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Call Number: RH MS P198

Contains 6 Results:

Manuscript for a Native American sign language dictionary, 188_

Item — Folder: 1, item: 1

Dates: 188_

Found in: University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library / Daniel B. Dyer collection / Letters and a partial dictionary of Native American sign language by Daniel B. Dyer, veteran of the Civil War

William T. Darlington to Col. D. B. Dyer, Darlington, I.T, August 29, 1889

Item — Folder: 1, item: 2

Scope and Contents

Relates location of Cheyenne and Arapaho bands after the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 by the U.S. Army.

Dates: August 29, 1889

Found in: University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library / Daniel B. Dyer collection / Letters and a partial dictionary of Native American sign language by Daniel B. Dyer, veteran of the Civil War

Matthew G. Reynolds to Col. D. B. Dyer, St. Louis, Mo, December 12, 1889

Item — Folder: 1, item: 3

Scope and Contents

Asks questions regarding Dyer's efforts to acquire a trading contract with the Delaware.

Dates: December 12, 1889

Found in: University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library / Daniel B. Dyer collection / Letters and a partial dictionary of Native American sign language by Daniel B. Dyer, veteran of the Civil War

M. Abernathy to John D. Miles (copy to D. B. Dyer), Darlington, I.T, July 18, 1891

Item — Folder: 1, item: 4

Scope and Contents

Questions regarding money promised to George Brit [?]

Dates: July 18, 1891

Found in: University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library / Daniel B. Dyer collection / Letters and a partial dictionary of Native American sign language by Daniel B. Dyer, veteran of the Civil War

Charles K. Ashley to D. B. Dyer, Esq, Darlington, [I.T.], March 30, 1893

Item — Folder: 1, item: 5

Scope and Contents

Letter transmitting interpretations of Native names; includes the listing of several names, not all from the Cheyenne and Arapaho, providing both English and Native versions.

Dates: March 30, 1893

Found in: University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library / Daniel B. Dyer collection / Letters and a partial dictionary of Native American sign language by Daniel B. Dyer, veteran of the Civil War

C. A. Peterson to Col. D. B. Dyer, St. Louis, Mo, January 30, 1905

Item — Folder: 1, item: 6

Dates: January 30, 1905

Found in: University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library / Daniel B. Dyer collection / Letters and a partial dictionary of Native American sign language by Daniel B. Dyer, veteran of the Civil War