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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10158

Metadata
Title:Yuchi materials, Frank G. Speck Papers
Contributor:Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Robinson, Roy H.
Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986
Rolland, Ann
Allen, Ellen
Hornbostel, Erich Moritz von, 1877-1935
Sexton, Charles Eli
Date:1904-1945
Description: Materials relating to Speck's interest in Yuchi language, history, and culture. Includes three letters from Roy H. Robinson to Speck concerning persuading Yuchis to answer questions, Cayuga earrings, a Navajo beaded necklace, Osage buffalo hide shield, etc.; a 13-page report titled "Yuchi Ethnography" on political organization, diseases, mythology, etc., based on a 1904 field trip; a folder on Yuchi and Creek dances with sheet music for songs to accompany dance, choreography, and a few vocabulary items with a folder on Yuchi and Creek songs along with 12 vocabulary slips; and 17 pages of Speck's miscellaneous Yuchi notes and correspondence, including one page concerning Yalewi, a Yuchi Indian; one card concerning peyote among Yuchi; a one-page list of names of informants, 1941; a letter from Erich von Hornbostel to Speck, concerning Yuchi songs; a letter from Ellen Allen, a Yuchi Indian, recalling Speck's visit in 1904 and Boas' visit and effort to do a Yuchi grammar with her; a letter from Carl F. Voegelin concerning Yuchi linguistics; letters from Charles Eli Sexton to the University of Pennsylvania Museum concerning Speck's Yuchi ethnography, a Yuchi informant, and connection of Natchez and Hopewell to Yuchi; and letters from Ann Rolland (Haskell Institute) concerning Yuchi museum specimens and relics of the past.
Extent:5 folders
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10158
Language:Yuchi
Creek
English
Language (ISO639):yuc
mus
eng
Spatial Coverage:Sapulpa
Subject:Yuchi
Natchez
Muscogee
Osage
Navajo
Cayuga
Anthropology
Ethnography
Linguistics
Art
Material culture
Specimens
Peyote
Music
Dance
Social life and customs
Religion
Politics and government
Jewelry
Haskell Institute
Ethnomusicology
Type:Correspondence
Notes
Reports
Musical scores
Type (DCMI):Text
Type (OLAC):primary_text

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950; Robinson, Roy H.; Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986; Rolland, Ann; Allen, Ellen; Hornbostel, Erich Moritz von, 1877-1935; Sexton, Charles Eli. 1904-1945. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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