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Culture:
Oneida includes: Onyota'a:ka
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language:English
Date:1926
Subject:Folklore | Indian captivities | Missions | Religion
Type:Text
Genre:Essays | Lectures | Microfilms
Extent:1 reel
Description: Read before the Northampton Historical Society on January 28, 1926, this typescript essay presents the life of a man who was raised by Oneida Indians, missionary and interpreter James Dean (1748-1823) of Westmoreland, New York. It contains a version of the Oneida creation myth. Original in possession of Benjamin D. Meritt, Princeton, N.J.
Collection:A New England pioneer among the Oneida Indians, 1926 (Mss.Film.1101)
Culture:
Baganda includes: Ganda
Date:1927, 1929, undated
Contributor:Kagwa, Apolo | Kalibala, Ernest B. | Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964 | Nyabongo, Akiki K., 1907-1975 | Mukasa, Hamu
Subject:Linguistics | Ethnography | Religion | Uganda--History | Missions
Type:Text
Genre:Stories | Vocabularies | Translations
Extent:708 p. and ca. 1500 slips
Description: Several materials relating to Baganda culture and the Kiganda language are found in "Non-American and Non-Linguistic Material". The 1500-slip "Lexicon in Luganda (Kiganda)" (item Af.1) may be derived from Apolo Kagwa's "The Customs of the Baganda" or its original "Ekitabo kye mpisa za Baganda", but the author is not identified. Similarly, Apolo Kagwa's "Engero Za Baganda" is the likely source of "Uganda folklore stories" (item 47), a translation by Ernest B. Kalibaba. Kalibaba also either authored or is the source of "Luganda texts" (item AfBg.1). "The Weltanschauung of Uganda Primitive Philosophy" (item AfBg.2) is an ethnography of Uganda religion by Ugandan prince Akiki K. Nyabongo, and includes some Luganda linguistic description. Finally, Hamu Mukasa's "Do Not Retreat: King Muksa and His Time" (item 54) is a brief manuscript on Christianisation among the Baganda. Correspondence within the Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61) may provide more context for some of these materials.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
Language:English
Date:1791; 1819
Contributor:Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835
Subject:Warfare | Sign language | Missions
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 items
Description: Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, comments on "the ironic fate of American Indians, doomed to extinction." Mentions Indigenous warfare. Letter to John Vaughan, asks for books concerning Indians in the U.S. for William Vaughan. Refers to Benjamin Smith Barton as authority on the Indian. Mentions Indian policy of Jefferson and Madison. Expresses curiosity about sign language as discussed in Dunbar (1809). Includes quotation of William Vaughan to Benjamin Vaughan, November 17 (1815?), asking for information on the propagation of the Gospel among the Indians of Massachusetts and New England.
Collection:Benjamin Vaughan Papers (Mss.B.V46p)
Culture:
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Cayuga includes: Gayogohó:no
Language:English
Date:November 21, 1748
Contributor:Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760
Subject:Moravians | Missions | Pennsylvania--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 page
Description: Letter to Richard Peters stating that Shickellamy is going to Bethlehem, apparently as a convert. Weiser expects "nothing but mischief by these people" (meaning the Moravians).
Collection:Selections from the correspondence of the Honourable James Logan, 1699-1750 (Mss.B.L82)
Culture:
Date:1818-1899
Contributor:Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Meigs, Josiah, 1757-1822 | Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900 | Mooney, James, 1861-1921 | Butrick, D. S. (Daniel Sabin), 1789-1847
Subject:Education | Missions | Linguistics | Anthropology
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Memoranda
Extent:8 items
Description: Items relating to Cherokee materials at the American Philosophical Society. Topics include a memorandum and letters written by Peter Stephen du Ponceau regarding Native languages, especially Cherokee; Du Ponceau, Abbe Correia da Serra, and John Vaughan's visit with two Cherokee boys being sent to school in Connecticut. One (Leonard Hicks) referred du Ponceau to Butrick's Cherokee grammar; D. S. Butrick's plan to prepare a Cherokee grammar modeled on Zeisberger's Delaware grammar, and other information on Cherokee language that he sent to du Ponceau upon the latter's request; Butrick's hope that these studies will aid the Cherokees, and his plea for attention to Cherokees seeking Christ; Frank Cushing's inquiries about a William Bartram manuscript once in possession of Samuel G. Morton according to notes of Ephraim G. Squier, and about a John H. Payne manuscript on Cherokees; and James Mooney's request about the location of John Howard Payne's manuscript on the Cherokee which was cited in Ephraim G. Squier's Serpent Symbol (1851). Other individuals mentioned include Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs, John Gambold, Isaac Minis Hays, and Rev. Samuel Worcester.
