MS 2435 English-Alabama and Alabama-English dictionary
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2435
label: Place
content: Texas Polk County
name: label: Creator
content: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
label: Creator
content: Sylestine, Harden
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
creator: label: Creator
content: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
label: Creator
content: Sylestine, Harden
culture: label: Culture
content: Alibamu
label: Culture
content: Coushatta (Koasati)
label: Culture
content: Alabama Indians
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The note by Swanton preceding Alabama-English section reads? "The material marked (H) was furnished by an Alabama Indian, Harden Sylestine, who translated in his own way. His translation is usually preserved lest a mistake be made in altering; the material is to be corrected later. This includes all of my Alabama material except 12 pages of text by native informants and a vocabulary which for the most part duplicates what has been given."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5,400 Items (cards )
label: Extent
content: 4 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1906-1913
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2435
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Dictionaries
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Dictionaries
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Alabama-English, 2433 typed cards in 2 boxes; English-Alabama, approximately 3000 typed and autograph A. cards in 2 boxes. Includes terms written in pencil and marked "(K)," which may be terms in Koasati. Informants are Harden Sylestine and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Swanton's arrangement of the Alabama-English section is generally alphabetical, with many terms grouped together by stesm. The cards have been stamped with consecutive numbers 1-2433, and Swanton's order has been preserved. Cards that had been clipped together now have a second number, beginning with 1 for the first in a clipped group (e.g., if cards 25-27 were found clipped together, they would now be numbered 25-1, 26-2, 27-3).
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Alabama-English section (with sequentially numbered cards) contains utterances identifiable by a following number in parentheses. If the number does not begin with zero, apparently if refers to Swanton's page numbers in his rough field notes (M 4151 "second set"). Numbers beginning with zero seem to refer to the"first set," MS 4151-- Karen Lupardus, August 18, 1978.
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: Related Collection: Manuscript 4151
label: Other Archival Materials
content: Related Collection: Manuscript 7360
label: Other Archival Materials
content: Related Collection: Manuscript 7361