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Language:English
Date:1742
Subject:Pennsylvania--History | Maryland--History | Diplomacy | Treaties | Ohio--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:4 items
Description: An undated letter from Governor Ogle of Maryland to Governor Thomas of Pennsylvania regarding Maryland's renewed friendship with Nanticokes. Two 1742 letters by James Logan regarding Nanticokes imprisoned for conspiring with Shawnees, Shawnee intentions, treaty with Haudenosaunee, and neutrality of "Canada Indians." 1742 letter from Governor Thomas to Shawnee headmen Cacowachico and Nochiconna regarding Nanticokes, obligations due to chain of friendship and memory of William Penn.
Collection:Selections from the correspondence of the Honourable James Logan, 1699-1750 (Mss.B.L82)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:November 20, 1797
Contributor:Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 pages
Description: Letter to John G. E. Heckewelder regarding whether the Pampticangs [Pampticoughs?] and Nanticokes are the same people, suggesting comparison of their languages with possible aid from Zeisberger, and sending publications for Zeisberger and others. [From original in the College of Physicians, Philadelphia.]
Collection:Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d)
Culture:
Language:English | Narragansett
Date:1916-1926
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography | Linguistics | New England--History | Anthropometry | Social life and customs | Picture-writing | Orthography and spelling
Type:Text
Genre:Notes | Correspondence | Newspaper clippings
Extent:2 folders
Description: Materials relating to Speck's study of Narragansett language, history, and culture. Includes a one-page report on "Physical measurements of the Narragansett male," based on an individual described as 1/4 Nehantic and 1/2 Brotherton (Narragansett); and Speck's miscellaneous Narragansett notes, comprised of a comparative vocabulary of Massachusetts, Narragansett, Mohegan, Pequot, and Naugatuck (approximately 30 items), 3 vocabulary lists on cards, 1 page of names, and a letter from Edmund B. Delabarre to Speck, May 6, 1920, regarding the author's preference of Cherokee to Narragansett as explanation of origin of characters on Rhode Island stone. Images note: newspaper clipping photographs peace pipe, native attire, tipi.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
Language:English | Innu-aimun | Naskapi
Date:1910s-1940s
Contributor:Beston, Henry | Beston, Elizabeth Coatsworth | Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery), 1881-1949 | Gusinde, Martin, 1886-1969 | Myers, John L. | Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950 | White, Richard Jr.
Subject:Ethnography | Hunting | Linguistics | Material culture | Québec (Province)--History | Social life and customs
Type:Moving Image | Still Image | Text
Genre:Correspondence | Maps | Photographs
Extent:1.5 linear feet; 500+ photographs; 10+ maps; 1 film
Description: The Innu and Naskapi materials in the Frank Speck Papers are extensive and found to some degree in most sectionsn of the finding aid. The majority of these materials are identified by Speck as "Montagnais-Naskapi," though they include materials relating to Innu peoples from throughout Québec and Labrador, particularly the communities in the area of Lac St-Jean (Mashteuiatsh; usually given as "Lake St. John" by Speck), St-Augustin (usually "St. Augustine" in Speck); and Naskapi communities in northern and central Labrador. The main body of field work manuscript material is found in Subcollection I, Series II, especially items II(3B1a) through II(4B13). In Series III and IV, there are approximately 500-600 photographs and lantern slides from these communities. Series V contains approximately 12 maps pertaining to Speck's research into hunting territories and place names. In Subcollection II, Series I, see correspondence from Beston, Cooper, Gusinde, Myers, Sapir, and especially the voluminous correspondence with Richard White, a trader in Labrador who provided Speck with extensive information on the Naskapi peoples of the region for decades. In Series II, there are numerous works by Speck, including draft versions of "Naskapi, the Savage Hunters of the Labrador Peninsula." Finally, in Series IV, there is a brief silent film consisting of footage taken of various Innu peoples, including Joseph Kurtness, doing various activities, such as skinning and preparing hides, and singing.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:June 6, 1841
Contributor:Forshey, Caleb Goldsmith, 1812-1881
Subject:Mounds
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:3 pages
Description: Letter to John Vaughan, expressing himself as flattered at the attention paid his "humble efforts" [regarding the Great Mound] and acknowledging receipt of Proceedings.
