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Date:1950s-1990s
Contributor:Bright, William, 1928-2006 | Sedat, Guillermo | Yool G., Juan
Subject:Linguistics | Folklore | Ethnopoetics | Poetry | Guatemala--History
Type:Text | Cartographic
Extent:0.25 linear feet
Description: William Bright's Maya file consists mostly of copies of others' publications, in particular texts produced by the SIL and other publishers in Guatemala (Series 2). He also performed ethnopoetics analysis on Mayan texts in preparation for a taught course in 1985, and drew a map of the languages of Central America.
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
Mayo includes: Yoreme
Date:1984
Contributor:Burnham, Jeff | Rosenthal, Jane M.
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Grammars
Extent:1 folder
Description: Jane Rosenthal's Mayo materials consist of correspondence with Jeff Burnham (Series 1) including a page of examples of accusative marking.
Collection:Jane M. Rosenthal Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.129)
Culture:
Mazahua includes: Hñatho
Language:Spanish | Mazahua, Central
Date:1939
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies
Extent:15 pages
Description: The Mazahua materials in the ACLS collection consists of one item in the “Mexico” section of the finding aid: “Comparative vocabularies of various Indian languages of Mexico” (item AM5), which includes Mazahua vocabulary.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
Culture:
Mazahua includes: Hñatho
Language:Spanish
Date:1929
Contributor:Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | González Casanova, Pablo, 1889-1936
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 letter
Description: Currently, the only Mazahua-related letter identified in this collection is one letter from Pablo González Casanova from January 17, 1929. 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. 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:
Mazatec includes: Ha Shuta Enima, Mazateco
Language:English | Spanish | Mazatec (macrolanguage)
Date:1922-1930, 1939-1940, 1942
Contributor:Angulo, Jaime de | Johnson, Jean B. (Jean Bassett) | Rosas, José
Subject:Ethnography | Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Grammars | Field notes | Maps | Vocabularies
Extent:663 pages
Description: The Maztec materials in the ACLS collection consist of items found in multiple sections of the finding aid. In the "Mazatec" section, "Cuento mazateco, contado por José Rosas" (OtM.1) includes a grammatical sketch and text, "Cuento de venado y de sapos," with free translations and grammatical notes. "Informe de la investigacion Mazateca" (item OtM.2) gives a summary of phonetics; report of field-work plans; outline of ethnographic problems. In the "Mexico" section of the finding aid, McQuown's "Phonemic systems of various Indian languages of Mexico" (item AM3) includes some Mazatec vocabulary, as does "Comparative vocabularies of various Indian languages of Mexico" (item AM5). In the "Zapotec" section, "Estudio gramatical de las lenguas de la familia zapoteca" (item Z.1) includes analysis of Mazatec, proposing its inclusion in the Zapotecan language family. The exact varieties of Mazatec are not identified.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
Culture:
Mazatec includes: Ha Shuta Enima, Mazateco
Language:English | Mazatec, Jalapa de Diaz
Date:1969, 1971
Contributor:Kirk, Paul L.
Subject:Linguistics | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type:Text
Genre:Essays
Extent:9 pages
Description: The Mazatec materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 1 item. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Kirk.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)
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Language:Spanish
Date:1785
Contributor:Doblas, Gonzalo de, 1744-1809
Subject:Economic conditions | Missions | Paraguay--History
Type:Text
Genre:Reports
Extent:1 volume, 268 p.
Description: A report for Felix de Azara, commandant of Paraguay, giving an account of Spanish policy toward the Guarani Indians living in missions, particularly after the supression of the Jesuits. Printed (with some changes in wording): Pedro de Angelis. Coleccion...; no. VI.
Collection:Memoria histórica, política y económica de esta provincia de misiones de Indios Guaranis (Mss.970.1.D65)
Culture:
Menominee includes: Menomini, Mamaceqtaw
Date:1937-1938
Contributor:Bloomfield, Leonard, 1887-1949 | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 | Lawe, Jerome
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Field notes | Notebooks | Vocabularies
Extent:2 notebooks; 20 pages
Description: The Menominee materials in the ACLS collection consist of 3 items in the "Menonminee" section of the finding aid. One notebook (itemA1b.1) recorded by Leonard Bloomfield includes a summary of Menomini inflections prepared by Bloomfield for Morris Swadesh. A separate notebook recorded by Morris Swadesh (item A1b.2) includes field notes, vocabulary, and notes copied from notes of Leonard Bloomfield. There is also an additional set of grammatical notes by Swadesh (item A1b.3), including text "Making Hull Corn" by Jerome Lawe.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
Culture:
Menominee includes: Menomini, Mamaceqtaw
Language:English
Date:1827; 1893-1894
Contributor:Hoffman, Walter James, 1846-1899 | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Mease, James, 1771-1846 | Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena), 1792-1869
Subject:Linguistics | Algonquian languages
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Reports
Extent:2 items
Description: Materials relating to Menominee culture and language materials at the American Philosophical Society. Includes Walter James Hoffman's correspondence with Henry Phillips concerning Hoffman's Menominee grammar and vocabulary submitted for publication to the APS and the "Report of American Philosophical Society committee on Dr. Edwin James' communication on the Menomonie Indians," in which the author suggests that the Menominee do not speak Algonquin, although they use much Algonquin in their vocabulary (the committee recommends publication, preferably in Historical and Literary Committee Transactions).
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)
Culture:
Menominee includes: Menomini, Mamaceqtaw
Date:circa 1930s-1960s
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Ethnography | Folklore | Algonquian languages | Orthography and spelling | Wisconsin--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Notes | Notebooks | Stories | Vocabularies | Grammars
Extent:10 folders, 3 boxes
Description: The C. F. Voegelin Papers contain vocabulary, grammatical notes, short texts, and other linguistic and ethnographic materials relating to Menominee language and culture. These are located in both Subcollection I and Subcollection II of the Voegelin Papers. Materials in Subcollection I include corespondence with Leonard Bloomfield (regarding inscription on a silver bracelet obtained from Menominees and Bloomfield's "Menomini Grammar") in Series I. Correspondence; and 3 boxes of Menominee vocabulary and 2 folders of document files (mostly regarding kinship terminology) in Series II. Card Files. Materials in Subcollection II include a folder of Menominee notes (possibly given to Voegelin by Leonard Bloomfield) in Series II. Research Notes, Subseries III. Macro-Algonquian. There are also Menominee examples in at least 6 folders ("Č and K," "L and M," "N and P," " Š and T," "Θ and ?" and "Specimens of Central Algonquian") of the many Comparative Algonquian notebooks in the same subseries (i.e., Macro-Algonquian).
Collection:C. F. Voegelin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.68)