| NASH, PHILLEO (1909-1987), Papers Philleo
Nash attended the University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1932) and University of Chicago (Ph.D.,
1937). He taught at the University of Toronto, 1937-1941, and American University,
1971-1976. Between 1942 and 1966, he held several positions with the federal government,
including special advisor on race relations to President Harry S Truman and Commissioner
of Indian Affairs under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He was
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin between 1959 and 1961. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was
a private consultant in applied anthropology. At the end of his life, Nash managed a
family cranberry business in his native Wisconsin.
The papers relate almost entirely to Nash's career as a professional anthropologist,
and most are dated before 1942 and after 1966. Included are reading notes, field notes,
class notes, class papers, handouts from meetings, teaching materials, photographs, and a
few letters (mostly from Fred Eggan, Morris E. Opler, and Robert Redfield and also from
W.W. Hill, Charlotte Gower, and Walter Dyk). Most notable are materials concerning Nash's
Klamath work during the 1930s, including material on the ghost dance. In addition, there
are copies of notes by Cora DuBois and notes based on Klamath Agency records. Also
included are materials on the Modoc, reading notes concerning the Papua, and folders on
Jews in Toronto and the Oraons of India. Since Nash was generally interested in nativistic
religions, there are appreciable materials relating to many cultures.
There are also miscellaneous materials reflecting Nash's broad anthropological training
and interests that concern the Apache, Arikara, Cocopa, Crow, Dakota, Eskimo, Maya,
Navaho, Oneida, Pima-Maricopa, Puyallup, Quileute, Samoa, Shawnee, Walla Walla, Yuma, and
Zuni. Nash was treasurer and a board member of the American Anthropological Association in
1968-1969, and there are materials concerning those positions.
There are photographs of Colville, Crow, East Bay Area United Indian Council (Oakland,
California), Havasupai, Hopi, Laguna, Navaho, Red Lake Chippewa, Spokan, Walapai, and
Yakima. There are also photographs of the 1938 or 1939 summer archeology work by the
University of Toronto at Aylmer, Ontario. Other photographs include portraits of Nash or
concern Nash's nonanthropological activities and include John F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey,
and other political leaders.
A very small amount of material relates to Nash's government work. Such material is
mostly in the Harry S Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.
DATES: 1930s-1960s
QUANTITY: 2.6 linear meters (8.5 linear feet)
ARRANGEMENT: Arrangement not defined
FINDING AID: Folder list
NATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES (est. 1879), Records
Included are correspondence and administrative records of a unit that began as the
archives of the Bureau of American Ethnology and, in 1965, became the archives of the
Smithsonian Office of Anthropology. The archives is now under the administration of the
Department of Anthropology in the National Museum of Natural History. The archives
acquired it current name in 1968.
Generally, the material concerns special projects, including the Native American
Cultural Resources Training Program, accessions, routine reference activities, and other
work. Some of NAA's records are maintained for administrative convenience and will
eventually be disposed of.
For a longer historical sketch the archives, see the introduction to this guide.
DATES: ca. 1940s-early 1970s
QUANTITY: ca. 20.8 linear meters (68.5 linear feet)
ARRANGEMENT: Unprocessed
FINDING AID: None
NATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS
The materials are prints, negatives, and color slides. Included are participants in the
archives' Native American Cultural Resources Training Program of the 1970s: Gloria
Anderson, Chippewa; Jack Bowen, Jr., Upper Skagit; Betty J. Brown, Choctaw; Vernon
Calavaza, Zuni; Gloria Maude Blackbird Cheswalla, Osage; Dixie Lee Davis, Yavapai; Rose
Marie Pierite Gallardo, Tunica-Biloxi; Rhonda Hulse, Chickasaw; James Jefferson, Southern
Ute; Patrick Chief Stick, Chippewa-Cree; Nora Dauenhauer, Tlingit; Steven DeColeau,
Clallam; David Fanman, Southern Cheyenne; Meredith P. Flinn, Makah; Ethelyn Garfield,
Paiute; David Lee Harding, Chippewa; Patty Leah Harjo, Seneca-Cayuga; Clare Lamont, Oglala
Dakota; Frank LaPena, Wintu; Danny K. Marshall, Steilacoom; Gordon McLester, Oneida;
Juanita McQuistion, Wyandot; Lynn D. Pauahty, Kiowa; Emily Peake, Chippewa; Rose Marie
Roybal, Puyallup; Mary Seth, Nez Perce; Winona Silva, Narragansett; Augustine Smith, San
Ildefonso; Rubie Sootkis, Northern Cheyenne; Elton Stumbling Bear, Kiowa Apache; George
Sutton, Southern Arapaho; Grace Thorpe, Sauk and Fox; Bill Tohee, Oto-Missouria; Lynne
Walks-on-Top, Spokan; George Wasson, Coos-Coquille; Carson Waterman, Seneca; Robert Van
Gunten, Chippewa; Anna Walters, Pawnee; Harry Walters, Navaho; Christine Webster,
Menominee; Harry Williams, Jr., Pima; Sarah Yazzie, Navaho; and Viola Zospah, White
Mountain Apache.
