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Catalog Data

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Smallboy, Harvey, 1879-1947  Search this
Translator:
Allan, William  Search this
Extent:
2 Notebooks (81 pages)
Culture:
Cree  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Notebooks
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Place:
Moose Factory (Ont.)
Date:
1935
Scope and Contents:
Two notebooks containing stories handwritten in Moose Cree syllabary and English. The syllabic texts were written by Harvey Smallboy at Moose Factory, Ontario. The English translations were dictated by William Allan.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3398
Local Note:
Title changed from "Cree Syllabic Texts Summer of 1935" 6/3/2014.
Other Archival Materials:
See Manuscript 3414 for phonetic versions of the syllabic texts.
Topic:
Cree language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 3398, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3398
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34b9f3ee0-d30b-4700-a121-c5dc1b6168dd
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3398