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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1533 Vocabulary of the Pit River or Achomawi language of Northeastern California
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1533
- Creators:
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Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907Lovwer, Ben
- Dates:
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December, 1892
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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18 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Three versions of the vocabulary are as follows: a. Original handwritten letter of transmittal and vocabulary. b. Typescript of letter of transmittal and vocabulary, with diacritical markings added in ink. Title in Gatschet's hand. c. Additional copy of vocabulary, without diacritical markings.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Informant: Ben Lovwer, a Modoc settled on the Quapaw Reservation, [Oklahoma] and conversant in Achomawi.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
1533a filmed for University of California Berkeley, 1955.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 1533a-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1533-a-c
Local Note
Local Note
autograph manuscript
Local Note
autograph typed document
Local Note
typescript document
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Achumawi | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Achomawi (Pit River) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- California | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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