Historical information: Kenneth Hill (b. 1938) received a BS from Georgetown University in 1960, an MA from UCLA in 1962, and a PhD in linguistics from UCLA in 1967, with a dissertation supervised by William Bright titled "A Grammar of the Serrano Language." In 1964-1965 he was Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Berkeley, and beginning in 1965 he was a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan, the latter a period from which some of the materials in this collection derive. The bulk of the materials are recordings and field notes of Serrano, a language of the Takic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken in the San Bernardino Mountains and the adjacent regions of the Mojave Desert. They are the result of a collaboration between Hill, Mrs. Sarah Martin, and Mr. Louis Marcus, and date from June-September 1963 and December 1964. Other materials included are a brief Cahuilla word list (Takic) recorded by William Bright with Katherine Sauvel (HillK.002.001); one of Cusco Quechua recorded by Hill with Aquiles Palomino Ojeda, and one of Efik recorded by Hill and an unidentified speaker (HillK.002.010); and a brief text in Nahuatl by an unidentified speaker (HillK.002.011). Sarah Martin was born Sarah Elizabeth Morongo on April 14, 1890, the daughter of Captain John Morongo and his wife Rose. Mrs. Martin made recordings of Serrano with linguist Guy Tyler in March 1954, October 1969, and January 1972 (see LA214); she passed away September 21, 1975, aged 85. Louis D. Marcus was born in August 1894 in Highland, CA, and passed away July 4, 1971, aged 76. He also made recordings of Serrano with Guy Tyler in December 1970 (ibid.).
Scope and content: Field notes, sound recordings (stories, sentence translations, and word lists), lexical file slips, and mingograms of Serrano; brief sound recordings of Cahuilla, Cusco Quechua, and Efik. The collection is structured into the following short series: HillK.001, field notes; HillK.002, sound recordings; HillK.003, lexical file slips; HillK.004, mingograms.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Louis Marcus, Sarah Martin, Katherine Sauvel, and Kenneth Hill. Kenneth C. Hill Papers, HillK, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X26M352Q.
Scope and content: Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; conversation in English. English glosses provided.
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: . The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings, LA 214, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10196.
Preferred citation: Continued elicitation of various words and phrases, LA 214.004, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19624.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.004.001.wav (484183476 bytes)
Preferred citation: Coyote kills Takwitch, LA 214.021, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19641.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.021.001.wav (74231928 bytes)
Preferred citation: Coyote story, LA 214.017, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19637.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.017.001.wav (49410168 bytes) LA214.017.002.wav (244408440 bytes)
Preferred citation: Creation story, LA 214.024, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19644.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.024.001.wav (256487544 bytes)
Preferred citation: Creation story, LA 214.014, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19634.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.014.001.wav (88363128 bytes)
Preferred citation: Discussion about family and life history, LA 214.013, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19633.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.013.001.wav (169896678 bytes)
Preferred citation: Discussion of the spirit/comet that lives in a mountain, LA 214.006, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19626.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.006.001.wav (56084724 bytes)
Preferred citation: Elicitation of miscellaneous words and phrases like "let the dog in" and "step on the snake", LA 214.003, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19623.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.003.001.wav (641728632 bytes)
Preferred citation: Elicitation of words and phrases previous consultant did not remember, LA 214.012, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19632.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.012.001.wav (46448760 bytes)
Preferred citation: Elicitation of words and phrases, especially verbs, LA 214.005, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19625.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.005.001.wav (599003256 bytes)
Preferred citation: Origin story, LA 214.025, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19645.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.025.001.wav (49545336 bytes)
Preferred citation: Origin story, story of the sun children, and the story of the bow-legged man, LA 214.015, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19635.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.015.001.wav (412225656 bytes)
Preferred citation: Story about a woman who died, LA 214.016, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19636.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.016.001.wav (47333496 bytes)
Preferred citation: Story of the bow-legged man, LA 214.028, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19648.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.028.001.wav (157200504 bytes)
Preferred citation: Story of the boy who cried too much, LA 214.031, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19651.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.031.001.wav (296140920 bytes)
Preferred citation: Story of the greedy woman, LA 214.030, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19650.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.030.001.wav (155160696 bytes)
Preferred citation: Story of the sons of the sun, LA 214.026, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19646.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.026.001.wav (736395384 bytes) LA214.026.002.wav (89985144 bytes)
Preferred citation: Story of the water baby, LA 214.032, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19652.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.032.001.wav (74096760 bytes)
Preferred citation: Story of the woman who died, LA 214.029, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19649.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.029.001.wav (218136696 bytes)
Preferred citation: Story of wildcat and coyote, LA 214.033, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19653.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.033.001.wav (117559254 bytes) LA214.033.002.wav (59020032 bytes)
Preferred citation: Story of wolf and coyote, LA 214.020, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19640.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.020.001.wav (123175032 bytes)
Preferred citation: The people decide to get rid of coyote, LA 214.022, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19642.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.022.001.wav (9622618 bytes) LA214.022.002.wav (49041826 bytes)
Preferred citation: Water baby story, LA 214.019, in "The Guy Tyler collection of Serrano sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19639.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): LA214.019.001.wav (53010552 bytes)
Item number: HillK.002.005
Date: 06 Aug 1963
Relations to this item:HillK.001.001 referenced by this Item
Description: Two WAV files. Page numbers reference transcriptions in field notes in HillK.001.001. HillK.002.005.001: Ta:mit 'Ama:iham (p. 250) HillK.002.005.002: 00:23 Mission Creek (p. 322) HillK.002.005.002: 07:30 At School (p. 350) HillK.002.005.002: 14:08 Land of the Dead, aka Orpheus (p. 374) HillK.002.005.002: 20:12 Water Baby (p. 396)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Five stories], HillK.002.005, in "Kenneth C. Hill Papers", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2F47MC0.
Item number: HillK.002.006
Date: 16 Aug 1963
Relations to this item:HillK.001.001 referenced by this Item
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Five stories], HillK.002.006, in "Kenneth C. Hill Papers", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29C6VN8.
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