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Abraham M. Halpern Papers on Pomoan Languages
- Collection identifier: Halpern
- Relations to this Collection: LA 202, LA 203, LA 204, and LA 250 are referenced by this Collection
- Primary contributors: Elsie Allen (consultant); Joe Augustine (consultant); Annie Burke (consultant); Edna Campbell (consultant); Grant Jake (consultant); John Kelsey (consultant); Nancy McCoy (consultant); Santiago McDaniel (consultant); Steve Parrish (consultant); George Patch (consultant); Jenny Pike (consultant); Clifford Salvador (consultant); Esther Ward (consultant); Mack Williams (consultant); Abraham M. Halpern (researcher)
- Additional contributors: A.T. (consultant); Lowe Anderson (consultant); E.S. (consultant); Gladys Antone (consultant); R. Jackson (consultant); Mary James (consultant, speaker); Thomas Leon (consultant, speaker); Daisy Lowell Lorenzo (consultant); M.E.S. (consultant); Julia Pinola Marrufo (consultant); Oscar McDaniel (consultant); George Patch (speaker); Harry Wilsey (speaker); Katherine Halpern (researcher); Julius Moshinsky (researcher); Gretchen S. Hillard (donor); Robert L. Oswalt (compiler)
- Languages: Central Pomo (poo); Eastern Pomo (peb); Hill Patwin; Kashaya (kju); Kwtsaan (yum); Northeastern Pomo (pef); Northern Pomo (pej); Pomoan; Southeastern Pomo (pom); Southern Pomo (peq); Wintu (wnw)
- Dates: 1936-1984, bulk 1939-1940 and 1983-1984
- 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, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2WS8R5X.
- Associated materials: 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).
Jesse O. Sawyer Papers on Yukian Languages
- Collection identifier: Sawyer
- Primary contributors: Laura Somersal (consultant); Jesse O. Sawyer (researcher)
- Additional contributors: Elsie Allen (consultant); Arthur Anderson (consultant); Leland Fullwider Jr. (consultant); Minnie Fulwider (consultant); William Graves (consultant); Jack Wobo (consultant); Henry Ke'a'a'la Azbill (author); Lawrence E. Dawson (author); Carl Schaefer Dentzel (author); Richard Dillon (author); William Elmendorf (author, researcher, editor); Sydney M. Lamb (author); Charles Li (author); Don Meadows (author); Francis A. Riddell (author); Jesse O. Sawyer (author, participant); Donald I. Segerstrom (author); Alice Shepherd (researcher, donor); Roy Siniard (researcher); Dorothea J. Theodoratus (author); Sandra Thompson (author); Ardis M. Walker (author); William J. Wallace (author); Norman L. Wilson (author); Harry R. Goff (editor); Michael Harrison (editor); Shirley Silver (editor); Laura Somersal (depicted, participant); Jack Werner Stauffacher (editor); Bob Western (photographer)
- Languages: Bodega Miwok; Central Pomo (poo); Chukchi (ckt); Coast Miwok (csi); Eastern Pomo (peb); Hill Patwin; Hupa; Karuk (kyh); Klamath-Modoc (kla); Konkow (mjd); Kumeyaay (dih); Lake Miwok (lmw); Luiseño (lui); Maidu (nmu); Miwokan; Nahuatl; Nisenan (nsz); Nomlaki (nol); Northeastern Pomo (pef); Northern Yukian (yuk); Ohlone; Patwin (pwi); Pomoan; Southern Pomo (peq); Southern Sierra Miwok (skd); Tohono O'odham; Tubatulabal (tub); Wailaki; Wappo (wao); Western Numic; Wintu (wnw); Wintuan; Yuki; Yurok (yur)
- Dates: late 1950s - 1986
- Extent: 17.79 linear feet (36 boxes)
- Historical information: Jesse O. Sawyer (1918-1986) received his Ph.D. in English and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1955. From 1957-1962 he was the director of the English Program for Foreign Students in the Department of Speech at UC Berkeley, then a Senior Lecturer in linguistics from 1962 until his death in 1986. From 1961 onwards he was also the Director of UC Berkeley's Language Lab, now the Berkeley Language Center. Over the course of his career he worked on a variety of topics related to the indigenous languages of California, especially the documentation of Wappo in close cooperation with speaker Laura Fish Somersal.
- Scope and content: The Papers document Sawyer's nearly three decades of research on indigenous languages of California, especially members of the Yukian family. The collection includes Wappo field notes collected from the late 1950s to the 1980s and derived materials such as vocabulary files and descriptive and comparative articles. His principal Wappo consultant was Laura Fish Somersal, with additional data provided by Jack Wobo. Sawyer's Yuki consultants were Minnie Fulwider, Arthur Anderson, and Leland Fulwider. The collection also includes Sawyer's notes and linguistic data from other languages of California taken from various published and unpublished sources.
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Laura Somersal and Jesse O. Sawyer. Jesse O. Sawyer Papers on Yukian Languages, Sawyer, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2PC309Q.
- Associated materials: Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 56, LA 88, LA 90, LA 102).
