Barbara S. Efrat papers, 1969-1672

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Efrat, Barbara S., 1935-
Title
Barbara S. Efrat papers
Dates
1969-1672 (inclusive)
Quantity
Sound recordings + 1 microfilm
Collection Number
1835-018
Summary
Tape-recorded linguistic research of a researcher in the Nooksack and Chilliwack languages
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 repository.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

  • Accession No. 1835-018-01, Barbara Efrat papers, 1970-1972
  • Accession No. 1835-018-02, Barbara Efrat papers, 1969-1970

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 1835-018-01: Barbara Efrat papers, 1970-1972Return to Top

10" linear (54 5" reel to reel tapes; Index: 2 pages)

Scope and Content: Tape-recorded linguistic research with index, 1970-1972.

Research in the Nooksack language, with some Chilliwack. The brief index gives only tape numbers and names of informants, but detailed labelling is on each individual tape. In some cases two copies of a tape are present.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Barbara Efrat, 1983-09-09

Accession No. 1835-018-02: Barbara Efrat papers, 1969-1970Return to Top

14 sound tape reels (3 3/4 speed); 1 microfilm reel.

Scope and Content: Tape recordings and microfilmed field notebooks, 1969-1970.

Linguistic research by Efrat on the Chilliwack and Nooksack languages. Research was conducted at Kailua, HI and the Nooksack Reservation, WA.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

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

Acquisition Info: [Information not available]

