American Indian Manuscripts at the APS

American Philosophical Society Library

MAHICAN (Algonkian)

Linguistics

2076. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Letter to Peter S. DuPonceau [Oct. 10, 1819]. A.L.S. 3p. and add., end.

Concerning review of his publication in British review-probably a result of Quaker influence. He will make more usable for DuPonceau a Moravian MS. on Mohecan language (words, phrases, parts of grammars). Discusses mood conveyed in sentence describing one recovered from the dead.

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2077. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Mahicanni words taken down from the mouth of one of that nation who had been born in Connecticut [n.d.]. A.D. 8p.

A small notebook list, similar to that in 185(20), but words are different. Used in Gallatin (1836): 307-367.

[185(19) copied in 60 (15)]

2078. PRINCE, J. DYNELEY. Correspondence with Franz Boas [1900-1934]. L. 38 items.

Concerning philology, Mohican speakers found in Wisconsin; immigration rulings.

[31]

2079. SCHMICK, JOHN JACOB. Miscellanea linguae nationis Indicae Mahikan dictae ... [cu. 1760?]. D. 2 vols. of 131L. and 191L. (many unfilled). In Latin.

An alphabetically arranged miscellany of vocabulary, verb conjugations, and examples.

[163]
Donor, John G. E. Heckewelder, 1820. Cf. Wallace (1958), 438.

2080. SWADESH, MORRIS. Mohican lexical file [1937]. D. ca. 6100slips.

Contains Mohican lexical items arranged phonetically, items from liturgical literature as well as books used in the translation of the same.

[30(A1k.2)]

2081. SWADESH, MORRIS. Mohican lexical materials [1939]. Typed D. 30L. Also c.c.

Field work done in 1937 and 1938. Discussion of historical sources, phonetics, morpho-phonology, historical phonology, as well as vocabulary of letter "W" in Mohican compiled from printed and field sources.

[30(A1k.l)]
Cf. Hockett (1946):244, note, for reference to this collection.

2082. SWADESH, MORRIS. Interlinear translations of Mohican liturgical literature [1939-1944]. Typed D. and A.D. 170L.

Catechism, prayers, and copies of printed material on Stockbridge and Hudson River Indians in Prince (1905) and Prince (1903).

[30(A1k.3]

2083. SWADESH, MORRIS. Mohican field notes [1937-1938]. Typed D. and A.D. 86L. and 1 notebook.

Contains lexical items obtained from Wisconsin Stockbridge Indians; folder of miscellaneous historical material; lexical lists, and a narrative biography in English.

[30(A1k.4)]

MAIDU (Maidu)

Linguistics

2084. ULDALL, HANS J. Correspondence with Franz Boas [1929-1934]. L. 39 items.

Concerns studies of phonetics of Achomawi, Shasta, Karok, Yuki, Maidu, and Papago; preparation of his Maidu materials for publication. Work supported by American Council of Learned Societies' Committee on American Native Languages.

[31]

2085. ULDALL, HANS J. Maidu folkloristic texts [ca. 1930]. Typed D. and A.D. 427L.

71 southern Maidu texts with interlinear and free translations. Notes. Text 19 at end is complete with grammatical analysis. Instructions to printer. Linguistic and cultural notes. Sponsored by American Council of Learned Societies' Committee on American Native Languages.

[30(P2.1)]
Cf. Preston (1950) and Uldall (1954).

2086. ULDALL, HANS J. Maidu grammar [ca. 1930]. Typed D. 102L.

Southern Maidu grammar; verb morphology, suffixes expressing concrete relations, anaphoric stems, verbal theme, grammatical processes, the verb, gender, cases, Roman numerals refer to texts in No. 2085. Sponsored by American Council of Learned Societies' Committee on American Native Languages.

[30(P2.2)]
Cf. Preston (1950) and Uldall (1954).

MAINE

4478. SPECK, FRANK G. Letter to Charles E. Bond, White Plains, N.Y.; Nov. 3, 1925. T.L. 1 p. cc.

Re: references for information on the Indians of Maine. Mentions Chief Frances and A. V. Kidder.

[170(26)]

MAKAH (Wakashan)

 

2087. BOAS, FRANZ. Makah lexicon [n.d.] Typed D. ca.750cards.

Arranged in such categories as animals, parts of the body, natural objects, etc.

[30(W2c.l)]

2088. SWADESH, MORRIS. Makah field notes [1949]. D. 13L. and 1 notebook.

Word lists, texts; a few ethnographic notes.

[30(W2c.2)]
Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1953.

2089. SWADESH, MORRIS. Nootka and Makah stories [n.d.]. Wire recordings. 5 spools.

Includes Nootka songs and speeches, Nootka stories, and Nootka stories and songs. 1 reel Makah stories.

