MS 3411 Truman Michelson field notes on Cree at James Bay and Hudson Bay
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 3411
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Texts 1936" 6/5/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Allan, William
label: Creator
content: Etherington, William
label: Creator
content: Fletcher, John
label: Creator
content: Lutet, Stanley
label: Creator
content: Smallboy, Harvey, 1879-1947
label: Creator
content: Sutherland, David, circa 1875-
place: label: Place
content: James Bay (Nunavut)
label: Place
content: Hudson Bay
topic: label: Topic
content: Physical anthropology
label: Topic
content: anthropometry
label: Topic
content: Ethnology
label: Topic
content: Kinship
label: Topic
content: Social structure
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Linguistics
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Allan, William
label: Creator
content: Etherington, William
label: Creator
content: Fletcher, John
label: Creator
content: Lutet, Stanley
label: Creator
content: Smallboy, Harvey, 1879-1947
label: Creator
content: Sutherland, David, circa 1875-
culture: label: Culture
content: Cree
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Subarctic
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 193 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS3411
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Folklore
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content: Narratives
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content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Vocabulary
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Vocabulary
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Notebook (labelled "1936 IV") containing linguistic and ethnological notes and stories collected by Truman Michelson during his research on the Cree at James Bay and Hudson Bay in Canada in 1936. Includes Fort George, Attawapiskat, and Weenusk Cree phonetic texts; English translations of Attawapiskat and Weenusk Cree syllabic texts in MS 3417; and an English translation of a Moose Cree syllabic text in MS 3413. Also notes on kinship and kinship terms in Attawapiskat, Weenusk, Albany, and Moose Cree; general Weenusk Cree vocabulary; dialects spoken by other Cree; Attawapiskat and Weenusk land boundaries; anthropometric measurements of Weenusk Cree; and index cards with Weenusk Cree linguistic notes. People that Michelson worked with include William Etherington(?); David Sutherland; Stanley Lutet (or Loutet); John Fletcher; Harvey Smallboy; and William Allan.
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: See Manuscript 3417 for associated Attawapiskat and Weenusk Cree syllabic texts and Manuscript 3413 for associated Moose Cree syllabic text.