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Guide to the David Ives Bushnell, Jr. Papers Mss. 65 B96


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Identification
Mss. 65 B96
Title
David Ives Bushnell, Jr. Papers 1797-1941
Quantity
21.00 Linear Feet
Quantity
Creator
Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941
Creator
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
Creator
Bushnell, Belle Johnston, b. 1859
Creator
Chouteau, Rene Auguste, 1749-1829
Creator
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Creator
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Creator
Kurz, Rudolph Friedrich, 1818-1871
Creator
Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864
Creator
Say, Thomas, 1787-1834
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

David Ives Bushnell, Jr. Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift.

Biographical Information:

David Ives Bushnell was born April 28, 1875 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was educated in St. Louis schools and in Europe. He worked as an assistant archaeologist at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University from 1901-1904. Bushnell contributed to the Handbook of American Indians and wrote numerous books on Native American Indians, including Native villages and village sites east of the Mississippi, (1919), Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan tribes west of the Mississippi (1922), The Manahoac tribes in Virginia, 1608 (1932), and Virginia before Jamestown (1940). He did much research in Virginia and in the Midwestern United States. He died on 4 June 1941. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Papers, chiefly 1917-1941, of anthropologist David Ives Bushnell, Jr., including correspondence concerning his research on Indians in North America; diaries, address lists, specimen lists, photographs, magazines, pamphlets, and maps pertaining to his work. Also includes correspondence of his mother, Belle Johnston Bushnell.

The collection also contains a typescript of the journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz; letters written by William Cullen Bryant (concerning Thanatopsis), William Henry Harrison (one concerning the death of Tecumseh), Horace Greeley (concerning Uncle Tom's Cabin), and Thomas Say; and includes two letters, 1798-1799, written to Rene Auguste Chouteau.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Art (sketches)
  • Correspondence
  • Diaries
  • Indians of North America
  • Maps
  • Oregon--History--19th century
  • Photographs
  • Publications
  • Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813
  • Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century
  • Watercolors (drawings)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
  • Bushnell, Belle Johnston, b. 1859
  • Bushnell, David Ives, Jr., 1875-1941
  • Chouteau, Rene Auguste, 1749-1829
  • Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
  • Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
  • Kurz, Rudolph Friedrich, 1818-1871
  • Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864
  • Say, Thomas, 1787-1834
  • Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century
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Container List

id136748
Series 1: Mss. 65 B96
1797-1941
Scope and Contents

Papers, chiefly 1917-1941, of anthropologist David Ives Bushnell, Jr., including correspondence concerning his research on Indians in North America; diaries, address lists, specimen lists, photographs, magazines, pamphlets, and maps pertaining to his work. Also includes correspondence of his mother, Belle Johnston Bushnell. The collection also contains a typescript of the journal of Rudolph Friederich Kurz; letters written by William Cullen Bryant (concerning Thanatopsis), William Henry Harrison (one concerning the death of Tecumseh), Horace Greeley (concerning Uncle Tom's Cabin), and Thomas Say; and includes two letters, 1798-1799, written to Rene Auguste Chouteau.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 id136749
    Letters, Journals, and other papers
    1797-1877
    Scope and Contents

    Kurz Journal

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id140142
      Letter dated London from Aston King and Co. (In English) to Cavalier and Petit, New Orleans
      1797 May 3
      Scope and Contents

      Re: purchase of "Indian trading guns".

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id136752
      Letter (in French) from Cavelier and Petit, New Orleans, to Augustine Chouteau, St. Loius
      1798 July 26
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id136753
      Letter (in French) from Cavelier and Petit, New Orleans, to Augustine Chouteau, St. Louis
      1799 May 9
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1A id136754
      Land grant signed by James Madison as President to Jesse Swisher
      1813 June 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id136755
      Letter (copy by D.I. Bushnell Jr.) dated Pensacola from John Innerarity to his brother James, merchant at Mobile
      1813 July 27
      Scope and Contents

      Re: Indian uprisings.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id136756
      Land grant signed by James Monroe as President to Ichabod Camp
      1817 September 25
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id136758
      Orders, Pittsburgh, by Stephen Harriman Long (1784-1864), Major, U.S. Army Engineers,
      1819 March 13
      Scope and Contents

