Seminole Indians
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Freeman, Ethel Cutler, 1886-1972
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content: Ethel Cutler Freeman papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8.13 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0166, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is divided into 8 sub-series: (5.1) Correspondence, 1938-1971; (5.2) Culture, 1935-1972; (5.3) Seminole claims and Freeman proposals, 1941-1969; (5.4) Photo lectures, 1939-1955, 1970-1971; (5.5) History: Seminoles, Florida, 1936-1971; (5.6) Florida environment, 1938-1970; (5.7) Bibliographies, 1939-1969; (5.8) Notes and diaries, 1934-1971
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The bulk of this series is the notes and diaries from Freeman's field trips among the Florida Seminoles.  The notes and diaries are dated from 1939 to 1971.  The rest of the series includes correspondence with government officials, nurses, school teachers and others working with the Seminoles; letters, clippings and articles on several aspects of Seminole culture, arranged by subject; government material relating to Seminole claims and Freeman's proposals to government officials concerning handling of claims; reprints and other information on Florida's environment and history, and on the Everglades.  The group of cultural materials includes a synopsis of Josie Billie's discussion of religion and magic, which Mrs. Freeman recorded in private sessions at the Archbold Biological Station in 1954.