Robert Louis Oswalt Papers on Pomoan Languages
- Collection identifier: Oswalt
- Relations to this Collection: LA 98 is referenced by this Collection
- Finding aid: Oswalt_finding_aid.pdf
- Primary contributors: Elsie Allen (consultant); Elizabeth Dollar (consultant); Edna Guerrero (consultant); Achora Hanyava (consultant); Annie Lake (consultant); Milton "Bun" Lucas (consultant); Oscar McDaniel (consultant); Sharky Moore (consultant); Essie Parrish (consultant); Bernice Scott Torrez (consultant); Clara Williams (consultant); Robert L. Oswalt (researcher)
- Additional contributors: Arthur Anderson (consultant, participant); Lowe Anderson (consultant); Lucy Andrews Macy (consultant); David Antone (consultant); Salome Bartlett Alcantra (consultant); Annie Burke (consultant, participant); Edna Campbell (consultant); Violet Parrish Chapelle (consultant); Charlie Doorman (consultant); Bill Frank (consultant); Olive Fulwider (consultant); Suzie Gomez (consultant); Gladys James Gonzales (consultant); Abraham M. Halpern (consultant, author, researcher, translator); Ralph Holder (consultant); Lula Jackson (consultant); Allen James (consultant); Herman James (consultant); Mary James (consultant); Lula Johnson (consultant); John Kelsey (consultant); Cecilia Logan (consultant); Frank Logan (consultant); Effie Mabel Luff (consultant); Frank Luff (consultant); Kate Marando (consultant); Julia Pinola Marrufo (consultant); George Moore (consultant); Ralph Moore (consultant); Guillermina Nelson-Rodrigues (consultant); Old Toby (consultant); Vana Parrish Lawson (consultant); Sidney Parrish (consultant, participant); F. Scarioni (consultant); Greene Scott (consultant); Kathryn Seller (consultant); Laura Somersal (consultant); Eben Tillotsen (consultant); Vivian Wilder (consultant); Bernard W. Aginsky (author); Dan Alford (author); Ruth Almstedt (author); S.A. Barrett (author, researcher); Eugene Buckley (author, researcher); Michelle Caisse (author); Wallace L. Chafe (author); James Clifford (author); Janice Comstock (author); Philip W. Davis (author); Victoria Dickler Kaplan (author); Cora DuBois (author); Homer Durham (author); Linda J. Farnum (author); Glenn J. Farris (author, translator); George M. Foster (researcher); David Gamon (author); James R. Gibson (author); Jennie Goodrich (author); George Grekoff (researcher); Kira Hall (author); Gretchen S. Hillard (author); Leanne Hinton (author); A. A. Istomin (author); Frances Jack (author); James M. Kari (author, participant); Mary Jean Kennedy (author); P. Kostromitonov (author); Sydney M. Lamb (researcher); Thomas Larsen (author); Charles Li (author); Kent G. Lightfoot (author); John P. Marr (author); Helen McCarthy (author); Sally McLendon (author, researcher); Randall Milliken (author); Marianne Mithun (author); Mauricio J. Mixco (author); Lawrence Morgan (author); Julius Moshinsky (author); Johanna Nichols (author); June Nieze (author); Mary Catherine O'Connor (author); Robert L. Oswalt (author, annotator, donor, participant, photographer, translator); Otis Parrish (author); Viktor Petrov (author); Ross Saunders (author); Jesse O. Sawyer (author); Ann M. Schiff (author); Bernice Scott Torrez (author, participant); Alice Shepherd (author); Shirley Silver (author); Susan Steele (author); Mary Swift (author); Louise Tanous (author); Sandra Thompson (author); Katherine Turner (author); Hans Jørgen Uldall (researcher); Eero Vihman (author); Thomas A. Wake (author); Carolyn F. Wall (author); Nancy Webb (author); Kenneth W. Whistler (author); Skip Willits (author); Biten Yasumoto (author); T. Yokomori (author); Martha Anderson (participant); Ramon Billy Jr. (donor); Peter Kalifornsky (participant); Milton "Bun" Lucas (participant); Tammy Lucas (participant); Nelda Grace Martinez (participant); Oswalt family (donor); Essie Parrish (participant, translator)
- Languages: Aleut (ale); Aztecan; Bribri (bzd); Central Pomo (poo); Chinook Jargon (chn); Chochenyo; Chumashan; Coast Miwok (csi); Cocopa (coc); Dena'ina (tfn); Eastern Pomo (peb); Esselen (esq); Havasupai (yuf); Hualapai (yuf); Huchnom; Karuk (kyh); Kashaya (kju); Kiliwa (klb); Klamath; Kumeyaay (dih); Kwtsaan (yum); Lacandon (lac); Lakota (lkt); Luiseño (lui); Maidu (nmu); Maricopa (mrc); Miwokan; Mojave (mov); Mutsun (css); Nisenan (nsz); Northeastern Pomo (pef); Northern Pomo (pej); Northern Yukian (yuk); Nuxalk (blc); Paipai (ppi); Patwin (pwi); Pomoan; Salinan (sln); Samala (inz); Southeastern Pomo (pom); Southern Pomo (peq); Tajuasohn (tja); Tonkawa (tqw); Wappo (wao); Yana (ynn); Yokuts (yok); Yuki; Yurok (yur)
- Dates: 1956-2005
- Extent: 30.2 linear feet (69 boxes)
- 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, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2C24TDG.
The Abraham Halpern collection of Southern Pomo sound recordings
- Collection identifier: LA203
- Relations to this Collection: Halpern references this Collection
- Primary contributors: Elsie Allen (consultant); Abraham M. Halpern (researcher)
- Languages: Southern Pomo (peq); Wappo (wao)
- Dates: 1982-1984
- 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, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10087.

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