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Natural History Museum

Object Details

Collection Creator

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

Collection Citation

John Wesley Powell papers (MS 798), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

This series contains Powell's ethnographic and linguistic fieldwork, including his journals, vocabularies, myths and folktales, and material relating to his artifact collections. The arrangement and description of this series was informed by: Powell, John Wesley, and Smithsonian Institution. Anthropology of the Numa: John Wesley Powell's Manuscripts on the Numic Peoples of Western North America, 1868-1880. Edited by Don D. Fowler and Catherine S. Fowler. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39209474c-5053-457c-beb7-f9396e2f4fcb

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John Wesley Powell papers

Date

1868-1881

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Type

Archival materials

Arrangement

The series is arranged into four (4) sub-series: (1) Journals; (2) Manuscripts organized by tribe; (3) Comparative Philologies; and (4) Artifact collections.

Collection Rights

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Collection Restrictions

The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
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Record ID

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