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Yurok includes: Pueleekla’, Puliklah
Zuni includes: A:shiwi
Yucatec includes: Yucateco
Ojibwe includes: Ojibwa, Chippewa, Ojibway
Onondaga includes: Onöñda'gega'
Omaha includes: Umoⁿhoⁿ
Pawnee includes: Chaticks si Chaticks, Chatiks si Chatiks
Mohawk includes: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Cree includes: Nēhiyaw, Cri
Crow includes: Apsáalooke, Absaroka
Language:English | French | Algonquian
Date:1948-1977
Contributor:DeBlois, Albert D.. | Hockett, Charles Francis | Goddard, Ives, 1941- | Wolfart, H. Christoph | Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | Schilling, Carol S. | Schneider, David Murray, 1918-
Subject:Linguistics | Place names | Ethnography
Type:Text
Genre:Essays | Bibliographies | Grammars | Wampum
Description: The Algonquian materials in the Lounsbury Papers include information about Indigenous place names, Delaware kinship terminology in Series II. Series III includes work on comparative linguistics, phonology, dialects. The correspondence in Series I contains letters on kinship systems from a diverse array of tribes.
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
Date:1950-1972
Contributor:Albó, Xavier, 1934- | Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | Zuidema, R. Tom, (Reiner Tom), 1927-2016 | Farfán, José M. B. | Tschopik, Harry, 1915-1956 | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 | American Bible Society | Sebeok, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1920-2001 | Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939-
Subject:Linguistics | Kinship | Ethnography | Archaeology | Folklore | South America--History | Religion
Type:Text | Sound recording
Genre:Drafts | Vocabularies | Stories | Grammars | Vocabularies | Notes | Sketches
Description: The Aymara materials in the Lounsbury Papers consist of comparative linguistics and studies of kinship in Series II. Of particular interest are the audio recordings in Series VII on the folklore of the Ayar Incas. The correspondence, in Series I, contains information of the geographic distribution of the language, Lounsbury's analysis of the language and its relationship to Quechua, Christian scriptures in Aymara, Morris Swadesh's work on genetic classification of Native American languages, and geographic distribution of Aymara population.
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
Culture:
Language:English | Guarani | Kogi | Spanish | Murui Huitoto | Bora | Cocama-Cocamilla | Subtiaba
Date:1937-1960 and undated
Contributor:Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | Rowe, John Howland, 1918-2004 | Green, Otis H. (Otis Howard), 1898-1978 | Harrington, J. P. (John P.), 1865-1939 | Park, Willard Z. (Willard Zerbe), 1906-1965 | Rankin, Louis | Stout, David B. (David Bond), 1913- | Garro, Eugenio, 1898-1990 | Lévi-Strauss, Claude
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Archaeology | Ethnography | Archaeology | Colombia--History | Brazil--History | Peru--History | Antiquities | Bolivia--History | Ecuador--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Bibliographies | Essays | Drafts | Notes | Notebooks | Memoranda
Extent:23 items
Description: Materials relating to John Alden Mason's interest in and research on Indigenous Central and South American languages and cultures. Materials attributed to Mason include a bibliography composed of about 300 cards primarily on South American languages, including many entries not in the Handbook of South American Indians; a notebook of observations on the distribution, relationships, etc., of South American languages; a file with correspondence, bibliography, draft of introduction, etc., relating to his contribution to the Handbook of South American Indians; a 166-page essay on the preconquest history and culture of the Andean region (mostly Peru) through the medium of artifacts preserved in the University Museum (University of Pennsylvania); two copies of Mason's "Andean Civilization," including bibliography, for the Encyclopedia Britannica (1960); two copies of the preface to the Spanish edition of "Ancient Civilizations of Peru," with a memorandum from Alfred Kidder II to Mason regarding recent developments in Central Andean archaeology; an incomplete essay titled "Status and problems of research in the Native Languages of South