MS 833 Kickapoo texts from Joseph Murdock
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 833
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Kickapoo Legends and ethnology 1929" 6/10/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Murdock, Joseph
label: Translator
content: Abraham, Alice
place: label: Place
content: Shawnee (Okla.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
label: Topic
content: Joking relationships
label: Topic
content: Interpersonal relations
label: Topic
content: Marriage customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Birth customs
label: Topic
content: Kickapoo language
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Linguistics
label: Topic
content: Kikapoo, Kikapú
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Murdock, Joseph
label: Translator
content: Abraham, Alice
culture: label: Culture
content: Kickapoo
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 39 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929, 1967
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: English translations by Alice Abraham mailed to Paul H. Voorhis, who in turn sent them to the NAA.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS833
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- Sol Tax- 9/11/56; University of Michigan-Anthropology, 10/52.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
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 Kickapoo syllabic texts handwritten in 1929 by Joseph Murdock, a Mexican Kickapoo residing in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Also English translations dictated by Alice Abraham of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and handwritten by her granddaugther Susan in 1967. The texts include a story of why rabbits only have fat on their shoulders and an anecdote from Murdock's courtship days. Other texts are on a virginity test, marriage and natal customs, joking relationships, and father and mother-in-law taboos. The notebook also contains 2 pages of linguistic notes in phonetic transcription with English translations.