Herbert William Krieger papers
name: label: Photographer
content: James, George Wharton
label: Correspondent
content: Jacobs, Melville
label: Correspondent
content: Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery), 1881-1949
label: Photographer
content: Cook, W. A.
label: Correspondent
content: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
label: Correspondent
content: Clark, Charles Upson, 1875-1960
label: Photographer
content: Chapman, John W. (John Wight), 1858-1939
label: Photographer
content: Chandlee, W. E.
label: Correspondent
content: Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973
label: Photographer
content: Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987
label: Photographer
content: Carbonell, Jose
label: Correspondent
content: Cambiaso, R. D.
label: Photographer
content: Brown, S. C.
label: Correspondent
content: Brown, O. M.
label: Correspondent
content: Briggs, C. F.
label: Correspondent
content: Abbot, Charles G.
label: Correspondent
content: Archer, William Andrew
label: Photographer
content: Abbott, William Louis, 1860-1936
label: Correspondent
content: Barry, J. Neilson (John Neilson), 1870-1961
label: Photographer
content: Archer, William Andrew
label: Correspondent
content: Beckwith, Frank
label: Photographer
content: Bartleman, Richard M.
label: Correspondent
content: Blumentritt, Ferdinand
label: Photographer
content: Boleter, Frank M.
label: Correspondent
content: Boekelman, H. J.
label: Correspondent
content: Costells, J. Martinez
label: Correspondent
content: Booy, Theodore de
label: Correspondent
content: Hough, Walter, 1859-1935
label: Correspondent
content: Cressman, Luther S., 1897-1994
label: Photographer
content: Dinwiddie, William (1867-1934)
label: Creator
content: Krieger, Herbert W. (Herbert William), 1889-1970
label: Correspondent
content: Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997
label: Correspondent
content: Felts, Wayne M.
label: Correspondent
content: Drierden, J. E.
label: Correspondent
content: Franco, Jose L.
label: Correspondent
content: Harding, H. T.
label: Correspondent
content: Harris, J. R.
label: Photographer
content: Moorhouse, Lee, 1850-1926
label: Photographer
content: Gilfillan, J. A. (Joseph Alexander), 1838-1913
label: Correspondent
content: Granberry, Julian
label: Correspondent
content: Higgins, B. B.
label: Correspondent
content: Setzler, Frank M. (Frank Maryl), 1902-1975
label: Photographer
content: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
label: Photographer
content: Hillers, John K., 1843-1925
label: Correspondent
content: Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960
label: Correspondent
content: Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
label: Correspondent
content: Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
label: Photographer
content: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
label: Correspondent
content: Thomas, E. H.
label: Correspondent
content: Stern, T. B.
label: Correspondent
content: Spinden, Herbert J.
label: Correspondent
content: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936
label: Author
content: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936
label: Photographer
content: Ward, Fanny B.
label: Photographer
content: Worcester, Dean Conant
label: Photographer
content: Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903
label: Correspondent
content: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
label: Correspondent
content: Weltfish, Gene, 1902-1980
label: Photographer
content: Russell Brothers
label: Correspondent
content: Wright, L. S.
label: Correspondent
content: Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964
label: Photographer
content: Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929
label: Correspondent
content: Nicholson, Grace, -1948
label: Correspondent
content: Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915
label: Correspondent
content: Packard, E. L.
label: Correspondent
content: Palm, Erwin W.
label: Correspondent
content: Parkes, George A.
label: Photographer
content: Pilsudski, Bronislaw
label: Photographer
content: Rice, Arthur P.
label: Photographer
content: Robertson, Mrs. T. C.
label: Photographer
content: Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944
label: Correspondent
content: Sexton, Charles E.
label: Photographer
content: Sigourney, W. S.
label: Correspondent
content: Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
label: Correspondent
content: Skinner, H. D.
label: Photographer
content: Spencer, S. A.
label: Photographer
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
label: Correspondent
content: Langille, W. A.
label: Correspondent
content: Laudermilk, J. D.
label: Correspondent
content: Judd, Neil Merton, 1887-1976
label: Correspondent
content: Lashmitt, Ivan de
label: Correspondent
content: Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908
label: Correspondent
content: Lawrence, Donald B.
label: Photographer
content: Doty, Charles Edward, 1862-1921
label: Photographer
content: Miller, E. Y.
label: Photographer
content: Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920
label: Photographer
content: Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863-
label: Correspondent
content: Folkmar, Daniel, 1861-1932
label: Photographer
content: Miller, Hugo H.
label: Photographer
content: Turner, Lucien M. (Lucien McShan)
label: Photographer
content: Moore, Riley Dunning, 1883-
label: Correspondent
content: Moberg, Gosta
label: Photographer
content: Moros, E.
label: Correspondent
content: Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
label: Names
content: Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
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content: Cuba
label: Place
content: Bahama Islands
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content: Alaska
label: Place
content: Dominican Republic
label: Place
content: Japan
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content: Old Kasaan
label: Place
content: Philippines
label: Place
content: Oceania
topic: label: Topic
content: Houses -- North America -- Africa -- Asia -- South America
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content: War Background Studies
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content: Archeology -- Columbia River -- Yukon River -- Cuba -- Dominican Republic -- Bahama Islands
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content: James, George Wharton
label: Correspondent
content: Jacobs, Melville
label: Correspondent
content: Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery), 1881-1949
label: Photographer
content: Cook, W. A.
label: Correspondent
content: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
label: Correspondent
content: Clark, Charles Upson, 1875-1960
label: Photographer
content: Chapman, John W. (John Wight), 1858-1939
