Eskimo syllabics and dictionary
Collection — huntington box: 39b - folder 1
Identifier: 9076
Scope and content
Handwritten Hudson Bay Eskimo dictionary. Dictionary also has a note on it saying Baffin Island and Harrison Region, July 25, 1955. Manuscript shows the Eskimo alphabet symbols and then has a list of common words in the Eskimo language, Eskimo syllabics and their English translation.
Dates
- undated.
Creator
- no primary creator (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Extent
22 pages. (22 pages.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance: Huntington Free Library. Gift to HFL from Milo Waldes, January 24, 1979. Provenance with dictionary states it was owned by a government nurse, Miss Wiltshire, who worked at the tuberculosis hospital in Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada.
- 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
607-255-9524 (Fax)
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)