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National Anthropological Archives
MS 95 Navajo vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS95
- Creators:
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Arny, W. F. M. (William Frederick Milton), 1813-1881Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
- Dates:
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November, 1874
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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10 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Vocabulary recorded in Smithsonian Institution Comparative Vocabulary by Arny. Also J. Hammond Trumbull (and William Dwight Whitney). Letter to Joseph Henry, regarding the "phonetic notation" used in Arny's Navaho vocabulary. Hartford, Connecticut. December 26, 1874. Manuscript copy of letter signed. 2 pages.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file. 3/1971.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 95, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 95
Local Note
Local Note
"Assisted by Prof. Valentine Friese and Rev'd W. B. Truax"
Local Note
Notations in pencil appear to be in J. Hammond Trumbull's handwriting.
Local Note
Listed in Pilling, Bureau of American Ethnology-B 14, page 4.
Local Note
autograph document signed
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Navaho | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Diné (Navajo) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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