American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Native American Languages.
Franz Boas Collection of Materials for American Linguistics
1882-1958
(80 linear feet)

497.3 B63c

© American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street * Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386

American Philosophical Society

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Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
Table of contents Abstract
Formed in 1927 under the initiative of Franz Boas, Edward Sapir, and other academic linguists, the Committee on Native American Languages of the American Council of Learned Societies was charged with documenting the endangered languages of indigenous Americans.

The Collection of the American Council of Learned Socities Committee of Native American Languages is one of the largest and most significant primary resources for study of the indigenous languages of North America. Beginning with the creation of the Committee in 1927, and periodically added to since by the APS, the collection has grown to over 80 linear feet of material representing at least 166 languages and dialects from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The formats range from field notes and ethnographic texts to slip files, vocabularies, lexica, and grammars, and dozens of linguists and Native consultants are represented. Although most of the material was collected in the 1920s and 1930s, a signficant number of items have been added that extends the range of dates represented both backward and forward.
Background note
Formed in 1927 under the initiative of Franz Boas, Edward Sapir, and other academic linguists, the Committee on Native American Languages of the American Council of Learned Societies was charged with documenting the endangered languages of indigenous Americans. Wielding grants to encourage research, the Committee was chaired by Boas and staffed by Manuel J. Andrade, Jaime de Angulo, Roland B. Dixon, Pliny E. Goddard, Bernard Haile, John P. Harrington, Harry Hoijer, Melville Jacobs, Diamond Jenness, Alfred V. Kidder, Alfred L. Kroeber, Truman Michelson, Frans M. Olbrechts, Gladys A. Reichard, Frank G. Speck, Edgar H. Sturtevant, Morris Swadesh, and John R. Swanton, among others.


Scope and content
The Collection of the American Council of Learned Socities Committee of Native American Languages is one of the largest and most significant primary resources for study of the indigenous languages of North America. Beginning with the creation of the Committee in 1927, and periodically added to since by the APS, the collection has grown to over 80 linear feet of material representing at least 166 languages and dialects from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The formats range from field notes and ethnographic texts to slip files, vocabularies, lexica, and grammars, and dozens of linguists and Native consultants are represented. Although most of the material was collected in the 1920s and 1930s, a signficant number of items have been added that extends the range of dates represented backward into the 1880s and forward in the late 1950s.

During the 1940s, the ACLS collection was arranged by language (and language family) by C. F. Voegelin and Zellig S. Harris, who also listed a significant quantity of miscellaneous non-linguistic material. Their index was published in a supplement to Language 21, 3 (1945). Among the non-linguistic material not indexed by Voegelin and Harris are data on folklore, mythology, and general ethnology, with some emphasis on African Americans, Africans, and the work of Boas's colleagues in Russia.

Since its arrival in Philadelphia, the APS has periodically added additional material to the collection. Among the more notable additions are some highly important field notes and other material donated by Alfred Kroeber in 1946 relating to early research (1902-1910) on California Athabascan languages (Chilula, Hupa, Kato, Mattole, Nongatl, Pomo, Sinkyoke, Tolowa, Wailaki, and Whilkut), and a suite of manuscripts by Edward Sapir presented by his family and colleagues in 1972. A number of individual linguists have also contributed individually to the collection, including Edward Ahenakew, Morris Swadesh, Kenneth Croft, Norman A. McQuown, Gordon Marsh, and C. F. Voegelin.

This finding aid is intended to parallel the APS On-line Guide to Material Relating to American Indians, with most entries culled verbatim. The materials in this finding aid are arranged according to language, dialect, cultural group, or region, and then by call number. When applicable, references to microfilm versions are included at the end of the entry.

Administrative information
Restrictions
None.

Provenance
Gift of American Council of Learned Societies, 1945.

Preferred citation
Cite as: American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society.

Processing information
Recatalogued by rsc, 2002.

Other finding aids
Most of the materials in the ACLS collection, along with other materials on Native American languages, are indexed in On-line Guide to Material Relating to American Indians.

Additional information
Separated material
American Council of Learned Societies. Correspondence, 1926-1927. (506.73 Am72co)
  • This small but important collection of correspondence relates to the formation of the Committee on Research in the Native American Languages, its grants, and its publications. Correspondents include: Edward C. Armstrong, Leonard Bloomfield, Franz Boas, R. W. Bryan, James McKeen Cattell, Pliny Earle Goddard, Charles H. Haskins, J. W. Hewitt, Melville Jacobs, Roland G. Keat, Alfred L. Kroeber, Waldo G. Leland, Robert M. Lester, Fang-Kuei Li, Adrien G. Morice, William A. Oldfather, Gladys A. Reichard, Edward Sapir, E. H. Sturtevant, John R. Swanton, Walter F. Willcox. The collection is not calendared.

