Scope and content
Three three-ringed binders full of handwritten notes about the Cree language. The notes discuss both the spoken and written language. Sections on grammar, dictionaries, the alphabet, various dialects, historical information, word definitions, phonetic pronunciation guides, word conjugations, language rules, instructions on how to make certain sounds with throat and tongue. Also sections on Algonquian, Abenaki, Montagnais, Ojibwa, and Gaelic Lowland Scottish languages. Information on Sébastien Rasles, Roger Williams, John Eliot, Frederic Baraga, Reider T. Sherwin, and Jean Rogers and their Indian texts, including Baraga's Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language.
Dates
- 1950-1972.
Creator
- Logan, Robert A., 1892- (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance: Huntington Free Library (bookplates).
- Abenaki Indians.
- Abenaki language.
- Algonquian languages
- Baraga, Frederic, 1797-1868. (Title of work: Dictionary of the Otchipwe language..)
- Cree Indians.
- Cree language.
- Eliot, John, 1604-1690.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- Dictionaries
- Indians of North America -- Languages
- Indians of North America -- Languages -- Writing
- Linguistics.
- Mistassin Indians.
- Montagnais Indians.
- Montagnais language.
- Ojibwa Indians
- Ojibwa language
- Phonetics.
- Rasles, Sébastien, 1657-1724.
- Rogers, Jean H.
- Scottish Gaelic language.
- Sherwin, Reider T.
- Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683.
- 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
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