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Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201

Finding aid prepared by Jim Hofer and Holly Rose Larson Autry National Center, Braun Research Library 234 Museum Drive Los Angeles, CA, 90065-5030 323-221-2164 [email protected] 2011

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 1 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Title: Alanson Skinner Papers Identifier/Call Number: MS.201 Contributing Institution: Autry National Center, Braun Research Library Language of Material: English Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet(6 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1890-1926 Abstract: This collection includes manuscripts, research and field notes, poems, artwork, correspondence, ephemera, scrapbooks, and personal papers of Alanson B. Skinner. creator: Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938 creator: Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971 creator: Harris, William creator: Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957 creator: Oneroad, Amos E. (Amos Enos), 1884-1937 creator: Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1881-1955 creator: Satterlee, John Valentine creator: Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925 Access Collection is open for research. Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit http://theautry.org/research/research-rules-and-application or contact library staff at [email protected]. An item-level inventory is available from library staff. Use Copyright has not been assigned to the Braun Research Library at the Autry National Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Braun Research Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation Alanson Skinner Papers, 1890-1926, Braun Research Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.201; [folder number] [folder title][date]. Acquisition Gift of M. R. (Mark Raymond) Harrington, 1950. Scope and Contents This archive includes material collected and created by Skinner, as well as material about Alanson B. Skinner. The bulk of the archive includes biographical materials, personal materials, financial materials, manuscripts written and collected by Skinner, Skinner's obituary written by M. R. Harrington, lecture announcements, correspondence, research and field notes, scrapbooks, drawings, and other ephemera. Also included is an undated certificate of a degree of Doctor of Hebrew Literature from the Seminarii Theologici Judaico-Americani. Arrangement 201.1 Biographical materials; 201.2 Obituary by M. R. Harrington; 201.3 Lecture announcements; 201.4 Correspondence; 201.5 Non-fiction manuscripts; 201.6 Fiction and folklore manuscripts; 201.7 Poetry; 201.8 Fiction manuscripts collected by Alanson Skinner; 201.9 Costa Rica expedition materials; 201.10 Research and field notes; 201.11 Catalog of the Skinner Collection of Indian Relics; 201.12 Assorted ephemera; 201.13 Drawing; 201.14 Scrapbooks & loose items. Related Archival Materials Alanson B. Skinner: Eastern Indians, Braun Research Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MIMSY A63 & MIMSY A64. Alanson Skinner Papers, 1921-1924, Museum Library, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI. Alanson Buck Skinner Photograph Collection, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Cultural Resources Center, Suitland, Maryland, MRC-541. Mark Raymond Harrington Collection, 1930-1961, Braun Research Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.214. Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records, 1890-1998, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Suitland, Maryland, NMAI.MC.001.

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 2 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Photographs by Alanson Skinner: Canada – Ojbway, 1908-1909, American Museum of Natural History Research Library, New York. Biographical/Historical note Alanson Buck Skinner was born on September 7, 1886 in Buffalo, New York. He became interested in archaeology, specifically related to Native Americans, at a very young age and started publishing notes on his findings before he was 18 years old. Through the American Museum of Natural History, Skinner accompanied Arthur C. Parker and M. R. (Mark Raymond) Harrington on his first fieldwork expedition near Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. As a result of this expedition, Skinner was published for the first time, and it was the start of a lifelong friendship between Harrington and Skinner. In addition to expeditions with the likes of Harrington, F. W. Putnam, George H. Pepper, and W. T. Davis, Skinner also attended and Harvard. Skinner was Assistant Curator of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1907-1915, Assistant Curator and then Curator of Anthropology at the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee from 1920-1922, and staff member of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation from 1915-1920 and again from 1922-1925. Skinner was prolific in his writings and was published widely in the areas of archaeology and ethnology. He was also noted for his admiration and sympathy for Native Americans and became so involved with the Menomini that they adopted him. Skinner was also involved in professional associations, and he was a Mason and a Shriner. Skinner was on an expedition with Wahpeton informant, Amos Oneroad, when they had a car accident that took Skinner’s life on August 17, 1925. Processing History Initial processing and finding aid completed by Jim Hofer in 1987. Completion of processing and finding aid performed by Holly Rose Larson, Project Archivist, funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) in 2011. Subjects and Indexing Terms Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925 Arctic peoples Art, American Catalogs Correspondence Costa Rica Costa Rica -- Antiquities Diaries Drawings Fiction Field notes Financial records Folklore Indians of North America Indians of North America -- California Indians of North America -- Fiction Indians of North America -- Folklore Indians of North America -- Great Plains Indians of North America -- Oregon Manuscripts Obituaries Poetry Publications Reviews Scrapbooks

