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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10096

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Title:Cherokee materials, Frank G. Speck Papers
Contributor:Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Broom, Leonard
West Long, Will, 1870-1947
Herzog, George, 1901-1983
Pardo, Juan, active 16th century
Witapanóxwe
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Hicks, Charles R.
Walser, Richard, 1908-1988
Date:1920-1951
Description: Materials relating to Speck's study of Cherokee history and culture. This includes 24 pages of correspondence with Cherokee collaborators like Will West Long and Allen W. Long; 47 pages of field notes; notes and drafts relating to the preparation of Speck's manuscript on Cherokee music, dance, and drama; correspondence with colleagues such as George Herzog and Leonard Broom on Cherokee music, dance, and drama; correspondence with Franz Boas concerning copying of his Catawba texts and the Cherokee field work of Frans Olbrechts; correspondence with Will West Long about museum specimens; a biographical sketch of Will West Long; a postcard to Marian Godfrey regarding Cherokee Museum specimens; a letter to E. B. Norvell regarding silver trade goods and European imitations sold by the Cherokee; a bibliography of Cherokee sources, Publication 68650, listing 48 items, 1775-1922, prepared by the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs; a copy of a 1566-1567 letter (7 pages in English, with introduction by Speck) written by Juan Pardo relating early Spanish contact with the Cherokee; an account of the Cherokee and Delaware alliance given by Witapanóxwe (War Eagle and James Webber); a transcription of an 1818 letter written by Charles Hicks on the manners and customs of the Cherokees; correspondence about Cherokee basketry; correspondence regarding the accuracy of material in Robert Strange, Eoneguski, or the Cherokee Chief (1939); and 27 pages of miscellanous notes.
Extent:17 folders
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10096
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Spatial Coverage:Cherokee
Subject:Cherokee
Delaware
Yuchi
Creek
Seneca
Catawba
Choctaw
Ethnography
Anthropology
Dance
Music
Drama
Basketry
Material culture
Type:Correspondence
Notes
Drafts
Essays
Type (DCMI):Text
Type (OLAC):primary_text

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DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950; Broom, Leonard; West Long, Will, 1870-1947; Herzog, George, 1901-1983; Pardo, Juan, active 16th century; Witapanóxwe; Boas, Franz, 1858-1942; Hicks, Charles R.; Walser, Richard, 1908-1988. 1920-1951. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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