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Edward Curtis Manuscript: "The North American Indian"
GC 1143
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Title: Edward Curtis Manuscript: "The North American Indian"
Dates: 1907-1930
Collection Number: GC 1143
Creator/Collector:
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Extent: 9 linear feet (Boxes: 20 legal)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Curtis' original typewritten manuscript and research notes for his 20 volume "The North American Indian," published roughly
one volume annually between 1907 and 1930 in a numbered edition of 500.
Language of Material: English
Research is by appointment only
Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
[Identification of item]. Edward Curtis Manuscript: "The North American Indian". Collection Number: GC 1143. Seaver Center
for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Edward Sherriff Curtis (1868-1952) spent his latter decades in Los Angeles, California. Visit the Curtis Legacy Foundation
website for more information.
Scope and Content of Collection
Curtis' original typewritten manuscript and research notes for his 20 volume "The North American Indian," published roughly
one volume annually between 1907 and 1930 in a numbered edition of 500. Manuscripts were most likely to be printer's proofs.
Included are vocabularies of various tribal languages. Box 21 contains transcripts of oral histories from members of various
tribes.
Indians of North America