Alanson B. Skinner--Personalia, MS.201.1 circa 1922 - 1924

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 3 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Alanson B. Skinner--Personalia, MS.201.1circa 1922 - 1924

Box 1, Alanson B. Skinner--Personalia, undated Folder MS.201.1.1 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Includes chronology of Skinner's archeological field experience from 1902 - 1923, a list of debts owed, an undated diploma from the "Seminari Theologici Judaica-Americani", a "Certificate of Dimit" from the "Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine", copper business card printing plate, sketch of Skinner's bookplate, and an article written by Skinner and printed in the 1924 May 20 issue of "Adventure" magazine. The folder also includes 3 typed copies of Skinner's last will and testament. The date of when the copies were made is unknown, the will was sworn in on 1921 September 24.

Obituary by Mark Raymond Harrington MS.201.2 1926

Box 1, Obituary by Mark Raymond Harrington, 1926 Folder MS.201.1.2 Lecture Announcements, MS.201.3 circa 1915 - circa 1920

Box 1, Lecture Announcements, circa 1915 - circa 1920 Folder MS.201.1.3 Scope and Contents note Includes prints, posters and announcements of Skinner's lectures "Unknown Corners of North America and Their Inhabitants" and "Inside my Grandfather's Wigwam".

Correspondence of Alanson B. Skinner, MS.201.4 1910 - 1926

Box 1, George Bird Grinnell Letters, 1924 August 19 - November 18 Folder MS.201.1.4.1 Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Sioux Nation./Dakota Indians./Potawatomi Indians./Fox Indians./Menominee Indians./Custer, George Armstrong,--1839-1876./Dream Dance/Writing./New York (N.Y.)/Milwaukee (Wis.)/South Dakota.

Box 1, Mark Raymond Harrington Letters, 1924 March 10 - 1926 August 19 Folder MS.201.1.4.2 Scope and Contents note Subject include: Paiute Indians./Families./Writing./New York (N.Y.)/Peru./.

Box 1, William Harris Letters 1922 July 27 -1922 November 17 Folder MS.201.1.4.3 Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Religion./Kickapoo Indians./Medicine bundles./Oklahoma./Avery (Okla.)

Box 1, George G. Heye Letters, 1924 May 5 - 1925 February 4 Folder MS.201.4.4 Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Employment/Expeditions/New York (N.Y.)

Box 1, Arthur C. Parker Letters, 1924 August 1 - 1925 March 5 Folder MS.201.4.5 Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Delaware Indians./Seneca Indians./Mythology/Museums/Writing./New York (N.Y.)

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 4 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Correspondence of Alanson B. Skinner, MS.201.41910 - 1926

Box 1, Correspondence and essay on the History of St. Patrick's Masonic Lodge in Folder MS.201.4.6 Johnstown, New York, 1922 October 19 - 1923 January 26 Scope and Contents note This is a folder of correspondence collected by Skinner. It includes correspondence between the National Masonic Research Society, William A. Wilcox, John T. Morrison, Archie D. Gibbs, J.H. Tatsch, H.L. Haywood, and John T. Morrison. Folder also includes a typed essay entitled "History of St. Patrick's Lodge, No.8, Johnstown, N.Y." from 1776 -1784.

Box 1, Amos Oneroad Letters, 1922 March 28 - 1926 August 27 Folder MS.201.4.7 Scope and Contents note Includes information about Sisseton, South Dakota; Santee, Nebraska; Pawnee and Dakota Indians; Fredrick Webb Hodge; Mark Raymond Harrington and Native American religious dances.

Box 1, John Valentine Satterlee Letters, 1910 December 7 - 1925 March 25 folders MS.201.4.8a-c Scope and Contents note Includes 3 folders of correspondence. One folder contains a bound and typed copy of Satterlee's letters from 1910 December 7 - 1913 January 13. Skinner has annotated some of the transcribed letters. Correspondence includes information on the Menominee, Winniebago, Potawatomi, and Ojibway tribes; animan fur preparation; dance; arts and crafts; and Keshena, Wisconsin (Shawano County).

Box 1, Miscellaneous letters, B-H, 1923 June 29 - 1925 July 9 Folder MS.201.4.9 Scope and Contents note Subjects includes: Museums/Archaeology/Language and languages/Collectors and collecting/Milwaukee (Wis.)/New York (N.Y.)/Wisconsin./Iowa.

