American Indian words for English natural history words sound recordings
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 2016.6.1
place: label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2016.06
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled materials.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Sound recording believed to be of Native Alaskan informant providing native words for English natural history terms.  Recording made at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, possibly by Richard Manville (former head of mammal section of Bird and Mammal laboratories, Bio survey unit, Fish and Wildlife Services, 1910-1974). Terms include natural history topics such as mammals, snow, ice, and rivers.

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