Photographs of Evert Wendell account book pages with sketches
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R81R
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy prints made by Smithsonian Institution from NYHS copy negatives, 1966.
name: label: Creator
content: Wendell, Evert, 1681-1750
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Iroquois

Souveno
topic: label: Topic
content: Account books
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Creator
content: Wendell, Evert, 1681-1750
culture: label: Culture
content: Seneca
label: Culture
content: Miami
label: Culture
content: Cayuga
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Evert Wendell (1681-1750) was born in Albany, New York, shortly after the Dutch surrendered the area to British colonists.  In 1695, Wendell began trading with American Indians and settlers.  Between the years 1695 and 1726, Wendell recorded over 2,000 transactions in his account books, including names and credit.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Copy negatives (acetate)
label: Extent
content: 5 Copy prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1700-1709
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Copy negatives purchased from New York Historical Society, circa 1966.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R81R
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy negatives
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Digital surrogates exist for some photographs.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Original account book is held by the New York Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs of pages from Evert Wendell's record book of his transactions with American Indians. The photographs highlight Wendell's drawings of Cayuga, Seneca, Miami, and Souveno Indians with whom he worked, including identifying markings such as tattoos, ear ornaments, and hairdressing. The collection also includes catalog cards prepared by William Curtis Sturtevant to describe drawings, with transcriptions and translations by T. J. Brasser.