Extent:11.91 linear feet (24 boxes, 2 binders, and 1 envelope)
Historical information:As a graduate student in anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago, Abraham M. Halpern (1914-1985) conducted field research on Quechan (Yuma) (1935 and 1938) and Pomoan languages (1936 and 1939-1940). He was an instructor and professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago from 1941-1946, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in anthropology in 1947. Following the Second World War, Halpern embarked on a second career as a political scientist specializing in the East Asian region. He returned to the study of American Indian languages in 1977, working as a research associate in linguistics at the University of California, San Diego from 1977 until his death in 1985, during which period he conducted additional field research with speakers of Pomoan languages .
Scope and content:Most of the material in this collection documents Halpern's ethnographic and linguistic field research on Pomoan languages; also included are ethnographic and linguistic materials related to his work on Patwin and Quechan (Yuma). The Pomoan material includes original notebooks from field trips conducted in 1936, 1939-1940, and the early 1980s, plus derived materials such as vocabulary file slips, manuscript articles, text transcriptions, and geneologies. Halpern's language consultants included the following people: Steve Parrish, Jenny Pike, and Esther Ward (Central Pomo); Joe Augustine (Eastern Pomo); Mary James and Julia Marrufo (Kashaya); Santiago McDaniel (Northeastern Pomo); Lowe Anderson, Edna Campbell, Nancy McCoy, and Mack Williams (Northern Pomo); John Kelsey, Effie Kelsey, Thomas Leon, George Patch, and Clifford Salvador (Southeastern Pomo); Elsie Allen and Annie Burke (Southern Pomo); Daisy Lowell Lorenzo (Hill Patwin).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Elsie Allen, Joe Augustine, Annie Burke, Edna Campbell, Grant Jake, John Kelsey, Nancy McCoy, Santiago McDaniel, Steve Parrish, George Patch, Jenny Pike, Clifford Salvador, Esther Ward, Mack Williams, and Abraham M. Halpern. Abraham M. Halpern Papers on Pomoan Languages, Halpern, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2WS8R5X.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 202, LA 203, LA 204, LA 250). Other collections of materials related to Halpern's Pomoan, Yuman, and Wintuan research are held by the Bancroft Library (Berkeley, California) and the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Historical information:Eero Vihman (1927-2000) was a linguist who specialized in the study of Pomoan languages. He left his native Estonia in 1944, arriving in the United States in 1952. In 1964 he joined the graduate program in linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, conducting fieldwork on Northern and Central Pomo in 1966-1967.
Scope and content:The Papers document Vihman's research on Pomoan languages from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, notably field notes from his 1966-1967 work on Northern Pomo. His main Northern Pomo consultants were Annie Lake and Edna Guerrero, with some additional material provided by Angelina Campbell; he also collected Central Pomo material from Frances Jack. Also included in the collection are Vihman's comparative notes on other Pomoan languages compiled from a variety of sources, and several draft chapters of a grammar of Northern Pomo.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Edna Guerrero, Annie Lake, and Eero Vihman. Eero Vihman Papers on the Northern Pomo Language, Vihman, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X26W9803.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 25). Some materials are copies of notebooks included in the Abraham M. Halpern Papers on Pomoan Languages (MSS Halpern).
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
Suggested 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.
Catalog history:Formerly Berkeley Language Center (BLC) series LL (Linguistics Lectures), with specific series numbers indicated in the catalog history of each file bundle
Historical information:The staff of the University of California, Berkeley Language Laboratory, now the Berkeley Language Center (BLC), recorded lectures related to language across the campus on request. The resultant master reel tapes were rediscovered in 2019.
Scope and content:Audio recordings of lectures related to language at the University of California, Berkeley, primarily consisting of colloquia in the Department of Linguistics
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Suggested citation: . Linguistics Lectures, 2019-11, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2N58JJ0.
Historical information:Robert Louis Oswalt, Pomoan language scholar, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1961. 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, Southern Pomo, and Central 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, 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
Suggested 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: linguistic data. English glosses provided; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Esther Ward and Abraham M. Halpern. The Abraham Halpern collection of Central Pomo sound recordings, LA 202, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10008.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: stories; ethnographic data; songs; additional ethnographic or ethnohistorical texts, reminiscences, some conversation in English.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: John Kelsey and Abraham M. Halpern. The Abraham Halpern collection of Southeastern Pomo sound recordings, LA 204, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10107.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data, stories, ethnographic data, songs, discussion, reminiscences. Some portions have English glosses.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Elsie Allen and Abraham M. Halpern. The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings, LA 203, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10087.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; songs; ethnographic data. English glosses for some or all.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Tom Kelly and Abraham M. Halpern. The Abraham M. Halpern collection of Yuma sound recordings, LA 250, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10146.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number Oswalt.003.105 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:1 folder
Description:Offprint of Halpern's paper from the Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: A dualism in Pomo cosmology, Oswalt.003.105, in "Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2273.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: About people along the Russian River and a trip Allen took, LA 203.026, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19860.
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Suggested citation: About the death of a relative of Allen's and the mourning process, LA 203.034, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19868.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: About the time they said the world was going to come to an end, LA 203.035, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19869.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Allen describes a personal event and discusses fear of the dark/night, LA 203.013, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19847.
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Suggested citation: Allen discusses not teaching her children Southern Pomo, LA 203.002, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19836.
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Suggested citation: Allen's experiences with catholicism and boarding school, LA 203.027, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19861.
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Suggested citation: Allen's relatives, LA 203.033, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19867.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Baby baskets; baby care practices; breastfeeding; making blankets, LA 203.005, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19839.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Ball dance song (includes discussion of song), LA 204.010, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southeastern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19879.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Blessing song (includes discussion of song), LA 204.026, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southeastern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19895.
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Suggested citation: Content undetermined, LA 203.011, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19845.
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Suggested citation: Content undetermined, LA 203.006, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19840.
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Suggested citation: Content undetermined, LA 203.025, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19859.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Content undetermined, LA 203.031, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19865.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Coyote and wildcat, LA 250.028, in "The Abraham M. Halpern collection of Yuma sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21192.
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Suggested citation: Coyote stories, LA 250.022, in "The Abraham M. Halpern collection of Yuma sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21186.
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Suggested citation: Coyote stories, LA 250.037, in "The Abraham M. Halpern collection of Yuma sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21201.
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Suggested citation: Coyote stories, followed by discussion, LA 250.023, in "The Abraham M. Halpern collection of Yuma sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21187.
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Suggested citation: Coyote story, LA 250.030, in "The Abraham M. Halpern collection of Yuma sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21194.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Dance songs (includes discussion of songs), LA 204.008, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southeastern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19877.
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Suggested citation: Discussion about Halpern's work with Ward and her family, LA 202.004, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Central Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19827.
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Suggested citation: Discussion of ceremonies for babies (includes a song), LA 203.030, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19864.
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Suggested citation: Dreamed song (includes discussion of song), LA 204.009, in "The Abraham Halpern collection of Southeastern Pomo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/19878.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Explanation of songs, followed by a story about a house, LA 250.004, in "The Abraham M. Halpern collection of Yuma sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21168.
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