George S. Snyderman Papers

Mss.Ms.Coll.51

Date: 1758-1995 1945-1985 | Size: 3 Linear feet

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Abstract

Trained as an anthropologist under Frank Speck at the University of Pennsylvania, the ethnohistorian George Snyderman (1908- ) spent his career studying Seneca Indian religion, history, and culture. Snyderman edited the previously unpublished diaries of Halliday Jackson and John Phillips, Quaker missionaries to the Senecas in the late 18th and early 19th century. The Snyderman Papers includes a small volume of correspondence, along with manuscripts of works by Snyderman and colleagues, and copies of primary source materials pertaining to Seneca history. Of particular interest is his correspondence with anthropologists William N. Fenton, Merle Deardorff, and Frank Speck and with his Seneca consultant Clara Redeye and her daughter, Helen Harris, and photographs of the Allegany Senecas taken by Fenton and Speck.

Background note

George S. Snyderman was born in Philadelphia on August 23, 1908. After attending Temple University for his B.S. in Education (1931), he studied anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania under Frank G. Speck, receiving his M.A. in 1933 and his Ph.D. in 1948. His research centered on Seneca folklore, medicine, and social organization.

Snyderman worked at the Pennsylvania State Employment Service in Philadelphia from 1938 to 1961, occasionally conducting research about Native Americans west of the Ohio River for court cases involving Native American land claims being litigated by lawyer Felix S. Cohen. In 1961, Snyderman became Associate Director of the Jewish Employment and Vocational Service. He began lecturing at Temple University in 1963.

Snyderman is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Anthropological Association. He participated in the White House Conference on Children and Youth. He currently resides in Orchard Park, New York.

Scope and content

The George S. Snyderman Papers (1758-1995) contain correspondence, subject files, works by Snyderman and others, and photographs. The collection consists primarily of Snyderman's research notes and manuscripts about Seneca religion, medicine, and social organization. The most recent items in the collection are letters dated 1995.

The papers (7 boxes; 3.5 linear feet) are divided into five series:

Series I.	Correspondence, 1940-1990	(2 boxes; 1 linear foot)
Series II.	Subject files, 1758-1994	(0.5 boxes; 0.25 linear foot)
Series III.	Works by Snyderman, 1939-ca.1985	(1.5 boxes; 0.75 linear foot)
Series IV.	Works by others, 1758-1984	(1 box; 0. 5 linear foot)
Series V.	Photographs, 1790-1993	(1 box; 0.5 linear foot)
Series I-III.	Oversized material	(1 box; 0.25 linear foot)

Oversized materials follow the same series arrangement as noted above. Cross-referencing to oversized material appears on the folders in the standard sized boxes. All photographs have been removed from Series I-IV and placed in Series V. Cross-references appear in the original series. Reprints have been moved to the printed materials collection of the APS Library. If a reprint was found as an enclosure, a photocopy of the title page was filed in its place. To retrieve reprints, consult the card catalog for printed materials. Audio-cassette recordings, three of Seneca music and one of Clara Redeye, have also been removed from the collection; to retrieve those items, consult the card catalog for manuscript materials.

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Provenance

The Snyderman Papers have been donated by George S. Snyderman from 1987 to 1995. It is expected that further additions will be made to this collection.

Preferred citation

Cite as: George S. Snyderman Papers, American Philosophical Society.

Processing information

Catalogued by Miriam B. Spectre, Timothy T. Wilson, Carla B. Zimmerman, 1995.

Related material

The Snyderman Papers are one of several collections at the APS that pertain to the ethnography and history of Seneca Indians, including the Papers of William N. Fenton, Elisabeth Tooker, Frank Speck, Anthony F. C. Wallace, and Paul A. W. Wallace. Quaker missions to the Seneca Indians during the late 18th and early 19th centuries are documented in the Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers and in a ten reel microfilm set of the records of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Indian Committee (Film 824). The originals of the latter are housed in the Quaker Collection at Haverford College. Additional materials, including the originals of the journals found in the Snyderman Papers, are located at Haverford and at the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College.

Bibliography

Snyderman, George S., "Concepts of land ownership among the Iroquois and their neighbors" Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology 149 (1951), 13-34. Call no.: 970.1 Pam. no.149

Snyderman, George S., "The manuscript collections of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends pertaining to the American Indian" Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 102 (1958), 613-620. Call no.: 506.73 Am4p

Snyderman, George S., "The function of wampum in Iroquois religion" Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 105 (1961), 571-608. Call no.: 506.73 Am4p

Snyderman, George S., "Witches, witchcraft, and Allegany Seneca medicine," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 127 (1983), 263-277. Call no.: 506.73 Am4p

African American History Note

This collection contains at least one item which may be of interest to students of African American history:

Frobenius, Leo. "Early African Culture as an Indication of Present Negro Potentialities." n.d. 9 pages.

