book chapter

Aleutian manuscript collection

The New York Public LibraryNew YorkPublished In 1944 • Pages:

By: Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, Jochelson, Waldemar, Boas, Franz, Jacobson, Roman.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
English translations of some of the texts in the New York Public Library Aleut manuscript collection. It includes two Aleut love songs originally recorded by Veniaminov and three folk tales recorded and translated by Jochelson. The author's introduction gives a description of the Library's collection which consists primarily of Jochelson's recordings; this introduction is indexed for TEXTS (539) with the texts. A note on Aleut speech sounds by Roman Jakobson and a bibliography are included. Except for a few general statements in Mr. Jakobson's note, these are not included.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Literary texts
Verbal arts
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Aleut
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2007
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Linguist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Leila S. Small ; 1950-1956
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1909-1910
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Avrahm Yarmolinsky
This document consists of excerpts
Iv. New York. Public library. Slavonic division
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
a 44005544
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Aleuts