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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Heye Correspondence with Charles Heye (Father), 1889-1895
Help us celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the founding of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (NMAI's predecessor institution) by transcribing the museum's history. "George Heye Correspondence with Charles Heye (Father), 1889-1895" (Box 2, Folder 14) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records contains correspondence between founding Director George Gustav Heye and his father Charles Heye prior to the founding of the MAI-Heye Foundation.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Heye Correspondence with Franz Boas, 1916-1918
Help us celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the founding of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (NMAI's predecessor institution) by transcribing the museum's history. "George Heye Correspondence with Franz Boas, 1916-1918" (Box 1, Folder 9) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records contains correspondence between founding Director George Gustav Heye and anthropologist Franz Boas regarding the founding of the MAI-Heye Foundation.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Pepper: Correspondence, 1893-1900
Help us transcribe “George Pepper: Correspondence, 1893-1900” (Box 264, Folder 11) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records. George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) was instrumental in the creation of the Heye Museum collection, later the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Pepper, an archaeologist and ethnographer specializing in the study of the American Southwest, led several excavations to Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon with the American Museum of Natural History (Hyde Exploring Expeditions) previous to meeting George Heye in 1904. Well connected within the world of American archaeology, Pepper helped Heye professionalize his museum practices in addition to his involvement in MAI expeditions to Ecuador, Mexico, Georgia and the American Southwest. As a co-founder of the American Anthropological Association Pepper’s correspondence includes communications with many prominent collectors, archaeologists and anthropologists of the early 20th century.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Pepper: Correspondence, 1901-1902
Help us transcribe “George Pepper: Correspondence, 1901-1902” (Box 264, Folder 12) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records. George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) was instrumental in the creation of the Heye Museum collection, later the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Pepper, an archaeologist and ethnographer specializing in the study of the American Southwest, led several excavations to Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon with the American Museum of Natural History (Hyde Exploring Expeditions) previous to meeting George Heye in 1904. Well connected within the world of American archaeology, Pepper helped Heye professionalize his museum practices in addition to his involvement in MAI expeditions to Ecuador, Mexico, Georgia and the American Southwest. As a co-founder of the American Anthropological Association Pepper’s correspondence includes communications with many prominent collectors, archaeologists and anthropologists of the early 20th century.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Pepper: Correspondence, 1907
Help us transcribe “George Pepper: Correspondence, 1907” (Box 266, Folder 9) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records. George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) was instrumental in the creation of the Heye Museum collection, later the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Pepper, an archaeologist and ethnographer specializing in the study of the American Southwest, led several excavations to Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon with the American Museum of Natural History (Hyde Exploring Expeditions) previous to meeting George Heye in 1904. Well connected within the world of American archaeology, Pepper helped Heye professionalize his museum practices in addition to leading expeditions for the MAI to Ecuador, Mexico, Georgia and the American Southwest. As a co-founder of the American Anthropological Association Pepper’s correspondence includes communications with many prominent collectors, archaeologists and anthropologists of the early 20th century.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Pepper: Correspondence, 1908-1909
Help us transcribe “George Pepper: Correspondence, 1908-1909” (Box 266, Folder 10) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records. George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) was instrumental in the creation of the Heye Museum collection, later the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Pepper, an archaeologist and ethnographer specializing in the study of the American Southwest, led several excavations to Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon with the American Museum of Natural History (Hyde Exploring Expeditions) previous to meeting George Heye in 1904. Well connected within the world of American archaeology, Pepper helped Heye professionalize his museum practices in addition to leading expeditions for the MAI to Ecuador, Mexico, Georgia and the American Southwest. As a co-founder of the American Anthropological Association Pepper’s correspondence includes communications with many prominent collectors, archaeologists and anthropologists of the early 20th century.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Pepper: Correspondence, 1910
Help us transcribe “George Pepper: Correspondence, 1910” (Box 266, Folder 11) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records. George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) was instrumental in the creation of the Heye Museum collection, later the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Pepper, an archaeologist and ethnographer specializing in the study of the American Southwest, led several excavations to Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon with the American Museum of Natural History (Hyde Exploring Expeditions) previous to meeting George Heye in 1904. Well connected within the world of American archaeology, Pepper helped Heye professionalize his museum practices in addition to leading expeditions for the MAI to Ecuador, Mexico, Georgia and the American Southwest. As a co-founder of the American Anthropological Association Pepper’s correspondence includes communications with many prominent collectors, archaeologists and anthropologists of the early 20th century.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Pepper: Correspondence, 1915-1918
Help us transcribe “George Pepper: Correspondence, 1915-1918” (Box 266, Folder 12) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records. Correspondents include: Richard Van Vredenburgh, Theodoor de Booy, Charles Heuser, J. Walter Fewkes, George Gustav Heye, Bennett Young, Samuel G. Tate, George Payne, Otto B. Giers, Francis LaFlesche, Clarence B. Moore, G.L. Berg, William Curtis Farabee, F.W. Skiff, Charles Furlong, V.T. Hammer, James B. Ford, P.E. Goddard, Fred E. Sander, Edgar L. Hewett, J.E. Standley, Henry D. Paxson, John W. Harrington, Frederick W. Hodge, F.W. Waugh, William J. Seever, Elliot E. Haaseman, V. May White, Henry G. Bayer, Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde, W.J. MacKAy, Clark Wissler.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Pepper: Correspondence, 1919-1920
Help us transcribe “George Pepper: Correspondence, 1919-1920” (Box 266, Folder 13) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records. Correspondents include: Clark Wissler, William Griffiths, Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde, Bob Ritchie, David Ross McCord, William G. Richardson, E.M. Nusbaum, Carl Schondorf?, M.L. Bind, A.V. Kidder, Henry Paxson, Arthur C. Parker, F.K. Swain?, George Gustav Heye, Edgar Thomson, M. Van Epps, Elsie Clews Parsons, James Mooney, W. de Haynes, Charles Nessler, Adelaide Nash Sipperley, Neil M. Judd, Levi W. Merigel, V.T. Hammer, Alanson Skinner.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Pepper: Correspondence, 1921-1922
Help us transcribe “George Pepper: Correspondence, 1921-1922” (Box 266, Folder 14) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records. Correspondents include: David McCord, Neil M. Judd, William M. Stone, G.B. Gordon, Frederick Houghton, Clark Wissler, Malcolm Stone, R.B. Orr, Charles B. Harendeen, Joseph Keppler, Ellis Soper, Joseph H. Shaffner, Charles Sargent, A.V. Kidder, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Harmon Hendricks, E.B. Renaud, George Gustav Heye, John Clarke, John B. Stetson, Arthur C. Parker, Warren K. Moorehead, S.J. Guernsey?, Internal Review, Arthur Hardin, Maggs Bros.
