MS 1893 Autobiography of Mrs. Jim Peters dictated in Fox to Sam Peters
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content: NAA MS 1893
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Informant
content: Peters, Jim, Mrs
label: Creator
content: Peters, Sam, 1885-
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
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content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
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content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Informant
content: Peters, Jim, Mrs
label: Creator
content: Peters, Sam, 1885-
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 254 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1893
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Autobiographies
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The description of this manuscript was updated in 2024 based on information provided by Dr. Patricia Afable, Research Assistant to the Linguistic Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, and Dr. Lucy Thomason, National Museum of Natural History Museum Technician (linguistics).
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
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content: Autobiographies
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content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This manuscript consists of the autobiography of Kenômêha, dictated in Meskwaki to her son Sam Peters on August 1, 1929. The autobiography is handwritten in Meskwaki syllabary in a notebook, and a second notebook contains a handwritten English translation by Truman Michelson and a partial translation of a text not included in this collection. (Truman Michelson referred to Kenômêha as Mrs. Jim Peters).