Jesse Walter Fewkes
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Date: c. 1920s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder 1
Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930). From 1895 to 1928, J. Walter Fewkes was a Bureau of American Ethnology archaeologist. He served as Chief of Bureau of American Ethnology, 1918-1928, and Associate Anthropologist, 1928-1930. His field work was largely in the Southwest, Mexico, and the West Indies. In 1895, Fewkes began to conduct archeological explorations for the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, and in 1918, he was appointed Chief of the Bureau. After his retirement in 1928, Fewkes continued his research as Associate Anthropologist until his death in 1930.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder 1
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1920s
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94-12599
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print