Scope and Contents
The Bradley H. Phillips papers consist of one manuscript notebook and two photo albums. The notes represent both the documentary ("Ancient Hawai'i)and experiential research ("Modern Hawai'i)"Phillips undertook during his trip.
Dates
- Creation: 1896
Creator
- Phillips, Bradley H. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Access: Unrestricted.
Extent
.25 linear feetBiographical Sketch
Bradley H. Phillips was the father of Philip Phillips, the Peabody Museum Curator of Southeastern American Archaeology under Director John Otis Brew. Bradley was born near Fredonia, New Yorkand read law there. He went to Hawai'i in 1895-96, and was attorney-general for Queen Liliuokalani before the annexation of the state. He returned to Hawai'i in 1898 after his marriage and stayed there on an extended honeymoon until 1900.
Source: Dr. Steve Williams' note, 2/15/80, PMA control file.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 974-17
Provenance: The papers of Bradley Phillips were donated by his son, Philip Phillips of Bolton, MA in 1974.
General note
Terms of Use
General note
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Processed by:
Sarah R. Demb, January 1997.
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Geographic
Creator
- Phillips, Bradley H. (Person)
Subject
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Organization)
- Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917 (Person)
- Title
- Phillips, Bradley Papers, 1896
- Author
- Peabody Museum Archives
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- pea00001
Repository Details
Part of the Peabody Museum Archives Repository
Papers in the Peabody Museum Archives consist of primary source materials that document the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic research and fieldwork since its founding in 1866. More than 2,800 feet of archival paper collections contain documents, papers, manuscripts, correspondence, data, field notes, maps, plans, and other historical records that represent diverse peoples from around the world, and which were created or collected by the Museum, its individual affiliates, or related entities. The collections also document the history or provenience, as well as the creation of, many of the Museum’s archaeological and ethnographic collections.