Bk-The John Peabody Harrington Collection

• Title	Bk-The John Peabody Harrington Collection
  Short Title	Bk-The John Peabody Harrington Collection
  Author	Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  Publisher	http://anthropology.si.edu/naa/harrington/index.html
  Source ID	S248
  Text	The J. P. Harrington Collection of linguistic and cultural materials is one of the most remarkable holdings of the National Anthropological Archives (NAA). The collection includes documentation on over 130 languages, many of which are now highly endangered or no longer actively spoken. For many of these languages it is the best historic record; for some, it is the only surviving record. Linguists and communities interested in language revitalization consider the collection a treasure. The J. P. Harrington Collection also includes close to one million pages of notes filling over 1,000 archival boxes, plus over 200 sound recordings, some 3,500 photographs, and thousands of botanical and other natural specimens. The NAA materials are complemented by nearly 600 artifacts that also are part of the National Museum of Natural History’s Department of Anthropology collection. J. P. Harrington carried out his research in much of North America during the first half of the 20th century. The majority of the collection represents ethnological and linguistic fieldwork in California and with Native people in the Southwest, Great Plains, and Alaska. J. P. Harrington’s research also extended into southern Mexico, across much of Canada, and along the eastern coast of the United States.
  Linked to	COOPER, Fernando Antonio "Martin" COOPER, Maria del "Rosario" Yldefonsa