Papers relating to the Native American history, language and culture of southern California and Basin

Object Details

Collection Citation: John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution; The preferred citation for the Harrington Papers will reference the actual location within the collection, i.e. Box 172, Alaska/Northwest Coast, Papers of John Peabody Harrington, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. However, as the NAA understands the need to cite phrases or vocabulary on specific pages, a citation referencing the microfilmed papers is acceptable. Please note that the page numbering of the PDF version of the Harrington microfilm does not directly correlate to the analog microfilm frame numbers. If it is necessary to cite the microfilmed papers, please refer to the specific page number of the PDF version, as in: Papers of John Peabody Harrington, Microfilm: MF 7, R34 page 42.

Arrangement: Series is arranged into 15 subseries: (1) Chumash; (2) Tubatulabal; (3) Kitanemuk; (4) Serrano; (5) Gabrielino; (6) Fernandeno; (7) Cahuilla; (8) Luiseno/Juaneno; (9) Cupeno; (10) Chemehuevi; (11) Mohave; (12) Diegueno (U.S. and Baja); (13) Paipai/Kiliwa; (14) Ute/Paiute/Shoshoni; (15) General and Miscellaneous Materials

Existence and Location of Copies: Microfilm and digital surrogates of microfilm are available. See volume 3 reels and subseries catalog records.

Scope and Contents note: The arrangement of material in this section forms the basis for Volume 3 of the microfilmed papers. The reel numbers of corresponding microfilm are listed where appropriate. "N/A" indicates material that was not included in microfilm.
Scope and Contents: This series within the John Peabody Harrington papers represents the results of Harrington's work on the native languages and cultures of southern California from the Tejon region to the Mexican border; notes collected in Baja are also included. The fieldwork was undertaken just prior to and during his employment as ethnologist (1915-1954) by the Bureau of American Ethnology and during his retirement years in California until his death in 1961. The documents focus primarily on linguistic data, although they also include significant amounts of ethnographic and historical information.