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Language:English
Date:1827-1897
Contributor:Barabino, Joseph | Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929 | Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900 | Morris, J. Cheston (James Cheston), 1831-1923
Subject:Antiquities | Orthography and spelling | Linguistics
Type:Still Image
Genre:Correspondence | Essays | Pictographs
Extent:5 items
Description: Correspondence, an essay, and one image relating to Aztec materials at the American Philosophical Society. In the correspondence, Barabino writes that a "Mexican idol" intended for the APS has a broken face; Culin orders copies of "The Tribute Roll of Montezuma" by Brinton, Phillips, and Morris (Transactions, 1892) for J. F. Loubat; and Morris corresponds with Henry Phillips about the reproduction of the Montezuma tribute roll and Morris' work on the aforementioned article [Brinton, Phillips, and Morris (1892)]. Cushing's essay is based on the pictographic image: he identifies the APS's still image #443 as a copy of a codex in the Vatican, and superior to that printed in King (1831) in draftsmanship. The image itself is a black and white printed document, similar to that in King (1831), vol. 1, fac. 3, but (according to Cushing) better drawn and probably from a Vatican codex, although King's version is attributed to the Boturini Codex. See Boturini (1746):11 for details on manuscript.
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)
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Language:English
Date:May 9, 1866
Contributor:Benade, William Henry, 1816-1905
Subject:Archaeology | Mexico--History | Orthography and spelling
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:3 pages
Description: Letter to J. P. McCaskey expressing thanks for being made a member of the Linnean Society and hope that Mexican hieroglyphics will be deciphered.
Collection:Jacob Stauffer Papers, 1844-1879 (Mss.B.St15)
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Bakairi includes: Kúra, Bacairi
Language:English | Bakairi | Portuguese
Date:1950
Contributor:Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | Gardiner, Rev. Father Giles | Levak, Zarko David, 1934- | Harmon, Carlo
Subject:Linguistics | Ethnography | Brazil--History | Education
Type:Sound recording | Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Grammars | Correspondence
Description: The Bakairi materials in the Lounsbury Papers include recordings of the Bakairi language made in 1950, which can be found in Series VII. In Series I, see correspondence with Rev. Father Giles Gardiner and Carlo Harmon. In the "South America" section of Series II, see the folder "Paressi and Bakaire," which includes vocabulary.
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
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Date:1959-2006
Contributor:Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | Ihromi-Simatupang, Tapi Omas | Benda, Henry J. | Bruner, Edward M. | Scheffler, Harold W. | Wolfart, H. Christoph | Kokot, Daisy Hilse | Taylor, Paul M.
Subject:Kinship | Fieldwork | Indonesia--History | Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Disks | Correspondence | Reports | Diagrams | Charts | Notes | Lecture notes | Lectures | Transcripts | Essays
Extent:17 folders and 1 CD-R
Description: The majority of the Batak materials in the Floyd Lounsbury Papers are in Series II, Kinship subseries, under the title "Batak Kin Classification and Behavior", which documents the proceedings and results of a graduate school seminar on the structural analysis of systems of Toba Batak kin classification and behavior, held at Yale University in 1966. This includes transcripts and resultant papers. In Series I, correspondence with Benda and Bruner also discusses Batak kinship, dictionaries, fieldwork, and the M.A. thesis of Ihromi-Simatupang (who was Batak).
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
Language:English
Date:1798-1810
Contributor:Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816
Subject:Indian agents | Government relations | Diplomacy | Land claims | Land tenure | Politics and government | Agriculture | Social life and customs | Economic conditions | Surveying
Type:Text
Genre:Microfilms | Correspondence | Speeches | Memoranda
Extent:285 pages
Description: Original in possession of Independence National Historical Park. Letter book kept by Hawkins at the Creek Agency relating to Indian affairs, including outgoing letters, memoranda, and speeches to and from the Creeks and Choctaws. Topics include an attempt to survey the St. Mary's River and Spanish-U.S. relations. Includes a "sketch" of the Indians at the Creek Agency discussing political organization, agriculture, manufacture, public establishments, and justice. Materials written variously at Fort Wilkinson, Tukabatchee, and Coweta.
