Historical information:These recordings were made by Gretchen S. Hillard in August and September of 1975 with two different speakers of Central Pomo (a Pomoan language), Salome Bartlett Alcantra (1909-1991) and Sidney Parrish (1907-1978), and deposited with the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages on April 3, 2006. The boxes that contain the reels that were digitized include some metadata, which is quoted verbatim in the Description field of individual items. Metadata that was added by the Survey worker is included in brackets. Page numbers in the metadata refer to the notebooks housed in the Survey and referenced under Associated Materials.
Scope and content:Twenty nine WAV files digitized from twenty two reels; extensive elicitation of lexical items and sentences targeting various grammatical domains; some narrative texts
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Salome Bartlett Alcantra, Sidney Parrish, and Gretchen S. Hillard. Gretchen S. Hillard Sound Recordings of the Central Pomo Language, LA 251, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2H9936N.
Associated materials:See the Gretchen S. Hillard Papers on the Central Pomo Language.
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/chants
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Essie Parrish, Sidney Parrish, and Robert L. Oswalt. The Robert L. Oswalt collection of Kashaya Pomo sound recordings, PHM 55, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/11055.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; ethnographic data; songs; Additional ethnographic or ethnohistorical texts, conversations, reminiscences, untitled texts. Some in English.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Herman James, Essie Parrish, and Robert L. Oswalt. The Robert Oswalt collection of Pomo sound recordings, LA 98, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10027.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Capay Valley songs., LA 98.108, in "The Robert Oswalt collection of Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/15104.
Description:Copy of a recording made at a dance on the night of July 3, 1958, Kashaya reservation. Recorded by Essie Parrish, The Dream of Kashia group of Maru Ceremony. This copy made later by Mr. Oswalt of the Department of Linguistics. This tape was recorded live during ceremonial events in the roundhouse. This tape is not voice cued, nor is there clear separation between events recorded. The original was recorded at half-track at 3.3/4 ips. Items on side A are separated by considerable gaps on tape.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Kashaya Songs, 24-145, in "The Robert L. Oswalt collection of Kashaya Pomo sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14078.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Lexical and sentence elicitation, LA 251.020, in "Gretchen S. Hillard Sound Recordings of the Central Pomo Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2WM1BDQ.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Lexical elicitation, LA 251.019, in "Gretchen S. Hillard Sound Recordings of the Central Pomo Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X21834H4.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Lexical elicitation, LA 251.022, in "Gretchen S. Hillard Sound Recordings of the Central Pomo Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2N29TZ1.
Description:Alternating vocal solos by male and female (Sidney and Essie Parrish) with accompaniment by male chorus, but perhaps a continuation after a break in recording. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 15, side B.
Collection: Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Perhaps another song, 24-148.5, in "Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/12216.
Description:1. Phonetic contrasts: 1) vowel length; 2) initial stops, manner; 3) Vw-V:. 2. Pronouns: ʔa series, to series [<t> has carrot underneath], khɛ series [<h> is superscripted]. 3. Simplex sentences (Keenan pp. 1-3). [Lexical elicitation of (near-)minimal pairs, followed by sentence elicitation.]
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Phonological and sentence elicitation, LA 251.018, in "Gretchen S. Hillard Sound Recordings of the Central Pomo Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2513W61.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Sentence elicitation, LA 251.021, in "Gretchen S. Hillard Sound Recordings of the Central Pomo Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2RV0KQF.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Sentence elicitation, LA 251.016, in "Gretchen S. Hillard Sound Recordings of the Central Pomo Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2DJ5CM9.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Sentence elicitation, LA 251.017, in "Gretchen S. Hillard Sound Recordings of the Central Pomo Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X28S4MWK.
Description:Central Pomo vocabulary (numbers, kin terms, body parts) and Kashaya vocabulary, morphology, and texts. Labeled "S. W. Pomo Book 3". (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 Oswalt.001.022.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Oswalt.001.022.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Oswalt.001.022-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Central Pomo and Kashaya field notebook], Oswalt.001.022, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2FX77CC.
Description:Photocopy of a field notebook, with hand annotations. Contains vocabulary, phrases, sentences, and texts, dated 1965 October 5-1968 June 27. (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 Oswalt.001.070.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Oswalt.001.070.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Oswalt.001.070-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Central Pomo field notebook], Oswalt.001.070, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X21R6NGV.
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Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Central Pomo morphological elements], Oswalt.005.026, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2448.
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Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Central Pomo vocabulary list], Oswalt.001.060, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2120.
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Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Central Pomo vocabulary], Oswalt.005.027, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2449.
Description:Alternating vocal solos by male and female (Sidney and Essie Parrish) with accompaniment by male chorus (clapsticks and whistles also used). A quicker tempo than 24-148, songs 1 through 3. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 15, side B.
Collection: Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: [Kashaya song], 24-148.4, in "Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/12217.
Description:Alternating vocal solos by male and female (Sidney and Essie Parrish) with accompaniment by male chorus (clapsticks and whistles also used). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 15, side B.
Collection: Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: [Kashaya song], 24-148.2, in "Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/12219.
Description:Alternating vocal solos by male and female (Sidney and Essie Parrish) with accompaniment by male chorus (clapsticks and whistles also used). Note how Essie begins softly by herself, as if improvising. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 15, side B.
Collection: Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: [Kashaya song], 24-148.3, in "Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/12218.
Description:Reprinted photographs, with negatives. (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 Oswalt.006.005.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Oswalt.006.005.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Oswalt.006.005-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Photographs of Oswalt's consultants], Oswalt.006.005, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X28913TH.
Description: Typed transcripts, in English, of interviews with Central Pomo, Kashaya, and Southern Pomo speakers, dated 1965 and 1968. Audio recordings of Elizabeth Dollar telling "The Flea and the Louse" story in English and in Southern Pomo are included as .mp3 files, donated by Ramon Billy on June 6, 2018. The English version of the story is transcribed on pages 1 and 2 of Elizabeth Dollar's interview.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Pomo interviews], Oswalt.001.064, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2124.
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