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Language:English
Date:1927, 1951
Contributor:Shane Smith, Elinor | Godfrey, Elizabeth H.
Subject:Folklore | Ethnography | California--History
Type:Text
Genre:Books | Oral histories | Stories
Extent:2 volumes
Description: William Bright possessed two books on “Yosemite” (most likely Ahwahnechee) stories and history. These can both be found in Series 2.
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
Cupeño includes: Kuupangaxwichem
Date:ca.1959-1975
Contributor:Bright, William, 1928-2006 | Carillo, Fr. J. M. | Nolasquez, Roscinda | Galloway, Anne
Subject:Linguistics | Language study and teaching | California--History | Religion
Type:Text
Genre:Newspaper clippings | Books | Grammars | Vocabularies
Extent:0.25 linear feet
Description: William Bright's small Cupeño collection consists of publications on Cupeño lexica, newspaper clippings collected during the 1960s, a history of a Californian mission (Series 2), and a comparative Takic language lexical slip file (Series 5).
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
Hupa includes: Natinixwe, Na:tinixwe, Natinook-wa, Na:tini-xwe, Hoopa
Date:undated, 2001-2004
Contributor:Bright, William, 1928-2006 | Blevins, Juliette
Subject:Linguistics | California--History | Folklore | Ethnography | Music
Type:Text | Cartographic
Genre:Correspondence | Books | Maps | Stories
Extent:0.1 linear feet
Description: In addition to copies of several small publications on Hupa history, stories and songs (Series 2), Bright possessed a sketch map of Shastan languages distributed throughout California (Series 5), and corresponded with several researchers, most significantly Juliette Blevins, in which there is a lexicon of plants and animals (Series 1).
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
Paiute, Northern includes: Numu
Language:English
Date:1941
Contributor:Underhill, Ruth, 1883-1984
Subject:California--History | Nevada--History | Idaho--History
Type:Text
Genre:Books
Extent:1 folder
Description: The only Northern Paiute materials in William Bright's papers are a set of small publications, sent to Bright by Ruth Underhill (Series 1).
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)