Object Details
- Local Numbers
- Accession #1976-95
- Creator
- Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
- Correspondent
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
- Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987
- Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
- Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
- Harrington, Arthur
- Hewett, Edgar L. (Edgar Lee), 1865-1946
- Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956
- Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960
- Marr, John Paul
- Martin, Fredericka I.
- Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942
- Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
- Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966
- Creator
- Roberts, Helen H. (Helen Heffron), 1888-1985
- Correspondent
- Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939
- Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
- Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
- Van Valkenburgh, Richard F.
- Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986
- Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), b. 1885
- Young, Robert W., 1912-2007
- Names
- Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
- United States. Office of Censorship
- Collection Creator
- Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
- Topic
- Language and languages -- Documentation
- Linguistics
- Creator
- Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
- Correspondent
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
- Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987
- Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
- Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
- Harrington, Arthur
- Hewett, Edgar L. (Edgar Lee), 1865-1946
- Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956
- Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960
- Marr, John Paul
- Martin, Fredericka I.
- Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942
- Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
- Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966
- Creator
- Roberts, Helen H. (Helen Heffron), 1888-1985
- Correspondent
- Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939
- Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
- Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
- Van Valkenburgh, Richard F.
- Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986
- Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), b. 1885
- Young, Robert W., 1912-2007
- See more items in
- John Peabody Harrington papers
- John Peabody Harrington papers / Series 9: Correspondence
- Extent
- 11 Boxes
- Date
- 1904-1960
- bulk 1935-1954
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.1976-95, Subseries 9.2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Correspondence
- 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
- The section of outgoing letters is arranged chronologically. Under each date, letters are further arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the addressee. When multiple letters were sent to the same correspondent on the same date, these are labeled "(1st)," "(2nd)," etc. In some cases Harrington addressed a letter to a company; when the identity of the respondent at the company is known, this individual's name has been added to the letter in brackets and is the basis for filing. When Harrington addressed a letter to one individual and another replied, the letter is filed under the name of the addressee, but the name of the respondent has been added in a cross-reference note on the letter or on a target.
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Microfilm and digital surrogates of microfilm are available. See Volume 9, reels 12-16. Unfilmed materials include the reverse sides of letters on which unrelated notes were written, the address sides of postcards and air cards when all pertinent data are also present on the message side of the cards, and large or bulky enclosures.
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence
- Scope and Contents
- This subseries of the Correspondence series contains copies of letters that John P. Harrington sent. For the most part the file consists of carbon copies of typed letters or handwritten drafts. There are also a number of signed originals. It is not always clear whether these documents were not sent or whether they were returned to Harrington. In those cases in which an original letter was returned with a reply written on it, the original letter is filed as though it were the reply and can be located under the name of the correspondent who returned it; a photocopy has been made for filing in correct chronological order within the file of letters sent. The primary focus of Harrington's correspondence is his work--both that which he undertook on an official basis for the B.A.E. and that which he pursued because of strong personal interests. References to his research and fieldwork take the form of passing references in letters to acquaintances, detailed accounts in letters to close friends, requests for authorization of proposed fieldwork, and reports of work accomplished in letters to supervisors, and lists of instructions to field and clerical assistants. Much of the correspondence involves queries and the exchange of information and questions. Harrington wrote to scientists for identification of plant, animal or mineral specimens collected during fieldwork, and to postmasters, Indian agents, and social works in search of informants. There is also correspondence regarding acquisition of books, photostats, microfilm, and various supplies and equipment. There are also letters to editors of various journals enclosing articles for publication as well as letters of introduction, obtained by Harrington to facilitate his own work or prepared by him for use by his assistants. A number of letters involve answers which Harrington prepared to questions which were addressed directly to him by members of the public or were referred to him in the capacity of Senior Ethnologist at the B.A.E. Several hundred items of correspondence relate to Harrington's duties when detailed to the Office of Censorship from 1943 to 1945. Most of these reflect his efforts to obtain translations of letters in foreign languages which he could not identify or for which dictionaries were not available. Finally there are letters exchanged with landladies; real estate agents; bank personnel; and city, county and federal officials regarding payment or collection of rent, selling of property, confirmation of bank balances, and payment of taxes, as well as letters written to friends and family dealing with purely personal matters. There are small subsections for undated letters and unmatched portions of letters (second and third pages without salutation) at the end of the file of outgoing letters.
- Restrictions
- No restrictions on access.
- Record ID
- ebl-1626971434170-1626971435160-1
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