Tooker, William Wallace, 1848-1917
Variant namesAuthority on Algonquian Indian language, history, and culture; resident of Sag Harbor, New York.
From the description of Long Island New York Indian vocabularies: glossary, [189-]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758383
William Wallace Tooker once was widely recognized as one of his era's leading specialists in Coastal Algonquian culture, history and place names. A productive and prolific writer, he published 12 books, some 50 pamphlets and over 100 articles between 1888 and 1911. During his life and for many years thereafter, nearly every scholar interested in one aspect or another of Coastal Algonquian life routinely consulted his work.
From the description of William Wallace Tooker papers, [18--]-1917. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 67785988
Anthropologist and author of several works on Long Island Indian place names.
From the description of Some errors in the Eagle almanac, [not before 1886]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40413840
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
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Filters:
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| New York, (State)--Patchogue | |||
| North America | |||
| East Hampton (N.Y.) | |||
| Southampton (N.Y.) | |||
| Little Neck (New York, N.Y.) | |||
| New York (State)--Long Island | |||
| Massachusetts | |||
| Huntington (N.Y.) | |||
| Massachusetts--Martha's Vineyard | |||
| Long Island (N.Y.) | |||
| New York (State)--Long Island | |||
| New York, (State)--Suffolk County | |||
| Rhode Island | |||
| Wingauhappagh (N.Y.) | |||
| Pennsylvania--Susquehanna | |||
| New York, (N.Y.)--Brooklyn | |||
| Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) | |||
| Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) | |||
| North America | |||
| Virginia--Chickahominy | |||
| New York, (State)--Southampton | |||
| Suffolk County (N.Y.) | |||
| Massachusetts | |||
| Peconic (N.Y.) | |||
| Brookhaven (N.Y.) | |||
| Southold (N.Y.) | |||
| New York, (N.Y.)--Manhattan | |||
| New York, (State)--Long Island | |||
| Patchogue (N.Y.) | |||
| Virginia | |||
| Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) | |||
| Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) | |||
| New York (State) | |||
| Long Island (N.Y.) | |||
| Gardiner's Island (N.Y.) | |||
| New York (State)--Long Island |
| Subject |
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| Algonquian Indians |
| Algonquian language |
| Algonquian languages |
| Delaware Indians |
| Delaware language |
| Names, Geographical |
| Indian land transfers |
| Indians of North America |
| Indians of North America |
| Indians of North America |
| Indians of North America |
| Indians of North America |
| Indians of North America |
| Indian title |
| Kuskarawaoke Indians |
| Manuscripts, American |
| Massachuset Indians |
| Massachuset language |
| Montauk Indians |
| Montauk Indians |
| Names, Indian |
| Nowedonah Indians |
| Pamunkey Indians |
| Poosepatuck Indians |
| Powhatan Indians |
| Powhatan Indians |
| Powhatan language |
| Rappahannock Indians |
| Shinnecock Indians |
| Susquehanna Indians |
| Unkechaug Indians |
| Occupation |
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| Anthropologists |
| Activity |
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Person
Birth 1848
Death 1917
