Finding Aid to Alanson Skinner Papers MS.201

Jim Hofer and Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2011
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Alanson Skinner Papers
Creator: Skinner, Alanson
Creator: Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)
Creator: Parker, Arthur Caswell
Creator: Oneroad, Amos E. (Amos Enos)
Creator: Heye, George G. (George Gustav)
Creator: Satterlee, John Valentine
Creator: Grinnell, George Bird
Creator: Harris, William
Identifier/Call Number: MS.201
Physical Description: 3 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.
Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives  and fill out the Researcher Application Form.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian 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 Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, 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.

Related Archival Materials

Alanson B. Skinner: Eastern Indians photo albums, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; A.63 & A.64.
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 Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, 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.
Photographs by Alanson Skinner: Canada – Ojbway, 1908-1909, American Museum of Natural History Research Library, New York.

Biographical Note

Alanson Buck Skinner was born on 1886 September 7 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 Columbia University and Harvard University. 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 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 1925 August 17.

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

Correspondence
Costa Rica
Folklore
Indians of North America -- Fiction
Indians of North America -- California
Indians of North America
Indians of North America -- Great Plains
Fiction
Costa Rica -- Antiquities
Manuscripts
Field notes
Financial records
Art, American
Poetry
Reviews
Arctic peoples
Drawings
Scrapbooks
Diaries
Indians of North America -- Folklore
Publications
Indians of North America -- Oregon
Obituaries
Catalogs
Skinner, Alanson

 

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

box 1, folder MS.201.1.1

Alanson B. Skinner--Personalia undated

Physical Description: 1 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, folder MS.201.1.2

Obituary by Mark Raymond Harrington 1926

 

Lecture Announcements MS.201.3 circa 1915 - circa 1920

box 1, folder MS.201.1.3

Lecture Announcements circa 1915 - circa 1920

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, folder MS.201.1.4.1

George Bird Grinnell Letters 1924 August 19 - November 18

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, folder MS.201.1.4.2

Mark Raymond Harrington Letters 1924 March 10 - 1926 August 19

Scope and Contents note

Subject include: Paiute Indians./Families./Writing./New York (N.Y.)/Peru./Nevada.
box 1, folder MS.201.1.4.3

William Harris Letters 1922 July 27 -1922 November 17

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Religion./Kickapoo Indians./Medicine bundles./Oklahoma./Avery (Okla.)
box 1, folder MS.201.4.4

George G. Heye Letters 1924 May 5 - 1925 February 4

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Employment/Expeditions/New York (N.Y.)
box 1, folder MS.201.4.5

Arthur C. Parker Letters 1924 August 1 - 1925 March 5

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Delaware Indians./Seneca Indians./Mythology/Museums/Writing./New York (N.Y.)
box 1, folder MS.201.4.6

Correspondence and essay on the History of St. Patrick's Masonic Lodge in 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, folder MS.201.4.7

Amos Oneroad Letters 1922 March 28 - 1926 August 27

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, folders MS.201.4.8a-c

John Valentine Satterlee Letters 1910 December 7 - 1925 March 25

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, folder MS.201.4.9

Miscellaneous letters, B-H 1923 June 29 - 1925 July 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, folder MS.201.4.10

Miscellaneous letters, K-N 1924 September 30 - 1925 June 16

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, folder MS.201.4.11

Miscellaneous letters, P-Wa 1923 March 22 - 1925 May 5

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, folder MS.201.4.12

Miscellaneous letters, W-Y 1924 July 24 - 1925 July 27

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, folder MS.201.4.13

Correspondence with Publishers 1924 July 19 - 1926 September 7

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

box 4, folder MS.201.6.1

Ahmisk, The Beaver

Physical Description: 1 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, folder MS.201.6.2

Bad Medicine circa 1925

Physical Description: 1 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, folder MS.201.6.3

A Bride Too Many

Physical Description: 1 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, folder MS.201.6.4

The Brother-Friends

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Winnebago Indians/Menominee Indians
box 4, folder MS.201.6.5

Captain Redeyes Escape

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Seneca Indians
box 4, folder MS.201.6.6

The Carcajou

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Cree Indians
box 4, folder MS.201.6.7

The Champion Hunter

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Sioux Nation./New York (N.Y.)/Dakota Indians.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.8

The Code of a Man

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: New York.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.9

Coming Noise, His Story

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Pawnee Indians--Fiction./Potawatomi Indians--Fiction.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.9.1

