Shasta materials, William O. Bright Papers
Culture: Shasta
Date: 1950, undated
Contributor: Bright, William, 1928-2006 | Sambo, Sargent | Wicks, Clara | Wicks, Fred | Murree, Frank | Bateman, Haynes | Brown, Fanny
Subject: Linguistics | Coyote tales | Folklore | California--History
Type: Text | Cartographic | Sound recording
Genre: Drafts | Vocabularies | Stories | Maps
Extent: 0.1 linear feet
Description: William Bright made several audio recordings with Sargent Sambo in 1950 of Coyote tales, and a vocabulary, which can be found in Series 6. Among his other works, he was concerned with Shasta orthography, and developed a proposal for a new version, and derived lexica from others' published sources and archival notes (Series 4).
Collection: William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)