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Dhegiha

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

sova.naa.ms4800_ref189
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw379959be7-8737-4045-973a-97e64c81209c
Collection Creator
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
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MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban
Sponsor
Creation of this finding aid was funded through support from the Arcadia Fund. Digitization and preparation of additional materials for online access has been funded also by the National Science Foundation under BCS Grant No. 1561167 and the Recovering Voices initiative at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.MS4800, Subseries 1.3
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Manuscript 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Collection Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains Dorsey's Dhegiha research, covering Ponca, Omaha, Kansa, Quapaw, and Osage. Materials such as translations of sermons and hymnals in Dhegiha document his missionary work among the Ponca. The subseries also contains linguistic and ethnological notes; manuscripts; correspondence with Francis LaFlesche regarding Dhegiha language and customs; Dhegiha epistles; Omaha and Oto stories; drawings of Omaha robes and tents by George Miller; drawings by Stephen Stubbs and Pahaule-gagli of battle scenes between the Kansas and Cheyennes and a drawing by Stubbs of painted tipis and buffalo robes.
Collection Restrictions
The James O. Dorsey Papers are open for research. Access to the James O. Dorsey Papers requires an appointment
NAA.MS4800_ref189
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw379959be7-8737-4045-973a-97e64c81209c
NAA.MS4800
NAA
Record ID
ebl-1503512914364-1503512914415-5

  • MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers

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