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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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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.
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