Subject | • | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork |
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| | • | Archaeology, prehistory |
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| | • | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture |
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| | • | Folklore, mythology, religion |
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| | • | Linguistics and philology | [X] | | • | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution |
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| | 1 | Author: | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | | | | | Lawyer, philologist. Du Ponceau was an emigre to the American colonies in 1777, and served as an aide to Baron von Steuben in the War for Independence. In 1781 he was appointed secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. After the declaration of peace, Du Ponceau took up law, specializing in matters of international law and trade. A life-long student of languages, Du Ponceau took up the systematic study of American Indian languages while in Philadelphia. Much of his linguistic work was done under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society. He served the Society as councilor, from 1801-1816; vice-president, 1816-1827; and president, 1828-1844. See Murphy D. Smith, "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau and his Study of Languages," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 127 (1983): 143-179. | |
| | | Title: | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Correspondence with John G. E. Heckewelder
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1816-1822 | | | | Extent: | 18 letters | | | | Abstract: | Indian languages | | | | Source: | Du Ponceau Correspondence with John G. E. Heckewelder (Film 1162) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 3 | Author: | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | | | | | Lawyer, philologist. Du Ponceau was an emigre to the American colonies in 1777, and served as an aide to Baron von Steuben in the War for Independence. In 1781 he was appointed secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. After the declaration of peace, Du Ponceau took up law, specializing in matters of international law and trade. A life-long student of languages, Du Ponceau took up the systematic study of American Indian languages while in Philadelphia. Much of his linguistic work was done under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society. He served the Society as councilor, from 1801-1816; vice-president, 1816-1827; and president, 1828-1844. See Murphy D. Smith, "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau and his Study of Languages," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 127 (1983): 143-179. | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Albert Gallatin
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1 February 1801 - 28 July 1843 | | | | Extent: | 44 letters | | | | Abstract: | 43 letters to Gallatin + 1 letter to Mrs. O'Sullivan. Law, property; philology. | | | | Source: | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Letters to Albert Gallatin (Film 541) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 4 | Author: | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | | | | | Lawyer, philologist. Du Ponceau was an emigre to the American colonies in 1777, and served as an aide to Baron von Steuben in the War for Independence. In 1781 he was appointed secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. After the declaration of peace, Du Ponceau took up law, specializing in matters of international law and trade. A life-long student of languages, Du Ponceau took up the systematic study of American Indian languages while in Philadelphia. Much of his linguistic work was done under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society. He served the Society as councilor, from 1801-1816; vice-president, 1816-1827; and president, 1828-1844. See Murphy D. Smith, "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau and his Study of Languages," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 127 (1983): 143-179. | |
| | | Title: | Autograph letters of naturalists
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1812-1843 | | | | Extent: | 45 letters | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence between Du Ponceau and various persons. Philology, miscellaneous subjects | | | | Source: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, MAV Collection (Film 628) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 5 | Author: | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | | | | | Lawyer, philologist. Du Ponceau was an emigré to the American colonies in 1777, and served as an aide to Baron von Steuben in the War for Independence. In 1781 he was appointed secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. After the declaration of peace, Du Ponceau took up law, specializing in matters of international law and trade. A life-long student of languages, Du Ponceau took up the systematic study of American Indian languages while in Philadelphia. Much of his linguistic work was done under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society. He served the Society as councilor, from 1801-1816; vice-president, 1816-1827; and president, 1828-1844. See Murphy D. Smith, "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau and his Study of Languages," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 127 (1983): 143-179. | |
| | | Title: | Letters to Albert Gallatin
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1 February 1801 - 28 July 1843 | | | | Extent: | 44 letters | | | | Abstract: | 43 letters to Gallatin + 1 letter to Mrs. O'Sullivan. Law, property; philology. | | | | Source: | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Letters to Albert Gallatin (Film 541) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 7 | Author: | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | | | | | Lawyer, philologist. Du Ponceau was an emigre to the American colonies in 1777, and served as an aide to Baron von Steuben in the War for Independence. In 1781 he was appointed secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. After the declaration of peace, Du Ponceau took up law, specializing in matters of international law and trade. A life-long student of languages, Du Ponceau took up the systematic study of American Indian languages while in Philadelphia. Much of his linguistic work was done under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society. He served the Society as councilor, from 1801-1816; vice-president, 1816-1827; and president, 1828-1844. See Murphy D. Smith, "Peter Stephen Du Ponceau and his Study of Languages," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 127 (1983): 143-179. | |
| | | Title: | Correspondence between John Heckewelder and Peter S. Du Ponceau
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1816-1822 | | | | Extent: | 18 letters | | | | Abstract: | Indian languages | | | | Source: | Peter S. Du Ponceau Letters (Film 1162) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 8 | Author: | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | | | | | Natural philosopher, traveler. Humboldt served as a mining official of the Prussian Civil Service, until he became financially independent in 1796. Subsequently he traveled extensively in Europe, the western hemisphere, and Siberia, writing on geography, astronomy, zoology, botany, chemistry, and geomagnetism. His interests also extended to the study of languages and prehistory. | |
| | | Title: | Alexander von Humboldt Letters
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | German | | | | Dates: | 1804-1856 | | | | Extent: | 1 reel | | | | Abstract: | Includes 4 letters to George Bancroft. 25 October 1820 to 12 July 1828. American Indian and other languages | | | | Source: | Alexander von Humboldt Letters (Film 870.2) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | |
| 9 | 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: | Journal of travels among the Indians; Miscellaneous letters and papers
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1780-1826 | | | | Extent: | 1 reel | | | | Abstract: | Includes journal of his travels among the Indians, 1793; correspondence, 1789-1790; miscellaneous correspondence, 1780-1826 | | | | Source: | Journal of travels among the Indians (Film 805.1) Miscellaneous letters and papers (Film 805.2) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | |
| 10 | Author: | Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881 | | | | | Ethnologist, lawyer. Practiced law in Rochester, New York, from 1851; New York State Assembly, 1861-1868, State Senate, 1868-1869; active in the study of American ethnology, from the early 1840s; wrote on the history and customs of the American Indians and on social evolution; organizer and first chairman of Section H of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1875 | |
| | | Title: | Manuscript journals and Record of Indian Letters
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1845-1876 | | | | Extent: | 2 reels | | | | Abstract: | Film from originals in Rochester University Library. 6 volumes of memoranda on Indian ceremonies, vocabularies, expeditions to visit Indian tribes, description of Indian life, miscellaneous notes; 2 volumes of correspondence regarding laws of descent and systems or relationship among the American Indians | | | | Source: | Manuscript journals and Record of Indian Letters (Film 582) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Linguistics and philology | |
| 11 | Author: | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | | | | | Natural philosopher, traveler. Humboldt served as a mining official of the Prussian Civil Service, until he became financially independent in 1796. Subsequently he traveled extensively in Europe, the western hemisphere, and Siberia, writing on geography, astronomy, zoology, botany, chemistry, and geomagnetism. His interests also extended to the study of languages and prehistory. | |
| | | Title: | Alexander von Humboldt Correspondence
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | German | | | | Dates: | 1813-1855 | | | | Extent: | 1 reel | | | | Abstract: | Includes 3 letters to Thomas Young. 18 March to 13 June 1823 | | | | Source: | Alexander von Humboldt Correspondence (Film 870.1) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Archaeology, prehistory | Linguistics and philology | |
| 12 | Author: | Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840 | | | | | Physician, naturalist, comparative physical anthropologist. Curator, natural history collection, Goettingen University, 1776, professor, medicine, 1778; professor primarius, medicine, 1816. | |
| | | Title: | Letters of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | German | | | | Dates: | March 1817 - November 1829 | | | | Extent: | 9 letters | | | | Abstract: | 9 letters from Blumenbach. Correspondents include C. L. Harding, C. F. Michelis, B. S. Barton, John Sullivan, James Cook Richmond, William Richmond, George Tichnor. American Indian languages; race; physical anthropology. | | | | Source: | Universitat Gottingen. Niedersachische Staats und Universitatsbibliothek. Miscellaneous letters (History of Science Film 8) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Linguistics and philology | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
| 13 | Author: | University of Chicago | | | | | | |
| | | Title: | Microfilm Collection of Manuscripts on Middle American Cultural Anthropology
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1946-1975 | | | | Extent: | 26 reels | | | | Abstract: | University of Chicago microfilm collection of anthropological manuscripts dealing with Central America. Includes works by Robert Redfield, Manuel Andrade, Sol Tax, Antonio Carrera, Juan de Dios Resales, Betty W. Starr, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Howard W. Law, and many others. Film Nos. 1-72, 77-99, 100, 103, 108-109, 111-112, 116-117, 120-123, 126-127, 131-132, 136, 141-142, 146, 156-158, 160-161, 165-167, 170-171, 175-176, 186-191, 195-196, 221, 226. | | | | Source: | Manuscripts on Middle American Cultural Anthropology (Film 297) | | | | |
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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 | |
| 14 | Author: | Beynon, William, 1888-1958 | | | | | Chief, field assistant and translator. Tsimshian chief; field assistant/translator to C. Barbeau; informant for Franz Boas and many other anthropologists and linguists | |
| | | Title: | The Beynon Manuscripts
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | Tshimshian | | | | Dates: | n.d. | | | | Extent: | 4 reels | | | | Abstract: | A collection of 252 Tsimshian texts, with interlinear translations collected by the Tsimshian ethnographer, William Beynon. The originals are housed at Columbia University | | | | Source: | The Beynon Manuscripts (Film 1416) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Folklore, mythology, religion | Linguistics and philology | |
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