America," primarily concerned with historical linguistics and genetic relationship; and a file of notes on genetic relationships, subgrouping, etc., from published sources or giving his own impressions: Kamakan, Choroti, Ashluslay Kaduveo, Mataco; Malali, Mashakal, Ge, Vejoz, Coropo, Motilon, Towothl, Kaingang, Subtiaba, Hokan, Coroado, etc.. Unattributed materials (most likely Mason's) include circa 2,000 cards of notes on South American linguistic and ethnology focused on genetic classification of South American languages; circa 4,000 cards of notes regarding South American languages and dialects and their geographical distribution, etc.; and 17 pages of notes concerning a letter (included) from Harry B. Wright to Captain Colon Eloy Alfaro proposing that expeditions be sent to Ecuadorean Oriente for study in linguistics, ethnology, etc. Materials attributed to others than Mason include two essays or drafts by John Peabody Harrington on the affiliation of Witoto [Huitoto, probably Murui Huitoto but possibly Nüpode Huitoto], Miranya [aka Miraña or Miranha, now known as Bora] and Guaranian/Tupi-Guarani [Guarani, represented by Cocama], one with Mason's comments; 27 pages of Kagaba [Kogi] texts with interlinear Spanish translation and lists of animals, plants, body parts, natural phenomena, kinship terms, etc., with Spanish and English glosses; and Eugenio Garro's "Geographical distribution of the Native languages and dialects of Peru," an article submitted for the Handbook of South American Indians (marked "not printed in Handbook"). Correspondence includes Mason's Handbook of South American Indians correspondence, with Zellig S. Harris, Harry Hoijer, Eugene A. Nida, et al., soliciting contributions to the handbook, etc.; letters from Claude Levi-Strauss regarding locations, languages, and dialects of indigenous peoples of Brazil (mentions Parintintin [Kagwahiva], Rama-Rama [Rama], Tupi, Nambikuara [Southern Nambikuára], Tupi-Kawahib [Kawahiva?], Kabixiana [Kabixí], Kep-kiri-uat [?]); correspondence with John Peabody Harrington concerning Harrington's work for Mason on the Handbook of South American Indians; correspondence with Willard Z. Park regarding Park's ethnological work among the Kagaba [Kogi] in Colombia; correspondence with Louis Rankin regarding the Cocama, Cocamilla [the dialects of what is now called Cocama-Cocamilla], Chama [Ese Ejja], Campa [Ajyíninka Apurucayali?], and Amuesha [Yanesha'] languages of Peru; correspondence with David B. Stout regarding Stout's genetic classification of Chibchan, Kuna, and Choco, with one page of Mason's opinions on Stout's classification; correspondence with John Howland Rowe regarding South American languages and cultures, including the Quechua, Aymara, and Millcayac languages, early work of Max Uhle in Peru, Bolivia, etc.. and mentioning Alfred V. Kidder, Alfred L. Kroeber, and others; and a letter from Otis H. Green regarding the origin of the word "jivaro."
Collection:John Alden Mason Papers (Mss.B.M384)
Date:1936-1950
Contributor:Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | Rahder, Johannes | Rubin, Joan, 1932- | Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939- | Pérez Cardozo, Félix, 1908-1952 | de Souza, Pedro Coelho
Subject:Linguistics | Brazil--History | Folklore | Music | Ethnography | Paraguay--History
Type:Text | Sound recording
Genre:Bibliographies | Notebooks | Vocabularies | Songs | Stories
Description: The Guarani materials in the Lounsbury Papers can be found in multiple sections of the collection. In Series I, there is correspondence from Rahder, Rubin, and Tulchin. In Series II, in the "Other Languages and Cultures of the Americas" section, there are Lounsbury's notes, "Têtagüá Sapucài (Grito del Pueblo)," which accompany sound recordings. In the "South America" section of Series II, see Fieldnotes #5, under "Brazil," and "Terena and Guarani Wire Recordings Tables of Contents." In Series VII, there are two sets of digitized recordings, "Paraguayan Popular Music" and "Terena-Guarani." Of special interest among the audio is the "Story of the Guarani creator, Tupi, and the creation of the Guarani people" told by Pedro Coelho de Suza.
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
Culture:
Date:1936-1937
Contributor:Farfán, José M. B. | Ritchie, John, 1874-1957 | Shedd, Leslie M. | Ward, I. C. | Wintersteen, Carl H.