Box 1, Miscellaneous letters, K-N, 1924 September 30 - 1925 June 16 Folder MS.201.4.10 Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Apache Indians./Menominee Indians./Iroquois Indians./Indians of North America--Social life and customs./Iowa culture./Dream Dance./Collectors and collecting/Chicago (Ill.)/Springfield (Mo.)/New York./Iowa.

Box 1, Miscellaneous letters, P-Wa, 1923 March 22 - 1925 May 5 Folder MS.201.4.11 Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Iroquois Indians./Potawatomi Indians./Kickapoo Indians./Delaware Indians./Shawnee Indians./Seminole Indians./Iowa Indians./Arctic peoples./Museums/Writing./Collectors and collecting/Tobacco/Oklahoma

Box 1, Miscellaneous letters, W-Y, 1924 July 24 - 1925 July 27 Folder MS.201.4.12 Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Harrington, M. R.--(Mark Raymond),--1882-1971./Cushing, Frank Hamilton,--1857-1900./Zuni Indians./Scalping/Burial sites/Collectors and collecting/Nebraska.

Box 1, Correspondence with Publishers, 1924 July 19 - 1926 September 7 Folder MS.201.4.13 Scope and Contents note This folder contains acceptance and rejection letters for manuscripts submitted by Skinner. Many of the titles referred to can be found in folders 201.5 and 201.6, Skinners non-fiction and fiction writings.

Fiction and Folklore by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.6 circa 1911 - circa 1925

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 5 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Fiction and Folklore by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.6circa 1911 - circa 1925

Box 4, Ahmisk, The Beaver Folder MS.201.6.1 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note George Rupert is listed as the author of this story. Rupert was a pseudonym for Alanson B. Skinner. In Poor condition.. Subjects include: Cree Indians--Fiction./Arctic peoples--Fiction.

Box 4, Bad Medicine circa 1925 Folder MS.201.6.2 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Includes tear sheet of story from Weird Tales magazine, 1925 October 25 issue and typed mansucript. Subjects include: Sioux Nation/New York.

Box 4, A Bride Too Many Folder MS.201.6.3 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Sauk Indians--Fiction./Menominee Indians--Fiction./Pawnee Indians--Fiction./Western stories.--lcsh/New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

Box 4, The Brother-Friends Folder MS.201.6.4 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Winnebago Indians/Menominee Indians

Box 4, Captain Redeyes Escape Folder MS.201.6.5 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Seneca Indians

Box 4, The Carcajou Folder MS.201.6.6 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Cree Indians

Box 4, The Champion Hunter Folder MS.201.6.7 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Sioux Nation./New York (N.Y.)/Dakota Indians.

Box 4, The Code of a Man Folder MS.201.6.8 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York.

Box 4, Coming Noise, His Story Folder MS.201.6.9 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Pawnee Indians--Fiction./Potawatomi Indians--Fiction.

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 6 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Fiction and Folklore by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.6circa 1911 - circa 1925

Box 4, Coming Noise, His Story--Introduction and Chapter One Folder MS.201.6.9.1 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Pawnee Indians--Fiction./Potawatomi Indians--Fiction.

Box 4, Coming Noise, His Story: Correspondence with Editor of American Boy magazine Folder MS.201.6.9.2 1924 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Writing./Pawnee Indians--Fiction./Potawatomi Indians--Fiction.

Box 4, The War Honors of Coming Noise Folder MS.201.6.9.3 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Potawatomi Indians./Pawnee Indians./New York.

Box 4, The Story of Coming Noise (second version) Folder MS.201.6.9.4 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Potawatomi Indians./Pawnee Indians./New York.

Box 4, Cousin Winking Bear's Horse Folder MS.201.6.10 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Seminole Indians/New York.

Box 4, The Death House of the Kaw Folder MS.201.6.11 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York.

Box 4, A Deer Hunt in the Big Cypress Folder MS.201.6.12 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York.

Box 4, The Factor's Christmas Folder MS.201.6.13 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York.

Box 5, Grandfather Horned Serpent Folder MS.201.6.14 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Sauk Indians./New York.

Box 5, How a Menominee Warrior, Single Handed, Rescued His Wife From a War Party of Folder MS.201.6.15 Twelve Indians of Another Tribe Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Menominee Indians/New York./Wisconsin

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 7 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Fiction and Folklore by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.6circa 1911 - circa 1925

Box 5, How Stephen Joined the Buffalo Doctors Folder MS.201.6.16 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York.

Box 5, In the Way of His Fathers Folder MS.201.6.17 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York.

Box 5, Inside my Grandfather's Wigwam Folder MS.201.6.18 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York.

