Karuk materials, Mary R. Haas Papers
Culture:
Karuk includes: Karok
Date: ca.1950s-1960s
Contributor: Bright, William, 1928-2006 | Gursky, Karl-Heinz | Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996
Subject: Linguistics | Place names
Type: Text
Genre: Vocabularies | Grammars | Correspondence
Extent: 0.25 linear feet
Description: One of Haas' students, William Bright, completed a grammar of Karuk as his PhD dissertation, and from this are derived a card file (Series 9) consisting of a lexicon, grammatical analyses, comparisons to various languages including proto-languages, and loanwords and placenames, which would later become a significant part of Bright's legacy. Comparisons to other languages of California and elsewhere are also found in correspondence with Karl-Heinz Gursky (Series 1) and other locations in Series 9.
Collection: Mary R. Haas Papers Mss.Ms.Coll.94