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David W.
Zimmerly
N | Top Nansen, Fridtjof 1893 ESKIMO LIFE. Translated by William Archer from "Eskimoliv".
Longmans. Green and Co. Very detailed chapters on the
Greenland Kayak and its use, pp. 30-77. Nelson,
Edward W. 1899 THE ESKIMO ABOUT of American Ethnology,
1896-1897. Major work on Alaskan Eskimos as
far south as hooks, pp. 222-223. Paddles, pp. 223-226.P. 346 illustrates an
ivory kayak model said to be from St. Lawrence Island. Nelson,
Richard K. 1966 ALASKAN ESKIMO EXPLOITATION OF THE Unpublished 1966 study for Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory, Notes on kayak and imiahalurak used to retrieve seals shot in water, pp.
239-241. 1969 HUNTERS OF THE NORTHERN ICE. Much kayak material on Nickerson,
E.B. 1967 KAYAKS TO THE Adventure story of a family trip down
the Nooter, Gert 1971 OLD KAYAKS IN THE voor Volkenkunde,
Discusses the Finnmen
literature and posits a theory of how Nordenskiold, A.E. 1881 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA ROUND Volume II: flat-bottom skin boat,
pp. 66-67. Drawing of oar, p. 93. Umiak, pp.
93-94. Kayak (Chukchi) Nykvist, Gunnar 1961 ROUND THE WORLD BY PRIMITIVE
CRAFT. Ethnos 26(1-2):86-106. Photos and measurements of three O | Top Ogden, Adele 1933 RUSSIAN SEA-OTTER AND SEAL HUNTING
ON THE 1803-1841. Information on Aleut and Koniag hunters employed to hunt sea-otters.Gives
numbers of hunters and bidarkas. 1941 THE Notes on Aleut and Pacific Eskimo
Sea Otter Hunting from kayaks and good section on the habits of the sea otter. P | Top Parry,
William E. 1824 JOURNAL OF A SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE
DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE Drawing by Capt. Lyon of Petersen,
H. C. 1986 SKINBOATS OF Pt.
1: Petroff, Ivan 1884 REPORT ON THE POPULATION,
INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES OF ALASKA. In Tenth Census of the U.S.Washington:
Government Printing Office. Aleut boats, pp. 15, 20-22, 52,
124, 127-130, 147, 154-155. Koniag boats, pp. 24, 136-139, 141-144. Oughalakhmute
boats, p. 125. Kuskokwim
boats, p. 134. Togiagamute
boats, p. 135. Plischke, Hans 1921 ESKIMOS DRIVEN OFF COURSE TO
HOLLAND, FROM THE YEAR 1577. (Original: Eine
Verschlagung von Eskimo nach
Holland aus dem Jahre 1577. Petermanns Geogr. Mitteilungen 67:125).
Unpublished English translation (5 typescript pages), Library, Canadian Museum
of Civilization, Ottawa. The author tries to make a case for
Eskimos in kayaks drifting to Europe in 60 B.C. and 1160 and 1508 A.D. Porsild Morten P. 1915 STUDIES ON THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF
THE ESKIMO IN WEST GREENLAND. Arbejder Fra Den Danske Arktiske Station Paa Disco. Nr.
7.Saertryk Af Meddelelser Om Gronland. 51. Copenhagen: Bianco
Lunos Bogtrykkeri.
Kayak form, pp. 121-122.Kayak
shooting screen, rudder, rifle bag, towing implements and drags, pp. 181-190. Q | Top Quirke, Terence T. 1952 CANOES THE WORLD OVER. Urbana: The University of Illinois
Press. Kayaks, pp. 65-72.A summary chapter
that is extremely sketchy, full of errors and without documentation of references. Interesting discussion of Chilean inflated
sealskin watercraft paddled with double paddle, pp.
79-80. R | Top Rae, John 1850 NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE
SHORES OF THE ARCTIC SEA IN 1846 AND 1847 London: T. & W. Boone. Kayak dimensions,
pp. 94-95. Four kayaks lashed together
to hunt walrus, p. 174. Unable to right capsized kayak in Iglulik area, but implies that it can be done in Hudson's
Straits, pp. 94-95. Rasmussen,
Knud 1931 THE NETSILIK ESKIMOS. Social Life and Spiritual Culture. Report of the Fifth Thule Expedition 1921-24, Volume
8(1-2). Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk
Forlag. Kayak for caribou hunting, pp.
