Historical information: Sheldon Klein (1935-2005) born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles. He earned a B.A. in anthropology (1956) and a Ph.D. in linguistics (1963) at the University of California, Berkeley. Klein conducted field research on Kawaiisu in Kelso, California in the summer of 1958, data that led to the publication of a comparative study of Kawaiisu and Monachi (1959). Klein's research interests then shifted to the field computational linguistics, and his Ph.D. dissertation focused on the theory of machine translation. After leaving Berkeley, Klein spent two years as an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He subsequently joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1966, where he spent the remainder of his academic career. At the urging of scholars in the field of Uto-Aztecan linguistics, Klein returned to his research on Kawaiisu in the early 1980s, working with some of the remaining speakers of the language in Tehachapi, California in 1981-1983.
Scope and content: The Papers document Sheldon Klein's field research on Kawaiisu in 1958 and the early 1980s. Included in the collection are original field notebooks from his research in Kelso, California with Fred and Rosie Collins in the summer of 1958. Also included are notes based on his work in Bakersfield and Tehachapi, California in the early 1980s. This later material was provided by several Kawaiisu speakers, including Carmen Peebles, Lida Girado, Ann Peltier, Rose Barneche, Andy Greene, Della Greene, and Harry Williams. The collection also includes a set of file slips with Kawaiisu vocabulary and grammatical elements and preparatory materials for Klein's published articles on Kawaiisu. Many of Klein's research trips and interactions with Kawaiisu speakers were done together with his wife Carol Klein, who has also played a major role in assembling the material in this collection.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Fred Collins, Rose Collins, and Sheldon Klein. Sheldon and Carol Klein Papers on the Kawaiisu Language, Klein, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2TB14VP.
Associated materials: Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 65).
Scope and content: Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; untitled texts (some in Shoshoni). Translation to or from English.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: Carmen Peebles and Sheldon Klein. The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings, LA 65, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10140.
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Item number: LA65.054
Date: 05 Jan 1982
Relations to this item:LA 65.013 referenced by this Item
Description: Discussion of LA65.013.002 (8:07 to end) and LA65.013.003 (start to 1:06). One of Fred Collins' stories is about a near-death experience. Includes discussion of storytelling and the origin of Sheldon Klein's nickname.
Preferred citation: Discussion of stories by Fred and Rosie Collins, LA 65.054, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22032.
Item number: LA65.047
Date: 31 Dec 1981
Relations to this item:LA 65.007 referenced by this Item; LA 65.008 referenced by this Item; LA 65.009 referenced by this Item; LA 65.010 referenced by this Item; LA 65.011 referenced by this Item; LA 65.012 referenced by this Item; LA 65.013 referenced by this Item; LA 65.023 referenced by this Item
Description: Discussion of LA65.023.001 (a couple of minutes from start of file), LA65.007.001 (all), LA65.008.001 (all), LA65.009.001 (all) LA65.010.001 (all), LA65.011.001 (all), and LA65.012.001 (all), LA65.013.001 (start to 4:52). Includes stories of encounters with spirits and a discussion in English about Dewey Collins.
Preferred citation: Discussion of stories by Fred and Rosie Collins, LA 65.047, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22025.
Item number: LA65.053
Date: 05 Jan 1982
Relations to this item:LA 65.012 referenced by this Item; LA 65.013 referenced by this Item
Description: Discussion of LA65.012.002 (all) and LA65.013.002 (start to 9:17). Fred Collins talks about the earth burning up and fear of Russians and war in the 1950s.
Preferred citation: Discussion of stories by Fred and Rosie Collins, LA 65.053, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22031.
Description: Prompts taken from pages 269-293 of "Ute Reference Grammar" (Ute Press, 1980). Other voices in the recording are not identified, but are likely to include Carmen Peebles and Rose Barneche.
Preferred citation: Sentence elicitation with Anne Peltier and Della Greene in Kelso, California. , LA 65.071, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22049.
