Guide to the Constance Goddard DuBois Papers,
1897-1909.

Collection Number: 9167

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
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2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
Evan Fay Earle
Date completed:
February 2006
EAD encoding:
Evan Fay Earle February 2006

© 2006 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Constance Goddard DuBois papers, 1897-1909.
Collection Number:
9167
Creator:
Constance Goddard. DuBois
Quantity:
2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts, correspondence.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The papers include her field notes from her summers in California, notes on her activities with the Connecticut Indian Association, and newspaper clippings relating to Indian affairs, particularly those in California. Drafts of manuscripts for her publications on Luiseno religion, Diegueno mythology, and other subjects relating to the Mission Indians of California are included in the collection. Letters written to Du Bois from 1897 to 1909 comprise a significant part of the collection. Correspondentss from Alfred Kroeber, Otis T. Mason, Mary C. B. Watkins, Frederick W. Hodge, and Clark Wissler, as well as with representatives of Indian-aid organizations such as the Indian Industrial League and the Indian Rights Association. Other correspondence to DuBois, her notes and manuscripts on Indians of California including the Diegueño and Luiseño Indians. One folder about Robert Wilcox and the Hawaiian Rebellion. Folders with information about mythology, religion, industry, art, missions, language, vocabulary, biographical information, and newspaper clippings. Includes index of correspondence. Field notebooks, date books, and diary books.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Constance Goddard Du Bois, a successful novelist who lived in Connecticut, became interested in the Indians of southern California on a visit there around the turn of the century. From 1897 to 1907 she became increasingly involved in efforts to assist the Luiseno and Diegueno peoples of the area, spending many of her summers with them. At home in the winter she worked vigorously to bring the situation of these desperately poor people to the attention of her neighbors and officials of the Indian Bureau, through correspondence and lectures. Her efforts put her in touch with anthropologists and other scholars with similar interests, and she began to publish some of the many myths and legends she collected from her Diegueño and Luiseño friends in southern California.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The papers include her field notes from her summers in California, notes on her activities with the Connecticut Indian Association, and newspaper clippings relating to Indian affairs, particularly those in California. Drafts of manuscripts for her publications on Luiseno religion, Diegueno mythology, and other subjects relating to the Mission Indians of California are included in the collection. Letters written to Du Bois from 1897 to 1909 comprise a significant part of the collection. Correspondentss from Alfred Kroeber, Otis T. Mason, Mary C. B. Watkins, Frederick W. Hodge, and Clark Wissler, as well as with representatives of Indian-aid organizations such as the Indian Industrial League and the Indian Rights Association. Other correspondence to DuBois, her notes and manuscripts on Indians of California including the Diegueño and Luiseño Indians. One folder about Robert Wilcox and the Hawaiian Rebellion. Folders with information about mythology, religion, industry, art, missions, language, vocabulary, biographical information, and newspaper clippings. Includes index of correspondence. Field notebooks, date books, and diary books.
SUBJECTS

Names:
DuBois, Constance Goddard.
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956.
Kroeber, A. L.(Alfred Louis), 1876-1960.
Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908.
Watkins, Mary C. B.
Wilcox, R. W.(Robert William), 1855-1903.
Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947.
Huntington Free Library.

Subjects:
Indians of North America.
Indians of Mexico.
Indian art--North America.
Indian mythology--North America.
Indians of North America--California.
Indians of North America--Education.
Indians of North America--Funeral customs and rites.
Indians of North America--History.
Indians of North America--Industries.
Indians of North America--Languages.
Indians of North America--Missions.
Indians of North America
Indians of North America--Religion.
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies.
Aztecs.
Diegueño Indians.
Luiseño Indians.

