APS Online Catalog

[Koontz John E]

(This arises out of a discussion with Eric Nichol.  We were wondering if
the Winnebago versions of the myths that Radin so extensively published
were available.  I was able to determine from a comment in Marino's
dissertation that the materials were in the APS and Eric told me that the
APS catalogs were available online.  I'll leave it to Eric as to whether
he'd like to say something about the myths themselves!)

Members of the Siouan list may be interested to know that it is possible
to search the American Philosophical Society catalogs on-line at
http://www.amphilsoc.org.  You can use the site search facility, or go to
the library and consult the online guide.  Some overview materials (like
one of the shorter descriptions of the Radin collection) are only
available in the library's online guide.

Examples:

>>From the APS On-Line Guide

Radin, Paul (1883-1959). American anthropologist.
Papers, ca. 1912-1959. 12.5 lin. ft.

There are notes, transcriptions, essays, etc., on the language and customs
of several Indian tribes. There are numerous vocabularies, dictionaries,
and grammatical notes on the Winnebago, Patwin, and Huave tribes, and some
items on the Fox, Tukudh, Pomo, Wappo, and Wintu; 79 notebooks, in English
and Winnebago, on myths, legends, stories, customs, dances, religious
observances, costume, etc., of the Winnebago, with some on the Ottawa and
Ojibwa; notes on Winnebago history; 2 boxes of Winnebago phonetic texts;
and significant material on Mexican Indians (Zapotec). Some of the items
are typed copies of Radin's published studies.

Table of contents (ca. 40 pp.).

Presented by Mrs. Doris Radin, 1960, 1972-1984
(497.3/R114)

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Here's the longer version from Van Keuren Guide to Manuscript Collections

Radin, Paul. 1883-1959.

Anthropologist. Ethnologist, Bureau ofAmerican Ethnology, 1910-12; field
ethnol., Canadian Dept. of Mines, 1912-17; asst. prof., ethn., Univ. of
California, Berkeley, 1918-20; lect., ethn., Cambridge Univ., 1920-24;
Canadian fieldwork, 1925-26; Fisk Univ., 1927-31; Univ. of California,
Berkeley, 1931-40; Black Mountain Coll., North Carolina, 1941-45;
foundation supported lecturing and research, 1945-57; Samuel Rubin prof,
and head of dept., anthr., Brandeis Univ., 1957-59.

Correspondence, Mss.

Boas, Franz. Professional Correspondence (B/B61). 28 May 1908 to 18 Feb.
1942. 124 Ls. (69 to Boas, 55 to Radin) + 3 Ls. to H.A. Andrews fr. Radin.
Bureau of Amer. Ethn.; fieldwork; Indian ling., esp. Winnebago, Huave,
Zapotecan; Mexican and Winnebago folklore; prof. positions; research
support.

4-7/10-11

Mason, J. Alden. Papers (B/M3 84). 10 ~an. 1941 to 22 March 1960. 3 Ls. (1
to Mason, 2 to Radin) + 1 L. to Doris Radin. Mexican and South Amer.
linguistics. Radin Festschrift.

7/10/12

Radin, Paul. Papers (497.3/R114). ca.1910 to 1959. 13.5 in, ft. (21 boxes,
79 notebooks). Linguistic and ethnographic manuscripts, notebooks, cards
dealing with Mexican and American Indians. Linguistic materials on Patwin,
Poma, Otomi, Wappo, Winnebago, Huave, Zapotec, and other langs. Folklore
notes and manuscripts on Mandan, Winnebago, Ojibwa-Ottawa, and others.

6/7

... Papers (497.3/B63c). ca.600 lvs. and 300 cards. Materials on Indian
linguistics and ethnography. Includes manuscript material on Otomi, Huave,
Mixtec, Chinantec, Patwin.

6/7

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You can also see the itemized list in the APS Indian Guides:

WINNEBAGO (Siouan)

Ethnography

3549. BARRETT, S. A. Correspondence with Franz Boas [1908-1928]. L. 23
items.

Concerns his field work among Rio Cayapa Iodians and purchase of Winnebago
specimens collected by Paul Radin for the Milwauliee Public Museum. Sauk
and Fox rawhide boxes collected by Alanson Skinner mentioned.

[31]

3850. RADIN, PAUL. Folklore texts, Winnebago [1908-1912]. D. 34 notebooks.

34 Winnebago texts in English; original field notebooks.

...

This list includes materials from sources other than Radin, of course, and
omits Radin's work on groups other than the Winnebago.

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If anyone's interested, I can mail them the 30 screen version of this.  I
guess I'd better not actually post it here ...

JEK