National Anthropological Archives

MS 3538 Several short manuscripts collected by Jeremiah Curtin

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS3538
Creators:
Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906
Pitt, Jesse
Koalak'aka
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
In addition to Modoc materials, there are items which relate or may relate to the Shasta, Achomawi, Wintun and Yana. Possibly not all are in Curtin's handwriting.
Scope and Contents
Contents of file: (1) "Modoc Words." February 23, 1884. 34 pages total: vocabulary 24, 2 pages; myth, 2 pages (note on outside cover reads, "One Kumush story in this book"); notes on several myths which are identified by number only, 6 pages. This entire item may belong in file 2569. (2) "Customs. Information given by Jesse Pitt." Modoc. 9 pages, numbered 421-9. Marked "not to be used in "Modoc Myths;" see letter 7/8/12." This notation is crossed out. (3) "Medicine. The Doctor. This information was given by Koalak'aka. I afterward questioned the old men at Klamath Agency and found out that it was accurate." 8 pages numbered 414-20. Same notation as above, crossed out. (4) "Names of Places on the Triangle East of Redding and South of Pit River. Achomawi ? 30 pages. (5) Personal names, Achomawi ? Shasta ? Wintun ? Yana ? 15 pages. (6) Item moved to Yana vocabulary # 2060 (5/66) (7) Vocabulary. Tribe ? 6 pages. Mentions terms relating to Mt. Shasta page 2; Redding, page 3, Pit River, page 4, Maj. Redding, page 5, Stillwater, page 5. (8) Miscellaneous vocabulary notes. Tribes ? 7 pages.

Administration

Custodial History
Filed in archives December 1937, from collection of old manuscripts in Mr. Hewitt's office.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 3538, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 3538

Other Title

Other Title
Modoc Words
Other Title
Customs. Information given by Jesse Pitt
Other Title
Medicine. The Doctor.
Other Title
Names of Places on the Triangle East of Redding and South of Pit River


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Folklore -- Modoc Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, place -- Achomawi Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, Personal -- Achomawi Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Social structure -- Modoc Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Achumawi Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Achomawi (Pit River) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Modoc Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shasta Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wintun Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yana Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- California Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wintu Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Plateau Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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