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Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1860-08-14 - 1946-10-23

Biography

Abstract:

Ernest Thompson Seton was an illustrator, author, naturalist and storyteller.

Seton was born in Scotland, but moved with his family to Canada in 1866, where he developed his interest in wildlife and Native American peoples. In the 1880's Seton spent time in New York City, researching animals at the American Museum of Natural History, where he did many of his wildlife drawings. Seton later moved to Connecticut where he founded the Woodcraft League, a precursor to the Boy Scouts; he was also chairman of the founding committee for the Boy Scouts of America.

Citation:
From biographical note for Seton's archive collection at the American Museum Natural History Museum Archives, Mss .S41-.S42 , written by Ann Herendeen.

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Camping Among the Indians

 Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 22
Scope and Contents Filmed during the AMNH-Woodcraft Indian Trip to the Southwest, 1927. The AMNH Woodcraft Indian trip was led by Ernest Thompson Seton, the author, and George Clyde Fisher (AMNH curator of visual instruction). The film depicts a variety of dances (the buffalo, hood, war, eagle, corn, deer and snowbird) performed by Indians of the Tesuque, Taos, Acoma and Santa Clara Pueblos. Fisher also filmed other activities of the local people during the trip, most notably an intertribal ceremony in Gallup,...
Dates: 1927