William Beynon Papers
Culture:
Tsimshian includes: Ts'msyan, Ts'msyen, Zimshian
Nisga'a includes: Nass, Nisgha, Nishga, Nishka, Niska, Nisqa'a
Kwakwaka'wakw includes: Kwakiutl
Gitxsan includes: Gitksan
Date: 1933-1937; 1933-1969
Contributor: Beynon, William, 1888-1958 | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Deloria, Ella Cara | Goldman, Irving, 1911-2002 | Tate, Henry W.
Subject: Ethnography | Folklore | Linguistics | British Columbia--History
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence | Stories
Extent: 0.5 Linear feet
Description: The William Beynon Papers include correspondence with Franz Boas regarding his work on Tsimshian narratives, Boas' collection of the tale of Dzagagilace in 1888 and 1900, Benyon's work on a series of Hartley Bay stories and the Halait manuscript, Benyon's proposed work with Gitxsan. Beyon's texts include his work with the Tsimshian collecting stories such as the arrival of the first white man, the myth of the house of Temks, subdivisions within the Tsimsyen, most all interlinear translations. The collection also includes two manuscripts previously collected by Henry W. Tate and a manuscript by Irving Goldman discussing Boas' ethographic work on the Kwakwaka'wakw.
Collection: William Beynon Papers Mss.B.B467