MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
Circa 1771
Abstract:
A handwritten French-Ottawa dictionary compiled by an unknown author, circa 1771. Entries run A thorugh "Epée" only.
Call #:
Mss.497.33.D564
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
Subject
Ottawa language
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
2001
Call #:
Mss.SMs.Coll.20
Extent:
.5 Linear feet
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1953-1955
Abstract:
Traditional and Christian songs in the Ottawa and Chippewa languages, recorded with numerous singers in multiple communities in Michigan in the mid-1950s. Recorded as part of Gertrude Kurath's broader study of contemporary religion and music among Anishinaabe communities in Michigan. Includes traditional songs, Catholic and Methodists hymns, and Free Methodist revival meetings, including some benedictions. Also includes one talk entitled, "Longfellow's Use of Michigan Indian Tales."
Call #:
Mss.Rec.20
Extent:
6 reel(s)
Subjects:
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Albert, Whitney | Anishinaabe | Ann Arbor (Mich.) | Baraga County (Mich.) | Benedictions | Calhoun County (Mich.) | Catholic Church -- Hymns | Chevis, Roy | Cross Village (Mich.) | Deer -- Folklore | Drinking songs | Fiddling | Guitar -- Performance | Harbor Springs (Mich.) | Hastings (Mich.) | Hunters -- Folklore | Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Folklore | Indians of North America -- Michigan -- History | Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Music | Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Religion | Isabella Reservation (Mich.) | Kenosha, David | Kurath, Gertrude Prokosch | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 -- Criticism and interpretation | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Song of Hiawatha | Methodist Church | Methodist Church -- Hymns | Methodist Church -- Sermons | Michigan | Mikado (Mich.) | Mount Pleasant (Mich.) | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore | Ojibwa Indians -- Music | Ojibwa Indians -- Religion | Ojibwa Indians -- Social life and customs | Ojibwa language | Ottawa Indians -- Folklore | Ottawa Indians -- Music | Ottawa Indians -- Religion | Ottawa dance | Ottawa language | Pamp, Betty | Pamp, Jack | Pamp, Joan | Peters, Jim | Prayers | Revivals -- Michigan | Rickard, Glenna | Shagonaby, Susan | Shalifoe, Thomas | Soney, William | Sound recordings | Sprague, Selkirk | Thomas, Eli | Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976 | Walpole Island (Lambton, Ont.)
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Title:
Dates:
1947-1948
Abstract:
This collection consists of Ottawa songs, interviews, word lists, legends, Nanabojo stories, autobiographical stories, and information on Ottawa history. Some of the material is given in both Ottawa and English, some in Ottawa only. Recorded by Jane Ettawageshik in Michigan from 1947 to 1948.
Call #:
Mss.Rec.1
Extent:
14 reel(s)
Subjects:
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Anishinaabe | Ants -- Folklore | Bears | Bears -- Folklore | Birch | Birds -- Folklore | Brothers -- Folklore | Burt Lake (Mich.) | Catholic Church -- Hymns | Chingwa, Joe | Conversation | Cooper, Victoria | Corn | Corn -- Folklore | Courtship -- Songs and music | Cranes (Birds) -- Folklore | Crickets -- Folklore | Cross Village (Mich.) | Dakota Indians | Death -- Folklore | Death -- Mythology | Dogs -- Folklore | Ducks -- Folklore | Eagle dance | Ettawageshik, Fred, 1896-1969 | Ettawageshik, Jane Willets, 1915-1996 | Fasts and feasts | Fish | Forced marriage | Future life | Gambling -- Songs and music | Ghost dance | Great Lakes (North America) | Harbor Springs (Mich.) | Harbor Springs (Mich.) | Herbs | Human-animal relationships | Hunters -- Folklore | Hunting | Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Music | Insects -- Folklore | Interviews | Kidnapping | Love songs | Lynx -- Folklore | Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island) | Marriage -- Folklore | Michigan | Nanabush (Legendary character) | Nanabush (Legendary character) -- Legends | Native American histories | North Manitou Island (Mich.) | Ottawa Indians -- Biography | Ottawa Indians -- Folklore | Ottawa Indians -- History | Ottawa Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. | Ottawa Indians -- Music | Ottawa Indians -- Religion | Ottawa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Ottawa Indians -- Social life and customs | Ottawa dance | Ottawa language | Petoskey (Mich.) | Philadelphia (Pa.) | Prophecies | Puberty rites | Rabbits -- Folklore | Racing -- Folklore | Robins -- Folklore | Seasons -- Folklore | Sisters | Skeleton -- Folklore | Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (Mich.) | Snakes | Soul -- Folklore | Sound recordings | South Manitou Island (Mich.) | Spring -- Folklore | Taboo | Trees -- Folklore | Trials (Murder) | Visions | Weddings -- Songs and music | Whistles | Winter -- Folklore | Witchcraft -- Folklore | Witches -- Folklore
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1668-1996
Abstract:
Though the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection is composed of items that do not fall readily into any other existing collection, the two dominant intellectual areas represented in the collection are Early American History and History of Science.
Call #:
Mss.Ms.Coll.200
Extent:
25 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 | American Philosophical Society. Library | Anishinaabe | Appointments, Military | Arctic Indians | Autopsy. | Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 | Beyond Early America | Cayuga Indians | Charles E., Rosenberg | Colonial Politics | Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 | Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 | Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 | Cytology. | Darlington, William, 1782-1863 | Early National Politics | Edison , Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Egyptians | Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 | Ether | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Gelatin silver prints | General Correspondence | Genetics. | Genth, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 | Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 | Greeley , Horace, 1811-1872 | Harding, Warren G. | History of science and technology. | History, Ancient. | Inuit -- Canada | Iroquois Indians | Isleta Indians | Medicine -- United States -- 19th century. | Medicine, Military -- United States. | Mexican War, 1846-1848 | Micmac language | Miralles, Juan de | Miscellaneous | Mohawk Indians | Morgan, Thomas Hunt | Morphy Auctions | Mythology, Egyptian. | Natural history | Negatives | Newcomb, Simon | Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 | Ojibwa Indians | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore | Ojibwa language | Ojibwe people | Oneida Indians | Onondaga Indians | Ottawa language | Penobscot Indians | Photomechanical prints | Physics -- History. | Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Sacco-Vanzetti case | Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 | Scientific Correspondence | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Seneca | Seybert, Adam,1773-1825. | Slides. | Southwest Indians | Sparks, Jared (1789-1866) | Stevens, Henry | Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 | Telegraph | Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 | Tuscarora Indians | Tyrrhenians | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States -- History -- Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) | United States. Declaration of Independence | United States. Navy. | Various authors | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 | Women -- Education | World War, 1939-1945 | Wyoming Valley (Pa.)
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