National Anthropological Archives

MS 537 Iacoutat (Yakutat Tlingit) vocabulary

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS537
Creators:
Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus, 1821-1909
Dates:
ca. 1862
Languages:
Vocabulary is actually Eyak, according to M.E. Krass, 4/65.
Physical Description:
6 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Entered in printed "Comparative Vocabulary" form of the Smithsonian. Approximately 180 terms. Also 6 page copy of same in hand of George Gibbs.

Biographical / Historical

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

Administration

Custodial History
Possibly transmitted with Furuhjelm letter of April, 1862 (Bureau of American Ethnology Number 528).

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 537, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 537


Keywords

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