Potawatomi materials, C. F. Voegelin Papers
Culture:
Potawatomi includes: Pottawotomi, Neshnabé, Bodéwadmi
Anishinaabe includes: Anishinaabeg, Anishinabe, Nishnaabe, Anishinabek
Language: English | Potawatomi
Date: circa 1925-1967
Contributor: Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | Lilly, Eli, 1885-1977 | Isaac, Smallman | George, William | Soney, William
Subject: Linguistics | Anthropology | Ethnography | Folklore | Petroglyphs | Algonquian languages | Orthography and spelling | Michigan--History
Type: Still Image | Text
Genre: Notes | Notebooks | Vocabularies | Stories | Photographs
Extent: 6 folders
Description: The C. F. Voegelin Papers contain notes, notebooks, stories, photographs, and other linguistic and ethnographic materials relating to Potawatomi (Pottowatomi) language and culture. These are located in both Subcollection I and Subcollection II of the Voegelin Papers. Materials in Subcollection I include relevant correspondence with Eli Lilly (regarding the discovery of inscribed stones and their possible meaning; see photographs referenced below) in Series I. Correspondence; a folder of Ojibwa [Ojibwe] and Pottowatomi [Potawatomi] comparative vocabularies in Series V. Research Notes, Subseries V-A: Language Notes; a folder of three undated "Pottowatomi" notebooks containing texts (with some English translation) and mentioning consultants Smallman Isaac, William George, and William Soney in Series VI. Notebooks; and two images of stones inscribed with Potawatomi petroglyphs, from Elkhart, Indiana, in Series VII. Photographs. These images have been digitized and are available through the APS's Digital Library. In Subcollection II, there are Potawatomi stories in the Eastern Woodland category in Series III. Works by Voegelin, Subseries II: American Indian Tales for Children.
Collection: C. F. Voegelin Papers Mss.Ms.Coll.68