American Philosophical Society Library
MICROFILMS
201. ANDREANI, PAOLO. Journals [1784-1791]. ca. 275p.
Originals owned by Count Antonio Sormanni-Verri of Milan.
202. BARTRAM, JOHN. Journa1[1765]. 44 frames.
Original in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1952. Tour along Georgia and South Carolina coast. Brief mention of Creek ethnobotany. Mentions finding pottery and describes tumulus.
203. BEAUCHAMP, WILLIAM MARTIN. Papers on Iroquois personal names [1914]. 2 notebooks of ca, 380p. 1 reel.
Originals in Onondaga Historical Association at Syracuse Public Library. Includes biographical "Sketches of Onondagas of Note," "Names given to whites,' and "Names of Iroquois, exclusive of Onondagas." Collected by Rev. W. M. Beauchamp, 1909.
Donor, William N. Fenton, grantee, 1953. Cf. Fenton (1953).
204. CANADA, NATIONAL MUSEUM, OTTAWA. Nootka Indian language material 1~1910-1935]. 3 reels.
From originals owned by the Museum; positive copy sent to Museum, June, 1956. 2 reels contain Nootka texts obtained by Aleck Thomas (1910-1920); 1 reel contains Nootka ethnographic and legendary texts taken and annotated by Edward Sapir, ctl. 450p. and 150p., intended as third volume of Sapir and Swadesh (1939). Franz Boas, Nootka vocabularies, ca. 1,900, ca. 100 slips, and 100p. grammatical notes, ca. 1913.
205. CANADA, PUBLIC ARCHIVES. Material in re Indians, etc. [1723-1796]. 2 reels.
Positive film.
Cf. Wallace (1961): 160-161.
206. COLLINSON, PETER. Papers [n.d.]. cn. 500p.
Originals in the Linnean Society of London.
207. DAY, GORDON M. Wampanoag material supplied by Chief Wild Horse [1961]. 1 reel.
Copy of original in Dartmouth College Library. Four notebooks of 39, 64, 55, 81p., principally word lists in English with Wampanoag equivalents; a few paradigms. English alphabet throughout. Donor, Cordon Day, grantee, 1962.
208. DEANE, SIDNEY NORTON. A New England pioneer among the Oneida Indians [1926]. 37 typed p. and typed L.S.
Biography of James Deane of Westmoreland, who was raised by Oneida Indians during the eighteenth century. Includes transcription of Oneida Origin myth, copied from a copy; the MS. original (or another copy) is reported to be in the New York State Museum. Letter from B. D. Meritt to R. H. Shryock, February 28, 1962.
Donor, B. D. Meritt, 1962.
209. DE LAGUNA, FREDERICA. Transcriptions and notes for Atna recordings [1958-1960]. 5 items.
Originals in possession of Dr. de Laguna. Includes transcriptions and notes on contents of No. 263 and No. 266, Atna texts and songs. Translation of ethnographic portions of I. Veniaminoff (1840), "Notes on the Islands of the Unalaska District," vol. 3, "Notes on the Atkin Aleuts and Koloshi." 29p.
Donor, Frederica de Laguna, 1962. Cf. No. 263 and 266.
210. DUPONCEAU, PETER STEPHEN. Letters to Albert Gallatin, etc. [1801-1843]. 43 items.
From originals in New-York Historical Society. Principally about Indian linguistics and other philological matters.
211. DUTILLY, ARTHÈME A., Compiler. Collection of Canadian Indian linguistic materials [1860-1940]. 10 items. 2 reels.
Copy from negative films at Catholic University of America. Includes dictionaries, lexicons, grammars, and miscellaneous missionary materials in Blackfoot, Slave, Cree, Montagnais, Tlingit, and Hare (Kawchotinne); most of the originals are in the Archives Provinciales of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
Donor, A. A. Dutilly, grantee, 1943.
Cf. Year Book APS for 1940: 160-161 for description of these and 11 other documents.
212.FADDEN, RAY. Indian wampum[l952]. Beaded belt. In color.
Belt depicts history of Iroquois; a modern handicraft.
Donor, Ray Fadden (Aren Akweks), 1950.
213. FRANKLIN, WILLIAM. Letters to various persons [1750-1812]. 16 items.
From originals in Yale University Library.
