MS 1971 Texts on Kickapoo mortuary customs and observances collected by Truman Michelson
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1971
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Names
content: Murdock, Joseph
topic: label: Topic
content: Funeral rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Kickapoo language
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
culture: label: Culture
content: Kickapoo
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 75 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1971
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Narratives
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Microfilm-University of Michigan- Anthropology 10/52.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Five notebooks containing texts handwritten in Kickapoo syllabary and a phonetic transcription on mortuary customs and observances. A sixth notebook contains English translations, as well as anthropometric measurements of Joseph Murdock and his daughter, Rose. Murdock, a Mexican Kickapoo that resided in Oklahoma, frequently assisted Michelson in his Kickapoo research.