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W. Langdon Kihn papers, 1904-1990, bulk 1904-1957

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Series 3: Writings and Notes, circa 1920-1990
(Boxes 5-6; 1.0 linear feet)

This series includes manuscripts and typescripts of articles, poems, lectures and other writings by W. Langdon Kihn and others. More detailed description is provided at the subseries level.
The Writings and Notes series is arranged into 2 subseries:
  • 3.1: Writings and Notes by Kihn, date
  • 3.2: Writings by Others, date

3.1

Writings and Notes by Kihn, circa 1920-1990
Writings by Kihn include his travel diary, memoir, and typescripts, manuscripts and drafts of published and unpublished articles on amateur painters, his travels documenting various North American tribal cultures and his sojourn painting in Spain. This subseries also includes Kihn's notebooks and loose field notes from his travels, and notes on the National Geographic Indians of America series.
Additional illustrated field notes *can be found in the Sketchbooks and Sketches series.
Description Container
Travel Diary, circa 1924-1925
5
7
Aleutian Exodus, 1942
5
8
The Amateur Painter, circa 1940-1950
5
9
American Aborigine, 1924
5
10
American Renaissance, circa 1950-1957
5
11
Amerindians, circa 1920-1957
5
12
An Artist among the Indians, 1926
5
13
Artist and Advertiser, circa 1925-1957
5
14
Eastern Woodland, circa 1937-1951
5
15
The Gitksan on the Skeena, 1925
5
16
The Horse Dance, circa 1920-1957
5
17
Indians, Generally Speaking, circa 1920-1957
5
18
Indians of the Plains, circa 1937-1951
5
19
Legend Concerning Pictographs on the Kootenay Lake, 1922
5
20
Little Chief, circa 1920-1957
5
21
The Little Lhasa of America: The Forbidden Village, circa 1924-1957
5
22
Memoirs (Manuscript), circa 1950s
5
23
Memoirs (Typescript), 1990
5
24
Narrative of North American Indians, 1941, 1954
(2 folders)
5
25-26
National Geographic on Indians of the Americas, probably 1951
5
27
Northwest Indian Series Captions, probably 1947
5
28
The Northwest Pacific Coast, circa 1951
(2 folders)
5
29-30
A Palette from Spain, probably 1936
5
31
Phantoms Ride, circa 1920-1957
5
32
The Sun Dance, circa 1954
(2 folders)
5
33-34
Sunday Painting, 1949
5
35
They Couldn't Paint in a Straight Line, 1945
5
36
Vacationing in Art, circa 1932-1957
5
37
Who Said You Couldn't Paint?, 1946
5
38
Untitled and Incomplete Manuscripts and Typescripts, circa 1920-1957
(5 folders)
5
39-43
Notebooks, circa 1940s
(2 folders)
5
44-45
Notes on Kihn Exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, probably 1952
5
46
Notes, circa 1920-1957
(3 folders)
5
47-49
Notes, circa 1920-1957
(2 folders)
6
1-2
Notes, 1944, 1947
6
3

3.2

Writings by Others, circa 1920-1990
This series includes typescripts of poems, lectures, and writings by Agnes Akin Atkinson, C. Marius Barbeau, Lena Becker Scott, Constance Lindsay Skinner and others.
Description Container
Atkinson, Agnes Akin - The Fearless One, circa 1930-1957
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4
Barbeau, Marius, circa 1924-1925
6
5
Authors B-W, circa 1920-1957
6
6
Skinner, Constance Lindsay - Jaguar of San Cristobal, 1927
6
7
Scott, Lena Becker - Dawn Boy of the Pueblos, probably 1935
(2 folders)
6
8-9
Unidentified Authors, 1932
6
10

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