Parsons, E. Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941.

Ms Coll\Parsons, E.

Parsons, Elsie Clews, 1875-1941. Field notebooks, 1883-1921. 1.5 linear ft. (34 items (33 v.) in 3 boxes)

Biography: Anthropologist and sociologist (Barnard college AB; 1896; Columbia University AM: 1897; and Columbia University Ph.D.: 1899). She was married in 1900 to Herbert Parsons, M.C. (1869-1925), a political figure in New York City.

Summary: Field notebooks detailing the customs and ceremonies of the Hopi Indians, collected by Parsons, 1874-1941. Thirty of these volumes were the notebooks of Alexander M. Stephen (d. 1894), a U.S. Army officer who started observing Hopi life, ca. 1882. Although chiefly concerned with the Hopis, there are some notes on Hopi-Navajo relations and a few references to the Tewa and Hokya Indians. Stephen's penciled notes and drawings were edited by Dr. Parsons as the Hopi Journal of Alexander M. Stephen (New York, Columbia University Press, 1936). Volumes 1-30 (by Alexander M. Stephen) are on microfilm. Also, three unpublished notebooks of observations made by Jeremiah Sullivan who also lived among the Hopis in the 1880s. A letter from anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber to Dr. Parsons explains the provenance of one of Sullivan's notebooks. (These last three notebooks have also been attributed to A.M. Stephen by Alex Patterson, Feb. 1994. See his note added to the Contents list.) Most of the notebooks have been published.

Finding aids: Contents list, 3p.

Restrictions on use: Restricted to permission of the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts, due to the extremely fragile condition of the notebooks. Readers must use microfilm of materials specified above.

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books & Manuscripts.

Publications: Stephen, Alexander M. Hopijournal of Alexander M. Stephen; edited by Elsie Clews Parsons. New York : Columbia University Press, 1936.

1. Stephen, Alexander M. 2. Sullivan, Jeremiah. 3. Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960. 4. Hopi Indians-Social life and customs. 5. Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies. 6. Hopi Indians--Land tenure. 7. Hopi language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. 8. Navajo Indians--Land tenure. 9. Tewa Indians--Social life and customs. 10. Ethnology-West (U.S.) 11. Indians of North America-West (U.S.) 12. New Mexico-Antiquities. 13. Drawings. 14. Field notes. 15. Journals. 16. Anthropologists. 17. Sociologists. 18. Women anthropologists. 19. Women sociologists. 20. Hokya Indians--Social life and customs.

ID: NYCR89-A688

BRC - 1/73 HR - 11/00

Stephen, Alexander Hopi Indian Journals Description of Material: Notebooks 1-30 Number of Reels: 8 reels (Print Master) 1 reel (Master Negative) 8 reels (Positive) Call Number: Ms Coll Parsons

MN#: 98-2106 (v.31-33) - Snllii/diiS 98-2107 (Journals 1-4) 98-2108 (Journals 5-8) 98-2109 (Journals 9-12) 98-2110 (Journalsl3-16) 98-2111 (Journals 17-20) 98-2112 (Journals 21-25) 98-2113 (Journals 26-30)

Journals

THE HOPI JOURNALS IN THE EISIE CLEtfS PARSONS COLLECTION (Volumes 1-30 by Alexander M. Stephenj Volumes 31-33 by Jeremiah Sullivan.)

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Date

Contents

Old No.

April 1883 - 13 May I88h Tales; Accounts of obsolete dances

K (no. l)

iJUihLSn

188^ 1887

Tales (cont.); Extracts - geaeral, from books, etc.

Botany: Zea-maize; Courtship note; Hunt note; Hopi-Navaho vocabulary (agricultural)

L (no. 2) D

5R0HIM

1888 1888

Zoology: Word lists (animal, direc- Q tions) Hopi, Navaho, Tewa.

List of native authorities; Tewa

R

clan list; Hopidan name; ceremo-

nial terms, etc.

eca. 1888a

Hopi calendar dates; Names of

N

Springs, ruins, etc.; Locality

terminology

1888-1889

Lists of Snake & Antelope members;

M

Navaho marriage cermony; Rattle-

snake bite cured by Hopi; To fit

a new pair of moccasins; Hopi town

planning & building notes; Other notes.

8 K & H Q H L M l888 ^ d lQ92

Katcina; Kallimachies; Navaho gambling B

and slavery; Hopi rain arrow heads and lightning.

9 KEfiS&FIUI 1889-1891

10 t'tnnnniU 1890-1891

Lakon; Ki.

I

Snake; Humis; Niman; Wawash Kachinan. X. (i.e. 10)

11

3 Jan. 1890; 29 July -

Anakchina; Sumaikoli.

G

2 Aug. 1892

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