Nipmuc materials, Frank G. Speck Papers

Culture:
Nipmuc includes: Nipmuck
Language: English
Date: 1926-1942
Contributor: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950 | Allen, Ruth | Sullivan, Sarah M. Cisco
Subject: Anthropology | Ethnography | New England--History | Massachusetts--History | Place names | Basketry | Social life and customs | Personal names
Type: Text
Genre: Notes | Correspondence | Newspaper clippings
Extent: 1 folder
Description: Materials relating to Speck's study of Nipmuc language, history, and culture. Includes 3 pages concerning place and family names; a letter from Mrs. Ruth Allen, Medfield, Massachusetts, to Speck, concerning baskets owned by her family and transmitting 3 pages of extracts from printed works concerning Medfield and letters from Sarah M. Cisco Sullivan (Nipmuc) (Grafton, Massachusetts, Indian Reservation) concerning social activities, family news, place name data, historical data, etc. Images note: Newspaper clipping photographs of last survivor of the Nipmucs.
Collection: Frank G. Speck Papers Mss.Ms.Coll.126