F. Louis and Lucille Hoover papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hoover, Francis Louis, 1913-
label: Creator
content: Hoover, Lucille
place: label: Place
content: San Blas Islands (Panama)
label: Place
content: Central America
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was part of a donation to the Department of Anthropology. Most of the paper material was transferred to the National Anthropological Archives in 1977. A small increment was transferred in 1980.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hoover, Francis Louis, 1913-
label: Creator
content: Hoover, Lucille
culture: label: Culture
content: Guna [Guna Yala]
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1977-50
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into 6 series: (1) Published Cuna Indian material; (2) published Cuna monographs; (3) pictographic chants; (4) photographs of chants; (5) photographs of Cuna life; (6) San Blas Islands maps.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection is unprocessed.  Contact the repository for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: F. Louis Hoover was an art educator, editor, and museum director with a special interest in Latin American Indians. This collection consists of photographs, maps, printed and processed material, and pictographs of chants relating to the Cuna. Included is part of an art collection, most of which is in the specimen collection of the Department of Anthropology. Other material documents the artifacts.

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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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.