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MS 4150 Alabama linguistic material

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Catalog Data

Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Extent:
67 Pages
Culture:
Alibamu  Search this
Alabama Indians  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Vocabulary
Linguistic texts
Alphabets
Date:
1907-1913?
Scope and Contents:
Contents: vocabulary and phrases, 54 pages in Swanton's handwriting. Text with interlinear English (12 pages) and alphabet (1 page) in another handwriting, possibly Harden Sylestine's. Marked, "The only Alabama material not incorporated into my card catalogue or gone over for such incorporation. J. R. S., May 27, 1922." (Refers to Manuscript number 2435.)
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4150
Local Note:
Swanton worked with the Alibamu in Oklahoma and Texas in 1907-1913, according to BAE-AR 28, page 12; AR 30, page 18; AR 32, page 18; AR 33, page 18; and AR 34 page 12-13.
Manuscript document
Place:
Oklahoma
Texas
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Vocabulary
Linguistic texts
Alphabets
Citation:
Manuscript 4150, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4150
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31e5516dc-01a1-4edc-b63a-6937bb34e307
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4150