National Anthropological Archives

MS 1807 Natchez texts

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1807
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Sam, Watt, 1876-1944
Dates:
fall, 1908
Languages:
With interlinear
English
translation.
Physical Description:
372 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Also typescript document with A. notations. Texts are arranged in the order that the stories appear in Swanton, "Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians," Bureau of American Ethnology-B 88, Washington, D. C., 1915. The Manuscript texts include all the Natchez stories in Bureau of American Ethnology-B 88 except stories 11, 16, and 17. The typescript text for story 1 only, "The Flood," includes a grammatical analysis (20 pages).

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file folder 6 only.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1807, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1807

Local Note

Local Note
Informant: Watt Sam (according to Bureau of American Ethnology-B 88, page 1).
Local Note
autograph document


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Folklore -- Natchez Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Natchez Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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