oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10335
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OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10335 |
| Metadata | ||
| Title: | Abenaki materials, Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers | |
| Contributor: | Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974 | |
| Laurent, Bernedette | ||
| Obomsawin, Louis Napoleon | ||
| Ritzenthaler, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1911-1980 | ||
| Reynolds, Beatrice | ||
| Watso, William | ||
| Nolet, Beatrice | ||
| Date: | 1914-1930 | |
| Description: | The Abenaki materials in the Hallowell Papers are mostly located in Series V, Research Files, in folders labled "Abenaki" and Series VI, Photographs, Subseries E "St. Francis Abenaki Album." These include linguistic, ethnographic, ethnobotanical, ceremonial knowledge, information on political organization, and historical materials. Of particular interest are a sketch of Abenaki history from 1600-1930 accompanied by detailed notes from secondary sources on 17th century Abenaki history. The linguistic materials includ an analysis of how the language changed after contact with Catholic missionaries, Abenaki vocabulary related to body parts, Abenaki phonetics, and religious, medical, and kinship terminology. The ethnobotanical materials include a manuscript labled "Identity of animals and plants," and information concerning herbal medicine and its practitioners. There is a wealth of ethnographic materials that include drawings of pipes, descriptions of games, baketry and birch bark maks. There is descriptions of Abenaki music and diagrams of dances, as well as detailed descriptions of hunting techniques. Some of the genealogical materials contains lists of community members names and descriptions of marriage. Interspered throughout the folders labled "Abenaki" in the Research Files are interlinear translations of stories such as "Man who could Find Lost Objects," "Woman and Bear Lover" and numerous other stories. The materials on hunting include topics such as the use of snow shoes, preparation of moose hide,and techniques and drawings of trapping. The collections contain important information designation hunting territories and family names. Four folders contain detailed informaiton on kinship terms. Two folders on Measurements and Genealogical data contain lists of names. The folders labled "Linguistics" in Series V contain scattered information about Abenaki grammar. In Series VI, of 160 photographs taken at St. Francis, Odanak in the Centre-du-Québec region. The Abenaki people in the photographs are identified, in most cases, and also include depictions of traditional dress, buildings, clothing, baskets, and a wide variety of material culture. The corresondence, in Series I, includes letters from Gordon Day describing his collection of stories, regecordings, Vocabularies, and hunting territories. Henry Lorne Masta, one of Hallowell's Abenaki consultants, writes about culture and language. | |
| Extent: | 2 boxes In Series V, Reasearch Files | |
| Identifier: | https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10335 | |
| Language: | English | |
| French | ||
| Western Abnaki | ||
| Eastern Abnaki | ||
| Language (ISO639): | eng | |
| fra | ||
| abe | ||
| aaq | ||
| Spatial Coverage: | Odanak | |
| Subject: | Abenaki | |
| Innu | ||
| Penobscot | ||
| Maliseet | ||
| Iroquois | ||
| Wabanaki | ||
| Dance | ||
| Architecture | ||
| Ethnography | ||
| Clothing and dress | ||
| Hunting | ||
| Psychology | ||
| Agriculture | ||
| Animals | ||
| Personal names | ||
| Kinship | ||
| Music | ||
| Botany | ||
| Material culture | ||
| Folklore | ||
| Medicine | ||
| Religion | ||
| Genealogy | ||
| Economics | ||
| Linguistics | ||
| Type: | Photographs | |
| Maps | ||
| Notes | ||
| Rorschach tests | ||
| Drawings | ||
| Bibliographies | ||
| Biographies | ||
| Type (DCMI): | StillImage | |
| Text | ||
| Type (OLAC): | primary_text | |
| lexicon | ||
OLAC Info |
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| Archive: | Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society | |
| Description: | http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for OLAC format | |
| GetRecord: | Pre-generated XML file | |
OAI Info |
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| OaiIdentifier: | oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10335 | |
| DateStamp: | 2020-03-02 | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for simple DC format | |
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| Citation: | Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974; Laurent, Bernedette; Obomsawin, Louis Napoleon; Ritzenthaler, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1911-1980; Reynolds, Beatrice; Watso, William; Nolet, Beatrice. 1914-1930. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. | |
| Terms: | area_Americas area_Europe country_CA country_FR country_GB country_US dcmi_StillImage dcmi_Text iso639_aaq iso639_abe iso639_eng iso639_fra olac_lexicon olac_primary_text | |