Sharon Hargus papers, 1974-2020

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hargus, Sharon
Title
Sharon Hargus papers
Dates
1974-2020 (inclusive)
Quantity
5.4 cubic feet (13 boxes and 3 vertical files including 38 optical discs, 125 audiocassettes and digital audio tapes, 35 sound tape reels, 6 microfilm reels, and 6 microfiche)
Collection Number
2696-044, 5084
Summary
Audio recordings of linguistic research, photocopied field notes and writings
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Languages
English, Sekani (Athapascan), Witsuwiten-Babine (Athapascan), Yakima Sahaptin

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Sharon Hargus is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Washington. She has worked at the UW since 1986. Professor Hargus received her PhD. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1985. She is currently involved in projects related to the documentation of four Native American (or First Nations) languages: Sahaptin (Yakima dialect) (spoken in Washington state), Deg Xinag (spoken in Alaska), Kwadacha (Ft. Ware) Sekani (Tsek'ene), and Witsuwit'en (spoken in British Columbia). She teaches classes in phonetics, phonology and morphology, as well as introductory linguistics, and serves as the University of Washington's Linguistics department's TA coordinator.

Virginia Beavert is a Native American linguist of the Ichishkíin language at the University of Oregon. As early as the age of 12, Beavert began working with Melville Jacobs and other linguists and anthropologists as a liaison and interpreter. Beavert completed a bachelor's degree in anthropology at Central Washington University in 1986. After teaching at Heritage College on the Yakima Reservation, Beavert decided to return to school to fine tune her methods for teaching language. In the year 2000, Beavert graduated with a masters of education in bilingual and bicultural education from the University of Arizona. At the age of 90, she earned her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Oregon and is the school's oldest graduate in history.

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Forms part of the Jacobs Research Fund collection.

The Jacobs Research Fund was established by Melville and Elizabeth Jacobs, anthropologists known for their work with Native Northwest people. Prior to Melville's death in 1971, they made plans to establish an anthropological research fund as part of their estate. After Melville's death, Elizabeth began awarding small grants to scholars who were working on projects she believed Melville would have supported. A board was created, and a trust fund established by Melville's mother was combined with the fund to become the Jacobs Research Fund, which is administered by the Whatcom Museum Foundation of the Whatcom Museum. They are sister organizations that fund linguistic and anthropological research on native peoples of North and South America, with priority given to research on the Pacific Northwest.

Source: https://depts.washington.edu/jacobsf/

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection includes audio and video recordings of linguistic research, field notes, and other writings. Includes research into Sekani (Athabaskan), Yakima Sahaptin with Virginia Beavert, and Witsuwiten-Babine (Athabaskan).

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Restrictions on Use

Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

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Arrangement

Organized into 14 accessions.

  • Accession No. 2696-044-01, Sharon Hargus papers, 1982
  • Accession No. 2696-044-02, Sharon Hargus papers, 1983
  • Accession No. 2696-044-03, Sharon Hargus papers, 1983
  • Accession No. 2696-044-04, Sharon Hargus papers, 1982
  • Accession No. 2696-044-05, Sharon Hargus linguistic field research on Yakima Sahaptin, 1990-2001, undated
  • Accession No. 2696-044-06, Sharon Hargus linguistic field research on Yakima Sahaptin, 1995-2010
  • Accession No. 2696-044-07, Sharon Hargus linguistic field research on Yakima Sahaptin, 1995-2010
  • Accession No. 2696-044-08, Sharon Hargus linguistic field research on Yakima Sahaptin, 2011-2012
  • Accession No. 5084-001, Sharon Hargus notebooks, 1988-1996
  • Accession No. 2696-044-09, Sharon Hargus papers, 2013-2016
  • Accession No. 2696-044-10, Sharon Hargus Sahaptin Textual Research, 2017-2019
  • Accession No. 2696-044-11, Sharon Hargus papers, 2016-2017
  • Accession No. 2696-044-12, Sahaptin Textual Transcription and Translation, Sharon Hargus papers, 2019-2020
  • Accession No. 2696-044-13, Sharon Hargus papers, 1974-1998

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Accession No. 2696-044-01: Sharon Hargus papers, 1982Return to Top

0.42 cubic feet (1 box)
Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Photocopied field notes of Sekani (Athabaskan) linguistic research, 7 July-10 December 1982; project report, 27 Aug 1982. Notes relate to tapes 1-35 (acc. no. 2696-044-04)

Restrictions on Access: Access is restricted. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

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General Notes: Forms part of Jacobs Research Fund Collection.

