National Anthropological Archives

MS 1533 Vocabulary of the Pit River or Achomawi language of Northeastern California

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1533
Creators:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Lovwer, Ben
Dates:
December, 1892
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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