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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1759 Choctaw vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1759
- Creators:
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Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956Dempsey, P.J.
- Dates:
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pre-1915
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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3 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes: Smithsonian Institution Ethnologist-in-Charge, F.W. Hodge's letter of appreciation to P.J. Dempsey, Chief-Clerk, War Department for the above vocabulary. March 3, 1915. Carbon typescript letter. 1 page. Recorded in printed form, "Words And Forms Of Speech Prepared With A View To Obtain Their Equivalents In Various Indian Dialects," with approximately 170 entries. The form is printed in England.
Administration
Custodial History
Originally "From R.H. Sterling to Colonel Abert, USA." Dempsey transmitted the Choctaw Indian vocabulary to Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, February 27, 1915.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 1759, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1759
Local Note
Local Note
Manuscript document
Other Title
Other Title
Words and Forms of Speech Prepared with a View to Obtain their equivalents In various Indian dialects
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Choctaw | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Southern states | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sterling, R.H. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Abert, John James, 1788-1863 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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