Creator:

Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896  Search this

Names:

Alexander Turnbull Library  Search this

Extent:

166 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

1830s-40s

Scope and Contents:

Included are notes from the Sandwich Island Gazette and other periodicals, original notes and vocabularies, diary entries, and copies of materials collected by others. There is a description of the New Hebrides, Gambier, disturbances on the Duke of Clarence's Island of the Tokelaus, notice of the death of John Alexis Augustus Bachelot, and wordlist of the Kingsmill language, material on the Ellice Islands and Nukufetau, a Samoan vocabulary and notes on religion and on ceremonial language from Mr. Mills (missionry at Apia), grammar notes and a vocabulary from Fakaafo, language material on Drummond's Island, and some generalized notes on geography and culture as well as miscellaneous specific materials.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 7440

Topic:

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

New Hebrides  Search this

Gambier Islands (French Polynesia)  Search this

Tokelau Islands -- Duke of Clarence Island  Search this

Kingmills Islands -- language  Search this

Ellice Islands -- language  Search this

Nukufetau -- language  Search this

Samoa -- language -- ceremonial language -- Religion  Search this

Fakaafo -- lanaguage  Search this

Drummond's Island -- language  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 7440, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS7440

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3470a2e34-656c-4193-841c-e845c96fc5c2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7440