Smith, Erminnie A., 1836-1886

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Erminnie A. Smith, née Erminnie Adele Platt (April 26, 1836– June 9, 1886) was a geologist and an anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. She has been called the "first woman field enthnographer" and she was elected the first female member of the New York Academy of Sciences on November 5, 1877. Erminnie Smith published works on the Iroquois people, she was active in collecting their legends and employed John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt to assist in this work.
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referencedIn Floyd Glenn Lounsbury papers, ca. 1935-1998, Circa 1935-1998 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Women's Project of New Jersey. Records, 1984-2004 Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Smith, Erminnie Adele Platt, 1836-1886. [Peabody Museum director records, Frederic W. Putnam (1839-1915), 1870-1923]. Harvard University, Tozzer Library
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associatedWith Fenton, William N., (William Nelson), 1908-2005 person
associatedWith Haas, Mary R., (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 person
associatedWith Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn person
employeeOf Smithsonian Institution corporateBody
associatedWith Sturtevant, William C. person
associatedWith Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 person
associatedWith Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 person
associatedWith Women's Project of New Jersey corporateBody
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Jersey City NJ US
Marcellus NY US
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Birth 1836-04-26

Death 1886-06-09

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