Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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-ElzeĢar 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.
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.