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Fidelia A. H. Fielding papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9000

Scope and content

Digitized versions of the original three diaries written in the Mohegan language: December 20, 1902-January 23, 1903; April 21 - June 24, 1904; and May 17 - June 21, 1904. Copy of the Lord's Prayer in Mohegan; and a certificate for the unveiling of a monument in memory of Fidelia Fielding at Fort Shantok Park (Norwich, CT) by the Degree of Pocohantas, May 24, 1936.

Dates

  • 1902-1904, 1936.

Creator

Extent

63.5 megabytes.

Language of Materials

Algonquian languages

Ownership and Custodial History

Provenance: The Division of Rare and Manucript collections came into possession of Fidelia Fielding's papers in 2004 with the acquisition of the Native American Collection of Huntington Free Library in the Bronx, New York. On November 4, 2020, Fielding's physical papers were returned to the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut.

Existence and Location of Originals

Originals are with the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut.

Existence and Location of Copies

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
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