The cultures of the people of Africa vary greatly across the African continent. The paper examines the differences and commonalities of various historical African cultures and their effect on the "potentialities of present-day Negroes in Africa and America."

Indexing Terms

Corporate Name(s)

Akwesasne Counselor Organization

Genre(s)

Gelatin silver prints
Maps.
Photographic prints -- Color
Photographs
Postcards

Geographic Name(s)

Allegany Reservation (N.Y.)

Personal Name(s)

Deardorff, Merle H., d.1971
Ettawageshik, Fred, 1896-1969
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005
Frobenius, Leo
Harris, Helen
Parrish, John
Phillips, John
Pierce, John
Post, Frederick
Redeye, Clara
Snyderman, George S., 1908-2000
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys
Witthoft, John

Subject(s)

Africa
Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork
Cayuga Indians
Culture, community, organizations
Ethnohistory
Indians of North America -- New York (State)
Iowa -- Maps
Iroquois Indians -- Dwellings
Iroquois dance
Missouri -- Maps
Mohawk Indians -- Social life and customs
Ohio -- Maps
Oneida Indians -- Wisconsin
Seneca Indians -- Missions
Seneca Indians -- New York (State)
Seneca Indians -- Religion
Seneca Indians -- Social life and customs
Seneca masks
Society of Friends -- Missions

Collection overview


Series I. Correspondence, 1940-1990	2 boxes; 1 linear foot	Request Series
Incoming with comparatively little outgoing correspondence. The largest series in the collection, Series I is arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name and then chronologically within each folder. Unidentified correspondence has been filed as "Unidentified" and is arranged chronologically. Enclosed manuscripts have been removed from this series and placed in Series III or IV as appropriate. As with the reprints, a photocopy of the title page was filed with the original letter. Correspondents include anthropologists, government officials, students, Native Americans, and interested amateur anthropologists. Among the topics covered in this series are Iroquois ceremonies and customs and the business of the Pennsylvania State Employment Service. There are many letters from Clara Redeye, whom Snyderman met while doing fieldwork, and who, with her husband Sherman, adopted Snyderman in a Seneca ceremony in 1947. Also included are letters from Clara Redeye's daughter, Helen Harris. Both womens' letters detail daily life, social customs, and folklore of the Seneca of Allegany Reservation. Correspondence with Merle H. Deardorff and William N. Fenton documents the exchange of information on the Iroquois; Deardorff's correspondence also includes information about the construction of Kinzua Dam. Letters from Marcus Solomon Goldstein discuss various topics, including anthropology and life in Israel.

Series II. Subject files, 1758-1994	0.5 boxes; 0.25 linear foot	Request Series
Reports, legal documents, and newspaper clippings. The folders are arranged alphabetically by title. The earliest items in this series are transcriptions from the Quaker Collection at Haverford College. Also of note is a printed booklet of sketches of Iroquois life done by Jesse J. Cornplanter in 1903.

Series III. Works by Snyderman, 1939-ca.1985	1.5 boxes; 0.75 linear foot	Request Series
Snyderman's typewritten drafts and research notes for articles and reviews. There are several reports that Snyderman wrote as historical background material for lawyer Felix S. Cohen. There are also unpublished and published manuscripts on such topics as Seneca folklore, Seneca medicine, and ethnohistory. Snyderman's reports for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment Security appear in this series as well.

Series IV. Works by others, 1758-1984	1 box; 0. 5 linear foot	Request Series
Articles, notes, and papers written by colleagues and students of Snyderman, as well as transcriptions of works from the late 1700s and early 1800s. This series is arranged alphabetically by author and then by title. There are works by William N. Fenton and several files of notes by Merle H. Deardorff. Also included in this series are folk tales recorded by Clara Redeye and Helen Harris.

Series V. Photographs, 1790-1993	1 box; 0.5 linear foot	Request Series
Native American Images note : Removed from the Series I-IV, over one hundred black and white silver gelatin prints, postcards, and color Polaroid of the Allegany Senecas and St. Lawrence Mohawks of New York. Taken by William N. Fenton, Frank Speck, and Snyderman, the images include Cold Spring longhouses, corn husk false faces, and Iroquois masked medicine dancers. The oversize maps in Series II and III, hand-drawn, crayon-colored by Snyderman, reflect nineteenth century Native American settlements in Iowa, Missouri, and Ohio. Of interest, Speck's student Jane Willets' Ottawan Chief Ettawageshik, Snyderman's Seneca consultant Helen Harris, and Ray Fadden's Akwesasne Mohawk Council print materials. Images date from 1939-1993; Maps from 1795-1866.