Related material
The APS contains dozens of collections with material on Native American Languages, the majority of which are indexed in the On-line Guide to Material Relating to American Indians.

Added entries
Subjects
  • Achumawi language
  • American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Native American Languages
  • Athapascan language
  • Atsugewi language
  • Bella Coola language
  • Chehalis language
  • Cherokee language
  • Chimakum language
  • Chinook language
  • Chitimacha language
  • Cree language
  • Dakota language
  • Ethnology--Africa
  • Ethnology--Russia
  • Ethnology--United States
  • Folklore--Africa
  • Folklore--British Columbia
  • Folklore--Florida
  • Haida language
  • Hopi language
  • Hupa language
  • Indians of North America--Languages
  • Inuktitut language
  • Kalapuya language
  • Kalispel language
  • Kathlamet language
  • Kutenai language
  • Kwakiutl language
  • Laguna language
  • Lillooet language
  • Linguistics
  • Nahuatl language
  • Nass language
  • Navajo language
  • Nez Perce language
  • Nitinat language
  • Nootka language
  • Ntlakyapmuk language
  • Patwin language
  • Pomo language
  • Quileute language
  • Salish language
  • Shasta language
  • Tarahumara language
  • Tarascan language
  • Tlingit language
  • Tolowa language
  • Tsimshian language
  • Tunica language
  • Wailaki language
  • Winnebago language
  • Yana language
  • Zapotec language
  • Contributors
  • Ahenakew, Edward
  • Andrade, Manuel Jose, 1885-1941
  • Angulo, Jaime de
  • Beynon, William, 1888-1958
  • Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
  • Bogoras, Waldemar, 1865-1936
  • Dixon, Roland Burrage, 1875-1934
  • Freeland, Lucy S.
  • Goddard, Pliny Earle, 1869-1928
  • Haile, Bernard, 1874-1961
  • Harrington, John Peabody
  • Hoijer, Harry, 1904-1976
  • Hurston, Zora Neale
  • Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969
  • Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937
  • Kalibala, Ernest B.
  • Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963
  • Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960
  • Lange, Gertrud, 1879-
  • Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
  • Mukasa, Ham, 1871-1956
  • Olbrechts, Frans M., 1899-1959
  • Quain, Buell Halvor, 1912-1939
  • Reichard, Gladys Amadna, 1893-1955
  • Roberts, Helen Heffrom, 1888-
  • Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939
  • Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950
  • Sturtevant, Edgar Howard, 1875-1952
  • Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967
  • Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
  • Genre terms
  • Dictionaries
  • Ethnographic texts
  • Field notes
  • Photographs
  • Slipfiles
  • Word lists
  • Contact information
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    Detailed inventory

    Non-American and non-linguistic material



    Unidentified.
    Autobiography of a native of Dahomey, West Africa
    n.d. AMs, 9pp. (incomplete) 3

    Autobiographical manuscript of descendant of a Falasha Jew from Dahomey, including account of his return to Africa in 1910.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7 reel 1


    [Boas, Franz, 1858-1942](?).
    Bibliography on race
    TMs, 88 slips 5

    Unidentified.
    Folklore in British Columbia
    n.d. AMs, ca.50p. 6

    Rough notes
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937.
    My Life [Chukchee life history]
    n.d. AMs, 9p. 8

    Autobiographical account
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Unidentified.
    Notes on the Tchi of West Africa
    ca.1922 TMs, 121p. 17

    Ethnographic account of the Twi.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    The effects of American environment on immigrants and their descendants
    n.d. (1910?) TMs, 12p. 25

    Re: physical changes in immigrant populations.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Bogoras, Waldemar.
    notes of the Uryanskai and Monegher
    1924 AMsS, 4p.; 27 photographs 36

    Brief account with excellent photos.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 3


    Quain, Buell H..
    Social organization of the Namuavoivoi
    n.d. TMs, 7 p. 39

    Comparison of social structure among the Namuavoivoi of Fiji with Polynesian and Maori.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Hurston, Zora Neale.
    The Florida Expedition
    n.d. TMs, 3p. 46