Box 5, A Kidnapped Aesculapius: and Other Tales of the Seminoles in the Florida Everglades Folder MS.201.6.19 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Seminole Indians/New York.

Box 5, A Kidnapped Esculapius Folder MS.201.6.20 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Seminole Indians/New York.

Box 5, The Killer Folder MS.201.6.21 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York.

Box 5, The Last of the Long Clawed Bears Folder MS.201.6.22 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York.

Box 5, Little Terrible One--His Story Folder MS.201.6.23 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Sauk Indians./New York.

Box 5, A Lost Tobacco Pouch Folder MS.201.6.24 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Seminole Indians/New York.

Box 5, The Love of a Friend 1911 Folder MS.201.6.25 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Print of story from the Harvard Monthly, 1911 June 1 issue, is stamped with M. R. Harrington on the front cover. Subjects include: Apache Indians.

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 8 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Fiction and Folklore by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.6circa 1911 - circa 1925

Box 5, A Man's Dog circa 1925 Folder MS.201.6.26 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Includes print from Adventure magazine, 1925 July 20 issue.

Poetry by Alanson Buck Skinner, MS.201.7 1903 - 1920

Box 5, Poems 1905 -1918, undated Folder MS.201.7.1 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Includes mostly typed drafts, some poems have multiple copies. Most poems are undated, one poem is a typed copy of poem Skinner wrote at age 13.

Box 5, Notebook circa 1903 Folder MS.201.7.2 Physical Description: 1.0 bound notebook Scope and Contents note Handwritten notebook of Skinner's poetry. Inscribed in the inside front cover of notebook is Skinner's address in Staten Island, New York.

Box 5, Poems 1905 - 1920 Folder MS.201.7.3 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note This folder includes one note book and loose hand-written poems by Alanson Skinner. Also included is a reciept from the "Explorers Club" in and newsclippings. One poem is

Box 5, "Puckwhegamash was a Warryor stronge" poem undated Folder MS.201.7.4 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Conditions Governing Access note Poor, flaking at edges Scope and Contents note One typed poem, author unkown.

Fiction by other authors, MS.201.8 1917 July 7

Box 6, "Origin of tobacco" by Ernest Oshkosh 1917 July 7 Folder MS.201.8 Physical Description: 1.0 Scope and Contents note Includes types and handwritten manuscript of story.

Costa Rica expedition materials, MS.201.9 1907 - 1917

Box 6, Field notes 1907 - 1916 Folder MS.201.9.1 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Includes notes, maps, diagrams and artifact list from gravesite in Las Mercedes district of Costa Rica.

Box 6, Diary 1917 January 1 - May 6 Folder MS.201.9.2 Physical Description: 1.0 bound notebook

Research and field notes, MS.201.10 1904 - 1919

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 9 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Research and field notes, MS.201.101904 - 1919

Box 6, Notes on the analyses of twenty-five "war bundles" undated Folder MS.201.10.1 Physical Description: 1.0

Box 6, Notes on sacred hunting bundles 1919 Folder MS.201.10.2 Physical Description: 1.0

Box 6, Notes and correspondence on Menomiee personal names circa 1924 Folder 201.10.3 Physical Description: 1.0 folder(22 pages)

Box 6, Transcript of "Speech in big house: the twelve Menominee blessings" undated Folder 201.10.4 Language of Material: English Physical Description: 1.0 folder(2 pages)

Box 6, Notes for Indian biographies Folder 201.10.5 Physical Description: 1.0 folder(3 pages)

Box 6, Notes on archaeological site in New York City undated Folder 201.10.6 Physical Description: 1.0 folder(11 pages)

Box 6, Expedition to Seneca Indians of Allegany Reservation, New York expense account Folder 201.10.7 document undated Physical Description: 1.0 folder(2 pages)

Box 6, Inventory of artifacts donated to the Newmark Museum Association from the Folder 201.10.8 American Museum of Natural History undated Physical Description: 1.0 folder(8 pages) Historical note Skinner arranged the gift in his capacity as the Assistant Curator of the American Museum of Natural History.

Box 6, List of anthropologists to recieve yearbook and bulletins undated Folder 201.10.9 Physical Description: 1.0 folder(2 pages)

Box 6, Notes on objects found at Ripley site, New York 1904 July 23 - 25 Folder 201.10.10 Physical Description: 1.0 folder(4 pages)

Box 6, "New ritual for the Wapanakian or Miawikezik" notes circa 1919 Folder 201.10.11a Physical Description: 1.0 folder(4 pages)

Box 6, Plans for proposed New Hall of Wisconsin Indians maps and murals 1921 Folder 201.10.11b Physical Description: 1.0 folder(13 pages) Historical note Skinner was working at the Milwaukee Public Museum at the time.