171-173.Kayak speed necessary to be first to get to caribou, p. 172. Kayaks as ferries, pp. 175-176.Terms given
for two kayak tied together, p. 175.Famous kayakers,
pp. 176-178. Rasmussen,
Knud and W. Worster 1921 ESKIMO FOLK-TALES. London: Gyldendal. Some stories of kayak use including
photo (drawing) of a dangerous troll in a half kayak plus a hunter in a kayak, facing p. 34. Ray,
Dorothy Jean 1966 THE ESKIMO OF ST. MICHAEL AND
VICINITY AS RELATED BY H.M.W. EDMONDS. Anthropological Papers of the University of
Alaska 13(2):1-143. Kayaks, pp. 7, 76-80, 39-40, 48,
55-60, 61, 71, 110. Photo of Norton
Sound model kayak on p. 129. Reid,
R.W. 1912 DESCRIPTION OF KAYAK PRESERVED IN
THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and
Ireland (42):511-514. Detailed description and
measurements of a Greenland kayak and all its accessories. 1912 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM,
University of Aberdeen Aberdeen: The
University Press. Full-size Greenland kayak on p. 51,
52. Another, probably Eastern Canadian
Arctic, on p. 258. Model of Eastern Canadian Arctic kayak, p.
258. Three models, one illustrated is Pacific Eskimo 3-holed type, p.
258. Renouf, E. 1929 ESKIMO KAYAKS. The Beaver.Outfit
260, 1:209. Short one-page article with photo
of east arctic kayak. Rink,
Hinrich J. 1887 THE MIGRATIONS OF THE ESKIMO
INDICATED BY THEIR PROGRESS IN COMPLETING THE KAYAK
IMPLEMENTS. Journal of the Royal
Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
(17):68-74. Includes comments by John Rae, H.W.
Seton-Karr, Erasmus Ommanney and Leopold McClintock. 1891 THE ESKIMO TRIBES.
Their Distribution and Characteristics, Especially in Regard to Language. With a Comparative Vocubulary. Supplementary part to Volume 11 of Meddelser
om Gronland. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel. Contains kayak parts and
accessories terms for groups from Siberia to Greenland, pp.9-16, 70-74. http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq?id=dc8eee32a8&doc=93980 Rink,
Signe 1896 KAJAKMAEND:Fortaellinger af Gronlandske
Saelhundefangere.
(Kayak Men:Tales by Greenland Seal Hunters). Kristiania: H. Aschehoug and Co. Odense, Milo'ske
Boghandels Forlag. Pp.1-112.Book is in Danish. Has some photos of kayaks. Robert-Lamblin, Joelle 1980 THE ALEUT KAYAK - AS SEEN BY ITS
BUILDER AND USER - AND THE SEA OTTER HUNT. (Original: Le kayak aleoute
vu par son constructeur et utilisateur
et la chasse a la loutre
de mer. Tome 20, Fascicule 1, Objets et Mondes. Dieppe: Musee
de l'homme, Mus. Nat. d'Histoire Naturell).
Unpublished English translation (20 typescript pages),
Library, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa. Solid ethnographic data
on Aleut kayak use based on recent interviews in the Aleutian
Roop, Wendell P. 1937 MISCELLANEOUS FILE OF ROOP
MATERIAL. In Zimmerly kayak
files. Contains Roop/Jenness
correspondence concerning Roop's photography of
Ottawa NMC kayaks, Roop's
kayak typology and several photos. Roy,
Jean 1952 COVER PHOTO. Leisure 27(3):1, 2. Caption says Eskimos of
Chesterfield Inlet. Shows men in
kayaks. Rudenko, S.I. 1961 THE ANCIENT CULTURE OF THE BERING
SEA AND THE ESKIMO PROBLEM. Arctic Institute of North America
Anthropology of the North: Translations from Russian Sources, No.1. Translated by Paul Tolstoy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (for the Arctic
Institute of North America). Describes kayak models, indicating
kayak presence in Old Bering Sea stage of Eskimo culture.Umiak parts to Early Punuk
times, p.149-150. Rymill, J.R. 1933 WATKINS' KAYAK. The Geographical Journal 82:539-541. Description of Gino Watkin's East Greenland kayak and kayak gear. S | Top Sauer,
Martin 1802 AN ACCOUNT OF A GEOGRAPHICAL AND
ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF RUSSIA. Performed by Commodore Joseph Billings, in the Years 1785,
&c. to 1794. London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand. Description of Unalaska (Aleut)
kayaks, pp.157-159. Plate V shows a
man holding a double paddle. Savoie, Donat 1970 THE AMERINDIANS OF THE CANADIAN
NORTHWEST IN THE 19TH CENTURY, AS SEEN BY EMILE PETITOT. Volume 1: The Tchiglit
Eskimos. Ottawa: Northern Science Research Group,
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Kayaks, pp.158, 161, 180-181. Schuhmacher, W. Wilfried 1977 LIFE CHANGE AND PSYCHONEUROSIS: A
note on Greenlandic Inuit kayak-phobia.