    Report on work in Florida on Negro folklore.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Kagwa, Apolo, ed..
    Uganda folklore stories
    1927 AMs, 237p. 47

    Translated by Ernest B. Kalibala
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    King, Louis E..
    Negro life in a rural community
    1927-1931 TMsS, 165p. 49

    Ethnographic account of rural community in West Virginia.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Lange, Gertrud.
    Die Trachten des vorderen Orients
    1933 60watercolor and pencil sketches 52a

    Illustrations for 52b
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Lange, Gertrud.
    Die Trachten des Vorderen Orients
    1933 TMs, 196p. 52b

    Thesis submitted under Thilenius at Hamburg. In German.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Edel, May Mandelbaum.
    Notes on the political organization and family structure of the Bolum tribe
    May 1929 TMs, 21p. 53

    Paper submitted to Gladys Reichard.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Mukasa, Hamu.
    Do not retreat...
    ca.1927 AMsS, 15p. 54

    Regarding Christianization in Africa (among the Baganda?).
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Nadejena, Lydia.
    Fragments... on observations made in 1929 in the Volga region
    1929 TMsS, 13p. 55

    Observations on field work under Waldemar Bogoras.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Roberts, Helen H..
    Porto Rican songs
    AMsS, 5p. 56

    Muscial notation, with minor comments.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Seytler, Emil.
    Wiicignipi: Chastisement of women
    AMsS, 1p. 57

    Language unidentified
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: 372.7, reel 1


    Achumawi



    Angulo, Jaime de.
    A comparison between the semasiologies of two languages of the so-called Hokan family (Pomo and Achumawi)
    ca.1931 TMs and AMs, 231L. 10 printed pages H.1

    A formal paper with introduction, discussion of morphological elements and phonology of the two languages. Also "Semasiology," a 175-page list of English words according to de Angulo and L. S. Freeland (1930a), with Achumawi and Pomo equivalents. The author concludes that there is little similarity between the two languages, challenging the Kroeber-Dixon use of statistical vocabulary comparisons as a means of determining genetic relationships. List includes names for 86 different birds.
    Freeman and Smith 307
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 9


    Angulo, Jaime de.
    Does Achumawi belong in the Hokan family
    TMs and AMS, 20 l. H.2

    List of 222 Achumawi-Pomo comparisons. Duplicates part of Semasiology in No. 307.
    Freeman and Smith 309
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 9


    Angulo, Jaime de.
    Conversational texts in Achumawi
    n.d. AMs, 72 p. H1a.1

    Includes: sentences in English; Achumawi equivalents; literal English translations; some paradigms and notes on grammatical points; notes on dialectal differences (Atwamdzini, Hammawi, Adzumawi).
    Freeman and Smith 4100


    Angulo, Jaime de.
    Parallel Achumawi and Atsugewi texts
    n.d. AMs, 11p. H1a.2

    Includes: texts; free English translation; literal translations for some sentences; references to an Achumawi grammar.
    Freeman and Smith 4102
    cf: No. 433


    Angulo, Jaime de.
    Nontechnical description of Achumawi
    ca.1931 TMs, 13p. H1a.4

    Includes Angulo's views on the nature of language and linguistic taxonomy. Apparently a portion of a larger work.
    Freeman and Smith 310
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 9


    Angulo, Jaime de, coll..
    Reminiscences of an Achumawi youth
    n.d. TMs and AMS, 22pp. H1a.5

    An autobiographical text with numbered English translations corresponding to the Achumawi sentences. Dictated by Willard Carmony, an Achumawi.
    Freeman and Smith 4101


    Freeland, Lucy S..
    Appendix of addenda and corrigenda to the grammar of the Achumawi language
    1931-1935 TMs, 67 l. H1a.6

    Thirteen corrections and 57 additions to de Angulo and Freeland (1930b), based on 1931 field work with Hans J. Uldall. Uldall (1935) was apparently once part of this document.
    Freeman and Smith 312
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 9


    Freeland, Lucy S..
    Achumawi texts
    ca.1931 TMs and AMs, 156 l. H1a.7

    Tales, myths, and song texts, with interlinear and free translations. 4p. brief ceremonial song texts.
    Freeman and Smith 311
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 9


    Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939.
    Pit River word list
    1907 AMS, 3 slips H1a.8

    Brief Achumawi word list.
    Freeman and Smith 313
    Provenance: Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1946.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 9


