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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10126

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Title: Mi'kmaq materials, Frank G. Speck Papers
Contributor:Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Butler, Eva L.
Mechling, William Hubbs, 1888-1953
Date:1909-1949
Description: Materials relating to Mi'kmaq history, language, and culture. Includes Speck's field notes on topics such as wampum, hunting territories, Cape Breton texts, Newfoundland traditions, the Passamaquoddy, etc., as well as a map with names of Bear River Band members and one piece of birch bark with pictographs inscribed; Speck's miscellaneous notes and correspondence on topics such as consultants, specimens, hieroglyphics, linguistics, fieldwork, Mi'kmaq and Cherokee, and the Mi'kmaq mission newspaper; a text on Mi'kmaq dance with interlinear translation, notes, and a musical score; 10 pages of linguistic notes and vocabulary collected along the Miramichi River, along with 6 pages of typed copy by John Witthoft; correspondence with Mechling concerning linguistic research on the Mi'kmaq, Malecite [Malecite-Passamaquoddy], and Oaxaca languages, Mi'kmaq burials, and historic materials on Beothuk and Mi'kmaq; a brief article on a traveler's account of the Mi'kmaq in 1822; an incomplete article or set of reading excerpts taken after 1922 by Speck from John G. Millais (1907); and extracts concerning the sweat house taken by Butler from the Jesuit Relations.
Extent:8 folders
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10126
Language:Mi'kmaq
English
Language (ISO639):mic
eng
Spatial Coverage:Miramichi
Subject: Mi'kmaq
Passamaquoddy
Maliseet
Beothuk
Cherokee
Linguistics
Ethnography
Anthropology
Specimens
Orthography and spelling
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Hunting
Wampum
Music
Missions
Dance
Social life and customs
Birch bark
Religion
Type:Notes
Essays
Correspondence
Maps
Drafts
Newspaper clippings
Pictographs
Type (DCMI):Text
Type (OLAC):primary_text

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10126
DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950; Butler, Eva L.; Mechling, William Hubbs, 1888-1953. 1909-1949. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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