There are also photographs made by or for National Anthropological Archives Director
Herman J. Viola, including those of a Cheyenne and Arapaho Star Hawk Pow Wow, Watonga,
Oklahoma, 1974; views of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, October 1973; photographs of Wolf
Robe Hunt; the removal of the Acee Blue Eagle collection from the home of Mae Abbott; and
various seminars, and meetings. Also present are photographs of special events and staff
of the National Anthropological Archives. Among the persons depicted are Viola, officials
of the Smithsonian, Mae Abbott, Mrs. Myron B. Smith, Solomon McCombs (Creek), Alan
Slickpoo (Nez Perce), Mr. and Mrs. Juan Chavarreo (Santa Clara), and Edward Box and
Everett Burch (Ute).
DATES: ca. 1973-1979
QUANTITY: ca. 1000 items
ARRANGEMENT: By event, program
FINDING AID: Shelf list, description of slides
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 74-17
GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN
INDIANS
The print is a group portrait of the founding meeting in Denver, Colorado. The National
Congress of American Indians records are described below. The photograph was the gift of
Mae Abbott.
DATE: 1944
QUANTITY: l print
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 75-33
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA COPY PRINTS
The photographs were part of an exchange between the National Museum of Canada and the
United States National Museum Division of Physical Anthropology. Tribes represented are
Blackfeet, Cree, Chukchi, Eskimo, and Sarcee. Many subjects are portraits. Others show a
camp, boats, and igloo interiors. Diamond Jenness made one 1926 series on Little Diomede
Island. R.M. Anderson, of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916, made another series.
Other photographers include David F. Barry, J.B. Tyrell, F.W. Waugh, and J.D. Soper. Yet
other photographers are unidentified.
DATES: ca. 1893-1926
QUANTITY: 61 prints
ARRANGEMENT: Unarranged
FINDING AID: None
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 81N.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DONALD C. BEATTY RECEPTION, NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
The prints are from photographs made at an observance to mark the donation of a Jivaro
collection by Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Beatty. The event took place in director's office of
the National Museum of Natural History.
DATE: 1979
QUANTITY: 6 prints
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 80-16
SLIDES MADE AT THE DONALD C. BEATTY RECEPTION, NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Colored slides relating to Photo Lot 80-16
DATE: 1980
QUANTITY: 29 slides
ARRANGEMENT: Unarranged
FINDING AID: None
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 80-51
NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTO COMPANY PHOTOGRAPHS
The collection consists of modern prints by a commercial organization of Chico,
California, that planned to issue a large series of Arizona photographs made during the
1880s. The images show Apache and Yuma subjects. They were possibly made by Richard W.
Hammer, a surveyor.
DATES: 1880s (original negatives); 1979 (prints)
QUANTITY: 10 prints
FINDING AID: List
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 79-8
NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY
Included are cartes-de-visite and a single stereograph showing views, animal specimens,
and portraits. Among them are portraits of Thomas Ewbank, E.G. Squier, and Yose Sabino Uc.
There is also an interior view of the Blackmore Museum in Salisbury, England.
DATES: Most probably 1860s-1870s
QUANTITY: 13 items
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 76-114 |