Etudes/Inuit/Studies 1(2):111-112.
Interpretation of this disorder
from a psychoanalytic viewpoint. Schwatka, Frederick 1898 ALONG ALASKA'S GREAT RIVER. Chicago: The Henry Publishing Co. Brief mention of skin boats on page
314--village of Nuklakayet was first place
encountered by Schwatka with kayaks on his journey down the Yukon River. Scott
Polar Research Institute 1933 MISCELLANEOUS KAYAK MATERIAL. 1. Particulars of film "The Art of
Kayaking."
2. Lists of equipment to be kept aboard members 'kayaks' of
1930-31. 3. Kayak. by
J.I. Moore--how to build a kayak and analysis of kayak rolling. 4. Instructions for Rolling
kayak." Film is 16mm silent monochrome
titled "The Art of Kayaking". It runs for
about 20 minutes and was
photographed in 1923-34 by F. Debenham, J. Rymill
and Gino Watkins. Sergent, F. 1975 CONSTRUCTION DE CANOES ET KAYAKS:Manuel Pratique. Paris:
Collection de la Revue "Camping." Les
editions J, Susse. 13, rue do
Grenelle, 13, Paris-7. Construction plans for
European-type kayaks of rigid single-place and folding sindgle-place models. Sherman,
Ro, editor 1975 FROM ST. MICHAEL TO KATMAI, BY E.H.
WELLS. The Alaska Journal 5(2):109-116. Describes use of three-hole baidarkas and other watercraft during this journey in the
Sorge, Ernst 1935 WITH 'PLANE, BOAT, AND CAMERA IN
GREENLAND: An Account of the Universal Dr. Fanck
Greenland Expedition. London: Hurst
& Blackett, Ltd. Fanck was producer of a film for German
Universal Tonfilms called "SOS
Iceberg". Knud
Rasmussen stars as himself in Chapter V, By Kayak and 'Plane. Many photos of kayaks and Eskimos in the book. Souter, William C. 1934 THE STORY OF OUR KAYAK AND SOME OTHERS. Being the Presidential Address to the Aberdeen
Medico-Chirurgical Society, 26 October 1933.
Aberdeen: The University Press Measurements and descriptive data
on 33 kayaks in Great Britain. Spurr, J. Edward 1975 INTO AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY:The
Recollections and Journals of an Alaskan Expedition - 1898. Fifth of Seven parts. Alaska 41(9):28-32, 53, 54.. Author mentions use of both single
and double paddle in Kwinhagamut, south of Kuskokwim River, page 32. Steenhoven, Geert van den 1962 LEADERSHIP AND LAW AMONG THE
ESKIMOS OF THE KEEWATIN DISTRICT NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. Rijswijk: Uitgeverij Excelsior.
Rijswijk: Uitgeverij
Excelsior. Use of kayaks - p.12, 13| hunting
caribou at river crossings, pp. 26-28. Steensby, H.P. 1916 AN ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF
THE ORIGIN OF THE ESKIMO CULTURE. Saertryk Af Meddelelser Om Gronland. 53.
Copenhagen: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri. The kayak, pp.162-163.Discusses
kayak and umiak origins in scant detail. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur 1919 THE STEFANSSON-ANDERSON ARCTIC
EXPEDITION OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM Anthropological Papers of the American
Museum of Natural History, Vol. 14, 1914-1916. New York: Scattered references to Copper,
Mackenzie and North Alaska kayaks. Kayaks, speared from, 57, 85, 97;
Coronation Gulf people, 97-98, 250; covers, skins used for, 144, 150; distribution among
Copper Eskimos, 97; frames, 97; Haningayohmiut, 36;
hunting boat, 191; Kittegaryuit, 323; method of carrying, when packing, 81,
257; not made by Haneragmiut
or Akuliakattagmiut, 237; skins used for, 222; used
in white whale hunting, 24. 1944 ARCTIC MANUAL. New
York: The Macmillan Company. Eskimo skin boats, pp.383-392. Stejneger, Leonhard 1936 GEORG WILHELM STELLER, The Pioneer of
Alaskan Natural History. Cambridge: Harvard University
Press. Plate XIII is of The "First
American" in His Skin Boat, drawn after Stelleeers
meeting at Bird Island (Unalaskan
Aleuts) which only lasted 15 minutes.
See pp. 296-299. Plate XIII is between pp. 296 & 297. Stoney, Lt. George, U.S.N. 1886 REPORT OF THE " 1884-Nov. 9 1886. (3) 216, (21) pp. Rec'd from the library of
the Department of State, Description of boats including umiat, kayak and bark canoe on pp. 160-163. Illustrations
of each on p. 161. Use of sticks for
poling bark canoe mentioned. No. of
publications: 242
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