Tahltan materials, Franz Boas Papers
Culture:
Language: English
Date: 1906-1922
Contributor: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922
Subject: British Columbia--History
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 32 letters
Description: The Tahltan materials in the Franz Boas Papers consist of 32 letters among the correspondence between Boas and James Teit that mention Tahltan people or language to some extent. The length of the mentions range from very brief to more substantial. Many relate to Teit's travels in northern British Columbia and southern Yukon region on ethnographic field trips or as a hunting guide. Five letters mention a Tahltan man named Adset (or Adsit) with whom Teit worked. (See especially letter of November 20, 1908.) Other mentions of Tahltan people or language may exist elsewhere in this collection but are not known.
Collection: Franz Boas Papers Mss.B.B61