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National Anthropological Archives
MS 100 Navajo Vocabulary by General William D. Whipple, stationed at Fort Defiance, New Mexico
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS100
- Creators:
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Whipple, William D. (William Denison), 1826-1902
- Dates:
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ca. 1850's
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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3 Pages
- Repository:
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Letter of transmittal to George Gibbs from General George H. Thomas, Louisville, Kentucky, March 5, 1868 (filled with Manuscript Number 1107) gives the date of recording as "several years before our late war."
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file. 3/1971.
Custodial History
Vocabulary received from General George H. Thomas, Louisville, Kentucky, with a letter of transmittal to George Gibbs, dated March 5, 1868, and Yuma-Cuchan vocabulary (Manuscript Number 1107). (Letter of transmittal filed with the Manuscript Number 1107.)
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 100, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 100
Local Note
Local Note
Title page is in handwriting of A.S. Gatschet. VOcabulary is on letterhead of Office of Assistant Adjutant General, Louisville, Kentucky.
Local Note
Listed in Pilling, Bureau of American Ethnology-B 14, page 108.
Local Note
manuscript document
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Navaho | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Diné (Navajo) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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