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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2576 Dictionary of geographical names of North and South America
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2576
- Creators:
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Watkins, William Brown, 1834-1890Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914
- Dates:
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1880-1890 ?
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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11 Volumes2 Boxes
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Each volume has 200-250 pages. Includes many names of Indian origin, but these are usually indentified only as "Ind." with no indication of language or tribe.
Administration
Custodial History
Received from Henry Gannett, Geographer, USGS, Washington, D. C., November 19, 1908. (Transmittal correspondence in Bureau of American Ethnology Correspondence Files.)
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2576, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2576
Local Note
Local Note
Date supplied from J. C. Pilling, Bibliography of Algonquian Languages, Bureau of American Ethnology-B 13, 1891, page 521.
Local Note
autograph document signed
Bibliography
Bibliography
According to the old catalog card, the dictionary was largely published by Henry Gannett in The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, [Government printing office, Washington,] 1902; this published work has not been compared with the Manuscript as of 7/1970.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Names, place -- geographic -- North America | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Names, place -- geographic -- South America | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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