Constance Goddard DuBois papers, 1897-1909.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Constance Goddard DuBois papers, 1897-1909.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67615616

The papers include her field notes from her summers in California, notes on her activities with the Connecticut Indian Association, and newspaper clippings relating to Indian affairs, particularly those in California. Drafts of manuscripts for her publications on Luiseno religion, Diegueno mythology, and other subjects relating to the Mission Indians of California are included in the collection. Letters written to Du Bois from 1897 to 1909 comprise a significant part of the collection. Correspondentss from Alfred Kroeber, Otis T. Mason, Mary C. B. Watkins, Frederick W. Hodge, and Clark Wissler, as well as with representatives of Indian-aid organizations such as the Indian Industrial League and the Indian Rights Association. Other correspondence to DuBois, her notes and manuscripts on Indians of California including the Diegueño and Luiseño Indians. One folder about Robert Wilcox and the Hawaiian Rebellion. Folders with information about mythology, religion, industry, art, missions, language, vocabulary, biographical information, and newspaper clippings. Includes index of correspondence. Field notebooks, date books, and diary books.

2 cubic ft.

Cornell University Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7967621

Cornell University Library

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Watkins, Mary S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj36ft (person)

Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x34xcv (person)

Frederick Webb Hodge was an ethnographer, archaeologist, editor and museum director. Hodge's first exposure to archaeology was as secretary of the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition. When the project was over he returned to work at the Bureau of American Ethnology as Librarian. His work as editor began with the revitalization of the American Anthropologist and carried through his 2 vol. set of the Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, to the famous 20 vol. set by Edward S. C...

Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k46hrt (person)

Alfred L. Kroeber was an anthropologist. He taught anthropology at the University of California, 1901-1946, and was curator, 1908-1925, and director, 1925-1946, of the University's anthropological museum. From the description of Yana vocabulary and grammatical notes, 1911-1912. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165433 Anthropologist. From the description of Anthropology : mss., 1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85185772 A...

Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6862khw (person)

Otis Tufton Mason (1838-1908) was an ethnologist. His parents were Rachel Lincoln Mason and John Mason, whose ancestors were from Massachusetts and New Hampshire. From the guide to the Otis Tufton Mason Papers, ., 1849-1910, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

DuBois, Constance Goddard

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp5v4b (person)

Constance Goddard Du Bois, a successful novelist who lived in Connecticut, became interested in the Indians of southern California on a visit there around the turn of the century. From 1897 to 1907 she became increasingly involved in efforts to assist the Luiseno and Diegueno peoples of the area, spending many of her summers with them. At home in the winter she worked vigorously to bring the situation of these desperately poor people to the attention of her neighbors and officials of the Indian ...

Huntington Free Library

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mt4gx3 (corporateBody)

Wilcox, R. W. (Robert William), 1855-1903

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb8cft (person)

Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j38v40 (person)