Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Alice Shepherd. Alice Shepherd Papers on Yukian Languages, Shepherd, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/11077.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 113, LA 152).
Historical information:Jesse O. Sawyer (1918-1986) received his Ph.D. in English and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1955. From 1957-1962 he was the director of the English Program for Foreign Students in the Department of Speech at UC Berkeley, then a Senior Lecturer in linguistics from 1962 until his death in 1986. From 1961 onwards he was also the Director of UC Berkeley's Language Lab, now the Berkeley Language Center. Over the course of his career he worked on a variety of topics related to the indigenous languages of California, especially the documentation of Wappo in close cooperation with speaker Laura Fish Somersal.
Scope and content:The Papers document Sawyer's nearly three decades of research on indigenous languages of California, especially members of the Yukian family. The collection includes Wappo field notes collected from the late 1950s to the 1980s and derived materials such as vocabulary files and descriptive and comparative articles. His principal Wappo consultant was Laura Fish Somersal, with additional data provided by Jack Wobo. Sawyer's Yuki consultants were Minnie Fulwider, Arthur Anderson, and Leland Fulwider. The collection also includes Sawyer's notes and linguistic data from other languages of California taken from various published and unpublished sources.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Laura Somersal and Jesse O. Sawyer. Jesse O. Sawyer Papers on Yukian Languages, Sawyer, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2PC309Q.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 56, LA 88, LA 90, LA 102).
Historical information:Robert Louis Oswalt, Pomoan language scholar, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1964. His fieldwork on Kashaya (Southwestern Pomo) began in 1957 and led to his dissertation, A Kashaya Grammar, and the publication of the book Kashaya Texts in 1964. Dr. Oswalt continued to work on Pomoan languages until 2005, conducting fieldwork on Kashaya, Southern Pomo, Northeastern Pomo, Northern Pomo, and Central Pomo and exploring the historical relationships within the Pomoan family. The Kashaya and Southern Pomo dictionaries that Dr. Oswalt compiled during his decades of fieldwork on those languages were never published.
Scope and content:These Papers document the linguistic work of Robert Oswalt, including his fieldwork on Pomoan languages and Yuki, Kru-Gbato, Aleut, and Bribri, his research on historical linguistics and other linguistic topics, and his professional activities. The papers include field notebooks containing vocabulary and elicited sentences for Kashaya, Southern Pomo, Northeastern Pomo, Northern Pomo and Central Pomo, with additional longer texts in Kashaya and Southern Pomo, vocabulary file slips for Kashaya, Southern Pomo, and Central Pomo, as well as notes on grammar and Pomoan cognates. His primary consultants for Kashaya were Essie Parrish and Bernice Scott Torrez, and his Kashaya consultants also included David Antone, Violet Parrish Chappelle, Gladys James Gonzales, Allen James, Herman James, Mary James, Milton (Bun) Lucas, Vana Lawson, Kate Marando, Julia Pinola Marrufo, Sidney Parrish, Laura Fish Somersall, and Vivian Wilder. His primary consultants for Southern Pomo were Elsie Allen and Elizabeth Dollar and his Southern Pomo consultants also included Olive Fulwilder Effie Mabel Luff, Lucy Andrews Macy, and Laura Fish Somersall. His Northeastern Pomo consultants included Oscar McDaniel and Sharky Moore, his Northern Pomo consultants included Annie Lake and Edna Guerrero, and his Central Pomo consultants included Salome Bartlett Alcantra, Frank Luff, and Clara Williams. He conducted Aleut fieldwork with consultant Kathryn Seller and Bribri fieldwork with consultant Guillermina Nelson-Rodrigues. His consultants for Yuki included Arthur Anderson and Bill Frank. The Papers include oral histories collected from linguist Abraham Halpern and Pomoan language consultants Essie Parrish, Elizabeth Dollar, Elsie Allen as well as photocopies of Kashaya and Southern Pomo genealogical and census records and other documents and material related to Pomoan languages, ethnography, and history. Research notes and photocopies of materials on methods for historical linguistics and several other linguistic topics are also contained in the Papers. Drafts of manuscripts and conference handouts created during Dr. Oswalt's career, including incomplete drafts of his Kashaya dictionary, are also included in the collection.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Elsie Allen, Elizabeth Dollar, Edna Guerrero, Achora Hanyava, Annie Lake, Milton "Bun" Lucas, Oscar McDaniel, Sharky Moore, Essie Parrish, Bernice Scott Torrez, Clara Williams, and Robert L. Oswalt. Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages, Oswalt, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2C24TDG.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 98).
Historical information:Samuel Alfred Barrett (1879-1965) was born in Conway, Arkansas. He studied Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley and became the first student to complete a doctorate under Alfred Kroeber in 1908. During his time as a graduate student (circa 1902-1908) Barrett conducted ethnographic and linguistic fieldwork among several California communities. After graduating, he accompanied the George G. Heye expedition and conducted fieldwork among the Cayapa of Ecuador. Barrett held the position of Curator of Anthropology at the Milwaukee Public Museum from 1909-1920, and subsequently served as the museum's director from 1920-1940.
Scope and content:The Papers include field notes, texts, file slips and notes on ethnological and linguistic topics, chiefly relating to Barrett's field work in California and Ecuador. The largest amount of material relates to texts and dictionaries in several Pomoan languages. Cayapa material includes word lists and a draft of a grammar. The Papers also include vocabulary and ethnographic notes on Eskimo, Karuk, Maidu, Patwin, Tsimshian, Wappo, Wintu, Yokuts and Yuki. Consultants include Jo Bill, Josie Buck, Bill Fetch, Bill James, Jim Murphy, Bob Pat, and four consultants identified by first name: Tall River Jack, Big Dick, Idaho Pete and Fernando.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Bill James, Jim Murphy, Bob Pat, and S.A. Barrett. Samuel Alfred Barrett Papers, Barrett, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2X63JTH.
Historical information:Shirley Silver (1926-) is Professor Emerita at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. She received a bachelor's degree (1949) and Ph.D. (1966) from the University of California, Berkeley. Her doctoral thesis was a description of the Shasta language based on fieldwork condicuted in 1957-1961. Over the course of her career she published widely on a variety of topics related to the native languages of California.
Scope and content:The Papers document Shirley Silver's research on the indigenous languages of California. This includes a microfilm copy of her Shasta field notes collected in the summers of 1957-1961. Sargent Sambo was her main Shasta language consultant, and she recorded additional material with Clara Wicks (Shasta) and Lily Montgomery (Yana). The collection also includes copies of wordlists for Shasta and Southern Pomo collected by Silver, a pre-publication draft article on Hokan botanical vocabulary, notes on Yuki grammar, and a set of slides featuring the Kashaya alphabet.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Sargent Sambo and Shirley Silver. Shirley Silver Papers on California Indian Languages, Silver, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2DV1GTT.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 48, LA 124).
Historical information:Sydney M. Lamb is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Yale University (1951) and a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley (1957). His doctoral dissertation was a grammar of the Mono language based on fieldwork conducted around North Fork, California in the summers of 1953 and 1954. He was a Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley from 1958-1964 and Yale University from 1968-1977. He left academia to work in the computer industry from 1977-1981, but subsequently joined the faculty of the Department of Linguistics at Rice University, where he has spent the remainder of his academic career.
Scope and content:The Papers document Lamb's research on Indian languages of California and surrounding areas from 1953-1955. One microfilm reel in the collection also includes copies of Victor Golla's notebooks from his fieldwork on Hupa at Hoopa Valley in the summer of 1963; for more details, see details under the Victor Golla Papers on the Hupa Language.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Lucy Kinsman and Sydney M. Lamb. Sydney M. Lamb Papers on California Indian Languages, Lamb, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2JW8BTD.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 31, LA 60, LA 80, LA 235, LA 236).
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: stories; songs/chants
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Ralph Moore, Alfred L. Kroeber, and Hans Jørgen Uldall. The Alfred L. Kroeber and Hans Uldall collection of Yuki sound recordings, PHM 33, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/11033.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: stories; linguistic data; songs/chants
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Alfred L. Kroeber. The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings, PHM 39, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/11039.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; ethnographic data; Reminiscences. Some in English.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Arthur Anderson, Jesse O. Sawyer, and Shirley Silver. The Jesse O. Sawyer et al. collection of Yuki sound recordings, LA 56, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10061.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; ethnographic data; additional ethnographic or ethnohistorical texts; reminiscences (English); untitled texts. Some in English; English glosses for some or all.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Minnie Fulwider, Shirley Silver, and Roy Siniard. The Roy Siniard and Shirley Silver collection of Yuki sound recordings, LA 35, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10129.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: stories; linguistic data; songs/chants
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: S.A. Barrett. The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings, PHM 41, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/11041.
Availability: Paper materials available in person. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan it for you.
Extent:1 folder
Description:Carbon copy of Schlichter's dissertation, with Oswalt's hand annotations.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: A Yuki vocabulary, Oswalt.003.054, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2222.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Dance Song, 24-513, in "The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/12251.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-11.txt (8379 bytes) 14-11a_filtered.wav (8161984 bytes)
Description:Keeling catalog note: "This tape contains two renditions of the same song. The second of these, 24-1456b (0'53"), was actually recorded first, as the last item on cylinder 14-1031b (Barrett #37). Since the cylinder was filled before completion of the song, the item was re-recorded on 14-1033 (Barrett #39), which appears here as 24-1456a (1'16")." Original cylinders 14-1031b and 14-1033. 180 speed.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song (lal hanp), Barrett #37, 24-1456, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13431.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1033.txt (8174 bytes) 14-1033.wav (7554440 bytes) 14-1033_filtered.wav (7554516 bytes)
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song (lal hanp), Barrett #37, 24-1455, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13430.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song (lal hanp), Barrett #38, 24-1457, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13432.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song for Acorn Dance, Barrett #13, 24-1404, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13379.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1007.txt (7723 bytes) 14-1007b.wav (3219928 bytes) 14-1007b_filtered.wav (3220232 bytes)
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song for Acorn Dance, Barrett #13, 24-1403, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13378.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1007.txt (7723 bytes) 14-1007a.wav (4713612 bytes) 14-1007a_filtered.wav (4713916 bytes)
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #28, 24-1443, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13418.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #28, 24-1444, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13419.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #28, 24-1445, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13420.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #29, 24-1446, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13421.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1023.txt (6273 bytes) 14-1023a.wav (3262068 bytes) 14-1023a_filtered.wav (3262296 bytes)
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #29, 24-1447, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13422.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1023.txt (6273 bytes) 14-1023b.wav (3155370 bytes) 14-1023b_filtered.wav (3155598 bytes)
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #7, 24-1387, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13362.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1001.txt (9088 bytes) 14-1001a.wav (4325820 bytes) 14-1001a_filtered.wav (4326276 bytes)
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #7, 24-1390, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13365.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1001.txt (9088 bytes) 14-1001d.wav (927648 bytes) 14-1001d_filtered.wav (928104 bytes)
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #7, 24-1389, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13364.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1001.txt (9088 bytes) 14-1001c.wav (1991252 bytes) 14-1001c_filtered.wav (1991708 bytes)
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #7, 24-1388, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13363.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1001.txt (9088 bytes) 14-1001b.wav (2641416 bytes) 14-1001b_filtered.wav (2641872 bytes)
Description:Keeling catalog note: "Song was partially recorded as last item on cylinder 14-1001 (0'26"), then recorded again as first item on 14-1002 (0'34")." Original cylinders 14-1001e and 14-1002a. 180 speed.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #7 and #8, 24-1391, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13366.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1001.txt (9088 bytes) 14-1001e.wav (2730390 bytes) 14-1001e_filtered.wav (2730846 bytes) 14-1002.txt (6987 bytes) 14-1002a.wav (2682224 bytes) 14-1002a_filtered.wav (2682528 bytes)
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Acorn Song, Barrett #8, 24-1392, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13367.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): 14-1002.txt (6987 bytes) 14-1002b.wav (3933286 bytes) 14-1002b_filtered.wav (3933590 bytes)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Adjectives (frequency or degree); metals; verbs, LA 35.030, in "The Roy Siniard and Shirley Silver collection of Yuki sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16909.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Adjectives; nouns related to food and insects, LA 35.020, in "The Roy Siniard and Shirley Silver collection of Yuki sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16899.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Adverbs (a lot of, a bunch of); formation (lined up, in-law, in circle), LA 35.055, in "The Roy Siniard and Shirley Silver collection of Yuki sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16934.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Adverbs (locations); phrases (to be looking for), LA 35.048, in "The Roy Siniard and Shirley Silver collection of Yuki sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16927.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Adverbs (time), LA 35.049, in "The Roy Siniard and Shirley Silver collection of Yuki sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16928.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Age, LA 35.107, in "The Roy Siniard and Shirley Silver collection of Yuki sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16986.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Animals; traditional objects and adjectives, LA 35.006, in "The Roy Siniard and Shirley Silver collection of Yuki sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16885.
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