Guide to the Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society

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Nahuatl materials, William O. Bright Papers

Culture:

Language:Nahuatl (macrolanguage) | Nahuatl, Isthmus-Pajapan | English | Spanish

Date:ca.1940s-2003

Type:Text

Extent:2 linear feet

Description: William Bright's Nahuatl materials are sizeable and cover his entire research life, mostly consisting of his own work from the 1960s and 1990s (Series 4), and many copies of small publications throughout his life (Series 2). Of note in the small publications is almost every issue of “Nahua Newsletter” (Indiana University) between 1986 and 2004, issues 1-18 of “Mexihkatl Itonalama”, and several 1940s-1960s SIL-archived publications. From his own work (Series 4) are interlinear glosses of Nahuatl texts, materials in preparation for taught courses at UCLA, products of brief fieldwork in Ixmiquilpan, Mexico, 1966, working versions of two of his own publications, and further linguistic analysis. He also corresponded with several linguists on Nahuatl varieties (Series 1), including Una Canger, who gave him a copy of the Copenhagen Nahuatl Dictionary Project.

Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)

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Natchez materials, Mary R. Haas Papers

Culture:

Tunica

Seminole includes: Yat'siminoli

Natchez

Koasati includes: Coushatta

Chickasaw

Choctaw includes: Chahta

Creek

Chitimacha

Apalachee

Alabama includes: Alibamu

Atakapa includes: Atacapa

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

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)

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Navajo materials, ACLS collection

Culture:

Navajo includes: Diné, Navaho

Language:English | Navajo

Date:1929-1930; 1932

Contributor:Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967

Subject:Linguistics

Type:Text

Extent:18 notebooks (approximately 125 pages each), approximately 11,000 slips, 172 loose pages

Description: The Navajo materials in the ACLS collection include 3 items in the "Navajo" section of the finding. The largest of these is Sapir's "Navajo texts, field notes, and word lists" (item Na31.5), which includes 17 notebooks of texts with interlinear translations and a word slip file derived from these texts that numbers around 11,000 slips. There is also Sapir's "A list of Navaho stems" (item Na31.2) and Morris Swadesh's class notes (Na31.3) based on Edward Sapir's lectures on the Navaho language, containing grammatical notes, texts with translation, 175-word vocabulary, and a brief descriptive essay. In the "Yana" section of the finding aid, see also Swadesh's "Yana and Navaho notes from Edward Sapir" (item H6.1) containing class notes from Sapir's lectures on Yana, Navaho, with comparative Athapascan material. NOTE: Portions of this material may be restricted due to potential cultural sensitivity.

Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)

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Navajo materials, Hopi and Navajo Recordings

Culture:

Navajo includes: Diné, Navaho

Language:English | Navajo

Date:1954

Contributor:Deal, Roger Denet | Dennison, Tom | John, Zonnie

Subject:Arizona--History | Linguistics | Language study and teaching

Type:Sound recording

Genre:Stories | Vocabularies

Extent:1 sound tape reel (2 hr., 4 min.) : DIGITIZED

Description: Hopi words, phrases, texts, counting, and grammar (particles), some with English equivalents; Navajo words and phrases with English glosses and Navajo literacy lessons (one reel). Includes duplicates of Hopi recordings made by Carl F. Voegelin. Hopi informants include: Willie Coin, Jimmy Kewanwaytiwa, Bennie Nuvanisa, and Albert Yava. (NOTE: This material has been digitized and can be accessed online for free by users not physically at the APS Library through a login and password. Please see our Audio Access Page for information on how to request these materials.)

Collection:Hopi and Navajo Recordings (Mss.Rec.103)

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Navajo materials, James Crawford Recordings of Native American languages

Culture:

Navajo includes: Diné, Navaho

Language:Navajo

Date:Undated

Contributor:Crawford, James M. (James Mack), 1925-1989

Subject:Linguistics

Type:Sound recording

Genre:Conversations | Elicitation sessions | Stories | Vocabularies

Extent:33 min. : DIGITIZED

Description: The Navajo material in James Crawford's "Recordings of Native American languages" collection consist of one recording in "Series 10: Miscellaneous": Navajo elicitation and conversation on Navajo Indians with an unidentified consultant, which ends with a brief narration in Navajo. (NOTE: This material has been digitized and can be accessed online for free by users not physically at the APS Library through a login and password. Please see our Audio Access Page for information on how to request these materials.)