Donor, William H. Mariboe, 1955.
214. HAWKINS, BENJAMIN. Journal of occurrences in the Creek Agency [1802]. 160p.
Original now in Library Company; formerly in possession of Francis W. Rawle. Covers agency affairs at Tookaubatchee, January 23-July 1, 1802. Includes meetings with Creek Indians; treaty negotiations at Fort Wilkinson; relevant correspondence.
Donor, Francis W. Rawle, through John Witthoft, 1954. Printed (April 90-May 23, 1802), Hawkins (1916): 414-426.
215. HAWKINS, BENJAMIN. Letter book [May, 1798-September, 1801; 1802; 1810]. 285p.
Original in possession of National Park Service. Letter book kept by Hawkins at the Creek Agency, including outgoing letters, memoranda, speeches to and from Creek and Choctaw Indians; materials relating to Indian affairs; the attempt to survey the St. Mary's River; Spanish-U.S. relations. Includes a "Sketch" of the Indians at the Creek Agency; political organization, agriculture, manufacture, public establishments; justice. Materials written variouslv at Fort Wilkinson, Tukebatchee, and Coweta.
216. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Documents in possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society [1789-1796]. 9 items.
Concerning survey of Moravian Indian lands on the Muskingum and Indian affairs at Detroit.
217. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Journal of his travels among the Indians, April-September, 1793 [1793]. 38 frames. In English.
Original in possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. With this is letter from Heckewelder to Mordecai Churchman, October 5, 1819; mentions P. S. DuPonceau. 1p. engraving of Heckewelder. Journal of travel to Indian conference at Detroit. Includes 1p. letter of Maria Heckewelder to Matthew S. Henry requesting him to relinquish the volume and some Heckewelder letters.
Donor, P. A. W. Wallace, n.d. Printed, Wallace (1958): 294-333.
218. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Material from Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pa. [1741-1822]. Ireel. German and English.
Originals in the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pa. Contains SE letters, journals, reports, etc., pertaining to the travels and missionary activities of Heckewelder, mostly in German. 7 journals, memoranda, and miscellaneous materials of David Zeisberger, pertaining to his years with Indians. Many of the former materials were utilized and published by Paul A. W. Wallace (1958); the latter includes Zeisberger's Memoranda on Indians; Journey to the Six Nations, Nanticokes and Shawanees in April, 1752, to July, 1752; Conrad Weiser, Observations made on the pamphlet entitled "An enquiry ... C1759]"; Birth records for the 1780's at Friedenshutten and Gnadenhutten; Catalogue of Indians baptized by the United Brethren, 1765-1814 (721 names); and a memorandum of Zeisberger on the Onondaga.
Cf. Wallace (1958).
219. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Miscellaneous material [n.d.]. 7 items.
Originals in Harvard University.
Donor, P. A. W. Wallace, 1951.
220. HORSMANDEN, DANIEL. Papers pertaining to the Six Nations [1714-1747]. 200p. 1 reel.
Originals in the New-York Historical Society. 140 pages pertain to Indian affairs in New York, principally 1745-1747; 200p. addenda of papers of Van Shack family pertain to the same subject. Table of contents.
Donor, William N. Fenton, grantee, 1953. Cf. Fenton (1953).
221. HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON. Correspondence with various persons [18101855]. 7 reels.
Sixteen filmed collections of originals in the Royal Society of London, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the British Museum, Yale University, Westdeutsche Bibliothek, Deutsche Staatsbibliothek of Berlin, Bancroft Library of University of California; the Henry E. Huntington Library; Goettingen University; Bibliothèque Nationale at Geneva, Switzerland; the Alexander von Humboldt Commission; University Library, Zurich. The materials were, in general, collected by Helmut de Terra and contain correspondence with various scientists. A few items pertain to Humboldt's travels and general comments on American Indian linguistics.
222. Indian language manuscripts, principally Iroquois and Algonquin [1699-1865]. 12 reels.
A collection of grammars, dictionaries, miscellaneous religious material in NipissingAlgonquin, Mohawk, Huron, and Onondaga. The work of Sulpician missionaries at the Lake of Two Mountains Mission, Oka. Material now in the Archives Indiennes, Notre Dame de Montréal and Les Archives de Séminaire de Montréal les prêtres de Saint-Sulpice. Restricted use.
