Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation - George Pepper: Correspondence, undated

Help us transcribe “George Pepper: Correspondence, undated” (Box 267, Folder 5) from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Records. Correspondents include: Frank Vorhies, William E. Hawks, Esther Putnam, George Gustav Heye, Teluli, Mary Atwell Moore, Pierre Lecomte du Noüy, Samuel K. Lothrop, Albert G. Heath, Mr. Carlton, Kaj Birket-Smith. 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.