THE HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS - VOLUME 11: GREAT BASIN INDIANS

The series of publications known as the Handbook of North American Indians, published by the Smithsonian Institution, was conceived by the Smithsonian's Office of Anthropology in 1965. This series of twenty volumes was to be encyclopedic, with an emphasis on bibliographic resources.

Originally the Great Basin and Plateau areas were to be treated together as Volume 10. A planning meeting for the volume was held in Reno in March, 1970, at which time the decision was made to create two volumes for the separate geographic areas. The Great Basin volume designation was changed to Volume 11. The local planning committee consisted of d'Azevedo, Catherine Fowler, Don D. Fowler, and William Jacobson Jr., all from the University of Nevada, Reno; and Jesse Jennings, University of Utah. Consultants were Sven Liljeblad, Idaho State University, Pocatello and later the University of Nevada; Julian H. Steward, University of Illinois-Urbana; and Omer C. Steward, University of Colorado-Boulder.

D'Azevedo was selected by the Smithsonian as editor of the volume; in 1984 Catherine Fowler was named as associate volume editor. The planning committee drew up a list of proposed chapters and authors who were given a set of standard series guidelines to follow. Manuscripts were reviewed many times: by selected readers/peers, occasionally by other volume authors, by the volume editor, and by the general editor. Suggestions for changes were then incorporated into the manuscripts.

The first manuscripts were received in late 1971 and continued to be completed over the next several years. Then, the Smithsonian revised its publication schedule and work on Volume 11 stopped while Volumes 1-6 were published. It was not until 1983 that work on Volume 11 proceeded once again, at which time all previous manuscripts were revised and brought up to date and additional chapters written. All manuscripts were completed by May, 1985 and forwarded to the Smithsonian for publication.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection of the Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 11, Great Basin Indians, consist of the working records of volume editor Warren d'Azevedo and associate volume editor Catherine Fowler. The collection was donated to the Special Collections Department by Dr. d'Azevedo and Dr. Fowler in March, 1992. There are no restrictions on use of the collection; however, copyrights are not owned by the Department.

The records consist of thirteen cubic feet of materials dating from 1970-1985. They have been divided into three series: administrative files, finished manuscripts, and working/draft manuscripts. There were a number of maps which accompanied the records but no photographs: they were retained by the Smithsonian Institution. Much of this material is duplicated in the archives of the Smithsonian Institution.

The first series of this collection consists of d'Azevedo's administrative files: correspondence with Smithsonian personnel, authors, and reviewers; photo copies of illustrations, and contracts with authors. Dr. d'Azevedo's original arrangement of this series has been retained.

Series two consists of final copies of the manuscripts used in the Handbook. A small amount of correspondence accompanies these files which are arranged by the name of the author in the order in which the final manuscripts appeared in the book.

The third series contains draft manuscripts, letters, and reviewers' comments. Frequently there are multiple copies of manuscripts by a particular author; one or more from the project's early period (1970s) and one or more from the final phase (early 1980s). The letters in each file concern the author or his/her manuscript and are most often from the authors, d'Azevedo or the Smithsonian's general editor, William C. Sturtevant. These files are arranged by the name of the author in the order in which the final manuscripts appeared in the book.

Processed by: Susan Searcy
Date: June 1, 1992

The records in this collection are arranged in the following series:

1. Administrative Files

2. Final Manuscripts

3. Draft Manuscripts

Series I. Administrative Files. 1970-1985. 2 cu. ft.

This series includes correspondence between Warren d'Azevedo, William Sturtevant, and various authors of manuscripts for this volume, and copies of contracts with those authors. d'Azevedo's original arrangement, which is roughly chronological, has been retained.

Box 1

1/1 Smithsonian Handbook flyer.

1/2 Smithsonian meeting. 1983

1/3 Correspondence. 1983

1/4 Editorial correspondence. 1984

1/5 Editorial correspondence. 1984-85

1/6 Correspondence. 1985

1/7-9 Jennings - d'Azevedo editorial correspondence.

