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Language:English | Miwok, Central Sierra
Date:circa 1970-1985
Contributor:Berman, Howard | Newman, Stanley S. (Stanley Stewart), 1905-1984 | Kelly, John | Wessell, Viola
Subject:Linguistics | Penutian languages | Anthropology | Ethnography | Fieldwork
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Vocabularies
Extent:58 pages
Description: This collection includes a 1985 cover letter from Howard Berman to Stephen Catlett of the American Philosophical Society donating two letters from Stanley Newman (1981 and 1984), a manuscript entitled "Central Sierra Miwok Vocabulary," and an offprint of Berman's article "Some California Penutian Morphological Elements." The letters are Newman's reply to Berman's queries regarding the former's sources for certain elements of the Chukchansi [Yokuts] language--which Berman cited in his article--and Newman's comment on that article. The Miwok manuscript is based on Berman's fieldwork in 1970, working primarily with Miwok speaker John Kelly and to a lesser extent Viola Wessell. Berman notes that this was his first fieldwork and that his inexperience led to some inaccuracies: "I believe that in the instances where Freeland and I disagree, Freeland's recordsings are to be preferred." Note that the offprint has been moved to printed materials.
Collection:Central Sierra Miwok vocabulary (Mss.497.9.B45c)
Culture:
Language:English | Greenlandic
Date:circa 1950-1973 and undated
Contributor:Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | Bergsland, Knut, 1914- | Minn, Eeva Kangasmaa | Peterson, Richard L.
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Orthography and spelling
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Notes | Essays | Drafts
Extent:4 folders
Description: Four items relating to Inuit (Eskimo) languages have been identified in the C. F. Voegelin Papers. They are all in Subcollection II. In Series I. Correspondence, there is correspondence wtih Richard L. Peterson about "Eskimo pictographic writing." In Series II. Research Notes, Subseries I. Eskimo-Aleutian, there are two folders labeled "Eskimo-Aleutian." Folder 1 includes information on Greenlandic, letters from Knut Bergsland (1950-1951), and "Presentation of 'A Grammar of the West Greenland Language' by Schultz-Lorensen," by Eeva Kangasmaa, 1952. Folder 2 includes brief information on Unaaliq [Yupik], Maidu, Miwok, and Yokuts, and the finished typescript of "Sketch of Eskimo." The third folder in the subseries, "Miscellaneous languages," contains Inuit material, among other languages.
Collection:C. F. Voegelin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.68)
Culture:
Language:English | Chinook | Wasco-Wishram | Klamath-Modoc | Maidu, Northeast | Tzeltal | Takelma | Tsimshian | Yokuts | Zuni
Date:1952 and undated
Contributor:Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986 | Bloomfield, Leonard, 1887-1949 | Francescato, Giuseppe | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967
Subject:Linguistics | Anthropology | Penutian languages | Shahaptin languages | Mayan languages | Chinookan languages | California--History | Oregon--History | Washington (State)--History
Type:Text
Extent:14 folders
Description: Several items relating to the Penutian language family have been identified in the C. F. Voegelin Papers. Of particular interest is Subseries VI. Penutian, including Mayan and Zoque, of Subcollection II, Series II. Research Notes. The contents of this subseries includes folders of materials under the following headings: Chinookan-Chinook, Wishram, Kathlamet; Klamath-Modoc; Maidu; Maya (Tzeltal); Miwok; Penutian; Sahaptin; Takelma; Tsimshian; Yokuts; and Zuni. There are also Penutian materials in Subcollection II, Series IV. Works by Others. These include Leonard Bloomfield's "Penutian" sketch; Giuseppe Francescato's masters thesis, "A Structural Comparison of the Californian Penutian" (1952); and Morris Swadesh's "Problems of Long-Range Comparison in Penutian." Researchers should also view the individual entries for distinct Penutian languages.
Collection:C. F. Voegelin Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.68)