Acquisition Info: Donor: National Museum of Man. Ottowa, 1983 July 22.

Accession No. 2696-044-02: Sharon Hargus papers, 1983Return to Top

0.42 cubic feet (1 box)
Includes 15 sound cassettes
Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Tape recordings, photocopied field notes, writing. Accession includes tape #36-50, recordings of Sekani (Athabaskan) lingusitic research and field notes, 14 February to 21 March 1983 which relate to the tapes. Writing is " A Phonemic Analysis of Sekani" , Mar 1983.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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General Notes: Forms part of Jacobs Research Fund Collection.

Acquisition Info: Donor: National Museum of Man. Ottowa, 1983 May 31.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2696-044-02
Field notes
Scope and Content: Relate to tapes #36-50
February 14-March 21, 1983
1/2 2696-044-02
"A Phonemic Analysis of Sekani" by Sharon Hargus
March 1983
Box item
1 36
Sam Chingee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: nouns (kinship, body parts, place names, misc.)
February 25, 1983
1 37
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Nouns (months, animals, tools); verbs ('dream', 'talk to 0', 'laugh', 'smile', 'yawn')
March 7, 1983
1 38
Sam Chingee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Verbs (distributive, 'start to' forms) ('trap', 'think about 0', 'boil 0', 'yawn', 'smile', 'spit', 'clean fish', 'ankle swell up', 'sprain ankle', 'nail down 0', 'have fires going', 'light fire', 'be sick', hurt', 'freeze to death', 'shoot at 0')
March 7, 1983
1 39
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Verbs ('start to', 'snore', 'wake up 0', 'pinch 0', 'skin 0', scratch 0', 'sneeze', 'paint 0', 'fight'); Distributive (hang up pl. 0, set nets, make fires, smile, yawn, spit, sneeze, shit, cry, fall down, yell, wake up, vomit, kill sg. 0, kill pl. 0, punch 0, hold 0, hunt for 0, listen to 0)
March 10, 1983
1 40
Josephine Tylee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Miscellaneous nouns and verbs; danh 'place where' constructions
March 11, 1983
1 41
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Distributive morphology, 'handle 0' verbs
March 11, 1983
1 42
Sam Chingee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Distributive morphology, incorporated stems
March 11, 1983
1 43
Josephine Tylee, Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Distributive, customary morphology; miscellaneous nouns, direct object prefixes
March 14, 1983
1 44
Peter Solonas, Sam Chingee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Negation ('set traps', 'kill 0', 'kill pl. 0', 'see 0', 'steal 0', 'step on', 'into 0', 'burn 0', 'kindle fire'); incorporated stems plus customary (bang knee, skate around, be short-winded, walk around with cane, pack wood)
March 14, 1983
1 45
Sam Chingee, Josephine Tylee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Customary plus incorporated stems (sun shines, wade around, chisel through ice, drag 0, walk around singing, walk in singing, kiss 0); direct object, object of post-position prefixes (talk to 0, go over to 0, scare 0); paradigms (get over there, wade around)
March 14, 1983
1 46
Josephine Tylee, Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Paradigms (wade around, light fire); object of proposition (look at 0, pick fight with 0, swim past 0); paradigms (swim past 0, bang knee)
March 18, 1983
1 47
Peter Solonas, Sam Chingee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Paradigms (wear hat, be smart (have good memory), hate 0); paradigms (kneel, be lonely); object of postposition, direct object prefixes (scare 0, tickle 0, punch 0, fish for 0); na 'again'; (tease 0, think about 0, dress funny, clean fish, walk around)
March 18, 1983
1 48
Sam Chingee, Josephine Tylee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Incorporated stems (sun shines, wade around, lower pack, be drunk); incorporated stems + na again (sun shines, lower pack, sky clear up, wade around, be drunk, wash 0, wear hat, kneel down, bump knee, be full, fly in circle, yawn, laugh, go in cave); object of postposition; reflexive
March 18-21, 1983
1 49
Sam Chingee, Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Reflexive, object prefix morphology; incorporated stem plus customary, again
March 21, 1983
1 50
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Stem plus again, reflexive, 'walk in singing'
March 21, 1983

