MS 7011 A.S. Gatschet Scrapbook
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7011
label: Other Title
content: The Scientific Scrap, or the Battle of the Bone Hunter
label: Other Title
content: The Atakapa Language
name: label: Collector
content: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
label: Creator
content: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
label: Creator
content: Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915
label: Names
content: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
place: label: Place
content: Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Expositions -- World's Columbian
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
creator: label: Collector
content: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
label: Creator
content: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
label: Creator
content: Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915
culture: label: Culture
content: Atakapa
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 138 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1885-96
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7011
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Maps
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Maps
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contents: Copies of Science and other publications including a poem entitled "The Scientific Scrap, or the Battle of the Bone Hunter (after Bret Harte): "The Atakapa Language," Lake Charles (Louisiana) Echo, February 14, 1885, by Gatschet; form and instructions by F.W. Putnam and Franz Boas for collecting physical anthropological data for the World's Columbian Exposition. Also includes notes on Central American languages and dialects, a map of Central America annotated with the locations of linguistic groups, and notes on rules and notes for preparing subvouchers for the Bureau of American Ethnology.