MS 7011 A.S. Gatschet Scrapbook
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- NAA MS 7011
- Other Title
- The Scientific Scrap, or the Battle of the Bone Hunter
- The Atakapa Language
- Collector
- Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
- Creator
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
- Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915
- Names
- Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
- Place
- Central America
- Topic
- Expositions -- World's Columbian
- Language and languages -- Documentation
- Indians of North America -- Southern states
- Collector
- Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
- Creator
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
- Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915
- Culture
- Atakapa
- Extent
- 138 Pages
- Date
- ca. 1885-96
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS7011
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Maps
- Citation
- Manuscript 7011, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Genre/Form
- Maps
- Scope and Contents
- Contents: Copies of Science and other publications including a poem entitled "The Scientific Scrap, or the Battle of the Bone Hunter (after Bret Harte): "The Atakapa Language," Lake Charles (Louisiana) Echo, February 14, 1885, by Gatschet; form and instructions by F.W. Putnam and Franz Boas for collecting physical anthropological data for the World's Columbian Exposition. Also includes notes on Central American languages and dialects, a map of Central America annotated with the locations of linguistic groups, and notes on rules and notes for preparing subvouchers for the Bureau of American Ethnology.
- Record ID
- ebl-1538148031989-1538148031990-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
