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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4814 Inquiries about U. S. place names and other words of Native American origin and their meanings; and copies of replies by Bureau of American Ethnology staff and their notes for such replies
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4814
- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
- Dates:
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1890-1910
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Itembox
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Partly arranged ca. 1962 alphabetically by native name; unsatisfactory; large folder at end includes letters concerning several names from different languages.
Administration
Custodial History
Marked by M. W. Tucker, "From Miss Spotswood, Smithsonian Institution files." Presumably pulled from S. I. files and sent to Bureau of American Ethnology Archives with no arrangement.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4814, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4814
Local Note
Local Note
Consider sorting by area only (to include e.g., notes by Mooney on both Creek and Cherokee) or possibly by name of staff member supplying the information (notes by Mooney on Creek, Cherokee and Kiowa in the same letter), since file is probably of at least as much historical interest as it is a source of specific information-- MCB.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Names, place -- American Indian ? | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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