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1Author:  Olbrechts, Frans M., 1899-1959
 Linguist, anthropologist. Olbrechts spent a year studying under Boas at Columbia before doing linguistic fieldwork among various Indian tribes. A native of Belgium, Olbrechts worked successively as a museum curator in Brussels and as a faculty member at Ghent University 


 Title:  Correspondence between Frans Olbrechts and Franz Boas     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  15 December 1924 - 12 May 1939 
 Extent:  114 letters 
 Abstract:  111 letters (66 to Boas, 45 to Olbrechts) + 3 letters from Olbrechts to Commission for Relief in Belgium, Educational Foundation, J.W. Fewkes, W.W. Long. Olbrechts' matriculation at Columbia; fieldwork; Indian linguistics; museum work; teaching 
 Source:  Franz Boas Papers (B B61) 
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 Subjects:  Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Museums -- Development, operation, and collections | Personal matters 
2Author:  Olbrechts, Frans M., 1899-1959
 Linguist, anthropologist. Olbrechts spent a year studying under Boas at Columbia before doing linguistic fieldwork among various Indian tribes. A native of Belgium, Olbrechts worked successively as a museum curator in Brussels and as a faculty member at Ghent University 


 Title:  Correspondence between Frans Olbrechts and J. Alden Mason     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  6 March 1937 - 10 March 1937 
 Extent:  2 letters 
 Abstract:  2 letters (1 to Mason, 1 to Olbrechts). Personal 
 Source:  John Alden Mason Papers (B M384) 
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 Subjects:  Personal matters 
3Author:  Olbrechts, Frans M., 1899-1959
 Linguist, anthropologist. Olbrechts spent a year studying under Boas at Columbia before doing linguistic fieldwork among various Indian tribes. A native of Belgium, Olbrechts worked successively as a museum curator in Brussels and as a faculty member at Ghent University 


 Title:  Ethiopic and Cherokee Syllabaries -- A Case of Parallelism     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  Ethiopic | Cherokee 
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Extent:  8 leaves 
 Abstract:  A formal paper with manuscript corrections. The author finds the syllabaries similar in principle, but different in intent; the Ethiopic is a complication of the Minaeo-Sabaean, while the Cherokee is an attempt at simplification. Phonetic equivalences of the two syllabaries are arranged tabularly at the end 
 Source:  American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Native American Languages (497.3 B63c, I2.1) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology 
4Author:  Olbrechts, Frans M., 1899-1959
 Linguist, anthropologist. Olbrechts spent a year studying under Boas at Columbia before doing linguistic fieldwork among various Indian tribes. A native of Belgium, Olbrechts worked successively as a museum curator in Brussels and as a faculty member at Ghent University 


 Title:  Frans M. Olbrechts Papers on the Iroquois Indians     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English | Iroquois 
 Dates:  Circa 1910-1930 
 Extent:  46 folders and volumes 
 Abstract:  Field notes, grammars, ethnographic notebooks, vocabulary lists, lexical files, correspondence. Materials refer to Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora Indians 
 Source:  Frans M. Olbrechts Papers on the Iroquois Indians (497.3 OL2) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous | Personal matters 
5Author:  Olbrechts, Frans M., 1899-1959
 Linguist, anthropologist. Olbrechts spent a year studying under Boas at Columbia before doing linguistic fieldwork among various Indian tribes. A native of Belgium, Olbrechts worked successively as a museum curator in Brussels and as a faculty member at Ghent University 


 Title:  Correspondence between Frans Olbrechts and William Fenton     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1937-1939 
 Extent:  4 letters 
 Abstract:  Thanking Fenton for reprint of "Seneca Society of Faces"; Iroquois work and papers; peers; academics. Fenton collection also includes notes on Olbrechts writings 
 Source:  William N. Fenton Papers (Ms. Coll. 20) 
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 Subjects:  Disciplinary professionalization, professional societies, education, employment | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Publishing, publications, miscellaneous