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Culture:
Mohawk includes: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language:English
Date:1943-1963
Contributor:Wallace, Paul A. W. | Cook, Julius | Michael, Glynn | Ka-Hon-Hes | Fadden, Ray
Subject:Adoption | Kinship | Politics and government | Government relations | Art | Indian artists | Museums
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Newspaper clippings | Photographs | Correspondence | Speeches
Extent:5 items
Description: Materials relating to Paul A. W. Wallace's interest in Mohawk history and culture. Items include documents, newspaper clippings, and photographs regarding Wallace's adoption by the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, including a copy of Ray Fadden's (Tehanetorens, Aren Akweks) speech; Wallace's correspondence with Glynn Michael regarding the death of Chief William Loft; Wallace's correspondence with Chief Julius Cook requesting Wallace's aid in defeating some unspecified Senate bills; Wallace's correspondence with John Fadden (Ka-Hon-Hes) regarding the exhibition and sale of John Fadden's paintings; and images (paintings, photographs) relating to Fadden's exhibition at State Museum, including works such as "Hunting Party Surprised by Bear," "Iroquois Delegation to the Aztecs," and "Youth Dreams of his Guardian Manito (an eagle)."
Collection:Paul A. W. Wallace Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.64b)
Culture:
Mohawk includes: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language:English
Date:1635, 1936, 1939, 1957, 1972-1978, 1988, 1998
Contributor:Awkeks, Aren | Akwesasne Mohawk Counselor Organization | Fadden, Ray | Fenton, William N., (William Nelson), 1908-2005 | Reid, Gerald F., 1953-
Type:Text | Still Image
Genre:Correspondence | Newspaper clippings | Photographs | Genealogies
Extent:1 linear foot
Description: The Mohawk material in the Fenton papers can be found in multiple sections. In Series I, see correspondence with Akwesasne Mohawk Counselor Organization, Akwesasne Notes, Ray Fadden, Gerald Reid. Other correspondences may potentially contain additional info. In Series IIa, see the subject file for the Akwesasne Mohawk Counselor Organization and "Dutch Journal to Mohawk Country." Series III includes multiple drafts of Fenton's "Mohawk" chapter for the Handbook of North American Indians. Series IV contains a few papers by other on Mohawk language and history. Series VI contains a photo of "Wah-nee-nah. Mohawk Indian Maid, Vocalist." In Series VIII, see subseries A and B, which include genealogical information, field notes from Akwesasne (labelled as "St. Regis"), and miscellaneous historical notes.
Collection:William N. Fenton papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.20)
Date:1840
Contributor:Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 | Kampman, Christian Frederick, 1708-1808 | Turner, Edie | Wood, John, ca. 1775-1822
Subject:Botany | Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Newspaper clippings | Vocabularies
Extent:1 volume, 11 p.
Description: This small manuscript volume contains a brief vocabulary written down by John Wood "from an old Indian Woman of the name of Edie Turner the 4th of March 1820"; together with newsclipping, Petersburg, Virginia, March 17, identifying informant and relating Nottoway, Powhatan and Welsh. The vocabulary is listed by semantic categories "Of the Universe; Of the Human Species; Of Animals; Vegetable Kingdom; Division of Time; Domestic Essays; Adjectives; Verbs." Marginal comparisons with Tuscarora, Onondaga, Wyandot, Delaware, etc., probably by Peter S. Du Ponceau. [See also letters of Jefferson to Du Ponceau, July 7, 1820; Du Ponceau to Jefferson, July 12, 1820.] This item is bound with a list of the Latin and botanical names of the plants, prepared by Christian Frederick Kampman, and with John Wood, "Vocabulary of the language of the Nottoway Tribe of Indians..." (1820).
