National Anthropological Archives

MS 2997 Autobiography of Lucy Lasley, a Fox Indian woman, collected by Truman Michelson

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2997
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Lasley, Lucy
Peters, Joe
Poweshiek, Ida
Dates:
1927 June
Languages:
In
Meskwaki (Fox)
and
English
.
Physical Description:
400 Items
ca. 400 pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Two notebooks containing an autobiography of Lucy Lasley, handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by Lasley and Joe Peters with an English translation by Ida Powesheik.

Administration

Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogates are available online.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2997, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2997

Local Note

Local Note
This manuscript is not the same autobiography published in the 40th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.


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Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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