Container(s) Description Dates
item
00256
Classified word list, recited by Sindick Jimmy in Nooksack Coast Salish, 19 October 1970. Track 1.
27 Minutes 38 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "October 19, 1970. Mr. Sindick Jimmy of Bellingham will speak in Nooksack." "Dog"; "Cat"; "A little cat"; "Horse". On tape box: "3 3/4 IPS Single Track. Original tape. E4. Word list with occasional phrases and sentences from notebook NK5 taped by Barbara Efrat on Nooksack reservation, Bellingham. 1 copy given to S. Jimmy. 1 copy with Efrat."
1970-10-19
00257
Classified word list, recited by Sindick Jimmy in Nooksack Coast Salish, 27 October 1970. Track 1.
27 Minutes 38 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "October 27, 1970 Mr. Sindick Jimmy of Bellingham WA will be giving these words in Nooksack." "Door"; "Shut the door"; "The door is shut". On tape box: "3 3/4 IPS Single Track. Original tape. E5. Taped by Barbara Efrat on Nooksack reservation, Bellingham. Copy #1 given to Sindick Jimmy. Copy #2 with Efrat."
1970-10-27
00258
Songs and Stories, by Sindick Jimmy in Skagit, Fraser and Nooksack, 27 October 1970. Track 1.
28 Minutes 1 Second
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "October 27th 1970. Mr. Sindick Jimmy, Bellingham WA, will sing the following song in Skagit and then will follow this with an English Translation." On tape box: "1) Song in Skagit with Eng. Translation. 2) Song in Fraser with English translation. 3) Story in Nooksack "How Mrs. Jimmy's brother became a Dancer" and English translation. 4) Story in Nooksack with English translation--personal account of spirit loss"
1970-10-27
00259
Classified Word List, recited by Sindick Jimmy in Nooksack Coast Salish, 28 October 1970. Track 1.
31 Minutes 57 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "October 28th, 1970. Mr. Sindick Jimmy, Bellingham Washington. Will say the following words in Nooksack." "You went fast when you went out with your car"; "Pail"; "Sugar bowl"; "Pocketbook".
1970-10-28
00260
Stories, told by Sindick Jimmy in Nooksack Coast Salish, 25 November 1970. Track 1.
28 Minutes 45 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "November 25th 1970 Mr. Sindick Jimmy Bellingham Washington will tell in Nooksack how he courted Mrs. Jimmy 51 years ago." On tape box: "Nooksack SJ E10. Texts: 1) Courting of Mrs. Jimmy 2) Courting of Sindick Jimmy's mother by his father. 3) Gifts given in honor of father's marriage to mother. 4)What happened in old days when Man mistreated his wife. E10"
1970-11-25
00261
Stories, told by Sindick Jimmy in Nooksack Coast Salish, 25 November 1970. Track 1.
34 Minutes 32 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "November 25th 1970. Mr. Sindick Jimmy, Bellingham WA will tell, in the Nooksack language, about the old-style Indian houses." On tape box: "NK-E-11 SJ 1970. Texts: 1) Old-style Indian House; 2) What grandparents told about food; 3) Episode of bear chasing women picking fern-roots; 4) Episode of bear chasing Minnie Johnson; 5) Eng. Rendition of story of Dr. Elliot."
1970-11-25
00262
Story, "How the Nooksack came to get homesteaded, part 1" told by Sindick Jimmy in Nooksack Coast Salish, 11 December 1970. Track 1.
32 Minutes 53 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "December 11th, 1970. Mr. Sindick Jimmy of Bellingham, Washington will tell, in the Nooksack language, how the Nooksacks came to get homesteaded in the early days." On tape box: "NKE 12 SJ. E12. Nooksack. Sindick Jimmy. Dec 11, 1970. Text. How the Nooksack came to get homesteaded, Part 1."
1970-12-10
00263
Stories, "How the Nooksacks came to be homesteaded, part 2"; "Sindick Jimmy's history"; "How to prepare Fern-roots" told by Sindick Jimmy in Nooksack Coast Salish, 11 December 1970. Track 1.
28 Minutes 48 Seconds
Scope and Content: On tape box: "NKE 13 SJ E13 Text: How the Nooksacks came to be homesteaded, part 2. Sindick Jimmy's own history. How Sindick Jimmy's grandmother used to prepare fern-roots."
1970-12-11
00264
Stories, "Preparation of cat-tail mats"; "How to make canoes"; "How they used to dry the salmon, part 1" told by Sindick Jimmy in Nooksack Coast Salish, 11 December 1970. Track 1.
32 Minutes 52 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "December 11th, 1970. Mr. Sindick Jimmy will tell, in the Nooksack language how they used to gather the cattails for the mats and how they prepared them and something about how to make the mats themselves." On tape box: "NKE 14 SJ. Orig E14. Nooksack. Sindick Jimmy. Dec 11, 1970. Text: The preparation of cat-tail mats. How Sindick Jimmy's father used to make canoes. How they used to dry the salmon, Part 1."
1970-12-11
00265
Stories, "How they used to dry the salmon, part 2"; "Berry Picking" told by Sindick Jimmy, 11th and 12th December 1970. Track 1.
30 Minutes 14 Seconds
Scope and Content: Nooksack only until 12m20s. "Berry Picking" is in English and starts at 12:20. On tape box: "NKE 15 SJ. Orig E15. Nooksack Sindick Jimmy. Dec. 11, 1970. Text: How they used to dry the salmon, part 2. Dec. 12, 1970 Berry-Picking"
1970-12-11 ; 1970-12-12
00266
Stories, "Deer Hunting"; "Man who wouldn't give part of deer to wolf in return for help in hunting" told by Sindick Jimmy in Nooksack and English, 12 December 1970. Track 1.
30 Minutes 14 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "December 12th 1970. Mr. Sindick Jimmy will tell, in the Nooksack language, about deer hunting. Mr. Jimmy learned this from his grandfather." On tape box: "NK-E 16 SJ E16. Nooksack. Sindick Jimmy. Dec. 12, 1970 1) Deer Hunting; 2) Story of man who wouldn't give part of deer to wolf in return for help in hunting."
1970-12-12
00267
Classified Word List, recited by Louise George in Nooksack, 17 December 1969. Track 1.
4 Minutes 10 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "December 17th, 1969." "I didn't dance one day"; "Is it all right that I dance here?"; "Do I dance better than you?" On tape box: "Nooksack #4 Mrs. Louise George. Copy. Dec 1969-Jan 1970. Recorded by B. Efrat in Kailua, Hi."
1969-12-17
00268
Classified Word List, recited by Louise George in Nooksack Coast Salish, February-March, 1970. Track 1.
29 Minutes 35 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "Mrs. Louise George will give the following words in Nooksack. This list has been prompted by Franz Boaz's comparative Salishan Vocabularies, part one." "Girl"; "An old person"; "A lot of old people". On tape box: "Nooksack #5. W.O. 4293. Mrs. Louise George. Copy. Feb - Mar 1970. Recorded by B. Efrat in Kailua, HI"
1970-02 ; 1970-03
00269
Song, "Come to Jesus" sung by Louise George in Chiliwack, 17 December 1969. Track 1.
1 Minutes 45 Seconds
Scope and Content: First words on track: [Linguist]: "December 17th, 1969. Mrs. Louise George will sing the hymn "Come To Jesus" in Chiliwack." On tape box: "Chilliwack E-1. Chiliwack. Mrs. Louise George. W.O. 4293. Copy. Recorded by Barbara Efrat Hailua, HI. Dec. 17, 1969. Contents: Jesus Loves Me."
1969-12-17

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Chilliwack dialect
  • Coast Salish Indians--Language
  • Nooksack Indians--Language
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Efrat, Barbara S., 1935---Archives

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • George, Louise, 1894-1988 (creator)
    • Jimmy, Sindick, 1893-1977 (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • Northwest Linguistic Collection (creator)