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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2559 Powhatan-English and English-Powhatan vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2559
- Creators:
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Strachey, William, 1572?-1621Smith, John, 1580-1631Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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2,300 Itemsca. 2300 cards
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Copied from Strachey, "The Historie of Travaile into Virginia...," 1849, and Smith, "Voyages."
Scope and Contents
Contents: 1) Powhatan-English cards, typed in blue, presumably compiled from Strachey by J. N. B. Hewitt (Hewitt given as collector on old catalog card). Interfiled in this section are cards in the handwriting of A. S. Gatschet, containing place-names and other expressions, some but not all attributed to "J. Smith, Voyages; presumably all handwritten cards are from Smith. 2) English-Powhatan cards (Powhatan first, but alphabetized according to English meaning), typed in black, presumably compiled from Strachey by Hewitt. Interfiled in this section are a few handwritten cards, mostly of the same words as the typed cards; handwriting is unidentified, and cards contain no indication of the source.
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Citation
Manuscript 2559, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2559
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Names, place -- Powhatan | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Powhatan | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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