223. JACKSON, HALLIDAY. Civilization of the Indian tribes from the time of Penn to 1809 [18103. 2 copies, 175p, and 210p.
Original in possession of Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Two drafts of a chronologically ordered account of the relation of the Quakers and the Indians, with special emphasis on the Seneca. An account of the manners and customs is included in the first; a Seneca vocabulary is appended to the second draft.
Cf. Jackson (1830a).
224. JACKSON, HALLIDAY. Journal, August-September 23, 1806 [1806]. 72p.
Original in possession of Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore. Concerning business of the Friends committee on Indian affairs, and the Indians in western Pennsylvania.
Printed, Snyderman (1957).
225. JACKSON, HALLIDAY. Journal, September 9-October 5, 1814 [1814]. 73p.
Original in possession of Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Contains many references to the Indians in the western part of New York State. "Some account of a visit paid to the Friends residing at Tunessa [sie] and Cataraugus and to the Indians residing at those places." Meetings with Indians, observations on social change resulting from missionary activities and white contact.
226. JACKSON, HALLIDAY. Negotiations with the Indians of Pennsylvania by the Society of Friends to 1795 L~1795]. 142p., 15 of which are out of focus and cannot be read. Original in possession of Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Contains census of Indian tribes and verbatim collection of previous speeches and messages to and from various tribes. Material on various tribes; letters from Timothy Pickering, Jasper Parrish, Isadore Chapin; discussion of various Iroquoian, Stockbridge, Brotherton, etc., tribes. Mention of Connediu (Handsome Lake).
227. JACKSON, WARNER [HALLIDAY]. Some account of my residence among the Indians [1800]. 43p.
Original in possession of Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore. (Donated to that library by Elisa Schofield, 1912.) May 4-June 30, 1800: a continuation of another manuscript, concluding a missionary stay at Tunessassa and Cornplanter's village and return to Pottsville, Pa., after an absence of two years and two months (Jackson departed for missionary work April 30, 1798), pp. 1-30. Account of meeting of Seneca Indians at Buffalo Creek with Indian agent and a missionary from Massachusetts, pp. 31-39; and a record of Red Jacket's speech, May, 1811, at Buffalo Creek, pp. 40-43.
Cf. Deardoff and Snyderman (1958) and Wallace (1952b).
228. MCKESSON, ----. Papers pertaining to Indian affairs [1714-1790]. 1 reel.
Originals in New-York Historical Society. Miscellaneous materials, mostly 17781791, of Timothy Pickering, Henry Knox, William Hardenburgh, John Taylor and others. Includes 94p. account of meeting with the Indians at Fort Stanwix, N.Y., June 1, 1790, and 47p. of miscellaneous material.
Donor, W. N. Fenton, grantee, 1953. Cf. Fenton (1953).
229. Manuscripts on Middle American cultural anthropology [1930-1949]. 26 reels. In English, Spanish, and various Indian languages.
Manuscript materials collected by members of the Department of Anthropology of the University of Chicago in connection with the Carnegie Institution of Washington Middle American Research Program as well as various Middle American governmental agencies. A microfilm publication of the University of Chicago, 1946-1957. Table of contents.
Donor (of series 2, 9-12), A. V. Kidder and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1947.
230. MARCOUX, ABBÉ. Grammaire iroquoise ou la Langue Iroquoise reduite en principes fixes... [1853]. 130p. In French.
From originals in the Archives of the Mission Iroquoise de Saint-Regis and the Mission Caughnawaga, Caughnawaga, Quebec. Contains also: Dictionnaire IroquoisFran~ais, 1844, 83313. (many blank). Dictionnaire Français-Iroquois, 6933?. (many blank). 1p. comparison with Huron.
231. METHODIST CHURCH, BOARD OF MISSIONS. Division of the national mission, Philadelphia. Indian material [1835-1848]. 127 items. 1 reel.
Letters, principally of Rev. Jason Lee to Dr. Nathan Bangs, pertaining to the conduct of the Methodist Mission at Willamette, Oregon, for Flat Head, Kalapooya, and other Indians (the Oregon Mission of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church) .
232. MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY. Papers [n.d.]. 16mm., 2 reels.
Originals in the Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester. Lorimer Fison and Alfred W. Howitt to Morgan, 1865-1881, 455p. Materials pertaining to geology, etc., 194p. Materials pertaining to Morgan's secret society, Grand Council of the Iroquois, by Morgan, 156p. by others, 105p. Rules, Constitutions, etc., 44p. Volume 1 of Morgan manuscript journals, 394p. Reel 2: Volumes 2-8 of Morgan manuscript journals, 453, 532, 385, 456, and 552p. Record of Indian letters [i.e., Record of the inquiry concerning the Indian system of relationship ...], vol. 1, letters sent, 230p.; vol. 2, letters received, 279p. (Includes related correspondence). Printed table of contents (1936).
Cf., for descriptive contents, Rochester Hist. Soc. Pub. Fund Series 2: 83-97; and White (1959).
233. NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. Papers pertaining to Indian affairs [1709; 1750-1775; 1710-1797]. 1 reel of 1217 frames.
Originals in New York Public Library. Includes 1) Wait Winthrop and John Leverett, memorial on behalf of Massachusetts to John Lord Lovelace, Governor of New York, 3p. (Copy, April 19, 1709), concerning French influence on Indians; need to permit Five Nations to act offensively. 2) Chalmers collection of documents, ca. 300 frames, 1750-1775: extracts from treaties, proceedings of councils with various tribes, intelligence at Fort Pitt, letters of Sir William Johnson, George Croghan, and others. 3) Schuyler Indian papers, 1710-1797: papers generally relating to General Philip Schuyler and his negotiations with Indians, 1775-1797, ca. 600 frames.
Donor, W. N. Fenton, grantee, 1953. Cf. Fenton (1953).
234. O'REILLY, HENRY. Papers relating to the Six Nations [1784-1820]. 1 reel.
Originals in the New-York Historical Society. O'Reilly collection of western mementoes, 1774-1820, selections pertaining to the Six Nations from vols. 6-15, together with copies of documents from the American State Papers, etc. Letters of Phelps, Gorham, Chapin, Brant, Kirkland, Knox, Pickering, Irvine, and Morris.
Donor, W. N. Fenton, grantee, 1953. Cf. Fenton (1953).
235. Papers pertaining to Indian affairs [1665-1775]. 3 reels.
Originals in Massachusetts Archives. Selections from 31 volumes. Pertain in general to treaties at Albany with Six Nations; western boundary of Massachusetts; the Stockbridge removal; the sack of Deerfield by Caughnawaga Mohawks.
Donor, W. N. Fenton, grantee, 1953. Cf. Fenton (1953): 581-583.
236. PARRISH, JASPER. Letters and documents relating to the government service of Jasper Parrish among the Indians of New York State [ed. by Mrs. Dorothy May Fairbanks Newton] [1790-1831]. 1 reel.
From original typescript thesis in Vassar College library. Contains 54 letters and 5 maps pertaining to Indian affairs, New York State, in the Vassar College collection of Parrish papers.
Donor, W. N. Fenton, grantee, 1953.
237. PARSONS, ELSIE CLEWS. Isleta Indian drawings [1937-1941]. 171 colored slides.
From originals in Parsons Collection. Drawings of Pueblo activities, by a native artist.
Donor, Esther Goldfrank, 1955. Cf. Goldfrank (1962).
238. PEALE, TITIAN RAMSAY. Journal kept ... as assistant naturalist of Long's expedition west of the Rocky Mountains from May 3 to August 1, 1819 [1819]. 43p.
Original in Library of Congress. Mentions meeting Osage and other Indians; examining mounds on Mississippi River.
Donor, R. T. Drake, 1954.
Printed, Weese (1947) and extracted and discussed, Poesch (1961): 22-35.
239. PICKERING, TIMOTHY. Papers pertaining to Indian affairs [1790-1795]. 3 reels.
Originals in Pickering papers, Massachusetts Historical Society. Includes extracts from vols. 59-62; also from Miscellaneous Manuscripts Vol. 17, 1784-1798. Includes letters and documents pertaining to Pickering, Henry Knox, John Sergeant, Jasper Parrish and Samuel Kirkland; relates to New York and Western Indian affairs, principally Iroquois, but also Nanticoke, Shawano, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Seneca.
