| | 2 | Author: | Speck, Frank G., 1881-1950 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1911; instructor, ethnology, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1911, assistant professor, 1911-1925, professor, 1925-1950; lecturer, ethnology, Swarthmore College, 1923-1927; assistant editor, American Anthropologist, 1920-1937 | |
| | | Title: | Delaware Indian material
| | | | Type: | Sound items | | | | Format: | Recordings | | | | Language: | Delaware | | | | Dates: | 1928 | | | | Extent: | 2 reels | | | | Abstract: | These are re-recordings of wax recordings, of very poor quality, of songs performed by Chief Webber, May 10, 1928. Included are dance songs, peyote song, woman's dance songs (with Shawnee and Iroquois versions), a speech, portions of a big house ceremony, and songs for First Day | | | | Source: | Delaware Indian material (Rec. 4) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | |
| 3 | Author: | Speck, Frank G., 1881-1950 | | | | | Anthropologist. Assistant curator, ethnology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1911; instructor, ethnology, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1911, assistant professor, 1911-1925, professor, 1925-1950; lecturer, ethnology, Swarthmore College, 1923-1927; assistant editor, American Anthropologist, 1920-1937 | |
| | | Title: | Canadian (Grand River, Ont.) Delaware. Field notes
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Delaware | | | | Dates: | 1946 | | | | Extent: | 4 items | | | | Abstract: | Field trip with Carpenter, Mrs. Carpenter and Anthony F. C. Wallace. Delaware text from Josiah Montour; Delaware, Cayuga, and Mohawk words | | | | Source: | Frank Gouldsmith Speck Papers (Ms. Coll. 126) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Linguistics and philology | |
| 4 | Author: | Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808 | | | | | Moravian missionary. Worked and lived among the Delaware and other Indian tribes; helped establish settlements in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Canada. Student and recorder of Indian languages and customs | |
| | | Title: | Grammar of the Language of the Lenni-Lenape, or Delaware, Indians
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Delaware | | | | Dates: | 1816 | | | | Extent: | Approximately 210 leaves | | | | Abstract: | Translated from the original German manuscript in the archives of the Society of United Brethren, Bethlehem, Pa., by Peter S. Du Ponceau, 1816. It is a description of the Delaware language and lists words and their corresponding meanings | | | | Source: | Grammar of the Language of the Lenni-Lenape, or Delaware, Indians (497.3 Z3g) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 5 | Author: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | | | | | U.S. President, statesman, savant. Jefferson held several positions in the government of both Virginia and the United States. He was U. S. Secretary of State, under Washington, from 1790 to 1793; vice-president from 1796-1801; president, 1801-1809. As President of the American Philosophical Society, from 1797 to 1815, Jefferson actively promoted geographical, paleontological, botanical, and linguistic studies in the United States. | |
| | | Title: | Vocabulary of the Delaware Indians and Vocabulary of the Unquachog Indians
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Delaware | | | | Dates: | 1791; n.d. | | | | Extent: | 2 items | | | | Abstract: | Indian languages | | | | Source: | American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 6 | Author: | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1742-1823 | | | | | Moravian missionary, ethnographer, linguist. Heckewelder, a member of the Moravian community at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was active among the Indians of Pennsylvania and Ohio, from 1763 until 1810. He served as envoy and consultant for the U.S. government on Indian affairs and was correspondent with P. S. Du Ponceau on Indian linguistics. | |
| | | Title: | English, Algonquian, and Delaware Comparative Vocabulary
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Algonquian | Delaware | | | | Dates: | Circa 1820 | | | | Extent: | 12 leaves | | | | Abstract: |
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| | | | Source: | English, Algonquian, and Delaware Comparative Vocabulary (497.3 W85) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 7 | Author: | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1742-1823 | | | | | Moravian missionary, ethnographer, linguist. Heckewelder, a member of the Moravian community at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was active among the Indians of Pennsylvania and Ohio, from 1763 until 1810. He served as envoy and consultant for the U.S. government on Indian affairs and was correspondent with P. S. Du Ponceau on Indian linguistics. | |
| | | Title: | Vocabularies and Miscellaneous Papers Pertaining to Indian Languages
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | Lenni Lenape | Delaware | Shawnee | Algonquin | Mohican | | | | Dates: | Circa 1821 | | | | Extent: | 5 items | | | | Abstract: | 5 items by Heckewelder. Includes comparative vocabularies of Lenni Lenape, Delaware, Shawano, Algonquin, Mohican, and others | | | | Source: | American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
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