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Date:circa 1925-1967
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Siouan languages
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Notes
Extent:7 folders
Description: There are some materials relating to Siouan languages in the C. F. Voegelin Papers. This entry is intended as a catch-all for materials labeled as Siouan or Macro-Siouan. Researchers should also search for entries for specific Siouan languages and culture groups. Siouan materials are located in both Subcollection I and Subcollection II. In Subcollection I, there is a folder containing a list of of Siouan-Iroquois words in Series V. Research Notes, Subseries V-A: Language Notes. In Subcollection II, correspondence with Hans Wolff concerns work on comparative Siouan and can be found in Series I. Correspondence; there are notes on Siouan in the "Miscellaneous languages" file in Series II. Research Notes, Subseries I. Eskimo-Aleutian; and there is a subseries on Macro-Siouan in the the same series (Research Notes). Subseries IV. Macro-Siouan contains files on Cherokee, Iroquoian, Oneida, and Yuchi grammatical notes.
Collection:C. F. Voegelin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.68)
Language:English
Date:1819
Contributor:Davis, John
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 pages
Description: Letter to John Vaughan (?), suggesting that Du Ponceau obtain a copy of Febres (1765).
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:circa 1925-1967
Contributor:Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | Wonderly, William L. | Rowe, John Howland, 1918-2004 | Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985 | Peeke, M. Catherine
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Ethnography | Brazil--History | Colombia--History | Peru--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Drafts | Notes | Essays | Maps
Extent:12 folders
Description: There are many items relating to South American languages in the C. F. Voegelin Papers. This entry is intended as a catch-all for materials that cover South American languages in general and might not show up in narrower searches. Researchers should also view the entries for specific languages (i.e., Quechua, etc.). In Subcollection I, there is relevant correspondence with John H. Rowe and William L. Wonderly in Series I. Correspondence; a bibliography for sources on Arawakan languages placed unexpectedly at the end of Ojibwa Folder #4 in Series II. "Ethnological Research Opportunities in Colombia," "Living Language Families," and "Peopling of the New World (South America After North America)" in Series III. Works by Voegelin, Subseries III-B: Works Authored by Voegelin; George P. Murdock's "Maps for South America" (Arranged by Florence Robinett from "Outline of South American Culture"), M. Catherine Peeke's "Divisive Criteria for Auca World Classes," and William L. Wonderly's "List of Central American Indian Languages" in Series IV. Works by Others; a file on "Amazon Indian Languages" (containing typed classifications of languages of the Amazon, Putomayo, and Caqueta regions of Brazil, with population numbers) and folder on South American and Other Latin American Languages (which includes Central America and Mexico and contains a list of languages and notes on some of them) in file in Series V. Research Notes, Subseries V-A: Language Notes [see also the associated material in Oversized]; and a map of "South America and other Latin American languages" in Series VII. Photographs. Several references throughout the collection are made to "Island" and "Central American" Carib.
Collection:C. F. Voegelin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.68)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:1833
Contributor:Van Heuvel, J. A. (Jacob Adrien), 1787-1874
Subject:Guyana--History | Demerara
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Two letters to Rafinesque: (1) Asks for information on Charibs; has vocabularies of Guiana Indians: Arrowauk, Guaranos, Ackoway, Macoussie, Atoray. He may read paper before Albany Institute on history of Guiana. (2) Sends vocabularies of Guaranos. Ackoways, Atorays, and Macoussies. Explains how he acquired them. Mentions Charibs [Caribs?]. Describes living quarters of Warrows (i.e., Juarros or Guaranos in Demerara).
Collection:C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque correspondence and writings (Mss.B.R124)
Language:English
Date:July 6, 1936
Contributor:Britten, Marian Hale
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 page
Description: Letter to Speck written from Washington regarding Speck's reappointment to Committee on Survey of South American Indians, National Research Council.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
Language:French
Date:July 7, 1804
Contributor:Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Subject:South America--History | Travel writing
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items (17 pages)
Description: Humboldt sends notes (or abstract) of his travels, which he hopes Vaughan will translate and insert in an appropriate publication. The account is biographical as well as a summary of Humboldt's travels, 1790-1804.