Places:
Hawaii--History.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Constance Goddard DuBois papers, #9167. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
The papers include her field notes from her summers in California, notes on her activities with the Connecticut Indian Association, and newspaper clippings relating to Indian affairs, particularly those in California. Drafts of manuscripts for her publications on Luiseno religion, Diegueno mythology, and other subjects relating to the Mission Indians of California are included in the collection. Letters written to Du Bois from 1897 to 1909 comprise a significant part of the collection. She corresponded with such notables in the field of anthropology as Alfred Kroeber, O.T. Mason, Frederick W. Hodge, and Clark Wissler, as well as with representatives of Indian-aid organizations such as the Indian Industrial League and the Indian Rights Association.
The Du Bois papers are a window into the lives of the Indians in southern California at the turn of the century. They are especially useful in demonstrating the relationship between the Mission Indians and those, like Constance Du Bois, who served as their intermediaries with the state and federal governments. Preserving this collection archivally on microfilm ensures its availability to future scholars, and makes it accessible in libraries throughout the country via inter-library loan. While much of the collection warrants individual preservation treatment as well, this microfilm edition is an important first step.
RELATED MATERIALS

Microfilm available.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Original Huntington Free Library box numbers have been retained.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Guides and other material
Series II. List of Correspondents
Series III. Correspondence
Series IV. Publications and Manuscripts
Series V. Notebooks
Series VI. Field Notebooks
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Guides and other material
Partial Calendar of Constance Goddard Du Bois Correspondence in the Huntington Free Library
Box 1 Folder 1
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 1-86
Correspondence Chronology for Constance Goddard Du Bois, prepared by Lowell Bean
Box 1 Folder 2
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 87-123
Bibliography of Published Works of Constance Goddard Du Bois, compiled by Lowell Bean
Box 1 Folder 3
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 124
Transcript of Lowell Bean's Tape-Recorded Comments on the Constance Goddard Du Bois papers at the Huntington Free Library
Box 1 Folder 4
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 125-138
Duplicate calendar and publications
 Box 1
Series II. List of Correspondents
List of correspondents in the collection, included is the microfilm reel on which the correspondent appears. Reel one includes correspondence from 1870 through 1905, reel two from 1906 through 1909.
Acting Commissioner, Dept. of Interior to Supt., Pila School Reel 1
Albanos, Jose O. Reel 2
Ambler, Cleason Reel 2
Banneson (?), Thomas F. Reel 1
Barrows, David P. Reel 1
Belknap, Edwin S. Reel 1
Brosius, S.M. to J. S. Lockwood Reel 2
Campbell, Archibald Reel 1 and Reel 2
Carter, Sybil Reel 1
Charles Scribner's Sons Reel 2
Collier, William Reel 1
Collins, Ella to Frances Sparhawk Reel 1
Colvick, Frederick to Otis T. Mason Reel 1
Companiero, Moaria la Reel 1
Cornelius, Laura M. Reel 1
County Magazine editors Reel 2
Daniels, John Reel 2
Daniels, John to Frederick J. Kingsbury Reel 2
Davenport, John Gaylord Reel 2
Davis, E.H. Reel 1 and Reel 2
Davis, J.E. Reel 2
Dixon, Roland B. Reel 1 and Reel 2
Dixon, Zella Allen Reel 1
Dorsey, George A. Reel 1
Doubleday, ?? Reel 2