Collection:Benjamin Hawkins letterbook, 1798-1810 (Mss.Film.680)
Language:English
Date:1791; 1819
Contributor:Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835
Subject:Warfare | Sign language | Missions
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, comments on "the ironic fate of American Indians, doomed to extinction." Mentions Indigenous warfare. Letter to John Vaughan, asks for books concerning Indians in the U.S. for William Vaughan. Refers to Benjamin Smith Barton as authority on the Indian. Mentions Indian policy of Jefferson and Madison. Expresses curiosity about sign language as discussed in Dunbar (1809). Includes quotation of William Vaughan to Benjamin Vaughan, November 17 (1815?), asking for information on the propagation of the Gospel among the Indians of Massachusetts and New England.
Collection:Benjamin Vaughan Papers (Mss.B.V46p)
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Language:English
Date:February 27, 1888
Contributor:Brooks, William Keith, 1848-1908
Subject:Newfoundland--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 page
Description: Letter to American Philosophical Society, seeking a copy of Gatschet articles on the Baltuk [Beothuk] Indians.
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)
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Language:English
Date:1911-1922
Contributor:Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Dahl, Richard S. | Messurier, William L. | Moorehead, Warren King, 1866-1939 | Howley, James Patrick, 1847-1918
Subject:Archaeology | Linguistics | Newfoundland--History | Labrador--History
Type:Text | Still Image
Genre:Correspondence | Photographs | Newspaper clippings
Extent:5 items
Description: Materials relating to Beothuk people, culture, and language. Includes correspondence from Franz Boas regarding a Beothuk report; from mining engineer Richard S. Dahl offering aid opening a Beothuk site; from James P. Howley concerning Speck's meeting with a Beothuk survivor, though Howley doubts the individual's authenticity (also includes a news clipping on Speck's discovery and a portion of Howley's book printing a Beothuk vocabulary with Speck pencil notes, 184-186); from William L. Messurier enclosing an article on Newfoundland extracted from "The Great Historical, Genealogical, and Poetical Dictionary" (London, 1701); and from Warren K. Moorehead discussing his New England archaeological field work and expressing doubt that Red Paint People of Maine were Beothuks based on the difference of art. In Series III: Photographs, this 1 photo of Santu Toney, a woman who identified as Beothuk from Newfoundland, and 5 photos of her family members. Series IV: Lantern Slides, contains 4 slides of Beothuk people, one a drawing of Demasduit, 3 of Santu and her relatives.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
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Date:1967-1974
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Hewson, John, 1930-
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Vocabularies | Drafts | Essays
Extent:0.25 linear feet
Description: Haas' Beothuk file consists of a sizeable and fairly comprehensive lexicon derived from the few printed sources available, with comparisons to Proto-Algonquian, all in Series 9. Additionally, there is correspondence with John Hewson that includes draft copies of a paper on Beothuk phonology.
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)
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Biloxi includes: Tanêks, Tanêksa
Date:1934-1994 (bulk: 1934, 1950s-1960s)
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Jackson, Emma | Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895 | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Field notes | Notebooks | Correspondence | Vocabularies
Extent:1.0 linear feet
Description: Haas' Biloxi file is mostly derived from John R. Swanton and James Owen Dorsey's published dictionaries, and often appears alongside the other Ohio Valley Siouan/Southeastern Siouan languages Tutelo and Ofo. The most notable original Biloxi material in the collection is an elicitation from Emma Jackson made in the 1930s, with comparisons to the lexica found in Swanton and Dorsey's published dictionaries, found in “Field Notebook: Koasati, Alabama, Biloxi” in Series 2: “Multiple Languages”. Haas also made many comparisons to other neighboring languages in Series 9, under many headings, observed possible Spanish loanwords (Series 2 Subseries "Tunica"), and alluded to Biloxi and neighbors in later correspondence.
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)