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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10152

Metadata
Title:Shawnee materials, Frank G. Speck Papers
Contributor:Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986
Wheeler-Voegelin, Erminie, 1903-1988
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys
Poole, Earl L.
Witapanóxwe
Date:1903-1948
Description: Materials relating to Speck's interest in Shawnee language, history, and culture. Includes an essay on Speck's visit to an excavation site at Fort Hill, Pennsylvania in July 1903 in which he identifies the site as Shawnee; a letter from Carl Voegelin and Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin transmitting lists of Shawnee dances to Speck; a letter from Wheeler-Voegelin concerning field data on Shawnee use of false faces; an undated report by Wheeler-Voegelin on general burial traits, including a brief account of field experiences and an 8-page outline of burial, funerary, and condolence procedure; a letter from Gladys Tantaquidgeon concerning Shawnee legends, asking about silk applique techniques, and enclosing news clippings; and 16 pages of Speck's miscellaneous Shawnee notes and correspondence, including two letters from Earl L. Poole (Reading Museum), together with a transcript of a 1747 letter of Conrad Weiser taken from American German Review: 12: 4, 18-19, April 1946, regarding meeting of Shawnees and Count Zinzendorf; a postal card from "C" on grasshopper war; a letter from Wheeler-Voegelin; a letter from War Eagle concerning Bread Dance; 1912 notes on Bread Dance and names given Speck; and notes on Shawnee clans.
Extent:6 folders
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10152
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Spatial Coverage:Fort Hill
Subject:Shawnee
Anthropology
Ethnography
Archaeology
Social life and customs
Dance
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Folklore
Pennsylvania--History
Moravians
Clans
Kinship
Oklahoma--History
Art
Rites and ceremonies
Type:Correspondence
Notes
Newspaper clippings
Essays
Reports
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; Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986; Wheeler-Voegelin, Erminie, 1903-1988; Tantaquidgeon, Gladys; Poole, Earl L.; Witapanóxwe. 1903-1948. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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