OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10534

Metadata
Title:		Mi'kmaq materials, C. F. Voegelin Papers
Contributor:		Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986
		Pacifique, père, 1863-1943
		Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Date:		circa 1915-1936
Description:		Three items relating to Mi'kmaq (formerly Micmac) language and culture has been identified in the C. F. Voegelin Papers. Two are in Subcollection I, Series. I Correspondence. Of greater interest is a file containing two letters (October 1938), two copies of the "Micmac Messenger" (1936), and a slip with the Lord's Prayer represented in both Mi'kmaq and English. These materials were apparently sent by Father Pacifique, a French Capuchin missionary to the Mi'kmaqs of Gaspé and author of "Micmac Grammar." The two letters touch on publication of the "Messenger," sign writing, and the Rand Micmac-English dictionary (which Pacifique pronounced "not so good"). Pacifique also briefly contrasted the "skillful" work of professional linguists with his own "practical" approach to the language. The other item is a brief note, also dated to October 1936, regarding a Mi'kmaq syllabary and other references. The author, signed "Em," also copied the first few lines of the Lords Prayer from a book in the "Clemens Library" [perhaps the Clements Library?], which is perhaps the slip found in the Pacifique folder. Finally, in Subcollection II, Series I. Correspondence, there is a letter from Frank Speck to Edward Sapir in which Speck mentions his manuscript and map of "Nova Scotia Micmac hunting territories," which he plans to send to Sapir.
Extent:		3 folders
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10534
Language:		Mi'kmaq
		English
Language (ISO639):		mic
		eng
Subject:		Mi'kmaq
		Linguistics
		Anthropology
		Missions
		Orthography and spelling
		Religion
Type:		Correspondence
		Newsletters
Type (DCMI):		Text
Type (OLAC):		primary_text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10534
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Search Info
Citation:		Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986; Pacifique, père, 1863-1943; Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950. circa 1915-1936. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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