Series VI. Recordings		Request Series

Detailed Inventory


Series I. Correspondence, 1940-1990		2 boxes; 1 linear foot		Request Series
Incoming with comparatively little outgoing correspondence. The largest series in the collection, Series I is arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name and then chronologically within each folder. Unidentified correspondence has been filed as "Unidentified" and is arranged chronologically. Enclosed manuscripts have been removed from this series and placed in Series III or IV as appropriate. As with the reprints, a photocopy of the title page was filed with the original letter. Correspondents include anthropologists, government officials, students, Native Americans, and interested amateur anthropologists. Among the topics covered in this series are Iroquois ceremonies and customs and the business of the Pennsylvania State Employment Service. There are many letters from Clara Redeye, whom Snyderman met while doing fieldwork, and who, with her husband Sherman, adopted Snyderman in a Seneca ceremony in 1947. Also included are letters from Clara Redeye's daughter, Helen Harris. Both womens' letters detail daily life, social customs, and folklore of the Seneca of Allegany Reservation. Correspondence with Merle H. Deardorff and William N. Fenton documents the exchange of information on the Iroquois; Deardorff's correspondence also includes information about the construction of Kinzua Dam. Letters from Marcus Solomon Goldstein discuss various topics, including anthropology and life in Israel.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Library	1952		Box 1	Request File
American Anthropological Association	1953-1954,1991		Box 1	Request File
Johnson, Frederick
American Anthropologist	1958		Box 1	Request File
American Philosophical Society	1950-1991		Box 1	Request File
Bowen, Merrill W.			Box 1	Request File
-See Ser.I, Cornplanter Indian Landowners Corporation
Broughton, John G.			Box 1	Request File
-See Ser.I, New York State Museum and Science Service
Bryn Mawr College	1962		Box 1	Request File
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society	1980-1981		Box 1	Request File
-See also Ser.I, Deardorff, Merle H.
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society	1990		Box 1	Request File
Canada. Indian Affairs Branch	1953,[1955]		Box 1	Request File
Chester County Historical Society	1953		Box 1	Request File
Cohen, Felix S.	1950		Box 1	Request File
Congdon, Charles E.	1951		Box 1	Request File
Cooper, John M.	1946		Box 1	Request File
Cornplanter Indian Landowners Corp.	1965		Box 1	Request File
Bowen, Merrill W. United States. Army Engineer District, Pittsburgh
Crouse, Myrtle (Mrs. Clifford)	1947-1972		Box 1	Request File
-See also Deardorff, Merle H., Aug. 1953
Cullen, William B.			Box 1	Request File
-See Ser.I, Hoffmann, Wilfred E.
Curry, Ed	1972-1974,n.d.		Box 1	Request File
Deardorff, Mary T. (Mrs. Merle H.)	1971-1972		Box 1	Request File
Deardorff, Merle H.
Deardorff, Merle H. (Folder #1)	1943-1947		Box 1	Request File
Includes correspondence with Buffalo Historical Society; Kent, Don; Taplinger, Dick; Voget, Fred W.; Wallace, Anthony F.C. -See also Ser.I, Deardorff, Mary -See also Ser.I, Fenton, William -See also Ser.I, Snow, Kenneth (Mrs.) -See also Ser.I, Snow, Lena -See also Ser.I, White, Clayton
Deardorff, Merle H. (Folder #2)	1948-1953		Box 1	Request File
Deardorff, Merle H. (Folder #3)	1954-1970,n.d.		Box 1	Request File
Depp, Frederick C.	1972		Box 1	Request File
Devereux Foundation	1959		Box 1	Request File
Dilworth, Richardson	1961		Box 1	Request File
Dodge, Ernest Stanley	1949,1951		Box 1	Request File
Dowler, Maxine	1974		Box 1	Request File
Einhorn, Art[hur]	1973		Box 1	Request File
Encyclopedia Americana	1955		Box 1	Request File
English, Nicholas Conover	1951		Box 1	Request File
Eshelman, John E.	1953		Box 1	Request File
Fadden, Ray	n.d.		Box Oversize	Request File
Native American images note: charts of illustrations by Ray Fadden from the Akwesasne Mohawk Counselor organization, St. Regis Mohawk reservation, Hogansbury, New York. Images include utensils, musical instruments, clothes, and masks. -See Oversized
Fenton, William Nelson	1940-1994		Box 1	Request File
Deardorff, Merle H. (1940) Nichols, Robert Hastings (1951)
Francello, Joseph A.	1980-1981		Box 1	Request File
General, Alex (Deskaheh)	1949		Box 1	Request File
-See also Ser.I, Speck, Frank G. Subject(s): Haudenosaunee; Iroquois Indians; Cayuga Indians Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:166080
Gibson, Edmond P.	1950		Box 1	Request File
Goldstein, Marcus Solomon	1986-1994,n.d.		Box 1	Request File
Grace, Natalie	1960		Box 1	Request File
Hallowell, A[lfred] I[rving]	1954		Box 1	Request File
Harris, Helen (Folder #1)	1948-1986		Box 1	Request File
-See also Ser.I, Speck, Frank G.
Harris, Helen (Folder #2)	1987-1991		Box 2	Request File
Harris, Helen (Folder #3)	1992-1995,n.d.		Box 2	Request File
Harris, Linda	1990		Box 2	Request File
Harris, Rosalie	1984		Box 2	Request File
Hartwick College	1971		Box 2	Request File
Haverford College. Library. The Quaker Collection	1952,1983		Box 2	Request File
-See also Ser.II, Haverford College Library
Hay, John	1959-1960		Box 2	Request File
