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1Author:  Roth, Johann Ferdinand,d. 1814Requires cookie*
 Title:  Ein Versuch: der Geschichte unsers Herrn u. Heylandes Jesu Christi in dass Delawarische übersezt der Unami von der Marter Woche an bis zur Himmalfahrt unsers Herrn, 1770-1772     
 Dates:  1770-1772 
 Abstract:  This volume contains an account of Jesus' life that was translated into Delaware. Compiled by a Moravian missionary, the volume may lend insight into the proselytizing techniques of Moravian missionaries. MOLE contains an extended description of the volume and its background.

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 Call #:  Mss.232.9.R74 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America | Religion 
 Genre:  Language Material | Manuscript Essays 
 Subjects:  Bible stories, German. | Missionaries. 
2Author:  Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808Requires cookie*
 Title:  A grammar of the language of the Lenni Lennape, or Delaware Indians, [1816]     
 Dates:  Circa 1816 
 Abstract:  This volume contains a translation done by Peter DuPonceau of David Zeisberger's grammar dictionary for the Lenni Lenape.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.Z3g 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America | Religion 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Delaware language | Indians of North America -- Languages 
3Author:  Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808Requires cookie*
 Title:  On the prepositions of the Onondago language, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This small, bound notebook contains German equivalents for prepositions in the Onondago language. The manuscript appears to be in David Zeisberger's hand, with his name listed on the title page, although the cardboard cover bears the signature of Paul Zeisberger.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.Z3o 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America | Religion 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Languages | Onondaga language 
4Author:  Pyrlaeus, John Christopher,171Requires cookie*
 Title:  Lexicon der Macquaischen Sprachen, [n.d.]     
 Dates:  n.d. 
 Abstract:  This volume contains a German-Mohawk dictionary that Moravian missionary John Pylareus compiled in the eighteenth century.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.33.P99 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Language and Linguistics | Native America | Religion 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Mohawk language 
5Author:  UnidentifiedRequires cookie*
 Title:  Doctrina Christiana     
 Dates:  Circa 1692 
 Abstract:  This bound volume from the eighteenth century contains language and cultural material relating to the Cakchiquel.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.4.D65 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Language and Linguistics | Native America | Religion 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Cakchikel language | Mayan languages 
6Author:  UnidentifiedRequires cookie*
 Title:  Uae rugotzlem Sant Andres apostol     
 Dates:  1605 
 Abstract:  This is one of two bound volumes from the sixteenth or seventeenth century Latin America. The two volumes contain translations of K'iche', common phrases, verbs, and a prayer. The bound volume is not printed, perhaps because its content was too controversial, and is instead written in a beautiful script.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.4.Ua15 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Language and Linguistics | Native America | Religion 
 Genre:  Language Material | Native American Materials 
 Subjects:  Mayan languages | Quiché language 
7Author:  Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895Requires cookie*
 Title:  Ely Samuel Parker Papers     
 Dates:  1794-1946 
 Abstract:  The Ely Parker Collection is a large and rich amalgamation of documents relating to the New York Seneca and to Ely Parker's own life.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.P223 
 Extent:  3.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Education | Government Affairs | Language and Linguistics | Law | Military History | Native America | Religion | Science and technology 
 Genre:  General Correspondence | Language Material | Manuscript Essays | Native American Materials | Official Government Documents and Records 
 Subjects:  Canals -- New York (State) | Engineers -- New York (State) | Freemasons -- New York (State) | Iroquois Indians | Ogden Land Company | Seneca Indians -- Missions | Seneca Indians -- New York (State) | Seneca Indians -- Religion | Seneca language | Society of Friends -- Relations with Indians | Tonawanda Indian Reservation (N.Y.)