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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4127 A Sketch of the Alabama Language
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4127
- Creators:
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958Adams, CharlieSylestine, Harden
- Dates:
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1922-1923
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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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
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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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