An American Menagerie: The Cabinet of Squier and Davis

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Summary

A review of the collections of Ephraim George Squier and E. H. Davis, early North American anthropologists. Their "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley" was the first book published by the Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

  • Davis, E. H (Edwin Hamilton) 1811-1888
  • Squier, E. G (Ephraim George) 1821-1888

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Timeline Vol. 6 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

December 1985-January 1986

Topic

  • Archaeology
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Anthropology
  • Ethnology

Place

  • United States
  • North America

Physical description

pp. 2-17

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