Box 6, Seminole housing pencil sketch drawn by Alanson Skinner 1910 August 20 Folder 201.10.12 Physical Description: 1.0 folder(2 drawings)

Box 6, Tales of an anthropologist undated Folder 201.10.13 Physical Description: 1.0 folder(5 pages) Scope and contents Includes outlines of possible fiction stories.

Box 6, "Witchcraft among the Central Algonquins" manuscript undated Folder 201.10.14 Physical Description: 1.0 folder(12 pages)

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 10 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Research and field notes, MS.201.101904 - 1919

Box 6, Notebooks undated Folder 201.10.15 Language of Material: English Scope and contents Three notebooks. Notebook #1 has several pages torn out and is marked "Field notes, Alanson Skinner, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 155 St. and Broadway". Notebook #2 includes a list of trip expenses. Notebook #3 consists of a packet of note from a small binder.

Box 6, Notes, general Folder 201.10.16 Scope and contents Includes notes on linguistics, pottery, artifacts, winemaking, and publications

Box 6, Field notes from Bowman's Brook site, Mariners Harbor undated Folder 201.10.17 Language of Material: English Scope and contents Cover has title "Alanson Skinner, American Museum of Natural History, 77th St. and Central Park West, N.Y. City. Field notes on archaeology"

Box 6, Folder 201.11

Catalogue of the Skinner collection of Indian Relics, MS.201.11 undated

Scope and contents

Catalog includes lists of cultural groups, value of item, and donor information. Catalog includes information about Menominee, Sauk, Iowa, Iroquois, Potawami, Kickapoo, Winnebago, Seneca, and Cayuga tribes.

Box 6, Folder 201.12

Ephemera, MS.201.12 1904 - 1922 March

Language of Material: English

Scope and contents

Folder contains pamphlets, drawing, and articles about Menominee, poetry, fairs and expositions.

Box 6, Folder 201.13

"A Man's Dog," drawing by Skinner, MS.201.13 undated

Box 6, Folder 201.14, 201.14.1

Scrapbook, MS.201.14 1902-1923

Physical Description: 2.0 folders

Scope and contents

Scrapbooks includes topics regarding exploration and "Anglo-Indian" relations. Also includes loose pages and photographs.

Anthropological Works by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.5 1752 - 1925, bulk 1914 - 1925

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 11 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Anthropological Works by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.51752 - 1925, bulk 1914 - 1925

Box 2, Black Hawk, Chief of the Yellow Earths 1767 - 1855 Folder MS.201.5.1 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Sauk Indians./Potawatomi Indians./Osage Indians./Cherokee Indians./Winnebago Indians./Menominee Indians./Winnebago Indians./New York./Military art and science./History./Anglo-Indian relations.

Box 2, Some Observations on the Ethnology of the Bungi Folder MS.201.5.2 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Ojibwa Indians./Agriculture/Cooking./Basket making/Fishing/Manners and customs/Clothing and dress/Marriage/Tanning/Games/Military art and science/Death/Manitoba

Box 2, Final Observations on the Central Algonquian Dream Dance 1925 April 1 - 30 Folder MS.201.5.3 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Includes clippings from American Anthropologist, volume 27, number 2, page 340. Subjects include: Michelson, Truman./Dakota Indians./Algonquian Indians./Potawatomi Indians./Dream Dance.

Box 2, Plan for a Handbook of the Central Algonquian and Southern Siouan Tribes Folder MS.201.5.4 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note This folder includes a two page outline of the plan for the handbook, and four drafts of chapter one entitled The Origin of the Central Algonquian and Southern Siouan Peoples". Subjects include: Delaware Indians./Algonquian Indians./Menominee Indians./History/Culture

Box 2, Historical Sketches of the Tribes Folder MS.201.5.4.1 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note This folder contains two drafts of chapter two of Alanson Skinner's proposed handbook on the Central Algonkian and Southern Siouan tribes. Subjects include: Indians of North America--History./Winnebago Indians/Menominee Indians/Algonquian Indians/Ojibwa Indians/Potawatomi Indians/Sauk Indians/Fox Indians/French/Michigan/Wisconsin

Box 2, Origin of the Name of Chicago Folder MS.201.5.5 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Algonquian Indians./Origin of names./Names, Geographical./Chicago (Ill.)

Box 2, The Great Mystery of the Creek Indians Folder MS.201.5.6 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Religion/Creek Culture/Oklahoma

Box 2, The Croatan Indians of North Carolina Folder MS.201.5.7 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Colonization/Lumbee Indians/Roanoke Colony/North Carolina/Milwaukee (Wis.)

