Manuscript, [ca. 1920].

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Manuscript, [ca. 1920].

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Emmons' manuscript, "The Tlingit," on numerous aspects of the daily life of the Tlingit Indians is based upon collecting trips he made during the 1870s to 1890s. It includes drawings and photographs illustrating arts and crafts, hunting, and other aspects of Tlingit life. Emmons describes Tlingit villages and houses, domestic life, life cycle, arts and industries, fishing and hunting, war and peace, shamans, witchcraft, legends, and gambling.

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American Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology

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The collection was probably amassed by James Howard McGregor of the Anthropology Dept. as the first part of a lecture on the evolution of man. The first part was entitled "Apes" and the second, "Studies of Man." Many photographs come from the Museum's Dept. of Public Education. From the description of Mammalogical photographs, [ca. 1914-1953] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155515619 Canadian geologist Robert Bell directed the Geological Survey of Canada from 1901-1906. ...

Emmons, George Thornton.

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Emmons was a naval lieutenant from whom the American Museum of Natural History acquired extensive collections of Northwest Coast Indian material, 1880s-1920. From the description of Manuscript, [ca. 1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511653 Emmons was a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who was stationed on board the U.S.S. Pinta during the 1880s and 1890s. After retiring from the Navy in 1899, he took on special projects for the U.S. government that involved working with th...