Donor, William N. Fenton, grantee, 1953. Cf. Fenton (1953).
240. PICKERING, TIMOTHY. Papers pertaining to Indian affairs [1790-1795]. ca. 36p.
From Pickering papers in the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts. Extracts from Vol. III, 131-147 and duplicate copies. Principally Iroquois.
Donor, W. N. Fenton, grantee, 1953. Cf. Fenton (1953) and No. 239.
241. POST, CHRISTIAN FREDERICK. Journal of Mr. Christn. Fred. Post, in company with Teedyuscung, Mr. John Hays, Isaac Still, & Moses Tattamy, to the Great Council of the different Indian nations, 1760 [April i-June 30, 1760]. 52p.
Original document in possession of Mrs. Henry P. Cummere. Copy in clerk's hand. Concerning message carried to Mingoes and other Ohio Indians. Includes description of conjuring ceremony.
Donor, Mrs. Henry P. Gummere, 194-2. Cf. Penna. Archiues, ser. 1, 3: 735-741.
242. POWELL, JOHN WESLEY. Miscellaneous material [1871-1902]. 1 reel.
Material from the New York Public Library and the U. S. National Archives, filmed in 1948. Contents: journals of Fred S. Dellenbaugh and John F. Steward, of the Powell Colorado Expedition, 1871 (NYPL); letters of John Wesley Powell and James C. Filling from records of the geological survey, Rocky Mountain survey, letters sent, 1877, 1878, 1879; and Bureau of American Ethnology letters sent, J. W, Powell, 1897-1902. Includes references to Ute Indians and to Bureau of American Ethnology.
Donor, Wallace E. Stegner, grantee, 1955. Cf. Stegner (1954).
243. RAFINESQUE, CONSTANTINE S. Ancient monuments of North and South American ... [1822-1825]. ca. 250p., maps, figs. 123 frames.
Copy of original owned by the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. A rough miscellany of antiquities in North and South America as well as Europe and Asia, taken from published sources and personal observation. Includes the author's "Ancient Geography...," MS.
Cf. Rafinesque (1838).
244. ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Miscellaneous letters and documents pertaining to American Philosophical Society members and associations [1684-1788 (Indian material dates only)]. 1 reel.
Letters collected by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., including correspondence and papers submitted to the Society. Includes letters by Franklin, Winthrop, Endecott, Eliot, etc. Scientific and historical references, primarily. Indian missions.
245. SKINNER, DOROTHY, Photographer. Photographs of Allegany and Cornplanter Indians, etc. [1928-1929]. 50 photos.
Photographs taken by Mrs. Alanson Skinner of individuals, groups and a few typical scenes. Typed list of identifications made by Merle K. Deardorff, Warren, Pa.
Donor, Pennsylvania State Museum, 1950.
246. SMITH, LLOYD DEAN. The Five Nations of Indians in their relation to the colony of New York from 1700 to 1781 [1900]. 78 typed p.
Original at University of Wisconsin Library. Master's thesis concerning political relations of whites and Indians.
247. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, Record Room, Philadelphia. Material pertaining to Indians; from miscellaneous archives and minutes [1791-1908]. 12 reels.
Selections made by Dr. George Snyderman. Twelve boxes of letters, diaries, reports of missionaries and individual Quakers, etc., committee reports and correspondence from Indians to Quakers, from 1791-1908 and undated (1820-1899; 1872-1895). Reels 1-7: 1:1791-1815; 2:1818-1839; 3:1840-1851; 4:1852-1871; 5:1876-1892; 6:1892-1908; 7:undated, 1820-1899 and 1872-1895. Minutes of the Committee ... for Promoting the Improvement and Gradual Civilization of the Indian Natives [Indian Committee], 1795-1895 and beyond. Reels 8 and 9: 8:1795-1837; 9:1837-1895. Minutes of the Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures, 1756-1891. Reels 10 and 11. Miscellaneous papers: of teachers, pupils, visitors to Tunessassa Indian School, Quaker Bridge, N. Y., mostly twentieth century. Reel 12.
