Mauricio J. Mixco Papers and Sound Recordings

• Collection identifier: 2023-01
• Primary contributor: Mauricio J. Mixco (researcher, donor)
• Additional contributors: Idil Abubakar (consultant); Juan Arballo (consultant); Mary Atlerns (speaker); Blanche Baker (speaker); Clyde Baker (consultant, translator); Dominique Bataille (consultant); William Bell (consultant, translator); Edwin Benson (consultant, translator); Stephen Bird (speaker); Charlie Burr (speaker); Tenzi Youdon Chagzuetsany (consultant); Annie Eagle (speaker); Joe Eagle (speaker); Braulio Espinoza (consultant); Josebio Espinoza (consultant); Leandro Espinoza (consultant); Luis Espinoza (consultant); Policarpia Espinoza (consultant); Ramon Espinoza (consultant); Rodolfo Espinoza (consultant); Teodoro Espinoza (consultant); Zenobio Espinoza (consultant); Edna Face (speaker); Walter Face (speaker); Florence Garcia (speaker); Louis Garcia (consultant); Elmer Gates (consultant); Eufemio González (consultant); Mattie Grinnell (speaker); Leona Hausus (speaker); Wilson Jack (speaker); Mark Mató (speaker); Ernest Medicine Stone (consultant); Maude Moon (speaker); Trinidad Ochurte Espinoza (consultant); Cruz Ochurte (consultant); Josefina Ochurte (consultant); Rufino Ochurte (consultant); Benito Peralta (consultant); Lilly Pete (speaker); Leland Pubigee (consultant, translator); Otter Sage (speaker); Loren Sakayaunptuwa (consultant); Eufemio Sandoval (consultant); Helen Timbimboo (consultant, translator); Carl Whitman (consultant, translator); Louella Young Bear (consultant, translator); Bear on Flat (speaker); John Anderson (author); Joy Anderson (author); Stephen Anderson (author); HagiJoseph Aoun (author); James Armagost (author); Sharon Arnold (author); Ashlee C. Bailey (author); Carol Baker (author); Kathleen Baxter (author); Madison Beeler (author); Jo Bender (author); Thomas Berberich (author); Franz Boas (author); Curtis Booth (author); Hagit Borer (author); William Boslego (author); Emili Bou (author); John Boyle (author); William Bright (author); Paul Burrows (author); Ernest Burrus (author); Teresita Cabanillas (author); Rubén Castro Bojórquez (author); Wallace L. Chafe (author); Sandra Chung (author); Marvin Cota (author); Norman Council (author); Ellen Courtney (author); James Crawford (author); Beverly Crum (author, translator); Earl Crum (author); N. Ross Crumrine (author); Forrest Cuch (author); Kathleen Danker (author); Cedric Davern (author); Scott DeLancey (author); Gene Deal (author); Marianna Di Paolo (author); David Dodd (author); Luciana Dourado (author); Florence Hawley Ellis (author); Dirk Elzinga (author); Brigitte Eßer (author); Jo-Ann Flora (author); Barnabas Forson (author); Ray Freeze (author); William Gabb (author); Marsha Gallagher (author); David Gardner (author); Victor Golla (author); Gustavo González (author); Grant Goodall (author); Lynn Gordon (author); Jim Goss (author); Randolph Graczyk (author); Thaddeus Grimm (author); Sergio Gómez Montero (author); Per Hage (author); Ursula Hanley (author); Jean Hansen (author); Heather Hardy (author); Robert Harms (author); James Higginbotham (author); Jane Hill (author); Leanne Hinton (author); Robert C. Hollow (author, researcher); Paul Hopper (author); Rebecca Horn (author); Norbert Hornstein (author); Bryan Jay Hudson Jr. (author); David Iannucci (author); Gisela Janetzke (author); Judith Joël (author); Terrence Kaufman (author); Edwin Kazlowski (author); Martha B. Kendall (author); Edward Kennard (author, researcher); M. Dale Kinkade (author); John Koontz (author); Linda Kriete (author); Ronald Langacker (author); Margaret Langdon (author); Miguel León Portilla (author); Jay Lloyd (author); Marilyn Lorensen (author); Miguel Lunceford (author); Claude Lévi-Strauss (author); Gerardo López (author); Nancie Majkowski (author); Joan Maling (author); Amy-Jocelyn Manuel (author); Rosario Martorell Marrón (author); Jeanette Matovich (author); Susan McKay (author); John McLaughlin (author); Victor McQueen (author); Bojka Milicic (author); Wick R. Miller (author, compiler); Kenneth Miner (author); Mauricio J. Mixco (author, translator); Thomas Molloy (author); José Luis Montezuma (author); Roberto Moreno de los Arcos (author); Anthony Morgan (author); Julius Moshinsky (author); Pamela Munro (author); Susan Norwood (author); James O'Connell (author); Jorge Olguín Hermida (author); Glenn Olsen (author); Suzanne Olsen (author); Rosa Ortiz (author); Robert Packard (author); Douglas R. Parks (author); William Partridge (author); Miquel Patllori (author); Chase Peterson (author); David Piñera Ramírez (author); Malinda Powskey (author); Robert Rankin (author); James Redden (author); Dale Renlund (author); Eduardo Rivail Ribeiro (author); Luisa Rogers (author); Cheryl Schnirring (author); Alan Shaterian (author); Ron Smith (author); Dominique Sportiche (author); Alfred Stanton (author); Jacob Steele (author); Anatol Stefanowitsch (author); Julian H. Steward (author); Lawrence Straus (author); Leonard Talmy (author); Melburn Thurman (author); Rudolph Troike (author); Lucille Watahomigie (author); Harold Wayland (author); Edwin Williams (author); Curtis Wilson (author); Werner Winter (author); Jeni Yamada (author); Aleksandra Zaba (author); Anita Álvarez de Williams (author); Genevieve Fields (translator); Marie Fredericks (transcriber); Kenneth Hill (editor); Zona Loans Arrow (translator); William S-Y. Wang (compiler)
