ||
Museums | ||
Land claims | ||
Material culture | ||
Hunting | ||
Louisiana--History | ||
Type: | Correspondence | |
Notes | ||
Specimens | ||
Reports | ||
Type (DCMI): | Text | |
PhysicalObject | ||
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Archive: | Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society | |
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OaiIdentifier: | oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10110 | |
DateStamp: | 2020-03-02 | |
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Citation: | Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950; Beatty, Willard W. (Willard Walcott), 1891-1961; Billiot, Maurice; Billiot, Anthony; Billiot, Charles; Billiot, David; Billiot, George; Marriott, Alice, 1910-1992; Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958; Zimmerman, William, 1890-1967; McCaskill, Joseph C. (Joseph Clyde), 1899-. 1929-1947. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. | |
Terms: | area_Europe country_GB dcmi_PhysicalObject dcmi_Text iso639_eng |