Frank G. Speck Papers - Subcollection 1 - Series 1: Research Material


III(14D12c) Massachusetts, Landing of Pilgrims
III(14D12c) Massachusetts, Landing of Pilgrims
Notes (5 p.) on Middleboro, Massachusetts; program booklet for "The Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims, 1620-1920." issued by the Provincetown Tercentennary Committee.
III(14D14) Mashpee, Miscellaneous notes
III(14D14) Mashpee, Miscellaneous notes
Brief genealogical notes on "Mrs. Fanny Perry, Wattupa Pond, near Fall River," plus short bibliographical note.
III(5E1a) Miscellaneous Ottawa notes
III(5E1a) Miscellaneous Ottawa notes
Miscellaneous data concerning Ottawa plant names and dances and Fred Ettawageshik. Letter of Ene (?), Denver Art Museum, Department of Indian Art, to Speck, Dec. 7, 1939, concerning Delaware specimens. On reverse are Speck's notes on Delaware locations, according to eighteenth-century maps.
III(5E1e) - Central Algonkians -- e. Miami Miscellaneous notes
III(5E1e) - Central Algonkians -- e. Miami Miscellaneous notes
Letter from E. T. Adney to Frank Speck, July 19, 1943. Concerns numerous topics including Miami Indians and language, Narragansetts, Mi'kmaq ("Micmac"), and inter-relations to other Algonquian peoples and languages.
III(5E3) -- Nanticoke -- a. Miscellaneous notes
III(5E3) -- Nanticoke -- a. Miscellaneous notes
Slips containing miscellaneous notes. Letters: C. A. Weslager to Speck, June 24, 1943, concerning Nanticoke vocabulary; J. Barton Cheyney to Speck, Oct. 31, no year, concerning Delaware-white-Nanticoke relations; James Mooney to Speck, Feb. 15, 1916, concerning Speck's Nanticoke article (1915); Franz Boas to Speck, March 29, 1916, on same subject. Images note: Newspaper clippings regarding Nanticoke powwows, "Barring Red-Haired Indians from the Pow Wow," 1937.
III(8C1o) - General -- o. Delaware remnants in state of Delaware
III(8C1o) - General -- o. Delaware remnants in state of Delaware
Concerning Delaware "remnants" in the state of Delaware, intermixture with Negro.
III(8C3a) - Canadian (Grand River, Ont.) Delaware -- a. Letters from Jesse Moses, Jr.
III(8C3a) - Canadian (Grand River, Ont.) Delaware -- a. Letters from Jesse Moses, Jr.
Letters: April 7, 1934, 1p., concerning obtaining data; Oct. 5, 1940, 4p., concerning reservation activities; Dec. 11, 1941, 4p., reservation affairs; Nov. 23, 1942, (typed copy?), 1p., concerning Speck (1942) and Indian affairs; Nov. 13, 1944, 5p., wrongs to Indians and miscellaneous; Nov. 29, 1944, 4p., concerning Lenni Lenape and data Moses is gathering; Dec. 3, 1944, 8p., same subject; Dec. 7, 1944, 4p., (typed), Story of Nick (Peters?) and white captives; Sept. 7, 1945, 3p., concerning Delaware affairs, speculations on Delaware religion, concept of Great Spirit and conversion to Christianity; Aug. 4, 1947, 4p., miscellaneous Cayuga and Delaware affairs; Nov. 31, 1945, 6p., sends treaty of 1777 of British and Indians at Detroit, discusses manufacture of museum specimens; Sept. 7, 1948, 3p., miscellaneous, discusses meeting with Mormon missionaries; ca. 19431944, 1p., fragment of letter. Speck field notes taken from Jesse Moses, 1944, 3p. Images note: 7 photographs of old and young Jesse Moses.
III(8C3e) - Canadian (Grand River, Ont.) Delaware -- e. Notes on life and geneology of Joseph Montour
III(8C3e) - Canadian (Grand River, Ont.) Delaware -- e. Notes on life and geneology of Joseph Montour
Includes chart of succession of chiefs, 1855-1937; data from Joseph Montour (biographical). 3p. biography of Nicodemus Peters (1859-1938).
IV(15A2) - Tribal Remnants in Southeast
IV(15A2) - Tribal Remnants in Southeast
Typed D., 12p., R. Solenberger, on tribal remnants; 3p. MS. notes on Louisiana remnants and Seminoles of Florida; 7p. Southeastern Culture group and subdivisions by Speck (?); abstract of data distinguishing between Cherokee-Yuchi-Creek vs. Chickasaw-Choctaw; 1p. phonetic text with note, Town Square Speech.
IV(15J1b) Tunica Dances
IV(15J1b) Tunica Dances
2p. typed report on Tunica dance and green-corn ceremony; 21 cards of field notes, 1940-1941, Marksville, Louisiana, probably based on information from Chief Eli Barbry; letters of Stuart Neitzel, none dated: 1p. A.L.S., 2p. A.L.S., and 2p. A.L.S., concerning field work among the Tunica and Caddo archaeology. Images note: 1 pencil sketch of digging, Tunica and Caddo archaeology.
IV(15J2b) Seminole miscellaneous notes
IV(15J2b) Seminole miscellaneous notes
1p. Mimeo. D. concerning Glade Cross mission activities in Everglades among the Seminoles; 2p. notes on Seminole silverwork. Correspondence of Henry W. Haynes to Frank C. Speck (Ta-de-wim): April 16, 1931, A.L.S., 3p., concerning visit to the Seminoles; July 9, 1931, A.L.S., 1p., concerning Calusa question and Seminoles; suggests persons to see in Florida. Ernest F. Coe to [?], April 13, 1931, L., c.c., 1p. concerning Seminoles as guides, should there be an Everglades national park; Coe to Roy Nash (Bureau of Indian Affairs), U.S. Department of Interior, April 27, 1931, T.L., 1p. and Coe to Speck, April 27, 1931, T.L.S., 1p., supporting national park in Everglades. Images note: 4 pencil sketches of Seminole silver work.