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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3873 English-Delaware vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3873
- Creators:
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Gilliland, Lula Mae Gibson
- Dates:
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1942
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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2 Notebooks104 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes notes on Delaware religion, ceremonies, and dances, 1947, 1 volume, 29 pages.
Administration
Custodial History
Volume 3 received April, 1947 from the author, who finished writing it that year. (Correspondence August 14, 1942-July 29, 1947 in Bureau of American Ethnology files.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3873, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3873
Local Note
Local Note
Volumes 1 and 2 received October 1942 from the author, a Delaware Indian woman aged 37, who states that she is "about the only one in my generation who can talk [Delaware]."
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dance -- Delaware | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Religion -- Delaware | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Delaware | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Lenape | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Lenape (Delaware) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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