Papers, 1836-1968.

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Papers, 1836-1968.

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Series I (.5 linear ft.) contains letters from Voegelin's collegues, who discuss topics of professional interest. Correspondents include Leonard Bloomfield, Kenneth Hale, Eric Hamp, Charles Francis Hockett, C. T. Hodge, Eli Lilly, Morris Swadesh, Douglas MacRae Taylor, Glen Turner, F. M. Voegelin, Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin, John Witthoft, and William L. Wonderly. With the exception of files for Eli Lilly and Douglas MacRae Taylor, files do not contain extensive correspondence. Series II (14.75 linear ft.) contains Algonquian, Blackfoot, Delaware, Munsee, Ojibwa, Menominee, Seneca, Penobscot, and Shawnee vocabularies and grammars along with texts and other field and research notes. Series III (4.75 linear ft.) contains notes, outlines, and drafts of books, articles, and reviews written by Voegelin. This series includes three Native American texts translated by Voegelin: "Shawnee Laws," "Walam Olum," and "Shawnee Episodes." Series IV (1 linear ft.) contains theses, grant proposals, working papers, lectures, and maps. Translations of "Walam Olum" other than Voegelin's are filed here. Series V (1.75 linear ft.) is divided into three subseries. Subseries V-A, Language Notes, contains notes on the Delaware, Hopi, Southern Paiute, and Uto-Aztecan languages. Subseries V-B, Texts, contains transcriptions and translations of brief Native American, particularly Delaware, narratives, songs, tales, and conversations. Subseries V-C, Other, contains notes and clippings regarding Voegelin's research interests. Series VI (3 linear ft.) contains notes on and texts in the languages of the Blackfoot, Delaware, Potawatomi, Seneca, and particularly, the Shawnee and Ojibwa Indians. Series VII (1 folder) contains one photographic print of an inscribed stone.

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Turner, Glen.

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Hamp, Eric P.

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Hodge, C. T. (Carleton Taylor), 1917-1998

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Carleton T. Hodge, a professor of linguistics and anthropology, served in various teaching and administrative positions at Indiana University from 1964-1983. Notable are his work in the Intensive Language Training Center, the Research Center for Language Studies, and the African Studies Program. From the description of Carleton T. Hodge papers, 1964-1983, bulk 1969-1972. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 71506464 Carleton T. Hodge, Professor Emeritus of ...

Lilly, Eli, 1885-1977

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Epithet: philanthropist and pharmacologist, President Eli Lilly and Company British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x00033f Eli Lilly was an Indianapolis pharmaceutical heir and magnate, philanthropist, and avocational archaeologist and historian. From the description of Papers, 1937-1961. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27350174 Lilly was an Indianapo...

Voegelin, F. M. (Florence Marie), 1927-1989

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Witthoft, John

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John Witthoft taught in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1959-1969. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191213574 Born October 4, 1921 in Oneonta, New York, John Witthoft had an unusual childhood. Suffering from scarlet fever at age 6, the disease left him with permanent eye damage and life-long tremors. His family saw these physical afflictions as retribution for his di...

Wonderly, William L.

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Hale, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Locke), 1934-2001

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Hockett, Charles Francis

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Wheeler-Voegelin, Erminie, 1903-1988

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American anthropologist, ethnohistorian, and folklorist; founder of the American Society for Ethnohistory, editor of Ethnohistory (1954-1964), and director of the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley Research Project at Indiana University (1956-1969). Wheeler-Voegelin's fieldwork and research during the 1930's and 1940's focused on the Ojibwa, Shawnee, and Tubatulabal Indians. At Indiana University, the research project she directed created research reports and other materials to pro...

Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986

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Charles Frederick Voegelin (also known as Carl) was an anthropologist and linguist. From the description of Papers, 1934-[1950s]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523580 Charles (Carl) Frederick Voegelin was an anthropologist and linguist known for his studies of Native American languages. He was professor of anthropology and linguists at Indiana University from 1941 until 1978. From the description of Papers, 1836-1968. (American ...

Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967

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James M. Crawford was a linguist who mainly studied Native American languages, including Cocopa, Yuchi, and Mobilian trade language. He came to the field of linguistics halfway through his lifetime after pursuing a career in forestry in the West and Southwest. After receiving his PhD in 1966 from the University of California at Berkeley, he returned to his birthplace, Georgia, where he taught in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Georgia at Athens. From the guide to t...

Taylor, Douglas MacRae

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Bloomfield, Leonard, 1887-1949

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American linguist Leonard Bloomfield pioneered the development of structural linguistics in the United States during the 1930s and the 1940s. He wrote extensively and his renowned mid-career textbook, Language, presented a comprehensive description of American structural linguistics. He made significant contributions to Indo-European historical linguistics, the description of Austronesian languages, and description of languages of the Algonquian family. From the guide to the Leonard ...