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1Author:  Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823Requires cookie*
 Title:  John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder letters, 1816-1822, to Peter Stephen Du Ponceau     
 Dates:  1816-1822 
 Abstract:  The John Heckewelder Collection consists of an assortment of documents, almost all of which deal with Native Americans. Heckewelder was a Moravian missionary to Delaware Indians in Pennsylvania who was a prominent figure in nineteenth century intellectual circles. The primary focus of the collection is on his attempt to preserve Native American languages, especially those of the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) in Pennsylvania. His correspondence and one publication also chronicle Native American history, customs, and life. Heckewelder also kept a meteorological journal while on his mission to Gnadenhutten, Pennsylvania from 1802-1814, which is part of the collection. Much of the collection comes from Heckewelder’s correspondence with the APS and its prominent member and linguist Stephen Du Ponceau.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.H35o 
 Extent:  0.5 Linear feet 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Diaries | Language Material | Meteorological Data | Native American Materials | Oral History 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages 
2Author:  Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844Requires cookie*
 Title:  Peter Stephen Du Ponceau letters, 1801-1843, to Albert Gallatin.     
 Dates:  1801-1843 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.541 
 Extent:  1.0 Reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages 
3Author:  Gardiner, Emma Jane Tudor.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Penobscot Indian vocabulary, 1821     
 Dates:  1821 
 Abstract:  This bound volume includes approximately twenty pages of Abenaki words and their English translations compiled by Emma Gardiner of Gardiner, Maine in 1821. Although the origins of this document are not clear, it is possible that Gardiner worked with Abenaki Indians to compile this list. The document contains the annotations and other notes of Peter Du Ponceau.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.G16 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Penobscot language 
4Author:  Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808Requires cookie*
 Title:  A grammar of the language of the Lenni Lennape, or Delaware Indians, [1816]     
 Dates:  Circa 1816 
 Abstract:  This volume contains a translation done by Peter DuPonceau of David Zeisberger’s grammar dictionary for the Lenni Lenape.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.Z3g 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America | Religion 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Delaware language | Indians of North America--Languages 
5Author:  Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808Requires cookie*
 Title:  On the prepositions of the Onondago language, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This small, bound notebook contains German equivalents for prepositions in the Onondago language. The manuscript appears to be in David Zeisberger’s hand, with his name listed on the title page, although the cardboard cover bears the signature of Paul Zeisberger.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.Z3o 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America | Religion 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Onondaga language 
6Author:  Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808Requires cookie*
 Title:  Onondago-German vocabulary, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This bound volume contains an Onondago to German vocabulary compiled by David Zeisberger, a prominent Moravian missionary.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.33.Z3o 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Onondaga language 
7Author:  Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815Requires cookie*
 Title:  A comparative vocabulary of Indian languages     
 Dates:  1798-1821 
 Abstract:  This bound volume contains portions of Benjamin Smith Barton's comparative vocubulary, which was published in Philadelphia in 1797. The volume contains notes from Stephen DuPonceau.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.B28 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Indians--Origin 
8Author:  AnonymousRequires cookie*
 Title:  A vocabulary of the most common words in use among the Sac & Fox Indians, n.d.     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This volume contains Sak and Fox words with their English equivalents. It likely dates to the nineteenth century. One of the more notable features of this collection is that it includes words for relatively recent inventions, such as the steam boat.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.F11 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material 
 Subjects:  Fox language | Indians of North America--Languages 
9Author:  James, Edwin,1797-1861.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Conjugation of the verb "to hear" in its various forms in the Chippeway language, [ca. 1833]     
 Dates:  Circa 1833 
 Abstract:  This bound volume, given to the APS in 1839, contains the conjugation of the Chippeway word "to hear." Compiled by of Edwin James, the volume also contains notes by Peter Du Ponceau.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.J23 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Ojibwa language 
10Author:  James, Edwin,1797-1861.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Some account of the Menomonies, with a specimen of an attempt to form a dictionary of their language, 1827     
 Dates:  1827 
 Abstract:  This volume appears to be a draft of a language textbook for the Menomonee and Ojibwa. It begins with an overview of the Menomonee, their culture, history, and location. The text then goes on to describe their language with examples of words and usage.