Herzfeld, Regina F.	1969		Box 2	Request File
Hoffmann, Wilfred E.	1946		Box 2	Request File
Cullen, William B.
Hutchinson, Tracy	1993		Box 2	Request File
Jewish Employment and Vocational Service	1959,1971		Box 2	Request File
Jimerson, Lidelia (Mrs. A.J.)	1989		Box 2	Request File
John, Terri M.	1984,n.d.		Box 2	Request File
Johnson, Frederick			Box 2	Request File
-See Ser.I, American Anthropological Association
Jones, Leroy O.	1951		Box 2	Request File
Kent, Don			Box 2	Request File
-See Ser.I, Deardorff, Merle H.
Kennedy, Robert J.	1983		Box 2	Request File
-See also Westvaco
Kluckhohn, Clyde	1954		Box 2	Request File
LeFever, Carole	1987,n.d.		Box 2	Request File
Leshner, Saul S.	1991-1992		Box 2	Request File
Leslie, Charles	1969		Box 2	Request File
Main Line "School Night" Association	1953		Box 2	Request File
Neighborhood Centre of Philadelphia	1959		Box 2	Request File
Nephew, Oscar (Family of)	[1987]		Box 2	Request File
New York Folklore Society	1980		Box 2	Request File
New York Public Library	1953		Box 2	Request File
New York (State). Dept. of Social Welfare	1953		Box 2	Request File
New York (State). Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation	1983		Box 2	Request File
New York State Museum and Science Service	1970		Box 2	Request File
Oberholtzer, Cath	1984		Box 2	Request File
Painter, Levinus K.	1953		Box 2	Request File
Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission	1953,n.d.		Box 2	Request File
Pennsylvania State Employment Service	1959-1971		Box 2	Request File
-See also Ser.I, Selecky, Paul R.
Redeye, Clara (Folder #1)	1946-1960		Box 2	Request File
Redeye, Clara (Folder #2)	1961-1974		Box 2	Request File
Redeye, Sherman	1947		Box 2	Request File
-See also Ser.I, Redeye, Clara
Richards, Henry M. M.	1962		Box 2	Request File
Riegelman, Strasser, Schwartz & Spiegelberg	1950		Box 2	Request File
St. Bonaventure University. Library	1962		Box 2	Request File
School District of Philadelphia	1960,1970		Box 2	Request File
Seiler, Joe	1986		Box 2	Request File
Selecky, Paul R.	1960		Box 2	Request File
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
Smith, Amy L.	1988		Box 2	Request File
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology	1959		Box 2	Request File
Snow, Kenneth (Mrs.)	1946		Box 2	Request File
Deardorff, Merle H.
Snow, Lena	1947-1952,n.d.		Box 2	Request File
Deardorff, Merle H.
Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Indian Committee	1956		Box 2	Request File
Solenberger, Robert	1954		Box 2	Request File
Speck, Florence Insley (Mrs. Frank G. Speck)	1951-1952		Box 2	Request File
Contains two letters, primarily concerning the writing of a memorial for Mrs. Speck's recently deceased husband, the anthropologist Frank Speck, and the disposition of his collection of scholarly reprints and related items. Mentions William Fenton, A. Irving Hallowell, Dr. Eisley, and the American Philosophical Society. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:166069
Speck, Frank G.	1914, 1927, 1939-1950, n.d.		Box 2	Request File
Primarily concerns Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) matters, especially wampum, including specific items. Includes some letters to Speck from Glenn Black of the Indiana Historical Society, Kenneth Kidd of the Royal Ontario Museum, Alexander General ("Deskaheh"), Fred Washington of "Lenape Nation" in Oklahoma; copies of class handouts from an Anthropology course taught by Speck in 1927. Related correspondences in this collection include Alex General and Helen Harris. Subject(s): Haudenosaunee; Iroquois Indians; Wampum; Delaware Indians Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:165936
Spoehr, Alexander	1951		Box 2	Request File
Stone, Mark K.	1991		Box 2	Request File
Supper, Helen	1985		Box 2	Request File
Swarthmore College. Friends Historical Library	1953		Box 2	Request File
Tanner, Helen Hornbeck	1988		Box 2	Request File
Taplinger, Dick			Box 2	Request File
-See Ser.I, Deardorff, Merle H.
Teeters, Negley	1968		Box 2	Request File
Temple University	1966		Box 2	Request File
Uhlig, Richard H.	1960		Box 2	Request File
Unidentified	1969,1987,1991,n.d.		Box 2	Request File
United States. Army Engineer District, Pittsburgh			Box 2	Request File
-See Ser.I, Cornplanter Indian Landowners Corporation
United States. Dept. of Commerce. Bureau of the Census	1952		Box 2	Request File
United States. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Social Security Administration	1961,1971		Box 2	Request File
United States. Dept. of Labor	1960-1964		Box 2	Request File
United States. Dept. of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs	1952-1953		Box 2	Request File
University of Michigan	1959		Box 2	Request File
University of Pennsylvania	1990		Box 2	Request File
Voget, Fred W.			Box 2	Request File
-See Ser.I, Deardorff, Merle H.
Wallace, Anthony F.C.			Box 2	Request File
-See Ser.I, Deardorff, Merle H.
Wannemacher, Ed H.	1950		Box 2	Request File
Webb, Charles G.	1958		Box 2	Request File
Westvaco	1983		Box 2	Request File
Kennedy, Robert J.
Whitacre, M. Elizabeth	1953		Box 2	Request File
White, Clayton C.	1941-1942,1953		Box 2	Request File
Deardorff, Merle H.
Witthoft, John	1954		Box 2	Request File
WRCV	1960		Box 2	Request File