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)
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Date:1992-1993, 2007
Contributor:Chafe, Wallace L. | Kendall, Daythal | Kimball, Geoffrey D., 1954-
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Essays
Extent:2 folders
Description: While Daythal Kendall was working at the American Philosophical Society, he responded to queries from Wallace Chafe about Natchez materials in the Floyd Lounsbury collection (Series 1). There is also a conference paper from the 1992-1993 American Anthropological Association meetings, by Geoffrey Kimball (Series 7).
Collection:Daythal L. Kendall Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.148)
Culture:
Language:Natchez | Chickasaw | Choctaw | Muscogee | Mikasuki | Apalachee | Alabama | Koasati | Tunica | Atakapa | Chitimacha | English
Date:ca.1934-1960s
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Sam, Watt | Raven, Nancy | Leaf, Peggy
Subject:Linguistics | Ethnography | Folklore | Genealogy
Type:Text | Sound recording
Genre:Vocabularies | Correspondence | Drafts | Field notes | Notebooks | Stories | Dictionaries | Songs
Extent:5 linear feet
Description: Mary Haas' Natchez file is one of her largest, and relatively little was published from it during her lifetime. She conducted fieldwork with Watt Sam, Nancy Raven and Peggy Leaf, captured in twelve field notebooks in Series 2. A large volume of texts were elicited here and later typeset, with different versions also present in Series 2. Particularly extensive is Haas' set of Natchez lexical slips, amounting to 7 boxes (likely over 10,000 slips), including (in addition to full alphabetizations) grammatical analyses and comparisons with other languages. There are some sound recordings in Series 10. Haas' fieldwork on Natchez and other neighboring languages was used as partial evidence for the Gulf hypothesis, for which comparisons are abundant also in Series 9. Additionally, Haas corresponded with a large number of linguists (Series 1).
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)
Language:English
Date:1838-1839
Subject:Grave robbing | Human remains | Phrenology | Skulls | Anthropometry
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Letters discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Anthony writes to Morton that he can't get Mr. Dorfeuille to part with the skulls; Dr. Mason has the Natchez head. Powell compares Atakapa and Natchez skulls, criticizes Morton's use of single examples from each tribe, discusses his desire to take 500 specimens on a phrenological speaking tour in England, criticizes Combe's comments in Crania Americana, and alludes to a professional dispute. This appears to be the same letter from Powell listed under Atakapas material.
Collection:Samuel George Morton Papers (Mss.B.M843)
Culture:
Navajo includes: Diné, Navaho
Date:circa 1938-1959 and undated
Contributor:Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | Fincher, Beverly Hung, 1933- | Tschopik, Harry, 1915-1956 | Kinkade, M. Dale (Marvin Dale), 1933-2004
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Folklore | Dene languages | Arizona--History
Type:Text
Genre:Notes | Stories | Essays | Maps | Correspondence
Extent:6 folders
Description: Five items relating to Navajo language and culture have been identified in the C. F. Voegelin Papers. They are all in Subcollection II. There is relevant correspondence with M. Dale Kinkade (regarding a comparative work on color and anatomical terms in Salish, Navajo, and English); Navajo material in a folder labeled "Athabascan (Chipewyan)" as well as a separate Navajo folder in Series II. Research Notes, Subseries II. Na-Dene; a Navajo story ("Coyote files with the Birds") in the Southwestern Indian Tales category in Series III. Works by Voegelin, Subseries II: American Indian Tales for Children; Harry Tschopik's map of "Indian Languages in New Mexico, A.D. 1600" (1938) in Series III. Works by Voegelin, Subseries V: American Indian Languages; and Beverly Hung Fincher's article "On the Phonemic Status of Navaho Stress" (1959) in Series IV. Works by Others. Note that a digital image of Tschopik's map is available through the APS's Digital Library.
Collection:C. F. Voegelin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.68)
Culture:
Navajo includes: Diné, Navaho
Date:1976-2007
Contributor:O'Donnel, Meghan | Vitelli, Anthony | Kendall, Daythal | Saville-Troike, Muriel | Milne, Derek | Dinwoodie, David W., 1961-
Subject:Linguistics | Ethnography
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Essays
Extent:4 folders
Description: Daythal Kendall discussed Navajo materials, at the American Philosophical Society and in private collections, with Meghan O'Donnel and Anthony Vitelli (Series 1) and possessed some Essays from the American Anthropological Association (Series 7).
Collection:Daythal L. Kendall Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.148)