Buff family history : with an account of early times, and the Native American language
Scope and content
Collection of information gathered by B. C. Dawson about the Buff family. Includes typescript of oral history and Buff family genealogy told to B.C. Dawson by Truman Buff at Fort Independence, California. Papers include Paiute vocabulary and alphabet with phonetic and proper spelling. Includes photocopies and typescripts of letters written by family members. Photocopies of 1920s newspaper clippings as well. Biographical information as well as info on Indian legends and stories, military service records, accounts of Indian battles with the United States, Indian games, hunting, work and other events are included.
Dates
- 1980.
Creator
- Dawson, Burrell C. (Person)
- Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 (Title of work: Handbook of the Indians of California..) (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Extent
2 folders. (2 folders.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance: Huntington Free Library. Gift to HFL from Burrell C. Dawson, May 1980.
- Buff, Truman.
- Fort Independence, (Calif.)
- Independence (Calif.)
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- California
- Indians of North America -- Folklore
- Indians of North America -- Games
- Indians of North America -- Hunting
- Indians of North America -- Warfare
- Paiute Indians
- Paiute Indians.
- Panamint language.
- Personal narratives.
- Southern Paiute language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Southern Paiute language.
- 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
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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