Accession No. 2696-044-03: Sharon Hargus papers, 1983Return to Top

0.21 cubic feet (1 box)
Includes 19 sound cassettes and 6 microfiche
Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Tape recordings, field notes on microfiche; April-May 1983. Accession includes tapes #51-69, recordings of Sekani (Athabaskan) linguistic research and field notes which relate to the tapes.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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General Notes: Forms part of Jacobs Research Fund Collection.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Sharon Hargus, 1983 May 02.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 2696-044-03
Field Notes
6 microfiche
1983
item
1 51
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
April 13, 1983
1 52
Peter Solonas, Sam Chingee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
April 15, 1983
1 53
Sam Chingee, Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
April 15-18, 1983
1 54
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Conjugation, classifiers; Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
April 20, 1983
1 55
Josephine Tylee, Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Nouns (clothing, tanning a hide); conjugation verbs; Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
April 20-22, 1983
1 56
Josephine Tylee, Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Conjugation verbs; Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
April 22-25, 1983
1 57
Peter Solonas, Sam Chingee, Josephine Tylee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
April 25-28, 1983
1 58
Peter Solonas, Josephine Tylee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
April 28-29, 1983
1 59
Josie Tylee, Sam Chingee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
April 29-May 2, 1983
1 60
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 3, 1983
1 61
Peter Solonas, Sam Chingee
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 4, 1983
1 62
Sam Chingee, Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Nouns for household furnishings; Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 4-6, 1983
1 63
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 6-9, 1983
1 64
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 9-10, 1983
1 65
Sam Chingee, Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 10-11, 1983
1 66
Peter Solonas, Margaret Fisher
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Place names; Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 11-12, 1983
1 67
Sam Chingee, Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 13-16, 1983
1 68
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 16-17, 1983
1 69
Peter Solonas
audio cassette
Scope and Content: Language: Sekani (Athabaskan); Location: McLeod, British Columbia
May 17, 1983

Accession No. 2696-044-04: Sharon Hargus papers, 1982Return to Top

1.08 cubic feet (1 box)
Includes 35 (5") sound reel tapes
Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Tape recorded linguistic research, July-December 1982. Tapes #1-35 are recordings of Sekani (Athabaskan) noun and verb elicitations from various native speakers (listed below). Additional information: Linguistic Division: Sarcee-Beaver-Sekani; Dialect: McLeod Lake. All tapes were recorded in McLeod Lake, British Columbia. Acc. #2696-44 has the field notes which accompany these tapes and is stored in the same carton as these tapes.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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General Notes: Forms part of Jacobs Research Fund Collection.

Acquisition Info: Donor: British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria; 1983 September 14

