Marshall Durbin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Durbin, Marshall Elza, 1936-1986
place: label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Venezuela
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Mridula A. Durban in 1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Durbin, Marshall Elza, 1936-1986
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Marshall Durbin, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Washington, University in St. Louis, Missouri specialized in the study of language, in particular its evolution.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1997-16
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
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scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection documents Marshall Durbin's studies of indigenous languages in North America, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. It includes book reviews, correspondence, numerous reprints of articles on indigenous languages, speeches, and sound recordings. Of particular interest are the lists of vocabulary terms in Spanish and/or Athapascan, Carib, and Yucatec Maya.

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