NA. Native Americans (including Seminole Indians) and Early Florida

Abstract Charles A. Hoffman was a distinguished archaeologist and anthropologist who worked in the American Southwest, Florida and the Caribbean. His areas of interest included eastern Arizona archaeology, mammoth and Native Peoples interactions (big game hunting) and Columbus' first landfall. The collection is comprised of materials primarily related to Florida and the Caribbean, including his field notebooks, publications and research files, photographs, membership and association files,...

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Recordings of Seminole medicine chants and songs. Naturalist J. Harold Matteson recorded the chants and songs and includes a historical narrative.

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A collection of research materials compiled by Larry Aten and his wife Carol Aten about the life and profession of amateur archaeologist Clarence B. Moore. This collection highlights various aspects of early 19th and 20th century archaeology, the history of Moore’s family, his personal and professional relationships, and archaeological excavation fieldwork conducted by Moore.

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A recording of the Seminole spoken language.

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A recording of Seminole music made at the Brighton Reservation in the 1930s.

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A recording of Seminole legends and songs made at the Big Cypress Indian Reservation.

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Recording of Harry Jumper singing traditional Seminole songs.

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Two small pocket diaries and personal and official correspondence of Davenport, who saw service in Florida during the Second Seminole War.

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The Louis Bishop Capron Papers comprise personal correspondence, fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, and photographs of this children's author and amateur ethnographer of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians. Most of the materials pertain to Capron's interest in and friendship with the Seminoles.

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Notes of Seminole War fort locations; photocopied originals of scouting reports, diaries, correspondence from the National Archives and typed transcriptions; photos of Seminoles. Compiled by Edward T. Keenan and Thomas Brown.