Historical information:Harvey Carlson (d. March 10, 1994) received a BA in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. He was an audio technician in the university's Language Lab (now the Berkeley Language Center). While a student, he was awarded a President's Undergraduate Fellowship to support fieldwork on the Aikana language in the state of Rondonia, Brazil from April-June of 1984. After graduation, Carlson left the field of linguistics to pursue a career as an environmentalist.
Scope and content:The Papers document Carlson's field research on Aikana in Rondonia, Brazil form April-June of 1984. The collection includes his original Aikana field notebooks and photographs and a small amount of material for the Kwaza language. Carlson's main linguistic consultants were Manoel Viera de Sousa, Pedro Viera de Sousa, Getulio Viera de Sousa, and Luis Espirito Santo (Aikana) and Joséamos (Kwaza). Also included are materials developed for a field methods course held at the University of California, Berkeley in 1992 based on Carlson's field data.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Luis Espirito Santo, Manoel Viera de Sousa, Getulio Viera de Sousa, Pedro Viera de Sousa, and Harvey Carlson. Harvey Carlson Papers on the Aikana Language, Carlson, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2MK69TR.
Associated materials:LA 165, The Harvey D. Carlson Collection of Aikaná Sound Recordings (http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10067); LA 169, The Harvey D. Carlson Collection of Koaiá Sound Recordings (http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10080); LA 171, The Harvey Carlson Collection of Makurap Sound Recordings (http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10176).
Historical information:Leanne Hinton is Professor Emerita in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley and a former Director of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. She received a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 1977. Her doctoral dissertation was a study of Havasupai songs. She has done research on various languages of the Southwest, Mexico, and California, and she has been a leading figure in the study of endangered languages and language revitalization.
Scope and content:The Papers consist primarily of Leanne Hinton's notes and related documents and recordings from linguistics field methods classes held at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, San Diego. This includes materials for Navajo, Quechua, Ashaninka Campa, Hopi, Q'anjob'al, K'ichean, Mixtec, Yowlumne Yokuts, Paraguayan Guaraní, and Yucatec Maya. Also included are materials related to the Yahi Translation Project.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Leanne Hinton. Leanne Hinton Papers on Indigenous Languages of the Americas, Hinton, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/26.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 161, LA 177, LA 189).
Historical information:Marvin Kramer received bachelor's (1966) and Ph.D. (2002) degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. Kramer conducted fieldwork on the Kutenai language in the summers of 1968 and 1969.
Scope and content:The Papers document Kramer's fieldwork on Kutenai in the summers of 1968 and 1969, including notebooks with elicited texts and vocabulary and two boxes of vocabulary slips. Kramer's Kutenai language consultants were Frank Whitehead, Ambrose Gravelle, and Katherine Gravelle.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Ambrose Gravelle, Catherine Gravelle, Frank Whitehead, and Marvin Kramer. Marvin Kramer Papers on the Kutenai Language, Kramer, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X28P5XS9.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 57).
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: untitled texts. Translation to or from English. Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Ambrose Gravelle and Marvin Kramer. The Marvin Kramer collection of Kutenai sound recordings, LA 57, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10076.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: A text about roasting, LA 57.003, in "The Marvin Kramer collection of Kutenai sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18111.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: An untitled story. Includes a song., LA 57.005, in "The Marvin Kramer collection of Kutenai sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18113.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Brief conversation, LA 57.001, in "The Marvin Kramer collection of Kutenai sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18109.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Story about a duck, LA 57.002, in "The Marvin Kramer collection of Kutenai sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18110.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Untitled text, LA 57.004, in "The Marvin Kramer collection of Kutenai sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18112.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Untitled text, LA 57.007, in "The Marvin Kramer collection of Kutenai sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18115.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Untitled texts, LA 57.006, in "The Marvin Kramer collection of Kutenai sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18114.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Untitled texts, LA 57.008, in "The Marvin Kramer collection of Kutenai sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/22705.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Kutenai field notebook 1], Kramer.002.001, in "Marvin Kramer Papers on the Kutenai Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X24X562C.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Kutenai field notebook 2], Kramer.002.002, in "Marvin Kramer Papers on the Kutenai Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2154F9H.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Kutenai field notebook 3], Kramer.002.003, in "Marvin Kramer Papers on the Kutenai Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2WD3XTT.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Kutenai field notebook 4], Kramer.002.004, in "Marvin Kramer Papers on the Kutenai Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2RN363W.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Kutenai field notebook 5], Kramer.002.005, in "Marvin Kramer Papers on the Kutenai Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2MW2FDM.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number Kramer.001.001 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 box
Description:Handwritten fileslips, organized by part of speech and alphabetically (box 1 of 2).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Kutenai vocabulary], Kramer.001.001, in "Marvin Kramer Papers on the Kutenai Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1350.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number Kramer.001.002 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 box
Description:Handwritten fileslips, organized by part of speech and alphabetically (box 2 of 2).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Kutenai vocabulary], Kramer.001.002, in "Marvin Kramer Papers on the Kutenai Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/1351.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number Hinton.012 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:Field notes on loose paper and in notebooks, copies of papers and other materials related to field methods class.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Mixtec field notes], Hinton.012, in "Leanne Hinton Papers on Indigenous Languages of the Americas", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/2489.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: [Preparatory materials for Aikana grammatical sketches], Carlson.001.008, in "Harvey Carlson Papers on the Aikana Language", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2F76B7J.
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