    Acoma



    Stirling, Matthew W..
    Songs from Acoma and Santa Ana
    n.d. AMS, 69 l. Ke 2.1

    Texts of 88 songs with interlinear translations, including typed copy of one song arranged in model form. Numbers refer to phonograph records, not in APS Library. English orthography; phonetic emendations by Franz Boas.
    Freeman and Smith 316
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 11


    Aleut



    Unidentified.
    Aleut Folklore
    ca.1933 TMs Cy, 132 l. 69

    An ethnography of the Aleut based on study made of the Aleut texts of Vladimir Jochelson, apparently by a student of Boas. Comparative folklore and abstracts of Aleut tales are included.
    Freeman and Smith 322
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 5


    Jochelson, Vladimir I..
    Aleut texts
    1909-1910 TMs Cy, 906 l. E2.1

    Attu and Unalaska texts. No translations. Carbon copy (12p.) of 41, 42, 43, has interlinear translation and notes. These were sent to John Harrington, Nov. B, 1941, in Unalaska. Never published.
    Freeman and Smith 323
    Cf. No. 322.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 7-8


    Jochelson, Vladimir I..
    Essay on the grammar of the Aleut language
    1930 TMs and AMs, 83 l. E2.2

    Preface discusses influence of Fr. Veniaminov's grammar; section on phonology; incomplete descriptive grammar. MS. corrections made by Boas. Never published.
    Freeman and Smith 324
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 8


    Algonkian



    Siebert, Frank T..
    Classification of Algonkin languages
    1935 TMs, 7 l. A.1

    Classified list of languages and bands, showing which are extinct and which are extant and approximate number of speakers as of 1935. Attached note of Edward Sapir to Morris Swadesh on revision in classification of Wiyot and Yurok.
    Freeman and Smith 363
    Provenance: Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1950.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 5


    Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
    Wiyot-Yurok and Algonkian comparisons
    1915 AMS, 3 l. A.2

    Cognates in Algonkian languages sent by Speck to Edward Sapir to supplement those used in Sapir (1913). Covering note enclosed.
    Freeman and Smith 364
    Provenance: Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1950.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 5


    Hockett, Charles F..
    Algonkian comparisons
    1940 TMs and AMs, 75 slips A.3

    Illustrations of cognates and sound correspondences in Algonkian.
    Freeman and Smith 354
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel


    Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939.
    Beothuk-Algonkian comparisons
    1915 AMS, 5 l. Be.1

    Document prepared for Sapir, copied from Rev. John Leigh's transcription of John Peyton's vocabulary. Compares 45 Beothuk items with Montagnais and Penobscot as well as isolated Micmac, Ojibwa, and Abnaki equivalents. English translations given. Copyist felt transcription was inadequate.
    Freeman and Smith 360
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 6


    Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939.
    Iroquois, Algonquian and Siouan field notes
    1911 AMS, 1 notebook I1.2

    Vocabulary and texts in Seneca (Grand River); Mohawk (Grand River and Caughnawaga); Delaware (Grand River); Abenaki (Pierreville); Malecite (Rivière du Loup); Micmac (Cacouna); Montagnais (Pointe Blanc); Cree (Pointe Blanc); Algonquian; Tutelo (Grand River).
    Freeman and Smith 361
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.1, reel 36


    Alsea



    Frachtenberg, Leo Joachim, 1883-1930.
    Yakonan (Alsea) grammar
    1918 TMs and AMS, 422 l. Pn 2c.1

    Work intended for publication in Handbook of American Indian Languages, but never printed. Based on field work of J. Owen Dorsey (1884-Siletz, Oregon: vocabularies), Livingston Farrand (1900-Siletz reservation) and the author (1910). Table of contents, grammar, and texts with interlinear and free translations and grammatical notes.
    Freeman and Smith 394
    Cf. texts published in Frachtenberg (1920).
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 14


    Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939.
    Alsea notes, collected... at Siletz Reserve
    1900 AMS, 6 l. Pn2c.2

    Paradigms.
    Freeman and Smith 395
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 14


    Apache



    Unidentified.
    Apache (Chiricahua, Lipan, and Jicarilla) morphological lexicon
    n.d. AMS, 112 cards Na31.1

    Cards arranged in tables; conjugations of all prefixes (aspectual and pronominal) and combinations thereof. Mentions E. Sapir.
    Freeman and Smith 401
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.1, reel 47


