MS 2806 Edward Sapir notes on vocabularies of Algonquian languages
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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Local Numbers...... 1 Scope and Contents...... 1 Local Note...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 2 Container Listing ...... MS 2806 Edward Sapir notes on vocabularies of Algonquian languages NAA.MS2806
Collection Overview
Repository: National Anthropological Archives
Title: MS 2806 Edward Sapir notes on vocabularies of Algonquian languages
Identifier: NAA.MS2806
Date: circa 1911
Creator: Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938 (Collector)
Extent: 28 Pages
Language: In Delaware; Western Abenaki or Eastern Abenaki; Malecite; Micmac; Cree; Innu; and English.
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Administrative Information
Provenance Apparently sent by Sapir to Truman Michelson (see 28th A.R., BAE, page 225 and ff). Preferred Citation Manuscript 2806, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Edward Sapir's typed notes on the vocabularies of various Algonquian languages that he collected in 1911. List of languages covered: Delaware, pages 1-6; Abnaki (Pierreville), page 7-12; Malecite (Riviere du Loup, Thomas Paul), pages 13-17; Micmac, pages 18-23, Cree (Rupert's House), pages 24-25; Montagnais (Louis Clairie, Pointe Bleue), pages 26-28. There are annotations and corrections in ink in Sapir's handwriting (identified by Mary Haas, 4/58). There are also pencil additions signed by Michelson; perhaps all of the pencil additions are his.
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2806
Local Note
Title changed from "Vocabularies" 5/1/2014.
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Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: Abenaki (Abnaki) Abenaki language Abnaki Algonquian languages Cree Cree language Indians of North America -- Great Plains Indians of North America -- Northeast Indians of North America -- Subarctic Language and languages -- Documentation Lenape Lenape (Delaware) Linguistics Maliseet (Malecite) Maliseet-Passamaquoddy Mi'kmaq Mi'kmaq (Micmac) Micmac language Montagnais Innu Montagnais language Munsee language Passamaquoddy language
Cultures: Abenaki (Abnaki) Cree Indians of North America -- Great Plains Indians of North America -- Northeast Indians of North America -- Subarctic Lenape (Delaware) Maliseet (Malecite) Mi'kmaq (Micmac) Montagnais Innu
Types of Materials: Vocabulary
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