• Languages: Akawaio (ake); Arapaho; Chamorro (cha); Chinese (zho); Chukchi (ckt); Cochimí (coj); Cocopa (coc); Comanche (com); Dakota (dak); Guarijio (var); Haitian Creole (hat); Havasupai (yuf); Hidatsa (hid); Ho-Chunk (win); Hopi (hop); Hualapai (yuf); Hungarian (hun); Jakalteko (jac); Karajá (kpj); Kawaiisu (xaw); Kiliwa (klb); Kumeyaay (dih); Kwtsaan (yum); Mandan (mhq); Mapudungun (arn); Maricopa (mrc); Mayo (mfy); Mojave (mov); Nahuatl; Northern Paiute (pao); Pai; Paipai (ppi); Panará; Shoshoni (shh); Somali (som); Spanish (spa); Standard Tibetan (bod); Subtiaba (sut); Tagalog (tgl); Tamil (tam); Thai (tha); Tipai; Tlapanec; Tolkapaya; Upper Chehalis (cjh); Ute; Wappo (wao); Wiyot (wiy); Yavapai (yuf); Yoruba (yor)
• Dates: 1962-
• Extent: 41 boxes (appr. 17 linear feet), 14 cassettes, 11 five-inch reels
• Historical information: Mauricio J. Mixco received a BA in linguistics in 1965 from the University of California, Berkeley, going on to receive a PhD in linguistics from the same university in 1971, with a dissertation supervised by Mary R. Haas titled "Kiliwa Grammar." He began working with speakers of Kiliwa in Baja California in 1966, with financial support from the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. Later a faculty member at the University of Utah, Prof. Mixco began research on Mandan in 1993 and Shoshoni circa 2001. He retired in 2010.
  Zachary O'Hagan worked with Prof. Mixco in Salt Lake City in November 2022 to organize and acquire the collection. The collection was cataloged in its entirety by Madison Fanucchi in the spring of 2025.
• Scope and content: This collection is organized into 12 series spanning research on several languages over many years and including notebooks, file slips, sound recordings, loose notes, draft manuscripts, correspondence, conference materials, miscellaneous literature, and copies of the notebooks of other researchers. (Series are determined by the numbers following the collection identifier, for example, 2023-01.001.001 is Series 001, Item 001; 2023-01.002.001 is Series 002, Item 001, and so on.) Item-level metadata gives detailed information about the contents of and the relations among (different versions of) items, including crossreferences to relevant holdings of other repositories.
  1. Field notebooks. Order of languages represented: Shoshoni, Mandan, Kiliwa, Paipai, Mojave, one notebook on Tibetan, one notebook on Haitian French Creole (latter two from field methods courses).
  2. Course notebooks. In rough chronological order. Includes notes from Mixco's years as a student at UC Berkeley and also those from classes Mixco taught at the University of Utah.
  3. File slips. Vocabulary and grammar file slips for several of the languages represented. Also some bibliographies in file slip form. Order of languages represented: Kiliwa, Cochimí, unknown languages (last two items are likely Yuman).
  4. Sound recordings. Order of languages represented: Paipai, Somali, Haitian Creole (latter two from field methods courses).
  5. Loose non-course notes. Loose paper notes largely relating to Mixco's work with Kiliwa and Paipai speakers.
  6. Loose course notes. Loose paper notes from Mixco's BA and PhD education at UC Berkeley. Also contains loose paper materials from Mixco's time teaching classes at the University of Utah.
  7. Secondary notes. Loose notes regarding metalinguistic observations on grammar (Kiliwa, Mandan), reading notes, and file directory printouts.
  8. Draft manuscripts. Draft manuscripts and materials from papers and projects Mixco worked on.
  9. Correspondence. Letters, emails, and other correspondence between Mixco and various parties.
  10. Conference materials. Handouts, papers, and other materials from conferences Mixco attended and participated in.
  11. Miscellaneous literature and newspapers.
  12. Kennard and Hollow materials. Photocopies of materials from researchers Edward Kennard and Robert C. Hollow during their work with Mandan speakers.
• Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
• Suggested citation: Mauricio J. Mixco. Mauricio J. Mixco Papers and Sound Recordings, 2023-01, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/11319.
• Associated materials: LA174 "Mauricio J. Mixco Collection of Kiliwa Sound Recordings." This collection derives from original reel-to-reel tapes originally lent to the Berkeley Language Laboratory (later the Berkeley Language Center) for copy onto 15 master reel tapes.