[291]
Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1950.

MALALI (Malali)

2090. Vocabulaire des langues des Indiens de Passanha dans le Brésil appelés Malalis & Monoxós, on Munuchées [1830?]. D. copy· 2p.

Copied from Voyage de M. Auguste St. Hilaire dans les Provinces de Rio de Janeiro et Minas Geraes (1830) 1:427. Brief vocabulary with explanation of the orthography.

[60(76)]

MALECITE (Algonkian)

Ethnography

2091. HOWE, JOHN. Letter to John Vaughan [Dec. 16, 1833]. A.L.S. 1p.

Presents to the APS a set of porcupine table mats, made by the Indians of St. John, New Brunswick.

[3]

2092. SPECK, FRANK G. Bibliography of New England tribes [n.d.]. Typed D. 2p.

Nineteenth-century printed references; some twentieth-century.

[170( 10:D1)]

2093. SPECK, FRANK G. Game Totems among the Northeast Algonkins [Dec. 27, 1916]. Typed D. 18p.and 10p. original typed draft.

[170(4:B5)]
Printed, Speck (1917(1)).

Linguistics

2094. HALE, HORATIO EMMONS. Letter to Henry Phillips [Jan. 18, 1886]. A.L.S. 4p.

Concerning proper title of his Wlastukweek pamphlet (1834); words taken when Indians visited Cambridge. Faulty reference in Pilling's proof sheets.

[3]

2095. PHILLIPS, HENRY. Concerning pamphlet on the language of the St. John's ... Indians [1893?]. A.D.S. 4p.

Concerns Hale (1834).

[3]

2096. PILLING, JAMES C. Letter to Henry Phillips [February 4, January 31, 1889]. L.S. 2p and 2p.

Seeks proper bibliographical entry for Hale (1834) pamphlet on Wlastukweek and the spelling of the name.

[3]

2097. SMITH, NICHOLAS N. Malecite words pertaining to natural history [1959]. 1 reel of tape.

Collected from Peter L. Paul of the Woodstock Reserve, New Brunswick. Names of plants, animals, fish, dwellings, water craft; terms for hunting and fishing; numerals and measures; calendar.

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Donor, Nicholas N. Smith, grantee, 1980. Cf. No. 2098 for finished report.

2098. SMITH, NICHOLAS N. Malecite words pertaining to natural history [1960]. Typed D. 61L.

Collected primarily from Peter L. Paul, Woodstock Reserve, New Brunswick, Canada. Introductory essay discusses earlier efforts; alphabet devised by Smith and Richard M. Gaffney; names of plants, animals, fish, dwellings, water craft, hunting and fishing, numerals and measures, calendar. Many items are compared with historical and later studies.

[10(1)]
Donor, Nicholas N. Smith, grantee, 1960. Cf. No. 2097.

2099. SPECK, FRANK G. Malecite dance [n.d.] Typed D. 3p. and 1 p. musical score.

Text with interlinear translation; notes; musical score.

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2100. SPECK, FRANK G. Malecite notes [1949]. D. 8p. and 1 slip.

Vocabulary list, hunting terms, names of trees.

[170(13:D3)]
Donor, John Witthoft, 1952.

2101. SPECK, FRANK G. Miscellaneous Malecite field notes [1945-1948]. D. 34p.

7p. of slips containing Malecite words; 1p. printed map of St. John's River with Malecite villages marked; 12p. Malecite terms (with a few Penobscot items), 1948: 12p. unpublished notes on hunting territories. Letter of J. Clarence Webster (Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada), July 24, 1945, T.L.S., 1p., concerning present life of Malecite and Micmac. Letter of Edwin Tappan Adney, Feb. 9, 1946, T.L.S., 1p., concerning the Celestial Bear, Malecite-Delaware comparisons.

[170(13:D3)]

2102. SWADESH, MORRIS, and C. F. VOEGELIN. Notes on Penobscot and Malecite [1933]. Typed D. and A.D. 50L.

Contains a Penobscot alphabet, text, and carbon copy of texts from records with interlinear translations. Lexical items on slips.

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Additional material from Kendall's Supplement

4479. SZABO, LASZLO, coll. Malecite stories; n.d. 6 reels of tape.

Recording no. 85.

[4089]
Cf: no. 4480.
Donor, grantee, 1972.

4480. SZABO, LASZLO, coll. Malecite stories; n.d. 3 reels of tape.

Recording no. 102.

[4090]
Cf: no. 4479.
Donor, grantee, May 1975.

MAM (Mayan)

 

2103. WAGLEY, CHARLES. Letter to Elsie C. Parsons [Jan. 19, 1937 (1938?)]. Typed L.S. 2p.

Discusses paper on Mam joint family.