      Orders commanding expedition to explore the Mississippi, Missouri, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id136759
      Letter from Thomas Say to William Maclure, dated Philidelphia
      1821 April 29
      Scope and Contents

      Say, 1787-1834, entomologist, orthinologist, was with Maj. Long - see Folder 4. Maclure, 1763-1840, was geologist, and Pres. Academy of Natural Science.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id136760
      Letter, Adjutant General's office, New Orleans to Lousiana Gov. W. C. C. Claiborne, by H. Chotard, Ass' t Adj. General.
      1814 December 16
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Bottom part of letter signed "Max. Baron von Braunsberg", dated St. Louis March 30, 1833. Bears note signed "L.W.S." - probably wife of Thomas Say from context, identifying him as Maximilian, Prinzen von Wied.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id136762
      Letter from William Henry Harrison dated North Bend to Col. John OFallon, St. Louis
      1834 April 9
      Scope and Contents

      Regarding death of Tecumseh.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id140143
      Letter by W.T. Macgruder, Lt. 1st Dragoons from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory, to General John G. Chapman
      1853 May 6
      Scope and Contents

      Re: encounters with Indians.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id136765
      Letter by S. Eastman from Washington, D.C. to Brantz Mayer in Baltimore
      1856 October 23
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id136767
      Letter by W. H. Holmes from camp on Rio San Diego, N. M. -- to "My dear Gill"
      1887 August 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id140144
      Letter from "Cora" to "sister Libby"
      circa 1848-1849
      Scope and Contents

      Bears a note "Written during winter 1848-49". Mentions Sarah (Evans?).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id136770
      Letter from John Evans, Portland, Oregon Territory to his wife, Sarah
      1853 October 19
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id136771
      Letter bearing note "Dr. John Evans to Sarah Zane Evans" dated Oregon City
      1858 October 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id136773
      Letter to Bushnell re: address of Mrs. Mills Evans
      1920
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id136774
      Letter from Horace Greeley, office of the Tribune, New York, to Mary E. Lee, St. Louis, Mo.
      1863 March 6
      Scope and Contents

      Includes comments on slavery, the Civil War, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id136775
      Letter from William Cullen Bryant, Cummington, Mass. to Mrs. Mary Lee Berry
      1877 September 26
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Mentions Bryant's "Thanatopsis".

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id136781
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1847
      Scope and Contents

      Title Page, to 1847 (pg. 6) and through 1847 (pg. 41).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id136787
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1848-1850
      Scope and Contents

      1848 (pg. 42-70); 1849 (pg. 70-83); 1850 (pg. 83-92).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id136793
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1851 January 1-August 9
      Scope and Contents

      1851, January 1 through August 9, inc. (pg. 93-149).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id136795
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1851 August 10-September 14
      Scope and Contents

      1851 August 10-September 14, inc. (pg. 150-209).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id136798
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1851 September 15-30
      Scope and Contents

      1851 September 15-September 30 (pg. 210-292).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id136800
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1851 October 1-14
      Scope and Contents

      1851 October 1-October 14 (pg. 293-368).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id136813
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1851 October 15-November 19
      Scope and Contents

      1851 October 15-November 19 (pg. 369-446).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id136821
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1851 November 20-December 31
      Scope and Contents

      1851 November 20-December 31 (pg. 447-494).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id136824
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1852 January 1-31
      Scope and Contents

      1852 January 1-January 31 (pg. 495-552).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id136825
      Journal of Friedrich Kurz
      1852 February 1-April 6
      Scope and Contents

      1852 February 1-April 6 (pg. 553-615).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id136827
      1852 April 7-September 22 (pp. 616-661-the end)
      1852 April 7-September 22
      Scope and Contents

      1852 April 7-September 22 (pg. 616-661-the end).

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id136831
    Supplement to Journal of Friedrich Kurz & Bushnell Jr. Correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id136832
      Pages 1-50
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id136833
      Pages 51-101 (the end)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id136841
      Letters
      1884-1907
      Scope and Contents

      Includes letters from Henry Giglioli of Florence.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id136849
      Letters
      1908-1916
      Scope and Contents

      Some Smithsonian Institution correspondence.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id136844
      Letters
      1917-1918
      Scope and Contents