    Goddard, Pliny Earle.
    San Carlos Apache Lexical File
    1920 AMS and printed, ca.400 cards Na31.4

    Words cut from printed text, Creation Myth, in Goddard (1920): 147-155, pasted on cards.
    Freeman and Smith 402
    Printed source, Goddard (1920).
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.7, reel 16


    Arapaho



    Hockett, Charles F..
    Sapir on Arapaho
    1939 TMs, 8 l. A4.1

    List of correspondences.
    Freeman and Smith 403
    Printed (briefer version), Hockett (1946): 943-245.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 6


    Salzmann, Zdenek.
    Arapaho texts
    1950 AMS, 98 l. A4.2

    Sample of field notes of texts collected at the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. Includes sample paradigms.
    Freeman and Smith 404
    Printed (nos. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3, 3.2), Salzmann (1958): 151-158, 266-272.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.7, reel 2


    Assiniboin



    Ahenakew, Edward.
    The creation of a new tribe
    1949 AMS, 5p. 71

    Explanation of creation of Assiniboin tribe, separated from Sioux, given Ahenakew in his youth by his mission superintendent, Rev. John Hines. Battle over girl accounted for end of connection of Red Eagle with other Sioux. Letter of Ahenakew to Paul A. W. Wallace, May 21, 1949, commenting on Rev. Hines' relation to the author.
    Freeman and Smith 418
    Provenance: Donor, Edward Ahenakew, grantee, 1949.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 5


    Deloria, Ella Cara.
    Notes on the Assiniboine (Belknap or Watopahnatu dialect)
    1936 TMs Cy, 59 l. X8d.1

    A sketch of Assiniboin grammar, compared with that of Dakota. Includes Assiniboin text, with literal and free translation and notes. Letter from author to Boas, Jan. 6, 1936, covering the document.
    Freeman and Smith 420
    Cf. Boas and Deloria (1932)
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 33


    Atakapa



    Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967.
    Atakapa fragments recorded from descendants of speakers
    1934 AMS, 3 l. G5.1

    Fragmentary list of Atacapa items with English equivalents. Obtained near Lake Charles, La.
    Freeman and Smith 423
    Provenance: Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1953.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, 8; Film 372.7, 5


    Athapaskan



    Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939.
    Problems in Athapaskan linguistics
    n.d. TMs Cy, 3 l. Na.1

    Sapir seeks more and better field data on all recoverable dialects, emphasizing difficulties in dealing with these languages, particularly because of tones.
    Freeman and Smith 428
    Provenance: Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1948
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, 13


    Goddard, Pliny Earle.
    Field notes in California Athabascan languages
    1903-1911 AMS, 4 notebooks Na.2

    2 notebooks of Kiowa Apache materials (including text, discussion of warfare; list of specimens and cost). 2 notebooks Athapaskan, including Tolowa texts in English translation [see Tolowa in No. [30(Na20f.l)].
    Freeman and Smith 427
    Provenance: Donor, A. L. Kroeber for the Department of Anthropology, University of California, 1946.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.1, 42


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Lexical file Athabascan language
    n.d. AMS, 75 cards Na.6

    Stems and paradigms, reference numbers to field notes.
    Freeman and Smith 426
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.6, 2


    Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939.
    Comparative Na-Dene dictionary
    n.d. AMs, 4 vol. (ca. 500p. each) Na20a.3

    Volumes 1, 3, and 4 are comparative Na-Dene with provision for various Athapascan languages and dialects, Haida, and Tlingit. Volume 2 is comparative Sino-Tibetan-Na-Dene with provision for entries in Sino-Tibetan languages, Athapascan, Haida, and Tlingit. Most pages in all volumes have only a few entries.
    Freeman and Smith 4115


    Atsugewi



    Freeland, Lucy S..
    Parallel Achumawi and Atsugewi texts
    n.d. TMs, 11p. H1a.2

    Includes: texts; free English translation; literal translations for some sentences; references to an Achumawi grammar.
    Freeman and Smith 4118
    Provenance: Cf: No. 433


    Angulo, Jaime de.
    The Atsugewi language
    1929 TMs, 71L. H1b.1

    Grammar intended for comparison with the author's study of "the Achumawi language." Similar also to their grammar of Shasta. Based on field work sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies.
    Freeman and Smith 433
    Cf. de Angulo, and Freeland (1930) and No. 30 (H1c.1).
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 9


