MS 1998-17 John Verrill papers
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1998-17
name: label: Creator
content: Verrill, John, 1904-1933
place: label: Place
content: Atrato River Valley (Colombia)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology -- Colombia
label: Topic
content: Ethnology -- Ecuador
creator: label: Creator
content: Verrill, John, 1904-1933
culture: label: Culture
content: Choco Indians
label: Culture
content: Guna (Kuna)
label: Culture
content: Shuar/Achuar
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Items (2.5 linear inches.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1931
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Tom Hyry.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1998-17
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Maps
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Typescripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Typescripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of the papers of John Verrill and is comprised of ethnographic notes on the Jivaro (23 leaves), a report entitled "Results of Preliminary Survey of the Archeology and Ethnology of the Atrato Valley of Colombia, South America" (28 leaves), 5 maps of grave fields, 47 black-and-white photographs (apparently Cuna Indians, plus one of Verrill), 61 black-and-white postcards and a letter from Verrill to his parents.