Franz Boas correspondence, 1885-1909

Culture:

Inuit includes: Inuk, Eskimo (pej.), ᐃᓄᐃᑦ

Language: English

Date: 1885-1909

Contributor: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942

Subject: Linguistics | Anthropology | Ethnography | British Columbia--History | Northwest Territories--History | Nunavut--History

Type: Text

Genre: Microfilms | Correspondence

Extent: 2 reels

Description: This correspondence refers to Franz Boas' trips to Baffin Island (Nunavut, formerly the Northwest Territories) and British Columbia, during which he studied and collected materials on Northwest Coast languages among the Aleut. From originals in possession of the Office of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. Donor, Smithsonian Institution, April 1967.

Collection: Franz Boas correspondence, 1885-1909 Mss.Film.372.3

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