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Additional material from Kendall's Supplement

4481. CANGER, UNA. Report on a study of the Todos Santos dialect of Mam. T.D.S. 2pp.

Re: fieldwork in Todos Santos, Guatemala.

[10(57)]

4482. SIMEON, GEORGE. Letter to Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., Philadelphia; Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 1972. T.L.S. 2 pp.

Brief list of materials recorded in Pocomam Central, Mam, and Xinca.

[10(126)]
Cf no. 4483.

4483.SIMEON, GEORGE, coll. Mam, Xinca, and Pocomam Central linguistics; n.d. 1 cassette tape. Recording no.91.

A portion of the material which he collected in Guatemala.

[4084]
Cf: Nos. 4482, 4684, 4914.
Donor, grantee, Oct. 1972.

MANDAN (Siouan)

 

Ethnography

2104. CLARK, WILLIAM. A Slight view of the Missouri River [1805?]. D. 2p.

A brief description of the environment. Mentions Sioux, Mandan, Minnetaree.

[111(8:2)]
Donor, Charles J. Biddle, 1949; deposited by Charles Biddle, 1915.

2105. RADIN, PAUL. Mandan ethnographic texts [n.d.]. D. 24p. Typed, c.c. and MS.

Texts I-VII [includes Typed c.c., I-V; typed orig. II-V; MS. VI and VII]. Interlinear translation.

[150]

Linguistics

2106. BOAS, FRANZ. Mandan word list [1936]. D. 4p., 17L.

Lexical items with English equivalents arranged by stem. Reference numbers to texts of Edward A. Kennard, No. 2108, and to his Mandan grammar (1936).

[30(X6.2)]
Cf. Kennard (1936).

2107. KENNARD, EDWARD A. Correspondence with Franz Boas [1933-1934]. L. 27 items.

Concerning Mandan field work, especially linguistics; comparisons with Hidatsa.

[31]

2108. KENNARD, EDWARD A. Mandan folkloristic texts [1933-1934]. Typed D. part c.c. 551L.

28 texts, free and interlinear translations. Obtained from Mandan-speaking informants. Text no. 1 printed Kennard (1936).

[30( X6.1)]
Cf. Kennard (1936).

Additional material from Kendall's Supplement

4484. BOWERS, ALFRED W., coll. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies; 1967-1972. 11 reels of tape. Recording no. 84.

Includes: texts, vocabulary, etc.; letter to Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.; table of contents.

[4053]
Cf: no. 4485.
Donor, grantee, 1972.

4485. BOWERS, ALFRED W., coll. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation; 1967-1969. 19 reels of tape. Recording no. 81.

Includes: texts; vocabulary; some translations; table of contents.

[4054]
Cf: no. 4484.
Donor, grantee.

4486. HOLLOW, ROBERT C., JR. A Mandan dictionary; 1970. Photocopy of T.D. 496 pp.

Mandan-English and English-Mandan. In the Mandan-English section, Mandan forms are listed by underlying phonological form. Includes: sketch on phonology; section on grammatical morphemes.

[10(92)
Donor, grantee, Sept. 1970.

MARATIN (Uto-Aztecan)

4487. Maratin; Mar. 8-25, 1925. D. 22 items

Includes: letter from William E. W. MacKinlay to J. Alden Mason; Maratin song and fragment as given by Fr. Santa Maria with Spanish and English interlinear translations; a Tonkawa word list with English glosses (mostly names of other tribes); Mason's reply.

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MASSACHUSETTS (Algonkian)

 

Archaeology

2109. DELABARRE, EDMUND BURKE. A prehistoric cremation at Grassy Island, Taunton River, Mass. [1927]. Typed D. 4p.

Account of and speculation on an ancient burial.

[170(14:D12)]

History

2110. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [September 30, 1670]. A.L.S. 1p. Microfilm.

Original in Royal Society of London. Concerns religious education of Indians.

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2111. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [Oct. 23, 1677]. A.L.S. 1p. Microfilm.

Original in Royal Society of London. Sends thanks for gift. Concerns affairs of Praying Indians. Mentions French Indians.

[244(43.3)]

2112. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [Nov. 4, 1680]. A.L.S. 1p. Microfilm.

Original in Royal Society of London. Concerns Praying Indians and need for Bibles.

[244(43:4)]

2113. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [Mar. 15, 1683]. A.L.S. 1p. Microfilm.

Original in Royal Society of London. Concerns charitable activities, Praying Indians, printing of Bible, danger of attack of Manquacq Indians.

[244(43:5)]

2114. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [April 22, 1684]. A.L.S. 1p.,incomplete. Microfilm. Also microfilm of copy, 3p., complete, in different hand.

