Chitimacha materials, Mary R. Haas Papers

Culture:
Tunica
Seminole includes: Yat'siminoli
Natchez
Koasati includes: Coushatta
Chitimacha
Chickasaw
Choctaw includes: Chahta
Creek
Apalachee
Alabama includes: Alibamu
Atakapa includes: Atacapa
Language: Chickasaw | Choctaw | Creek | Mikasuki | Apalachee | Alabama | Koasati | Natchez | Tunica | Atakapa | Chitimacha | English | Spanish
Date: 1936, undated
Contributor: Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 | Ducloux, Delphine
Subject: Linguistics | Genealogy
Type: Text
Genre: Vocabularies | Correspondence | Drafts | Essays
Extent: 0.5 linear feet
Description: Mary Haas did not conduct her own fieldwork on Chitimacha, but amassed sizeable lexica from Morris Swadesh, mostly used for comparisons with Muskogean languages and linguistic isolates under the “Gulf” hypothesis. One especially large instance of comparison involving Chitimacha is an 1821-word long English-Natchez-Chitimacha word list, partially filled, in Series 2 Subseries Natchez. The majority of the comparative lexica are slip files, in Series 9. Besides this, of particular interest is sheet music of several Chitimacha songs, untitled, likely from Delphine Ducloux, in Series 2 Subseries Chitimacha. Haas also published an article on clans and kinship terminology with Natchez comparisons, notes and discussions of which are in Series 4 Subseries 3.
Collection: Mary R. Haas Papers Mss.Ms.Coll.94