1/10 Status of volume.

1/11-13 Tables of contents - status sheets.

1/14 List of contributors.

1/15 Reference material "Jane P. -for Info."

1/16 Editorial correspondence - William Sturtevant, contracts & expenses.

1/17 Editorial correspondence, contract.

1/18 Editorial correspondence, contracts & finances.

1/19 Editorial correspondence. 1970-1972.

Box 2

1/20 Other editors, boundary matters. 1970-71.

1/21 Initial planning committee.

1/22 Smithsonian business & general materials.

1/23 Correspondence. 1971-77.

1/24 [Planning for the series]. 1971. "The Map of Indian Tribal Territory, North America."

1/25 Editorial correspondence. 1970-80.

1/26 Correspondence - answered. 1971-77.

1/27 Correspondence, initial volume organization. 1972-1973.

1/28 Contributors' correspondence - misc. 1972-1981.

1/29 Indian participation. 1971-74.

1/30 Tom Collins' correspondence. 1972.

1/31 Synonymies & sources.

1/32 Synonymies.

1/33 Figures file - Lohse; artifacts. 1984

1/34 Figures file - Scherer. 1983-84.

1/35 Figures file - general.

1/36 Figures file - Wojcik maps.

Series 2. Final Manuscripts. ca 1983-1985. 1.25 cu. ft.

This series consists of the final versions of each author's manuscript as published by the Smithsonian. The arrangement for this series is the order in which the articles appeared in Volume 11 of the Handbook of North American Indians.

Box 2

2/1 Warren L. d'Azevedo. "Introduction."

2/2 Don D. Fowler. "History of Research."

2/3 Peter J. Mehringer Jr. "Prehistorical Environment."

2/4 Kimball T. Harper. "Historical Environments."

Box 3

2/5-6 Catherine S. Fowler. "Subsistence."

2/7 Wick R. Miller. "Numic Language."

2/8 William H. Jacobsen. "Washoe Language."

2/9 Jesse D. Jennings. "Prehistory Introduction."

2/10 Luther C. Cressman. "Prehistory of the Northern Area."

2/11 B. Robert Butler. "Prehistory of the Snake and Salmon River Area."

2/12 Robert G. Elston. "Prehistory of the Western Area."

2/13 C. Melvin Aikens & David B. Madsen. "Prehistory of the Eastern Area."

2/14 John P. Marwitt. "Fremont Cultures."

2/15 Don D. Fowler & David B. Madsen. "Prehistory of the Southeastern Area."

2/16 Claude N. Warren & Robert H. Crabtree. "Prehistory of the Southeastern Area."

2/17 J. M. Adavosio. "Prehistoric Basketry."

2/18 David B. Madsen. "Prehistoric Ceramics.

2/19 Polly Schaafsma. "Rock Art."

2/20 Donald R. Tuohy. "Portable Art Objects."

2/21 Richard E. Hughes & James A. Bennyhoff. "Early Trade."

2/22 Donald L. Hardesty. "Contract Anthropology."

2/23 Lorann S. A. Pendleton & David Hurst Thomas. "Western Shoshone."

2/24-25 Robert F. Murphy & Yolanda Murphy. "Northern Shoshone."

2/26-27 Demitri B. Shimkin. "Eastern Shoshone."

2/28-29 Donald G. Callaway, Joel C. Janetski & Omer C. Stewart. "Ute."

Box 4

2/30-31 Isabel T. Kelly & Catherine S. Fowler. "Southern Paiute." Figures.

2/32 Maurice L. Zigmond. "Kawaiisu."

2/33 Sven Liljeblad & Catherine S. Fowler. "Owens Valley Paiute."

2/34 Catherine S. Fowler & Sven Liljeblad. "Northern Paiute."

2/35 Warren L. d'Azevedo. "Washoe."

