MS 1971 Texts on Kickapoo mortuary customs and observances collected by Truman Michelson
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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undated
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75 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1971
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National Anthropological Archives
Five notebooks containing texts handwritten in Kickapoo syllabary and a phonetic transcription on mortuary customs and observances. A sixth notebook contains English translations, as well as anthropometric measurements of Joseph Murdock and his daughter, Rose. Murdock, a Mexican Kickapoo that resided in Oklahoma, frequently assisted Michelson in hi...
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Poweshiek, Horace
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
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1924
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21 Items (0.21 linear feet (1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1859
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection contains two Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic texts by Alfred Kiyana; English translations by Horace Poweshiek; phonetic text by Truman Michelson of one of the stories; and Michelson's linguistic notes. The titles of the stories are "The person who the months blessed" and "The one who knew how to use things." Michelson's phonetic text is of t...
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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undated
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75 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1830
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National Anthropological Archives
Notebook containing linguistic, ethnological, and anthropometric notes on the Chippewa collected by Truman Michelson in L'Anse and Baraga in Michigan. His notes include Chippewa words and phrases with glosses in English, stories, and anthropometric measurements.
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
Poweshiek, Ida
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undated
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10 Items (0.42 linear feet (588 pages))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1834
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National Anthropological Archives
Autobiography handwritten by Alfred Kiyana in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary in three notebooks, collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. The collection also contains an English translation of the autobiography by Ida Poweshiek, handwritten in 7 notebooks.
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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1925 August
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1 Notebook (98 pages)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1853
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National Anthropological Archives
Truman Michelson traveled to Odanah, Wisconsin on August 21, 1925 to study the Ojibwa. These notes, collected by Michelson at that time, cover the physical anthropology, linguistics, and ethnology of the Ojibwa. The notes include anthropometric measurements, notes on gentes, stories, and Ojibwa terms and phrases with English glosses
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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1923
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6 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1320
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National Anthropological Archives
According to Explorations and Field Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1923 (Pub. 2752), Truman Michelson travelled to St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador in June 1923 where he made cranial measurements of four Beothuk skulls. These undated notes, most likely from that work, consist of Michelson's measurements of the skulls of a Beothuk chi...
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Lincoln, Harry
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undated
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1 Page
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1404
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National Anthropological Archives
Short Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text, with partial interlinear translation in English, obtained by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. Titled "When I went over to see," the text is on joking between Harry Lincoln and Paiyoki. The text is handwritten by Paiyoki or Lincoln.
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Murdock, Joseph
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1929
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1 Item (6 pages)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1329
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National Anthropological Archives
Truman Michelson conducted research among the Kickapoo in 1929 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. During this time, he worked with Joseph Murdock, a Mexican Kickapoo and former student at Carlisle Indian Industrial School. These notes contain information from Murdock and include phonetic transcriptions of vocabulary, a list of gentes, and some personal names.
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Murdock, Joseph
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1929
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185 Items (ca. 185 pages)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1335
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National Anthropological Archives
Truman Michelson conducted research among the Kickapoo in 1929 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. During this time, he worked with Joseph Murdock, a Mexican Kickapoo and former student at Carlisle Indian Industrial School. This collection contains an assortment of Kickapoo lingustic notes, ethnographic notes, and stories that Michelson obtained from Murdock. To...
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Murdock, Joseph
Abraham, Alice
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1929, 1967
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98 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1772
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National Anthropological Archives
Truman Michelson conducted research among the Kickapoo in 1929 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. During this time, he worked with Joseph Murdock, a Mexican Kickapoo and former student at Carlisle Indian Industrial School. This collection contains legends in Kickapoo syllabary collected by Michelson from Murdock. The collection also partial interlineal English ...