      Includes Ella Combs letter re: her grandfather.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id136856
      Letters
      1919
      Scope and Contents

      Includes Smithsonian Inst. correspondence.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id136860
      Letters
      1920
      Scope and Contents

      Smithsonian; Ontario Museum; Minnesota Hist. Soc. etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id136861
      Letters
      1921
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents "Sovana" article, Art & Archaeology, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id136864
      Letters
      1922
      Scope and Contents

      Includes letters on Armstrong pictures.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id136866
      Letters
      1923
      Scope and Contents

      Nat. Geographic Soc., Pa. Academy of Fine Arts, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id136869
      Letters
      1924
      Scope and Contents

      State of Alabama, Dept Archives & History etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id136871
      Letters
      1925
      Scope and Contents

      Mo. Hist. Soc., Pa. Academy of Fine Arts, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id136873
    D. I. Bushnell, Jr. Correspondence
    1926-1931
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id136874
      Letters
      1926
      Scope and Contents

      Includes letters from Fairfax Harrison, Mo. Historical Soc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id136878
      Letters
      1927
      Scope and Contents

      Smithsonian, ØBK.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id136883
      Letters
      1928
      Scope and Contents

      Re: Catlins' North American Indians, the Louvre, Yale Univ. Press, Sec. of War Dwight Davis, etc.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id136884
      Letters
      1929
      Scope and Contents

      Museum of American Indians, Smithsonian.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id136887
      Letters
      1930 January-July
      Scope and Contents

      Smithsonian, Virginia State Conserv. & Dev., letter from Swem re: Bodleian print.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id136891
      Letters
      1930 August-December
      Scope and Contents

      Smithsonian, Dora Hood's Book Room.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id136893
      Letters
      1931 January-April
      Scope and Contents

      Dora Hood's, Chicago Fair.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id136895
      Letters
      1931 May-December
      Scope and Contents

      Royal Ontario Museum.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id136898
    D. I. Bushnell, Jr. Correspondence
    1932-1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id136900
      Letters
      1932
      Scope and Contents

      Memo re: Peter Rindesbacher, Royal Ontario Museum.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id136906
      Letters
      1933
      Scope and Contents

      J. P. Thompson, Royal Ontario Museum, Public Archives of Canada.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id136909
      Letters
      1934 January-April
      Scope and Contents

      Art & Archaeology Mag., Fairfax Harrison, Royal Ontario Mus., Dora Hood's Book Room.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id136912
      Letters
      1934 May-December
      Scope and Contents

      J. B. Thompson, Paul Kane pictures.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id136914
      Letters
      1935 January-May
      Scope and Contents

      Paul Kane pictures, Fairfax Harrison, Dr. Goodwin appeal for funds.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id136916
      Letters
      1935 June-December
      Scope and Contents

      University of Tennessee, College of William and Mary.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id136919
      Letters
      1936 January-June
      Scope and Contents

      W. P. A., College of William and Mary, Royal Ontario Museum.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id136920
      Letters
      1936 July-December
      Scope and Contents

      Nederlandsh Historisch…

  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id136921
    Correspondence
    1937-1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id136923
      Letters
      1937 January-May
      Scope and Contents

      Royal Ontario Mus., Dora Hood of Canada.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id136927
      Letters
      1937 June-December
      Scope and Contents

      Royal Ontario Mus., College of William and Mary.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id136929
      Letters
      1938
      Scope and Contents

      Indiana Historical Soc., William and Mary.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id136931
      Letters
      1939 January-March
      Scope and Contents

      Oregon City Officials, Royal Ontario Mus. - General Correspondence.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id136932
      Letters
      1939 April-July
      Scope and Contents

      Oregon City Officials, J. Neilson Barry. General Correspondence.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id136935
      Letters
      1939 August-December
      Scope and Contents

      Univ. of California, Royal Ontario Mus.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id136937
    Bushnell Correspondence
    1940-1941, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id136940
      Letters
      1940 January-February
      Scope and Contents

      Minnesota Hist. Soc., Royal Ontario Mus., Mexican swindler's letter.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id136944
      Letters
      1940 March-June
      Scope and Contents

      Missouri Hist. Soc., Minnesota Hist., Soc., Newberry Lib.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id136945
      Letters
      1940 July-September
      Scope and Contents

