| 1 | Creator: | Beynon, William, 1888-1958 | Requires cookie* |
| Title: | William Beynon Papers | ||
| Dates: | Bulk, 1933-1937 | ||
| Abstract: | Born to a Welsh father and Niska mother of high status, William Beynon was raised in Victoria, B.C., speaking both Niska and English. A member of the Wolf (Laxgibu) phratry, he became an hereditary Tsimshian chief in 1914 upon the death of his maternal uncle, and a year later, began to work with the anthropologist C. Marius Barbeau, collecting narratives and artifacts. During the mid- to late-1930s, Beynon worked closely with Franz Boas, providing him with an extensive series of narratives and translations from the Tsimshian. The Beynon Papers includes a series of correspondence between Beynon and Franz Boas, 1933-1937, along with a small number of narratives in Tsimshian with interlinear English translations. The letters complement, but do not overlap with those in the Boas Papers. | ||
| Call #: | Mss.B.B467 | ||
| Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | ||
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| Subjects: | Beynon, William, 1888-1958 | Ethnographic texts | Gitksan Indians--Rites and ceremonies | Natural Philosophy--Study and teaching | Robinson, James | Tate, Benjamin | Tate, Henry W. | Tsimshian Indians | Tsimshian language |
