Notes on Moravian missions
Collection — huntington box: 15a - folder 1
Identifier: 9080
Scope and content
Handwritten notebook. Gives a history of the Moravian Church and missions and their work with Indians. One section deals with the Moravian mission in Dutchess County, New York. There is mention of baptisms and giving Indians names. Works of George Loskiel, a Moravian historian, are used to write parts of the history. A laid in newspaper clipping about the ghost dance of the Cheyenne and Apache Indians is also included.
Dates
- [18--?]
Creator
- Eaton, Harriet Phillips. (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Extent
96 pages. (96 pages.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance: Huntington Free Library.
- Algonquian Indians.
- Apache Indians.
- Cheyenne Indians.
- Delaware Indians.
- Dutchess County (N.Y.).
- Ghost dance.
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- Missions
- Indians of North America -- New York (State)
- Loskiel, George Henry, 1740-1814.
- Mahican Indians.
- Mohegan Indians.
- Moravian Church
- Moravian Indians -- Missions -- New York (State) -- Dutchess County.
- Moravian Indians -- Missions.
- Moravian Indians.
- Munsee Indians.
- Shekomeko Indians.
- Shekomeko Site (N.Y.)
- Wampanoag Indians.
- 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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2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)