Original in Royal Society of London. Thanks Boyle for funds for "reimpression" of Indian Bible, tells estate of the Praying Indians, their habits, church locations. Mentions missionary work of Daniel Gookin.

[244(43:7,11)]

2115. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [Aug. 29, 1686]. A.L.S. 1p. Microfilm.

Original in Royal Society of London. Concerning Bible, grammar, and other books being distributed to the New England Indians.

[244(43:8)]

2116. SPECK, FRANK G. Landing of Pilgrims and miscellaneous notes [n.d.]. Printed D. and D. 3p.

Account of Pilgrims, 1920; 3p. notes concerning Middleboro, Mass.

[170( 14:D12)]

2117. SPECK, FRANK G. Reflections on the past and present of the Massachusetts Indians [1943]. Typed D, c.c. A.L.S. 2p. and 1p.

Carbon copy of Speck (1943); also letter of C. A. Weslager (Archaeological Society of Delaware) to Speck, urging him to write general book on remnant Indians.

[170(14:D12)]
Printed, Speck (1943a).

Linguistics

2118. DUPONCEAU, PETER S. Letter to John G. E. Heckewelder [Oct. 8, 1821]. L.S. 1p.

Concerning Indian language. Re meaning of words in his edition of Eliot's grammar.

[4]
Printed, DuPonceau (1822):xxxiv-xxxv.

2119. DUPONCEAU, PETER S. Letter to John G. E. Heckewelder [Oct. 8, 1821]. L. 2p.

Concerning Indian linguistics.

[4]
Printed, DuPonceau (1822) :xxiv-xxv.

2120. DUPONCEAU, PETER S. Letter to Abiel Holmes [Feb. 4, 1817]. L.S. 2p.

Hopes Holmes will republish Eliot's Indian Grammar, 1666. Reland (1708), is not available in Philadelphia, but DuPonceau thinks it may be good.

[4]

3121. DUPONCEAU, PETER S. Letter to T. Pavenstedt [April 29, 1822]. Résumé of A.L. 1p.

Forwards publications on Indians-Eliot; Nuttall's Travels (1821).

[4]

2122. DUPONCEAU, PETER S. Letter to John Pickering [Oct. 16, 1821]. A.L.S. 1p.

Forwards letter from Heckewelder. Same sheet as Heckewelder to DuPonceau, Oct. 13, 1821.

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2123. DUPONCEAU, PETER S. Letter to Gottlob Ernst Schulze [Apr. 27, 1822]. A.L. 1p. Résumé.

Forwards two copies of John Eliot's publications on Indian languages.

[4]

2124. DUPONCEAU, PETER S. A vocabulary of the language of the Massachusetts Indians (commonly called Natick)[ca. 1825; from 1681-1668]. D. extracted. 2p.

A list of approximately 80 words, following a standard order used by DuPonceau. "Extracted from Eliot's grammar and from his translation of the Bible and New Testament."

[185(38)]
Printed, Gallatin (1836):307-367. Cf. DuPonceau (1822).

2125. DUPONCEAU, PETER S. A vocabulary of the language of the Massachusetts Indians (commonly called Natick) [ca. 1825?]. D, copy. 2p.

Duplicate of No. 2124 except has additional numerals.

[60(42)]
Printed, Gallatin (1836):307-367.

2126. EAMES, WILBERFORCE. Letter to Henry Phillips, Jr. [Dec. 12, 1889]. A.L.S. 1p.

Wishes information about APS copy of Eliot's Indian Bible for account soon to be published by the Smithsonian Institution

[3]

2127. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [Aug. 26, 1664]. L.S. 1p. Microfilm.

Original in Royal Society of London. Concerns translating Bible and preparing grammar of Indian language.

[244(43:1)]

2128. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [June 21, 1683]. A.L.S. 1p. hlicrofilm.

Original in Royal Society of London. Thanks him for aid in procuring Bible for the Indians; Eliot hopes to hear Bible spoken by Indians.

[244(43:9)]

2129. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [Nov. 27, 1683]. A.L.S. 1p. Microfilm.

Original in Royal Society of London. Thanks for 53400 aid for Indian Bible publication.

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2130. ELIOT, JOHN. Letter to Robert Boyle [July 7, 1688]. A.L.S. 1p. Microfilm.

Original in Royal Society of London. Concious of his approaching death, Eliot would use £30 given him by Boyle many years ago for Gospel work to further efforts of Daniel Gookin and John Cotton; also would like Gospel society to bear expense of printing and have Cotton revise other works Eliot has translated into the Indian.

[244(43:10)]

2131. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Letter to Peter S. DuPonceau [Oct. 9, 1821]. A.L.S. 2p.

Concerning Indian languages. Translates seven sentences and questions.