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2696-044-04
Field Notes
Scope and Content: Corresponds to tapes #1-35
September-December 1982
Box item
1 1
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verb paradigms
September 28, 1982
1 2
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of nouns and verbs. Noun elicitation followed Hanuyeh Ghun 'Utni-I (Plants of Carrier Country). Elicited names of trees, berries, and plants
September 29, 1982
1 3
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of nouns and verbs. Elicited names of animals and animal body parts
September 29-30, 1982
1 4
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of nouns and verbs; Elicited names of fish and fish body parts, plant parts and products; elicitation kinship terminology
October 1, 1982, October 8, 1982, October 22, 1982
1 5
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs include: grow, lay down, swim around, soak, poke through ice, throw rock, cry, eat
October 4-6, 1982
1 6
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: cry, breathe, laugh, children eat, make, stand up, hunt, look at, suck on, smell, shoot with bow and arrow, blow on
October 6-13, 1982
1 7
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs and short text; verbs on this tape include: read, tell lie, think, die, hear, scratch; Personal story told in Sekani
October 7, 1982
1 8
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Verb elicitation; verbs on this tape include: set a trap, set traps, roast, fry, thaw out, wipe table, go fishing, yawn, push
October 13-15, 1982
1 9
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Verb elicitation; short text; personal story; verbs elicited during this session include: build, be tired, wash clothes
October 29, 1982, November 1, 1982
1 10
David Solonas, Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Verb elicitation; verbs on this tape include: spit out, chew, float down, land boat, swallow, sew, scrape hide with metal scraper, split, chase
October 21-26, 1982
1 11
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Various words for the geography of mountain and rock formations; elicitations for the following verbs: burn, burn in fire, grow, whisper, hold, carry out
October 26-November 1, 1982
1 12
Harry Chingee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Verb elicitations; verbs on this tape include: grow, kindle fire; elicited vocabulary pertaining to the geography of mountain and rock formations; elicited customary forms of various verbs
October 27, 1982, November 3, 1982, December 2, 1982
1 13
Sam Chingee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Noun and verb elicitation; verbs elicited on this tape include: skin, kindle fire, tie rope, fall down, build house, be hot, be cold, be freezing, poke, spear; vocabulary pertinent to rock and mountain formations
October 29, 1982, November 12, 1982, November 23, 1982
1 14
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: tie rope, wring, comb hair, vomit, love, take guts out of, take fishnet out of water, set fishnet
November 2-3, 1982
1 15
Margaret Fisher
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of nouns and verbs; body part terminology; names of birds; verbs on this tape include: sing, braid hair, take pencil
November 2, 1982, November 19, 1982, November 26, 1982
1 16
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: take hold of, sing, braid hair, swim around, float around, float down, drink, take bite out of, chew, make
November 4-5, 1982
1 17
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: sleep, slap on the back, slap on face, slap several times, split, hunt for, land boat, cry, skin
November 4-8, 1982
1 18
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: spit out, hunt for, shoot at, cry, smile, blink, cheat, cough, go visit someone, go inside
November 5-10, 1982
1 19
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: boil water, pick berries, go inside, go visit, cut hair
November 8-9, 1982
1 20
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: cut up, rub back with medicine, throw rock at, get mad at, get up, run over to, swell up, break pencil, cut rope, split fish, snore, throw rocks at
November 10-15, 1982
1 21
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: put hats on table, soak, set trap, chew, go swimming, boil water, wake up
November 12-15, 1982
1 22
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: throw rocks at, get up, cut hair, dance, vomit, gnaw on, wake up, go back to sleep, stretch out, run around
November 15-17, 1982
1 23
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of nouns and verbs; body part terminology; verbs on this tape include: wake up, stand up, want, spit out, smile, itch, be frozen, be old, poke, shoot with bow and arrow
November 15-24, 1982
1 24
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: set snares, set traps, pound nail, club, bandage, kill, stand around, carry animal, go back, help, walk over, die
November 19-29, 1982
1 25
Sam Chingee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs on this tape include: land boat, poke, spear, swell up on face, breathe, sing, drink, suck on, smell, blow on, read, be itchy, scratch one-self, snore, hold, miss in shooting, go fishing, steal
November 23-December 6, 1982
1 26
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs in this tape include: cut hair, roast, tie up, tie know in rope, rub back with medicine, vomit, go hunting, raise, wash, set fishnet, spit, sew, steal
November 24-25, 1982
1 27
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs in this tape include: kill, kindle fire, slap, cry, scratch, laugh, itch, sore, shoot at several times, fall down
November 26, 1982, December 6, 1982
1 28
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs in this tape include: take guts out of, wake up, fall in water, thaw out, make coffee, scrape hide with bone scraper, fall down, comb hair, cook by boiling, eat
December 2-7, 1982
1 29
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; customary forms
December 2-6, 1982
1 30
Sam Chingee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Elicitation of verbs; verbs in this tape include: steal, kill, skin, dance, make moccasins, sew for oneself, be frozen, freeze, warm up, soak, cut hair, fight
December 6-8, 1982
1 31
Josephine Tylee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Direct object prefixes
December 7, 1982
1 32
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Verb elicitations; verbs in this tape include: wipe table, cough, boil water, yawn, pick berries, take fishnet out, shoot, wake up, massage, paint, build, pinch
December 7-8, 1982
1 33
Margaret Fisher
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Body part terminology
December 7, 1982
1 34
Josephine Tylee, Sam Chingee
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: List of nouns (animal and fish names); names of birds and bird terminology; phonemic contrasts
December 10-13, 1982
1 35
Peter Solonas
5" open reel magnetic tape
Scope and Content: Verb elicitations; verbs in this tape include: see, make good, step on, sneeze, chew, lift, go swimming around, sew, scrape, blow, roast, swell up on face
December 13, 1982

