Tooker, William Wallace, 1848-1917

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Authority 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

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referencedIn Huntington Free Library. Native American biography vertical file [ca.1850-2000.]. Cornell University Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIg, 1887-1891 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Papers, 1883-1904. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907. Comparative vocabulary of the Algonkian dialects [manuscript], 1893-1895 / by Albert S. Gatschet. Indiana University
creatorOf Tooker, William Wallace, 1848-1917. Long Island New York Indian vocabularies: glossary, [189-]. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn George G. Heye autograph collection, 1886-1928 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Photograph collection, ca. 1853-1980. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Conard, E. Laetitia Moon (Elizabeth Laetitia Moon). [Algonquin Indians, misc. papers] The Field Museum Library, The Field Museum of Natural History
creatorOf Tooker, William Wallace, 1848-1917. Some errors in the Eagle almanac, [not before 1886]. Newberry Library
creatorOf Indian language dictionaries and manuscripts, 1620-1909. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Tooker, William Wallace, 1848-1917. William Wallace Tooker papers, [18--]-1917. Cornell University Library
referencedIn William Wallace Tooker papers, [18--]-1917. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn George G. Heye autograph collection, 1886-1928 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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associatedWith Ackerly, O. B. person
associatedWith Ackerly, Orville B. person
associatedWith American Philosophical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Bicknell, Thomas Williams, 1834-1925. person
associatedWith Canfield, James A. person
associatedWith Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Eliot, John, 1604-1690. person
associatedWith Gardiner, John Lyon. person
associatedWith Gardiner, John Lyon, 1770-1816. person
correspondedWith Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907. person
associatedWith George G.(George Gustav), Heye 1874-1957. person
associatedWith Gib, Andrew. person
associatedWith Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957. person
associatedWith Horton, Azariah. person
associatedWith Howell, George Rogers, 1833-1899. person
associatedWith Huntington Free Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. person
associatedWith John Jermain Memorial Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Newberry Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Pelletreau, William S. (William Smith), 1840-1918. person
associatedWith Smith, John, 1580-1631. person
associatedWith Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge. corporateBody
associatedWith Strachey, William, 1572?-1621. person
associatedWith Struchey, William. person
associatedWith Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897. person
associatedWith Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683. person
associatedWith William Wallace, Tooker 1848-1917. person
associatedWith Wright, Harry Andrew. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
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
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
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Anthropologists
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Birth 1848

Death 1917

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