      W.P.A., U. of Calif.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id136947
      Letters
      1940 October-December
      Scope and Contents

      U. of Cal., Hist. Soc. Montana.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id136948
      Letters
      circa 1941
      Scope and Contents

      Univ. of Michigan, Univ. of Tennessee.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id136949
      Letters and typscripts
      undated
      Scope and Contents

      Paper on W. H. Jackson.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id136952
      Letters of father D. I. Bushnell to son D. I. Bushnell, Jr.
      1917-1920
      Scope and Contents

      Includes a few from R. W. Pommer in same period, re: the father.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id136955
    Correspondence, Belle Bushell (Mrs. D. I., Sr.)
    1924-1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id136958
      Letters to Mrs. Bushnell
      1924-1926
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Also poem "The Miller's Task" and booklet "My Dream Life" by Mrs. Bushnell.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id136961
      Letters to Mrs. Bushnell
      1927-1928
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id136963
      Letters to Mrs. Bushnell
      1929-1932
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id136966
      Letters to Mrs. Bushnell
      1933-1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id136968
      Carpet controversy with Woodward & Lothrop
      1929-1930
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id136970
      Controversy with S. A. E. House, U. Va.
      1930
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id136974
      Controversy over use of name D. I. Bushnell & Co.
      1929
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id136976
    Business Correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id136978
      Bills, receipts, letters from dealers, etc.
      1918-1922
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id136980
      Bills, receipts, letters from dealers, etc.
      1923-1925
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id136982
      Bills, receipts, bank letters, etc.
      1926-1929
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id136984
      Bills, receipts
      1930
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5 id136985
      Bills, receipts
      1931
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 6 id136988
      Bills, receipts, leases
      1932-1941
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id136989
    Diaries, Address Books, Specimen Lists
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id136997
      "Catalogue of Specimens in my collection - D. I. Bushnell, Jr., Boston, Mass.
      1902 January 2
      Scope and Contents

      216 numbered and ruled pages of 7-1/2 x 10 of which pp. 5-15 only have notes - Ojibway [items?]

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137001
      "D. I. Bushnell Jr."
      1892
      Scope and Contents

      Diary of European tour.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137003
      "David Ives Bushnell Jr."
      1896
      Scope and Contents

      Diary of European tour.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137676
      "David Ives Bushnell Jr."
      1897
      Scope and Contents

      Diary of European tour.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137679
      "D. I. Bushnell Jr."
      1898 November
      Scope and Contents

      Diary of European tour.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137689
      "D. I. Bushnell Jr.", St. Louis
      1888
      Scope and Contents

      Diary of New England trip.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137692
      "D. I. Bushnell Jr."
      1915 January
      Scope and Contents

      Diary with scattered entries.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137696
      "D. I. Bushnell Jr."
      1904-1907
      Scope and Contents

      Diary.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137699
      "Notes on objects from North America in Museums in Switzerland - D. I. Bushnell, Jr."
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137701
      Notes on Indian sources and customs
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137702
      Notebook
      Scope and Contents

      Almost blank: sketch in front, few numbers in back.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137712
      "D. I. Bushnell, Jr.", St. Louis
      1898
      Scope and Contents

      Sketches of implements.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137713
      "D. I. Bushnell, Jr.", University of Va.
      1918
      Scope and Contents

      Small address book.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137715
      "Notes on various artists - American and Foreign - who painted portraits of Indians, or scenes in the "Indian Country - D. I. Bushell, Jr."
      1920
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137716
      "Choctaw Notes - D. I. Bushnell, Jr., Charlottesville, Va."
      1910
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137717
      Top-hinged book labelled "Radio" with records of stations heard
      1922-1924
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137727
      "D. I. Bushnell, Jr., Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C."
      1928
      Scope and Contents

      Top-hinged book labelled "Albemarle County, Virginia," with sketches and notes.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137731
      "Notes gathered among the negroes of Albemarle County, Virginia, D. I. Bushnell, Jr."
      1912
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137734
      Top-hinged notebook with a few notes apparently to identify pictures in Texas
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137739
      Top-hinged notebook with typed label "Research in Missouri -- Bushnell -- 1913" with a few sketches
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137740
      "D. I. Bushnell, Jr.", University of Va.
      1930
      Scope and Contents