[80(433-436)] Printed, DuPonceau (1822):xxxv-xlv.

2132. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Letter to Peter S. DuPonceau [Oct. 11, 1821]. A.L.S. 2p.

Concerning Indian quantity "one."

[80(437-438)]
Printed (in part), DuPonceau (1822):xlv-xlvii.

2133. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Letter to Peter S. DuPonceau [Oct. 13, 1821]. A.L.S. 3p.

Concerning Indian languages. Cites examples from Zeisberger. On same sheet as DuPonceau to Pickering, Oct. 16, 1821.

[80(439-442)]
Printed (in part), DuPonceau (1822):xxxvi-xxxviii.

2134. HECKEWEI,DER, JOHN G. E. Letter to Peter S. DuPonceau [Oct. 18, 1821]. A.L.S. 3p. (with forwarding note from DuPonceau to John Pickering).

Concerning Indian translations, examples, etc.

[80(443-446)]
Printed, DuPonceau (1822):xxxix-xl, xlvii.

2135. HECKEWELDER, JOHN G. E. Letter to Peter S. DuPonceau [Oct. 25, 1821]. A.L.S. 2p.

Concerning Indian languages, translation. Refers to Pickering.

Printed (in part), DuPonceau (1822):xxxviii-xxxix.

[80(447-448)]

Additional material from Kendall's Supplement

4488. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY COMMITTEE. Report on the loan of the Eliot Indian Bible to A. J. Holman and Co.; 1876. 1 p. and end.

Recommendation that the loan of the Eliot Indian Bible be approved. Committee: D.S. B.H. Coates, Eli K. Price, George H. Horn.

[3]

4489. BEVER, MARION G. (MRS. MICHAEL). Letter to Frank G. Speck, Philadelphia; Salt Lake City, Jan. 29, 1938. T.L.S. 1 p.

Requests references on the Indians around Mashpee, Mass. Mentions Simeon L. Deyo, History of Barnstable County and Mary Farwell Ayer, Richard Bourne, Missionary to the Mashpee Indians.

[170(30)]

4490. EAMES, WILBURFORCE. Letter to Isaac Minis Hayes [sic]; New York, February 4, 1899. T.L.S. 1 p.

Sending copy of his monograph on the Eliot Indian Bible.

[3]

4490a. Eliot Oak; 1925. 1 photograph.

Photograph by H. Hey(?) showing the white oak where John Eliot preached to the Indians, Brookline, Massachusetts.

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4491. HOLMAN, A. J., and Co. Correspondence; Feb. l7-Mar. 28, 1876. L. 5 pp.

Re: the loan of the Eliot Indian Bible to the company for display at the Centennial Exposition. Includes letters to: the American Philosophical Society; J. Peter Lesley; Joseph Carson; and Eli K. Price.

[3]

4491a. Narraganset and Wampanoag; 1870, 1885, n.d. 11 items

Pictures include: Narragansets Henry Harris, Jim Harris, Abigail Maumee(?), Rachel Maumee(?), unidentified woman and child; Wampanoags Simon Thompson (Gay Head, Mass.), Ti·wi·li·ma "Child of Woods" and two unidentified women (Betty's Neck, Mass.), unidentified man.

[4020b(6), (10)]

4492. PRICE, ELI KIRK. Letter to Benjamin Horner Coates; Mar. 31, 1876. A.L.S. 1 p.

Regarding the loan of the Eliot Indian Bible. Mentions G. H. Horn.

[3]

4493. SPECK, FRANK G. Letter to Mrs. Charles Ryan, Gay Head, Mass.; May 3, 1928. T.L. 1p. cc.

Re: accommodations for Speck and family while Speck works with the Gay Head Indians (Martha's Vineyard).

[170(26)]

4494. WELSH, JOHN. Letter to the American Philosophical Society; Mar. 25, 1876. A.L.S. 1 p.

Letter of recommendation certifying the trustworthiness of A. J. Holman & Co. in regard to the loan of the Eliot Indian Bible.

[3]

MATLATZINCA (Otomian)

 

2136. MCQUOWN, NORMAN A. Matlazinca vocabulary [1940]. Mimeo. D. and A.D. 12L. In Spanish-Matlazinca.

Vocabulary list of 300 items.

[30( Mt.1)]
Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1950.

Additional material from Kendall's Supplement

4495. RARTHOLOMEW, DORIS. Matlatzinca; n.d. T.D. 44 pp.

Re: phonology with considerable emphasis on tones. Includes: reproduction of visual displays of pitch and intensity; lists of verbs with Spanish and English translations; texts with interlinear Spanish translation.

[10(53)]
Donor, grantee.

