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Language:English
Date:circa 1970-1979 and undated
Contributor:Crawford, James M. (James Mack), 1925-1989
Subject:Linguistics | Mississippi--History | Louisiana--History
Type:Text
Genre:Bibliographies | Drafts | Reviews | Essays
Extent:3 folders
Description: Materials relating to James Crawford's interest in the Biloxi and Ofo languages. Materials consist of three folders. There is an undated Biloxi-Ofo bibliography in Series IV-D. Research Notes & Notebooks--Other; "Biloxi, Ofo, and Yuchi" [1970], a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society in Series III-B. Works by Crawford--Yuchi; and a folder of drafts, page proofs, and a tear sheet of James M. Crawford's joint review in "American Anthropologist" of "The Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan Languages" by Wallace L. Chafe, "A Grammar of Biloxi" by Paula Ferris Einaudi, "A Grammar of Pawnee" by Douglas R. Parks, and "Wichita Grammar" by David S. Rood, located in Series III-D. Works by Crawford--Other.
Collection:James M. Crawford Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.66)
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Language:English
Date:circa 1979-1981
Contributor:Crawford, James M. (James Mack), 1925-1989
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Mississippi--History
Type:Text
Extent:2 folders
Description: These materials consist of two copies--one with pencilled edits and one clean--of James M. Crawford's article on the Natchez in the "Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas" [1979]; and 3 drafts (with pencilled or penned edits), some handwritten notes, 2 sets of page proofs, and 1 set of tear sheets of Crawford's review of Charles D. Van Tuyl's "The Natchez: Annotated Translations from Antoine Simon le Page du Pratz's Histoire de la Louisiane and a Short English-Natchez Dictionary," published in Plains Anthropologist, Journal of the Plains Conference [1981]. Both folders located in Series III-D. Works by Crawford--Other.
Collection:James M. Crawford Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.66)
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Language:English
Date:1840
Contributor:Unknown
Type:Text
Genre:Essays | Oral histories
Extent:136 pages
Description: This account of the Natchez was written at Natchez in November 1840 and appears to convey oral history of the time. The unidentified author begins by stating “it was with extreme difficulty we succeeded in procuring the information.” The document touches on Natchez history and “manners, customs, [and] traditions.” The focus of the document is on their history, however, and much of the content was relayed to the author orally by Natchez consultants. There is an extended discussion of Natchez beliefs and practices. The document contains biographical data on prominent members of the Natchez and other native peoples, such as Pushmataha.
Collection:The Natchez, 1840 (Mss.970.3.N19)