Collection:Nottoway, Lenape, and Algonquian vocabularies (Mss.497.3.W85)
Culture:
Language:English | Narragansett
Date:1916-1926
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography | Linguistics | New England--History | Anthropometry | Social life and customs | Picture-writing | Orthography and spelling
Type:Text
Genre:Notes | Correspondence | Newspaper clippings
Extent:2 folders
Description: Materials relating to Speck's study of Narragansett language, history, and culture. Includes a one-page report on "Physical measurements of the Narragansett male," based on an individual described as 1/4 Nehantic and 1/2 Brotherton (Narragansett); and Speck's miscellaneous Narragansett notes, comprised of a comparative vocabulary of Massachusetts, Narragansett, Mohegan, Pequot, and Naugatuck (approximately 30 items), 3 vocabulary lists on cards, 1 page of names, and a letter from Edmund B. Delabarre to Speck, May 6, 1920, regarding the author's preference of Cherokee to Narragansett as explanation of origin of characters on Rhode Island stone. Images note: newspaper clipping photographs peace pipe, native attire, tipi.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:1935 and undated
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography | Oklahoma--History | Pottery
Type:Text
Genre:Notes | Newspaper clippings
Extent:3 folders
Description: The Natchez materials in the Frank G. Speck Papers consist of references found in 3 folders, all in Subcollection I, Series I, Section IV, "Southeast." In the "Archeaology" subsection, see Fewkes' article, "Southeastern Pottery." In that same Section, under Yuchi, see, IV(15H3) "Yuchi miscellaneous notes," which contains a Natchez reference. Finally, see IV(15J4), "Natchez -- a. Miscellaneous notes," containing Speck's miscellaneous notes on the Natchez in Oklahoma, which includes newspaper clipping photographs of men and women, "last members" of the Natchez tribe. Additional research in Speck's materials may reveal other references. Researchers are advised to use the "Find" function in their browser (usually Ctrl + F or Command + F) to locate instances of the culture term(s) in the finding aid for this collection.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
Culture:
Nez Perce includes: Niimíipu
Date:1891-1938; 1966
Contributor:Crawford, Mary M., 1861-1946 | Crawford, Elizabeth | In-go-nom-pa-shi | Jonas, Levi W. | Axtell, Juliet L. | Cooper, Carrie S. | Rumsey, Minnie M. | Ellinwood, Frank F. (Frank Field), 1826-1908
Subject:Sign language | Missions | Idaho--History | Presbyterian Church | Linguistics | Religion
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Microfilms | Correspondence | Newspaper clippings | Photographs | Hymns
Extent:1 microfilm reel (121 pages, 9 photographs)
Description: This collection of materials on American Sign language is based on the work of Presbyterian missionaries in Idaho in the nineteenth century. Includes a Nez Perce hymnal; discussion and illustrations on the meaning of symbols and on the use of sign seven published works; miscellaneous clippings; photographs; and correspondence of sisters Mary and Elizabeth Crawford. The published works include the history of the Idaho mission and sign language translations by Mr. Levi W. Jonas (native Nez Perce superintendent of the Kamiah church) and In-go-nom-pa-shi. Includes over 1,500 sign language hand symbols of the Nez Perce language with thirty portraits of missionaries and Nez Perce Indians of Idaho from 1891-1938. Illustrations from different published works such as Gospel hymns in the Nez Perce language (1897); The Sign language and the invention of Mr. Lewis F. Hadley (Chicago, 1891); and Sign language; talk by In-go-nom-pa-shi. Also, clippings from various Presbyterian publications. From materials in possession of Miss Jean Rumsey.
Collection:Nez Perce Sign Language materials, 1891-1938 (Mss.Film.1226)
Culture:
Nipmuc includes: Nipmuck
Language:English
Date:1926-1942
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography | New England--History | Massachusetts--History | Place names | Basketry | Social life and customs | Personal names
Type:Text
Genre:Notes | Correspondence | Newspaper clippings
Extent:1 folder
Description: Materials relating to Speck's study of Nipmuc language, history, and culture. Includes 3 pages concerning place and family names; a letter from Mrs. Ruth Allen, Medfield, Massachusetts, to Speck, concerning baskets owned by her family and transmitting 3 pages of extracts from printed works concerning Medfield and letters from Sarah M. Cisco Sullivan (Nipmuc) (Grafton, Massachusetts, Indian Reservation) concerning social activities, family news, place name data, historical data, etc. Images note: Newspaper clipping photographs of last survivor of the Nipmucs.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)
Culture:
Nuu-chah-nulth includes: Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Westcoast
Hupacasath includes: Hupač̓asatḥ, Opetchesaht
