MS 3359 Cards used in the preparation of the Sign Language film during the summer of 1934
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 3359
label: Local Note
content: Cards are in handwriting of General H. L. Scott. Recorded from (?) Richard Sanderville, a Blackfoot Indian.
name: label: Creator
content: Bull Head, (Blackfeet chief)
topic: label: Topic
content: Sign language
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Creator
content: Bull Head, (Blackfeet chief)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS3359
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Film: "July 11, 1934. Smithsonian Institution. Richard Sanderville, Chief Bull, Sign Talker. Paul D. Hellyer, Camera, J. G. Carter, [Director ?]" 11 reels negative, 1 reel positive nitrate film transferred to U. S. National Archives, 1960; converted to safety film; available for consultation in Moving Pictures Division, U. S. N. A.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Also contains duplicates and miscellaneous cards. Not in alphabetical order. These cards attempt to give the meaning of the sign- a sort of etymology of explanation of how it came to be, but no descriptions of signs are given. (MCB, 5/66).