Object Details
sova.naa.ms4658
- Local Numbers
- NAA MS 4658
- Creator
- Taylor, Lyda Averill
- Topic
- Language and languages -- Documentation
- Indians of North America -- Southern states
- Creator
- Taylor, Lyda Averill
- Culture
- Alibamu
- Choctaw
- American Indian -- Southeast
- Coushatta (Koasati)
- Alabama Indians
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- MS 4658 Field notes and ethnographic material on Alabama, Choctaw, and Koasati (latter incomplete), plus a partial Southeast comparative ethnology of southeastern U.S.
- Extent
- 3 Boxes
- Date
- 1936-1940 (part)
- Custodial History
- Received by John M. Goggin from Walter W. Taylor, after death of Lyda A. Taylor, 1960. Deposited by Goggin in B.A.E., October, 1962.
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS4658
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Field notes
- Citation
- Manuscript 4658, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Arrangement
- Divided into 15 series:
- (1) Alibamu field notes, miscellaneous subjects July 2 - August 27, 1940;
- (2) Alibamu field notes, miscellaneous subjects June 7 - July 28,
- (3) Choctaw field notes on native medicinal practices. July 12 - July 17,
- (4) Choctaw (at least in part) field notes on medicinal plants July - July 27,
- (5) Alabama, Choctaw, Koasati?? field notes, miscellaneous notes from published sources, and questions,
- (6) Alibamu? field notes on folktales July 31 - August 11,
- (7) Questions,
- (8) Alabama ethnographic material ,
- (9) Koasati culture summary,
- (10) Comparative Southeast ethnographic material ,
- (11) Linguistic notes,
- (12) Tribal names and kinship charts,
- (13) Lyda Averill Taylor Photographs,
- (14) Miscellaneous notes,
- (15) Indian artifacts from Harrington, Texas,
- Genre/Form
- Field notes
- Scope and Contents
- Shelf list: Box 1. Alabama, Choctaw, and Koasati field notes. Box 2. Ethnographic material on Alabama and Koasati, plus incomplete manuscript on ethnography of southeastern U.S. Box 3. Miscellaneous notes on Alabama and Koasati. Detailed list of contents accompanies main catalog card.
NAA.MS4658
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NAA.MS4658
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- Record ID
- ebl-1562718646957-1562718646961-0
