Letter from William Dinwiddie to Gardiner G. Hubbard
Subject(s): Arizona, Collier, William D., 1852-1934, Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900, Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, Durnford, Charles Day, 1846-1908, Employees--Dismissal of, Ethnology--Moral and ethical aspects, Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930, Florida--Florida Keys, Fraud in science--Prevention, Fraud investigation, Gates, Elmer, 1859-1923, Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919, Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition, Hemenway, Mary, 1820-1894, Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956, Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932, McGee, W J, 1853-1912, McGuire, James Clark, 1867-, Mooney, James, 1861-1921, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, Sawyer, Wells, 1863-1960, Science--Moral and ethical aspects, Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology, University of Pennsylvania
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William Dinwiddie presents to Gardiner G. Hubbard a formal statement accusing ethnologist Frank H. Cushing of fraud. Dinwiddie attests that Cushing painted a shell found on an 1895 expedition to the Florida Keys and has been passing off the artifact as genuine. He further claims that Cushing did the same with an artifact from an expedition in Arizona. Dinwiddie states that when he attempted to report the fraud to the Bureau of American Ethnology, the Bureau refused to investigate and summarily dismissed him from his position.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1897-02-15
Creator(s)
Recipient
Hubbard, Gardiner G. (Gardiner Greene), 1822-1897
Language
English
Period
NYC Police Commissioner (May 1895-March 1897)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
12
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from William Dinwiddie to Gardiner G. Hubbard. [February 15, 1897]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25696. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Dinwiddie, William, 1867-1934. Letter from William Dinwiddie to Gardiner G. Hubbard. [15 Feb. 1897]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25696.
APA:
Dinwiddie, William, 1867-1934., [1897, February 15]. Letter from William Dinwiddie to Gardiner G. Hubbard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25696.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