Coming Noise, His Story--Introduction and Chapter One

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Pawnee Indians--Fiction./Potawatomi Indians--Fiction.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.9.2

Coming Noise, His Story: Correspondence with Editor of American Boy magazine 1924

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Writing./Pawnee Indians--Fiction./Potawatomi Indians--Fiction.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.9.3

The War Honors of Coming Noise

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Potawatomi Indians./Pawnee Indians./New York.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.9.4

The Story of Coming Noise (second version)

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Potawatomi Indians./Pawnee Indians./New York.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.10

Cousin Winking Bear's Horse

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Seminole Indians/New York.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.11

The Death House of the Kaw

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: New York.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.12

A Deer Hunt in the Big Cypress

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: New York.
box 4, folder MS.201.6.13

The Factor's Christmas

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.14

Grandfather Horned Serpent

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Sauk Indians./New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.15

How a Menominee Warrior, Single Handed, Rescued His Wife From a War Party of Twelve Indians of Another Tribe

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Menominee Indians/New York./Wisconsin
box 5, folder MS.201.6.16

How Stephen Joined the Buffalo Doctors

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.17

In the Way of His Fathers

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.18

Inside my Grandfather's Wigwam

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.19

A Kidnapped Aesculapius: and Other Tales of the Seminoles in the Florida Everglades

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Seminole Indians/New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.20

A Kidnapped Esculapius

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Seminole Indians/New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.21

The Killer

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.22

The Last of the Long Clawed Bears

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.23

Little Terrible One--His Story

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Sauk Indians./New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.24

A Lost Tobacco Pouch

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include: Seminole Indians/New York.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.25

The Love of a Friend 1911

Physical Description: 1 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.
box 5, folder MS.201.6.26

A Man's Dog circa 1925

Physical Description: 1 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, folder MS.201.7.1

Poems 1905 -1918, undated

Physical Description: 1 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, folder MS.201.7.2

Notebook circa 1903

Physical Description: 1 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, folder MS.201.7.3

Poems 1905 - 1920

Physical Description: 1 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 New York City and newsclippings. One poem is
box 5, folder MS.201.7.4

"Puckwhegamash was a Warryor stronge" poem undated

Physical Description: 1 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, folder MS.201.8

"Origin of tobacco" by Ernest Oshkosh 1917 July 7

Scope and Contents note

Includes types and handwritten manuscript of story.
 

Costa Rica expedition materials MS.201.9 1907 - 1917

box 6, folder MS.201.9.1

Field notes 1907 - 1916

Physical Description: 1 folder

Scope and Contents note

Includes notes, maps, diagrams and artifact list from gravesite in Las Mercedes district of Costa Rica.
box 6, folder MS.201.9.2

Diary 1917 January 1 - May 6

Physical Description: 1 bound notebook
 

Research and field notes MS.201.10 1904 - 1919

box 6, folder MS.201.10.1

Notes on the analyses of twenty-five "war bundles" undated

box 6, folder MS.201.10.2

Notes on sacred hunting bundles 1919

box 6, folder MS.201.10.3

Notes and correspondence on Menomiee personal names MS.201.10.3 circa 1924

Physical Description: 1 folder(22 pages)
box 6, folder MS.201.10.4

Transcript of "Speech in big house: the twelve Menominee blessings" MS.201.10.4 undated

Physical Description: 1 folder(2 pages)
Language of Material: English.
box 6, folder MS.201.10.5

Notes for Indian biographies MS.201.10.5

Physical Description: 1 folder(3 pages)
box 6, folder MS.201.10.6

Notes on archaeological site in New York City MS.201.10.6 undated

Physical Description: 1 folder(11 pages)
box 6, folder MS.201.10.7

Expedition to Seneca Indians of Allegany Reservation, New York expense account document MS.201.10.7 undated

Physical Description: 1 folder(2 pages)
box 6, folder MS.201.10.8

Inventory of artifacts donated to the Newmark Museum Association from the American Museum of Natural History MS.201.10.8 undated

Physical Description: 1 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, folder MS.201.10.9

List of anthropologists to recieve yearbook and bulletins MS.201.10.9 undated

Physical Description: 1 folder(2 pages)
box 6, folder MS.201.10.10

Notes on objects found at Ripley site, New York MS.201.10.10 1904 July 23-25

Physical Description: 1 folder(4 pages)
box 6, folder MS.201.10.11a

"New ritual for the Wapanakian or Miawikezik" notes MS.201.10.11a circa 1919

Physical Description: 1 folder(4 pages)
box 6, folder MS.201.10.11b

Plans for proposed New Hall of Wisconsin Indians maps and murals MS.201.10.11b 1921

