[Alaskan vocabularies and related correspondence]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: MS 312 A few words on the Unalashka Language

MS 331 Vocabulary of the Eskimo of Kuskokwim River, Norton Bay, Alaska

MS 371 Russian Eskimo Correspondence (part)

MS 526 Letter to George Gibbs

MS 528 Letter to George Gibbs

MS 537 Iacoutat (Yakutat Tlingit) vocabulary

Index to Indian Vocabularies No. 145

Index to Indian Vocabularies No. 175
label: Conservation
content: The letters from Furujhelm have been laminated.
label: Publication Note
content: The Eyak vocabulary was published as "Yak' ū tat" in:

Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region and Smithsonian Institution. Contributions to North American Ethnology. Vol. 1. Government Printing Office, 1877. 121-133.
name: label: Creator
content: Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus, 1821-1909
label: Collection Creator
content: Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
creator: label: Creator
content: Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus, 1821-1909
culture: label: Culture
content: Yup'ik (Yupik)
label: Culture
content: Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
label: Culture
content: Tlingit
label: Culture
content: Eyak
label: Culture
content: Yakutat Tlingit
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content: MS 9 George Gibbs collection
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content: MS 9 George Gibbs collection / Vocabularies recorded by others / Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 38 Leaves
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1859-1862
container: label: Container
content: Box 5, Folder 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Leaves
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content: Contains:

(1) Letter from Furuhjelm to Gibbs forwarding two vocabularies, dated November 22, 1859, Port of New Archangel.

(2) Letter from Furuhjelm to Gibbs discussing the several dialects of Northwestern America, indicating the number of speakers and with an appended list of Sitka (Tlingit) words, dated December 30, 1860, Port of New Archangel, Sitka.  Also included is a copy of the letter by Gibbs.

(3) Two draft letters from Gibbs to Furuhjelm transmitting the Pacific Railroad Survey reports and a pamphlet and requesting additional vocabularies and skulls, both dated June 30, 1861, Smithsonian Institution, Washington.

(4) Letter from Furuhjelm to Gibbs acknowledging receipt of Gibbs' letter of June 30, 1861, forwarding vocabularies of "Iakutat" [Eyak] and an Indian language spoken around Fort Ross, California, and discussing the origin of the term "Kolosh," dated April 23, 1862, Port of New Archangel, Sitka.  Also included is an incomplete copy of the letter by Gibbs.

(5) Draft letter from Gibbs to Furuhjelm acknowledging receipt of his letter of April 23, 1862 and enclosures, dated August 9, 1862, Smithsonian Institution, Washington.

(6) Vocabulary of "Norton Bay River Kuskokim" [Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik] in printed Comparative Vocabulary form and a copy by Gibbs.

(7) Vocabulary of "Iacoutat language" [Eyak] in a printed Comparative Vocabulary form and a copy by Gibbs in a printed Comparative Vocabulary form.

(8) "A few words on the Unalashka lanugage" by Furuhjelm, dated April [23] 1862.