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Ethnologic gleanings among the Nez Perces

 Collection
Identifier: MG 5115

Scope and Contents

1 volume study on the culture of the Nez Perce peoples by Alice Cunningham Fletcher from 1890 to 1899.

Dates

  • Creation: 1890-1899

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Consult Head of Special Collections and Archives on permissions for use.

Biographical / Historical

Alice Cunningham Fletcher was the first anthropologist to work among the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho. She was sent as a Special Agent of the U.S. government to facilitate the allotment of the Nez Perce Reservation in north-central Idaho. Her work with the Nez Perce was between 1889 and 1892. She was a public lecturer in the earl 1880s and began informal studies under Professor Frederic W. Putnam of Harvard University and the Peabody Museum. Fletcher was born 15 March 1838 in Havana, Cuba. She died 6 April 1923. She was the president of the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1903 and in 1905 she became the first female president of the American Folklore Society.

Extent

1 item : Lacks title page, typescript (photocopy).

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Study on the the culture of the Nez Perce people in the 1890s.

Title
Guide to Ethnologic gleanings among the Nez Perces
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Kelley Moulton.
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository