Historical information:Kenneth Whistler received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University (1972) and a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley (1980). His research focused on the Penutian languages of California, chiefly Patwin.
Scope and content:The Papers primarily document Whistler's fieldwork on Patwin and Nomlaki. Whistler's Patwin consultants included Harry Lorenzo (Rumsey Hill Patwin, Brooks, California), Oscar McDaniel (Kabalwen Patwin, Stonyford, California) and Jennie Regalado (Colusa River Patwin, Colusa, California). Whistler's Nomlaki consultants included Joe Freeman (Paskenta Hill Nomlaki, Los Molinos, California). In addition to Whistler's field notes, the Papers contain drafts of a paper on Pomo prehistory by Whistler, notes on Yokuts reconstructions, and a preliminary dictionary of Barbareño Chumash.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Joe Freeman, Oscar McDaniel, Jennie Regalado, and Kenneth W. Whistler. Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages, Whistler, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2CV4FPF.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 105).
Availability: Paper materials for Item number Whistler.001 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:1 folder and 1 box
Description:Folder containing pressed flowers and a box with flora, a preserved goldfinch, and beetles.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Ethnobiological specimens with Patwin labels], Whistler.001, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1991.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number Whistler.002 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:2 binders, approximately 800 pp.
Description:Undated photocopies of field notebooks, originals dated 1975-1979. First volume labeled "Notebooks A, B, C", 2nd volume labeled "Notebooks D, E, F, G". Scanned images of the original notebooks are available as items labeled Whistler.005.001 through Whistler.005.007.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Patwin and Nomlaki field notes], Whistler.002, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1992.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Pomo prehistory: A case for archaeological linguistics, Whistler.003, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1994.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number Whistler.004 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:1 box
Description:File slips with Proto-Yokuts reconstructions.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Reconstructed Proto-Yokuts vocabulary], Whistler.004, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1995.
Extent:124 digital images (TIFF), approximately 6 GB
Description:Digital images of field notebook A I. (The digital files associated with this Item include a series of scanned images from original physical objects. These images are aggregated at lower resolution in the file Whistler.005.001.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Whistler.005.001.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Whistler.005.001-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Patwin Notebook A I], Whistler.005.001, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2930R3T.
Extent:124 digital images (TIFF), approximately 6 GB
Description:Digital images of field notebook B II. (The digital files associated with this Item include a series of scanned images from original physical objects. These images are aggregated at lower resolution in the file Whistler.005.002.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Whistler.005.002.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Whistler.005.002-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Patwin Notebook B II], Whistler.005.002, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X25B00CG.
Extent:102 digital images (TIFF), approximately 5 GB
Description:Digital images of field notebook C. (The digital files associated with this Item include a series of scanned images from original physical objects. These images are aggregated at lower resolution in the file Whistler.005.003.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Whistler.005.003.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Whistler.005.003-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Patwin Notebook C], Whistler.005.003, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X21J97PN.
Description:Digital images of field notebook D. (The digital files associated with this Item include a series of scanned images from original physical objects. These images are aggregated at lower resolution in the file Whistler.005.004.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Whistler.005.004.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Whistler.005.004-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Patwin Notebook D], Whistler.005.004, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2WS8R6C.
Description:Digital images of field notebook E. (The digital files associated with this Item include a series of scanned images from original physical objects. These images are aggregated at lower resolution in the file Whistler.005.005.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Whistler.005.005.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Whistler.005.005-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Patwin Notebook E], Whistler.005.005, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2S46PW8.
Extent:123 digital images (TIFF), approximately 6 GB.
Description:Digital images of field notebook F. (The digital files associated with this Item include a series of scanned images from original physical objects. These images are aggregated at lower resolution in the file Whistler.005.006.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Whistler.005.006.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Whistler.005.006-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Patwin Notebook F], Whistler.005.006, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2NC5Z5Z.
Extent:112 digital images (TIFF), approximately 4 GB.
Description:Digital images of field notebook G. (The digital files associated with this Item include a series of scanned images from original physical objects. These images are aggregated at lower resolution in the file Whistler.005.007.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Whistler.005.007.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Whistler.005.007-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Patwin Notebook G], Whistler.005.007, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2HM56D5.
Description:One .pdf file. From page vii of the document: "The English-Chumash index included in this dictionary would not have been possible without the heroic efforts of Mike Macko, Sally Schultz, Kim Lawson and Dana Howe, who helped produce the zillions of little slips it takes to produce an index by hand."
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: An Interim Barbareño Chumash Dictionary (of Barbareño as spoken by Mary Yee), Whistler.006, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/26489.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number Whistler.t001 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:[12 reel tapes]
Description:Audio recording of Hill Patwin stories and songs. 4 recorded tapes; 8 unused; about 20 stories and songs. Moved to the Berkeley Language Center 6/1997.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Hill Patwin audio recordings: Stories and songs], Whistler.t001, in "Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1996.
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