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Date:1821-1822
Contributor:Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Memoranda
Extent:3 items
Description: Notes concerning Indian nations given to Peter S. Du Ponceau by Mr. Darby, giving locations of Caddo, Inies [?], Natchitoches, Apalachicolas, and Biloxi; a letter from Du Ponceau to John Sibley seeking Caddo and Natchez vocabularies of 150 words each and giving classes (from Jefferson word list?); and a letter from Du Ponceau to Friedrich von Adelung transmitting two of Sibley's manuscript vocabularies, Caddo and Adayes [Adai], and noting that his brother, Le Chevalier Du Ponceau, has prepared a translation of Heckewelder (1819).
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)
Culture:
Date:1994
Contributor:Melnar, Lynette | Swan, Daniel C.
Subject:Linguistics | Oklahoma--History | Religion
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Essays | Reports
Extent:78 pages
Description: The Caddo materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 2 items. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Melnar and Swan.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)
Culture:
Date:1980-1997
Contributor:Anderton, Alice J.
Subject:Language study and teaching | Linguistics | Folklore
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Transcriptions
Extent:0.1 linear feet
Description: William Bright's Caddo language materials consist of lessons by Alice J. Anderton (Series 1), with accompanying floppy discs, in addition to issues 3-5 of the newsletter "Siouan and Caddoan Linguistics", published by the University of Colorado.
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
Date:1933-1989
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Crawford, James M. (James Mack), 1925-1989 | Drechsel, Emanuel J. | Herzog, George, 1901-1983 | Orr, Carol | Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986
Subject:Linguistics | Music
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Vocabularies | Bibliographies
Extent:0.1 linear feet
Description: Mary Haas' Mobilian file is mostly comprised of correspondence with various researchers on the language (Series 1). Conversation with George Herzog includes mentions of Mobilian songs.
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)
Language:English
Date:1940
Contributor:Neitzel, Robert S. | Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950 | Siebert, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), 1912-1998
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography | Archaeology | Hunting | Social life and customs | Dance | Linguistics | Specimens | Tanning | Rites and ceremonies | Material culture | Louisiana--History
Type:Text | Still Image
Genre:Correspondence | Notes | Reports | Field notes | Sketches
Extent:4 folders, 50 photos
Description: Materials relating to Speck's interest in Tunica language, history, and culture. Letters and notes from Robert Stuart Neitzel comprise the bulk of this assemblage, and include a two-page report about Tunica tanning of deer hides, together with a one-page letter of transmission and a two-page drawing; 28 pages on Tunica dances, including the green corn ceremony, along with letters about concerning field work among the Tunica and Caddo archaeology with a sketch of the digging; and 16 pages of miscellaneous notes, sketches, and correspondence on topics such as archaeology at Marksville, Louisiana (with sketches), Tunica museum specimens, phonetic transcriptions of dance names, a sketch of a Tunica scraper and hide drying frame, traps (with a sketch), Tunica tools, etc. There is also a letter to Speck from Frank Siebert concerning the linguistic field work of Mary Haas and publication of Speck's Penobscot texts. Lastly, there are about 50 photos sent to Speck by Robert Stuart Neitzel.
Collection:Frank G. Speck Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.126)