Cf. Snyderman (1958); special card file at APS Library for contents (interfiled with items in other libraries and at Society of Friends, not microfilmed).
248. SPECK, FRANK G. Naskapi scenes [ca. 1930]. 8mm. movie film, 3 reels.
Three reels of movie film showing method of twisting rabbit skins for blanket; sled dogs and sleds; snowshoes; wind break in woods; ice fishing with net; physical types; drum. Southern Quebec or Labrador, probably Montagnais-Naskapi.
Donor, Mrs. Frank G. Speck, 1950.
249. SUE, HIROKO. Hare Indians: field notes [1961]. 5 notebooks, 36 slips.
From originals in possession of Hiroko Sue. Contains 4 notebooks (109p.) of linguistic notes, principally vocabulary; also a 43p. vocabulary, organized by ethnographic categories such as animals, fish, clothing, tools, etc.; 36p. of phrases and vocabulary notes; slip file.
Donor, Hiroko Sue, grantee, 1962.
250. TORRF;Y, JOHN. Collection of papers assembled and presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia [1744-1894]. 283 items.
Originals in the possession of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
251. TROWBRIDGE, C. C. Account of some of the traditions, manners and customs of the Lenee Lenauppa [sie] Indians: Traditions of the Lenee Lenaupee [sie] or Delawares: and, Language of the Delawares [n.d., ca. 1825]. 36, 35 and 49p. 1 reel.
Originals in the University of Michigan. Responses of Trowbridge to questionnaire of Lewis Cass (1823). In part a criticism of Heckewelder and DuPonceau.
Cf. Wallace (1961): 78.
252. TRUDEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE. Journal among the Arikara Indians, and other papers [1794-1796]. 190p. 1 reel (2 copies), and 6 sheets in photostat. In French.
Original in possession of S6minaire de QuBbec. Extracts from journals, June 7, 1794-June, 1796 (part printed from copy in Department of State Archives, Washington), 190p. Ca. 200p. letters. "Description abrègée du Haut-Missouri adressé: a Monsieur don Zénon Trudeau" [Lt. Governor of the Country East of the Illinois], no dates, but after 1795. Describes culture of Plains Indians (Cheyenne, Arikara, Mandan, Pawnee, Gros Ventres, Sioux, Poncas), dress, customs, marriage, birth; calumet dance, sun dance, buffalo dance; warfare.
Printed (in English translation), Trudeau (1914) and (1912) and Abel (1921).
253. U. S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES. Manuscript letters in the Office of Indian Trade Archives, concerning Indian Peace Medals [1812-1819]. 23 items. 1 reel.
Originals in Record Group 75, U. S. National Archives. Correspondence of Commissioner of Indian Trade and John Vaughan, Philadelphia, concerning the manufacture of and design of dies for Madison and Lter Indian peace medals. Two letters of Vaughan, A.L.S.; 21 copies of letters sent, Vols. B, C, E. Records of the Office of Indian Trade.
254. UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL, ARCHIVES DU GRAND SÉMINATRE DE QUÉBEC. Archives pertaining to Indian linguistics [1685-1930]. 6 reels.
Grammars, dictionaries, religious works in Indian languages written by Jesuit missionaries and preserved in the Archives du Grand Séminaire de Québec. Includes materials in Huron, Mohawk, miscellaneous Iroquoian languages; Abenaki, Algonquin, Montagnais, Micmac, Ottawa; Slave, and unidentified Northwest Coast materials. Prepared under the direction of Marius Barbeau.
255. WEER, PAUL. Bibliography of the Walam Olum [n.d.]. 24 typed p.
From original loaned by Dr. P. A. W. Wallace, 1952. Lists material on Rafinesque, editions of the Walam Olum, anthropological studies, and general references.
256. WILLIAMS, ELEAZER. A grammar of the Mohawk dialect of the Iroquois language [before 1836]. 211p.
Original owned by the Missouri Historical Society. Includes alphabet, phonetics, parts of speech and kinship classification. Notes dialect differences.
Cf. Proc. APS 1: 46.
257. YOUNG, H. A topographic memoir on East and West Florida ... [1818]. 125p.
Original document owned by Francis W. Rawle, Albany, ca. 1954. A chapter of this memoir is devoted to Seminole and aboriginal inhabitants of Florida: names, numbers, settlements, war and treaties, councils, marriage, trade, amusement, etc.
