Robert W. Young papers. 1926-1930

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Robert W. Young papers. 1926-1930

The Robert W. Young collection is comprised of materials collected by RWY while he was a student at Ohio University from 1926 to 1930.

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Young, Robert W., 1959-....

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Robert W. Young, linguist, was born on May 18, 1912 in Chicago, IL. Following graduation from the University of Illinois, in 1935, he enrolled in anthropology at the University of New Mexico. There he became interested in the Navajo language and he was invited to collaborate with John P. Harrington of the Smithsonian Institution in the translation of a series of primers for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In 1939-40, he accompanied Harrington to Canada for comparative fieldwork with f...