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ROUGH DRAFTS OF CHAPTERS FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN. A selection of source material and chapter drafts from the North American Indian in various hands, including:
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ROUGH DRAFTS OF CHAPTERS FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN.
A selection of source material and chapter drafts from the North American Indian in various hands, including:
1. Autograph Manuscript in pencil, 51 pp, 4to, n.p., c.1906, a rough draft of "The Yuma: Homeland, Arts and Customs" (Volume II, pp 63-78 of NAI), pages thumbed. Includes subsections titled "History," "Medicine Men," "Ceremonies," "Customs and Beliefs," "Marriage," plus an appendix and other information. The final version of the chapter on the Yuma had a solid polishing beyond what is here, but much of the language here made it into the final version.
2. Autograph Manuscript initialed ("W.W." and "W.W.P."), 26 pp, 4to, n.p., featuring rough draft material on the Clallam tribe from Volume 9 of NAI.
3. Autograph Manuscript, 11 pp, 4to, titled "Customs & Beliefs," from Volume II pp, 3-13 on the Pima tribe.
4. Copypress Manuscript, 47 pp, 4to, n.p., n.d., a transcript of a tale written in a native language with English translation written below each line, titled "This is to show how all the names are mixed up," pages toned and thumbed. A long tale of war, marriage and afterbirth rituals that does not seem to have made it into the final NAI text.
5. ARTIST UNKNOWN. Manuscript map, pen and ink on paper, 11 x 8 ½ inches, titled "Hidatsa and Mandan Villages."
6. Typed Manuscript, 58 pp, 4to, n.p., n.d., titled "Notes Arranged from Will and Spinden's Monograph" and "Mandan," including an outline of the published history of the Mandan tribe, transcriptions of stories and myths, mild toning and thumbing. Though typed, the text here seems to be more primary research than draft of chapter text.
7. [Piegan Notes.] Autograph Manuscript in pencil, 27 pp, with typed revisions laid down to several pages, 4to and legal folio, a very rough draft of text that appears in Chapter VI, p 19+.
8. "Traditions of the Owekenaka tribe of Rivers Inlet." Autograph Manuscript in purple ink, 43 pp, 4to, likely source material for volume X, with 2 pp dictionary at end of manuscript, some soiling and toning to final leaves.
9. [Clallam and other tribes.] Autograph Manuscript Initialed ("W.W.P"), 140 pp, 4to, n.p., synthesized source material for Volume IX, first leaves soiled and toned. Includes notes on dress for men and women, marriage, divorce, naming and training of children, burial customs and mourning, political organization, social organization, slavery, measures and values, games and pastimes, and more. Many chapters include the name of the native source of information.
Provenance: Purchased by Dr. Billy Utley from Manford "Mag" Magnuson.
While the herculean photographic efforts of Edward Curtis command most of our attention, the written text of The North American Indian was in its day the most comprehensive ethnographic study of its kind. Curtis and his team not only captured native people and their customs and habits on film, they collected and synthesized information about their language, food, history, customs, and more into accessible and readable text. Curtis's collaborators included William C. Myers, a newspaperman with a gift for languages, and his wife's cousin (or perhaps nephew) William W. Phillips. Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 9 above are in the same hand, and a small set of initials at the end of number 2 and 9 suggests that Phillips is the author of all four autograph manuscripts. Numbers 4 and 8 are in the same hand, a more studied script that suggests a fluency with languages. Number 7 is in an entirely different hand that is also not Curtis's.
A fascinating collection of primary material and drafts for chapters II, VI and IX.
1. Autograph Manuscript in pencil, 51 pp, 4to, n.p., c.1906, a rough draft of "The Yuma: Homeland, Arts and Customs" (Volume II, pp 63-78 of NAI), pages thumbed. Includes subsections titled "History," "Medicine Men," "Ceremonies," "Customs and Beliefs," "Marriage," plus an appendix and other information. The final version of the chapter on the Yuma had a solid polishing beyond what is here, but much of the language here made it into the final version.
2. Autograph Manuscript initialed ("W.W." and "W.W.P."), 26 pp, 4to, n.p., featuring rough draft material on the Clallam tribe from Volume 9 of NAI.
3. Autograph Manuscript, 11 pp, 4to, titled "Customs & Beliefs," from Volume II pp, 3-13 on the Pima tribe.
4. Copypress Manuscript, 47 pp, 4to, n.p., n.d., a transcript of a tale written in a native language with English translation written below each line, titled "This is to show how all the names are mixed up," pages toned and thumbed. A long tale of war, marriage and afterbirth rituals that does not seem to have made it into the final NAI text.
5. ARTIST UNKNOWN. Manuscript map, pen and ink on paper, 11 x 8 ½ inches, titled "Hidatsa and Mandan Villages."
6. Typed Manuscript, 58 pp, 4to, n.p., n.d., titled "Notes Arranged from Will and Spinden's Monograph" and "Mandan," including an outline of the published history of the Mandan tribe, transcriptions of stories and myths, mild toning and thumbing. Though typed, the text here seems to be more primary research than draft of chapter text.
7. [Piegan Notes.] Autograph Manuscript in pencil, 27 pp, with typed revisions laid down to several pages, 4to and legal folio, a very rough draft of text that appears in Chapter VI, p 19+.
8. "Traditions of the Owekenaka tribe of Rivers Inlet." Autograph Manuscript in purple ink, 43 pp, 4to, likely source material for volume X, with 2 pp dictionary at end of manuscript, some soiling and toning to final leaves.
9. [Clallam and other tribes.] Autograph Manuscript Initialed ("W.W.P"), 140 pp, 4to, n.p., synthesized source material for Volume IX, first leaves soiled and toned. Includes notes on dress for men and women, marriage, divorce, naming and training of children, burial customs and mourning, political organization, social organization, slavery, measures and values, games and pastimes, and more. Many chapters include the name of the native source of information.
Provenance: Purchased by Dr. Billy Utley from Manford "Mag" Magnuson.
While the herculean photographic efforts of Edward Curtis command most of our attention, the written text of The North American Indian was in its day the most comprehensive ethnographic study of its kind. Curtis and his team not only captured native people and their customs and habits on film, they collected and synthesized information about their language, food, history, customs, and more into accessible and readable text. Curtis's collaborators included William C. Myers, a newspaperman with a gift for languages, and his wife's cousin (or perhaps nephew) William W. Phillips. Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 9 above are in the same hand, and a small set of initials at the end of number 2 and 9 suggests that Phillips is the author of all four autograph manuscripts. Numbers 4 and 8 are in the same hand, a more studied script that suggests a fluency with languages. Number 7 is in an entirely different hand that is also not Curtis's.
A fascinating collection of primary material and drafts for chapters II, VI and IX.