IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 12
Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Title: Grammar of the Binandele language
Date(s): [late 19th century]
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Grammar of the Binandele language, Mamba River, British New Guinea, including grammar notes, Gouin exercises and translations and Binandele-English and English-Binandele dictionaries.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Binandele and English
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Physical characteristics:
101 leaves. 25.5 x 20 cm. Pagination various; mimeographed; separate title-page to each part. Dark cloth boards; lettered in gold on upper cover: 'Grammar of the Binandele language'.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
A further copy of this grammar can be found in MS 766, Papers of Ernest William Pearson Chinnery (1887-1972) in the National Library of Australia.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2008