Doubleday Page & Co. Reel 2
Du Bois to C.F. Larrabee Reel 1
Du Bois to Commissioner, General Land Office Reel 2
Du Bois to F.E. Leupp Reel 1
Du Bois to F.W. Hodge Reel 2
Du Bois to her mother Reel 1
Du Bois to Santo Lopez Reel 2
Duffield & Co. Publishers Reel 2
Engler, Anna G. Reel 1
Field, E.G. Reel 2
Gagnon, Alph. Reel 2
Games, Thomas M. Reel 2
Goizley (?), M. Reel 1
Hall, J. Thomas Reel 1
Henderson, Victor Reel 1
Hicks, Gilbert H. Reel 1
Hitchcock, Geo. N. Reel 2
Hitchcock, George N. to Jose Santo Lopez Reel 2
Hodge, F.W. Reel 2
Hough, Walter Reel 1
Jessop, Joseph Reel 1
Johnson, Joseph H. Reel 1
Jones, W. (?) Reel 1
Kelsey, C.E. Reel 1 and Reel 2
Kingsbury, Frederick Reel 2
Kroeber, A.L. Reel 1 and Reel 2
Larrabee, C.F. Reel 2
Larrabee, C.F. to Charles E. Shell Reel 1
Larrabee, C.F. to Frederick J. Kingsbury Reel 2
Leupp, Francis E. Reel 1 and Reel 2
Lockwood, J.S. Reel 1 and Reel 2
Lopez, Jose Santo Reel 2
Lummis, Charles F. Reel 1 and Reel 2
MacCurdy, George Grant Reel 2
Mason, O.T. Reel 1
Merriam, C. Hart Reel 2
Merrill, Elmer D. Reel 1
Monsen, Frederick I. Reel 2
Mooch, C.A. Reel 2
Neiler, Sophie R. Reel 1
Nejo (?), Rosalie Reel 1 and Reel 2
Partridge, Charles L. Reel 1
Peabody, Margaret A. Reel 2
Peak, George Reel 2
Perham, Mrs. F.E. Reel 1
Redmond, Lucy R. Reel 2
Restarick, H.B. Reel 1
Robinson, Mamie Reel 2
Rondfit, S.V. Reel 2
Rotassza (?), S. Reel 1
Rugg, Harold Goddard Reel 1
Russ, N.M. Reel 1
Russell, Francis S. Reel 1
Scribner, G. Hilton Reel 2
Shell, Charles E. Reel 1
Smith, Wayland H. Reel 1
Sniffen, M.K. Reel 1
Sparhawk, Francis C. Reel 1
Sophie? Reel 2
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe Reel 2
Vinia, Alice to Miss Andrews Reel 2
Warren, Mary B. Reel 1
Watkins, Mary B. Reel 1 and Reel 2
Watkins, Mary to Mrs. A.G. Dubois Reel 1
Watkins, Mary to Rev. H.B. Restarick Reel 1
Welsh, Herbert Reel 1
Wissler, Clark Reel 1 and Reel 2
Wood, Donzetta Reel 2
Women's Medical Center, NY Reel 1
Yedelsbah, Y(?)innah Reel 2
Series III. Correspondence
1870
Childhood Correspondence of Constance Goddard Du Bois
Box 1 Folder 5
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 183
August 1897 - December 1900
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 6
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 199
1901
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 7
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 372
January 1902 - December 1903
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 8
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 467
1904
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 9
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 613
1905
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 10
Also available on Reel 1, Frame 743
1906
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 11
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 1
1907
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 12
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 171
1908
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 13
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 371
January - June 1909
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 14
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 491
1907
Sparkman Murder Correspondence and Clippings
 Box 1 Folder 15
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 551
Series IV. Publications and Manuscripts
Offprints of Publications by Constance Goddard Du Bois
Box 1 Folder 16
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 574
Publication: The Song of Death
 Box 1 Folder 16A
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 612
Incomplete manuscript, The Religion of the Luiseno and Diegueno Indians of Southern California.
