Finding Aid to Notes on the Navajo Language MS.869

Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 December 13
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Notes on the Navajo Language
Creator: Ostermann, Leopold
Identifier/Call Number: MS.869
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Date: 1905
Abstract: This is a collection of a typed copy of a manuscript entitled "Notes on the Navajo Language" by Father Leopold Ostermann of St. Michael's, Arizona, 1905 and a three-page typed document entitled "Adjectives and Names of Colors," undated, possibly by the same author.
Language of Material: English , Navajo; Navaho .

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of a typed copy of a manuscript entitled "Notes on the Navajo Language" by Father Leopold Ostermann of St. Michael's, Arizona, 1905 and a three-page typed document entitled "Adjectives and Names of Colors," undated, possibly by the same author.

Preferred Citation

Notes on the Navajo Language, 1905, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.869.

Processing History

Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December 13, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Acquisition

Donated to the Library as part of the Munk Library of Arizoniana, 1910 April 7.

Conditions Governing Use

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Typescripts
Navajo Indians
Navajo language