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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3415 Moose Cree and Albany Cree texts and notes collected by Truman Michelson
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3415
- Creators:
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938Allan, WilliamRicard, FrankSmallboy, Harvey, 1879-1947Smallboy, Simon, 1890-1978Steven, Patrick, 1868-
- Dates:
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1936
- Languages:
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In MooseCree, Eastern SwampyCree, andEnglish.
- Physical Description:
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1 Notebook147 pages) and 66 pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Collection of Moose Cree and Albany Cree notes and texts compiled through Truman Michelson's work with Frank Ricard; William Allan; Harvey Smallboy; Simon Smallboy, brother of Harvey Smallboy; and Patrick Steven. A notebook, labelled "1936 II,"contains English translations and phonetic transcriptions of Moose Cree and Albany Cree syllabic texts in Manuscripts 3394 and 3417 respecitively. At the end of the notebook are a few pages of notes on kinship systems and terms. There are also two sets of loose pages. One set consists of vocabulary from the notebook texts. The second set is a syllabic text, likely Moose Cree, with an English translation.
Administration
Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3415, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Other Archival Materials
Other Archival Materials
See MS 3394 for original Moose Cree syllabic texts and and MS 3395 for typescripts of the English translations. See MS 3417 for original Albany Cree syllabic texts.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3415
Local Note
Local Note
Title changed from "Texts 1936" 6/6/2014.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinship | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Social structure | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cree language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Linguistics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Folklore | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Narratives | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Manuscripts | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Vocabulary | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Field notes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cree | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Subarctic | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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