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Gordon Day papers May be restricted

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1117
MS-1117

  • Staff Only

Description

This collection contains photographs, photographic negatives, research journals, research papers, notes for addresses, article reprints, correspondences, reel to reel audio recordings of Algonquin and Iroquoian language demonstrations, and other information collected by Gordon Day. The collection also contains ethnographic research materials related to the St. Francis Abenaki village at Odanak in Quebec, Canada, and the history of the Abenaki, Algonquin, Algonquian, and Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) tribes, with an emphasis on spoken language.

Day was interested in the linguistics and genealogy of the Native population at Odanak. A significant portion of the collection is a photographic essay created by Day's summer research assistant, William Bryant, and Alfred F. Whiting at the Dartmouth College Museum. The photo essay shows various Native villages in New England (Mashpee, MA; Princeton, ME; Old Town, ME) and a "Photographic Census" of inhabitants of Odanak, Quebec.

Dates

  • 1891 - 1993

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access Restricted. Consult College Archivist.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission from Dartmouth College required for publication or reproduction.

Extent

15 linear ft. (21 boxes)

786 Digital File(s)

Language of Materials

English

Algonquian languages

French