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)
Culture:
Date:1953, 1960-1961, 1972, 1976-1977, 1980-1981, 1984-1988, 1992-1999, 2012
Contributor:Bender, Margaret Clelland | Druke, Mary A. | Fogelson, Raymond D. | Huff, Charles T. | Ishii, Izumi | Jordan, Linda | Kilroe, Patricia | Kosmider, Alexia | Nichols, David A. | Phillips, Joyce B. | Phillips, P. Gary | Pulte, William John, 1941- | Rachlin, Carol K. | Ruff, Rowena McClinton | Scancarelli, Janine | Sheidley, Nathaniel J. | Uchihara, Hiroto | Witthoft, John
Subject:Education | Botany | Georgia--History | Land tenure | Linguistics | Medicine | Missions | Music | North Carolina--History | Orthography and spelling | Religion | Rites and ceremonies | Social life and customs
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Dissertations | Essays | Reports | Vocabularies
Extent:1123 pages
Description: The Cherokee materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 19 items. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Bender, Druke, Fogelson, Huff, Ishii, Jordan, Kilroe, Kosmider, Nichols, Phillips, Phillips, Pulte, Rachlin, Ruff, Scancarelli, Sheidley, Uchihara, and Witthoft. Some of these materials may be restricted due to cultural sensitvity or privacy considerations.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)
Culture:
Choctaw includes: Chahta
Date:1971-1973, 1980-1984, 1995-1997
Contributor:Carson, James Taylor | Davies, William D., 1954- | Marriott, Alice, 1910-1992 | Mould, Thomas | O'Brien, Greg | Rachlin, Carol K.
Subject:Folklore | Linguistics | Missions | Oklahoma--History | Politics and government | Social life and customs | African Americans
Type:Text
Genre:Dissertations | Elicitation sessions | Reports | Stories | Vocabularies | Essays
Extent:890 pages
Description: The Choctaw materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 7 items. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Carson, Davies, Marriott, Mould, O'Brien, Rachlin.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)
Culture:
Cree includes: Nēhiyaw, Cri
Language:English | Cree, Swampy
Date:April 15, 1872; April 30, 1945; October 1, 1948
Contributor:Young, Egerton Ryerson, 1840-1909 | Ahenakew, Edward
Subject:Linguistics | Missions | Religion | Manitoba--History | Ethnography | Genealogy
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Correspondence | Essays
Extent:3 items
Description: Young's "Rossville Mission Indian vocabularies," Cree vocabulary collected at the Rossville Mission near Norway House, Manitoba. Ahenakew's "The Cree Indians' theology," discusses various Cree conceptions of Muneto; describes attempt to acquire personal Muneto; mentions sun dance for Thunderbird. Letter from Ahenakew to Paul A. W. Wallace, transmits genealogy of his family and information on Skunkskin. Hopes to write on Metawiwin societies, mentions Tar Blanket and Susukwamoos as high in Metawiwin. People at Ahenakew's reserve have been Christian for four generations; has to travel to get ethnographic information.
