National Anthropological Archives

MS 528 Letter to George Gibbs

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS528
Creators:
Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus, 1821-1909
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Dates:
April, 1862
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
3 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letter transmitting Yakutat (Tlingit) vocabulary, and vocabulary of an Indian language spoken around Fort Ross, California; includes discussion of origin of the term, "Kolosh." Also incomplete clerk's copy of the letter, 1 page.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Hjalmar J. Furuhjeim was governor of Russian Colonies in America.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 528, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 528

Local Note

Local Note
The enclosures are not present. The Yakutat vocabulary is probably Number 537. No Pomo or other California Indian vocabulary transmitted by Governor Furuhjelm has been located (7/62).


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
American Indian -- Northwest Coast Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tlingit Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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