National Anthropological Archives

MS 1989-a Linguistic and ethnological material on the Winnebago

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1989A
Creators:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930
St Cyr, David
St Cyr, John Michel
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
108 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Winnebago vocabulary, text, grammatical and ethnological notes. Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, 1889 and Washington, D.C. 1890-1891. Autograph document signed. 108 pages and Typescript letter signed from J. Owen Dorsey to Gatschet, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1891, 3 pages and autograph letter signed from Dorsey to H. W. Henshaw, Washington, D.C., January 13, 1892, 1 page.

Administration

Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded by the National Science Foundation under BCS Grant No. 1561167 and the Recovering Voices initiative at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

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Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1989-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1989-a

Local Note

Local Note
Recorded in bound notebook with letters tipped in. Informants: 1889, David St Cyr; 1890-1891, John Michel St Cyr. Letter from Dorsey to Gatschet advises about phonetics, and letter from Dorsey to Henshaw advises that this manuscript should be obtained by the Bureau. Manuscript includes corrections and annotations in red ink by Dorsey.
Local Note
autograph document signed


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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