Manuscript notebook comprising vocabulary lists of Western African dialects including of the Ashira, Mpongwe and Pangwe peoples, including notes on grammar and account of 'Krapf march in Eastern Africa', mid 19th century.
UnknownWord list by James Philip Mills of the Mongsen dialect of Ao, a language spoken in Nagaland, north-east India.
Mills , James Philip , 1890-1960 , colonial administrator and anthropologistPapers of Edward Horace Man including:
MS 110
Andaman vocabulary, in 25 volumes, English-Andamanese and Andamanese-English.
MS 111
Andamanese grammar, annotated by Sir R.C. Temple, Port Blair, 1878.
MS 112
Loose notes on Nicobar, Andamanese and comparative vocabulary; Port Blair, 1878.
MS 113
Pamphlet entitled 'A grammar of the Bôjingîjîda or South Andaman language', by E.H. Man and R.C. Temple. (Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co., 1878) interleaved with manuscript notes.
MS 114
Proof for an article by Man entitled 'Notes on the Nicobarese' by despatched to Bombay 4 Jan 1899 from Port Blair with accompanying manuscript and typescript notes and numerous annotations.
MS 115
Notepad containing manuscript notes on Andaman vocabulary by Amy F. Man, with notes in the margin, by E H Man, 1885-1886. Inserted is a reprint of 'Notes on analogies of manners between the Indo-Chinese races and the races of the Indian Archipelago', by Colonel Yule, with holograph letter of the author to A F Man affixed.
MS 116
Personal papers of E H Man including letters from parents; issue of his school magazine, Uppingham, Oct. 1872, containing memorial to Arthur C Man (inserted photograph); 'Memo of periods during which I have officiated in higher grades'; copies of correspondence dated 1863 between the Superintendent of Convicts, P.W. Island, and Resident Councillor P.W. Island, H. Man; press cuttings; transcripts of poems; reviews of Andaman Islanders and a photograph.
MS 117
Loose notes, botanical and others, [c 1877].
MS 118
Reprints and cuttings from The Times, 25 May 1920 and pamphlets annotated by E H Man.
MS 119
Manuscript vocabulary of the languages spoken by the people of South Andaman, 1875 in 5 volumes with photographs and maps.
MS 119a
'Vocabulary of dialects spoken in the Nicobar and Andaman Isles', by Fr. Ad. De Röepstorff, Extra Assistant Superintendent Andaman and Nicobars, 1874, annotated by E H Man.
Man , Edward Horace , d 1929 , colonial administratorThe collection of Richard Long, 1885-1950, including:
MS 77
Manuscript and typescript notes made by Long, extracted from periodicals and books.
MS 78
Scrap paper notes made by Long.
MS 79
Correspondence between Long and S.G. Morley.
MS 80
Three notebooks containing abstracts. [Kilcavan, Geashill, 1885-1896].
MS 81
'Researches of Maya astronomy' translated 1-6, [by] Hans Ludendorff, Berlin, 1930-1933.
MS 82
Proofs of Maya hieroglyphic writing, by J.E. Thompson, Washington, 1950 with notes by Long inserted.
MS 83
Notes and abstracts from papers by various authors including on Mexico, Maya and Egypt.
MS 84
Typescript 'The new and the old in Guatemala' and 'The calendar of Soloma and of other Indian towns', by Robert Burkitt. 1929-1930 and proofs of 'The calendar of Soloma', published in Man, 1929.
MS 85
'Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimen: Tun prophecies, with comparisons from the Mani version', translated by Ralph Roys, [11 June 1948].
MS 86
Collection of reprints and photostat copies of papers by Robert H. Merrill, [1941-1947].
MS 87
Collection of reprints by various authors, including correspondence and notes, [1924-1949].
MS 88
'Further implications of Thompson's readings of Maya inscriptions at Copan', 2 Apr 1948.
MS 89
Biography of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (1593-1641).
Long , Richard Charles Edward , 1872-1951 , solicitorVocabulary of the Indigenous Australian dialect, Wiradhuri, collected by James Günther, 1839, including notes on grammar, added by Günther, in 1840 and 24 Aug 1871.
Günther , James , fl 1839-1871 , clergymanManuscript ethnological dictionary by George Bellas Greenough.
Greenough , George Bellas , 1778-1855 , geologistGrammar of the Binandele language, Mamba River, British New Guinea, including grammar notes, Gouin exercises and translations and Binandele-English and English-Binandele dictionaries.
UnknownPapers of Mary Edith Durham, 1905, comprise Albanian ballads collected between May and June 1905, including Voyvoda Milosh of Drobnjak and the maiden. MS 47/2 also includes a basic Albanian/English dictionary.
Durham , Mary Edith , 1863-1944 , Balkan traveller and authorManuscript copy of a dictionary of the Fernandian tongue in two volumes, 12 May 1854, collected by John Clarke from the people of the island of Fernando Po and the adjacent continent, 1 Jan 1841 to 11 May 1847.
Clarke , John , fl 1841-1854 , Baptist missionaryManuscript notebook containing a vocabulary list of a number of African languages, chiefly Hausa, written by John Clarke in Fernando Po, 1841.
Clarke , John , fl 1841-1854 , Baptist missionaryTwo volumes of vocabularies of Indigenous Australian languages compiled by Col W Champ entitled 'Aboriginal vocabulary, comprising the Ballaarat, Bacchus Marsh, Melbourne and Gipps Land: dialects with a selection of dialogues and familiar phrases', 1861 (revised, 1862) and 'Supplement to the aboriginal vocabulary, comprising the Mount Gambien and Wonnin dialects', 1862, with a loose insert of a vocabulary of words having the same meaning in different parts of Australia by 'Mitchell', sent to Champ by Sir Edmond Burry.
Champ , W , fl 1861-1866 , ColonelTwo manuscript copies of a French-Yoruba dictionary by R P Baudin [Father Noel Baudin] entitled 'Dictionnaire Français-Yoruba - Dictionnaire Yoruba- Français'.
Baudin , Father , Noel , fl 1885 , Catholic missionary