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

 Classification
Identifier: NA

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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Seminole Medicine Chants and Songs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0569
Abstract

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

Dates: circa 1940s
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Lord's Prayer in Hitchiti

 Collection
Identifier: Recording Number 16
Abstract

A recording of the Seminole spoken language.

Dates: 1957
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Seminole music

 Collection
Identifier: Recording Number 14
Abstract

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

Dates: Date unknown
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Seminole Legends, Dances and Religious Songs

 Collection
Identifier: Recording Number 15
Abstract

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

Dates: 1957
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Seminole Songs

 Collection
Identifier: Recording Number 11
Abstract

Recording of Harry Jumper singing traditional Seminole songs.

Dates: April 20, 1954
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Records of the Seminole Indians of Florida vs. United States

 Collection
Identifier: MS 108
Abstract

Photocopies of United States Indian Claims Commission records pertaining to claims by the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes of Florida.

Dates: 1951-1978
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

R.T. King Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0371
Abstract

Slides of Seminole photos taken by R.T. King, and also collected by him from various sources, as a part of his dissertation research. A significant portion of the slides were produced by William D. Boehmer while he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Dates: 1939-1965; Majority of material found within 1950-1960
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Charles A. Hoffman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 292
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,...
Dates: 1958-2005; Majority of material found within 1966-1990
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Indian Affairs - Florida Seminoles Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 147
Abstract

Photocopies of correspondence, reports, and other papers related to the Seminole Tribe of Florida found in the National Archives, primarily in the files of the Office of Indian Affairs between 1820 and 1897.

Dates: 1820-1974; Majority of material found within 1881-1947
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

William Davenport Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 022
Abstract

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

Dates: 1835-1842
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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