Historical information: Sydney M. Lamb is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Yale University (1951) and a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley (1957). His doctoral dissertation was a grammar of the Mono language based on fieldwork conducted around North Fork, California in the summers of 1953 and 1954. He was a Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley from 1958-1964 and Yale University from 1968-1977. He left academia to work in the computer industry from 1977-1981, but subsequently joined the faculty of the Department of Linguistics at Rice University, where he has spent the remainder of his academic career.
Scope and content: The Papers document Lamb's research on Indian languages of California and surrounding areas from 1953-1955. One microfilm reel in the collection also includes copies of Victor Golla's notebooks from his fieldwork on Hupa at Hoopa Valley in the summer of 1963; for more details, see details under the Victor Golla Papers on the Hupa Language.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Lucy Kinsman and Sydney M. Lamb. Sydney M. Lamb Papers on California Indian Languages, Lamb, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2JW8BTD.
Associated materials: Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 31, LA 60, LA 80, LA 235, LA 236).
Scope and content: Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data. English glosses provided.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: Nancy Wyatt and Sydney M. Lamb. The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings, LA 60, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10100.
Preferred citation: Elicitation of names of other California Indian groups, races, and cowboys, LA 60.006, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16678.
Preferred citation: Elicited wordlist of animals and their sounds, LA 60.012, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16684.
Preferred citation: Elicited wordlist, especially foodstuffs, LA 60.009, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16681.
Preferred citation: Elicited wordlist, especially regarding acorns, plants, and trees, LA 60.010, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16682.
Preferred citation: Elicited words, especially fruit, LA 60.007, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16679.
Preferred citation: Miscellaneous wordlist including numbers, LA 60.002, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16674.
Preferred citation: Miscellaneous wordlist, especially kinship, LA 60.013, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16685.
Preferred citation: Miscellaneous words and phrases. Includes some flora, day, sun, etc., LA 60.003, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16675.
Preferred citation: Wordlist of animals, reptiles, and fish, LA 60.001, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16673.
Preferred citation: Wordlist of body parts, LA 60.004, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16676.
Preferred citation: Wordlist of pronouns, LA 60.005, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16677.
Preferred citation: Words and phrases for urban items and names of California cities and communities, LA 60.008, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16680.
Preferred citation: Words and phrases regarding physical descriptions for people, LA 60.011, in "The Sydney M. Lamb collection of Chukchansi Yokuts sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16683.
Description: Field notebook labeled "S" and dated 1954 (some pages dated September 7) with words and phrases from several languages of the southern Sierra Nevada region: i) Mono (Northfork, Auberry, Sycamore, Waksachi, Woponoch, Pseudo-Waksachi, Lone Pine varieties), ii) Yokuts (Chukchansi and Koyeti varieties), iii) Kawaiisu (Kelso Valley variety), iv) Panamint, and v) Southern Sierra Miwok.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Field notes from the southern Sierra Nevada region], Lamb.003.019, in "Sydney M. Lamb Papers on California Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14755.
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