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Title: II(3B1i) Birch Bark Containers (Alaska, MacKenzie, N. Plateau)
Identifier(s): text:171913
Description: Notes and sketches regarding birch bark containers, including one letter from Gene Weltfish. Concerns multiple cultures including Secwepemc (Shuswap), Dakelh (Carrier), Nlaka'pamux (Thompson), Gwich'in (Kutchin/Loucheux), Slave, Kawchottine (Hare), and others.
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al
Subject: Birch bark
Date: 1941

Title: II(3B1i) Birch Bark Containers (General)
Identifier(s): text:171911
Description: Notes and photographs relating to birch bark containers, some relating to collections of the American Museum of Natural History. Includes photos of 4 Kutenai (Ktunaxa, Kootenay, Kootenai) baskets. Includes letter of Bella Weitzner to Speck, June 2, 1941.
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al
Subject: Birch bark; Kootenai Indians
Date: 1941

Title: II(3B1i) Birch Bark Containers (Ojibwa, Temagami)
Identifier(s): text:171910
Description: Notes and photographs relating to birch bark containers from the Temagami Algonquin, some from the collections of the American Museum of Natural History.
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al
Subject: Birch bark; Anishinaabe; Algonquin Indians
Date: 1941

Title: II(3B1i) Birch Bark Containers (Ojibway)
Identifier(s): text:171914
Description: Notes and photographs relating to birch bark containers, some from the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, Denver Art Museum, and Reading Museum. Concerns Ojibwe birch bark containers from White Earth, Bois Forte, and Long Lac.
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al
Subject: Birch bark; Anishinaabe; Ojibwa Indians; Ojibwe people
Date: 1941

Title: I(1C5) Burgesse, J Allan to Frank Speck
Identifier(s): text:308691
Description: Letter from J. Allan Burgesse of Hudson's Bay Company, primarily regarding Innu ("Montagnais") birch bark baskets. Images note: Art design filed by Frank G. Speck with Inuit material. Pencil sketches of double curve motif. (Rationale for original cataloging inclusion in Inuit section unclear.)
Creator: Burgesse, J. Allanet al
Subject: Innu Indians; Birch bark; Baskets; Innu
Date: 1936

Title: Story of the white birch
Identifier(s): audio:3264; APSdigrec_3393; Recording Number: 13; Program Number: 04
Source: Kavanaugh, Rebecca P. Fieldwork in the Menominee Language, 1999-2000. (Mss.Rec.254);
Subject: Menominee language; Menominee Indians--Folklore; Birch--Folklore
Date: 2000-03-01

Title: Why the Birchbark has Streaks
Identifier(s): audio:9078; APSdigrec_0009; Series: 01; Recording Number: 02B; Program Number: 02
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Birch; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: II(3B1i) Birch Bark Containers (Algonquin, Mistassini)
Identifier(s): text:171912
Description: Notes and photographs of birch bark containers, relating to the collections of the American Museum of Natural History and Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Relates to Cree, Mistassini, Algonquin (Rivière Desert, Maniwaki), and includes a reprint Vincent Petrullo's "Decorative Art on Birch-Bark Containers from the Algonquin River du Lièvre Band."
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al
Subject: Birch bark; Cree Indians; Algonquin Indians; Mistassin Indians
Date: 1941

Title: Why Some Trees have Knobs on Them and the Birches Grow in Clumps
Identifier(s): audio:9089; APSdigrec_0006; Series: 01; Recording Number: 01A; Program Number: 06
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Trees--Folklore; Birch; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: South East Corner of Third and Market Streets, Philadelphia.
Identifier(s): graphics:5661; APSimg1807; Negative Number: 1072.013
Description: Sold by R. Campbell and Co., No. 50 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Source: Print Collection;
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Views; Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834. Views of Philadelphia
Date: 1799

Title: Old State House, Congress Hall and Town Hall, Chestnut Street
Identifier(s): graphics:4737; APSimg1800; Negative Number: 1072.006
Description: Rosengarten #128
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Source: Print Collection (Rosengarten);
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Views ; Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834--Views of Philadelphia; Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: n.d.

Title: Back of State House, Philadelphia.
Identifier(s): graphics:5624; APSimg1811; Negative Number: 1072.018; Graphics Number: F16.1.13
Description: View of State House and grounds, with people standing in groups.; Rosengarten: 129
Creator: Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851
Source: Print Collection;
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Views; Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851; Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: 1799

Title: Alms House in Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
Identifier(s): graphics:4738; APSimg1799; Negative Number: 1072.005
Description: Rosengarten #81
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Source: Print Collection (Rosengarten);
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Views ; Almshouses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834--Views of Philadelphia; Friends' Almshouse (Philadelphia, Pa.); Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834--Views of Philadelphia; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Views
Date: 1799

Title: High Street, with the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1800.
Identifier(s): graphics:4735; APSimg1798; Negative Number: 1072.004
Description: Rosengarten #158
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Source: Print Collection (Rosengarten);
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Views ; Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834--Views of Philadelphia; First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.); Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Views; Presbyterian Church --Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Date: 1800