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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10087

Metadata
Title:Algonquin materials, Frank G. Speck Papers
Contributor:Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Bailey, Alfred Goldsworthy
Weitzner, Bella
Date:1912-1941 and undated
Description: Materials relating to both Algonquin and related Algonquian peoples, cultures, and languages. Includes Speck's notes on artifacts found near Lake Abitibi and in the Nipissing district; his Seven Islands field notes, including texts with interlinear translations, house data, names of animals, and a letter in French from Marie Louise Ambroise; abstracts of Speck's published works on the Rama-Chibcha of Nicaragua, River Desert Algonquins, Southern Ontario Indians, Maya, and others; sketches and comments on shoulder blade divination (scapulimancy), including notes on deer drives (including an undated note from A. Irving Hallowell) and the distribution of artifacts among Algonquin, Naskapi, and Mistassini peoples; two field notebooks containing (1) linguistic notes and informant and population data for Waswanipi, Abitibi, Temiskaming [Timiskaming], Nipissing, Algonquian and (2) Temiskaming ethnography, Wisiledjak (Wiskyjack) [Wisakedjak, a manitou] text (in English), Temagami ethnology and texts (in English), and one Iroquois legend; general information on birch-bark containers, including 37 photographs and 40 pages of notes relating to Algonquin, Cree, Ojibwe and Ktunaxa specimens, and a letter from Bella Weitzner; and a letter from A. G. Bailey sending Speck a copy of his book on Algonquians.
Extent:7 items
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10087
Language:English
French
Language (ISO639):eng
fra
Spatial Coverage:Temagami
Nipissing
Temiskaming
Maniwaki
Waswanipi
Subject:Algonquin
Naskapi
Cree
Nipissing
Ojibwe
Rama
Chibcha
Maya
Haudenosaunee
Ktunaxa
Linguistics
Anthropology
Zoology
Divination
Population
Ethnography
Folklore
Basketry
Birch bark
Hunting
Archaeology
Type:Correspondence
Notes
Abstracts
Sketches
Photographs
Type (DCMI):StillImage
Text
Type (OLAC):primary_text

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950; Bailey, Alfred Goldsworthy; Weitzner, Bella. 1912-1941 and undated. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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