Language:English | Nuu-chah-nulth
Date:1960-1990
Contributor:Alberni Valley Museum | Dyler, Harry | Golla, Susan | Ha-Shilth-Sa | Hamilton, Ron | Martin, Doris | Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Sayachapis, Tom | Sheshaht Band Council | Shewish, Margaret | Taylor, Mabel | Watts, Hughie
Subject:British Columbia--History | Ethnography | Linguistics | Boarding schools
Type:Sound recording | Still Image | Text
Genre:Field notes | Newspapers | Notebooks | Photographs | Slides | Stories
Extent:10.5 linear feet; 34 hours
Description: The Susan Golla Papers include research notes, subject files, field notes, copies of archival documents (photocopies; microfilm), audio recordings, 35 mm slides, and printed materials. The entirety of the collection concerns the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Vancouver Island, primarily the Hupacasath and Tseshaht of the Port Alberni region where Golla conducted her fieldwork in the 1970s. Series 1 contains correspondence. Series 2 contains 28 field notebooks from 1967, 1976-1979, and 1990-1991. This series also contains notes relating to work with the Tseshaht elder Mabel Taylor on translation of "The Legendary of Tseshaht," an untranslated story from Edward Sapir's field notebooks, originally told by Tom Sayachapis and recorded by Edward Sapir in November 1910. Series 5 includes an incomplete set of Ha-Shilth-Sa, the newspaper of record for the Nuu-chah-nulth communities of Vancouver Island, from 1976-1989. Series 6 includes 334 color slides of Hupacasath and Tseshaht ceremonies, 1976-1979. Includes images of singing, dancing, and bartering of wealth with gifts of food and goods at weddings and other community events. Prints also display regalia, traditional musical instruments, and the carving and raising of a pole. Series 7 includes interviews with Tseshaht elders Mabel Taylor, Margaret Shewish, Hughie Watts, on Nuu-chah-nulth language, food prepration, and Sayachapis. Additional tapes are of sessions working with Mabel Taylor on the translation of "The Legendary History of the Tseshaht." NOTE: Some portions of the field notes may be restricted due to privacy concerns surrounding personal information.
Collection:Susan Golla papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.89)
Culture:
Ojibwe includes: Ojibwa, Chippewa, Ojibway
Language:Chippewa | English | Ojibwa, Northwestern
Date:1948, 1967-1968, 1985, 1993-1997, 2012-2015
Contributor:Beckett, Kristen M. | Ettawageshik, Jane, 1915-1996 | Gills, Bradley | Hele, Karl | Jackson, Deborah Davis | Kurath, Gertrude Prokosch | Morse, Stephanie Gamble | Pollak, Margaret | Powers, William K. | White, Bruce | Wishart, Robert
Subject:Dance | Economic conditions | Botany | Manitoba--History | Michigan--History | Military service | Powwows | Rites and ceremonies | Social life and customs | Trade
Type:Moving Image | Still Image | Text
Genre:Autobiographies | Dictionaries | Dissertations | Essays | Film | Interviews | Maps | Newspaper clippings | Photographs | Reports | Songs | Stories | Transcriptions | Vocabularies
Extent:1883 pages, 72 photographs, 1 film
Description: The Ojibwe materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of several items. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Beckett, Gills, Hele, Jackson, Kurath, Morse, Pollak, Powers, White, Willets, and Wishart.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)
Culture:
Onondaga includes: Onöñda'gega'
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Date:1928-1930
Contributor:Every, George V. | George, Lucenda | Olbrechts, Frans M., 1899-1958 | Williams, George | Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808
Subject:Linguistics | Medicine | New York (State)--History | Religion
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Correspondence | Grammars | Essays | Newspaper clippings | Photographs | Vocabularies
Extent:1.5 linear feet
Description: The Onondaga materials in the Frans Olbrechts Papers consist of numerous items, primarily concentrated in "Series II: Onondaga." Noteworthy materials in this section include several voluminous notebooks (listed as items 2-4 in the series) containing Onondaga word and phrases lists and stories. For the notebooks that make up item 3, "Langauge and Grammar," pages 694-798 contain traditional names, with translations, organized according to clan and gender. Other items in this series include notes on midwinter ceremonies, as well as 3 boxes containing a lexical file of several thousand vocabulary slips derived from the content of the notebooks. In Series I, see Item "4: Handsome Lake materials," which includes several photograpsh of Onondaga people. Item 5, "Schoon Meer," includes one newspaper clipping on Chief Albert Schanandoah of the Onondaga, dated December 8, 1929. Item"6: Comparative relative pronouns," includes Onondaga vocabulary, as does item "10: Iroquoian languages lexical files." Finally, in Series III, see items 11 and 13.
Collection:Frans M. Olbrechts papers (Mss.497.3.OL2)