MS 2505-c "Alyut"-English vocabulary, collected at Unalaska Island, Alaska, 1878-1879; plus "Nulato Tinne" (Ingalik) vocabulary, collected at St. Michaels, Alaska, 1876-77

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.MS2505C
Creators:
Turner, Lucien M. (Lucien McShan)
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Algonqian
Physical Description:
1 Volume
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Pages numbered in sequence from 3496-3706. Pages 3496-3673: Aleut-English vocabulary, sentences and grammatical constructions, in partial alphabetical order. Approximately 1900 words. Pages 3674-3706: Ingalik-English vocabulary, in alphabetical order, approximately 350 words.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
This volume is listed in Pilling, B.A.E. Bulletin 1, 1887, page 94, as part of a manuscript folio that he calls "Contributions to the natural history of North America." Report on observations made in Ungava and Labrador in 1882-1884 by Lucien M. Turner. "B.A.E. Manuscripts 2505-a and 2505-b also form part of this report, and three is an additional volume with pages numbered 1842-2127 (listed in Pilling as "Ethnology of the Innuit,") which had not been located in 6/63. Manuscript 2505-c has not been titled by Turner, but the cover is marked in his handwriting with Roman Numerals XXV & XXVI. These numberals do not seem to be related to the pagination and possibly refer to the state before binding.
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2505-c
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2505-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ingalik Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vocabulary Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Unangan (Aleut) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Degexit'an (Ingalik) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Arctic peoples Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Subarctic Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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