4496. BARTHOLOMEW, DORIS, coll. Matlatzinca verbs; 1966. 2 reels of tape. Recording no. 60.

Includes: verb paradigms; texts; translation of an Otomi primer. Informant: Ezequiel Hernández.

[4048]
Donor, grantee.

MATTOLE (Athapaskan)

2137. GODDARD, PLINY E. Mattole materials [1907]. D. 2 notebooks.

A detailed account in English of an Indian's explanation of topographical features connected with a Mattole settlement. The author's survey of Bear River sites, Oct. 1907. Mattole texts with interlinear translation. Word lists. 1 notebook notes "copied, 1927."

[30(Na20e.1)]
Donor, A. L. Kroeber for the Department of Anthropology, University of California, 1946.

MAYA (Mayan)

 

Archaeology

2138. CORROY, FRANCOIS (?). Letter to Constantine S. Rafinesque[Aug. 20, 1834]. A.L.S. 12p. In French.

Critical of Waldeck's claim to be the Champollion of Mexico. Mentions Del Rio, Cabrera, Bemarions, and Castañeda.

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2139. DIESELDORFF, ERWIN P. Letters to Frank G. Speck [May 31 and June 25, 1938]. Typed L.S. 9L. illus.

Discusses relation of double fret in Mayan art to double-curve motif in North American art; importance of calendar to society.

[170(22:8A1)]

2140. DUPAIX, GUILLERMO. Viages de Guillermo Dupaix sobre las antigüedades mexicanas [1805-1807]. D. 2 vols. of 186L. (text) and 179L. (sketches and ink washes). In Spanish.

One of several copies made of the drawings of Josef Castañeda and the accompanying text of Dupaix, describing archaeological discoveries made upon 3 expeditions to Palenque, Mitla, etc., during the years 1805-1807. The drawings lack the Egyptian and Hebraic distortions found in the published versions; the text has been collated to follow King (1831), but an older system of numbering and crosseclout portions of text follow Baradère (1834).

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Donor, Joel R. Poinsett, 1830.

Printed in King (1831):4 (plates); 5:208-243 (Spanish text); 6:421-488 (English translation); also printed, with different collation in Baradère (1824). A few of the drawings appear in Cabrera (1822), Icaza (1827), and Warden (1827). See also Humboldt (1814).

2141. GALLATIN, ALBERT. Letter to Alexender von Humboldt [Aug. 1842]. A.L.S. 2p. Photo. In French.

Original in New-York Historical Society. Presents Humboldt with a copy of Stephens (1841); discusses the text and compares Catherwood's drawings with those of Del Rio in Cabrera (1822), Dupaix in King (1831), and Waldeck (1838). Notes that Stephens had seen the Del Rio volume, but not Dupaix, before leaving for CentralAmerica. Gallatin had supplied Stephens with vocabularies of Central American languages.

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2142. GATSCHET, ALBERT S. Letter to the American Philosophical Society [Jan. 23, 1879]. A.L.S. 2p.

Thanks for courtesies shown on Jan. 1 visit. Encloses photograph of inscribed stone from Palenque, Mexico, in 1842, now in Smithsonian.

[3]

2143. HARRIS, THADDEUS MASON. Letter to John Vaughan [Aug. 8, 1833]. A.L.S. 3p.

States that the volumes belonging to the APS (Dupaix, Viages) are much superior to Del Rio in Cabrera (1822), and should be the subject of a special memoir.

[7(2:63)]

2144. HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON. Letter to David Bailie Warden[April 15, 1828]. A.L.S. 2p. Photo. In French.

Original in Maryland Historical Society. For reference use only. Concerning sites in Guatemala and Oaxaca. Refers to plates of Palenque bas-relief in his own work and in English work [Cabrera (1822)].

[91]
Cf. Humboldt (1814).

2145. MORLEY, SYLVANUS G. Diaries [1905-1947]. Typed D. 39 vols. illus.

Typed transcript of the diaries of S. G. Morley, concerning his undergraduate years at Harvard, 1905-1908; his Mayan explorations of 1907-1944; his personal life for the years 1908, 1912, 1914-1925, and 1931-1932. 5 volumes relate to expeditions to Copan, 1937; Uxmal, 1941-1942; Central America, 1944; and Cuatemala and Honduras, 1947. Formal and detailed field notes for the bulk of Morley's archaeological work.

[126]
Donor, Mrs. Sylvanus G. Morley, through A. V. Kidder, 1955. Cf. Kidder (1959).

2146. RAFINESQUE, CONSTANTINE S. Outline for a lecture on American history [n.d.]. A.D. 1p.

Mentions ancient Mexican and Mayan civilization.

[151]

2147. UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Certificate to the American Philosophical Society [Dec. 12, 1959]. Printed D. with MS. additions. 1p. In Spanish.

