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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9163

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Title:Miscellaneous materials, American Philosophical Society Archives
Contributor: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869
Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880
Pennsylvania. Board of World's Fair Managers
Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876
J.B. Lippincott Company
Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819
Drake, N. F. (Noah Fields), 1864-
Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815
Bache, Hartman, 1797-1872
Eichthal, Gustave d', 1804-1886
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
Muldrow, H. L. (Henry Lowndes), 1837-1905
Waln, Robert, 1765-1836
Date:1797-1898
Description: Miscellaneous materials pertaining to American Indians. Topics include "Indian antiquities"; Material culture; "Welsh Indians"; requests to borrow or consult materials housed at the proposed loans of items to the Smithsonian Institution and to the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago; papers being prepared or published; and publications forwarded by or presented to the APS. Specific items of particular interest include the "Report of the committee appointed to draw up rules and regulations for 'a standing committee for collecting information as to the antiquities of North America'"; "Concerning inquiries to be made by Major Long of the Indians," four sets of queries Long is to pose to Native groups; and a book Robert Waln identifies as Chinese, and suggests its being found among American Indians indicates either trade or Chinese origin of Indians. No specific indigenous group mentioned. Individuals mentioned include J. Peter Lesley, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Schoolcraft, Alice Fletcher, Horatio Hale, Alexander von Humboldt, Albert Gallatin, Champlain, Dr. Samuel Brown, Dr. Robert M. Patterson, and Robert Walsh.
Extent:19 items
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9163
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Subject:Antiquities
Social life and customs
Material culture
Type:Correspondence
Essays
Reports
Memoranda
Type (DCMI):Text

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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Citation: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844; Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869; Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880; Pennsylvania. Board of World's Fair Managers; Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876; J.B. Lippincott Company; Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819; Drake, N. F. (Noah Fields), 1864-; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Bache, Hartman, 1797-1872; Eichthal, Gustave d', 1804-1886; Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878; Muldrow, H. L. (Henry Lowndes), 1837-1905; Waln, Robert, 1765-1836. 1797-1898. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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