National Anthropological Archives

MS 4200 Creek notes

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4200
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Berryhill, William
Childers, Ellis
Cook, Zach
Gibson, Charles
Jefferson, Silas
Dates:
1906-1930
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
14 Pages
17 Items
slips
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes: Locations of old square grounds (from Zach Cook, 6 pages); "Geographical names in the Creek Nation" (from Zach Cook, 4 pages); "Song Sung by the Creek Indians Just Before the Emigration to the West;" Creek origin story; "Origin of the name, Chattahoochee;" Creek medical notes.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Swanton worked with the Creeks in Oklahoma between 1906 and 1930, according to Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 28, page 13; AR 32, page 18; AR 33, page 18; AR 35, page 18; AR 37, pages 10-11; AR 41, page 105; and AR 47, page 2.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4200, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4200

Local Note

Local Note
Typescript document with A. notations


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Folklore -- Creek Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Medicine -- Creek Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Music -- Creek Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, place -- Creek Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Muskogee (Creek) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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