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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4153 Koasati linguistic material; and ethnographic notes and census data on the Koasati and Alibamu
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4153
- Creators:
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958Langley, Jackson
- Dates:
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1906-1930
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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105 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contents: "Population of Koasati village." Manuscript document with A. title by Swanton. 2 pages. Kinship terms. Autograph document 4 pages. Koasati words and phrases. 14 pages. Koasati texts with interlinear English "collected Jul. 23-Aug. 1, 1930, from Jackson Langley." [Kinder, Louisiana (Cf. Number 4154)] Autograph document. 36 pages. Koasati stories, and ethnographic notes on the Koasati, Alabama, and Tunica; in English. Autograph document. 33 pages. Lists of names and clan affiliations of the Koasati and Alabama in Louisiana. Autograph and Manuscript Document. 5 pages. "Census of the Alibamo [sic] and Koasati in Polk County, Texas 1910," with names and clan affiliations. Autograph document. 25 pages. Typescript Document with Autograph and Manuscript annotations. 11 pages. List of Alibamu and Koasati English and native names. Autograph documet. 2 pages.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Swanton worked with the Alibamu in 1906-1913, and with the Koasati from 1912-1930, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 28, page 13; AR 34, page 13-14; and AR 48, page 5.
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Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4153, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4153
Local Note
Local Note
A. note S. by Swanton indicates that he made this material available to Lyda A. Taylor for her study of the Koasati.
Local Note
autograph document
Local Note
manuscript document
Local Note
typescript document with annotations
Keywords
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