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Collection Summary
Collection Title:
C. Hart Merriam Papers, Volume 1: Papers Relating to Work with California Indians, 1850-1974 (bulk 1898-1938)
Collection Number:
Microfilm: BANC FILM 1022
Originals: BANC MSS 80/18 c
Creator:
Merriam, C. Hart, (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942
Extent:
Number of microfilm reels: 142
Originals: Number of containers: 21 cartons, 22 boxes, 10 volumes, 1 oversize folder
Linear feet: 42.37
Repository:
The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location:
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Abstract:
Field notes, vocabulary schedules, manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks, clippings, and printed matter relating to Merriam's work with California and other Indian tribes (1898-1938). Primary material includes lists of tribes, bands and villages of California Indian tribes; ethnogeographic and ethnographic information; and lists of Indian words and their meanings. Secondary material includes Merriam's research files containing clippings and other printed matter on Indian tribes and Indian welfare in California and the West. Also included are manuscripts and typescripts of Merriam's published work on California Indians and typescripts of Robert Heizer's compilations of Merriam's work, published posthumously.
Languages Represented:
English
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