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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3539-a Creek vocabulary and text
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3539A
- Creators:
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Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906
- Dates:
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ca. 1883
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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13 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Recorded in Department of the Interior Comparative Vocabulary, but does not follow the order of the printed terms in that vocabulary form. The Creek text is written on the blank pages at the end of the schedule.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Jeremiah Curtin compiled a Creek vocabulary in 1883, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 4, page LII.
Administration
Custodial History
Found in J.N.B. Hewitt's office and filed in Bureau of American Ethnology archives in December, 1937.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3539-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3539-a
Local Note
Local Note
Contains notes in at least three different handwritings. The conjugation of the verb "to jump" on the back of the front cover is in Jeremiah Curtin's handwriting; none of the other authors has been identified as of 7/1970.
Local Note
Manuscript document
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Muskogee (Creek) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Southern states | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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