National Anthropological Archives

MS 1550 Notes mainly concerning the Zuni language, including brief texts received or annotated by F. H. Cushing

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1550
Creators:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
Dates:
ca. 1882-1886
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
78 Items
pages and cards
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Unbound parts: Folder Number 1 "A Zuni Prayer from F.H. Cushing." Text with interlinear translation, 4 pages. English "Paraphrastic Version," 1 page (Another draft of this is pasted to back cover of the notebook.) Notes on words in the text, 9 cards. Folder Number 2 Transcript by F.H. Cushing of a letter dictated to him by the Zuni governor, with interlinear translation and other comments by Cushing. No date. 3 pages. Working copy of same by Gatschet, with additional notes in handwriting of Gatschet and Cushing. No date. 4 pages. Folder Number 3 Zuni text of the Lord's Prayer in hand of F.H. Cushing. No date. 2 pages. Working copy, transcription and interlinear translation of same in hand of A.S. Gatschet. No date. 2 pages. Folder Number 4 Dance song. Text and interlinear translation in Gatschet's hand, 1 page. Folder Number 5 Miscellaneous notes, possibly relating to one of the above items. 3 pages. Folder Number 6 Newsclipping, "Zuni Superstition Regarding Portraits," reprinted from article by "Sylvester Baxter, in Harper's Magazine for June," 1 column.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1550, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1550

Other Title

Other Title
Zuni Superstition Regarding Portraits


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Music -- Zuni Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Religion -- prayer -- Zuni Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Newsclippings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
A:shiwi (Zuni) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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