Newberry Library - Letter Anadarko, Ind. Ter., to the Director of the Smithsonian Institute John Wesley Powell, Washington, D.C., 1887 Aug. 25

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Open book Letter Anadarko, Ind. Ter., to the Director of the Smithsonian Institute John Wesley Powell, Washington, D.C., 1887 Aug. 25

Title Letter Anadarko, Ind. Ter., to the Director of the Smithsonian Institute John Wesley Powell, Washington, D.C., 1887 Aug. 25

Creator Hadley, Lewis F. (Lewis Francis)

Date 1887

Place Indian Territory

Language English

Subjects Indian sign language, Sign language, Smithsonian Institution

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
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Summary August 25, 1887, letter to J.W. Powell, head of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, written on a folded sheet also containing the title page to the proof copy of Hadley's 1887 work, A list of the primary gestures in Indian sign-talk. A separate proof of the title page is also enclosed.

Biographical/Historical Note Student of Indian languages. A life-long resident among the Indians, Lewis F. Hadley began to focus exclusively on Indian sign language after the issuance of an 1880 Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology report on the subject. In 1887 he engraved 685 "crude diagrams" and produced nineteen proofs of the same for review by the Indians. These diagrams were later improved and incorporated into Hadley's Indian sign talk : being a book of proofs ... (Chicago : Baker & Co., 1893)

Extent 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 22 cm + enclosure ((1 folded sheet) ; 18 cm)

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, American, Proofs (Printing), Records and correspondence

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Call Number Ayer MS 350

BibID 140697

Size 1257px × 2834px 10.22 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991406978805867_Ayer_MS_350_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11IB20