National Anthropological Archives

MS 2182 Life of Mrs. White Bear, an Arapaho, recorded and translated by Jesse Rowlodge

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2182
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Rowlodge, Jesse, circa 1884-1974
White Bear, Mrs
Dates:
1929
Languages:
In
Arapaho
script created by Jesse Rowlodge and
English
.
Physical Description:
22 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Life of Mrs. White Bear, an 87 year old Arapaho woman, recorded by Jesse Rowlodge in an Arapaho script that he created. According to the Bureau of American Ethnology catalog card for the manuscript, the script is "deficient phonetically." The text, which contains interlineal English translation, is accompanied by a letter from Rowlodge to Truman Michelson.

Administration

Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogates are available online.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2182, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2182


Keywords

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Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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