Bibliographic and Library-Related Materials

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See more items in: John Peabody Harrington papers; John Peabody Harrington papers / Series 8: Notes and Writings on Special Linguistic Studies

Collection Citation: John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution; The preferred citation for the Harrington Papers will reference the actual location within the collection, i.e. Box 172, Alaska/Northwest Coast, Papers of John Peabody Harrington, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. However, as the NAA understands the need to cite phrases or vocabulary on specific pages, a citation referencing the microfilmed papers is acceptable. Please note that the page numbering of the PDF version of the Harrington microfilm does not directly correlate to the analog microfilm frame numbers. If it is necessary to cite the microfilmed papers, please refer to the specific page number of the PDF version, as in: Papers of John Peabody Harrington, Microfilm: MF 7, R34 page 42.

Existence and Location of Copies: Microfilm and digital surrogates of microfilm are available. See Volume 8, reel 6, which also contains materials from other subseries.

Scope and Contents: This subseries of the Notes and writings on special linguistic studies series spans virtually all of John P. Harrington's career from the early 1920s to the 1950s. The bibliographic references relate to both his own projects as well as to topics which he was researching in response to letters of inquiry. Also listed are books he was planning to borrow from a library, to have photostatted, or to purchase. The library materials relate to books which he had already charged out or for which he had placed a request.