Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Navajo Vocabulary
- Dates:
- circa 1880-1885
- Creators:
- Paxton, L. R.
- Abstract:
- This is a small, bound notebook containing handwritten Navajo words arranged alphabetically with English equivalents, recorded by L. R. Paxton, possibly in the early 1880s. L. R. Paxton was a trader in northern Arizona in the early 1880s. His daughter is Mrs. E. J. (Laura Paxton) Davies.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- English , Navajo; Navaho .
- Preferred citation:
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Navajo Vocabulary, circa 1880-1885, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.875.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This is a small, bound notebook containing handwritten Navajo words arranged alphabetically with English equivalents, recorded by L. R. Paxton, possibly in the early 1880s. A larger sheet of notes from English words to Navajo equivalent is tipped in at the back.
- Biographical / historical:
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L. R. Paxton was a trader in northern Arizona in the early 1880s. His daughter is Mrs. E. J. (Laura Paxton) Davies.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Laura Paxton Davies, 1943 November 2.
- Processing information:
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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).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-06-08 18:00:29 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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Navajo Vocabulary, circa 1880-1885, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.875.
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448