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MS 3411 Truman Michelson field notes on Cree at James Bay and Hudson Bay

Catalog Data

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Allan, William  Search this
Etherington, William  Search this
Fletcher, John  Search this
Lutet, Stanley  Search this
Smallboy, Harvey, 1879-1947  Search this
Sutherland, David, circa 1875-  Search this
Extent:
193 Pages
Culture:
Cree  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Vocabulary
Place:
James Bay (Nunavut)
Hudson Bay
Date:
1936
Scope and Contents:
Notebook (labelled "1936 IV") containing linguistic and ethnological notes and stories collected by Truman Michelson during his research on the Cree at James Bay and Hudson Bay in Canada in 1936. Includes Fort George, Attawapiskat, and Weenusk Cree phonetic texts; English translations of Attawapiskat and Weenusk Cree syllabic texts in MS 3417; and an English translation of a Moose Cree syllabic text in MS 3413. Also notes on kinship and kinship terms in Attawapiskat, Weenusk, Albany, and Moose Cree; general Weenusk Cree vocabulary; dialects spoken by other Cree; Attawapiskat and Weenusk land boundaries; anthropometric measurements of Weenusk Cree; and index cards with Weenusk Cree linguistic notes. People that Michelson worked with include William Etherington(?); David Sutherland; Stanley Lutet (or Loutet); John Fletcher; Harvey Smallboy; and William Allan.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3411
Local Note:
Title changed from "Texts 1936" 6/5/2014.
Other Archival Materials:
See Manuscript 3417 for associated Attawapiskat and Weenusk Cree syllabic texts and Manuscript 3413 for associated Moose Cree syllabic text.
Topic:
Physical anthropology  Search this
anthropometry  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Kinship  Search this
Social structure  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Linguistics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Vocabulary
Citation:
Manuscript 3411, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3411
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36f3dab3f-2115-411d-8ed8-1f6915661d12
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3411