Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950.

Explanation of an Eskimo map

Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1

Identifier: 9048

Scope and content

Manuscript describes an Eskimo map that was drawn on a leaf of ledger paper by Noo-kud-la for Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier. The original map, which was supposedly in the collections of the American Geographic Society, is included. The description explains the map which outlines the journey made by Noo-kud-la and Alfred Tremblay in 1923. Information on Eskimo population obtained from C. Vigneau, who was with Captain Bernier.

Dates: 1924.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Explanation of an Eskimo map

Native American biography vertical file

Collection

Identifier: 9242

Abstract

This collection contains ephemera providing biographical information of, both Native Americans and non-Native Americans, whose work focused on Native American subjects.

Dates: [ca.1850-2000]

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Native American biography vertical file

Penobscot texts

Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1

Identifier: 9049

Scope and content Note included with manuscripts by E. K. Burnett says these texts were probably used by Speck for his Penobscot Transformer Tales, published in the International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 1, number 3, page 187-192, 1918. The texts are written in the Penobscot language, but have English subtitles. The pages are annotated with information on how they should be published. They include narratives and what appear to be interviews as well as lists of translations, and stories from the...

Dates: 1908-1914.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Penobscot texts

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Explanation of an Eskimo map

Native American biography vertical file

Penobscot texts

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