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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2241-a Letters and fiscal papers in Cherokee syllabary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2241A
- Creators:
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Ino:li, -1885Mooney, James, 1861-1921Mooney, James, 1861-1921
- Dates:
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1848-1881
- Languages:
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InCherokeesyllabary.
- Physical Description:
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325 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Usually with brief description of contents added in hand of James Mooney. Described by Pilling, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 6, 1888, page 185, as follows: "Manuscript, consisting of original letters in the Cherokee alphabet, written by or to Inali (Black-fox) during a period of thirty years. They cover a wide range of subjects connected with the daily life and official interests of the Cherokees. Many of the letters were written to friends at home by Cherokees in the Confederate service during the late war, and contain accounts of operations in east Tennessee. There are also muster-rolls of the Cherokee troops, memoranda of issues of clothing, Sunday-school rolls.
Scope and Contents
Also includes "List of names," September 28, 1852, 3 pages, added July 1970 because it resembles this material. It was not included on the microfilm.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm
Custodial History
Collected by James Mooney, 1888.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2241-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Condition
Many published in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 196, Anthro. Pap. 75, Wash., D.C., 1966 (Kilpatrick and Kilpatrick).
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2241-a
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cherokee | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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