Accession No. 2696-044-05: Sharon Hargus linguistic field research on Yakima Sahaptin, 1990-2001, undatedReturn to Top

1 cubic foot (1 box)
Includes 29 cassette and DAT tapes and 14 CDs
Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Field notebooks, recordings, transcription, and final report relating to her Jacobs funded research on Yakima Sahaptin (1988-2009). The informant was primarily Virginia Beavert. The audio formats include cassette tapes, DAT tape, and CDs. Hargus provided digitized versions of the sound recordings which are WAV files.

Restrictions on Access: Access is restricted. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

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General Notes: Forms part of Jacobs Research Fund Collection.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Sharon Hargus, 2009 July 07.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2696-044-05
Description of materials - Yakima Sahaptin
1998-2004
1/2 2696-044-05
Final Research Report
Research report pertains to grant period from 1988 to 2004; includes copies of two published articles by Sharon Hargus relating to linguistic research on Yakima Sahaptin
2009
1/3 2696-044-05
Transcript: Sahaptin class, Heritage College
1999 [?]
1/4 2696-044-05
Notebook #1
1988-1998
1/5 2696-044-05
Notebook #2
1998-2000
1/6 2696-044-05
Notebook #3
2000-2001
1/7 2696-044-05
Notebook #4
2001-2003
1/8 2696-044-05
Notebook #5
2004
1/9 2696-044-05
Notebook #6
2004
Box item
1 88-1/90-1
Virginia Beavert, Ellen Saluskin
Yakima practical alphabet; Total Length: 62 minutes; Transcript in notebook #1
November 11, 1988-August 12, 1990
1 90-2
Virginia Beavert
Lexical elicitations; Total length: 94 minutes; transcript in notebook #1
August 12, 1990
1 90-3
Virginia Beavert
Lexical elicitations; Total length: 10 minutes; transcript in notebook #1
August 12, 1990
1 93-1
Virginia Beavert
Sahaptin clusters, text, ejectives; made with Kate Davis; total length: 8 minutes; transcript in notebook #1
June 27, 1993
1 94-1
Virginia Beavert
Ray Zach tapes (Indian Preacher); total length: 21 minutes; transcript in notebook #1
July 31, 1994
1 98-1
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 91 minutes; transcript in notebook #1 and #2
February 1-July 4, 1998
1 98-2
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 75 minutes; transcript in notebook #2
July 4-December 13, 1998
1 98-3
Virginia Beavert
Sahaptin words and texts, some translation
1998
1 99-1
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 87 minutes; transcript in notebook #2
January 10-February 28, 1999
1 99-2
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #2
March 21-May 16, 1999
1 99-3
Virginia Beavert
Cluster recording; Total length: 48 minutes; transcript in notebook #2
May 16-June 1, 1999
1 class
Sahaptin class
Total length: 57 minutes; transcript in notebook #2
1999 [?]
1 00-1
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #2 and #3
January 9-February 6, 2000
1 00-2
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #3
February 6-13, 2000
1 00-3
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #3
February 13, 2000
1 00-4
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #3
February 13-April 23, 2000
1 00-5
Virginia Beavert
Final clusters, part I; Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #3
April 22-September 10, 2000
1 00-6
Virginia Beavert
Final clusters, part II; Total length: 80 minutes; transcript in notebook #3
September 10-December 31, 2000
1 01-1
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebooks #3 and #4
March 3-March 31, 2001
1 01-2
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #4
March 31-April, 2001
1 01-3
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #4
April 1-21, 2001
1 01-4
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #4
April 22-May 12, 2001
1 01-5
Virginia Beavert
Cluster aspiration, grammar and lexical items; total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #4
May 12-June 2, 2001
1 01-6
Virginia Beavert
Prayer, "Buffalo woman", words for aspiration/glottalization; total length: 85 minutes; transcript in notebook #4
June 2-September 16, 2001
1 01-7
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 90 minutes; transcript in notebook #4
September 16-October 21, 2001
1 01-08
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 18 minutes; transcript in notebook #4
October 21, 2001
1 01-09
Virginia Beavert
Sahaptin texts
March 2001-October 2001
Accession
1 2696-044-05
Sahaptin
Transferred and saved as Sah-DAT.wav (included in one of the DVDs); total length: 16 minutes
2001 [?]
item
1 03-01
Virginia Beavert
Total length: 87 minutes; transcript in notebook #4
November 30, 2003
Accession
1 2696-044-05
Digitized Sahaptin recordings
Sahaptin digitized recordings from tapes 88-1 to 99-3, including "class" tape; 20 files
2009
1 2696-044-05
Digitized Sahaptin recordings
Sahaptin digitized recordings from tapes 00-1 to 00-6; 12 files
2009
1 2696-044-05
Digitized Sahaptin recordings
Sahaptin digitized recordings from tapes 01-1 to 03-1, including Sah-DAT.wav; 18 files
2009
item
1 03-1D/04-1D
Virginia Beavert
Miscellaneous lexicon, sentences, semantics of verbs translated "grow", sentences for dictionary; total length: 73 minutes
June 2003-January 2004
1 04-2D
Virginia Beavert
Miscellaneous lexicon, sentences for dictionary; total length: 72 minutes
January 2004
1 04-3D
Virginia Beavert
Miscellaneous questions; 'mother-in-law', 'father-in-law' sentence, inherently reduplicated nouns; total length: 74 minutes
April 11, 2004
1 04-4D
Virginia Beavert
Inherently reduplicated adjectives and verbs, miscellaneous lexical questions; total length: 73 minutes
April 11-May 9, 2004
1 04-5D
Virginia Beavert
Miscellaneous lexical questions; total length: 74 minutes
May 9, 2004
1 04-6D
Virginia Beavert
Miscellaneous lexical questions; total length: 74 minutes
May 9-21, 2004
1 04-7D
Virginia Beavert
Miscellaneous lexical questions; total length: 74 minutes
May 21, 2004
1 04-8D
Virginia Beavert
Miscellaneous lexical questions; questions about Spilyaynmi Isht (text)
May 21-June 13, 2004
1 04-9D
Virginia Beavert
Miscellaneous lexical questions; total length: 73 minutes
June 13, 2004
1 04-10D
Virginia Beavert
Miscellaneous lexical questions; total length: 41 minutes
June 13, 2004