      Address book.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137741
      Maroon, tooled leather guest book with inscriptions
      1910-1913
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id137742
      "Bibliography of (and prepared by) D. I. Bushnell, Jr., Washington, D. C.
      1928 August
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id137744
    Memorabilia
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id137746
      Picture post cards
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id137747
      Invitations, memberships
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id137749
      Photographic prints and negatives of part of John Smith's map
      Scope and Contents

      Showing Indian towns along James, York - Rappahanick rivers.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id137751
      Album of photographs, Virginia scenes, log cabins, etc.
      1928-1933
      Scope and Contents

      Identified and signed by Bushnell.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 id137755
      Unidentified (9" x 11") photo, men on field trip
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id137756
    Photographs, Negatives, Prints, etc.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id137758
      Miscellaneous photos & prints, most unidentified
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id137759
      Misc. photos
      Scope and Contents

      Not identified. 2 specimen photos of implements from Mons site.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id137761
      Print, pen and ink, by Ellen E. Powers, in carved natural wood frame 12"x9"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id137763
      Framed (11 x 12-1/2) and glazed portrait of and signed by Henry H. Giglioli
      1905
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 id137764
    Aerial Photographs and Negatives
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1 id137765
      Rappahanock River, and unidentified photos and negatives
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id137767
      Unidentified photos and negatives
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id137768
      Photos, Potomac Creek and unidentified
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 4 id137769
      Green Spring, Rappahanock, and unidentified
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 id137771
    Photographs
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 id137772
      100 photographs of Kurz drawings, originals in Swiss museum in Geneva
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 id137773
      30 aerial photographs, most mounted of identified rivers in Virginia and Maryland
  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id137774
    Photographs etc.
    Scope and Contents

    Photographs, negatives and prints, miscellaneous. Article on Sovana, with photographs.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id137775
    Stereopticon Slides, Photos, Negatives, Framed Pictures, etc.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id137776
      86 stereopticon slides of St. Louis
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id137777
      Miscellaneous photos, negatives and framed pictures
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id137778
      Die-cut initials "D.I.B." for marking leather
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 id137779
      Roll of prints - 1671 Falda print: statue to Pope Clement IX
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id137780
    Aerial and Other Photographs & Negatives, Unidentified; Indian and Frontier Notes
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 1 id137781
      "The Virginia Frontier in History" by Bushnell
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 2 id140145
      "Washington and the French" by Bushnell
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 2 id140146
      "The Story of the Grand Portage"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 2 id140147
      "Discovering the Source of the Mississippi"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 3 id140148
      "Fragmentary Textiles from Ozark Caves"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 3 id140149
      "The Origin and Various Types of Mounds in Eastern U.S." by Bushnell
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 4 id137791
      "Handbook of Aboriginal Remains East of the Mississippi" by Bushnell
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 5 id137795
      "A Journey through the Indian Country beyond the Ohio" - Bushnell
      1785
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 6 id137796
      "Notes on Indians of Canada near the Great Lakes"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 7 id137799
      "Big Snake, Piegan Indian Chief" - bu John G. Carter
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8 id140150
      "The Choctaw of St. Tammany Parish" - by Bushnell
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8 id140151
      "The Choctaw of Bayou Lacombe, La."
      Scope and Contents

      Notebook ms. Also bound copy of book.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id137804
      A Concise and Practical System of Geography for... by Roswell C. Smith, A. M., New York
      1856
      Scope and Contents

      Contains signature of D. Ives Bushnell.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id137806
      Miscellaneous aerial and other photographs and negatives
      Scope and Contents

      Almost all are unidentified.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id139635
    Papers on Indians: Magazines & Pamphlets
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 1 id139637
      The Indians of Bedford County, with newspaper article
      Scope and Contents

      "Manuscript of Indian Life in Colonial Days, D. I. B. Jr." Label on envelope by Bushnell.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 2 id140152
      Virginia before Jamestown by D. I. B. - note re. John White
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 2 id140153
      John White, The First English Artist to visit America, D. I. B. Jr.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 2 id140154
      John White
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 3 id139641
      Trailing Early Man in Virginia, by D. I. B. Jr.
      Scope and Contents

