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Wampanoag Indian research and field notes

 Collection — huntington box: 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9057

Scope and content

Research relating to the Burr's Hill Wampanoag Indian burial site in Warren, Rhode Island. Field notebook has daily account of the excavation from 1913, information about the artifacts recovered, maps of the site, some related correspondence, inscriptions in the runic alphabet found on artifacts. Second folder contains typed notes from various sources that Carr used in preparation for a monograph on the Wampanoag burial site. The notes are a combination of a transcript of the item Carr was using, with additional notes and citations typed in the margins. The transcripts include extracts from Rhode Island colonial records, Plymouth colony records, notes from "Excavations in an Erie Indian village and burial site at Ripley, Chautaqua Co., NY.," history from Plimouth plantation [sic], Roger Williams' "Key to the Indian Language," notes and drawings on salt glazed stoneware, glass, ceramics, extracts with notes from other books and documents researched by Carr with page number citations.

Dates

  • 1913.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Carr was the director of the George Hail Library in Warren, R.I. Remains from the Burr's Hill dig site described in his field notes were housed in the Charles Whipple Greene Museum portion of the Hail Library.

Extent

2 folders. (2 folders.)

Language of Materials

English