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Alaska papers, [ca. 1871-1877]
BANC MSS P-K 49 Box 1; BANC MSS P-K 49 Box 2; BANC MSS P-K 49 FILM Box 1; BANC MSS P-K 49 FILM Box 1; ...
Collection Overview

Title:

Alaska papers, [ca. 1871-1877]

Creator/Contributor:

Pinart, A. L. (Alphonse Louis), 1852-1911, creator

Abstract:

Mss. in English, Russian, French, German, Latin, and Alaskan dialects. Box 1 contains sketch maps and drawings of Alaskan terrain with legends in French, Russian, and English; ethnological notes on the Aleuts and others; and miscellaneous reference notes, mainly bibliographical. Box 2 contains linguistic notes relating to Russia and Siberia, Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island, the Kurile Islands, the aboriginal Ainus, the Aleutian Islands, and Alaska, recorded in Russian, German, and native dialects.

Date:

1871 (issued)

Subject:

Indians of North America -- Alaska
Linguistics -- Alaska
Geography -- Alaska
Ethnology -- Alaska
Linguistics -- Russia
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.

Type:

Maps.
Sketches.

Physical Description:

2 boxes and 1 oversize folder.
2 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 114:9-10) and positive.

Language:

English
mul
Russian
French
German

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-K 49 Box 1
BANC MSS P-K 49 Box 2
BANC MSS P-K 49 FILM Box 1
BANC MSS P-K 49 FILM Box 1
BANC MSS P-K 49 FILM Box 2
BANC MSS P-K 49 FILM Box 2
BANC MSS P-K 49 FOLDER 20
BANC MSS P-K 49

Origin:

Alaska