Symbol account books
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 316703

USNM Accession 66880
place: label: Place
content: Alaska
label: Place
content: North America
culture: label: Culture
content: Alaskan Eskimo
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Books (leather-bound, 3.75 x 6 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 316702/316703, Item 1-2
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The account books were part of an Alaskan ethnological and geological collection made by Rev. Sheldon Jackson. The Bureau of American Ethnology purchased the collection from Jackson's daughter, (Elizabeth) Lesley Jackson, in July 1921. The collection was transferred to the United States National Museum (Accession Number 66880). The drawings were transferred to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS316703
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Books
label: Type
content: Books
label: Type
content: Pictographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Pictographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of two small leather-bound account books filled with various words and symbols.  

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Other Sheldon Jackson materials purchased by the Bureau of American Ethnology are held by the National Anthropological Archives in MS 316702 and by the Department of Anthropology object collections (Accession 66880).