MS 2341 Paul Schumacher illustrations for the Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol. 3
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content: NAA MS 2341
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content: Illustrations (original) for article on "Methods of making stone weapons," published in Bulletin Geol. and Geog. Survey Terr., volume III, No. 3, Washington, 1877. (plates 2 to 8 incl., 10 to 18 incl., 20, 21 and 29.)
name: label: Creator
content: Schumacher, Paul
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: California
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content: Oregon
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
creator: label: Creator
content: Schumacher, Paul
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Drawings (visual works) (ink)
label: Extent
content: 1 Photomechanical print
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1877
container: label: Container
content: Box 2341
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Sent to the Bureau of American Ethnology by Neil Judd, February 1937.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2341
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Graphic Materials
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content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Photomechanical prints
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content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
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content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of 25 drawings and one print created by Schumacher to illustrate his entries in the Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol. 3.  A note in the Bulletin states that the articles: "are the outcome of explorations conducted under the joint auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and the Indian Bureau, for the purpose of making a representation of the archaeology of the California coast at the United States Centennial Exposition...the illustrations are from maps, sketches, and plans furnished by the author."

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds correspondence related to Schumacher's collecting activities for the Smithsonian in MS 7132 Letters to Spencer F. Baird.