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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4200 Creek notes
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4200
- Creators:
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958Berryhill, WilliamChilders, EllisCook, ZachGibson, CharlesJefferson, Silas
- Dates:
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1906-1930
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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14 Pages17 Itemsslips
- 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
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4200
Local Note
Local Note
Typescript document with A. notations
Keywords
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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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