MS 4658 Field notes and ethnographic material on Alabama, Choctaw, and Koasati (latter incomplete), plus a partial Southeast comparative ethnology of southeastern U.S.
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content: NAA MS 4658
name: label: Creator
content: Taylor, Lyda Averill
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
creator: label: Creator
content: Taylor, Lyda Averill
culture: label: Culture
content: Alibamu
label: Culture
content: Choctaw
label: Culture
content: American Indian -- Southeast
label: Culture
content: Coushatta (Koasati)
label: Culture
content: Alabama Indians
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content: MS 4658 Field notes and ethnographic material on Alabama, Choctaw, and Koasati (latter incomplete), plus a partial Southeast comparative ethnology of southeastern U.S.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1940 (part)
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: 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.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4658
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content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Field notes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into 15 series:
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content: (1) Alibamu field notes, miscellaneous subjects July 2 - August 27, 1940;
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content: (2) Alibamu field notes, miscellaneous subjects June 7 - July 28,
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content: (3) Choctaw field notes on native medicinal practices. July 12 - July 17,
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content: (4) Choctaw (at least in part) field notes on medicinal plants July - July 27,
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content: (5) Alabama, Choctaw, Koasati?? field notes, miscellaneous notes from published sources, and questions,
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content: (6) Alibamu? field notes on folktales July 31 - August 11,
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content: (7) Questions,
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content: (8) Alabama ethnographic material ,
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content: (9) Koasati culture summary,
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content: (10) Comparative Southeast ethnographic material ,
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content: (11) Linguistic notes,
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content: (12) Tribal names and kinship charts,
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content: (13) Lyda Averill Taylor Photographs,
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content: (14) Miscellaneous notes,
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content: (15) Indian artifacts from Harrington, Texas,
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content: Field notes
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content: 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.