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Colin Tweddell collection on Native Americans, 1950 -1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Tweddell, Colin E., -- 1899-
Title
Colin Tweddell collection on Native Americans
Dates
1950 -1979 (inclusive)
Quantity
10 linear feet
Collection Number
XOE_CPNWS0248Tweddell
Summary
This is a collection of research material on Asian and Native American culture and linguistics compiled by a Western Washington State College anthropology professor. Materials include ethnographic field notes, research notes, linguistic analyses, vocabularies, phonetic and morphologic files, correspondence and publications.
Repository
Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu
Access Restrictions

Some restrictions may apply - contact repository for details.

Languages
English
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Content Description

This is a collection of research material on Asian and Native American culture and linguistics compiled by a Western Washington State College anthropology professor. Materials include ethnographic field notes, research notes, linguistic analyses, vocabularies, phonetic and morphologic files, correspondence and publications. There are also copies of audio recordings (from the Melville Jacobs Collection at University of Washington) of interviews with Mrs. William (Ruth) and Mrs. Elizabeth Shelton of the Tulalip Tribes.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Colin Tweddell collection on Native Americans, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Colin Tweddell in 1991.

Related Materials

The Northwest Ethnohistory collection is also housed at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.

Processing Note

About Harmful Language and Content

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Notes and film related to Iraya vocabulary (language of the Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines)
    Dates: circa 1970s
    Container: Box 1
  • Description: Notes and film related to Iraya vocabulary (language of the Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines)
    Dates: circa 1970s
    Container: Box 2
  • Description: Notes, correspondence, journals and publications re. Mindoro province in the Philippines
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 3
  • Description: Alfred Roe materials including PhD dissertation and research notes related to banking in Minnesota
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: Correspondence between Roe family members
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: Old checks, and photographs
    Dates: circa 1960s
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: Articles and other materials on the Philippines and other Asian nations
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Notes and documents on Tibetan language
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Parcels (probably containing books) sent from China
    Dates: circa 1950s
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Chinese newspapers
    Dates: circa 1950s-1970s
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Notes and research materials on Tuli people of Southwest China
    Dates: circa 1960s
    Container: Box 6
  • Description: One folder labeled "Indians of Wash."
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 6
  • Description: Chinese newspapers
    Dates: circa 19580s-1970s
    Container: Box 7
  • Description: Tweddell political papers
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 7
  • Description: Abstracts of votes
    Dates: circa 1940s
    Container: Box 7
  • Description: Academic/faculty papers and talks on Northwest Indians
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 7
  • Description: Alagan word slips
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 8
  • Description: Tuli vocabulary materials
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 8
  • Description: Publications in Asian (Tuli?) language
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 8
  • Description: Materials on Southwest China and Tuli people
    Dates: circa 1970s
    Container: Box 9
  • Description: Materials on tribal land claims in Washington
    Dates: circa 1950s
    Container: Box 10A
  • Description: Pamphlets for classes from International Correspondence School, Scranton, PA
    Dates: circa 1950s
    Container: Box 10A
  • Description: Correspondence and reports on Indian land claim cases
    Dates: circa 1950s
    Container: Box 10A
  • Description: Other materials related to Washington tribes
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 10A
  • Description: Snohomish enthnology / land claims notes
    Dates: approximately 1950s-1970s
    Container: Box 10A
  • Description: Various publications on electricity/electronics from the International Textbook Company
    Dates: 1950s
    Container: Box 10A
  • Description: Snoqualmie field notes and translations
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 10B, Folder 1-2
  • Description: Lane, Barbara - "Identity, Treaty Status & Fisheries of the Tulalip Tribe of Indians"
    Dates: 1975 June 15
    Container: Box 10B, Folder 3
  • Description: Fishing rights - Tulalip and Quinalt
    Dates: approximately 1960s-1970s
    Container: Box 10B, Folder 4
  • Description: Informant interviews [with WA residents?]
    Dates: 1952-1953
    Container: Box 10B, Folder 5
  • Description: Notebooks containing Snohomish field notes
    Dates: 1952
    Container: Box 10B, Folder 6
  • Description: Interviews with William Shelton, Ruth Sheome Shelton, and Elizabeth Shelton
    Dates: 1953 July
    Container: Box 10B, Folder 7

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Subject Terms

  • Ethnology--China, Southwest--History--Sources.
  • Ethnology--Phillippines--Mindoro--History--Sources.
  • Indians of North America--Washington (State)--History--Sources.

Personal Names

  • Shelton, Elizabeth--(Tulalip Indian)--Interviews.
  • Shelton, Ruth Sehome,--1857-1958--Interviews.
  • Tweddell, Colin E.,--1899- --Archives.

Geographical Names

  • Northwest, Pacific--History--Sources.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Interviews.
  • Personal correspondence.
  • Records (Documents)
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