Printed, Boyd (1934).
Additional microfilm collections from Kendall's Supplement
4024. ARCHIVO GENERAL DE INDIAS, SEVILLE: Reina-Jimenez Collection; n.d. 129 reels of film. Film No. 1337.
Re: Post-conquest social and cultural processes in Guatemala. From originals in the AGI, Seville.
Donor, Ruben E. Reina, Dec. 1974.
4025. BERKHOFER, ROBERT F. Protestant missionaries to the American Indians, 1787-1862; 1960. 1 reel of film. Film No. 1157.
Doctoral dissertation, Cornell University.
4026. BOAS, FRANZ. Correspondence; 1885-1909. 1 reel of film. Film no. 372.3.
Re: work among the Eskimos and on Northwest Coast languages. From originals in possession of the Office of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution.
Donor, Smithsonian Institution, Apr. 1967.
4027. CANADA, PUBLIC ARCHIVES; n.d. 2 reels of film. Film No. 426.
Includes materials from the Public Record Office, London, and Bibliothèque nationale, Paris. Some of the materials pertain to the Six Nations during the Revolutionary War era.
Donor, Barbara Graymont, 1965.
4028. Cherokee medicine book; n.d. 22 frames of microfilm. Film No. 1125.
Material to be edited and published by J. F. Kilpatrick. Written in the Cherokee syllabary.
4029. Collection of materials on American Indian sign language; 1966. 1 reel of film. Film No. 1226.
Includes: a Nez Perce hymnal; discussion and illustrations on the meaning of symbols and on the use of sign language; etc. From materials in possession of Miss Jean Rumsey.
4030. DALHOUSIE MUNIMENTS: papers relating to America, 1748-59: James Glen (governor of South Carolina), and John Forbes and his expedition in the French and Indian War. 2 reels of film. Film No. 1231.
Re: South Carolina politics and government; Indian policy; French and Indian War; etc. From originals in Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh.
4031. DE LAGUNA, FREDERICA, and MARIE FRANÇOISE GUÉDON. Atna of the Copper River Valley; 1960, 1968. 2 reels of film. Film No. 1278.
Re: Atna, Copper River, Totlin, Upper Tanana, Southern Tuchone, Burwash Landing, and Yukon.
4032. DE LAGUNA, FREDERICA, and CATHERINE MCCLELLAN, comps. Field notes on the ethnology of the Tlingit and Copper River Atna; 1949-1960. 6 reels of film. Film No. 1127.
Includes notes on archaeological investigations; transcripts of interviews with infermants. Tlingit material taken primarily from Yakutat and Angoon; Copper River Atna (Ahtena) from Chitina, Copper Center, and Chistochina, Alaska. From originals in possession of the compilers.
Cf: Nos. 263-267.
4033. DU PONCEAU, PETER S. Correspondence with John G. E. Heckewelder; 1816-1822. 18 items on film. Film No. 1162.
Re: Zeisberger's Onondaga grammar and dictionary; Heckewelder's writings on the Indians; publications; question of whether or not any of the Lenape can pronounce the letter r. From originals in possession of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
4034. EDEL, MAY MANDELBAUM. American Indian linguistic materials; n.d. 4 reels of film. Film No. 1275.
Re: Salishan languages and dialects with emphasis on Tillamook. From originals in the University of Washington libraries.
4035. FLOYD, TROY S., coll. Archivo nacional, Guatemala City, Guatemala; 1961. 2 reels of film. Film No. 1155.
Selections from collections pertaining to the history of Guatemala, 1568-1806.
Donor, grantee, 1963.
4036. FREEMAN, JOHN F., comp. Guide to American Indian manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society; 1962. 2 reels of film. Film No. 1126.
From typed manuscripts produced in preparation of a guide for publication.
4037. History of Science Film No. 8; n.d. 1 reel of film.
Re: Algonquian, Choctaw, Illinois, and Narraganset. Includes letters of: B. A. Gould, F. R. Hassler, Gauss, Sir Joseph Banks, J. F. Blumenbach. From originals in the possession of the Niedersächische Staats und Universitätsbibliothek, Göttingen.