    Angulo, Jaime de.
    Conversational text in Atsugewi
    n.d. TMs, 19p. H1b.2

    Includes: English sentences; Atsugewi equivalents; literal English translations; some grammatical notes; references to the Atsugewi grammar (cf: No. 433) of which it seems to have been a part originally.
    Freeman and Smith 4117


    Angulo, Jaime de.
    Mythological text in Atsugewi
    1929 TMs, 14L. H1b.3

    Text with interlinear translation and grammatical notes. Originally part of No. 433.
    Freeman and Smith 432
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 9


    Aztec



    Lange, Gertrud.
    Das Leben im alten Mexico
    1933? TMs, 17L. 51

    In German. Discussion of Aztec culture before the Conquest: political organization, society, religion and thought.
    Freeman and Smith 437
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 3


    Bella Bella



    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Bella Bella notes
    1923 TMs and AMs, 175p., 46L., 2 notebooks 4

    Folkloristic texts in English; ethnographic texts; comments. Colored drawings of facial decorations. Also carbon copy of typescript.
    Freeman and Smith 448
    Cf. Boas (1928(1); No. 30(Wlb.3 and Wlb.5)
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 1


    Boas, Franz, et al..
    Salish texts
    1923 TMs and AMs (mostly Cy), 243L. 33

    Primarily Bella Bella texts, in English; c.c. of tales collected by Boas in 1923. Miscellaneous texts; discussion of Coeur d'Alene ethnography.
    Freeman and Smith 452
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 2-3


    Unidentified.
    Bella Bella lexicon
    n.d. Slip file, ca.2,000 slips W1b.1

    Freeman and Smith 446
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.7, reel 22


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Bella Bella lexicon
    ca.1930 Slip file, ca.173 slips W1b.2

    Stem list with illustrative words; part of a larger work (includes A, Y, E, O, stems only).
    Freeman and Smith 447
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.7, reel 22


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Bella Bella texts, word lists and paradigms
    ca. 1925 AMs, 3 ntoebooks W1b.3

    Texts, grammatical materials, notes in shorthand, annotations. Field notes from various informants. Loose sheets enclosed after 1925.
    Freeman and Smith 449
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.1, reel 51


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Bella Bella suffix list
    n.d. AMs, 322L., 5 slips W1b.4

    Preliminary organization of morphological treatment; heavily exemplifed suffix list. On reverse side are ethnological materials: Land of the Dead (the Sbetetda's ceremony and the conception of the Land of the Dead); the idea of fertilization in the culture of the Pueblo Indians; Hopi Sky-Father and Sky-Mother. In notebooks; notes added after 1925. Some offset printed sheets, pp. 1-171 of Boas (1928a).
    Freeman and Smith 450
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 24


    Hunt, George.
    Bella Bella texts
    n.d. AMs and TMs, 159L., 93 slips W1b.5

    Rough text material with interlinear translations, some in English only. Ethnologic materials. Bella Bella suffixes on slips. Letter from George Hunt to Boas, Feb. 21, 1929.
    Freeman and Smith 451
    Cf. Boas (1928a).
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 24


    Bella Coola



    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Bella Coola notes
    n.d. AMs, 81L. 23

    Working notes with page references to other documents, not identified.
    Freeman and Smith 453
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 1


    Newman, Stanley S..
    Bella Coola grammatical summaries
    1937 TMs, 18L. S3.2

    Summaries of phonetic pattern, pronominal schemas, local suffixes, third person references, formation of diminutives, Bella Coola suffixes. Covering letter from Newman to Franz Boas, May 24, 1937.
    Freeman and Smith 455
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 19


    Biloxi



    Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967.
    Biloxi words
    1934 AMs, 3L. X2b.1

    Vocabulary with English equivalents.
    Freeman and Smith 463
    Provenance: Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1953.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 28


    Blackfoot



    Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939.
    Blackfoot vocabulary
    1916 AMs, 1L. A2.1

    Compares Blackfoot numerals 1-10 with Kutenai and Flathead.
    Freeman and Smith 465
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 6


    Caingang



    Henry, Jules.
    The Kaingang language
    1936 TMs Cy, 46L. Ge:K.1

    Grammatical sketch, including morphology and grammatical categories. Based upon field work at Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1932-1934.
    Freeman and Smith 498
    Cf. Henry (1935)
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 9


    Carrier



    Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969.
    Carrier notes (Hagwilgate)
    1921 AMs, 7L. Na4.1

    Verb paradigms. Informant, Donald Grey.
    Freeman and Smith 502
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 13


