National Anthropological Archives

MS 2455 Ofo-English dictionary

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2455
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Pierrette, Rosa
Dates:
1908
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1,403 Items
cards
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Also includes English index to Ofo dictionary. 1908. Typescript document with a. notations. 790 cards.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2455, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2455

Local Note

Local Note
According to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 48, page 5, Swanton in 1908 "obtained the only specimens of [Ofo] language in existence from Rosa Pierrette, "the sole Indian acquainted with the Ofo language."
Local Note
typescript and autograph document

Bibliography

Bibliography
Printed in J.O. Dorsey and J.R. Swanton, "A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages," Bureau of American Ethnology-B 47, 1912, pages 319-340. For the rest of the manuscript of Bureau of American Ethnology-B 47, see Manuscript Number 4800.


Keywords

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

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