Francis B. Wilson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wilson, Francis B., 1914-2004
place: label: Place
content: Oceania
label: Place
content: Ulithi (Micronesia)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were part of a donation of Ulithi materials to the collections of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History (Accession No. 2059602) , from Luke E. Wilson, son of Francis Wilson, in 2015. The papers were separated from the objects and transferred to the National Anthropological Archives.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wilson, Francis B., 1914-2004
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content: Francis B. Wilson papers
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: In 1945 Dr. Marshall Paul Wees received orders to travel to Ulithi Atoll (Yap, Federated States of Micronesia) and treat an outbreak of yaws. He selected Francis B. "Willie" Wilson (1914-2004), a Chief Pharmacist's Mate, to accompany him as assistant.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.25 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2015-08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
bibliography: label: Selected Bibliography
content: Wees, Marshall Paul, as related to Thornton, Francis Beauchesne.  -- King-Doctor of Ulithi -- . New York: The MacMillan Company, 1950.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Francis B. Wilson papers comprise material documenting Wilson's time in Ulithi and include correspondence, a diary, photographs, Ulithi language documentation, a copy of Life magazine featuring the Ulithi community in which Wees and Wilson lived, and compiled transcripts of a radio show distributed as "Ulithi Encyclopedia," with information about the islands and their inhabitants. Also included is Wees' autobiographical publication King Doctor of Ulithi. Photographs include an annotated photo album plus additional photographic prints and negatives.

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separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Francis B. Wilson papers came to the Smithsonian as part of a larger collection which contain objects from Ulithi collected by Wilson. These materials, which include basketry, carved wooden figures and other items comprise Accession No. 2059602 in the collections of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History.