Bernard G. Hoffman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hoffman, Bernard G.
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Virginia
topic: label: Topic
content: Cartography
label: Topic
content: Algonquin
creator: label: Creator
content: Hoffman, Bernard G.
culture: label: Culture
content: Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
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content: Bernard G. Hoffman papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Bernard G. Hoffman papers mainly document Hoffman's research on the early cartography of North America, tribal distributions in eastern North America, and bibliographical research on eastern North American Indigenous groups. Included are manuscripts of Hoffman's works related to these subjects, maps, and 35 mm slides pertaining to Hoffman's personal life and courses on anthropology.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Bernard G. Hoffman (1926 – 1989) was an anthropologist who studied Indigenous groups located in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. Hoffman's main focus was cartography, but he also collected broader ethnographic research of others on tribes located in these areas. 

Hoffman received his BA in physics and mathematics from the University of Montana in 1946 and earned his PhD in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1955. After graduation Hoffman went on to work as a research analyst with the United States Department of Justice Indian Claims Section until 1957, after which he became a research associate at the American University Foreign Area Study Division for one year. From 1958 to 1964, Hoffman worked as a research analyst for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Foreign Service Information Program, going on to serve as head of the NSF's Course Content Improvement Program from 1964 to 1965. 

In 1965, he joined the faculty of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland at College Park. His area of focus concerned eastern North American tribes from Appalachia to eastern Canada. Hoffman served on the UMD faculty for 12 years before retiring in 1977. Following this, he conducted research and published on cartography relating to Indigenous communities of eastern North America. 

Hoffman died of Hodgkin's disease in 1989.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25.35 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0315
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged into three series: Slides, Cartography, and Ethnographic research. Many orignal folder titles were retained; titles created by the archivist are placed in brackets.
bibliography: label: Selected Bibliography
content: 1961.  -- Cabot to Cartier: Sources for a Historical Ethnography of Northeastern North America 1497-1550 -- . Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1961. 

1964. "Observations on Certain Ancient Tribes of the Northern Appalachian Province"  -- Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin --  191, (1964): 191-246.

1975.  -- Historical Ethnography of the Micmac of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Volume I -- . Oakland: University of California Press, 1975.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Bernard G. Hoffman papers concern Hoffman's research on the Indigenous groups of eastern North America. Hoffman's collection materials relate to the history of cartography of North America and include research on the history and distribution of tribes located around the east coast, particularly in and around Virginia. The collection contains copies of printed material, bibliographic and teaching materials, printed and hand-drawn maps, illustrations, photographs, and manuscripts.

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: George Mason University Libraries and the University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections holds additional Bernard G. Hoffman  papers.