Box 1 Folder 17
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 621
Songs. Incomplete Stories. [oversize]
 Box 2 Folder 17A
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 674
The Chungichnish Worship
 Box 1 Folder 18
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 683
Ceremonies and Traditions of the Diegueno Indians
Box 1 Folder 19
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 846
Chaup Songs
 Box 1 Folder 20
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 865
A Desert Flower
 Box 1 Folder 21
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 875
Notebook containing Hatakeki Story of Cuy-oh-lo-mau
Box 1 Folder 22
Description of things for Museum; Version of Chaup Story; Connection with Mojaves
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 898
Indian Summer in South California, A Brush Church, Ella
Box 1 Folder 23
Also available on Reel 2, Frame 955
Indian Summer in Southern California
 Box 1 Folder 24
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 1
Mission Indian Folklore: The Culture Hero
 Box 1 Folder 25
Chaup
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 9
Mission Indians
 Box 1 Folder 26
Partially illustrated with photographs (some missing); Incomplete
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 43
Mission Indian Myth and Song
 Box 1 Folder 27
Two Versions
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 83
Eagle Story
 Box 1 Folder 27A
Four Versions
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 112
Myths and Folklore of Mission Indians
 Box 1 Folder 28
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 125
The Story of the Mesa Grande Indians [oversized]
Box 2 Folder 28A
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 166
The mythology of the Dieguenos, Mission Indians of San Diego County, California
Box 1 Folder 29
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 179
Cinon's Story [oversized]
 Box 2 Folder 29A
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 199
Mythology of the Mission Indians
 Box 1 Folder 30
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 206
The Mythology of the Diegueno and it's Relation to that of the Aztecs
Box 1 Folder 30A
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 227
A Preliminary Account of the Mission Indians
 Box 1 Folder 31
Published in JAFL as Mythology of the Mission Indians
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 242
Primitive Woman and Her Modern Sister
 Box 1 Folder 32
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 249
Questions for Guidance in the Field
 Box 1 Folder 33
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 258
The Religion and Myths of the Mission Indians
Box 1 Folder 34
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 282
Religious Ceremonials and Myths of the Mission Indians
Box 1 Folder 35
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 295
Mythology of the Mission Indians, Part 2
 Box 1 Folder 36
The Sandpainting Among the Luiseno; Myths and Myth Songs
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 400
The Return to the Primitive
 Box 1 Folder 37
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 414
The Symbolism of Indian Basketry
 Box 1 Folder 38
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 421
Art and Industry among the Mission Indians
 Box 1 Folder 38A
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 437
Studies of the Mission Indians: Myths and Customs of the Dieguenos of San Diego County, California
Box 1 Folder 39
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 449
History of Ollas
 Box 1 Folder 40
Notes on Campo(?); Genealogy Information
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 458
To the Members and Friends of the Waterbury Indian Association
Box 1 Folder 41
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 465
Notes on Hawaii
 Box 1 Folder 42
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 470
Miscellany I.
 Box 1 Folder 43
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 523
Miscellaneous Notes including Notes on Compulsory Education [oversize]
Box 2 Folder 43B
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 691
Miscellany II.
 Box 1 Folder 44
Includes genealogical information on family of Robert Singleton Peabody
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 710
Miscellaneous Publications
 Box 1 Folder 45
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 745
Newspaper Clippings - Perry's Second Artic Expedition
Box 1 Folder 46
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 864
Newspaper Clippings [oversize]
 Box 2 Folder 46A
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 874
Newspaper Clippings [oversize]
 Box 2 Folder 46B
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 915
Clippings and Indian Association Members [oversize]
Box 2 Folder 46C
Also available on Reel 3, Frame 929
Miscellaneous Notes
 Box 1 Folder 47
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 1
Music - Chaup Songs
 Box 1 Folder 48
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 19
Undated Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 49
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 26
Biographical Information on Du Bois and Monro
Box 1 Folder 50
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 65
Notebooks
Date Book for 1906
 Box 2 Volume 51
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 75
Memorandum - Letter and brochure from F.A. Bancel enclosed. Notes, addresses, miscellany
Box 2 Volume 52
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 233
Stars of Springs/Songs
 Box 2 Volume 53
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 293
Arts and Industries of the Mission Indians
 Box 2 Volume 54
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 367
Cook Book Recipes, Music, and Notes
 Box 2 Volume 55
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 390
Sandpainting Among the Luisenos, etc.