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 Call #:  Mss.970.1.J23 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Manuscript Essays | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Menominee language--Dictionaries 
11Author:  Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844Requires cookie*
 Title:  Peter Stephen Du Ponceau letters, 1816-1822, to John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder     
 Dates:  1816-1822 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.1162 
 Extent:  1.0 Microfilm reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Linguistics. 
12Author:  Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen letters and documents, 1787-1888     
 Dates:  1787-1888 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.H.S.Film.8 
 Extent:  1.0 Microfilm reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Americans -- Foreign countries. | Indians of North America--Languages 
13Author:  Bellenger, Joseph M.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Instruction sur la langue Mickmaque     
 Dates:  Circa 1814 
 Abstract:  This collection contains notes on the language of the Mickmaque. Originally taken by a French missionary in the eighteenth century, this 98 page volume is a compilation of notes on the language put together in the nineteenth century.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.2.In75 
 Extent:  0.1 Linear feet 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Foreign Language | Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Linguistics | Micmac language--Grammar 
14Author:  Potier, Pierre-Philippe,1708-1781.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Huron linguistic materials, 1743-1744     
 Dates:  1743-1744 
 Abstract:  Dating from the 1740s, this Huron-French dictionary contains more than just linguistic material. The volume also has data on the Huron, such as a description of a village and names of their leaders.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.2.P845 
 Extent:  38.0 Item(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Wyandot Indians | Wyandot language 
15Author:  Townsend, John Kirk,1809-1851.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Vocabularies of the Okonagan, Attnaha, and Walla Walla languages, [and] Vocabularies of the languages of Indians inhabiting N.W. America, 1834-1836     
 Dates:  1834-1836 
 Abstract:  This dictionary, compiled during John Kirk Townsend’s travels between 1834 and 1836, contains English translations for some words in Okonagan, Attnaha, and Walla Walla languages.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.T66 
 Extent:  2.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Salishan languages | Walla Walla Indians 
16Author:  Sagard, Gabriel.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Dictionnaire de la langue huronne, 1632     
 Dates:  1632 
 Abstract:  This slender manuscript volume contains a transcription of a dictionary of the Huron compiled by Sagard Gabriel in the early 17th century. The document was transcribed and given to Peter DuPonceau in the 19th century for his work on Native American languages. It is in French with an occasional marginalia note in English.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.33.Sa1 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Manuscript Essays | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Missionaries. | Wyandot language 
17Author:  Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844Requires cookie*
 Title:  Indian vocabularies, 1820-1844     
 Dates:  1820-1844 
 Abstract:  This portion of the Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Collection relates to his collection of Native American languages. As a leading linguist of the era, the Du Ponceau collection has three portions that reflect his interest in linguistics. The first is a large volume of 73 Indian languages for both South and North American Indians (497 In2), which is what this entry refers to. The second is a nine volume set of notes on philology that focuses on Native American languages but includes notes on range of other language groups, such as the language of Polynesians and Greeks (410 D92). The notes also make numerous observations about Native American customs, practices, and beliefs. The third portion of linguistic material is a dictionary of terms relating to the sea and seafaring (359.03 D92).

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 Call #:  Mss.497.In2 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Courts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia County. | Indians of North America--Languages | Indians of South America--Languages 
18Author:  Schmick, Joh. Jac. (Johann Jacob), 1714-1778Requires cookie*
 Title:  Miscellanea linguae nationis Indicae Mahikan     
 Dates:  Circa 1753-1767 
 Abstract:  These two bound volumes contain a large dictionary of Mohican. The collection was the gift of John Heckwleder, suggesting that he may have used the books in his missionary efforts.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.Sch5 
 Extent:  0.2 Linear feet 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America--Languages | Linguistics | Mahican language | Mahican language--Dictionaries--German | Moravians--Missions 
19Author:  Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823Requires cookie*
 Title:  Communications to the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society, 1816-1821     
 Dates:  1816-1821 
 Abstract:  The John Heckewelder Collection consists of an assortment of documents, almost all of which deal with Native Americans. Heckewelder was a Moravian missionary to Delaware Indians in Pennsylvania who was a prominent figure in nineteenth century intellectual circles. The primary focus of the collection is on his attempt to preserve Native American languages, especially those of the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) in Pennsylvania. His correspondence and one publication also chronicle Native American history, customs, and life. Heckewelder also kept a meteorological journal while on his mission to Gnadenhutten, Pennsylvania from 1802-1814, which is part of the collection. Much of the collection comes from Heckewelder’s correspondence with the APS and its prominent member and linguist Stephen Du Ponceau.

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 Call #:  Mss.970.1.H35c 
 Extent:  1.0 Volume(s) 
 Subjects:  Delaware Indians | Indians of North America--History | Indians of North America--Languages | Indians of North America--Social life and customs 
20Author:  Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866Requires cookie*
 Title:  George William Featherstonhaugh papers, 1771-1856     
 Dates:  1771-1856 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.1431 
 Extent:  10.0 Microfilm reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Agriculture -- United States. | Geology -- United States. | Indians of North America--Languages | Railroads -- United States. 
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