Language

Scope and Contents The collection contains notes on Native Americans of northwest Indiana, including notes on trails, geography, culture, and language created by Armanis Francis Knotts in the United States ranging from 1971 to 1975 and undated.

Scope and Contents The collection contains papers connected with Franklin Newton Taylor's personal and professional lives, dating from 1878 to 1963. The papers, which include correspondence, documents, and publications, fall into three chronological periods: 1878-1918, previous to Taylor's departure for France; 1919, the period he lived in France and entertained servicemen in camps and hospitals during World War I; and 1920-1963,the time of Taylor's academic service to Jordan College of Music at Butler University...

Scope and Contents This collection includes photostats of a census list and maps from Robert S. Jones' survey in the Midwest during the 1930s, regarding the speech patterns found in some midwestern states to illustrate the evolution of different "Hoosierisms", or words and phrases used by people in Indiana which differ from dictionary speech patterns. There is also a photostat of a letter from Jones to Caroline Dunn.

Scope and Contents This collection contains one lithograph depicting the classification and properties of the English language in tree form by Rufus Blanchard, published in 1853.

Scope and Contents This collection includes an autographed notebook from S. A. Furniss in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1888 regarding business letters and grammar.