label: Photographer
content: Chandlee, W. E.
label: Correspondent
content: Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973
label: Photographer
content: Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987
label: Photographer
content: Carbonell, Jose
label: Correspondent
content: Cambiaso, R. D.
label: Photographer
content: Brown, S. C.
label: Correspondent
content: Brown, O. M.
label: Correspondent
content: Briggs, C. F.
label: Correspondent
content: Abbot, Charles G.
label: Correspondent
content: Archer, William Andrew
label: Photographer
content: Abbott, William Louis, 1860-1936
label: Correspondent
content: Barry, J. Neilson (John Neilson), 1870-1961
label: Photographer
content: Archer, William Andrew
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content: Beckwith, Frank
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content: Bartleman, Richard M.
label: Correspondent
content: Blumentritt, Ferdinand
label: Photographer
content: Boleter, Frank M.
label: Correspondent
content: Boekelman, H. J.
label: Correspondent
content: Costells, J. Martinez
label: Correspondent
content: Booy, Theodore de
label: Correspondent
content: Hough, Walter, 1859-1935
label: Correspondent
content: Cressman, Luther S., 1897-1994
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content: Dinwiddie, William (1867-1934)
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content: Krieger, Herbert W. (Herbert William), 1889-1970
label: Correspondent
content: Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997
label: Correspondent
content: Felts, Wayne M.
label: Correspondent
content: Drierden, J. E.
label: Correspondent
content: Franco, Jose L.
label: Correspondent
content: Harding, H. T.
label: Correspondent
content: Harris, J. R.
label: Photographer
content: Moorhouse, Lee, 1850-1926
label: Photographer
content: Gilfillan, J. A. (Joseph Alexander), 1838-1913
label: Correspondent
content: Granberry, Julian
label: Correspondent
content: Higgins, B. B.
label: Correspondent
content: Setzler, Frank M. (Frank Maryl), 1902-1975
label: Photographer
content: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
label: Photographer
content: Hillers, John K., 1843-1925
label: Correspondent
content: Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960
label: Correspondent
content: Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
label: Correspondent
content: Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
label: Photographer
content: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
label: Correspondent
content: Thomas, E. H.
label: Correspondent
content: Stern, T. B.
label: Correspondent
content: Spinden, Herbert J.
label: Correspondent
content: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936
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content: Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1885-1936
label: Photographer
content: Ward, Fanny B.
label: Photographer
content: Worcester, Dean Conant
label: Photographer
content: Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903
label: Correspondent
content: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
label: Correspondent
content: Weltfish, Gene, 1902-1980
label: Photographer
content: Russell Brothers
label: Correspondent
content: Wright, L. S.
label: Correspondent
content: Nelson, N. C. (Nels Christian), 1875-1964
label: Photographer
content: Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929
label: Correspondent
content: Nicholson, Grace, -1948
label: Correspondent
content: Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915
label: Correspondent
content: Packard, E. L.
label: Correspondent
content: Palm, Erwin W.
label: Correspondent
content: Parkes, George A.
label: Photographer
content: Pilsudski, Bronislaw
label: Photographer
content: Rice, Arthur P.
label: Photographer
content: Robertson, Mrs. T. C.
label: Photographer
content: Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944
label: Correspondent
content: Sexton, Charles E.
label: Photographer
content: Sigourney, W. S.
label: Correspondent
content: Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
label: Correspondent
content: Skinner, H. D.
label: Photographer
content: Spencer, S. A.
label: Photographer
content: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
label: Correspondent
content: Langille, W. A.
label: Correspondent
content: Laudermilk, J. D.
label: Correspondent
content: Judd, Neil Merton, 1887-1976
label: Correspondent
content: Lashmitt, Ivan de
label: Correspondent
content: Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908
label: Correspondent
content: Lawrence, Donald B.
label: Photographer
content: Doty, Charles Edward, 1862-1921
label: Photographer
content: Miller, E. Y.
label: Photographer
content: Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920
label: Photographer
content: Mindeleff, Cosmos, 1863-
label: Correspondent
content: Folkmar, Daniel, 1861-1932
label: Photographer
content: Miller, Hugo H.
label: Photographer
content: Turner, Lucien M. (Lucien McShan)
label: Photographer
content: Moore, Riley Dunning, 1883-
label: Correspondent
content: Moberg, Gosta
label: Photographer
content: Moros, E.
label: Correspondent
content: Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
culture: label: Culture
content: Haida
label: Culture
content: Athapascan Indians
label: Culture
content: Dene (Northern Athabascan)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Subarctic
label: Culture
content: Arctic peoples
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content: Herbert William Krieger papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of this collection are those of Herbert William Krieger (b. 1889), archaeologist and curator of the Division of Ethnology for the former United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.  Included are correspondence, field notebooks, notes, administrative material, manuscripts of writings, printed matter, sketches, maps, photographs and other documents.
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content: Herbert William Krieger joined the staff of the United States National Museum's Department of Anthropology as assistant curator of ethnology in 1924, and he became curator of ethnology in 1925. In spite of his position, much of his field work was carried out in archaeology. In 1927, for the Bureau of American Ethnology, he examined the feasibility of restoring Old Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, and carried out archaeological reconnaissance along the Columbia River. In the following year, he continued reconnaissance work, first along the middle Yukon River and then, again, along the Columbia. In the former area, he also collected a few random notes on living Athapascan Indians and in both areas he carried out several excavations.

