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MS 4860 James A. Geary papers on Algonquian linguistics

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Collector:
Geary, James A.  Search this
Informant:
Otterby, Tom  Search this
Extent:
18 Boxes
Culture:
Chippewa  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Fox  Search this
Cree  Search this
Algonquin (Algonkin)  Search this
Powhatan  Search this
Menominee (Menomini)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1930-1960
Scope and Contents:
Collection includes Fox, Ojibwa, and Cheyenne linguistic data obtained from informants; Fox and Ojibwa dictionaries prepared largely from published sources; notes on Powhatan, Cree, Menominee, and comparative Algonquian; publications in and concerning Algonquian languages; correspondence; and miscellaneous personal papers.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4860
Local Note:
Full series of Father Geary's Algonquian linguistic manuscripts are detailed in inventory of Geary papers, Number 4860, copy in "Master" file.
Autograph document
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Algonquin  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4860, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4860
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38ac05cdb-bcc9-4c03-bec7-e50ce8d02fc4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4860