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Tlingit Indians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Notes about the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska

 Collection — Manuscript box 40 - folder 1
Identifier: 9009
Scope and content One folder of non-sequential loose notes; some look to be hastily written on scrap paper. These contain descriptions of events; phonetic spelling of native words and their meanings; notes about sociology and class which may have been used as a basis for a publication. The second folder contains extensive notes removed from a notebook. Some pages appear to be missing. The notes are observations of the people covering many aspects. There is a list of common animal names and their translation....
Dates: [1890-1900]

Out of the mists : Northwest coast Indian art

 Collection — Huntington box 13 - folder 1
Identifier: 9085
Scope and content

Material concerning an exhibition from the collections of the Museum of the American Indian, October 10 through December 29, 1984 at the IBM Gallery of Science and Art. Folder includes the copy for all the labels of the exhibit, lists of the items in the exhibit, and a brochure from the exhibit. The exhibit was curated by Mary Jane Lenz. One bound copy, one unbound of the labels, letter of provenance.

Dates: 1984.

Some missionaries and their work in Alaska

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9043
Scope and content

Scrapbook of postcards and other ephemera collected during a trip to coastal Alaska. Includes a narrative by Ms. Jones and various fact sheets and profiles on Alaska and its missions, as well as reverend biographies, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs. Items relateing to Ketchikan, Wrangell, Skagway, and Juneau, the First Presbyterian Church, the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, and other Alaskan political and religious figures. Also, a baby's Indian moccasin.

Dates: 1959.