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 12 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Anthropological Works by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.51752 - 1925, bulk 1914 - 1925

Box 2, Cultural Areas of the Eastern Woodlands 1914 January 1 - December 31 Folder MS.201.5.8 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Algonquian Indians./Iroquois Indians./Water/Linguistics/Marriage/Manners and customs/Death/Religion/Hudson Bay/Ohio River Valley/New England/annotated (list)

Box 2, Eastern Dakota Ethnology 1914 January 1 - December 31 Folder MS.201.5.9 Physical Description: 1.0 folder General note Reference copy available. Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Wahpeton Indians./Yankton Indians./Sisseton Indians./Dakota Indians./Dance/Agriculture/Indians of North America--Great Plains--Social life and customs/Death/Military art and science/Religion/Marriage/Manners and customs/Social structure

Box 2, The Eskimo Folder MS.201.5.10 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Aleuts./Algonquian Indians./Arctic peoples/Hunting/Linguistics/Marriage/Child rearing/New York.

Box 2, Human Sacrifices in North America Folder MS.201.5.11 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Iroquois Indians./Aztecs./Pawnee Indians./Natchez Indians./Religion./Human sacrifice./New York.

Box 2, The Genesis of the Tomahawk Folder MS.201.5.12 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Algonquian Indians/New York (N.Y.)/Military art and science

Box 2, The War Club Folder MS.201.5.13 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Indians of North America--Warfare/Zuni Indians./Apache Indians./Plains/Sioux/New York (N.Y.)

Box 2, Human Trophies Among the Indians Folder MS.201.5.14 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Menominee Indians/Military art and science/Scalping/Algonquian Indians/Potawatomi Indians/Cree Indians

Box 2, An Indian and His Mother-In-Law Folder MS.201.5.15 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Social structure

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 13 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Anthropological Works by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.51752 - 1925, bulk 1914 - 1925

Box 2, Indian Customs Concerning the Killing of Bears Folder MS.201.5.16 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Customs/Cree Indians

Box 2, Indian Red Pipestone, or Catlinite Folder MS.201.5.17 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Geology/Winnebago Indians/Menominee Indians/Catlin, George,--1796-1872/Ojibwa Indians/Minnesota

Box 2, Indian Remains in Shorewood, Milwaukee County Folder MS.201.5.18 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Milwaukee County/Archaeology/Mounds/Milwaukee (Wis.)/Potsherds/Mound culture./Potawatomi Indians

Box 2, Indians and Eagle Feathers Folder MS.201.5.19 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Sioux/Ojibwa Indians/Arapaho Indians/Dresses/Cheyenne Indians/Kiowa Indians

Box 2, The Indian Today Folder MS.201.5.20 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York (N.Y.)/Seneca Indians

Box 2, Indian Tribes of the East 1925 June 1 Folder MS.201.5.21 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note This folder includes articles written by Alanson Skinner for the Frontier magazine entitled "The American Indian, tribes of New England". Subjects include: Geography/Delaware Indians/Shawnee Indians/New York/King Philip's War, 1675-1676/Narraganset Indians/Pequot Indians/Mohegan Indians/New England/Rhode Island/Wampanoag Indians/King Philip

Box 2, Indians East of the Mississippi Today 1924 May 10 Folder MS.201.5.22 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Oneida Indians/Menominee Indians/Potawatomi Indians/Wisconsin/Winnebago Indians/Ojibwa Indians

Box 2, The American Indian, Tribes of the Middle Atlantic 1925 May 1 Folder MS.201.5.23 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Agriculture/Dresses/Housing/Clothing and dress/Manners and customs/Religion/Shawnee Indians/Delaware Indians/Iroquois Indians

Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner MS.201 14 Papers, 1890-1926 MS.201 Anthropological Works by Alanson B. Skinner MS.201.51752 - 1925, bulk 1914 - 1925

Box 2, The American Indian, Tribes of the Middle West 1925 June 1 Folder MS.201.5.24 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Agriculture/Winnebago Indians/Dresses/Menominee Indians/Linguistics/Housing/Clothing and dress/Military art and science/Sauk Indians/Fox Indians/Potawatomi Indians/Kickapoo Indians/Miami Indians

Box 2, Indian Tribes of the Northwest Coast Folder MS.201.5.25 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Kwakiutl Indians/Nootka Indians/Fishing/Potlatch/Totem poles/Tlingit Indians/Indians of North America--Alaska/Haida Indians/Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific/New York (N.Y.)/Social structure

