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Culture:
Nak'waxda'xw includes: Nakoaktok, Nakwoktak, Nakwaxda'xw
Namgis includes: Nimkish, Nimpkish
K'ómoks includes: Comox
Kwakwaka'wakw includes: Kwakiutl
Dzawada'enuxw includes: Tsawataineuk
Gusgimukw includes: Koskimo
Gwatsinuxw includes: Quatsino
Date:1885-1942
Contributor:Averkieva, Julia | Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969 | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Bunzel, Ruth Leah, 1898-1990 | Cadwallader, W. J. | Cadwallader, H. T., Mrs. | Cadwallader, Jane | Cranmer, Dan | Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901 | Fairbairn, Archibald Macdonald Duff, 1888-1979 | Fillmore, John Comfort, 1843-1898 | Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923 | Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896 | Hall, Alfred I. | Halliday, W. H. | Hunt, George | Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908 | McGee, William J. | Nowell, Charles James, 1870-1956 | Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941 | Seler, Eduard, 1849-1922 | Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975 | Sutton, William J. | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922 | Tylor, Edward B. (Edward Burnett), 1832-1917 | Vowell, A. T.
Subject:Archaeology | British Columbia--History | Ethnography | Fishing | Hunting | Linguistics | Kinship | Museums | Music | Social life and customs
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 linear foot
Description: This collection contains the bulk of correspondence between Franz Boas and his professional colleagues, though there are also other Boas collections in the library. The correspondents listed above contain some correspondence related to the culture or language listed in this entry. The largest correspondence is that of George Hunt, which took place from 1894-1933 and runs around 1000 pages. A full index for this correspondence is available upon request, and includes cross references to the locations (in other APS collections) of fieldwork and other materials referred to in the letters. Other correspondences primarily about Kwakwaka'wakw matters are that of the Cadwalladers, Dan Cranmer, John Fillmore (concerning the transcription of Boas' cylinder recordings of Kwakiutl songs), Alfred I. Hall, and C. J. Nowell. In the finding aid listings for some of these correspondents, the individual letters pertaining to this culture or language will be identified by a subject heading, though for some correspondents this indexing has not yet been completed. Some letters may contain only brief mentions of work being conducted in relation to the topic. Some additional correspondences in this collection that have not yet been indexed may also contain additional material.
Collection:Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61)
Culture:
Date:1904-1947
Contributor:Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950 | Gamio, Manuel, 1883-1960 | Giger, Leona E. | Opler, Morris Edward, 1907-1996 | Rolland, Ann | Ball, Carl | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | Schultes, Richard Evans | McNickle, D'Arcy, 1904-1977
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography | Botany | Botany | Linguistics | Economic conditions | Orthography and spelling | Dance | Haskell Institute | Material culture | Clothing and dress | Folklore | Mythology | Music | Alabama--History
Type:Text | Three-dimensional object
Genre:Correspondence | Notes | Drafts | Essays | Notebooks | Sheet music
Extent:14 folders
Description: Materials relating to Speck's study of Creek history, language, and culture. Includes Speck's own notes and work, including "Notes on Social and Economic Conditions Among the Creek Indians of Alabama in 1941" (published as Speck 1947); an undated earlier version of that essay titled "Creek Indians Surviving in Alabama"; 115 pages of linguistic notes from Taskigitown, dated 1904-1905 and organized by categories; Creek and Yuchi songs; Creek and Yuchi Dance; 98 pages of Creek texts, including some interlineal translations, and related notes dated 1904-1905; and 35 pages of miscellaneous notes and letters on topics like dances, language, clothing, myths, handicrafts, and fieldwork. Also includes two botanical specimens--Coopti (Zamia floridana) used by Seminoles, 1941 and Ilex vomitoria Ait, used by Creeks--accompanied by letters to Speck from Richard Evans Schultes concerning Houma Botany; two letters from female students at the Haskell Institute in 1940 (Leona Giger writes of a Creek doll she is making and mentions the council house at Okmulgee, Oklahoma, while Ann Rolland offers to answer questions on Creek use of feathers); a letter from Morris Opler regarding Opler's work among the Creeks, as well as an essay by Opler about the organization, history, and social and political significance of Creek towns; a letter from Mario Gamio acknowledging the receipt of a Creek Indian pamphlet; and a letter from D'Arcy McNickle returning to Speck photographs of the Creek Indians of Atmore, Alabama to prevent them from getting lost and mentioning that his manuscript of the report is still being copied.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
Culture:
Muscogee includes: Muskogee, Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek
Date:1962
Contributor:Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | Bright, William, 1928-2006
Subject:Linguistics | Place names
Type:Text
Genre:Drafts | Curricula | Vocabularies
Extent:2 folders
Description: William Bright's Muscogee language materials consist of class handouts prepared in 1962 on morphology, and a 3-page list of place names found in publications by John Swanton and elsewhere, both in Series 4.
