Letter from George Thornton Emmons, to E.L. Keithahn, Director, Alaska Historical Library and Museum, Juneau, Alaska, 1942 February 8.

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-6-7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Letter written by George T. Emmons at age 90; provides information about the tinneh, a copper shield that is highly prized by the Northwest Coast Indians.

Dates

1942 February 8

Conditions Governing Access

Manuscript is open to research.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical / Historical

Ethnographer, writer; collected and wrote about Tlingit artifacts; wrote book, The Tlingit Indians.

Extent

4 Leaves (4 p. : holograph)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

General

Inconsistency in paging with 2 page 5's, etc.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid for Letter from George Thornton Emmons, to E.L. Keithahn, Director, Alaska Historical Library and Museum, Juneau, Alaska, 1942 February 8.
Status: Completed
Author: Daniel Cornwall
Date: 2020 December
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin