Malecite words pertaining to natural history

Mss.Rec.34

Date: 1959 | Size: 1 tape(s)

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Abstract

Linguistic field recordings made at Woodstock Reserve, New Brunswick, Canada, in June 1959. A reading of Malecite words and their English equivalents for multiple varieties and groupings of animals and plants, fish, dwellings, canoes and other water craft, hunting & fishing, and numbers & measures. The final 6 minutes of the recording consist of a reading from from Joseph Laurent's "New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues" (St-Francis, Quebec, 1884).

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 sound tape reel (1 hr., 11 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.

Provenance

Presented by Nicholas Smith in 1959. This material was recorded with the assistance of a Phillips Fund grant.

Processing information

Collection digitized and cataloged by Brian Carpenter during the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded audio digitization project, 2008-2014.

Related material

A complete text of the recording and the collector's notes are available in the Phillips Fund Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4).

Indexing Terms

Genre(s)

Sound recordings

Subject(s)

Malecite Indians
Malecite Indians -- Ethnobotany
Malecite Indians -- Ethnozoology
Passamaquoddy language

Detailed Inventory


Audio recordings			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
01-01 Smith, Nicholas N.. Paul, Peter Lewis, 1902-1989. Malecite Words Pertaining to Natural History	1959-06	1 .mp3 ; 00:46:42	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Recorded at Woodstock Reserve, New Brunswick, Canada. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:46:42 Geographic Name(s): New Brunswick Subject(s): Malecite Indians; Malecite Indians -- Ethnobotany; Malecite Indians -- Ethnozoology; Passamaquoddy language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3906
01-02 Smith, Nicholas N.. Paul, Peter Lewis, 1902-1989. Malecite Words Pertaining to Natural History	1959-06	1 .mp3 ; 00:18:08	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Recorded at Woodstock Reserve, New Brunswick, Canada. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:18:08 Geographic Name(s): New Brunswick Subject(s): Passamaquoddy language; Passamaquoddy language -- Numerals; Malecite Indians Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3907
01-03 Paul, Peter Lewis, 1902-1989. Smith, Nicholas N.. Reading from Joseph Laurent's "New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues"	1959-06	1 .mp3 ; 00:06:17	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
A reading of an excerpt from Joseph Laurent's _New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues_, (St-Francis, Quebec, 1884). Recorded at Woodstock Reserve, New Brunswick, Canada. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:06:17 Geographic Name(s): New Brunswick Subject(s): Abenaki language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3908