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
Ofo includes: Ofoe, Mosopelea
Date:ca.1970s
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | Pierette, Rosa
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Drafts
Extent:0.25 linear feet
Description: Mary Haas did not complete her own fieldwork on Ofo, but did develop on the work of John R. Swanton, who produced among other things a Biloxi and Ofo dictionary (the topic of one of Haas' publications, Series 4 Subseries 3). As a result of the similarities between them, Ofo is often included alongside Biloxi and also Tutelo materials, in Series 2 and with comparisons with other languages in Series 9.
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:1906
Contributor:Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Subject:Linguistics | Mississippi--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 letter
Description: One letter from Swanton to Boas dated March 19, 1906 includes a brief mention of the Pascagoula. This collection contains the bulk of correspondence between Franz Boas and his professional colleagues, though there are also other Boas collections in the library. The correspondents listed above contain some correspondence related to the culture or language listed in this entry. In the finding aid listings for some of these correspondents, the individual letters pertaining to this culture or language will be identified by a subject heading, though for some correspondents this indexing has not yet been completed. Some letters may contain only brief mentions of work being conducted in relation to the topic. Some additional correspondences in this collection that have not yet been indexed may also contain additional material.
Collection:Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61)
Culture:
Date:1907-1947
Contributor:Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938 | Mooney, James, 1861-1921 | Gilliam, Charles Edgar | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Subject:Linguistics | Animals--Nomenclature | Ethnography
Type:Text
Genre:Essays
Description: The Powhatan materials in the Siebert Papers consist solely of secondary sources in Series IV and VII. With the exception of an ethnohistory article by James Mooney, the materials are related to Powhatan linguistics.
Collection:Frank Siebert Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.97)
Culture:
Date:1910s-1930s
Contributor:Andrade, Manuel José, 1885-1941 | Bloomfield, Leonard, 1887-1949 | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Frachtenberg, Leo Joachim, 1883-1930 | Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975 | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922
Subject:Folklore | Linguistics | Washington (State)--History | Religion | Social life and customs | Whaling
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:.25 linear feet
Description: This collection contains the bulk of correspondence between Franz Boas and his professional colleagues, though there are also other Boas collections in the library. The correspondents listed above contain some correspondence related to the culture or language listed in this entry. The most extensive correspondences are that of Andrade and Frachtenberg, concerning their linguistic and ethnographic field work. In the finding aid listings for some of these correspondents, the individual letters pertaining to this culture or language will be identified by a subject heading, though for some correspondents this indexing has not yet been completed. Some letters may contain only brief mentions of work being conducted in relation to the topic. Some additional correspondences in this collection that have not yet been indexed may also contain additional material.
Collection:Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61)
Culture:
Date:undated
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies
Extent:2 folders
Description: Mary Haas' small Tawasa file consists only of a short comparative lexicon with Timucua and a reprint of an article on Tawasa by John Swanton, with marginalia by Haas. Both can be found in Series 2.
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)
Date:1900-1901, 1914, 1952, 1954
Contributor:De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 | Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Shotridge, Louis, 1882-1937 | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | Soboleff, Walter | Italio, Frank
Subject:Alaska--History | Linguistics | Music
Type:Text
Genre:Dictionaries | Field notes | Songs | Transcriptions | Vocabularies | Stories
Extent:272 pages; 4 volumes (approximately 500 pages each)
Description: The Tlingit materials in the ACLS collection are concentrated primarily in the "Tlingit" section of the finding aid. Most items within this section are Frederica de Laguna's detailed notes related to her audio recordings made at Yakutat. See separate guide entries for collections "Recordings at Yakutat, Alaska" (Mss.Rec.19) and "Tlingit, Ahtna, and Southern Tutchone recordings" (Mss.Rec.30). This section also includes Sapir's extensive "Comparative Na-Dene dictionary" (item Na20a.3) and "Chilcat vocabulary" (item N2.2), and Swanton's Tlingit and Haida field notebooks from 1900-1901 (item N2.1).
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
Culture:
Tlingit includes: Lingit, Łingit, Tlinkit
Date:1963, undated
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Naish, Constance | Story, Gillian | Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958 | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies
Extent:3 folders
Description: The Tlingit language only appears in Haas' collection within a set of wordlists and handwritten notes on index cards in Series 2 Subseries ‘Multiple Languages'. One wordlist was authored by Constance Naish and Gillian Story, 1963, with an unnamed consultant.
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)