MS 4109 David Ives Bushnell, Jr. collection of drawings and illustrations
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 4109
name: label: Collector
content: Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941
label: Artist
content: Webber, John, 1751-1793
label: Artist
content: Krieghoff, Cornelius, 1815-1872
label: Artist
content: Batz, Alexandre de
label: Artist
content: Calyo, Nicolino, 1799-1884
label: Depicted
content: Keokuk, Sauk chief, 1780?-1848
label: Depicted
content: Mató-Tópe, Mandan chief, -1837
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Arctic regions
creator: label: Collector
content: Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941
label: Artist
content: Webber, John, 1751-1793
label: Artist
content: Krieghoff, Cornelius, 1815-1872
label: Artist
content: Batz, Alexandre de
label: Artist
content: Calyo, Nicolino, 1799-1884
culture: label: Culture
content: Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)
label: Culture
content: Numakiki (Mandan)
label: Culture
content: Unangax̂ (Aleut)
label: Culture
content: Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
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content: MS 4109 David Ives Bushnell, Jr. collection of drawings and illustrations
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: David Ives Bushnell, Jr. (1875-1941) was educated in St. Louis, Missouri and in Europe before joining his first anthropological expedition to northern Minnesota in 1899. From 1901-1904, he worked as an archaeological assistant at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University and continued his studies in anthropology. In addition to excavations and studies, Bushnell went to Europe in 1904 and documented North American ethnographic material held in collections and museums there. The Smithsonian hired him as a contributor to the Handbook of American Indians (1907) before appointing him editor for the Bureau of American Ethnology (1912-1921).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16 Engravings
label: Extent
content: 6 Drawings (visual works)
label: Extent
content: 2 Photographs
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1784-1869
label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was bequethed by the Bushnell estate and received by the Bureau of American Ethnology in May 1944.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4109
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Engravings
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Watercolors
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Lithographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Lithographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Engravings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of drawings and illustrations collected by Bushnell, including 16 engravings from James Cook's A Voyage to the Pacific, 6 drawings and watercolors by various artists, and 2 photographs of drawings.  Some of the drawings were used to illustrate Bushnell's publications; two drawings are unidentified.


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: Surveys, reports, data and notes by Bushnell are held in National Anthropological Archives MS 3433, MS 2255, MS 3434, MS 4098, MS 7138, MS 2126, and MS 4494.

Photographs by Bushnell are held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 141B, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 2522-c, Photo Lot 80-35, and the BAE historical negatives.

Correspondence from Bushnell can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the Henry Bascom Collins, Jr. papers, John P. Harrington papers, Ales Hrdlicka papers, Bureau of American Ethnology records, and MS 4210.

The bulk of Bushnell's art collection was bequeathed to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University in 1941 and 1946 (Accession # 41-72).  Some items from the Bushnell collection at the Peabody were sold to the Library and Archives Canada in 1981 and 1987 (David Ives Bushnell collection of Canadiana).

The Special Collections Research Center Repository at William & Mary Libraries holds the David Ives Bushnell, Jr. Papers (Mss. 65 B96).