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Language:English
Date:1787; 1777
Contributor:Sevier, John, 1745-1815
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Letter from John Sevier regarding Creek raids and a murder in Chickasaw territory. Second item titled "Talk from Indians to George Golphin, one of the commissioners of Indian affairs" in which the King of Talesy (probably the Creek town of Tálisi) speaks of trade with Pensacola; relations with Chickasaws and Choctaws. In a second speech the King of the Ocksuskeys (probably the Creek town of Okfuski) speaks of Cupitaws (possibly either the Creek town Kasíhta or Kawíta) and Ockjoys (probably Creek town Oktcháyi); describes a belt of wampum.
Collection:Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85)
Date:1972
Contributor:Pulte, William John, 1941-
Subject:Linguistics | Muskogean languages
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Essays
Extent:1 folder
Description: This item consists of a letter from William (Bill) Pulte regarding his graduate work on the Chickasaw and Cherokee languages enclosing a paper titled "The Position of Chickasaw in Western Muskogean."
Collection:James M. Crawford Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.66)
Language:English
Date:March 24, 1837
Contributor:Troost, Gerard, 1776-1850
Subject:Grave robbing | Human remains | Phrenology | Skulls | Mounds | Anthropometry
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 page
Description: Letter discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Sends drawings of heads, one of an ancient tribe, flattened at back of head, from mound at junction of French-Broad and Holston rivers. Other from bank of Cumberland river above Nashville, probably of Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations said to visit here. They seem much alike in their living form to Troost.
Collection:Samuel George Morton Papers (Mss.B.M843)
Culture:
Language:Chickasaw | Choctaw | Creek | Mikasuki | Apalachee | Alabama | Koasati | Natchez | Tunica | Atakapa | Chitimacha | English | Spanish
Date:1936, undated
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 | Ducloux, Delphine
Subject:Linguistics | Genealogy
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Correspondence | Drafts | Essays
Extent:0.5 linear feet
Description: Mary Haas did not conduct her own fieldwork on Chitimacha, but amassed sizeable lexica from Morris Swadesh, mostly used for comparisons with Muskogean languages and linguistic isolates under the “Gulf” hypothesis. One especially large instance of comparison involving Chitimacha is an 1821-word long English-Natchez-Chitimacha word list, partially filled, in Series 2 Subseries Natchez. The majority of the comparative lexica are slip files, in Series 9. Besides this, of particular interest is sheet music of several Chitimacha songs, untitled, likely from Delphine Ducloux, in Series 2 Subseries Chitimacha. Haas also published an article on clans and kinship terminology with Natchez comparisons, notes and discussions of which are in Series 4 Subseries 3.
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)
Culture:
Choctaw includes: Chahta
Date:before 1784
Contributor:Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies
Extent:8 pages
Description: The Choctaw materials in this collection consist of manuscripts listed in the finding aid as item 2, Benjamin Hawkins' "Vocabulary of the Cherokee and Choctaw languages," communicated by Jefferson, with note in his hand attributing authorship to Benjamin Hawkin.
Collection:American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection (Mss.497.V85)
Language:English
Date:1870; 1888
Contributor:Marston, C. W. | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Two items relating to Choctaw materials. The first is Joseph Henry's letter to J. Peter Lesley, explaining that Smithsonian Institution once had the original of Cyrus Byington's Choctaw manuscript, but it was withdrawn for revision and later sent in by [Daniel Garrison?] Brinton. The revision was unacceptable and the Smithsonian relinquishes its claim. The other item is C.W. Marston's letter to the secretary of the American Philosophical Society requesting a History of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, with a reference to Cyrus Byington's grammar of the Choctaw.
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)
Language:English
Date:1787
Contributor:Tobocah | Tobocah's wife | Chickasaw Captain
Subject:Diplomacy
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:4 pages
Description: Letter to Franklin from the Choctaw chief Tobacah, his wife, and "Chickasaw Captain." Present compliments. Seek directions as to how to proceed on their business.
Collection:Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85)
Culture:
Choctaw includes: Chahta
Language:English
Date:1937-1938, 1969
Subject:Education | Fieldwork | Linguistics | Louisiana--History | Oklahoma--History
Type:Text
Genre:Newspaper clippings | Correspondence | Reports
Extent:2 folders
Description: The Choctaw items in the Floyd Lounsbury Papers comprise a report by Mary Haas to Leslie Spier on Choctaw fieldwork (Series I, under Spier) and a newspaper clipping in Series II, Other Languages and Cultures of the Americas series.
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
Culture:
Choctaw includes: Chahta
Language:English
Date:1904 and undated
Contributor:Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Type:Text
Genre:Notes | Bibliographies
Extent:14 pages
Description: Item titled "Miscellaneous notes (Choctaw)." Includes one-page note with embossed Great Seal of the Choctaw Nation; 9 pages of bibliographical notes; 2 pages on Choctaw burial-1904; and 2 pages on Choctaw medicines. Some of these items are restricted due to cultural sensitivity.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
Culture:
Choctaw includes: Chahta
Date:1970
Contributor:Abbey, Aron | Celestine, Phoebie | Crawford, James M. (James Mack), 1925-1989 | Langley, Arzelie | Thomas, Esther
Subject:Linguistics | Louisiana--History | Music
Type:Sound recording
Genre:Conversations | Songs | Vocabularies
Extent:1 hr. : DIGITIZED
Description: The Choctaw material in James Crawford's "Recordings of Native American languages" collection consist of recordings in "Series 9: Mobilian" and "Series 14: Yuchi," which contains discussions of Mobilian conducted in part in Choctaw; and Vocabularies recorded along with Koasati and Mobilian. (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:James Crawford Recordings of Native American languages (Mss.Rec.184)