2/36 Carling I. Malouf & John M. Findlay. "Euro-American Impact Before 1870."

2/37 Demitri B. Shimkin. "Introduction of the Horse."

2/38-39 Richard O. Clemmer & Omer C. Stewart. "Treaties, Reservations, and Claims."

2/40 Elmer R. Rusco & Mary K. Rusco. "Tribal Politics."

2/41 Martha C. Knack "Indian Economies, 1950-1980."

2/42 Edward C. Johnson. "The Indian Perspective."

2/43 John R. Alley, Jr. "Tribal Historical Projects."

2/44 Joy Leland. "Population."

2/45 Judith R. Shapiro. "Kinship."

2/46 Ake Hultkrantz. "Mythology and Religion Concepts."

2/47 Sven Liljeblad. "Oral Tradition; Content and Style of Verbal Arts."

2/48 Joseph G. Jorgensen. "Ghost Dance, Bear Dance, and Sun Dance."

2/49 Omer C. Stewart. "Peyotism."

2/50 Thomas Vennum, Jr. "Music."

Box 5

2/51-52 Catherine S. Fowler & Lawrence E, Dawson. "Ethnographic Basketry."

2/53-58 Maps. See also manuscript map case drawer for oversize maps.

Series 3. Draft Manuscripts. ca 1971-1983. 9 cu. ft.

This series includes draft and working manuscripts by each author, copies of manuscripts which were sent out for review and returned with reviewers' comments, and correspondence regarding the review process. This series follows d'Azevedo's original arrangement and is in roughly the same order that the articles appear in the Handbook.

Box 5

3/1-3 d'Azevedo. Manuscript ("Introduction.")

3/4-9 Don Fowler. Correspondence, manuscripts ("History of Anthropological Research in the Great Basin"), bibliography, figures.

3/10-15 Peter Mehringer. Correspondence, manuscript ("Past Environments"), peer reviews, figures.

Box 6

3/16-19 Harper, Kimball T. Manuscript ("Post Contact Environments"), figures.

3/20-23 Fowler, Catherine S. Correspondence, manuscripts ("Great Basin Subsistence"), figures.

3/24-28 Miller, Wick R. Manuscripts, ("The Numic Languages"), correspondence, figures.

3/29-32 Jacobsen, William H. Correspondence, manuscripts ("The Washoe Language").

3/33-37 Jennings, Jesse D. Correspondence, manuscripts ("Prehistory: Introduction"), figures.

3/38-39 Cressman, Luther S. Correspondence, manuscripts ("Land Forms and Environment").

3/40 Cressman Luther. Manuscript ("Ancestry of the Northern Great Basin").

Box 7

3/41-44 Cressman, Luther S. Manuscripts (old title, "Archaeology; The Northern Great Basin"), figures, correspondence.

3/45-47 Butler, Robert B. Correspondence, manuscripts ("Prehistory of the Upper Snake and Salmon River Country").

3/48 Earl Swanson.

3/49 Butler, Robert B. Figures.

3/50-53 Elston, Robert G. Manuscripts ("The Archeology of the Western Great Basin"), figures.

3/54 Napton, Lewis K. Manuscript ("The Western Basin").

3/55-57 Aikens, C. Melvin. Manuscripts ("Archaic of the Eastern Great Basin and Northern Colorado Plateau"), figures.

3/58-60 Marwitt, John P. Correspondence, manuscripts ("The Prehistoric Fremont Culture of the Western Colorado Plateau"), figures.

3/61-63 Madsen, David B. & Fowler Don D. Manuscripts ("Southeastern Great Basin Archeology"), figures.

3/64-71 Maps.

Box 8

3/72-74 Claude Warren & Robert H. Crabtree. Correspondence, manuscripts ("The Southwestern Great Basin"), figures.

3/75-76 Gary Fry. Correspondence, manuscripts ("Prehistoric Diet in the Great Basin ").

3/77-82 James M. Adovasio. Correspondence, reviews, figures.