Citation for aid in restoring Tikal.

[3]

2148. WARDEN, DAVID BAILIE. Letter to Peter S. DuPonceau [Dec. 20, 1827]. A.L.S. 1p.

Will send his article on Ohio antiquities and Palenque [Warden (1827)].

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Linguistics

2149. CRESSON, HILBORNE THOMSON. Compend of supposed meaning of plate 25 of the Manuscript Troana and brief consideration of the bas-reliefs to the right and left door of Casa No. 3, Palenque, and the tablets of Casa No. 2, Palenque. [June 20, 1892]. Typed D.S. 9p, with MS. corrections.

[3]

2150. CRESSON, HILBORNE THOMSON. Correspondence with George Henry Horn, [1893]. L. and A.L.S. 8p.

Concerns Cresson's MS. on Maya glyphs, which he presented to the APS and then withdrew to prepare for publication. Horn to Cresson, June 29, 1893, 1p. copy; Cresson to Hem, July 14, 1893, 3p. A.L.S.; Horn to Cresson, July 28, 1893, 2p. L.

[3]

2151. CRESSON, HILBORNE THOMSON. Letters to Henry Phillips [June, 1892-May,1894]. A.L.S. ·4 items. 5p.

Transmits manuscripts on interpretation of Maya glyphs and on the Troano manuscript. Discusses these papers, the Dresden Coder and the Zapotec calendar.

[3]

2152. CRESSON, HILBORNE THOMSON. Remarks upon the graphic system of the ancient Mayas [July 7, 1892]. Typed D. 5p.

[3]

2153. HEYSINGER, I. W. Letter to W. H. Holmes [Oct. 26, 1904]. Copy of L. 5p.

Seeks information on Maya dictionary; mentions a friend, Percy Wilkins, working on such a dictionary; his own work; discusses tribal and racial affinities in North and South America.

[31]

2154. SAPIR, EDWARD. Maya word list [n.d.]. A.D. 4L. In Maya-English.

Numerals, natural objects, animals, parts of the body; obtained from Mortiniano tribe.

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Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1946.

2155. SCHULLER, RUDOLPH. Correspondence with Franz Boas [1915-1931]. L. 93 items. In German.

Concerning field work in Mexico; publications; field study of Maya linguistics.

[31]

Physical

2156. BARABINO, JOSEPH. Letter to S. G. Morton [Feb. 23, 1834]. A.L.S. 2p.

Barabino hopes to go to Yucatan to procure materials for Morton.

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Additional material from Kendall's Supplement

4497. BAER, PHILLIP, and WILLIAM R. MEP.RIFIELD. Lacandone subsistence and culinary arts; the recent history of the Southern Lacandones; n.d. T.D. ca. 275pp. cc.

Re: social context; physical context; daily round; yearly round; agriculture; means and methods of food preparation; gathering; hunting and fishing; domestic animals; wine and drunkenness; household furnishings; tools; history covering the past one hundred years; kinship.

[10(73)]
Donors, grantees, 1969.

4498. HELLMUTH, NICHOLAS M. Some notes on the Ytza, Quejache, Verapaz Chol, and Toquegua Maya: a progress report on ethnohistory research conducted in Seville, Spain, June-August 1971; 1971. Mimeograph of T.D. and L.S., photo. 60 items

Re: population; distribution; settlements; government; kinship and marriage; subsistence; religion. Includes: outline of a descriptive ethnography of the Cholti-Lacandon Maya of the settlement of Sac Balam ..., Chiapas, Mexico.

[10(115)]
Donor, grantee, Nov. 1971.

MAYAN

4498a. ADAMS, WALTER RANDOLPH. Religious practices of southeastern Chiapas, Mexico; 1976-1977, n.d. T.D., c.c. of T.D., photocopy of D., T.L.S., photographs. ca. 425 items

Includes: discussion and photographs of religious pilgrimages and concomitant religious practices; discussion of prayers (with emphasis on the Rezo Tzeltol), the cargo system, and the Coxoh colonial project; report on pilgrimages by the Tzeltal and Tojolabal; copies of papers on the Coxoh (Chicomuceltec) coauthored by Thomas A. Lee, Jr., and Sidney D. Markham (given at the Society for Historic Archaeology and the Forty-second International Congress of Americanists); transcripts of Spanish manuscripts; field notes.

[10(162), (162a), (162b)]
Cf: Nos. 4047a, 44986
Donor, grantee.

4498b. ADAMS, WALTER R., coll. Recordings concerning religious practices of southeastern Chiapas, Mexico; 1977. 7 cassette tapes. Recording no. 108.

