Miscellaneous Administrative Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
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content: Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1946
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0155, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Records in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series reflects the administrative activities of the BAE from 1929 to 1946. Records found among the series include correspondence, office memoranda, annual reports, circulars, notes, lists, meeting minutes, official notices, research statements, conduct reports, and plans of operation. The records largely concern budgetary matters, ethnological and archaeological investigations, and civil services regulations of the Work Progress Administration. They highlight the Bureau's relationship with its parent organization, and the effects of World War II on BAE operations.