Physical Description: 1 folder(13 pages)

Historical Note

Skinner was working at the Milwaukee Public Museum at the time.
box 6, folder MS.201.10.12

Seminole housing pencil sketch drawn by Alanson Skinner MS.201.10.12 1910 August 20

Physical Description: 1 folder(2 drawings)
box 6, folder MS.201.10.13

Tales of an anthropologist MS.201.10.13 undated

Physical Description: 1 folder(5 pages)

Scope and Contents

Includes outlines of possible fiction stories.
box 6, folder MS.201.10.14

"Witchcraft among the Central Algonquins" manuscript MS.201.10.14 undated

Physical Description: 1 folder(12 pages)
box 6, folder MS.201.10.15

Notebooks MS.201.10.15 undated

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, folder MS.201.10.16

Notes, general MS.201.10.16

Scope and Contents

Includes notes on linguistics, pottery, artifacts, winemaking, and publications.
box 6, folder MS.201.10.17

Field notes from Bowman's Brook site, Mariners Harbor MS.201.10.17 undated

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 MS.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. Also includes information about Menominee, Sauk, Iowa, Iroquois, Potawami, Kickapoo, Winnebago, Seneca, and Cayuga tribes.
box 6, folder MS.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 MS.201.13

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

box 6, folder MS.201.14; MS.201.14.1

Scrapbook MS.201.14 1902-1923

Physical Description: 2 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 1914-1925

box 2, folder MS.201.5.1

Black Hawk, Chief of the Yellow Earths MS.201.5.1 1767 - 1855

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.2

Some Observations on the Ethnology of the Bungi MS.201.5.2

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.3

Final Observations on the Central Algonquian Dream Dance MS.201.5.3 1925 April 1 - 30

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.4

Plan for a Handbook of the Central Algonquian and Southern Siouan Tribes MS.201.5.4

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.4.1

Historical Sketches of the Tribes MS.201.5.4.1

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.5

Origin of the Name of Chicago MS.201.5.5

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Algonquian Indians, Origin of names, Names, Geographical, Chicago (Illinois)
box 2, folder MS.201.5.6

The Great Mystery of the Creek Indians MS.201.5.6

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Religion, Creek Culture, Oklahoma.
box 2, folder MS.201.5.7

The Croatan Indians of North Carolina MS.201.5.7

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Colonization, Lumbee Indians, Roanoke Colony, North Carolina, Milwaukee (Wisconsin).
box 2, folder MS.201.5.8

Cultural Areas of the Eastern Woodlands MS.201.5.8 1914 January 1 - December 31

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.9

Eastern Dakota Ethnology MS.201.5.9 1914 January 1 - December 31

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.10

The Eskimo MS.201.5.10

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Aleuts, Algonquian Indians, Arctic peoples, Hunting, Linguistics, Marriage, Child rearing, New York.
box 2, folder MS.201.5.11

Human Sacrifices in North America MS.201.5.11

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Iroquois Indians, Aztecs, Pawnee Indians, Natchez Indians, Religion, Human sacrifice, New York.
box 2, folder MS.201.5.12

The Genesis of the Tomahawk MS.201.5.12

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Algonquian Indians, New York (New York), Military art and science.
box 2, folder MS.201.5.13

The War Club MS.201.5.13

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Indians of North America--Warfare, Zuni Indians, Apache Indians, Plains, Sioux, New York (New York)
box 2, folder MS.201.5.14

Human Trophies Among the Indians MS.201.5.14

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Menominee Indians, Military art and science, Scalping, Algonquian Indians, Potawatomi Indians, Cree Indians
box 2, folder MS.201.5.15

An Indian and His Mother-In-Law MS.201.5.15

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Social structure
box 2, folder MS.201.5.16

Indian Customs Concerning the Killing of Bears MS.201.5.16

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Customs, Cree Indians
box 2, folder MS.201.5.17

Indian Red Pipestone, or Catlinite MS.201.5.17

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Geology, Winnebago Indians, Menominee Indians, Catlin, George--1796-1872, Ojibwa Indians, Minnesota
box 2, folder MS.201.5.18

