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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2371-b Descriptions of signs collected by Hoffman in 1881-82
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2371B
- Creators:
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Hoffman, Walter James, 1846-1899
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Itemlot cards
- Repository:
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2371-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2371-b
Local Note
Local Note
For mention of specific projects and materials collected by Hoffman concerning sign language and pictography, see Manuscript file Number 1341..., Hoffman's account of his fieldwork, 1871-1893; and see clippings from Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports re Hoffman's work, assembled in 1 folder in Archives office file.
Local Note
Collected subsequent to Mallery's sign language publications.
Local Note
Identified by LaMont West, 1956.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Sign language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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