Notes, correspondence and drawings on the Indian mounds of the Ohio Valley, 1915-1935.

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Notes, correspondence and drawings on the Indian mounds of the Ohio Valley, 1915-1935.

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Notes written and collected by Marshall Howard Saville on the Mound builders of the Ohio Valley, including the Turner group of earthworks in Hamilton County, the Little Miami Valley sites, and the Moundon Bowman Farm site near South Milford, Clearmont County. Correspondence from individuals associated with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Harvard University, including Alice E. Putnam and Charles P. Bowditch, with notes of Frederic Ward Putnam. Auction brochure titled "Catalogue of an Important Collection of Fine and Rare Photographs" by Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Inc., September 24, 1915. Also included are sketches, photos and other original illustrations, some prepared for publication. The illustrations include maps of the burial sites and mounds, arrowheads, pottery, jewelry, decorations, pipes, skeletons, ceremonial devices, tools, and other Indian implements found at the gravesites. Most of the drawings are by W. J. Baer, (William Jacob).

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Cornell University Library

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

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The Peabody Museum, founded in 1866 by George Peabody, has sent over 800 expeditions to all parts of the world. These expeditions, together with gifts and purchases, have resulted in the amassing of a comprehensive collection of ethnological, archaeological and somatological materials. From the description of Records of the Museum, 1851-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972599 Built in 1876, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest museums devoted ...

Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915

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Bowditch, Charles P. (Charles Pickering), 1842-1921

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Putnam, Alice Edmands.

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Saville, Marshall H. (Marshall Howard), 1867-1935

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Charles Pickering Bowditch was a major benefactor to the Peabody Museum. Frederic W. Putnam served as the curator of the Peabody Museum. Alice E. Putnam was Frederic Putnam's daughter and served as a research assistant at the Peabody Museum, as well as Frederic's liason to the museum when his health began to fail. From the description of Notes, correspondence and drawings on the Indian mounds of the Ohio Valley, 1915-1935. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64064236 ...

Baer, William J. (William Jacob), 1860-1941

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Painter; East Orange, N.J. From the description of William Jacob Baer writing, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394769 ...

Huntington Free Library

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Tozzer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marston), 1877-1954

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Tozzer graduated from Harvard in 1900, and taught anthropology and archaeology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Alfred Marston Tozzer, 1908-1937 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973202 Alfred Marston Tozzer was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on July 4, 1877 to Samuel Clarence Tozzer and Caroline Blanchard (Marston) Tozzer. He grew up in Lynn and after graduating from high school attended Harvard College where he received degrees...

Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Inc.

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