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Culture:
Kwtsaan includes: Quechan, Yuma, Yuman
Date:undated
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Langdon, Margaret, 1926-2005 | Halpern, Abraham M. (Abraham Meyer), 1914-1985
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Drafts
Extent:0.25 linear feet
Description: Kwtsaan, or “Yuma” as Haas referred to it, appears in comparative linguistics work, mostly in the form of lexical slip files in Series 9. The most extensive of these lexica is from work by A. M. Halpern, covering several hundred cards, and there are also lexical files with dedicated comparison to Karuk and Yana.
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)
Culture:
Seri includes: Comcaac
Language:Seri | Chontal, Highland Oaxaca | Chontal, Lowland Oaxaca | English | Karuk | Quechan
Date:1955, 2005-2006
Contributor:Moser, Edward W. | Marlett, Steve | Bright, William, 1928-2006
Subject:Linguistics | Place names
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Vocabularies | Drafts | Essays
Extent:0.1 linear feet
Description: William Bright's Seri papers consist of possible cognates between Seri, Chontal (unidentified variety), Karuk and Quechan, by Edward W. Moser, a copy of a Fortnight Magazine article, and comments on Steve Marlett's manuscript on "The Form and Use of Names in Seri", for publication in IJAL (Series 1).
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Culture:
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)
Culture:
Tonkawa includes: Tickanwa-tic
Date:1964
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 | Gursky, Karl-Heinz
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Vocabularies | Bibliographies | Drafts | Dictionaries
Extent:0.25 linear feet
Description: Tonkawa features in several lexica, including a Swadesh list and comparisons with other languages. Most prominent of these is a dedicated lexical slip file of between 450 and 900 slip files (Series 9) and correspondence with Karl-Heinz Gursky that includes comparisons with Yana and Karuk (Series 1). Other items of note include an index of Harry Hoijer's "An Analytical Dictionary of the Tonkawa Language" from 1949, with corrections in marginalia, and comparative phonology between neighboring languages by Morris Swadesh, both in Series 2.
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)
Culture:
Date:ca.1960s-1970s
Contributor:Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Crawford, James M. (James Mack), 1925-1989 | Harrington, J. P. (John P.), 1865-1939 | Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 | McLendon, Sally | Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Correspondence
Extent:0.25 linear feet
Description: Mary Haas used Yana lexica for comparisons, mostly with other Californian languages. The majority of these are in the form of lexical slip files, in Series 9, but there are also some present in the Yana Subseries of Series 2, and in correspondence with Karl-Heinz Gursky and Morris Swadesh (Series 1).
Collection:Mary R. Haas Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.94)