In 1934, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Public Works Administration, he carried out salvage archaeological work near Bonneville, Oregon. As a pastime, during the 1930s, he carried out reconnaissance along the lower Potomac River. Krieger's major work, however, lay to the south among the problems of Caribbean archeology. Between 1928 and 1937 and from 1947 to 1952, he concerned himself with sites visited by Columbus and attempts to plot areas previously occupied by the Arawak, Carib, and other tribes.

His studies involved examinations of both historic and prehistoric Spanish and Indian settlements in Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas. Based on these, he published several articles and books, including Archeological and Historical Investigations in Samana, Dominican Republic, United States National Museum Bulletin 156, 1931, and Aboriginal Indian Pottery of the Dominican Republic, United States National Museum Bulletin 156, 1931. He was also a participant in several conferences concerned with the archaeology, ethnology, and history of the Caribbean area.

In addition to his field work and administrative duties as head of the Division of Ethnology, Krieger worked with the Museum's ethnological collections and published several articles based on them. He also became involved in the renovation of the division's public areas so that "the antiquated and overcrowed exhibits should be replaced by modern exhibits in which art and science are blended". Much of the effort for this was carried out by Krieger's associate curator John Canfield Ewers.

Having a special interest in the Philippines and western Oceania that grew from his early service as a teacher in Manila, Krieger also produced studies of the people of the Philippines and the islands of the western Pacific for the Smithsonian's War Backgroud Studies series during World War II. He also worked on a volume "The Islands of New Japan, " but it was never published.