Informants include: Tzeltal: Francisco Calvo Perez-Romerias; Tojolabal: Hermalindo Jimenez; probable Tzeltal: Jose Hernandez, Ramiro Garcia, and Francisco Aguilar.

[4047a]
Cf: no. 4498a.
Donor, grantee, Nov. 1977.

4498c. ANDRADE, MANUEL J. Correspondence with John Alden Mason; 1930-1939. T.L. and L.S. 6pp.

Re: Andrade's work on Maya and Huastec; Mason's query concerning subgrouping of Mayan languages.

[4017(C7)]

4499. 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.

[4024]
Donor, Ruben E. Reina, Dec. 1974.

4500.John Alden Mason photographs: Mexico (Mayan) photographs; 1917. Prints, negatives. ca. 120 items

Re: Uxmal, Chichen Itza, etc.

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MAYO (Uto-Aztecan)

 

Ethnography

2157. BEALS, RALPH. Letter to Elsie C. Parsons [Jan. 23, 1939]. Typed L.S. 1p.

Mexican field-trip plans.

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2158. PARSONS, ELSIE CLEWS. Mayo-Yaqui [1932]. A.D. Notebook.

Field notes, Jan.-March 1932, on Mayo of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, and Yaqui of Guaymas, Sonora. Ethnography, particularly ceremonials and dance.

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Cf. Parsons and Beals (1934).

MAZATEC (Mazatecan)

 

2159. ANGULO, JAIME DE. Cuento mazateco, contado por José Rosas [1922]. A.D. c.c. 32L. In Mazatec-Spanish and English.

Grammatical sketch and text, Cuento de venado y de sapos, with free translations and grammatical notes.

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2160. JOHNSON, JEAN B. Informe de la investigación mazateca [1940]. Typed D. 4L. In Spanish.

Summary of phonetics; report of field-work plans; outline of ethnographic problems.

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Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1950.

Additional material from Kendall's Supplement

4501. KIRK, PAUL L. The development of Jalapa Mazatec voiced aspirantes; 1969. Photocopy of T.D. 9 pp.

Paper presented at the meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Dec. 29-31, San Francisco, California.

[10(104)]
Donor, grantee.

MENOMINEE (Algonkian)

 

Linguistics

2161. BLOOMFIELD, LEONARD. Menomini inflections [1937]. D. 1 notebook.

A summary of Menomini inflections prepared by Bloomfield for Morris Swadesh.

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Donor, Morris Swadesh, 1950.

2162. DUPONCEAU, PETER S., J. MEASE, CH. D. MEIGS. Report of American Philosophical Society committee on Dr. Edwin James' communication on the Menomonie Indians... [ca. Feb. 1827]. L.S. 1p.

Finds evidence that the Menomonie do not speak Algonquin, although they use much Algonquin in their vocabulary. Recommends publication, but not in current Transactions, preferably in Historical and Literary Committee Transactions.

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2163. HOFFMAN, WALTER JAMES. Correspondence with Henry Phillips [1893-1894]. A.L.S. and L.S. 5 items.

Letters of Dec. 16 and 30, 1893; Jan. 2, 3, and 8, 1894: concerning Hoffman's Menominee grammar and vocabulary submitted for publication to the APS.

[3]

2164. JAMES, EDWIN. A vocabulary of the Menomonie language [n.d., 1827?]. D. 7p·

The original for this is not known. This extensive list includes nouns in declined forms for animals, parts of body, etc., pronouns, verbs, and some sample sentences, complete with notes.

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2165. JAMES, EDWIN. Some account of the Menomonies with a specimen of an attempt to form a dictionary of their language[1827]. A.D.S. Inotebook. 54p.

A brief discussion of location and the language, with list of Menominee words beginning with "A." Cf. James (1830).

2166. SWADESH, MORRIS. Menominee field notes [1938]. D. 20L.

Lexical lists.

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2167. SWADESH, MORRIS. Menominee notes [1937]. D. 1 notebook.

Field notes (vocabulary); notes copied from notes of Leonard Bloomfield and Bloomfield (1924).

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2168. No item.

MESCALERO (Navajo D.)

4502. HOIJER, HARRY, coll. Chiricahua and Mescalero texts: fieldnotes; 1934. D. 1 notebook of ca. 601, .

Includes: texts; translations. Labeled number VII in the series described in no. 4176.

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4503. HOIJER, HARRY, coll. Mescalero texts: field notes (#1); n.d. 3 notebooks of ca. 60L. each.

Texts in Mescalero, some with English translation. Informants include: Sam Chino, Horace Torres, Leon Pariko, Amold K., and John Shanta.

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4504. HOIJER, HARRY, coll. Mescalero texts: field notes (#2); 1934. D. 2 notebooks of 461, . each.

Texts with interlinear English translations. Informant: Charles Smith(?).

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