Item number: LA65.060
Date: 08 Jan 1982
Relations to this item:LA 65.059 referenced by this Item
Description: Discussion of a Coyote story read by Sheldon Klein in English. Includes discussion of arrangements for future interviews and payments. Out of respect for cultural tradition, please be aware that this recording may include text material that was not to be told during summer months.
Preferred citation: Stories and conversations in Kawaiisu and English recorded at Carmen Peebles' house (continued from LA 65.059.001), LA 65.060, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22038.
Item number: LA65.058
Date: 08 Jan 1982
Relations to this item:LA 65.057 referenced by this Item; LA 65.059 references this Item
Description: Includes reference to songs and singing and mention of Charley Haslem, Frank Weldon, and Bob Rabbit. Out of respect for cultural tradition, please be aware that this recording may include text material that was not to be told during summer months.
Preferred citation: Stories and conversations in Kawaiisu and English recorded at Carmen Peebles' house in Bakersfield, CA (continued from LA65.057.001) , LA 65.058, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22036.
Item number: LA65.059
Date: 08 Jan 1982
Relations to this item:LA 65.058 referenced by this Item; LA 65.060 references this Item
Description: Includes a story about how Carmen made it snow, casual conversation in English, and discussion of regional language differences. Out of respect for cultural tradition, please be aware that this recording may include text material that was not to be told during summer months.
Preferred citation: Stories and conversations in Kawaiisu and English recorded at Carmen Peebles' house in Bakersfield, CA (continued from LA65.058.001). , LA 65.059, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22037.
Item number: LA65.057
Date: 08 Jan 1982
Relations to this item:LA 65.058 references this Item
Description: Includes reference to Maurice Zigmond and discussion of property rights. Out of respect for cultural tradition, please be aware that this recording may include text material that was not to be told during summer months.
Preferred citation: Stories and conversations in Kawaiisu and English recorded at Carmen Peebles' house in Bakersfield, CA., LA 65.057, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22035.
Description: Wordlist elicitation on end of session on May 25, 1982; sentence elicitation on May 26, 1982 with prompts taken from "Ute Reference Grammar" (Ute Press, 1980), pp. 83-113.
Preferred citation: Wordlist and sentence elicitation
, LA 65.074, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22052.
Preferred citation: Wordlist elicitation, including pronouns and kinship terms, LA 65.080, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22058.
Preferred citation: Wordlist elicitation, including vocabulary for body parts and social interactions. , LA 65.075, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22053.
Preferred citation: Wordlist elicitation, including vocabulary related to medicine, illnesses, and injuries., LA 65.076, in "The Sheldon Klein collection of Kawaiisu sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22054.
Description: Digital copies of 31 photographs depicting Kawaiisu people and culturally relevant places and objects. Scanned from 31 original prints. (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 Klein.034.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Klein.034.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Klein.034-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Kawaiisu Photographs 1982-1983], Klein.034, in "Sheldon and Carol Klein Papers on the Kawaiisu Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2Z31WK1.
Description: Photograph of Carol Klein with linguistic consultants in January, 1982. (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 Klein.028.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Klein.028.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Klein.028-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Photograph of Carol Klein and Kawaiisu speakers], Klein.028, in "Sheldon and Carol Klein Papers on the Kawaiisu Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2QJ7F86.
Description: Two photographs, prints prepared September 2010: Sheldon Klein in Weldon, California in 1958, and Sheldon Klein with linguistic consultants in the home of Carmen Peebles in Bakersfield in January 1982. Additional page of scanned photographs prepared in December 2010 depicting George and Carmen Peebles, a collection of baskets, and Sheldon Klein. (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 Klein.027.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Klein.027.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Klein.027-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Photographs of Sheldon Klein and Kawaiisu speakers], Klein.027, in "Sheldon and Carol Klein Papers on the Kawaiisu Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2V9860X.
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