MS 7247 The ethnobotany of the Okanagan Indians of British Columbia and Washington State
Bouchard, Randy
Kennedy, Dorothy I. D.
British Columbia Indian Language Project
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Includes plant names and notes on the way the plants were used in food, technology, medicine, and religion.
MS 1565 Okanagan Vocabulary
Sherwood, Samuel F.
3 Items (cards )
Also band names of the Northwest, and miscellaneous vocabulary, 8 pages.
MS 4515-a Reginald Noel Atkinson report, photographs, and map relating to Okanagan artifacts
14 Gelatin silver prints
1 Map (hand-drawn )
Copy of "The Artifacts of the Okanagan Indians in British Columbia and Washington State," paper presented by Reginald Noel Atkinson of Penticton, British Columbia, before the Okanagan Society for the Revival of Indian Arts and Crafts meeting, held on January 18, 1943 in Oliver, British Columbia. Also includes transcript of discussions of …
MS 4515-b "Religion in British Columbia Before the White Man Came"
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Reprint from the Similkameen Star, April 8 and 15, 1943. With comments by J. R. Swanton, 2 pages.
May Mandelbaum Edel papers
Edel, Abraham, 1908-2007
bulk 1928-1964
May Mandelbaum Edel (1909-1964) taught anthropology at Brooklyn College and the New School for Social Research, and founded the Anthropology Department at Rutgers University in 1960. She conducted fieldwork in Washington; Oregon; Uganda; and Brownsville, New York. The collection consists of field notes, lecture notes, language notes, manuscripts, books, correspondence, teaching materials, conference files, and personal papers. Included are lecture notes taken from courses with Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict, and extensive field notes for her work with the Okanagan Indians in Washington, the Bachiga (Bakiga) in Uganda, and Jewish families in Brownsville, New York.
MS 742 Notes by Gibbs on the source of his Salishan vocabularies
Many vocabularies are recorded in Manuscript Number 227, as follows: Flathead, Kalispelm or Pend Oreille, Shewhapmukh or Shuswap, Nikutemukh (Couteaux or Samena), Spokane, Piskwaus, Show-yel-pi or Colville, Okinaken (or Okanagan), Yukeh, Lilowat, Samena, Hailtzuk (BellaBella), and Belhoola, Kalapuya, and Molele.
MS 3072 Three comparative vocabularies of the Salish languages
undated
Part 1 "Comparative Vocabulary of the [Interior] Salish Languages. No date. 47 pages, approximately 180 terms. Comprative vocabulary of the following Salish languages: "Selish proper or Flathead", "Kalispelm" (Kalispel), "Spokan", "Skoyelpi", "Okinaken" (Okanagan), "Schitsui", "Shiwapmukh" (Shuswap), "Piskwaus" (Pisquows). Part 2 " II Series. Comparative Vocabulary of the [Coast] Selish Languages." Ithaca, New York, November 15, 1870. 86 pages …
MS 227 Vocabularies of Indians of Washington Territory
Mooney, James, 1861-1921
1 Volume
1. Lillooet ("Lilowat") vocabulary. March 16, 1859. 8 pages in notebook. Note on page 3: "The Lilowat is spoken on the river which feeds Harrison's Lake, a branch of Fraser River. The vocabulary was obtained from the chief of a village at the mouth through Skehukl, the Soomass [Sumass: dialect of Cowichan group of Coast …
Records
This accession consists of files from Robert Wagner, Chief Administrative Officer of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA). These records contain memoranda and correspondence from various zoos, parks, aquariums, animal farms, and breeding grounds within the United States. Materials also include a variety of information on various animal species …
Field Reports
This collection consists primarily of reports, notebooks, notes, photographs, maps, and related materials documenting field research conducted by staff naturalists of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and its predecessor, the Bureau of Biological Survey. The reports, which primarily concern biological surveys conducted in the United States, are usually …