Box 2, The American Indian, Tribes of the Plains Folder MS.201.5.27 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Sand River Massacre/Sioux Nation/Blackfeet Indians/Cheyenne Indians/Kiowa Indians/Pawnee Indians/Hunting/Sihasapa Indians/Arapaho Indians/Comanche Indians/Military art and science/Custer, George Armstrong,--1839-1876/Skinner, Alanson,--1886-1925/Religion

Box 2, The American Indian, Tribes of the Southeast 1925 August 1 Folder MS.201.5.28 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Choctaw Indians/Seminole Indians/Cherokee Indians/Creek Indians/Agriculture/Seminole Indians/Social structure/Religion/Florida/Virginia/North Carolina

Box 2, The Indian Village of Snakepins Folder MS.201.5.29 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Museums/Archaeology

Box 2, Book Reviews by Alanson Skinner Folder MS.201.5.30 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Criticism, interpretation, etc./Books--Reviews.

Box 3, The Pipes of the Iroquois 1925 June 1 Folder MS.201.5.31 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Pipes/Iroquois Indians

Box 3, The Iroquois Indians of New York 1925 May 20 Folder MS.201.5.32 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Parker, Arthur Caswell./Iroquois Indians./Oneida Indians./Seneca Indians./Tuscarora Indians./Onondaga Indians.

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Box 3, The Shrunken Heads of the Jivaro Indians Folder MS.201.5.33 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Military art and science/Shrunken heads/Jivaran Indians/Peru/South America

Box 3, The Death House of the Kaw Folder MS.201.5.34 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Osage Indians./Death/Oklahoma./Arkansas.

Box 3, The Mexican Kickapoos Folder MS.201.5.35 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Kickapoo Indians/Potawatomi Indians

Box 3, The Kiowa Taimay Folder MS.201.5.36 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Magic./Ute Indians/Kiowa Indians

Box 3, The Mascoutens or Prarie Potawatomi Indians, Part I: Social Life and Ceremonial Folder MS.201.5.37 Organization 1923 Physical Description: 448.0 pages Scope and Contents note Published in the Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee.. Subjects include: Potawatomi Indians./Games/Marriage/Military art and science/Calendars/Death/Religion/Milwaukee (Wis.)

Box 3, The Mascoutens or Prarie Potawatomi Indians, Part II: Material Cultural, Folklore, Folder MS.201.5.37.1 and Miscellaneous Data 1923 Physical Description: 225.0 pages Scope and Contents note Draft of a report that was published in the Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee. Subjects include: Hunting/Dresses/Fishing/Travel./Clothing and dress/Art/Weapons/Mythology/Housing/Potawatomi Indians

Box 3, Information Obtained Concerning the Medicine Lodge from Informants on the Folder MS.201.5.38 Menominee Indian Reservation 1915 August 14 - 18 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Menominee Indians/Religion

Box 3, Rough Times on the Oconto, An Adventure of an Indian Lumberjack Folder MS.201.5.39 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Satterlee, John Valentine./Potawatomi Indians./Menominee Indians./Biography/Military art and science/Wisconsin

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Box 3, Songs of the Menominee Indian Medicine Ceremony 1919 Folder MS.201.5.40 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note This folder contains the original draft of the article and two reprints from American Anthropologist, volume 27, number 2 1925 April 1. Subjects include: Menominee Indians./Music/Religion

Box 3, Ethnology of the Ioway Indians Folder MS.201.5.41 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Manuscript. Subjects include: Iowa Indians./Hunting./Food./Clothing and dress./Fishing./Religion./Social structure./Political organizations./Games.

Box 4, Little Turtle, The Napoleon of the Miami 1752 January 1 - 1812 December 13 Folder MS.201.5.42 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Biography/Tecumseh,--Shawnee Chief,--1768-1813/Military art and science/Shawnee Indians/Wyandot Indians/Delaware Indians/Potawatomi Indians/Indiana/Michigan/Washington, George,--1732-1799

Box 4, Captain Jack, The Modoc Folder MS.201.5.43 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Indians of North America--California/Oregon/Biography/Jack,--Captain, Modoc Chief,--d. 1873/Military art and science/Modoc Indians/Klamath Indians

Box 4, The Last of the Mohicans Folder MS.201.5.44 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Mohegan Indians

Box 4, The Most Ancient Houses in New York Folder MS.201.5.45 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Dwellings--New York.

Box 4, Oriente People Folder MS.201.5.46 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Jivaran Indians./Agriculture./Shrunken heads./Military art and science./Housing./Weapons./Peru./Bolivia./Ecuador./Colombia.