Series II. Subject files, 1758-1994		0.5 boxes; 0.25 linear foot		Request Series
Reports, legal documents, and newspaper clippings. The folders are arranged alphabetically by title. The earliest items in this series are transcriptions from the Quaker Collection at Haverford College. Also of note is a printed booklet of sketches of Iroquois life done by Jesse J. Cornplanter in 1903.
American Anthropological Association	1949		Box 3	Request File
Anthropology, Description of the Profession	n.d.		Box 3	Request File
Cartoon	n.d.		Box 3	Request File
Cayuga Reservation--Map	1795		Box Oversize	Request File
-See Oversized
Clippings	1948-1984,n.d.		Box 3	Request File
Concentrated Employment Program	1963-1971		Box 3	Request File
Conference on Iroquois Research (3rd)	1947		Box 3	Request File
Cornplanter, Jesse J.	1903		Box 3	Request File
Restrictions on Access: This item has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction, including Reading Room photography, is restricted. Please consult the Manuscripts Department for more information.
"Deed from the Six Nations to William Trent and Others"--Transcript Copy	1769		Box 3	Request File
Haverford College Library. The Quaker Collection	1758,1795-1815		Box 3	Request File
transcript copies
Illinois--Map	n.d.		Box Oversize	Request File
Native American Image note: Map of Illinois showing areas of Native American settlements, such as, Ottawa, Potawatami, Sac and Fox, Kickapoo, Iowa. See Oversize.
Iowa--Maps	1795,1816,1825,n.d.		Box 3 See LH-B-26 XOS	Request File
Native American Images note: Six maps of Iowa with color key codes showing areas of Sioux, Sac and Fox settlements. Two charts of forty Native American sites from 1700-1837. -See Oversized
Iowa State Historical Society	[1951]		Box 3	Request File
2 Folders
Jimerson, Avery J., Sr.	[1974],1986		Box 3	Request File
Kansas--Map	n.d.		Box Oversize	Request File
Native American Images note: Negative print of map of Kansas and Nebraska. -See Oversized
Keating, John. Index to His Letter Book--Transcript Copy	1819-1821		Box 3	Request File
Kinzua Dam	1964		Box 3	Request File
Labor Terms	n.d.		Box 3	Request File
Minnesota--Map	n.d.		Box Oversize	Request File
Native American images note: Map shows Native American settlements within the state. -See Oversized
Missouri--Maps	n.d.		Box Oversize	Request File
Native American images note: Three maps showing waterways and Native American treaty boundaries. -See Oversized
Oneida Nation of New York vs. The State of New York	1982		Box 3	Request File
Pennsylvania State Employment Service	1961,n.d.		Box 3	Request File
Philadelphia Anthropological Society	1948,1950		Box 3	Request File
Saint Joseph's Indian School	1994		Box 3	Request File
Six Nations Population	1789-1790		Box 3	Request File
Wampum	1885-1950,n.d.		Box 3	Request File
Wisconsin--Map	n.d.		Box Oversize	Request File
Native American images note: black ink map by Snyderman with Sac and Fox settlements. -See Oversized
Wounded Knee School	[1994]		Box 3	Request File