Accession No. 2696-044-06: Sharon Hargus linguistic field research on Yakima Sahaptin, 1995-2010Return to Top

0.21 cubic feet (1 box)
Includes 1 CD
Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: 5 recordings of Yakima Sahaptin on 1 CD. Some of the recordings have written transcriptions or translations including text and word lists from three speakers: Ellen Saluskin, Mussie Charley Reynolds, and Virginia Beavert. JRF Award date: 2009.

Restrictions on Access: Access is restricted. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

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General Notes: Forms part of Jacobs Research Fund Collection.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Sharon Hargus, 2010 March 11.

Accession No. 2696-044-07: Sharon Hargus linguistic field research on Yakima Sahaptin, 1995-2010Return to Top

0.42 cubic feet (1 box)
Includes 3 audio DVDs and 1 video recording
Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: 3 DVDs containing audio recordings, 1 video recording, and computer files; print-outs of computer files. Lexical research: Fieldwork with Virginia Beavert in 2009 and 2010. The first half of 2009 materials and metadata file for 2009 are on one DVD. The second half of 2009 and all 2010 materials are on a second DVD. Field notes. For the most part these are plain text transcriptions of recording sessions, mentioning audio filename (on DVDs, print- outs). A small number are notes taken while or after talking, eating, or walking-- not transcriptions of a formal recording session. Print-outs also included (2009, 131 pp.; 2010, 15 pp.). Audio records of sessions. Word files (2009.doc and 2010.doc) summarizing dates and locations of recordings, and their lengths. Print-outs also included (2009, 3 pp.; 2010, 1 pp.). Textual Research: 13 Yakima Sahaptin textual items, recordings and/or translations and/or interlinear glossed texts, from 2 speakers: Ellen Saluskin (deceased 1992 or 1993) and Virginia Beavert (mother and daughter). Original audio cassette tapes were digitized at 44,100 Hz sampling rate, 16-bit quantization, and saved as .wav files. The original VHS tape was digitized for Sharon Hargus by the UW Language Learning Center. All original tapes were returned to Virginia Beavert. Some text transcriptions included with this deposit supersede transcriptions and/or translations deposited in 2010. Previously deposited audio is not included with this deposit. All items are on a DVD; text are also printed out.

