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Indians of North America -- Languages

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Leonard Bloomfield papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 635
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, and notebooks entirely related to his professional interest in languages and linguistics. The largest part of the papers consist of a sequence of forty-four notebooks, each devoted to a language or a linguistic problem. The phonology and morphology of twenty-one languages are covered in these volumes. Three unpublished articles by Bloomfield are also in the papers.

Dates: 1909-1950

Aaron Baker Clark and Sarah Booth Clark papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3437
Abstract: The Aaron Baker Clark and Sarah Booth Clark Papers consist of biographical sketches, diaries, photographs, correspondence, and clippings that pertain to the missionary efforts of Episcopal minister Aaron Baker Clark and his wife, Sarah Booth Clark, relating to the Lakota (Lakȟóta/Lakhóta) people of the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Also present are printed dictionaries and hymns in the Lakota dialect, 1889-1901, and other printed books on topics such as religion, history, geography...
Dates: 1671-1971, bulk 1876-1925

Native American vocabularies

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-285
Abstract:

Chiefly Native American vocabularies in French and Spanish, most of which were created or transcribed by Alponse Louis Pinart. Also includes a few vocabularies for West African languages.

Dates: 1646-1789, n.d

James Hammond Trumbull papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 507
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes and other papers pertaining to Connecticut and New England history and American Indians.

Dates: 1649-1897