Series III. Works by Snyderman, 1939-ca.1985		1.5 boxes; 0.75 linear foot		Request Series
Snyderman's typewritten drafts and research notes for articles and reviews. There are several reports that Snyderman wrote as historical background material for lawyer Felix S. Cohen. There are also unpublished and published manuscripts on such topics as Seneca folklore, Seneca medicine, and ethnohistory. Snyderman's reports for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Employment Security appear in this series as well.
Allegany Reservation--Notes	n.d.		Box 3	Request File
Blacksnake--Notes	[194-]		Box 3	Request File
"Bohemia: the Underworld of Art"--Ms.	[1939]		Box 3	Request File
Coppermine Journey by Farley Mowat--Review	1958		Box 3	Request File
Cornplanter--Notes	n.d.		Box 3	Request File
"The Economic Life of the Ohio Indians"--Ms.	n.d.		Box Oversize	Request File
Native American images note: Two crayon colored maps. -See also Oversized
Encyclopedia Americana Entries	[1955?]		Box 3	Request File
"Ethno History: Amalgam of Anthropology and History"--Ms.	[1953]		Box 3	Request File
"An Ethnological Discussion of Allegany Seneca Wampum Folklore"--Ms.	[198-]		Box 3	Request File
"Experimental Program for Hard-to-Place Youth"--Ms.	[1960]		Box 3	Request File
Field Notes			Box 4	Request File
Folder #1	1946		Box 4	Request File
Restrictions on Access: This item has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction, including Reading Room photography, is restricted. Please consult the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Folder #2	1950-1951		Box 4	Request File
Restrictions on Access: This item has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction, including Reading Room photography, is restricted. Please consult the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Halliday Jackson's Journal of a Visit Paid to the Indians of New York (1806)--Review	1959		Box 4	Request File
"The Historical Method and Its Use in Anthropology"--Ms.	[1950?]		Box 4	Request File
"Illinois"--Ms.	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
"Introduction to the Study of Iroquois Government"--Ms.	[1948]		Box 4	Request File
"Prepared for Speck" appeared on orig. folder
Medicine (Seneca)--Notes	1950, n.d.		Box 4	Request File
Restrictions on Access: This item has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction, including Reading Room photography, is restricted. Please consult the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Messianic Movements--Notes	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Longhouse by Frank G. Speck--Review	[1949]		Box 4	Request File
Miscellaneous--Notes and Research	1946-1965, n.d.		Box 4	Request File
"Notes on a Visit to the Seneca Nation of Indians by John Pierce and Joshua Sharples"--Notes	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
"Notes on Oneida of Wisconsin"--Ms.	[1950]		Box 4	Request File
"Notes on the Population of Selected Tribes West of the Ohio"--Ms.	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
"O He Yoh: the Once Beautiful Country and Home of Indian Peoples"--Ms.	[1971]		Box 4	Request File
"Ohio"--Ms.	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
Parrish, John--Notes	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
"The Philadelphia Pilot Placement and Counseling Project"--Ms.	5 May 1958		Box 4	Request File
"References"	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
Reports for Felix Cohen--Research	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
Seneca Witchcraft--Notes	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
Restrictions on Access: This item has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction, including Reading Room photography, is restricted. Please consult the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Simmons, Henry, Jr.--Notes	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
"Suggested Guide for Training New Interviewers"--Ms.	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
"Witches, Witchcraft, and Allegany Seneca Medicine"--Ms.	n.d.		Box 4	Request File
Restrictions on Access: This item has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction, including Reading Room photography, is restricted. Please consult the Manuscripts Department for more information.

