National Anthropological Archives

MS 4127 A Sketch of the Alabama Language

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4127
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Adams, Charlie
Sylestine, Harden
Dates:
1922-1923
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
115 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes a general study of Alibamu grammar and the analysis of one text with interlinear English and notes on each Alibamu term.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Introduction states that his field work for this manuscript was done with the Alibamu of Texas in 1910. According to the Forty-first Annual Report of the Bureau of Anerican Ethnology, page 83, Swanton completed "A Grammatical Sketch of the Alabama Language" in 1922-1923.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm made

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4127, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4127

Local Note

Local Note
Typescript and autograph document

Place

Place
Washington, D.C.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Alibamu Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Articles Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Alabama Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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