Restrictions on Access: Access is restricted. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

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General Notes: Forms part of Jacobs Research Fund Collection.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Sharon Hargus, 2011 April 28.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2696-044-07
Inventory of materials
2011
1/2 2696-044-07
Jacobs Research Fund final report
2011
1/3-5 2696-044-07
Lexical research notes
2009-2010
1/6 2696-044-07
Field notes (DVD-R 2 discs)
2009-2010
1/7 2696-044-07
Textual materials (DVD-R 1 disc)
2010
1/8 2696-044-07
Textual research- Eulogy for Catherine Arguette- transcript
2010
1/9 2696-044-07
Textual research- food culture- transcript
2010
1/10 2696-044-07
Textual research- general council, preserving the language- transcript
2010
1/11 2696-044-07
Textual research- legend about stars- transcript
2011
1/12 2696-044-07
Textual reserach- root feasts- transcript
2011
1/13 2696-044-07
Textual reserach- test recording- transcript
2010
1/14 2696-044-07
Textual research- trip to Mt. [Mt. Rainier] with Sluskin in 1914- transcript
2011
1/15 2696-044-07
Textual research- VHS recording- transcript
2011
1/16 2696-044-07
Textual research- wedding song- transcript
2010

Accession No. 2696-044-08: Sharon Hargus linguistic field research on Yakima Sahaptin, 2011-2012Return to Top

0.58 cubic feet (1 box)
Includes 5 DVDs
Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: 5 DVDs containing audio recordings and files of transcriptions. Materials also include printed transcriptions.

Restrictions on Access: Access is restricted. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

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General Notes: Forms part of Jacobs Research Fund Collection.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Sharon Hargus, February 19, 2012 and February 12, 2013.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2696-044-08
Printed Transcripts: Wedding Song, About Husum people and culture, VHS video, Root feasts, History of allotments, Wyáwikt
2011
1/2 2696-044-08
Printed Transcripts: Spiritual Teaching, Trip to Mt. with Sluskin in 1914, Xaniwáshya, Debt owed to Ellen Saluskin by Margaret Wahsise, Legend: cold wind vs. warm wind
2011
1/3 2696-044-08
Printed Transcripts: Flu and medicinal plants; Coyote story, "Religious Songs", Ellen Saluskin old recording, Root featst, George Nanamkin, Kiona Tape 1A
2011
1/4 2696-044-08
Virginia Beavert lexicon and sentence examples
2011
1/5 2696-044-08
2 DVDs: Lexical Materials and Textual Materials
2011
1/6 2696-044-08
Description of 2012 lexical and textual research, Jacobs Research Funds Final Research Report
2012
1/7 2696-044-08
3 DVDs: Lexical materials and textual materials (1), Textual materials (2), and Textual materials (3)
2012

Accession No. 5084-001: Sharon Hargus notebooks, 1988-1996Return to Top

0.21 cubic feet (1 box)
Includes 3 negative microfilm reels and 3 positive microfilm reels
Arrangement: Arranged as received.

Scope and Content: Microfilm of linguistic notebooks documenting Hargus' field work with speakers of the Witsuwiten-Babine (Athabaskan) language; 1988-1996. Notebooks 1-10 represent work completed 1988-1993. Notebooks 12-16 document work completed 1993-1995. Notebooks 17-20 comprise field notes from the years 1995-1996. There is no copy of notebook #11 .

Restrictions on Access: Access is restricted. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.

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General Notes: Forms part of: Northwest Linguistic Collection.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Sharon Hargus, 1994 June 01.

Accession No. 2696-044-09: Sharon Hargus papers, 2013-2016Return to Top

1 box, including 4 disks.

Scope and Content: Linguistic research on "Yakima Sahaptin lexical-grammatical and textual research", includes a research evaluation and five disks (from 2013, 2014, and 2015 Jacobs Research Fund awards) with audio recordings/computer files.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact Special Collections.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact Special Collections for details.