Indian Remains in Shorewood, Milwaukee County MS.201.5.18

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Milwaukee County, Archaeology, Mounds, Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Potsherds, Mound culture, Potawatomi Indians
box 2, folder MS.201.5.19

Indians and Eagle Feathers MS.201.5.19

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Sioux/Ojibwa Indians/Arapaho Indians/Dresses/Cheyenne Indians/Kiowa Indians
box 2, folder MS.201.5.20

The Indian Today MS.201.5.20

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: New York (New York), Seneca Indians
box 2, folder MS.201.5.21

Indian Tribes of the East MS.201.5.21 1925 June 1

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.22

Indians East of the Mississippi Today MS.201.5.22 1924 May 10

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Oneida Indians/Menominee Indians/Potawatomi Indians/Wisconsin/Winnebago Indians/Ojibwa Indians
box 2, folder MS.201.5.23

The American Indian, Tribes of the Middle Atlantic MS.201.5.23 1925 May 1

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Agriculture/Dresses/Housing/Clothing and dress/Manners and customs/Religion/Shawnee Indians/Delaware Indians/Iroquois Indians
box 2, folder MS.201.5.24

The American Indian, Tribes of the Middle West MS.201.5.24 1925 June 1

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.25

Indian Tribes of the Northwest Coast MS.201.5.25

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.26

Indian Tribes of Oregon and California MS.201.5.26

Physical Description: 1 folder(14 pages)

Scope and Contents

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
box 2, folder MS.201.5.27

The American Indian, Tribes of the Plains MS.201.5.27

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.28

The American Indian, Tribes of the Southeast MS.201.5.28 1925 August 1

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Choctaw Indians, Seminole Indians, Cherokee Indians, Creek Indians, Agriculture, Seminole Indians, Social structure, Religion, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina.
box 2, folder MS.201.5.29

The Indian Village of Snakepins MS.201.5.29

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Museums/Archaeology
box 2, folder MS.201.5.30

Book Reviews by Alanson Skinner MS.201.5.30

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Criticism, interpretation, etc./Books--Reviews.
box 3, folder MS.201.5.31

The Pipes of the Iroquois MS.201.5.31 1925 June 1

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Pipes/Iroquois Indians
box 3, folder MS.201.5.32

The Iroquois Indians of New York MS.201.5.32 1925 May 20

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Parker, Arthur Caswell./Iroquois Indians./Oneida Indians./Seneca Indians./Tuscarora Indians./Onondaga Indians.
box 3, folder MS.201.5.33

The Shrunken Heads of the Jivaro Indians MS.201.5.33

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Military art and science/Shrunken heads/Jivaran Indians/Peru/South America
box 3, folder MS.201.5.34

The Death House of the Kaw MS.201.5.34

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Osage Indians./Death/Oklahoma./Arkansas.
box 3, folder MS.201.5.35

The Mexican Kickapoos MS.201.5.35

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Kickapoo Indians/Potawatomi Indians
box 3, folder MS.201.5.36

The Kiowa Taimay MS.201.5.36

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Magic./Ute Indians/Kiowa Indians
box 3, folder MS.201.5.37

The Mascoutens or Prarie Potawatomi Indians, Part I: Social Life and Ceremonial Organization MS.201.5.37 1923

Physical Description: 448 pages

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.37.1

The Mascoutens or Prarie Potawatomi Indians, Part II: Material Cultural, Folklore, and Miscellaneous Data MS.201.5.37.1 1923

Physical Description: 225 pages

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.38

Information Obtained Concerning the Medicine Lodge from Informants on the Menominee Indian Reservation MS.201.5.38 1915 August 14 - 18

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Menominee Indians/Religion
box 3, folder MS.201.5.39

Rough Times on the Oconto, An Adventure of an Indian Lumberjack MS.201.5.39

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Satterlee, John Valentine./Potawatomi Indians./Menominee Indians./Biography/Military art and science/Wisconsin
box 3, folder MS.201.5.40

Songs of the Menominee Indian Medicine Ceremony MS.201.5.40 1919

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.41

Ethnology of the Ioway Indians MS.201.5.41

Scope and Contents

Manuscript.
Subjects include: Iowa Indians./Hunting./Food./Clothing and dress./Fishing./Religion./Social structure./Political organizations./Games.
box 4, folder MS.201.5.42

Little Turtle, The Napoleon of the Miami MS.201.5.42 1752 January 1 - 1812 December 13

