National Anthropological Archives

MS 154 Linguistic material

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS154
Creators:
Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Dates:
1857
Languages:
Materials in
Takelma
,
Shasta
,
Applegate Creek
, and
English
.
Physical Description:
34 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letter to George Gibbs, transmitting three "upper Rogue River" vocabularies. Fort Yamhill, Oregon Territory. January 10, 1857. Autograph letter signed 4 pages.
Comparative vocabulary of Applegate, Ta-kil-ma, and Uppa (Shasta). [Fort Yamhill, Oregon Territory] [Before January 10, 1857] Manuscript document 8 pages.
Individual Applegate Creek and Ta-kil-ma vocabularies. [Fort Yamhill, Oregon Territory] Before January 10, 1857] Manuscript document 12 pages.
Gibbs, George. Drafts of two letters to W. B. Hazen, concerning the collection of vocabularies and creation myths. Port Townsend, Washington Territory. February 26, 1856 [1857], and March 16 [1857]. Autograph document signed 11 pages.
Scope and Contents
Both the comparative and the individual vocabularies are copies by George Gibbs. The individual vocabularies are recorded in Comparative Vocabulary. The draft of the February 26 letter from Gibbs to Hazen contains a Nisqually creation myth. The comparative vocabulary is annotated by A. C. Anderson (compare Athapascan Manuscript number 123), with a few later Manuscript notes by A. S. Gatschet and J. C. Pilling. Although the individual Applegate Creek vocabulary is also labeled "Nabiltse," it is not the same language as Nabiltse (compare Nabiltse Manuscript number 131).

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm of the comparative vocabulary and correspondence is on Reel 33.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 154, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 154


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Mythology -- Nisqually Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Creation myth -- Nisqually Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shasta language Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Takelma language Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Applegate Creek Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Takelma (Rogue River Indians) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shasta Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- California Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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