 Box 2 Volume 56
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 429
Indian Workers and Record
 Box 2 Volume 57
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 475
Field Notebooks
Selected "Cover" Titles Given
Salvador's Story, Sandpainting
 Box 2 Volume 58
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 524
Miscellaneous Notes
 Box 2 Volume 59
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 630
Cinon's Story
 Box 2 Volume 60
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 749
Notes from Ethnographic Reports, Cinon, Chaup Story, Eagle Story, etc.
Box 2 Volume 61
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 781
A Generous Bore, Notes from Ethnographies, Tarahumara
Box 2 Volume 62
Also available on Reel 4, Frame 949
Notes taken at Mesa Grande
 Box 2 Volume 63
Also available on Reel 5, Frame 1
Lucarno's Story and Song,and Albanez's Songs
 Box 2 Volume 64
Also available on Reel 5, Frame 146
LaJolla I.
 Box 2 Volume 65
Also available on Reel 5, Frame 269
Reservations and Villages, Folk-lore, Lummis House
Box 2 Volume 66
Also available on Reel 5, Frame 401
Notes on Elizabeth and Robert Browning, The Entrance Upon Literature of the North American Indian
Box 2 Volume 67
Also available on Reel 5, Frame 475
LaJolla and Mesa Grande, Notes from Dellenbaugh and Miss Fletcher, Music
Box 2 Volume 68
Also available on Reel 5, Frame 631
1903
Songs of Creation, Jose
 Box 2 Volume 69
Indian Members, The Soft-Hearted Sioux
 Box 2 Volume 70
by Zitkala-Sa and Notes on other Indian Authors
Also available on Reel 5, Frame 726
Folk-lore I, Diary of Trip, Language, Jose's Story, etc.
Box 2 Volume 71
Also available on Reel 5, Frame 785
Indian Summer I, Persian Alphabet, Zoroastrianism, etc.
Box 2 Volume 72
Also available on Reel 5, Frame 900
The Religions of the North American Indian, Faith's Warrant in Science, Letter to Editor, etc., Cushing's Cock Story
Box 2 Volume 73
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 1
Manzanita Basketry: A Revival, Indian Prisoners, Fiestas, etc., Chaup Songs, Mr. Collier's Paper
Box 2 Volume 74
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 115
Campo 1 - Sant's Addition to Chaup Story and Songs
Box 2 Volume 75
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 208
Indian as Agriculturalist
 Box 2 Volume 76
Captions for photos (photos gone), Tickets for Steroptican lecture, etc.
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 294
Account of Mission Indians, Star Myths of the Mission Indians, Image Fiesta
Box 2 Volume 77
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 358
The Primitive Indian as Agriculturalist, Halley's Comet
Box 2 Volume 78
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 420
Notes and Myths, Names of Months
 Box 2 Volume 79
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 492
Sandpainting and Songs
 Box 2 Volume 80
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 593
Campo-Manzanita, Stars and Star Myths, Religious Myth of the Mission Indians
Box 2 Volume 81
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 637
Studies of the Mission Indians: The Diegueno, The Women of Forty
Box 2 Volume 82
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 726
LaJolla II - Notes, Language
 Box 2 Volume 83
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 860
California Indians
 Box 2 Volume 84
Extracts from Venegas and Jacob Baegert
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 895
Notes from Brinton's Myths and Others
 Box 2 Volume 85
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 1053
Notes for Book re: Bancroft, etc., and Primitive Art for Modern Buyers
Box 2 Volume 86
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 1153
Campo Note Book II
 Box 2 Volume 87
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 1177
Campo Notes rewritten, Potrero Notes, Lucario's Story, con't.
Box 2 Volume 88
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 1245
Extracts: Wagner's letter to Matiloe Wesendonck; from Wm. von Humboldt; Charlotte von Stein (?) / Boyesen's Estimate of Goethe; Diegueno Myths and their Connection with the Mohave
Box 2 Volume 89
Also available on Reel 6, Frame 1280