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General Notes: Forms part of the Jacobs Research Funds linguistic research collection.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Sharon Hargus in connection with the Jacobs Research Fund

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 2696-044-09
Disk: 2013 Jacob Research Fund Award
2 disks
2013-2014
1 2696-044-09
Disk: 2014 Jacob Research Fund Award
2014
1 2696-044-09
Disk: 2015 Jacob Research Fund Award
2015-2016

Accession No. 2696-044-10: Sharon Hargus Sahaptin Textual Research, 2017-2019Return to Top

1 vertical file (includes 1 DVD)

Scope and Content: Linguistic research, funded by the Jacobs Research Fund, related to Sahaptin textual transcription and translation. Materials include transcriptions of texts, audio recordings of texts, field notes, audio recordings of grammatical/lexicographical sessions, and miscellaneous scanned documents.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For Nike2 sound files and manuscripts, access to the materials in contribution for the purpose of reading, copying, other use will be granted only with the donor's permission within 25 years of date of her JRF award (2017). After 25 years (2042), the materials will revert to UW Libraries Special Collections.

For other sound files and manuscripts, access to the materials in contribution for the purpose of reading, copying, other use will be granted only with the donor's permission within 15 years of date of her JRF award. After 15 years (2032), the materials will revert to UW Libraries Special Collections.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections but donor grants access as indicated in access restrictions note.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Dr. Sharon Hargus, Jacobs Research Funds recipient, on February 12, 2019.

Accession No. 2696-044-11: Sharon Hargus papers, 2016-2017Return to Top

1 vertical file including 1 DVD

Scope and Content: 1 DVD containing audio recordings and computer files on Yakima Sahaptin lexical-grammatical and textual research from February 16, 2016-January 27, 2017. Project funded with an award from the Jacobs Research Fund.

Restrictions on Access: Access to the materials in this collection for the purpose of reading, copying, or other use will be granted only with the donor's permission within 25 years of the date of the Jacobs Research Fund award. After 25 years, the collection will revert to UW Libraries Special Collections.

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Sharon Hargus, University of Washington - part of the Jacobs Research Fund collection

Accession No. 2696-044-12: Sahaptin Textual Transcription and Translation, Sharon Hargus papers, 2019-2020Return to Top

1 vertical file with 2 DVDs

Scope and Content: Sharon Hargus Sahaptin textual research with Virginia Beavert. Two DVDs containing transcriptions of text worked on in past years, audio of text, field notes, audio recordings of grammatical/lexicographical sessions, and scanned handwritten Sahaptin sentences by Virginia Beavert. Also includes final research report.

Restrictions on Access: Access to the materials in this collection for the purpose of reading, copying, or other use will be granted only with the donor's permission within 25 years of the date of the Jacobs Research Fund award. After 25 years, the collection will revert to UW Libraries Special Collections.

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Sharon Hargus February 12, 2020, recipient of the Jacob Research Fund grant.

Accession No. 2696-044-13: Sharon Hargus papers, 1974-1998Return to Top

0.66 cubic feet (3 boxes containing 7 optical discs and 62 audio cassettes)

Scope and Content: Sahaptin textual research, funded by the Jacobs Research Fund, includes audio recordings on both cassette tapes and DVDs. The recordings include various stories, legends, and songs. Also includes an inventory of the recordings.

Restrictions on Access: Contact Sharon Hargus or Jacobs Research Fund Advisory Committee for access.

Restrictions on Use: Contact Sharon Hargus or Jacobs Research Fund Advisory Committee about use of the materials.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Sharon Hargus, Jacobs Research Fund recipient, on July 19, 2018. These were collected by Hargus from Virginia Beavert between 2005-2016

Container(s) Description
Box Accession
1 2696-044-13
Audio recordings
26 audiocassettes and 7 optical discs
2 2696-044-13
Audio recordings
24 audiocassettes
3 2696-044-13
Inventory and Audio recordings
12 audiocassettes

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Babine Language
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Sahaptin Languages
  • Sekani Language

Personal Names

  • Hargus, Sharon--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Jacobs Research Fund
  • Jacobs Research Funds
  • Northwest Linguistic Collection