Jesse Walter Fewkes

ID: 94-12599

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1920s

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder 1

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Summary

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.

Subject

  • Fewkes, Jesse Walter 1850-1930
  • Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder 1

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1920s

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Ethnology
  • Anthropology
  • Employees
  • Portraits
  • Anthropologists
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

94-12599

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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