Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; conversation, untitled texts, unidentified material. English glosses provided.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: Elario Quintana and William H. Jacobsen. The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Antoniaño Salinan sound recordings, LA 69, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10069.
Collection number: LA52
Relations to this collection:2018-32 derives from this Collection
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; ethnographic data; songs; additional ethnographic or ethnohistorical texts; conversation; reminiscences. Some English.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: . The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Makah sound recordings, LA 52, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10028.
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; stories; ethnographic data; songs; additional ethnographic or ethnohistorical texts; conversation, reminiscences. English glosses provided.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Berkeley Language Center
Preferred citation: Roy James, Hank Pete, and William H. Jacobsen. The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings, LA 53, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10058.
Collection number: 2018-32
Relations to this collection:LA 52 is a source of this Collection; 2014-21 is a source of this Collection
Historical information:Language documentation for the Makah language (ISO: myh) was created at di•ya (Neah Bay, WA) in 1965 by William H. Jacobsen (recordings and transcriptions), Ralph LaChester (Makah, recorded speaker), and Mabel Robertson (Makah, translations). The audio and handwritten notes are archived at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages (see Associated materials above). The present collection builds upon the original materials by creating time-aligned digital annotations that include the original transcriptions and translations as well as a naturalized translation and it stems from a summer research project funded by a 2018 Roger S. Smith award to Erin Hashimoto, under the supervision of Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada, at the University of Alberta.
Scope and content:The materials in this collection include time-aligned transcriptions and translations of Makah narratives, originally recorded by William Jacobsen in 1965, with some newly spliced audio recordings (where a narrative was split over more than one recording or where one recording included more than one story). For each bundle, two time-aligned files were created: the first one was created with SayMore and includes the original transcription and translation and the second one, created in ELAN, includes a naturalized translation and a tier with notes (in addition to the original transcription and translation).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Erin Hashimoto and Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada. Time-aligned Annotations of Makah Narratives, 2018-32, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2ZW1J3J.
Associated materials:LA52, "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. Collection of Makah Sound Recordings" (specifically LA52.018, LA52.019, and LA52.020); 2014-21.001.041 "Makah Elicitation with Ralph LaChester: Texts, Notebook '1'"; 2014-21.001.042 "Makah Elicitation with Ralph LaChester: Texts, Notebook '2'"
Collection number: 2014-21
Relations to this collection:Jacobsen replaced by this Collection; 2018-32 derives from this Collection
Catalog history:The Materials replace SCL Jacobsen, the "William H. Jacobsen Papers on Indigenous Languages of North America"
Historical information:William H. Jacobsen (1931-2014) was born on November 15, 1931 in San Diego, CA to Cmdr. William H. Jacobsen, USN ret., and Julie Froatz Jacobsen. He graduated from Point Loma High School, San Diego, in 1949, and went on to graduate from Harvard University in 1953. Jacobsen then pursued graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley where he engaged in fieldwork on Salinan and Washo under the auspices of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. While at UC Berkeley, he also worked on an early machine language translation project. He received his Doctoral Degree from UC Berkeley in 1964 with a thesis entitled “A Grammar of the Washo Language”, supervised by Mary Haas, which endures as the most complete grammar of Washo published to date. He also worked as an assistant professor of anthropology (1961-1962) and linguistics (1962-1964) at the University of Washington, spending many of his summers in Neah Bay, WA, working with Makah elders to record their language. Most of Jacobsen’s academic career was spent as a professor of linguistics at the University of Nevada, Reno where he taught for thirty years (1965-1994). Throughout his academic career Jacobsen was a prolific and versatile scholar, devising writing systems, creating materials for teaching tribal members Washo and Makah, and publishing many papers on linguistic topics. Jacobsen was an active contributor within the Americanist linguistic community not only through his research, which touched upon a diverse array of languages from Hokan to Wakashan and beyond, but also through steady correspondence and collaboration with colleagues and students. In addition to his work on indigenous languages of North America, Jacobsen was well-known for his extensive work on Basque, which he engaged in through his involvement in the Center for Basque Studies at UNR. Altogether, Jacobsen was familiar with all the main Romance languages and Sanskrit in addition to being a specialist in Washo, Makah, Salinan, Nez Perce, Nootkan, and Basque. He served as president of the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas, received the Outstanding Researcher Award from the University of Nevada, and received the Nevada Humanities Award. Jacobsen officially retired from UNR in 1994 but continued to engage with the linguistics community as an emeritus professor. Jacobsen passed away on August 18, 2014 in Reno, NV, at age 82.
