Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet Correspondence
- Dates:
- 1934 January
- Creators:
- Hodge, Frederick Webb and Antony, Claudius, Brother
- Abstract:
- This is a note and envelope sent to Frederick Webb Hodge by Brother Claudius Antony of St. Mary's College, California, 1934 January 21. The cover, which is also the envelope, is postmarked Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1934, and is stamped with "Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet" honoring the invention of the Cherokee syllabary.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet Correspondence, 1934, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.867.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This is a note and envelope sent to Frederick Webb Hodge by Brother Claudius Antony of St. Mary's College, California, 1934 January 21. The cover, which is also the envelope, is postmarked Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1934, and is stamped with "Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet" honoring the invention of the Cherokee syllabary. The explanatory note inside is written with ink made from the General Sherman, Sequoia Gigantes tree in Sequoia National Park, California. The envelope is stamped "J. F. Hinton" on verso.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Brother Claudius Antony, 1934 February.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December 13, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Cherokee language
Correspondence
Envelopes - Names:
- Sequoyah
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-05 22:18:03 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet Correspondence, 1934, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.867.
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448