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Open book Cheyenne grammar (condensed)

Title Cheyenne grammar (condensed)

Creator Petter, Rodolphe Charles, 1865-1947

Date 1913

Language English

Subjects Cheyenne language

Description Caption title; author's name on leaf 148.
Typescript (multigraph copy).
Commissioned in 1913 by Edward Ayer of Chicago who offered $100 to Dr. Petter for a condensed copy of his Cheyenne grammar. Cf. "Introduction" in: Cheyenne grammar / by Rodolphe Petter. Newton, Kansas : Mennonite Publication Office, 1952.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Typescript copy, dated Jan.-May 12, 1913, of a Cheyenne grammar by Mennonite missionary Rodolphe Petter, originally dated May 6, 1909 in Cantonment Oklahoma. Explanations are given in English of the basic points of Cheyenne grammar, including parts of speech; verb tenses, voices, and modes; and formation of numerals, with examples in Cheyenne.

Extent 148 [i.e. 149] leaves, bound ; 28 cm

Format Texts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection, Edward E. Ayer North and Middle American Indian Linguistics Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 1517

BibID 136832

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Rights Information No Copyright - United States

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