| 1 | Creator: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Comparative vocabularies of several Indian languages, 1802-1808
| | | | Dates: | 1802-1808 | | | | Abstract: | This item contains Jefferson's comparative vocabulary, based on his collection of vocabularies taken on printed forms; a second comparative vocabulary; and John Sibley's vocabulary of the Caddo language. This document was damaged in transit from the White House to Monticello in 1809 (see letters of Jefferson to Peter S. Du Ponceau, November 7, 1817, and April 26, 1816.) | | | | Call #: | Mss.497.J35 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Atacapas language | Caddo language | Cayuga language | Cherokee language | Chickasaw language | Chitimacha language | Choctaw language | Cree language | Creek language | Delaware language | Indians of North America--Languages | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Mahican language | Miami language (Ind. and Okla.) | Munsee language | Nanticoke language | Native America | Native American Materials | Oneida language | Onondaga language | Ottawa language | Shawnee language | Sibley, John, 1757-1837 | Tuscarora language | Unami jargon | Unquachog language | |
| 2 | Creator: | American Philosophical Society. Historical & Literary Committee. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1784-1828 | | | | Abstract: | Beginning in the 1790s, the American Philosophical Society began to accumulate vocabularies and texts written in Native American languages, guided by Thomas Jefferson's idea of using comparative linguistics to reconstruct the histories of Indian peoples and discern their origins.
The American Indian Vocabularies Collection was initially assembled by the Historical and Literary Committee of the APS for publication in 1816. They include information on seventeen North American languages and one each from the Caribbean and Central America, collected between 1784 and 1828. A number of individuals were invovled in recording the vocabularies, including Benjamin Hawkins, William Thornton, David Campbell, Daniel Smith, Constantine Volney, Constantine Rafinesque, William Vans Murray, John Heckewelder, Martin Duralde, Campanius Holm, and Jefferson himself. Most followed the standardized word set established by Jefferson. | | | | Call #: | Mss.497.V85 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Atacapas language | Barbour, James, 1775-1842 | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Bromley, Walter | Butrick, Daniel S. | Campanius Holm, Johan, 1601-1683 | Campbell, David | Cherokee language | Chickasaw language | Chippewa language | Choctaw language | Chontal language | Creek language | Delaware language | Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Duralde, Martin | Gambold, John | Gurley, George | Indians of North America--Languages | Izard, George | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Kells, Richard | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Lexica | Linguistics | Little Turtle, 1747-1812 | Massachusett language | Miami language (Ind. and Okla.) | Micmac language | Mohegan language | Munsee language | Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803 | Nanticoke language | Native America | Native American Materials | Osage language | Quapaw language | Quinnipiac language | Rafinesque, C. S., (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Senseman, Gottlob, 1745-1800 | Smith, Daniel, 1748-1818 | Taino language | Thornton, William, 1759-1828 | Unquachog language | Volney, C.-F., (Constantin François), 1757-1820 | Wells, William | Zeisberger, John, 1721-1808 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Crawford, James Mack, 1925-1989 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Recordings of Native American languages
