Resources in African-American History

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Title:	American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society [ACLS Collection]
Dates:	1853, 1882-1959
Abstract:	There are at least two items in this collection which may be of interest to scholars of African American history: Hurston, Zora Neale. " The Florida Expedition (#46)." n.d. 3 pages. Brief report by a student of Franz Boas on fieldwork in Florida studying African American folklore, story-telling, religion, and common-held beliefs. Hurston notes that "the bulk of the population now spends its leisure in motion picture theatres or with the phonograph and its blues." King, Louis E. " Negro life in a rural community (#49)." Circa 1931. 166 pages. Anthropological dissertation study of African American life in a rural community during the years 1927-1931. The work is divided into several sections: Background, Family Life, Breadwinning and Shelter, Education, Activities of the Group, Leaving Home, and Comparing Life in Different Rural Communities..
Call #:	Mss.497.3.B63c
Extent:	80 Linear Feet
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Subjects:	'Nak'waxda'xw \| 'Namgis \| Achumawi language \| African Americans -- Florida \| African Americans -- Folklore \| African Americans -- West Virginia \| Airplanes \| American ginseng \| Anishinaabe \| Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork \| Ants -- Folklore \| Athapascan languages \| Atsugewi language \| Autobiography \| Awa'etłala \| Babies -- Care \| Banister, John, Jr. \| Baptists -- North Carolina -- History \| Basket making \| Bears \| Bella Coola Indians \| Bella Coola language \| Benin -- History \| Betrothal \| Birds -- Folklore \| Cats -- Folklore \| Chatino language \| Chehalis language \| Cherokee Indians -- Economic conditions \| Cherokee Indians -- Education \| Cherokee Indians -- Fishing \| Cherokee Indians -- Folklore \| Cherokee Indians -- Funeral customs and rites \| Cherokee Indians -- Games \| Cherokee Indians -- Government relations \| Cherokee Indians -- History \| Cherokee Indians -- Land tenure \| Cherokee Indians -- Marriage customs and rites \| Cherokee Indians -- Material culture \| Cherokee Indians -- Medicine \| Cherokee Indians -- Military service \| Cherokee Indians -- Music \| Cherokee Indians -- Politics and government \| Cherokee Indians -- Religion \| Cherokee Indians -- Rites and ceremonies \| Cherokee Indians -- Social life and customs \| Cherokee Indians -- Violence against -- Tennessee \| Cherokee dance \| Cherokee language \| Child care \| Children -- Death \| Chimakum language \| Chinese language \| Chiricahua language \| Christianity -- Africa \| Chukchi -- History \| Clothing and dress -- Middle East \| Comox Indians \| Corn -- Folklore \| Creation -- Mythology \| Cree language \| Culture, community, organizations \| Cyanotypes \| DEnaxdax \| Da'naxda'xw \| Dakota language \| Dictionaries. \| Dogs -- Folklore \| Drawings. \| Dzawada'enuxw \| Ethnographic texts \| Ethnology -- Africa \| Ethnology -- Russia \| Ethnology -- United States \| Face painting \| Fairs -- North Carolina \| Field notes. \| Fijians -- Social life and customs \| Fire -- Folklore \| Folk music -- Puerto Rico \| Folklore \| Folklore -- Africa \| Folklore -- British Columbia \| Folklore -- Florida \| Folklore -- Uganda \| Gelatin silver prints \| Geological Survey of Canada. \| Ghost stories \| Ghosts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Gop'inuxw \| Gourds \| Group portraits \| Gusgimukw \| Gwasala \| Ha'xwamis \| Haida Indians \| Haida language \| Haudenosaunee \| Heiltsuk Indians \| Hoijer, Harry, 1904-1976 \| Hopi language \| Hupa language \| Hymns \| Illustrations. \| Imprisonment -- North Carolina \| Indians of North America -- Alaska \| Indians of North America -- British Columbia \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Inuktitut language \| Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969 \| Jews, Ethiopian \| Kalapuya language \| Kalibala, Ernest B. \| Kalispel language \| Kathlamet language \| Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963 \| Kootenai language \| Koskimo \| Kwagu'ł \| Kwakiutl language \| Kwikwasutinuxw \| Laguna dialect \| Lillooet language \| Linguistics \| Ma'amtagila \| Makah Indians \| Mamalilikala \| Mandan language \| Maps. \| Mayan languages \| Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938 \| Milky Way -- Folklore \| Mooney, James, 1861-1921 \| Mukasa, Ham, 1871-1956 \| Nahuatl language \| Nass language \| Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- North Carolina \| Navajo language \| Nez Percé language \| Nitinat language \| Nootka Indians \| Nootka language \| North Carolina \| Northwest Coast Indians \| Ntlakyapamuk language \| Nuu-chah-nulth \| Nuxalk Indians \| Ojibwe people \| Omens \| Oowekeeno Indians \| Owls -- Folklore \| Philadelphia (Pa.) \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel \| Photographs \| Photomechanical prints \| Plantations \| Pleiades -- Folklore \| Pomo language \| Powwows \| Quileute Indians \| Quileute language \| Rabbits -- Folklore \| Religion, religious organizations \| Salish Indians \| Salishan languages \| Sarsi Indians \| Sarsi language \| Sermons \| Shasta language \| Sioux Nation \| Sketches. \| Slip files \| Smallpox -- United States -- History \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Social psychology \| Sound recordings \| Sturtevant, Edgar Howard, 1875-1952 \| Swearing \| Tarahumara language \| Tarascan language \| Tlingit Indians \| Tlingit language \| Tolowa language \| Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 \| Tsetsaut Indians \| Tsimshian language \| Tsuut'ina language \| Tunica language \| Turtles -- Folklore \| Twi (African people) \| Tłatłasikwala \| United States -- Emigration and immigration. \| United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) \| Volga River Region (Russia) -- History \| Wailaki language \| Warren, John \| Watercolors \| Winnebago language \| Wintu language \| Witches -- Folklore \| Word lists \| World War I \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Wuikinuxv \| Xuyalas \| Yana language \| Zapotec language \| Ławit'sis

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