William Henry Holmes collection of photographs of stone implements
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 73-43E
name: label: Creator
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
topic: label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Antiquities
creator: label: Creator
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) was an artist, geologist, and archeologist who spent most of his career with the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, United States Geological Survey, Bureau of American Ethnology, and Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian. From 1894-1897, he was the head of anthropology at the Field Columbian Museum (Field Museum of Natural History) and on the staff of the University of Chicago. From 1889 to 1894, shortly after his appointment to the Bureau of American Ethnology, William Henry Holmes conducted excavations of the quartzite and steatite quarries in the Rock Creek Valley.  He later served as head curator for the US National Museum Department of Anthropology from 1897-1902 and head of the BAE from 1902-1909.  During preparations for his "Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities," published in the 60th Bureau of American Ethnology bulletin, Holmes took charge of the archeological collections of the United States National Museum; images of which illustrate his text.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 62 Prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: early 20th century
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Transferred from the Department of Anthropology in 1973.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.73-43E
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Photographs published in W. H. Holmes, "Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities," Part I, BAE Bulletin 60, 1919.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs of stone implements collected by William Henry Holmes, probably in association with his "Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities" for the Bureau of American Ethnology.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Correspondence by Holmes can be found throughout the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7206, the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the records of the Department of Anthropology.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Manuscripts and notes by Holmes can be found throughout the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4698, MS 2125, MS 7112, and MS 7570.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds the William Henry Holmes Papers, 1870-1931 (SIA RU007084).