    Teit, James Alexander, 1864-.
    Notes on various Athabaskan languages
    n.d.; 1910? AMs, 12p. Na.5

    Carrier vocabulary, Stuwix notes, Suwal vocabulary. Some of these materials used by Franz Boas in his article on Nicola Valley Athapascans (1924).
    Freeman and Smith 505
    Cf. Boas (1924).
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 13


    Catawba



    Susman, Amelia L..
    Catawba lexicon
    ca.1935 Slip file, ca.1,000 slips X1.1

    Partial list, organized by stems. Based on Speck (1934).
    Freeman and Smith 550
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.5, reel 1


    Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967.
    Catawba field notes
    1937 AMs, 1 ntoebook X1.2

    Texts, word lists, paradigms, a Catawba "letter to Speck," minimal parts. Two pages of Alaskan Eskimo.Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1950.
    Freeman and Smith 551
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.1, reel 53


    Unidentified.
    Catawba vocabulary
    1939 Slip file, ca.1,300 slips X1.3

    Based on Speck (1934) and on unpublished materials. No apparent order.
    Freeman and Smith 546
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.7, reel 27


    Cayuse



    Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967.
    Cayuse interlinear texts
    1930 AMs, 3 notebooks Ps1a.1

    Notes; texts with interlinear translations. Nez Perce, language as used by Cayuse Indians of Oregon.
    Freeman and Smith 567
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.1, reel 48


    Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967.
    Cayuse lexical file
    1930 Slip file, ca.800 slips Ps1a.3

    Cayuse forms with English equivalents, arranged alphabetically by Cayuse. One section, "Wai'letpu Ethnology," concerns use of Cayuse dialect by Walowa and Wallawalla.
    Freeman and Smith 568
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.7, reel 20


    Central America



    Loukotka, Cestmir.
    Intrusion de los idiomas centroamericanos en el America del Sur
    1938 TMs, 20L. AS1

    In Spanish. Comparative study of loans from Central American languages into those of South America; vocabulary of 72 items. Discusses frequency of appearance of related forms in this vocabulary. Prepared for publication, but unprinted.
    Freeman and Smith 584
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 5


    Chatino



    Angulo, Jaime de.
    Brevisimas notas sobre el idioma Chatino para el uso de los textos
    n.d. AMs, ca. 30p. Z5.1

    In Spanish. Primarily concerned with an analysis of verbs; some discussion of noun declension.
    Freeman and Smith 4160


    Chehalis



    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Chehalis folklore
    1927 TMs Cy, 120p. 7

    Folklore and ethnography based on Boas' field notes in No. 589.
    Freeman and Smith 587
    Cf. Boas (1935)
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 1


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Chehalis myths
    1927-1935 TMs, 239p. 62

    56 texts in English, including some variants and additions. Explanatory table of contents has reference numbers to the original manuscript notes, No. 589.
    Freeman and Smith 586
    Printed, 2 pages of text only, Boas (1935)
    Provenance: Donor, Ruth Benedict, 1946, ed, by E. Aginsky (?).
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 4


    Aginsky, Ethel Gertrude, 1910-.
    Comparison of Puyallup and Chehalis
    1935 TMs, 19L. S.9

    Phonology, verbs, pronouns, nouns, articles, reduplication, affixing, numerals, grammatical processes.
    Freeman and Smith 588
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 16


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Lower Chehalis vocabulary and text
    ca.1890 AMs, 13L. S2b.1

    Text and vocabulary copied from MS. of Myron Eells in the Bureau of American Ethnology (1882), later corrected by Boas in pencil, probably in the field.
    Freeman and Smith 593
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 18


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Chehalis field notes
    1927 AMs, 14 notebooks S2c.1

    Upper Chehalis dialect, Oakville, Washington. Notebooks 1-14, vocabulary, paradigms, and texts with interlinear translation. Also, a copy prepared by Ethel Aginsky (ca. 1935), complete for texts, but not for other notes.
    Freeman and Smith 589
    Cf. No. 586 for typescript.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.1, reel 49


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Chehalis lexical file
    1897; 1927-1935 Slip file, ca. 8,000 slips S2c.2

    Words derived from Boas' notes in No. 589, pp. 145-291. Pt. 1, slips partly classified into categories, e.g., prefixes, diminutives; slips arranged alphabetically by English (prepared by Boas). Pt. 2, slips not yet filed, partly classified and analyzed by Morris Swadesh, 1950 (prepared by Ethel C. Aginsky).
    Freeman and Smith 590
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.7, reel 20


