| | 2 | Author: | American Council of Learned Societies | | | | | Committee on Research in the Native American Languages | |
| | | Title: | American Council of Learned Societies Correspondence
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Correspondence | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1926-1927 | | | | Extent: | 174 items | | | | Abstract: | Subtitled "Project for a Survey of North American Indian Languages by T. Middleton, E. Sapir, and L. Bloomfield. Presented by Section L to the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Endorsed by that body." Includes correspondence to Prof. Edward C. Armstrong of the A.C.L.S., from T. Middleton, Edward Sapir, L. Bloomfield, Franz Boas, Alfred Kroeber, John Swanton, Pliny Goddard, and others. The papers cover the response to the "Survey" proposed by an A.C.L.S. committee, and correspondence organizing a standing body to establish the Survey and attract financial support. The Survey's efforts became the basis for the Franz Boas Collection of American Linguistics (497.3 B63c). | | | | Source: | American Council of Learned Societies Correspondence (506.73 Am72co) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | |
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