Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Andrew C. Albrecht Manuscript, (Z/0011).
Creator/Collector: Andrew C Albrecht.
Date(s): 1938.
Size: 0.33 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH Staff, 1942; Laura Heller, 2023.
Provenance: Gift of Anonymous, circa July 1942.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: Andrew C. Albrecht Manuscript, (Z/0011), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

Andrew C. Albrecht

Biography to come.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Typed carbon copy of the manuscript, "Natchez, Mississippi, and its Aboriginal Inhabitants" by Andrew C. Albrecht. It was prepared in 1938 for the Statewide Archaeological Project of the Works Progress Administration and sponsored by Louisiana State University.

Part 1 concerns the geographical and topographical aspects of the Natchez area. 

Part 2 is a discussion of the area's earliest inhabitants of this area; particular attention is paid to the Indian mounds and village sites and archaeological developments there, including the work of Benjamin C. Wailes and Caleb Forshey of Jefferson College, the work of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the excavations at St. Catherine's Creek. 

Part 3 is an overview of the Natchez Indian culture. Material for this section is mostly taken from the work of Dr. John R. Swanton. Resources for the other parts of the manuscript include Dunbar Rowland and many French explorers like DuPratz.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Manuscript, “Natchez, Mississippi, and its Aboriginal Inhabitants,” 1938.

Typed carbon copy of the manuscript authored by Andrew C. Albrecht in 1938. It is divided into three parts. There are 125 pages in this manuscript.

Box 1, folders 1-3

 

Box List:

Box 1
Folder 1: Manuscript, Part 1, 1938.
Folder 2: Manuscript, Part 2, 1938.
Folder 3: Manuscript, Part 3, 1938.