Papers, 1906-1988.

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Crawford, James M. (James Mack), 1925-1989. Papers, 1906-1988.

Papers, 1906-1988.

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Series I (.25 linear ft.) contains mainly incoming letters, although there are a few carbons of letters written by Crawford. Most of the letters are photocopies. Most of the correspondence deals with Crawford's publications. There is one letter from a Native American informant, Ilona Mae Keyaite. Series II (.5 linear ft.) includes grant applications and information for the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Science Foundation, clippings about Crawford and his work, copies of Crawford's curriculum vitae, reviews of Crawford's books, and two plants specimens collected by Crawford. Series III (8 linear ft.) contains handwritten and typed notes, outlines, drafts, and final versions of articles, books, and reviews. For some works, the notes, drafts, and final copies are filed together. This series is divided into four subseries that reflect the subject content of the works: A. Cocopa, B. Yuchi, C. Yuman, and D. Other. The first subseries, Cocopa, includes Crawford's dissertation, "The Cocopa Language" and notes, drafts, and final versions of his book, "Cocopa Texts." The second subseries, Yuchi, includes "Reconnaissance among Several Indian Groups in Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana" and "Yuchi Text with Translation." The third subseries, Yuman, includes "Account of Reconnaissance among Several Languages of the Yuman Family in Arizona." The fourth subseries, Other, includes some papers that Crawford wrote for graduate courses at the University of California at Berkeley; notes, drafts, and final versions of his books, "The Mobilian Trade Language" and "Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages"; and reviews of other people's books. Series IV (4.25 linear ft.) contains loose notes and notebooks on various linguistic topics. The series is divided into four subseries that reflect the subject content of the notes: A. Cocopa, B. Yuchi, C. Yuman, and D. Other. The first subseries, Cocopa, includes notes on morphology and phoneme checking. The second subseries, Yuchi, includes notes on syntax and cognates to Siouan. The third subseries, Yuman, includes notes on phonemes and a notebook on Yuman reconnaissance. The fourth subseries, Other, includes notes and notebooks on Bakweri, Burmese, Cherokee, Choctaw, Korean, Mandingo, Shona, Shoshoni, and Wolof. There are also a number of unidentified notebooks. The earliest item is a manuscript Igorrote-English dictionary from 1906. Series V (54 linear ft.) contains card-sized paper slips that are mainly dictionary entries for several languages. The slips have pencilled notes in English and in the languages covered. The various languages include Alabama, Catawba, Choctaw, Cocopa, Mobilian, Newari, Yavapai, and Yuchi. There are also three boxes of slips that Crawford apparently did not finish filing before he died, and there are three boxes of miscellaneous slips. The labels on the boxes have been copied from labels that were given to the boxes by Crawford. Series VI (.75 linear ft.) mainly contains course notes for graduate courses in linguistics that Crawford took at the University of Californiaat Berkeley in the 1960s, including Old Church Slavic, Russian, and Sanskrit. There is a photocopied version of a text for a course, Linguistics 888, that Crawford taught, probably at the University of Georgia. Series VII (.25 linear ft.) contains one folder of photographs used for Crawford's book, "Cocopa Texts." The images are of Crawford's informants, including Victor Hayes and Lillian Hayes.

68.25 linear ft.

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