Scope and content:These materials document the linguistic work of William H. Jacobsen on various indigenous languages of North America, especially Washo, Makah, and Salinan, as well as on other languages and linguistic topics Jacobsen came into contact with throughout his academic career. The collection includes Jacobsen’s original field notebooks from work on Washo, Makah, and Salinan, as well as smaller aggregates of field notes on Diegueño, Northern Paiute, Kwak’wala, and Cowichan. In addition to original field notes, the collection includes derived research notes; many of these derived materials were organized by Jacobsen into separate folders by topic, and have been catalogued as they were found in order to reflect Jacobsen’s own organization. These research notes encompass work on Washo, Makah and other Southern Wakashan languages, Salinan, Yana and other Hokan languages, other Californian languages, and other topics related to general linguistic theory. A set of finished or near-finished manuscripts and handouts is also included, in many cases constituting completed work derived from Jacobsen’s research notes. Also included are transcriptions of texts and conversations in Washo and Makah, notes from collaborative work with Grace Dangberg on Washo texts, and materials Jacobsen developed in order to teach both Washo and Makah. Original file slips from Jacobsen’s work in organizing lexical material from Washo, Makah, Salinan, comparative Wakashan and Hokan, and Tagalog are also included. In addition to materials from Jacobsen’s original fieldwork and research, the collection includes a wealth of materials that Jacobsen obtained from other researchers. These obtained materials include an extensive collection of original Washo field notebooks originally belonging to Grace Dangberg, Gordon Marsh, Walter Dyk, Phillip Barker and William Shipley, and Brooke Mordy. In addition, the collection includes file slips and derived field notes from various sources. On Washo, these materials include Gordon Marsh’s file slips, research notes from Grace Dangberg and Walter Dyk, and photocopies of various vocabulary lists obtained from the Smithsonian Institution; on Wakashan, this includes a set of file slips from an unknown source; and on Yana, this includes a variety of research notes and a box of file slips obtained from Bruce Nevin, along with various photocopied materials on Yana obtained from museums. Other obtained materials include derived work on Washo texts by Brooke Mordy and on Yahi by T. T. Waterman, a collection of rare, unpublished, or difficult to obtain manuscripts concerning various North American indigenous languages, and published curricular materials on Washo and Makah. Various materials related to Jacobsen’s academic, scholarly, and teaching activities are catalogued as a separate series in the collection, in addition to being scattered throughout Jacobsen’s research notes. Finally, the collection includes a set of sound recordings that were discovered in Jacobsen’s possession but are not otherwise catalogued in earlier CLA collections. These recordings include recordings of Washo, Makah, Bella Coola, Ibo, Abaza, and at least one other unidentified language; some of the recordings were made by Jacobsen with various identified consultants, while others were obtained from colleagues including Brooke Mordy, Laura Fillmore, and Warren d’Azevedo, among possible others.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: William H. Jacobsen. William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America, 2014-21, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2028PGT.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Materials can be accessed online through the California Language Archive. In particular, audio recordings are located in The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Antoniaño Salinan sound recordings (LA 69), The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings (LA 53), and the William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Makah sound recordings (LA 52).
Description:Abridged version of a paper published in the Basque Studies Program Newsletter 8, pp. 4-7, 1973, and a bibliography on Basque origin theories.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: "The First Basque Grammar" and "Basque Origin Theories", 2014-21.002.101, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23076.
Preferred citation: (Chemakum story) Two sisters and killer whale., LA 52.031, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Makah sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18193.
Preferred citation: 2 Hand Game Songs., LA 53.018, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/15951.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: A Glimpse of the Pre-Washo Pronominal System, 2014-21.002.077, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23052.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: A Notation for Structural Sound Change, 2014-21.002.105, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23080.
Preferred citation: A Race Among a lot of Animals, LA 53.094, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16027.
Item number: 2014-21.002.076
Date: 19 Apr 1973
Relations to this item:Jacobsen.004 replaced by this Item
Catalog history:Previously was grouped along with 2014-21.002.079 and 2014-21.002.080 and catalogued as Jacobsen.004
Extent:1 folder, 13 pages
Description:Documents associated with the Symposium on California Indian Linguistics, Southwestern Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, April 19, 1973.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: A Rhythmic Principle in Washo Morphotactics, 2014-21.002.076, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23051.
Preferred citation: A Wild Man with One Leg., LA 53.016, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/15949.
Preferred citation: A Wild Man., LA 53.015, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/15948.
Preferred citation: A Woodpecker and a Giant., LA 53.026, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/15959.
Preferred citation: A forest fire long ago., LA 53.003, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/15936.
Preferred citation: A story about some giants, LA 53.097, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16030.
Preferred citation: Allusion to several stories., LA 53.081, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16014.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Another Look at Sapir's Evidence for Inclusion of Haida in Na-Dene, 2014-21.002.096, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23071.
Preferred citation: Another Wild Man., LA 53.011, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/15944.
Description:An oral story in the Makah language entitled 'Autobiographical Sketch' as told by Ralph LaChester and translated by Mabel Robertson. Documented by William H. Jacobsen in 1965. Original audio and written notes from SCOIL: audio LA52.020; transcription and translation 2014.21.001.041 [pp. 58-79] and 2014.21.001.042 [pp. 1-14]. Files include: a 2-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation), a 4-tier time-aligned annotation .eaf file (with the original transcription and translation as well as a naturalized translation and researcher notes), and a PDF of the 4-tier annotation. This bundle does not include an audio file because the original audio (LA52.020) includes only this story.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Autobiographical Sketch, 2018-32.004, in "Time-aligned Annotations of Makah Narratives", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25983.
Item number: LA52.020
Date: 14 Aug 1965
Relations to this item:2018-32.004 derives from this Item
Preferred citation: Autobiographical sketch., LA 52.020, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Makah sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18182.
Preferred citation: Baby who went to ?ada-b (Canadian)., LA 52.010, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Makah sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18172.
Preferred citation: Basket woman., LA 52.039, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Makah sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18201.
Preferred citation: Bear and Coyote, LA 53.095, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16028.
Preferred citation: Bear in Cave., LA 53.042, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/15975.
Preferred citation: Bears and Deer., LA 53.007, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/15940.
Preferred citation: Beaver and Woodpecker., LA 52.036, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Makah sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18198.
Preferred citation: Blue Jay and The Man Eater., LA 53.086, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/16019.
Preferred citation: Blue Jay, sea and crow in diving contest., LA 52.008, in "The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Makah sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18170.
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