William Brooks Cabot papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cabot, William B. (William Brooks), 1858-1949
place: label: Place
content: Labrador (N.L.)
label: Place
content: North America
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Joseph R. Coolidge in 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cabot, William B. (William Brooks), 1858-1949
culture: label: Culture
content: Naskapi Innu
label: Culture
content: Cree
label: Culture
content: Montagnais Innu
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: William Brooks Cabot was trained as a civil engineer at Yale University and Rensselaer Plytechnic Institute and operated an engineering and construction firm in Boston. A sportsman, Cabot was drawn into the wilderness of northeastern Quebec and Labrador where he became intrigued by the First Nations people of that area. Between 1899 and 1924, he made many trips to the region in order to live and travel with Indian bands, taking notes and photographs while he did. The Indians with whom Cabot dealt include the Nascapi, Cree, and Montagnais.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1870-1925
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1981-19
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection is unprocessed.  Contact the repository for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers consist mainly of notebooks, dairies, and photographs, both negatives and prints.

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