Guide to the Aleš Hrdlička papers, 1875-1966, (bulk 1903-1943) Robert Lynn Montgomery and Jennifer Chien The Repatriation Office, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, provided funds for the arrangement and description of the Aleš Hrdlička papers 1996, 2006 National Anthropological Archives Museum Support Center 4210 Silver Hill Road Suitland 20746 [email protected] http://www.anthropology.si.edu/naa/ Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 9 Biographical Note............................................................................................................. 3 Arrangement................................................................................................................... 10 Names and Subjects .................................................................................................... 11 Container Listing ........................................................................................................... 13 Series 1: Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1875-1940.......................................... 13 Series 2: Early Personal Correspondence, 1883-1919.......................................... 15 Series 3: Correspondence, 1885-1953.................................................................. 16 Series 4: News Clippings and Printed Matter, 1893-1953...................................... 95 Series 5: Financial Papers, 1910-1943.................................................................. 97 Series 6: Journeys to the Southwestern United States and Mexican Indians, 1898-1919............................................................................................................... 98 Series 7: Journeys to the Dakota, Chippewa, Kickapoo, and Shawnee, 1916-1917............................................................................................................. 108 Series 8: Florida Survey, 1918, 1918-1927.......................................................... 109 Series 9: Alaska Archeological Expeditions, 1912-1938 (bulk 1926-1938).......... 110 Series 10: Panama-California Exposition Expeditions, 1912-1914...................... 119 Series 11: Journey to Egypt, Europe, and Russia, 1908-1909............................ 122 Series 12: Journey to South America, 1910, 1910-1912..................................... 123 Series 13: Journey to the Far East, 1920, 1900-1930......................................... 124 Series 14: Journey to Australia, Java, India, South Africa, and Europe, 1924-1925............................................................................................................. 126 Series 15: Anthropometric Measurements of Indians Taken At the United States National Museum, 1904-1905, most undated...................................................... 128 Series 16: Bone Studies, 1893-1929, most undated............................................ 129 Series 17: Old Americans, 1914-1930................................................................. 145 Series 18: Children Who Run on All Fours, 1928-1936....................................... 150 Series 19: Early Man Studies, 1906-1930........................................................... 152 Series 20: European Ethnic History, 1908-1938.................................................. 155 Series 21: Miscellaneous Research Notes, 1887-1930....................................... 159 Series 22: Manuscripts of Writings, 1901-1944, most undated............................ 162 Series 23: Writings by Other Authors, 1877-1942................................................ 176 Series 24: Anthropometry, undated...................................................................... 178 Series 25: "From My Journeys," 1898-1938........................................................ 179 Series 26: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1917-1942..................... 183 Series 27: American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1924-1931........... 184 Series 28: International Congress of Americanists, 1900-1928........................... 185 Series 29: Institute of Population, 1942............................................................... 190 Series 30: Department of Anthropology, 1914-1943............................................ 191 Series 31: Lecture Notes, 1920-1932.................................................................. 193 Series 32: Maps and Charts, 1900-1932............................................................. 196 Series 33: Miscellany, 1895-1954........................................................................ 197 Series 34: Index Cards, 1899-1948..................................................................... 199 Series 35: Bibliographic Index, undated............................................................... 201 Series 36: Physical Anthropology Folios, undated............................................... 203 Series 37: Photographs, 1887-1944.................................................................... 204 Aleš Hrdlička papers NAA.1974-31 Collection Overview Repository: National Anthropological Archives Title: Aleš Hrdlička papers Identifier: NAA.1974-31 Date: 1875-1966 (bulk 1903-1943) Extent: 206.71 Linear feet (294 boxes, 138 folders, 9 rolled items, and 4 folios) Creator: Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943 Language: The collection is primarily in English. Some documents are in Czech, French, German, or Spanish. Summary: The papers of Aleš Hrdlička, curator in the Division of Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, offer considerable insight into the development of physical anthropology in the first half of this century. The papers include honors bestowed on Hrdlička, autobiographical notes, correspondence with many of the leading anthropologists of the day, anthropometric and osteometric measurements and observations (forming most of the collection), extensive photographs of Hrdlička's field work, manuscripts, research materials, and "My Journeys" (essentially a diary Hrdlička kept of his field work). In addition, there is material of a personal nature. The papers date from 1875 to 1966, but the bulk of the materials date from 1903 to 1943, the time of Hrdlička's career at the USNM. Digital Image(s): Aleš Hrdlička papers Content: Administrative Information Acquisition Information Hrdlička bequeathed his papers to the Smithsonian Institution. The Division of Physical Anthropology maintained them until they were deposited in the National Anthropological Archives in the 1960s. Some papers have come into the collection since then, most recently in 2018. These new accretions came to the collection through Donald Ortner, David Hunt, T. Dale Stewart, the Department of Anthropology, and the University of Alaska. Related Materials Additional material in the National Anthropological Archives relating to Aleš Hrdlička can be found in the papers of William Louis Abbott, Henry Bascom Collins, Herbert William Krieger, and Frank Spencer; records of the American Anthropological Association, Bureau of American Ethnology, Department of Anthropology of the United States National Museum (National Museum of Natural History), Science Service, Anthropological Society of Washington, and Page 1 of 225 Aleš Hrdlička papers NAA.1974-31 the United States Army Medical Museum (anatomical section, records relating to specimens transferred to the Smithsonian Institution); and glass negatives of Indians collected by the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution illustrations. Additional related photographs can be found in Photo Lot 8, Division of Physical Anthropology collection; Photo Lot 9, Photographs of Indians for the Panama-California Exposition, San Diego; Photo Lot 24, Bureau of American Ethnology, United States National Museum photographs of American Indians; Photo Lot 70, Department of Anthropology portrait file; Photo Lot 78, Miscellaneous negatives; Photo Lot 97, Division of Ethnology collection ("USNM" Collection); Photo Lot 73-26B, Aleš Hrdlička photographs relating to the Panama-California Exhibition; Photo Lot 73-26G, Miscellany; Photo Lot 77-48, Group portraits of International Congress; Photo Lot 79-38, Division of World Archeology collection; Photo Lot 83-41, Division of Physical Anthropology collection of photographs of human bones; and Photo Lot 92-46, Anthropology lantern slides. Related films can be found in the Human Studies Film Archive under the accession numbers HSFA 1982.2.1, 1982.2.2, 1986.12.1, and 2015.13.1. Hrdlička's extensive collection of reprints is maintained in the Division of Physical Anthropology. Frank Spencer's doctoral dissertation "Aleš Hrdlička, M.D., 1869-1943: A Chronicle of the Life and Work of an American Physical Anthropologist" (1979) is the only book length biography of Hrdlička. The Frank Spencer papers, 1836-1999, are available at the NAA and contain original correspondence between Hrdlička and his first wife, Marie Strickler; his childhood report card from 1869; copies of family photos obtained from Lucy Miller, Hrdlička's niece; and an audio recording of Hrdlička speaking at Wistar Institute. Further material may be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The University