National Anthropological Archives

MS 4132-a Choctaw legend of origin of corn

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4132A
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Halbert, Henry S. (Henry Sale), 1837-1916
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
3 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
(2 versions) Copied from "Halbert Manuscript." (probably Henry S. Halbert of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History).(1928-1930 ?) Includes: Unidentified Choctaw text (from "Halbert Manuscript." (1928-1930 ?) Typescript document. 1 page. Unidentified Choctaw text (from Halbert Manuscript ?) (1928-1930 ?) Typescript document. 2 pages. "Notes on some Choctaw Animal and Vegetable Names," with evidences of linguistic borrowing from European nations. (from Halbert Manuscript ?). (1928-1930 ?) Typescript document. 2 pages.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Swanton worked with the Choctaw in 1928-1930, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 46, page 3; and AR 47, page 2.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4132-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4132-a

Local Note

Local Note
Typescript document with a. notations


Keywords

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

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