MS 7442 Material relating to the production of opera "Sacred Tree of the Omaha Tribe"
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7442
label: Local Note
content: Printed material and photographic prints
name: label: Collector
content: Eames, Henry Purmort, 1872-1950
label: Creator
content: Lincoln Commercial Club
label: Names
content: Alexander, Hartley Burr, 1873-1939
label: Names
content: Alexander, Hartley Burr, 1873-1939
label: Names
content: Eames, Henry Purmort, 1872-1950
label: Names
content: Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923
label: Names
content: La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932 -- Depicted in group
label: Names
content: Scott, Robert D. (depicted in group)
topic: label: Topic
content: Hako
label: Topic
content: Mystery of Life
creator: label: Collector
content: Eames, Henry Purmort, 1872-1950
label: Creator
content: Lincoln Commercial Club
culture: label: Culture
content: American Indian -- masque based on
label: Culture
content: Omaha
label: Culture
content: Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Volume (60 pages)
label: Extent
content: 4 Pages
label: Extent
content: 7 Photographs
unitdate: label: Date
content: Summer 1916
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The material was the gift of a daughter of Eames, Marche 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7442
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One printed note and libretto for The Gate City: A Masque of the City of Omaha, a production of the Lincoln Commerical Club of the University of Nebraska. It was the second of a series of The Pageant of Lincoln. The is also a printed program. The photographs include scenes from the masque, including a portion called The sacred tree of the Omaha. Included are actors in fanciful Indian costumes. One photograph shows the author Hartley B. Alexander, the composer Henry Purmort Eames, pageant director Robert D. Scott, and guests Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche. The sacred tree of the Omaha was based on a description in Fletcher and La Flesche's The Omaha Tribe, 27th Annual Report of the Bureau of American
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included is "The Mystery of Life," a presentation based on the Pawnee Hako ceremony as recorded and interpreted by Alice C. Fletcher.