MS 2677 Fox texts by Jack Bullard and English translations by George Young Bear
Bullard, Jack
Young Bear, George
Two texts in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary handwritten by Jack Bullard and English translations by George Young Bear. The texts by Bullard are "Meshkwihowa" and "Little River blessed by Wisahkeha." The English translations are for pages 2-67 of "Little River blessed by Wisahkeha" and for a "Pinash bundle" text in MS 2696.
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MS 2710 Partial Fox text by Joe Peters
Peters, Joe
Page 100 of Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text handwritten by Joe Peters. May possibly belong with MS 2765.
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MS 2712 Fox story of a man and his son by Jonas Poweshiek
Poweshiek, Jonas
Story of a man and his son handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary and English by Jonas Poweshiek. Also linguistic notes by Truman Michelson and Poweshiek.
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MS 1335 Kickapoo notes and texts from Joseph Murdock
Murdock, Joseph
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. Topics include …
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MS 2022 Kickapoo texts and notes collected by Truman Michelson
Murdock, Joseph
Kickapoo texts and linguistic and ethnographic notes collected by Truman Michelson. Michelson worked with the Kickapoo on multiple occassions in Oklahoma, and these materials were likely collected during one of those trips. There are multiple Kickapoo texts, but only one is accompanied by an English translation, which looks to be …
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MS 2426 Two Fox texts by Frank Earle and Mrs. Shawata
Earle, Frank
Shawata, Mrs.
Lincoln, Harry
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1924
Notebook containing two texts handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox), with English translations on opposite page. The first text is by Shawata's wife and concludes with 15 "songs." The second text is by Frank Earle and concludes with what seem to be 5 "songs." Both texts were translated into English in 1924 by Truman Michelson …
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MS 2501 Ten Fox stories by Alfred Kiyana, Bill Leaf, and unidentified writers
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
Leaf, Bill
Lincoln, Harry
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Stories handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by Alfred Kiyana, Bill Leaf, and two unidentified writers, with English translations from Harry Lincoln in Truman Michelson's hand. These were collected by Michelson in Tama, Iowa. One text, titled "The buffalo who lived with an Indian woman," is by Alfred Kiyana. Bill Leaf …
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MS 3417 Cree texts and kinship terms collected by Truman Michelson
Allan, William
Hester, Agnes
Hester, Sydney
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Notebook (labelled "1936 III") containing Albany Cree syllabic texts; Attawapiskat Cree syllabic texts; Weenusk Cree syllabic text; mixed Moose Cree and Rupert House Cree phonetic transcription of a syllabic text in Manuscript 3397; another version of the same text in Rupert House syllabary; and Albany Cree kinship terms. Truman Michelson obtained these …
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MS 3394 Cree notes and texts collected by Truman Michelson
Allan, William
Ricard, Frank
Smallboy, Harvey, 1879-1947
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Truman Michelson's field notes on the Cree of James Bay and Hudson Bay in Canada. The materials, consisting primarily of texts and linguistic notes and some ethnological notes, were collected as part of Michelson's efforts to make a linguistic map of the area. The coverage of the notes is thus …
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MS 3396 Eskimo and Cree notes and texts collected by Truman Michelson at Great Whale River
Masty, David
Handwritten texts and linguistic and ethnological notes from Truman Michelson's 1935 research among the Cree and Inuit at Great Whale River in Quebec, Canada. Among the people that Michelson worked with were David Masty and Thomas, speakers of Great Whale Cree; Rhoderick, a speaker of Rupert House Cree; and Cookie and …
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