MS 3190 Three Kickapoo stories collected by Truman Michelson
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 3190
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Legends summer 1930" 5/27/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
topic: 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: 44 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS3190
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Microfilm- University of Michigan, Anthropology 10/52.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Notebook containing three stories handwritten in Kickapoo syllabary collected by Truman Michelson in Oklahoma. Michelson labelled the texts as Mexican Kickapoo. Two of the stories are titled "Bill H. Horse story (European)" (pages 1-17) and "The man who was blessed by an owl" (pages 18-47); the third story is untitled. "B.J." is written on the notebook cover, possibly referring to the author of the texts. According to the Bureau of American Ethnology catalog card, the author may be B.J. Johnson.