4037a. MCQUOWN, NORMAN A., comp. Quiché Maya texts; n.d. 1 reel of film. Film No. 1295.
Includes: vocabulary with Spanish glosses; texts recorded by Manuel J. Andrade (1935), transcribed and translated by Remigio Cochojil-González (1964-1971); orthography developed by Norman A. McQuown.
4038. Michigan Indians: celebration; 1967. 1 reel of movie film, 24 color slides. Film No. 1257.
Includes: stomp dance; war dance; partridge dance; dance to the four winds; round dance; snake dance; corn dance; audience and parade; crafts.
Cf: Nos. 4071, 4605, and Negative No. 475.
Donor, Gertrude P. Kurath, July 1968.
4039. MORAVIAN CHURCH ARCHIVES: records of the Moravian mission among the Indians of North America; n.d. 40 reels of film. Film No. 1279.
Includes: language materials in Delaware, Creek, Mohawk, and Onondaga; materials pertaining to the Chippewa, Cherokee, Nanticoke, and Shawnee; diaries (travel and other); reports; letters; conference minutes; various other materials relating to missionary activities and relations with the Indians. Materials from: New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Ontario. Table of contents available. From originals in Bethlehem, Pa.
4039a. OLSON, RONALD L. American Indian linguistic materials; n.d. 1 reel of film. Film No. 1276.
Includes: vocabularies in several Native languages; material in the Quinault dialect of Lower Chehalis; material in Quileute. From originals in the University of Washing ton libraries.
4040. RIGSBY, BRUCE, comp. Sahaptin field notes; 1963-1969. 2 reels of film. Film No. 1261.
Includes: vocabulary, paradigms, sentences, texts, and English translations collected at the Umatilla Indian Reservation; list of Umatilla speakers; vocabulary, sentences, etc., from dialects other than Umatilla; some material on Molale. Permission necessary for publication. From originals in possession of the compiler.
4041. SHEEHAN, BERNARD W. Civilization and the American Indian in the thought of the Jeffersonian era; 1965. 1 reel of film. Film No. 1241.4.
Doctoral dissertation in history, University of Virginia.
4042. SMILEY FAMILY: papers of the conferences at Lake Mohonk; 1885-1930. 1 reel of film. Film No. 1246.
Table of contents for the collection which is primarily concerned with the Indian conferences. From originals in possession of Haverford College.
4043. SOCIETY OF JESUS: the Oregon Province Archives, Indian Language Collection: the Alaska Native languages; 1976. 28 reels of film. Film No. 1364.
Includes: dictionaries; vocabularies; texts (primarily Christian religious materials); grammatical notes; sermons; hymns; etc. Languages include: Central Alaskan Yupik, Inupiaq (Inuit), Koyukon, and Ingalik (Ingalit). From originals produced in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, on deposit at the Pacific Northwest Indian Center, Spokane, Washington.
4044. SOCIETY OF JESUS: the Oregon Province Archives, Indian Language Collection: the Pacific Northwest tribal languages; 1976. 21 reels of film. Film No. 1365.
Includes: dictionaries; vocabularies; texts (primarily Christian religious materials); grammars; etc. Languages include: Assiniboin (Dakota); Blackfoot; Chelan (Columbian); Coeur d'Alene; Colville (Okanagan); Columbian; Crow; Gros Ventre (Arapaho); Kalispel; Kutenai; Nez Perce; Yakima (Sahaptin). From originals produced in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, on deposit at the Pacific Northwest Indian Center, Spokane, Washington.
4046. SUE, HIROKO, comp. Materials collected among the Hare Indians, Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., Canada; 1962-1963. 1 reel of film. Film No. 1175.
Material to accompany No. 4236, reels 7-19.
Cf: No. 4238 for table of contents.
Donor, grantee.
4047. UNITED CHURCH BOARD FOR WORLD MINISTRIES: North American Indian papers; 1817-1883. 64 reels of film. Film No. 1223.
Re: missions among the Cherokee, Choctaw, Dakota, Osage, Chickasaw, Mackinaw, Creek, Ojibwa, Pawnee, Stockbridge, Maumee, Abenaki, and Penobscot. From originals in Houghton Library, Harvard University.