Details

Subject(s)

• Smithsonian Institution [Browse]
• Indigenous peoples of North America—First contact with other peoples [Browse]
• Linguistics [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Owner

• Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library) [Browse]

Summary note

A signed letter, dated August 12, 1894, from Lucien Adam, a French scholar of the Cour d appel in Rennes, to J.C. Pilling of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution.

Notes

• Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
• AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 1024.
• English translation pencilled in above French text.

Location of originals

Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library

Copyright note

Material sourced from the Newberry Library

Source of description

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