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.43

Captain Jack, The Modoc MS.201.5.43

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.44

The Last of the Mohicans MS.201.5.44

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Mohegan Indians
box 4, folder MS.201.5.45

The Most Ancient Houses in New York MS.201.5.45

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Dwellings--New York.
box 4, folder MS.201.5.46

Oriente People MS.201.5.46

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Jivaran Indians./Agriculture./Shrunken heads./Military art and science./Housing./Weapons./Peru./Bolivia./Ecuador./Colombia.
box 4, folder MS.201.5.47

Osceola, the Seminole MS.201.5.47

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Seminole Indians./Creek Indians./Biography/Military art and science/Florida
box 4, folder MS.201.5.48

The Warrior Police of the Plains Indians MS.201.5.48

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Hunting
box 4, folder MS.201.5.49

Observations on the Ethnology of the Sauk Indians, Part II: War Customs MS.201.5.49

Scope and Contents

Includes copy of the Bulletin of Public Museum of Milwaukee 1925 May 11 issue.
Subjects include: Sauk Indians/Military art and science
box 4, folder MS.201.5.50

Further Observations on the Ethnology of the Sauk Indians MS.201.5.50

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Hunting/Agriculture/Fishing/Music/Transportation/Military art and science/Art/Games/Sauk Indians
box 4, folder MS.201.5.51

Writings on "Scalpings" MS.201.5.51 circa 1924

Scope and Contents

Includes newsclippings from Adventure magazine, 1924 August 10 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, folder MS.201.5.52

An Old Seneca War Club MS.201.5.52

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: New York./Military art and science/Seneca Indians
box 4, folder MS.201.5.53

Source Books for American Indian History, a bibliography MS.201.5.53

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Ethnology/History/Books./Bibliography/Culture
box 4, folder MS.201.5.54

Reprinted articles on Seneca and tobacco pipe MS.201.5.54

Scope and Contents

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, folder MS.201.5.55

The Throwing Stick or Atlatl MS.201.5.55

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Harrington, M. R.--(Mark Raymond),--1882-1971/Mexico/Arizona./New Mexico/Utah
box 4, folder MS.201.5.56

The Passing of a Great Staten Island Indian Village Site MS.201.5.56

Scope and Contents

Includes field notes.
Subjects include: Archaeology/Site maps/New York./Staten Island (N.Y.)
box 4, folder MS.201.5.57

Traditions of the Wahpeton Dakota Indians MS.201.5.57

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Wahpeton Indians--Folklore./Wahpeton Indians--Social life and customs.
box 4, folder MS.201.5.58

Unami Initiation Ceremonies Adopted by Jiskogo and Sekosh MS.201.5.58

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Unami./Rites and ceremonies
box 4, folder MS.201.5.59

A Warrior's Insignia MS.201.5.59

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Oto Indians./Iowa Indians./Fox Indians./Sauk Indians./Pawnee Indians./Osage Indians./Menominee Indians./Clothing and dress/Dresses/Social structure
box 4, folder MS.201.5.60

Economic Life Among the Indians of Wisconsin MS.201.5.60

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Hunting/Agriculture/Fishing/Tools
box 4, folder MS.201.5.61

The Historic Indians of Wisconsin MS.201.5.61

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Menominee Indians/Religion/Mythology/Death/Political science/Folklore/Sauk Indians/Fox Indians/Potawatomi Indians/Wisconsin
box 4, folder MS.201.5.62

A Wisconsin Colony of Kentuckians MS.201.5.62

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Menominee Indians/Hunting/Prohibition
box 4, folder MS.201.5.63

Some Wyandot Corn Foods MS.201.5.63

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Wyandot Indians/Food/Oklahoma
box 4, folder MS.201.5.64

The Last of the Wyandots MS.201.5.64

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Iroquois Indians./Wyandot Indians./History/Oklahoma
box 4, folder MS.201.5.65

Miscellaneous Notes and Drafts (non-fiction) MS.201.5.65

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Art./Rites and ceremonies/Pottery/Music/Sioux/Games/Woodwork/Military art and science/Pottery/Bibliography/Ohio River Valley
box 4, folder MS.201.5.66

John Valentine Satterlee, Honorary Member of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society MS.201.5.66

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Satterlee, John V./Menominee Indians./Memorial addresses.
box 4, folder MS.201.5.67

Two Unusual Effigy Jars from Costa Rica MS.201.5.67

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Art./Archaeology./Costa Rica.