Collection:Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200)
Culture:
Xavante includes: Akuen
Wapishana includes: Wapichan
Wayana includes: Uaiana
Yanomami includes: Yąnomamö, Yanomama
Ye'kuana includes: Maquiritari, So'to, Yecuana
Ticuna includes: Tucuna, Magüta
Tiriyó includes: Trio
Piaroa includes: De'arua, Wothuha
Kanamari includes: Canamari
Kayapo includes: Caiapó, Cayapo, Mebêngôkre
Kraho includes: Craho, Craó, Krahô
Macushi includes: Macuxi, Macusi, Teueia, Teweya
Kaingang includes: Caingangue, Kanhgág
Aymara includes: Aimara
Ayoreo includes: Ayoreode
Baniwa includes: Curipaco, Vaniva, Walimanai, Wakuenai
Language:English
Date:1962-1978
Subject:Brazil--History | Genetics | Guyana--History | Venezuela--History
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Charts | Drafts | Correspondence | Maps | Photographs | Speeches
Extent:4 linear feet (estimate)
Description: The South American materials in the James V. Neel papers consists materials related to Neel's genetics and populations studies among some indigenous people in Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. The bulk of these materials concern the Xavante and Yanomami peoples, written as "Yanomamo" by Neel. These materials can be found throughout most sections of the finding aid, though see especially "Series IIa: Amerindian" and "Series IIIa: Amerindian." In addition to data, reports, correspondence, and other manuscripts, "Series X: Photographic materials" contains numerous photographs of Xavante and Yanomami peoples from the 1960s. Materials on other indigenous groups can be located by searching within the finding aid for the culture terms listed above in the entry or by searching for the term "Indians."
Collection:James V. Neel Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.96)
Language:English
Date:January 4, 1945
Contributor:Drake, Charley G.
Subject:Anthropology | Botany | Agriculture
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 page
Description: Letter to Speck written from Union City, Georgia. Requesting a copy of "Gourds of the Southeastern Indians"; payment enclosed.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
Culture:
Language:English | Ute-Southern Paiute
Date:1959-1962 and undated
Contributor:Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | Jake, Vernon E. | Jake | Vivian | Voegelin, F. M. (Florence Marie), 1927-1989
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Uto-Aztecan languages | Folklore | Ethnography | Genealogy
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Notes | Stories | Field notes | Drafts
Extent:18 folders
Description: Several items relating to the Southern Paiute language have been identified in the C. F. Voegelin Papers. In Subcollection I, there is a typed invitation in Paiute and English from Vivian Jake and Florence Voegelin inviting friends to dinner after "the Navaho Show" in Series I. Correspondence; five "Paiute, Southern" folders dating to 1959-1961 and containing field notes made with Vivian Jake (along with references to associated tapes/reels throughout, and genealogical information in #4) in Series V. Research Notes, Subseries V-A: Language Notes; and four unbound Southern Paiute texts in Series V. Research Notes, Subseries V-B: Texts. In Subcollection II, there is a letter to Vernon E. Jake, Chairman of the Kaibab Paiute Tribal Council, regarding a proposed language speaker census (with particular interest in discerning how well children really know the language) in Series I. Correspondence; and a Southern Paiute folder in Series II. Research Notes, Subseries IX. Uto-Aztecan, except Hopi. Finally, Southern Paiute is also one of the languages Voegelin considered in a grammatical analysis of Uto-Aztecan languages. Drafts of seven chapters of this work can be found in Series III. Works by Voegelin, Subseries III: Uto-Aztecan book.
Collection:C. F. Voegelin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.68)
Language:English
Date:1920-1962
Subject:Archaeology
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:88 pages
Description: Correspondence between friends Alfred Kidder and Neil M. Judd, primarily personal in nature, but also including include sporadic references to excavations at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, and other archaeological sites, with a few references to other archaeologists and anthropologists and the Alfred Vincent Kidder Award. Letters are listed in the guide to the Alfred Vincent Kidder Papers; some also have brief descriptions.
Collection:Alfred Vincent Kidder Papers (Mss.B.K53)