Series IV. Works by others, 1758-1984		1 box; 0. 5 linear foot		Request Series
Articles, notes, and papers written by colleagues and students of Snyderman, as well as transcriptions of works from the late 1700s and early 1800s. This series is arranged alphabetically by author and then by title. There are works by William N. Fenton and several files of notes by Merle H. Deardorff. Also included in this series are folk tales recorded by Clara Redeye and Helen Harris.
Alexander, Heap. "Flag Day in Washington"			Box 5	Request File
Ms.
Boyle, David. On the Paganism of the Civilized Iroquois of Ontario			Box 5	Request File
Ms.
Brodie, Paul. Notes			Box 5	Request File
Transcript Copy
Deardorff, Merle H., d.1971. Cold Spring			Box 5	Request File
Notes
Deardorff, Merle H., d.1971. Miscellaneous			Box 5	Request File
Notes
Deardorff, Merle H., d.1971. Henry Simmons, Jr.			Box 5	Request File
Notes
Deardorff, Merle H., d.1971. Transcriptions			Box 5	Request File
Transcriptions
Depp, Frederick C.. "Observations on Research and Practice in the Transitional Sheltered Workshop"			Box 5	Request File
Ms.
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005. "Coldspring Notes"	11 Aug. 1946		Box 5	Request File
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005. "Condolence Council. Six Nations Reserve"	31 March 1951		Box 5	Request File
Notes
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005. "Condolence Council. Six Nations Reserve"	14 May 1948		Box 5	Request File
Address
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005. "A Day on the Allegheny Ox-Bow"	Jul. 1945		Box 5	Request File
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005. Diplomacy and Indian Gifts: Anglo-French Rivalry Along the Ohio and North-West Frontiers, 1748-1763. By Wilbur R. Jacobs	[1950]		Box 5	Request File
Review
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005. "Iroquois Studies at the Mid-Century"	[1951]		Box 5	Request File
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Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005. "Locality as a Basic Factor in the Development of Iroquois Social Structure"--	1949		Box 5	Request File
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Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005. Miscellaneous	1933, 1942, n.d.		Box 5	Request File
Notes
Freilich, Morris. "The Modern Shtetl: A Study of Cultural Persistance"--	1962		Box 5	Request File
MS
Frobenius, Leo. "Early African Culture as an Indication of Present Negro Potentialities"	n.d.		Box 5	Request File
Ms.
George, Edward I.. "Transcription of the Original Records of the Western Missionary Society"--	15 Apr. 1936		Box 5	Request File
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Goldstein, Marcus S. (Marcus Solomon), 1906-1997. "Anthropological Research, Action and Education in Modern Nations: With Special Reference to the U.S.A."	Oct. 1968		Box 5	Request File
Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974. "Frank Gouldsmith Speck (1881-1950)"	n.d.		Box 5	Request File
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Harris, Helen. Folk talkes	1948, 1984		Box 5	Request File
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Harris, Linda. Folk talkes	[1984]		Box 5	Request File
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Philips, John. Journal	1806		Box 5	Request File
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Pierce, John and Joshua Sharpl. "Notes on a Visit to the Seneca Nation of Indians"	1798		Box 5	Request File
Transcript Cy
Pierce, John. Oneida Journal	1798		Box 5	Request File
Transcript Cy
Post, Frederick. Journal of Journey from Philadelphia to Wyoming--Transcript Copy	1758		Box 5	Request File
Transcript Cy
Redeye, Clara. Folk Tales	1947-1976, n.d.		Box 5	Request File
Ms
Rochnes, Louis L.. "Research on the Sac and Fox Tribe of Oklahoma"	11 Aug. 1949		Box 5	Request File
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Tantaquidgeon, Gladys. "Delaware Indian Designs"--	1933		Box 5	Request File
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Unidentified. "Anthropology and the Social Worker"	[198-]		Box 5	Request File
Unidentified. "Preliminary Report of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma"	n.d.		Box 5	Request File
Ms
Unidentified. "Preliminary Report on Land Rights of the Wisconsin Oneida Tribe"--	n.d.		Box 5	Request File
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Unidentified. "Shawnees"	n.d.		Box 5	Request File
Ms.
Witthoft, John. "The New Religion of the Iroquois"--	n.d.		Box 5	Request File
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Wright, Asher, 1803-1875. "Council at Six Nations"--	4 Oct. 1848		Box 5	Request File
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Series V. Photographs, 1790-1993		1 box; 0.5 linear foot		Request Series
Native American Images note : Removed from the Series I-IV, over one hundred black and white silver gelatin prints, postcards, and color Polaroid of the Allegany Senecas and St. Lawrence Mohawks of New York. Taken by William N. Fenton, Frank Speck, and Snyderman, the images include Cold Spring longhouses, corn husk false faces, and Iroquois masked medicine dancers. The oversize maps in Series II and III, hand-drawn, crayon-colored by Snyderman, reflect nineteenth century Native American settlements in Iowa, Missouri, and Ohio. Of interest, Speck's student Jane Willets' Ottawan Chief Ettawageshik, Snyderman's Seneca consultant Helen Harris, and Ray Fadden's Akwesasne Mohawk Council print materials. Images date from 1939-1993; Maps from 1795-1866.
Abram, Cornelius and Elsie and children	1947		Box 6	Request File
Taken by William N. Fenton (for negative, see Ms. Coll. No. 20, Ser. VI Neg. Box #4, Vol. XII, #46-47)
Abram, Hannah			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Stevens, Fannie
Allegany State Park	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Allegheny River	22 Jun. 1941		Box 6	Request File
