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National Anthropological Archives
MS 881 Beothuk vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS881
- Creators:
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King, Richard, 1811?-1876Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon), 1812-1888
- Dates:
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pre-1850
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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5 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Also includes Latham, R. G., letter to Bureau of Ethnology, transmitting the above "copy of a Manuscript concerning which Mr. Gatschet made an enquiry...." Putney, S. W. [London] January 2, 1883. Autograph Letter Signed 1 page.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
James P. Howley, The Beothuks or Red Indians, Cambridge, University Press, 1915, page 300, cites R. G. Latham, "Varieties of Man," Comparative Philology, London, 1850 as pronouncing the Beothuk language to be "distinctly Algonkin" on the basis of "a hitherto unpublished Beothuk vocabulary with which I have been kindly furnished by my friend Dr. King of the Anthropological Society." Presumably the "Dr. King" referred to by Latham is Richard King, M.D., a contributor to the Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 1, 1848;
Biographical / Historical
he is listed in the Contents of the volume as "Dr. King, Honorary Secretary of the Ethnological Society." The printed "List of the Ethnological Society of London," London, 1855 includes among the Fellows Richard King, M. D., Savile-row, and also David King, M. D., Eltham, Kent.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 881, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 881
Local Note
Local Note
Manuscript document
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Beothuk Indians | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Subarctic | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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