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Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill collection, NMAI.AC.058, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Volume I contains: Story of the horned snake, with interlinear translation; notes on the word "Potomac"; Extracts from Pilling's Bibliography; copy of Lt Whipple's vocabulary, published in Pacific R. R. Report, Volume III, pages 56-61 corrected in 1892 by Thomas Dougherty; vocabulary from the Rideout Letters; Shawnee language collected at Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, 1885; Historical extracts relating to the Shawnee; Story, "God and the Devil," 1892; vocables from Charles Du Chesne, 1892; miscellaneous linguistic notes; "A story of olden times; list of 22 dances; texts from Thomas Dougherty; grammatic, lexic, and explanatory notes. The moccasin game, by Stephen Bluejacket; texts by Rev Charles Bluejacket; texts from William Greyfeather; Lord's Prayer; notes on noises; legend by Thomas Dougherty; one by William Dougherty; various historical and other notes from S. S. Clover. "The material in these volumes is confused and not arranged." (note by ?)
Also "Remarks to my Shawnee Texts and Notes, annotations to three manuscripts." A.S.G. 20 pages attached to paper cover. And Index to Shawnee material, 4 pages in addition to bound volume devoted to Index.
Letter from Wisconsin Historical Society furnishing information on the following subjects: Black Hoof, Shawnee Chief (historical sketch); note on Tecumseh's mother; Lulbegrud and Indian Old Town, location of; Es-kip-pa-kith-i-ki= Turkey Town, location of.
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Due to their fragile nature, the AV materials in this collection are closed to researchers until they have been digitized.
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frank and Dolores Becker papers, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.