Collection:Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200)
Culture:
Date:1838-1938 (bulk 1930s)
Contributor:Deloria, Ella Cara | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | Burlin, Natalie Curtis, 1875-1921 | Bushotter, George, 1860-1892 | Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957 | Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895 | Herzog, George, 1901-1983 | Pond, Gideon H. (Gideon Hollister), 1810-1878 | Pond, Samuel W. (Samuel William), 1808-1891 | Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883 | Walker, Luke C. | Tiger, Annie | Deloria, Vine, Sr., 1901-1990 | Schmidt, George | Standing Bull | Heḣákawį (Mrs. Andrew Knife) | Rabbit, White, Mrs. | Vlandry, Emma | White Face, Mrs. | Long Wolf | Fire Thunder, Angelique | Fire Thunder, Edgar | Ten Fingers, Asa | Eagle, Johnson | Robertson, W. M. | Bad Wound, Robert | Bissonette, Fred | Station, Philip | Day, David | LastHorse, Joe | Sword, George | Amos | Frazier, Joseph | Paints-Yellow, Joseph | Standing Holy | Old Bull | Ghost Bear | Robinson, Philip | Matthews, G. Hubert | Seytter, Emil
Subject:Education | Ethnography | Games | Hunting | Humor | Linguistics | Minnesota--History | Missions | Music | North Dakota--History | Personal names | Politics and government | Religion | Social life and customs | South Dakota--History | Warfare
Type:Text
Genre:Autobiographies | Calendars | Censuses | Correspondence | Dictionaries | Drawings | Speeches | Stories | Vocabularies
Extent:7500+ pages, 3300+ slips; 2 notebooks
Description: The Dakota and Lakota materials in the ACLS collection consist of a very large and diverse set of materials, and are located in the "Dakota" section of the finding aid, which provides a detailed listing of all contents. The vast majority of these materials were composed and assembled by Ella Deloria during the 1930s, both recorded from contemporary speakers and from various historical manuscript sources, which were sent to Franz Boas. The bulk of Deloria's materials are stories and speeches in typewritten manuscript form, with a transcription in the original language, followed by a literal word-for-word translation, then a free translation in English, and a section of footnotes commenting upon the original text and translation decisions. Some of her manuscripts occasionally lack one or more of these sections. These texts cover a wide range of topics, from traditional narratives, historical accounts, autobiographical stories, descriptions of games, customs, ceremonies, etc., and speeches, often concerning political affairs and economic conditions from the late-19th century to the 1930s. Names of numerous speakers are also given in the manuscripts themselves. Some of these materials were published, but most were not. Note that Deloria identifies the language recorded by using the terms "Teton" for Lakota language, and "Santee" and "Yankton" to indicate Eastern and Western dialects of Dakota language. The collection also includes a much smaller amount of material by Boas and others, primarily consisting of linguistics notes and musical analysis. A full list of places where the material was recorded has not yet been assembled.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
Culture:
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Language:English
Date:1745
Contributor:Brainerd, David, 1718-1747
Subject:Pennsylvania--History | New Jersey--History | Missions | Religion
Type:Text
Genre:Diaries | Journals | Sermons | Travel narratives
Extent:46 pages
Description: Missionary David Brainerd spent much of his life working to convert Native peoples, particularly Stockbridge and Delaware (and Susquehanna-area) Indians, to Protestant Christianity until his death of tuberculosis in 1747. This journal from 1745 recounts Brainerd's time in western Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and his encounters with both Native Americans and settlers. The vast majority of the journal depicts Brainerd's time in the Upper Susquehanna River Valley. Brainerd's journals and autobiography were published after his death to promote missionary efforts to Native Americans. However, scholars have determined that these published accounts were largely written by Brainerd and Jonathan Edwards in 1747, when the dying Brainerd returned to New England and resided with Edwards during his final illness. They edited Brainerd's journals to make his efforts appear more successful, hoping to spur others to follow in his footsteps. The journal held at the American Philosophical Society is an original journal that was written by Brainerd during his missionary years and differs from the one published after his death by Jonathan Edwards. See the finding aid for more information about these discrepencies.
Collection:David Brainerd diary, July 14, 1745 - November 20, 1745 (Mss.B.B74j)