The Jesse Walter Fewkes papers at the National Anthropological Archives overall consist principally of Fewkes’s archeological and ethnological field notebooks dating from 1890 to 1927. Featured here are diaries from Fewkes’s 1902 trip to Puerto Rico, containing written notes from his travels.
Notebook: West Indian archeological specimens in Heye collection, circa 1901–1905 (4408: 41) (17 MB)
Diary: Puerto Rico trip, April 26–May 26, 1902 (4408: 44) (124 MB)
Diary: Puerto Rico trip, May 27–June 2, 1902 (4408: 45) (16 MB)
These resources are available in conjunction with Cooper Hewitt’s exhibition Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial, on view through August 10, 2025, with an accompanying digital exhibition.
