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Culture:
Schitsu'umsh includes: Coeur d'Alene, Skitswish
Language:English | Coeur d'Alene
Date:1910s-1940s
Contributor:Bloomfield, Leonard, 1887-1949 | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Cooper, John M. (John Montgomery), 1881-1949 | Reichard, Gladys Amanda, 1893-1955 | Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922
Subject:Folklore | Linguistics | Idaho--History | Social life and customs
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Stories
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 correspondences with Gladys Reichard and James Teit are the most extensive. 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:
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:
Shoshone includes: Shoshoni, Newe
Date:1976, 1981, 1987-1990, 1994
Contributor:Clemmer, Richard O. | Knack, Martha C. | Kreitzer, Matthew E., 1957- | Merrill, William Lewis | Mixco, Mauricio J. | Pubigee, Leland | Timimboo, Helen
Subject:Botany | Idaho--History | Linguistics | Nevada--History | Religion
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Essays | Interviews | Notebooks | Reports | Stories | Vocabularies
Extent:1192 pages
Description: The Shoshone materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 5 items. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Clemmer, Knack, Kreitzer, Merrill, and Mixco.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)