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Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1918 Nov. 19
Identifier(s): text:65617
Description: Sending sheet with different forms of same name from Hunt's writing and old notes. Asks about specific sounds, letters.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1918 Nov. 19

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1923 Apr. 4
Identifier(s): text:65933
Description: Received letter of March 23. Unhappy to hear of trouble with police. Not confident that his protesting will be of much use.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1923 Apr. 4

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1919 Mar. 31
Identifier(s): text:65630
Description: Received letter of March 20, pages 1329-1352, and sketch of mountain.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1919 Mar. 31

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1929 May 9
Identifier(s): text:66343
Description: Sending again questions about the language.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1929 May 9

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1924 June 13
Identifier(s): text:66002
Description: Received letter of May 31 and material sent with it. Asks if Hunt has had the time to put down the places where ancestors came down on the maps that Dr. Newcombe recently sent. Asks Hunt to estimate a fair rate for correcting vocabulary pages they are currently working on.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1924 June 13

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1919 Dec. 8
Identifier(s): text:65727
Description: Unclear as to fair rate for pages containing names. Also asks for clarification on correct term for abalone shell.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1919 Dec. 8

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1919 Nov. 20
Identifier(s): text:65718
Description: Would like information on counting in Kwak'wala. Suggests numbers and types of items needed to show how it works.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1919 Nov. 20

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1917 Aug. 7
Identifier(s): text:65356
Description: Seeds of the q!esena that were sent did not sprout. Asks for more samples of it. Identifies the xogum as a type of lilly. Has secured another $300 to pay for work by Hunt through June 1918.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1917 Aug. 7

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1923 Feb. 10
Identifier(s): text:65928
Description: Sending Nuu-chah-nulth song, includes purported English translation in letter. Asks if Hunt can interpret it. Has not heard from Hunt for a while.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Nuu-chah-nulth; Nootka Indians
Date: 1923 Feb. 10

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1925 Mar. 31
Identifier(s): text:66067
Description: Sending check. Asks after canoe songs and seats of the Kwakiutl tribes. Would like to get translations of words from American way of talking to determine whether Indians used such expressions in early times.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1925 Mar. 31

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1933 Aug. 17
Identifier(s): text:66476
Description: Enclosing pages that Hunt's wife dictated. Asking Hunt to correct transcription and translate.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1933 Aug. 17

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1926 Mar. 25
Identifier(s): text:66086
Description: Received pages 3238-3257 on clams.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1926 Mar. 25

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1923 Mar. 5
Identifier(s): text:65930
Description: Glad to have received letter. Received pages and speech on potlatch.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1923 Mar. 5

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1924 Nov. 11
Identifier(s): text:66048
Description: Received material recently sent. Notes misunderstanding in that only English words were corrected and not spelling of Indian words. Proposes paying 20 cents per sheets of words corrected. Asks if there is any "reverence paid to the bear." Would like to obtain more Bella Bella stories from Odzestalis. Asks specifically about children of Ts!umqalaqs and their relation to the winter dance.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians; Heiltsuk Indians
Date: 1924 Nov. 11

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1928 July 17
Identifier(s): text:66220
Description: Sends thanks for description of teaching of young girls. Asks if there is anything similar for young boys.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1928 July 17

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1907 Nov. 22
Identifier(s): text:65123
Description: For recent writing on cooking, needs to have accompanying photographs for publishing. Provides several examples, suggestions.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1907 Nov. 22

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1919 May 17
Identifier(s): text:65713
Description: Received letters of May 9 and 12, along with pages and corrections. Pleased about clarification of correct spelling. Received map of Knight Inlet and plants. Hopes for specimen of hoq!wala and other plants.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1919 May 17

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1921 Mar. 2
Identifier(s): text:65846
Description: Received letter of Feburary 24. Sorry to hear of David's illness. Eldest daughter is now married. Eldest son is a doctor. Has enough information on paxala. Asks if seeds have been sent.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1921 Mar. 2

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1919 Jan. 7
Identifier(s): text:65633
Description: Sending set of book that is going to be printed. Asks Hunt to review and correct any mistakes in writing.
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1919 Jan. 7

Title: Hunt, George: From Boas. 1919 Jan. 20
Identifier(s): text:65604
Description: Received letter of January 5. Sorry to hear of mother's death. Received pages, map of Quatsino Sound, and names for map of Nimpkish Lake but not the map. "I know very well that you are familiar with all the old ways of the Kwakiutl. That is why it is so important that you write down all you know."
Creator: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Source: Franz Boas Papers (Mss.B.B61); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
Subject: Kwakwaka'wakw; Kwakiutl Indians
Date: 1919 Jan. 20