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MS 4540 Materials relating to manuscript by Elsie Clews Parsons

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Creator:
Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941  Search this
Translator:
Trager, George L.  Search this
Culture:
Isleta Pueblo  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Related Manuscript entitled, "Native Isleta Paintings, which, with paintings by an anonymous Isleta artist, is in the Smithsonian Editor's office, December 1958, and scheduled for eventual publication. Materials in Bureau of American Ethnology Archives are as follows: 4540-a Glossary of Isleta terms. 74 cards, typed with identifications and translations by George L. Trager. Also letter of Trager to Parsons, October 31, 1940, commenting on his notes. (Negative microfilm also on file.) 4540-b Notes on the native words in the typescript of Parsons Manuscript, by George L. Trager. Spring, 1959. 5 pages. (autostat copy; original is in the Editor's office.) Author's note: (Some are based on George L. Trager's identifications sent to Elsie Clews Parsons on October 1, 1940; others are new, from George L. Trager's 1957 Isleta recording, or are new extrapolations from Taos. The 1940 cards belong to Bureau of American Ethnology- used on loan. The Elsie Clews Parsons ts. belongs to Esther Goldfrank-- used on loan.)
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4540-a-b
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4540-a-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4540AB
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30694d2a1-fc93-4fa2-8094-0e9f77e4b0ba
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4540ab