Box 4, Osceola, the Seminole Folder MS.201.5.47 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Seminole Indians./Creek Indians./Biography/Military art and science/Florida

Box 4, The Warrior Police of the Plains Indians Folder MS.201.5.48 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Hunting

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Box 4, Observations on the Ethnology of the Sauk Indians, Part II: War Customs Folder MS.201.5.49 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Incluces copy of the Bulletin of Public Museum of Milwaukee May 11, 1925 issue. Subjects include: Sauk Indians/Military art and science

Box 4, Further Observations on the Ethnology of the Sauk Indians Folder MS.201.5.50 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Hunting/Agriculture/Fishing/Music/Transportation/Military art and science/Art/Games/Sauk Indians

Box 4, Writings on "Scalpings" circa 1924 Folder MS.201.5.51 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Includes newsclippings from Adventure magazine, August 10, 1924 issue and typed manuscript, undated. Subjects include: Seminole Indians./Iroquois Indians./Wyandot Indians./Cherokee Indians./Choctaw Indians./Iowa Indians./Muskhogean Indians./Creek Culture

Box 4, An Old Seneca War Club Folder MS.201.5.52 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: New York./Military art and science/Seneca Indians

Box 4, Source Books for American Indian History, a bibliography Folder MS.201.5.53 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Ethnology/History/Books./Bibliography/Culture

Box 4, Reprinted articles on Seneca and tobacco pipe Folder MS.201.5.54 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Two reprints from Indian Notes, volume 2, number 2, 1925. Indian Notes is a publication of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.

Box 4, The Throwing Stick or Atlatl Folder MS.201.5.55 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Harrington, M. R.--(Mark Raymond),--1882-1971/Mexico/Arizona./New Mexico/Utah

Box 4, The Passing of a Great Staten Island Indian Village Site Folder MS.201.5.56 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Includes field notes. Subjects include: Archaeology/Site maps/New York./Staten Island (N.Y.)

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Box 4, Traditions of the Wahpeton Dakota Indians Folder MS.201.5.57 Physical Description: 1.0 folder General note Reference copy available. Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Wahpeton Indians--Folklore./Wahpeton Indians--Social life and customs.

Box 4, Unami Initiation Ceremonies Adopted by Jiskogo and Sekosh Folder MS.201.5.58 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Unami./Rites and ceremonies

Box 4, A Warrior's Insignia Folder MS.201.5.59 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Oto Indians./Iowa Indians./Fox Indians./Sauk Indians./Pawnee Indians./Osage Indians./Menominee Indians./Clothing and dress/Dresses/Social structure

Box 4, Economic Life Among the Indians of Wisconsin Folder MS.201.5.60 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Hunting/Agriculture/Fishing/Tools

Box 4, The Historic Indians of Wisconsin Folder MS.201.5.61 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Menominee Indians/Religion/Mythology/Death/Political science/Folklore/Sauk Indians/Fox Indians/Potawatomi Indians/Wisconsin

Box 4, A Wisconsin Colony of Kentuckians Folder MS.201.5.62 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Menominee Indians/Hunting/Prohibition

Box 4, Some Wyandot Corn Foods Folder MS.201.5.63 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Wyandot Indians/Food/Oklahoma

Box 4, The Last of the Wyandots Folder MS.201.5.64 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Iroquois Indians./Wyandot Indians./History/Oklahoma

Box 4, Miscellaneious Notes and Drafts (non-fiction) Folder MS.201.5.65 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Art./Rites and ceremonies/Pottery/Music/Sioux/Games/Woodwork/Military art and science/Pottery/Bibliography/Ohio River Valley

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Box 4, John Valentine Satterlee, Honorary Member of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society Folder MS.201.5.66 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Satterlee, John V./Menominee Indians./Memorial addresses.

Box 4, Two Unusual Effigy Jars from Costa Rica Folder MS.201.5.67 Physical Description: 1.0 folder Scope and Contents note Subjects include: Art./Archaeology./Costa Rica.

Box 2, Indian Tribes of Oregon and California Folder MS.201.5.26 Physical Description: 1.0 folder(14 pages) Scope and Contenst note Subjects include: Modoc Indians/Klamath Indians/Maidu Indians/Yurok Indians/Karok Indians/Shasta Indians/Hupa Indians/Tule Lake (Siskiyou County and Modoc County, Calif.)/Water/Indians of North America--California/Nez Percé Indians/Joseph,--Nez Percé Chief,--1840-1904/Military art and science/New York (N.Y.)/Ishi,--d. 1916

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