Subject:Linguistics | Orthography and spelling
Type:Text
Genre:Notes
Extent:37 pages
Description: The Quechua materials in the ACLS collection consist of 4 items in the "Quechua" section of the finding, all of which include discussions (in Spanish and English) about Quechua orthography. Specific Quechua language information is not clearly identified.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:1819-1859
Contributor:Browne, Peter A. (Peter Arrell), 1782-1860 | Curson, S. (?) | Bloomfield, Joseph E. | Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Subject:Antiquities | Linguistics | Pottery | Material culture | Peru--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Reports | Essays
Extent:5 items
Description: Items relating to Quechua materials. Items include Peter A. Browne's letter regarding microscopic examination of hair of ancient Peruvians and modern Indians; S. Curson's report concerning Arequipa, Peru, including a climb of Mount Yachi, Quechua concepts of oxygen deficiency, and local Indians' attitude toward revelation of mine locations; Joseph E. Bloomfield's letter to John Vaughan concerning Peruvian vases taken from Temple of the Sun by Pizarro's men, received in Spain and now deposited with the American Philosophical Society for inspection; Samuel G. Morton's letter to Vaughan regarding a collection of antique Peruvian vessels "from ruins near Truxillo" deposited in his care for the APS by Marmaduke Burrough (a memoir by Dr. Burrough to follow); and Peter S. du Ponceau's letter to Johann S. Vater concerning Indian languages, especially those of Peru, requesting Vater's addenda so Du Ponceau can publish a translation of Vater's book, and information received from Don Pedro Perez, half-breed Quechua, regarding the "I am that I am" problem in linguistics, and regarding Basque and South American-Malay comparisons.
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)
Culture:
Date:1967 and undated
Contributor:Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | Orr D., Carolina | Rowe, John Howland, 1918-2004 | Wölck, Wolfgang
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Ecuador--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Notes | Essays
Extent:3 folders
Description: Three items relating to Quechua languages have been identified in the C. F. Voegelin Papers. They are all in Subcollection I. They consist of correspondence with John H. Rowe in Series I. Correspondence; Carolyn Orr's (Carolina D. Orr) "Ecuador Quichua Phonology" in Series IV. Works by Others; and a Quechua file containing two pages of handwritten notes and a six-page typed Quechua bibliography compiled by Wolfgang Wölck in Series V. Research Notes, Subseries V-A: Language Notes.
Collection:C. F. Voegelin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.68)
Culture:
Contributor:Kendall, Daythal | Tarpent, Marie-Lucie | Andrews, E. Wyllys (Edward Wyllys), 1916-1971 | Harrington, J. P. (John P.), 1865-1939 | Hornberger, Nancy | King, Kendall
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Drafts | Vocabularies
Extent:0.1 linear feet
Description: Daythal Kendall collected and added marginalia to several publications and sets of archival materials on Quechua, particularly identifying correspondences between Quechua and Takelma. These are to be found in Series 2 and 5.
Collection:Daythal L. Kendall Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.148)
Culture:
Contributor:Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | Altamirano, Oscar | American Bible Society | Beukema, Ron | Hammel, Eugene A. | Mangin, William | Schaedel, Richard P. | Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939- | Weiss, Andrew | Zuidema, R. Tom, (Reiner Tom), 1927-2016
Subject:Linguistics | South America--History
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Grammars
Description: The Quechua materials in the Lounsbury Papers consist of Vocabularies in Series II and 13 boxes of word slips in Series VI. The correspondence in Series I includes Oscar Altamirano's work on Quechua, Christian scriptures in Quechua, Ron Beukema's work on phonology and morphology, Eugene Hammel's notes on Quechua kinship and marriage, William Mangin's work on Quechua in Peru, Richar Schaedel's Quechua work on Mochik or Yunga (Chipaya), Joseph Tulchin in Quechua language geographic distribution, and Andrew Weiss's study of Quechua in Bolivia.
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
Culture:
Language:English | Spanish | Quechua | Cocama-Cocamilla
Date:1941-1948
Subject:Linguistics | Hokan languages | Uto-Aztecan languages | Arizona--History | Peru--History | Colombia--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Drafts | Essays | Grammars
Extent:4 items
Description: Materials relating to Quechua language and culture. Includes John Peabody Harrington's correspondence with John Alden Mason regarding Harrington's work on the Hokan nature of Quechua and on Pima-Papago [Tohono O'odham, and possibly Akimel O'odham]; Harrington's "The nominal derivational suffixes of Quechua" with a list of the suffixes with examples, a brief discussion by Harrington, and Mason's comments; Harrington's "Adjective derivational suffixes of Quechua," a listing of suffixes with brief comments and one slip of Mason's comments; and Harrington and Luis Valcárcel's "Grammarlets of the Quechua and Cocama languages," with grammatical sketch of Quechua and a very brief sketch of Cocama [Cocama-Cocamilla].
Collection:John Alden Mason Papers (Mss.B.M384)