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Navajo includes: Diné, Navaho
Date:1954-2003
Contributor:Bright, William, 1928-2006 | Greenfeld, Philip J.
Subject:Language study and teaching | Linguistics | Folklore | Religion | Place names | Arizona--History
Type:Text
Genre:Books | Correspondence | Drafts | Place names
Extent:0.25 linear feet
Description: William Bright collected books (Series 2) and engaged in correspondence (Series 1) on “Hispanisms” (lexical borrowings from Spanish into Native American languages, collected in Series 5) and Navajo place names.
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
Serrano includes: Taaqtam
Contributor:Hill, Kenneth C. | Johnston, Frank | Bright, William, 1928-2006
Subject:Linguistics | Place names | California--History | Coyote tales
Type:Text
Genre:Drafts | Books | Vocabularies
Extent:0.5 linear feet
Description: William Bright's Serrano materials mostly consist of correspondence with Kenneth C. Hill, including a Coyote story, lists and discussions of place names and etymologies, and phonology (Series 1). There is also a book on Serrano history and culture (Series 2) and a lexical slip file comparing many Takic languages (Series 5).
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
Tongva includes: Gabrieleño, Fernandeño
Date:ca.1991-2006
Contributor:Munro, Pamela | Levine, Raleigh H. | Harrington, J. P. (John P.), 1865-1939 | Galloway, Anne | Kendall, Daythal
Subject:Linguistics | Place names | California--History | Land claims
Type:Text
Genre:Books | Correspondence | Drafts
Extent:4 folders
Description: The most significant item in William Bright's small Tongva file is correspondence with Raleigh H. Levine (Series 1), concerning interpretations of a J. P. Harrington manuscript for a tribal land rights case. Extensive correspondence with Pamela Munro between the 1990s and 2000s includes a small amount of linguistic discussion on Tongva. There are also vocabularies from J. P. Harrington in Bright's research (Series 4) and a publication by the Malki Museum Press (Series 2).
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)