A Question of Authorship: The Ephraim George Squier-Edwin Hamilton Davis Controversy

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Summary

Details the dispute over authorship of "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley," the first book published by the Smithsonian Institution.

Subject

  • Davis, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton) 1811-1888
  • Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George) 1821-1888
  • Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (Publication)

Contained within

Ohio History Vol. 92 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Date

1983

Topic

  • Archaeology
  • Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (book)
  • Controversies
  • Anthropology
  • Ethnology
  • Museums
  • Scientists
  • Museum publications

Place

  • United States
  • North America

Physical description

pp. 52-71

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