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
Preferred 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).
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; ethnographic data; songs; additional ethnographic or ethnohistorical texts (some with Chumash titles), reminiscences (some in English), untitled texts (some in Ventureño and Barbareño). Some English glosses provided.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: Mary J. Yee and Madison Beeler. The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings, LA 131, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10010.
Preferred citation: A recording of the vocabulary of Costanso first written down in Santa Barbara in 1769., LA 131.024, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17505.
Preferred citation: A short text, followed by a short story, followed by a short text., LA 131.080, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17561.
Preferred citation: A story about Coyote., LA 131.027, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17508.
Preferred citation: A story about a game played by two or three little girls (p.35)., LA 131.017, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17498.
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
Preferred 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.
Preferred citation: An account of one of the older fathers, Father Jamie, at the Delores Chapel in Santa Barbara., LA 131.020, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17501.
Preferred citation: Another version of the story of Santa Barbara - read slower., LA 131.016, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17497.
Preferred citation: Chumash text. Book #56, p.11 and following pages., LA 131.013, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17494.
Preferred citation: Coyote and the pots - a longer version., LA 131.061, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17542.
Preferred citation: Coyote and the stink bug., LA 131.063, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17544.
Preferred citation: Coyote and the woodpecker., LA 131.065, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17546.
Preferred citation: Coyote's son and the Chief's eagle and hawk., LA 131.058, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17539.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of a series of texts: Textbook #2, p.45-46, 63, 64, 68, 69, 71-73, 76-78, 83-86, 87-79., LA 131.023, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17504.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of adjectives., LA 131.039, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17520.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of adverbials., LA 131.040, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17521.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of animal terms (birds)., LA 131.041, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17522.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of animal terms (fish)., LA 131.042, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17523.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of animal terms., LA 131.036, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17517.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of animal terms., LA 131.074, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17555.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of body part terms., LA 131.034, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17515.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of color terms., LA 131.038, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17519.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of days of the week., LA 131.100, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17581.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of imperatives., LA 131.097, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17578.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of initial reduplication in nouns, LA 131.002, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17483.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of kinship terms., LA 131.073, in "The Madison Beeler collection of Chumash sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17554.
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