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Chehalis lexicon
    ca.1935 AMs, 845L. S2c.3

    Each sheet is for a given stem (or morpheme), listing examples of 845 Chehalis forms. Based on Boas' field notes, No. 589.
    Freeman and Smith 591


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Chehalis materials
    1927; 1934-1936 AMs, 440L., 5 slips S2c.4

    Texts copied from Boas' field notes (1927), No. 589; collected forms for paradigms and other grammatical formulations: a Stem list, alphabetically arranged by the Chehalis; lists of nouns, verbs, and suffixes, alphabetically arranged by the English. Includes copy of noun, verb, and suffix lists; typed c.c. of noun and verb lists.
    Freeman and Smith 594
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 18


    Eels, Myron, 1843-1907, and Franz Boas, 1858-1942.
    Chehalis field notes
    1882 AMs, 1 notebook S2c.5

    Words recorded in blank forms in Powell (1877) in 1882. Entries made by Boas at later date.
    Freeman and Smith 595
    Cf. No. 593.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.1, reel 49


    Eells, Myron, 1843-1907, and Franz Boas, 1858-1942.
    Chehalis texts
    ca.1890 AMs, 12L and 2p. S2c.6

    Texts obtained by Eells and by Boas. 5p. have interlinear translation made by Boas in 1890.
    Freeman and Smith 596
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 18


    Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
    Chehalis vocabulary
    1934 TMs Cy, 79L. S2c.7

    3 lists: verbs, English-Chehalis, alphabetical by English (ca. 550 forms); nouns, English-Chehalis, alphabetical by English (ca. 450 forms); Chehalis-English word list, alphabetical by Chehalis (ca. 1,100 forms). All copied from materials in No. 594.
    Freeman and Smith 592
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 18


    Cherokee



    Olbrechts, Frans M., b. 1899.
    Ethiopic and Cherokee syllabaries -- a case of parallelism
    n.d. TMs, 8L. I2.1

    A formal paper with MS. corrections. The author finds the syllabaries similar in principle, but different in intent; the Ethiopic is a complication of the Minaeo-Sabaean, while the Cherokee is an attempt at simplification. Phonetic equivalences of the two syllabaries are arranged tabularly at the end.
    Freeman and Smith 682
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.7, reel 7


    Reyburn, William D..
    Cherokee materials gathered on the Cherokee reservation at Cherokee, N.C.
    1951-1952 AMS and TMs, ca. 4500 cards, 350 slips, 1024L. I2.3

    Three parts: (1) cards filed according to morpheme classes; (2) table of contents, notes for grammatical analysis; (3) phonological materials; ethnographic and other texts (folkloristic; biographic, etc.); series of controlled utterances to illustrate morpheme classes; transcription and translation of recorded reels.
    Freeman and Smith 685
    Cf. Reyburn (1953); and No. 884.
    Provenance: Donor, William D. Reyburn, grantee, 1952.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 685


    Harris, Zellig S. (Zellig Sabbettai), b. 1909.
    Cherokee materials
    1941-1946 TMs and AMs, 820L., 575 slips, 10 discs I2.4

    Contains grammatical word lists and utterances; skeletal grammar; verb suffix notes; phonological materials; morphological notes; texts (some in syllabary); ethnographical texts; autobiographical texts; utterances; "Gourds and ants"; miscellaneous.
    Freeman and Smith 661
    Mentioned in Reyburn (1953), 172; c.f. Harris and Bender (1946) for use of phonological materials.
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372, reel 10-11


    Cheyenne



    Croft, Kenneth.
    Cheyenne Material
    1948-1949 TMs and AMs, 30 notebooks (344L.) A3.1

    3 parts.
    1. Typed and MS material in folders; noun paradigms, syllable and clusters; modes; instrumentals; affixes; prefixes and suffixes; bases; miscellaneous.
    2. Notebooks with inserts; north Cheyenne lexical lists, phrases, and text.
    3. 24 notebooks with inserts; south Cheyenne lexical lists, phrases, paradigms, texts.

    Freeman and Smith 693
    Provenance: Donor, Kenneth Croft, grantee, 1949
    Alternative formats: Microfilmed as: Film 372.1, reel 37-39


    Chichimeca



    Angulo, Jaime de.
    Chichimeco texts
    19