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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4150 Alabama linguistic material
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4150
- Creators:
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
- Dates:
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1907-1913?
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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67 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contents: vocabulary and phrases, 54 pages in Swanton's handwriting. Text with interlinear English (12 pages) and alphabet (1 page) in another handwriting, possibly Harden Sylestine's. Marked, "The only Alabama material not incorporated into my card catalogue or gone over for such incorporation. J. R. S., May 27, 1922." (Refers to Manuscript number 2435.)
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4150, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4150
Local Note
Local Note
Swanton worked with the Alibamu in Oklahoma and Texas in 1907-1913, according to BAE-AR 28, page 12; AR 30, page 18; AR 32, page 18; AR 33, page 18; and AR 34 page 12-13.
Local Note
Manuscript document
Place
Place
Oklahoma
Place
Texas
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 |
Vocabulary | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Linguistic texts | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Alphabets | 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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