Historical information:Hans Jørgen Uldall (1907-1957) was a Danish phonetician and a leading proponent of the Glossematic theory of linguistic structure. Early in his career, Uldall spent two years as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (1930-1932), during which time he conducted research on a number of California languages, notably Nisenan (a.k.a. Southern Maidu) and also including Achumawi, Eastern Pomo, and Karuk. This research led to the publication of descriptions of the phonetics and phonology of Achumawi (1933) and Maidu (1954). After leaving Berkeley, Uldall spent a year as an instructor in phonetics at Columbia university before returning to Denmark. In the late 1930s he worked closely with Loius Hjelmslev to lay the foundation for Glossematic theory. Uldall subsequently worked for the British Council, holding appointments at Edinburgh University (1951-1952) and the University of Ibadan (1954-1957).
Scope and content:The Papers document Uldall's research on languages of Northern California based on fieldwork conducted while a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley from 1930-1932. Although the word "Maidu" appears in the titles of many items in the collection, Uldall worked primarily on Nisenan (Southern Maidu) with speaker William Joseph, and it is likely that these materials are based on Nisenan rather than the language commonly known as Maidu today (i.e., Northeastern or Mountain Maidu). The bulk of the collection consists of Uldall's notes and drafts of a grammar of Maidu (Nisenan) and a collection of Nisenan texts that were eventually published through the efforts of William Shipley. Also included in the collection are Uldall's original field notes on Achumawi, a set of Karuk texts, notes on the phonology of Eastern Pomo and a short Nez Perce text. His Achumawi consultants were Jack Folsom, Artie Griffith, and a speaker identified only as "Jessie"; a speaker "Hattie" is identified in his Karuk notes.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: William Joseph and Hans Jørgen Uldall. Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language, Uldall, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X21V5BXM.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 230).
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: stories; songs/chants
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: 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: songs/chants
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Hans Jørgen Uldall and Jaime de Angulo. The Hans Uldall and Jaime de Angulo collection of California Indian sound recordings, PHM 63, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/11063.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: English loan words, Uldall.001, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1763.
Description:Typescript English translations of 56 texts, with notes. (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 Uldall.005.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.005.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.005-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Maidu [Nisenan] texts, Uldall.005, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1786.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Maidu modus, Uldall.004.011, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1776.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Maidu phonetics, Uldall.004.018, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1783.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Maidu phonology, Uldall.004.001, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1766.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Paiute song, 24-2, in "The Hans Uldall and Jaime de Angulo collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14273.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Song, 24-3, in "The Hans Uldall and Jaime de Angulo collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14274.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Speech and moon dance song, 24-1, in "The Hans Uldall and Jaime de Angulo collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14272.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Story of Coyote and Wildcat, 24-38, in "The Alfred L. Kroeber and Hans Uldall collection of Yuki sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/11953.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Story of Coyote and Wildcat (conclusion), 24-39, in "The Alfred L. Kroeber and Hans Uldall collection of Yuki sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/11954.
Description:Field notebook: texts and short elicited sentences. (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 Uldall.002.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.002.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.002-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Achumawi field notes], Uldall.002, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2F47M2Z.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Phonetics], Uldall.004.006, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1771.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Stem endings], Uldall.004.008, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1773.
Description:Handwritten Maidu texts with interlinear glosses and analytical notes. (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 Uldall.004.004.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.004.004.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.004.004-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Texts], Uldall.004.004, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1769.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Verb stems], Uldall.004.002, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1767.
Description:Handwritten draft of a Maidu-English lexicon. (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 Uldall.004.005.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.004.005.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.004.005-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Draft sections of Maidu grammar: Vocabulary], Uldall.004.005, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1770.
Description:Handwritten rough draft of a description of Maidu grammar, with preparatory notes. (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 Uldall.004.009.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.004.009.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.004.009-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Draft sections of Maidu grammar], Uldall.004.009, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1774.
Description:Handwritten notes and typescript draft papers on Maidu case, mood, and "fundamental morphemes". (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 Uldall.004.013.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.004.013.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.004.013-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Draft sections of Maidu grammar], Uldall.004.013, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1778.
Description:Handwritten rough draft of a description of Maidu grammar, with preparatory notes. (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 Uldall.004.007.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.004.007.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.004.007-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Draft sections of Maidu grammar], Uldall.004.007, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1772.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Draft sections of Maidu grammar], Uldall.004.003, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1768.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Eastern Pomo text and notes on phonology], Uldall.008, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1790.
Description:"100 Words--Diagnostic list" and "100 Words--Supplementary list", based on Halpern's and McLendon's notes. Includes copies of phonological and vocabulary notes by Uldall.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Eastern Pomo vocabulary], Oswalt.003.040, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2208.
Description:Texts with interlinear glosses handwritten in pencil. (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 Uldall.003.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.003.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.003-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Karuk texts], Uldall.003, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29C6VB7.
Description:Miscellaneous notes on Maidu and Nisenan. Most are undated, but included are a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Uldall from Winnifred R. Codman describing the circumstances of Bill Joe's death, dated March 3, 1934; notes in Danish on Maidu semantics dated 11/4 1935; and typescript notes in Danish that were translated into English Sept. 19, 1960 (per a note presumably written by Bill Shipley). Also included is a phonemic concordance, apparently the same as published by Shipley in his introduction to the "Nisenan texts and dictionary" (University of California Publications in Linguistics, vol. 46, 1966). (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 Uldall.004.019.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.004.019.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.004.019-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Miscellaneous Maidu materials], Uldall.004.019, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1784.
Description:Handwritten and typescript notes and descriptions covering a variety of topics in Maidu (probably Nisenan) grammar, mostly undated. Includes texts with interlinear glosses. (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 Uldall.004.020.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Uldall.004.020.part1.zip, Uldall.004.020.part2.zip, and Uldall.004.020.part3.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Uldall.004.020-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Miscellaneous notes on Maidu grammar], Uldall.004.020, in "Hans Jørgen Uldall Papers on the Nisenan Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1785.
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