MS 2576 Dictionary of geographical names of North and South America
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2576
label: Local Note
content: Date supplied from J. C. Pilling, Bibliography of Algonquian Languages, Bureau of American Ethnology-B 13, 1891, page 521.
label: Local Note
content: autograph document signed
name: label: Creator
content: Watkins, William Brown, 1834-1890
label: Creator
content: Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914
topic: label: Topic
content: Names, place -- geographic -- North America
label: Topic
content: Names, place -- geographic -- South America
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Creator
content: Watkins, William Brown, 1834-1890
label: Creator
content: Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Volumes
label: Extent
content: 2 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1890 ?
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Received from Henry Gannett, Geographer, USGS, Washington, D. C., November 19, 1908. (Transmittal correspondence in Bureau of American Ethnology Correspondence Files.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2576
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: According to the old catalog card, the dictionary was largely published by Henry Gannett in The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, [Government printing office, Washington,] 1902; this published work has not been compared with the Manuscript as of 7/1970.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Each volume has 200-250 pages. Includes many names of Indian origin, but these are usually indentified only as "Ind." with no indication of language or tribe.