December 8, 1889 -- Born in Burlington, Iowa

1907 -- Bachelor of Arts, Wartburg College, Clinton, Iowa

1908 -- Master of Arts, State University of Iowa, in German and Philosophy

1909-10 -- Fellow, University of Illinois

1911-14 -- Instructor of economics and commercial geography at the School of Commerce, Bureau of Education, Manila, Philippine Islands

1914-20 -- Bank cashier and ranch owner, Granada, Minnesota 

1920-21 -- Instructor, Burlington Junior College, Burlington, Iowa 

1922 -- Married Rosalia Louise Krapf 

1922-24 -- Instructor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota

1924 -- Assistant Curator, Division of Ethnology, U. S. National Museum

1925 -- Curator, Division of Ethnology, U. S. National Museum

1926-27 -- On an expedition to southeast and central Alaska, engaged in the reconstruction and restoration at the Old Kansaan National Monument

1927-35 -- Salvage archaeology along the Columbia River, primarily in the area surrounding the Bonneville Dam prior to its construction for the Department of the Interior

1938-53 -- Investigations in the Caribbean area, primarily the island of Hispaniola, Dominican Republic

1957 -- Retired from the staff of the United States National Museum and made Honorary Research Associate, U. S. N. M.

July 1, 1970 -- Died, Buried in Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-1957
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content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Maps
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content: Letters
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content: Bibliographies
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content: OUTGOING LETTERS, 1925-1955: Box 1

INCOMING LETTERS, 1925-1957: Boxes 2, 3

COLLECTED CORRESPONDENCE USED AS REFERENCES, 1892-1957: Box 3

OFFICE FILE, 1929-1957: Boxes 4, 5, 6, 7

MATERIAL RELATING TO SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL ALASKA, 1926-1927: Box 8

MATERIAL CONCERNING THE COLUMBIA RIVER REGION, 1927-1955: Boxes 8, 9

MANUSCRIPTS AND NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC, 1943: Boxes 10, 11, 12, 13

MATERIALS RELATING TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1942: Box 14

MATERIAL CONCERNING THE WEST INDIES, 1938-1953: Boxes 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

MISCELLANY, 1925-1957: Boxes 20, 21

PRINTED, PROCESSED AND EXTRACTED MATERIAL, 1884-1957: Boxes 22, 23, 24

PHOTOGRAPHS, UNKNOWN-1975: Boxes 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
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scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These papers reflect the professional life of Herbert William Krieger (b. 1889), archaeologist and curator of the Division of Ethnology for the former United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.  Included are correspondence, field notebooks, notes, administrative material, manuscripts of writings, printed matter, sketches, maps, photographs and other documents that cover the period from 1925 to 1957.  

The bulk of the material concerns Krieger's archaeological work in the West Indies, primarily the Dominican Republic, where he researched intermittently from 1938 to 1953.  There is also material in the collection on Krieger's work in Southeastern and Central Alaska where he was involved with the restoration and reconstruction of the Kansaan National Monument from 1926 to 1927.  Material concerning the salvage archaeology performed on the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon, particularly in the area of the construction site of the Bonneville Dam, is included in the collection.  Also included is work on two War Background Studies publications, one on the peoples of the Philippines, the other on the islands of the Western Pacific.  The collection additionally contains Krieger's office files and collected correspondence of scholars and informants used for reference purposes.

Not represented in the collection is any phase of Krieger's personal life, nor is there any material reflecting his life prior to or since his association with the Museum.

Among correspondents whose letters are included are Franz BOAS, C. U. CLARK, John COLLIER, L. S. CRESSMAN, Frances DENSMORE, Philip DRUCKER, John EWERS, Jesse W. FEWKES, Melville HERSKOVITS, William H. HOLMES, Walter HOUGH, Neil M. JUDD, A. L. KROEBER, Otis MASON, Frank M. SETZLER, Herbert J. SPINDEN, T. D. STEWART, Matthew STIRLING, William Duncan STRONG, T. T. WATERMAN, Waldo WEDEL, Alexander WETMORE, and Clark WISSLER.   

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: Additional material in the National Anthropological Archives that relates to Herbert Krieger can be found in the United States National Museum Manuscript and Pamphlet File, as well as among the correspondence files of the Bureau of American Ethnology.