3/83-85 David B. Madsen. Correspondence, manuscripts ("Prehistoric Ceramics"), photographs.

3/86-89 Polly Schaafsma. Correspondence, manuscripts ("Rock Art"), reviews, photographs.

3/90-94 Donald Tuohy. Correspondence, reviews, manuscripts ("Portable Art Objects"), illustrations.

3/95-99 Richard E. Hughes & James Bennyhoff. Correspondence, reviews, manuscripts.

Box 9

3/100-107 Thomas, David H. & Cappannari, Stephen C. Manuscripts ("The Western Shoshone People"), correspondence, maps, bibliography cards.

3/108-111 Robert F. & Yolanda Murphy. Manuscripts ("The Northern Shoshone and Bannock Peoples"), correspondence, figures.

3/112-116 Shimkin, Demitri B. Manuscripts ("The Wind River Shoshone, Historic and Ethnographic Sketches"), figures.

3/117-128 Callaway, Donald; Janetski, Joel; and Stewart Omer. Manuscript ("Ute"), correspondence, figures.

Box 10

3/129-135 Isabel Kelly and Catherine Fowler. Manuscripts ("The Southern Paiute"), reviews, correspondence.

3/136-141 Maurice Zigmond. Correspondence, manuscripts ("The Kawaiisu").

3/142-146 Sven Liljeblad & Catherine Fowler. Manuscript ("Owens Valley Paiute"), correspondence.

3/147 Warren d'Azevedo. Manuscript ("The Washoe"), correspondence.

Box 11

3/149-153 John M. Findlay & Carling I. Malouf. Manuscripts ("Impact of Euro-American Exploration and Settlement Before 1870"), reviews, correspondence.

3/154-161 Demitri B. Shimkin. Correspondence, manuscripts ("The Influence of the Horse Upon the Numic People and Their Neighbors").

3/162-165 Omer Stewart & Richard Clemmer-Smith. Correspondence, manuscripts ("The Development of Reservations, 1849-1984"), reviews.

3/166-169 Elmer R. Rusco & Mary K. Rusco. Manuscripts ("Great Basin; Tribal Politics" and "Modern Political Organization"), correspondence.

3/170-174 Martha Knack. Manuscripts ("Indian Economics, 1950-1980"), correspondence, reviews, photographs.

Box 12

3/175-180 Edward C. Johnson. Manuscripts ("Major Issues: The Indian Perspective"), reviews, correspondence.

3/181-183 John R. Alley. Manuscripts ("Tribal Historical Projects"), reviews.

3/184-192 Joy Leland. Manuscripts ("Population Figures for Great Basin Indians, 1873-1980), correspondence.

3/193-194 Judith Shapiro. Correspondence, manuscripts ("Kinship in the Great Basin, A general Overview").

3/195-199 Ake Hultkrantz. Correspondence, manuscripts ("Mythology and Religious Concepts"), illustrations.

Box 13

3/200-204 Sven Liljeblad. Manuscripts ("Oral Traditions"), reviews, correspondence.

3/205 Martha C. Knack. Manuscripts ("Indian Economies, 1950-1980").

3/206-210 Joseph Jorgensen. Manuscripts ("Ghost Dance, Bear Dance, Sun Dance"), correspondence, reviews, illustrations.

3/211-214 Omer Stewart. Manuscript ("Peyotism in the Great Basin"), correspondence.

3/215 Norma McLead. Correspondence regarding possible ms on music in Great Basin.

3/216 Betty C. Anderson. Manuscript ("A Study of the Basin Indian Music"), correspondence.

3/217-226 Thomas Vennum. Manuscript ("Great Basin Music"), reviews, correspondence.

3/227 Catherine S. Fowler & Lawrence E. Dawson. Manuscript ("Ethnographic Basketry").

3/228 Hardesty, Donald L. Manuscript ("Cultural Resource Management"), correspondence.