| | | | Dates: | Bulk, 1963-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Audio recordings, primarily linguistic field recordings of Native American languges, removed from the James M. Crawford papers. The bulk of the recordings are in three areas: Alabama songs, stories, and fiddle music; Cocopa folklore, autobiographical stories, songs, and elicited words and sentences; Yuchi autobiographical stories, conversations, and elicitied word lists. Other material includes: Cherokee conversations; Chickasaw word and phrases lists; readings from a Chontal-Spanish dictionary; a Diegueño text; words lists and discussion regarding the Mobilian trade language (Yama); intermixed Mobilian, Choctaw, and Koasati word lists; Mohave songs, with explanations; a Navajo elicitation session, with interview and conversation; elicited Shoshoni expressions; Tolowa songs, Yavapai word lists and texts; and Yuki words and expressions. The small amount of non-Native American material in the collection generally consists of unidentified conversations, readings of English and Russian texts, and recordings of baby talk. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Rec.184 | | | | Extent: | 30.0 Tape(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Alabama Indians--Folklore | Alabama Indians--History | Alabama Indians--Music | Alabama and Coushatta Indian Reservation (Tex.) | Alabama language | Alabama--History | Alligators--Folklore | Arizona | Banjo--Performance | Birds--Songs and music | Blackbirds--Folklore | Blindness--Folklore | Bloodroot | Bullock, Matthew | Cannibalism--Folklore | Celestine, Phoebie | Cherokee language | Chickasaw language | Childhood | Children--Language | Choctaw Indians--Music | Choctaw language | Choctaw language--Number | Chontal language--Dictionaries | Chontal language--Dictionaries--English | Chontal language--Dictionaries--Spanish | Church charities | Cocopa Indians | Cocopa Indians--Domestic life | Cocopa Indians--Economic conditions | Cocopa Indians--Education | Cocopa Indians--Folklore | Cocopa Indians--Kinship | Cocopa Indians--Music | Cocopa Indians--Social life and customs | Cocopa language | Cocopa language--Number | Cocopa language--Sentences | Cocopa mythology | Cocopa, Mary | Conversation | Couro, Ted | Coyote (Legendary character)--Legends | Crawford, James Mack, 1925-1989 | Creation--Mythology | Crescent City (Calif.) | Crows--Folklore | Daughters | Deer--Folklore | Devil--Folklore | Eagles--Folklore | Earthquakes | Elton (La.) | Fiddle music | Fiddle tunes | Fire--Folklore | Floods--Folklore | Frank, Neddie | Frank, Seymour | Garcia, Florence | Gardening | Gazzam, Warren | Georgia--Description and travel | Grandchildren | Guitar--Performance | Hayes, Lillian | Hayes, Victor | Hoijer, Harry, 1904-1976 | Huck, Charlie | Hunger--Folklore | Hunters--Folklore | Imataichi, David | Indians of North America--Arizona | Indians of North America--Oklahoma | Infants--Language | Invitations | Jackson, Gil | King, Laura | Kings and rulers--Folklore | Koasati language | Koasati language--Number | Kumiai language | Langley, Arzelie | Langley, Rosaline | Language and languages--Documentation | Lavan, Leonard | Linguists | Lizards--Folklore | Loggerhead shrike--Folklore | Lopez, Sam | Lopez, Sam, Mrs. | Marriage customs and rites--Folklore | McCall, Mary | Melton, Robert | Miller, Hope | Miller, Sam | Miller, Wick R. | Mobilian trade language | Mohave Indians--Music | Moral exhortation | Navajo Indians | Navajo Indians--Kinship | Navajo Indians. | Navajo language | North Carolina | Oklahoma | Orphans--Folklore | Parties | Phoenix (Ariz.) | Poetry--Recitation | Poncho, Maggie | Pulte, William | Puma--Folklore | Quails--Folklore | Rabbits--Folklore | Recorder (Musical instrument) | Round Valley Indian Reservation (Calif.) | Russian language | Russian language--Texts | San Pablo Villa de Mitla (Mexico) | Sapulpa (Okla.) | Seasons--Folklore | Shepherds--Folklore | Shoshoni language | Sound recordings | Spanish language--Dictionaries--Chontal | Sun--Folklore | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 | Texas | Thomas, Esther | Thomas, Frank | Thomas, Josephine | Thomas, Mary | Thomas, Vivian | Timms, Lester | Timms, Lester, Mrs. | Tolowa Indians--Music | Tolowa language | Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 | Turner, Paul R., 1929- | Turner, Shirley | Turtles--Folklore | Twins--Folklore | Underwood, Isaac | Weather | Wildcat, Nancy | Witchcraft--Folklore | Yavapai Indians--Music | Yavapai language | Yuchi Indians | Yuchi Indians--Economic conditions | Yuchi Indians--Educiation | Yuchi Indians--History | Yuchi Indians--Medicine | Yuchi Indians--Religion | Yuchi Indians--Social life and customs | Yuchi language | Yuchi language--Grammar | Yuchi language--Phonology | Yuki language | Yuma (Ariz.) | Zárate, Clemente | |
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