MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
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circa 1870-1956
bulk 1870-1895
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30 Linear feet (70 boxes, 1 oversized box, 20 manuscript envelopes, 4 rolled maps, and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4800
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National Anthropological Archives
Reverend James Owen Dorsey (1848-1895) was a missionary and Bureau of American Ethnology ethnologist who conducted extensive research on Siouan tribes and languages.The papers of James Owen Dorsey comprise mostly ethnographic and linguistic materials on various tribes of the Siouan language family as well as tribes from Siletz Reservation in Oregon. These materials include texts and letters with interlineal translations; grammar notes; dictionaries; drawings; and his manuscripts. In addition, the collection contains Dorsey's correspondence, newspaper clippings, his obituaries, and reprints.
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Prince, Henry Major
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1854
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23 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS47
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National Anthropological Archives
Partially filled.
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Galbraith, Thomas J.
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July 17, 1861
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1 Page
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4777
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National Anthropological Archives
Requests "all persons...to respect this man and treat him kindly." The name is perhaps Tate iyopta mani [Wind moves on (forward) as a cloud].
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Gardner, W. H. (William Henry), 1837-
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December 31, 1868
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8 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4776
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National Anthropological Archives
Enclosed as "Report F" in a letter (now missing) to the Military Division of the Missouri.
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Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Merrill, Robert Valentine, 1892-1951
Leveque, Ernest J.
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undated
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4238
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National Anthropological Archives
Concerns the origin of the word: Tassinong. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico gives it as "probably a Potawatomie place name." Replies from the following are cited: Truman Michelson, Robert V. Merrill (2), Ernest J. Leveque, C. H. C. Wright, J. D. M. Ford, Jean L. Launay, W. A. Briggs (Gary, Indiana), and J. P. Harrington.
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
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undated
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3 Pages
8 Items (slips )
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4234
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National Anthropological Archives
Contents: Comparative vocabulary, 117 items, in English, Hidatsa, Ofo, Mandan, Dakota, Biloxi, Tutelo, Osage and (a few) Winnebago. 3 pages. Comparison of 24 words: English, Catawba, Ofo, Tutelo, Dakota and Quapaw. 1 slip. Synonyms for the name "Ofo". 1 slip. Summary of history of classification of Tutelo, Catawba, and Woccon as Siouan. 1 slip.
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Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
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June 26, 1933
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2 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4220
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National Anthropological Archives
Suggest that the word "warrenuncood" is a Powhatan Algonquian synonym for the Tutelo-Occaneechi.
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
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undated
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5 Items (slips )
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4182
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National Anthropological Archives
List of informants and their tribe or town.
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McKelvie, B. A. (Bruce Alistair), 1889-1960
Miranda, Louis, Chief
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
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undated
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1 Page
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4190
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National Anthropological Archives
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Sanders, A. G. (Albert Godfrey), 1885-
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
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September 20, 1928
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1 Page
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4215
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National Anthropological Archives
Refers to Manuscript document of 1728 in Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, concerning the "Grand Soleil" of the Natchez.