Collection:Navajo materials, James Crawford Recordings of Native American languages (Mss.Rec.184)

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Navajo Texts

Culture:

Navajo includes: Diné, Navaho

Language:English | Navajo

Date:1969

Contributor:Bradley, Frank | Burnes, Hugh | Dahl, Paul | Garrison, Edward Ralph, 1945- | Johnson, Robert

Subject:Linguistics

Type:Sound recording

Genre:Elicitation sessions | Interviews | Stories | Vocabularies

Extent:7 sound tape reels (13 hr.) : DIGITIZED

Description: Field recordings made on the Navajo Indian Reservation during July-September of 1969. Interviews with multiple Navajo speakers, consisting of elicitation of Navajo words and phrases, with commentary and questions. (NOTE: This material has been digitized and can be accessed online for free by users not physically at the APS Library through a login and password. Please see our Audio Access Page for information on how to request these materials.)

Collection:Navajo Texts (Mss.Rec.79)

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Ndau materials, ACLS Collection

Culture:

Zulu includes: AmaZulu

Ndau

Kwakwaka'wakw includes: Kwakiutl

Language:Ndau | English | Kwak'wala | German

Date:1921, 1947, undated

Contributor:Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Simango, Columbus Kamba | Rumberger, Joseph Paul | Hunt, George

Type:Text

Extent:218 p., ca. 1850 slips and 39 notebooks

Description: All Ndau materials in the ACLS collection are by C. Kamba Simango working with Franz Boas in the 1920s, or are derived from this. Three sets of texts (items AfBnd.4, AfBng.1 and AfBng.2) written by Simango describe topics including general home life, food, childrearing, marriage, religion and beliefs about death, and some autobiography. Some texts appear to have been later published as "Tales and Proverbs of the Vandau of Portuguese South Africa" (1922). The text items also include lexica, marginalia by Boas, a song, kinship terms and an illustration, and item AfBnd.4 "Texts on Ndau culture" also includes description of George Hunt's Kwak'wala language work. Item AfBnd.3 "Ndau lexica and ethnographic slips" contains ethnographic notes of mostly unidentified topics, but especially witchcraft, and 39 short notebooks of mostly Chindau lexica. The two main Chindau lexica (both "Chindau lexicon", items AfBnd.1 and AfBnd.2) total around 1700 slips. Zulu culture is also sporadically referenced in the above items. Finally, "An Analysis of Chindau, A Bantu Language of South East Africa" (item AfBnd.5) is an MA thesis by Joseph Rumberger derived from these materials. Boas published "Ethnographische Bemerkungen über die Vandau" in Zeitschrift Für Ethnologie 55(1), 1923 (in German) describing his work with Simango.

Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)

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Nisga'a materials, ACLS collection

Culture:

Nisga'a includes: Nass, Nisgha, Nishga, Nishka, Niska, Nisqa'a

Language:English | German | Nisga'a

Date:circa 1894; After 1911; 1920

Contributor:Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Matheson, G. | Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Schulenburg, A. C. | Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975

Subject:Biography | Linguistics

Type:Text

Extent:Circa 3,300 slips, 241 pages, 4 notebooks

Description: The Nisga'a materials in the ACLS collection consist primarily of materials in the "Nass (Nisga'a)" section of the finding aid. The earliest item (Pn5b.3) is a roughly 500-word Nisga'a-English list compiled by Boas from his own work and that of Schulenberg's "Die Sprache der Zimshian-Indianer." There are subsequent texts and vocabularies recorded by Boas, Sapir, and Stirling within this section. Also included is the first half of a Nisga'a-German dictionary compiled by Boas (item Pn5b.4), and an extensive lexicon by Stirling numbering over 3000 word slips (item Pn5b.1). In the "Tsimshian" section of the finding aid, see also Boas' "Texts and word lists in Tsimshian, Ts'ets'aut, and Nisga'a" (item Pn5a.5), which includes original field notes, texts (most published), song texts, musical scores, and some shorthand notes. Overall, material described in the collection as "Nass" or "Nass River" is Nisga'a, though some may be intermixed among Tsimshian materials.

Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)

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Nisga'a materials, Phillips Fund Collection

Culture:

Nisga'a includes: Nass, Nisgha, Nishga, Nishka, Niska, Nisqa'a

Language:English | Nisga'a

Date:1984-1987, 1989-1991, 1994

Contributor:Azak, Bertha | Belvin, Robert S. | Doolan, Dorothy | Thompson, Wendy H. | Walsh, Linda G.

Subject:British Columbia--History | Linguistics

Type:Text

Extent:427 pages

Description: The Nisga'a materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 3 items. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Belvin, Thompson, and Walsh.

Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)