Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: . 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).
Extent:34.21 linear feet (69 boxes and 1 envelope)
Historical information:George Grekoff (1923-1999) was a graduate student in linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Although he never completed a dissertation, he held a teaching position in linguistics and Russian at the University of Washington before pursuing a career outside the field of linguistics. However, he remained an avid scholar of Chimariko, and spent much of his spare time organizing the existing documentation of Chimariko.
Scope and content:The Papers document Grekoff's research on Chimariko and other indigenous languages of North America from the late 1950s until his death in 1999. There were no remaining speakers of Chimariko during Grekoff's lifetime, so the bulk of the collection consists of various notes and organizations of data collected by other linguists, especially John Peabody Harrington. This includes several boxes of vocabulary slips, preparatory notes for a grammar of Chimariko, and notes and unpublished articles on various other aspects of Chimariko language and culture. The collection also contains a small quantity of material on other indigenous languages of North America, including Grekoff's original field notes on Southeastern Pomo from 1957 and field notes on Nuu-chah-nulth, Skagit, and Kwak'wala from Grekoff's time at the University of Washington from 1962-1967, portions of which were collected as part of field methods courses taught by Grekoff. Grekoff's consultants were John and Effie Kelsey (SE Pomo), Odelia Hunter, Hyacinth David, and Winifred David (Nuu-chah-nulth), and Louise George (Kwak'wala).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: George Grekoff. George Grekoff Papers on the Chimariko Language, Grekoff, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2NC5Z4H.
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).
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: songs.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: Tina McGuiness and Alice Shepherd. The Alice Shepherd collection of Wailaki sound recordings, LA 152, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10055.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; ethnographic data; songs; reminiscences. Some English glosses provided; discussion and explanations in English.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: Grace McKibbin and Alice Shepherd. The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings, LA 113, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10059.
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.
Preferred citation: A hodgepodge of discussions and personal stories regarding rivers, villages, and peoples. Includes river and village names., LA 113.194, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16234.
Preferred citation: A hodgepodge of material. Includes words and phrases refering to dialogues, a conversation about minerals, and a text of the coal spring, LA 113.169, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16209.
Preferred citation: Account of animals that were not eaten with explanations. Includes Story of Dove., LA 113.158, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16198.
Preferred citation: Assorted lexical items regarding elements of nature and expressions. Includes discussion., LA 113.174, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16214.
Preferred citation: Bear song and explanation, LA 113.072, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16112.
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Preferred citation: Bear song. This song is a repeat from a previous session., LA 113.125, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16165.
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Preferred citation: Big head dance song and discussion, LA 113.040, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16080.
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Preferred citation: Big head dance song and explanation, LA 113.039, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16079.
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Preferred citation: Big-Head dance song with explanation, LA 113.203, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16243.
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Preferred citation: Brief discussion of male and female roles. McKibbin relates personal stories, including a story about a traditional handgame., LA 113.103, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16143.
Preferred citation: Brother-in-law love song and explanation, LA 113.096, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16136.
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Preferred citation: Conversation about McKibbin's relatives, LA 113.064, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16104.
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Preferred citation: Conversation about placenames, mountains, and general discussion. Some words and phrases pertinent to conversation., LA 113.147, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16187.
Preferred citation: Conversation about roads, LA 113.030, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16070.
Preferred citation: Conversation of eating coyote meat, LA 113.020, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16060.
Preferred citation: Conversational words and phrases, LA 113.004, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16044.
Preferred citation: Coyote handgame song along with fragments of other handgame songs. Includes discussion., LA 113.233, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16273.
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Preferred citation: Coyote's handgame song and discussion, LA 113.066, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16106.
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Preferred citation: Crying song, LA 113.246, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16286.
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Preferred citation: Crying song and comments, LA 113.044, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16084.
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Preferred citation: Crying song and discussion, LA 113.140, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16180.
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Preferred citation: Deer song and comments, LA 113.033, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16073.
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Preferred citation: Deer song for a four-point buck. Includes discussion., LA 113.122, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16162.
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Preferred citation: Description of a haunted house and its inhabitants. Includes some related lexical items., LA 113.200, in "The Alice Shepherd collection of Wintu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16240.
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