Taken by William N. Fenton (for negatives, see Ms. Coll. No. 20, Ser. VI, Neg. Box #4, Vol. XI, #1-17)
Clark, Torrence			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Johnny John, Richard and Dancers
Cloud, Wilton			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Watt, Cephas
Collar (Mohawk Beaded)	[1949]		Box 6	Request File
Cooper, Hattie (Mrs. William)	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Jones, Geneva
Cornplanter Monument	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Crouse, Clifford and Myrtle	1945, 1947, 1965, 1970		Box 6	Request File
Curlyhead, Margaret Lightmoon, Princess	1948		Box 6	Request File
Taken by Frank G. Speck
Margaret Curlyhead, Princess Lightmoon	1948			Request Item
Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/graphics:1958
Curry, Edward			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Johnny John, Richard and Dancers
Document	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Dowdy, Lynn	1947, 1950		Box 6	Request File
Eskimos	1949		Box 6	Request File
Taken by Edmund S. Carpenter
Ettawageshik	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Chief Ettawageshik	1948			Request Item
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False Face	1993		Box 6	Request File
Restrictions on Access: This item has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction, including Reading Room photography, is restricted. Please consult the Manuscripts Department for more information
False Faces			Box 6	Request File
Folder #1	Feb. 1945		Box 6	Request File
Taken by Frank G. Speck Restrictions on Access: This item has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction, including Reading Room photography, is restricted. Please consult the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Folder #2	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Possibly taken by William N. Fenton Restrictions on Access: This item has been designated as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction, including Reading Room photography, is restricted. Please consult the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Halliday [Jackson] Journal	1806		Box 6	Request File
Harris, Helen			Box 6	Request File
Folder #1	1979-1980, 1984, n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Folder #2	27 Sep. 1988		Box 6	Request File
Helen Harris	1988			Request Item
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Husk Face			Box 6	Request File
Folder #1	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Probably taken by William N. Fenton
Folder #2	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Taken by Frank G. Speck
Iroquois Woman	1955		Box 6	Request File
Taken by Tip Roseberry (for negative, see Ms. Coll. No. 20, Ser. VI, "Roseberry, Tip")
Jimerson, Avery			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Watt, Cephas
Jimerson, John			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Watt, Cephas
John, Osspi			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Snyderman, Michael
John Sisters	1945		Box 6	Request File
Johnny John, Albert			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Johnny John, Richard and Dancers
Johnny John, Arthur			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Johnny John, Richard and Dancers
Johnny John, Richard and Dancers	Jun. 1948		Box 6	Request File
Clark, Torrence Curry, Edward Johnny John, Albert Johnny John, Arthur Jones, Albert
Johnny John, Richard and Albert Jones	1955		Box 6	Request File
Jones, Albert	1960, n.d.		Box 6	Request File
-See also Ser.V, Johnny John, Richard and Dancers -See also Ser.V, Johnny John, Richard and Albert Jones
Jones, Geneva			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Cooper, Hattie
Lightmoon, Princess			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Curlyhead, Margaret
Longhouse (Allegany)	1940-1949		Box 6	Request File
Taken by William N. Fenton
Seneca longhouse	1940-1949			Request Item
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Longhouse (Cold Spring)	1945?		Box 6	Request File
Taken by William N. Fenton
Longhouse (Old)	1945		Box 6	Request File
Mound	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Pierce, Marius	1790, 1837		Box 6	Request File
Pierce, Sara	1949		Box 6	Request File
taken by Frank G. Speck
Sara Pierce				Request Item
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Printup, Maxime Crouse	1965, 1970		Box 6	Request File
-See also Ser.V, Snyderman, Michael
Redeye, Clara	1963, 1970		Box 6	Request File
Redeye, Clara and Sherman	3 Feb. 1947		Box 6	Request File
Redeye, Henry			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Watt, Cephas
Redeye, Sherman			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Redeye, Clara and Sherman
Schaeffer, Claude	193-		Box 6	Request File
Speck, Frank
Snyderman, Michael	1950		Box 6	Request File
John, Osspi Printup, Maxime Crouse
Speck, Frank G.			Box 6	Request File
-See Ser.V, Schaeffer, Claude
Stauffer Home	Jan. 1945		Box 6	Request File
Stevens, Fannie, Abram, Hannah	1939		Box 6	Request File
Taken by William N. Fenton
Tuscarora Masks	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
taken by Frank G. Speck Restrictions on Access: Reproduction of this material, including Reading Room photography, is restricted due to cultural sensitivity concerns. Please consult the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Wampum String Announcing Death of Joseph Hill	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
"On the War Path"	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Watt, Cephas; Cloud, Wilton	n.d.		Box 6	Request File
Taken by Frank G. Speck Jimerson, Avery Jimerson, John Redeye, Henry
Winter Scene	1945		Box 6	Request File

Series VI. Recordings				Request Series
Abstract: Removed from collection and processed as (Mss.Rec.139) Seneca Songs and Stories, 1959-1963.