Mi'kmaq materials, Elsie Clews Parsons papers
Culture:
Mi'kmaq includes: Micmac
Language: English
Date: 1923 and undated
Contributor: Morris, Stephen | Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941 | Paul, Peter
Subject: Folklore | Nova Scotia--History | Prince Edward Island--History
Type: Still Image | Text
Genre: Notebooks | Photographs | Stories
Extent: 10 notebooks; 1 photograph
Description: The Mi'kmaq materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist primarily of field notebooks and related notes from Nova Scotia recorded in 1923. These are found in Subcollection II, Series IV, under "Nova Scotia." There are 10 field notebooks. Some of the earlier notebooks pertain not to Mi'kmaq people but to people of Gaelic and African descent who settled there. There may be portions of these notebooks that contain Mi'kmaq information. The later notebooks pertain to Mi'kmaq people from places including Mniku (Chapel Island), including one, Notebook 8, was written by a Mi'kmaw man named Peter Paul. There is also 1 photograph labelled "Sanlamuli, Chief of Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island," found in Subcollection II, Series IV, "Photographs and Scrapbooks."
Collection: Elsie Clews Parsons papers Mss.Ms.Coll.29