GIBSON, Sir Herbert (1868-1934): 'Notes on the Indian tribes of the Paraguayan and Bolivian Chaco'

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1446 MS 33
Held at	: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.therai.org.uk/ ›
Full title	: GIBSON, Sir Herbert (1868-1934): 'Notes on the Indian tribes of the Paraguayan and Bolivian Chaco'
Date(s)	: 1922
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 20 items
Name of creator(s)	: Gibson | Sir | Herbert | 1868-1934 | Baronet

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1868; Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1913-1945; Baronet, 1931; his company owned land in the Gran Chaco region of western Paraguay; member of the Committee of the British South American Missionary Society; died 1934.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Sir Herbert Gibson, 1922, comprising manuscript article by Gibson entitled 'Notes on the Indian tribes of the Paraguayan and Bolivian Chaco', 25 Sep 1922, submitted for publication at the Royal Institute of Anthropology; map indicating the tribes of the North Chaco; table of comparative vocabularies of Paraguayan and Bolivian Chaco languages; 17 annotated photographs of Suhin, Lengua and Toothli people and Chaco scenery and note from A P Maudslay recommending the article for publication.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and comparative table of vocabularies of English, Vejox, Mataco, Choroti, Suhin, Towothli, Chamacoco, Zamuco and Chiquito.

System of arrangement:

Single item

Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.

Finding aids:

Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Submitted to the RAI for publication, 1922.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
May 2008