      Some pages missing. Also printed copies, complete.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 4 id139644
      Untitled papers by D. I. B. Jr.
      1904
      Scope and Contents

      Papers describing ancient site near Kimmswick, Jefferson Co., Mo.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 5 id140155
      "Contributions to the Archaeology of Eastern Missouri" by D. I. B. Jr.
      1913
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 5 id139653
      Two pages, newspaper articles Re. above and St. Genevieve
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 5 id139655
      Papers regarding mounds in Missouri area
      Scope and Contents

      Two unidentified TCy pages.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 6 id139663
      Miscellaneous papers by D. I. B. Jr.
      Scope and Contents

      Includes parts of papers, ms, and typed copy.

      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 6 id139668
        "Osage Indians"
      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 6 id139670
        "Portrait of an Eskimo-1576"
      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 6 id139672
        "Early Contact with Native Tribes, 16th Century"
      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 6 id139676
        "Jacques Lemoyne de Morgues"
      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 6 id139678
        "Some Indian Graves in Buckingham Co."
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id140115
      "New England Magazine" with article on Hiram Powers, sculptor
      1899 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id140116
      Magazine "Man": article on Catlin's drawings
      1940 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id140117
      "New Hochelagan Burying Ground"
      Scope and Contents

      Inscribed by author W. D. Lighthall.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id140118
      Two copies "The Commonwealth Magazine" with article "The Mille Lac Controversy" by D.I.B. Jr.
      1901 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id140119
      Copies of Smithsonian publications written by D.I.B. Jr.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id139682
      "Friedrich Kurz, Artist-Explorer"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id140126
      "Virginia - from Early Records" by D.I.B.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id140120
      Folder on Stanley, artist-explorer
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id140127
      "Ancient Works on the Muskingum" by D.I.B.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id140121
    Scrapbook, Bibliography Cards, Miscellaneous Papers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 id140122
      Two envelopes inscribed by Bushnell
      Scope and Contents

      Re. Christopher Gist, c. 1706-1759, explorer and Washington aide.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 2 id140123
      Notes
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents "Virginia and the Cherokee". "Medicines of the Negroes of Albemarle Co.". "Survivals of the Stone Age in America". "Tuckahoe" - notes re. the plant.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 3 id140124
      Miscellaneous papers
      1581, 1582
      Scope and Contents

      Includes apparent page from 16th Century account book with dates.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 id140125
    Stamps, Paper Money (Confederate & Colonial), Artwork, Demerara Ms, etc.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 1 id140128
      Assortment of postage and other stamps
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 2 id140129
      Confederate and Colonial paper money
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 3 id140130
      Watercolors
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 4 id140131
      Pencil sketches, ink tracings, watercolors
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 5 id140132
      Broadsides, songs and ballads, Civil War era
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 6 id140133
      Guiana Chronicla and Demerara Gazette
      1823 October 17
      Scope and Contents

      Also contains ms account of Demerara by J. Henry H. Holmes with sketches, etc. 1820-1824.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 id140134
      "Germanna Ford Crossroads of History"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 id140135
      "Explorations and Field Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1940"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 id140136
      "The Manahoac Tribes in Virginia, 1608"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 id140137
      "Virginia before Jamestown"
  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id140138
    Two Photograph Albums, Bushnell's European Trips
    • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id140139
      Europe
      1892 June 16-September 17
      Scope and Contents

      Photos and prints.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 20 id140140
      Europe
      1896 April 27-May 26
      Scope and Contents

      Photo prints.

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id140141
Series 2: Maps
Mixed Materials Box: 21
Scope and Contents

Wooden box containing rolls of maps of parts of U.S. and Canada. Also a long roll of such maps.

  • Mixed Materials Map Tube 1
    Map Tube 1
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Map Tube 2
    Map Tube 2
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Map Tube 3
    Map Tube 3
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Map Tube 4
    Map Tube 4
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Map Tube 5
    Map Tube 5
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Map Tube 6
    Map Tube 6
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Map Tube 7
    Map Tube 7
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Map Tube 8
    Map Tube 8
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Map Tube 9
    Map Tube 9
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6
    State Maps of Minnesota and New Mexico
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    1857 pocket/sectional map of Minnesota and a 1931 Rand McNally pocket map of New Mexico

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