MS 4515-a Reginald Noel Atkinson report, photographs, and map relating to Okanagan artifacts
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 4515-a
name: label: Creator
content: Atkinson, Reginald Noel, 1897-
place: label: Place
content: Washington -- Antiquities
label: Place
content: British Columbia -- Antiquities
topic: label: Topic
content: Salish
creator: label: Creator
content: Atkinson, Reginald Noel, 1897-
culture: label: Culture
content: Okanagan
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Plateau
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: In 1954, Reginald Noel Atkinson founded and curated the Penticton Museum. A long-time Penticton resident and veteran of World War I, Atkinson collected military and American Indian artifacts, firearms, and antiques. The R.N. Atkinson Temporary Gallery was named in his honor after his death in 1973.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 20 Pages
label: Extent
content: 14 Gelatin silver prints
label: Extent
content: 1 Map (hand-drawn )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Received in Bureau of American Ethnology Archives from the BAE Directorʹs Office, 1957. Probably originally donated by Reginald Noel Atkinson.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4515A
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: Maps
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Copy of "The Artifacts of the Okanagan Indians in British Columbia and Washington State," paper presented by Reginald Noel Atkinson of Penticton, British Columbia, before the Okanagan Society for the Revival of Indian Arts and Crafts meeting, held on January 18, 1943 in Oliver, British Columbia. Also includes transcript of discussions of the paper, photographs of artifacts, and a map of the area.