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Title: Abbie Boutelle Papers
Dates: 1897-1921
Collection Number: 1928.015
Creator/Collector:
Boutelle, A. W. (Abbie Warren)
Extent: 2 linear feet
Repository:
Museum of Us
San Diego, California 92101
Abstract: The Boutelle Papers comprise archival material directly related to the collection of baskets and other objects Abbie Boutelle
donated to the San Diego Museum of Man in 1928. The archival collection includes photographs, notebooks, and ledgers containing
contextual information about the Boutelle collection, often including names and photographs of the creators of specific pieces,
and sketches of the graphical patterns woven into the baskets Boutelle acquired.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open to on-site researchers and remote research requests. On-site reserach visits must be arranged with
the collections department in advance by contacting collections@museumofman.org. Research requests are expedited for Native
American individuals and tribes conducting reserach at the museum. For more information about accessing materials concerning
Native American tribes, families, and individuals, contact collections@museumofman.org or the museum archivist.
In accordance with museum policy, photographs and images of Native American subjects are not made available for publication
until the researcher has obtained written permission from the affiliated tribal authority. For non-restricted cases, the museum
can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Diego Museum
of Man 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 researcher.
[Identification of item]. Abbie Boutelle Papers. Collection Number: 1928.015. Museum of Us
Boutelle bequeathed a collection of baskets, photographs, and notebooks to the San Diego Museum of Man upon her death in 1928.
Biography/Administrative History
Abbie Boutelle (1846-1928) was born Abbie Warren Goodale in 1846. She married Thomas N. Boutelle in 1868 in Clinton, Massachusetts.
Following her husband’s successful career in engineering and business, the couple moved to San Diego in 1895. Mrs.
Boutelle was a photographer and a collector of Native American baskets. From 1897 to 1921, the Boutelles made several trips
to Native American reservations in southern California, where she collected baskets and took photographs. Abbie Boutelle died
in Clinton, Iowa on January 4, 1928. She bequeathed her basket collection, along with her notes and photographs related to
the basket collection, to the San Diego Museum of Man.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises the archival material directly related to the collection of baskets and other objects Abbie Boutelle
donated to the San Diego Museum of Man in 1928. It includes photographs, notebooks, and ledgers containing contextual information
relating to the Boutelle collection, including the names and images of basket makers, the price and dimensions of each basket,
and where Boutelle purchased the baskets.
Baskets, Indian
Indians--Basket making