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John Asher Dunn papers, 1968-2017
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Dunn, John Asher
- Title
- John Asher Dunn papers
- Dates
- 1968-2017 (inclusive)19682017
- Quantity
- 1.81 cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 6301 (Accession No. 6301-001)
- Summary
- Teaching and classroom materials as well as field notebooks and audio recordings of Tsimshian, a language spoken in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska
- Repository
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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
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No restrictions on access for paper-based materials. No user access copy is available for cassette tapes, 1/4" audio reels, CD-ROM's, or DVD's. Users may be able to obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English, Tsimshian
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
John Asher Dunn was an American linguist who received his Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, in 1970. His dissertation topic was “A Phonology of the Coast Tsimshian Language.” He taught linguistics and anthropology at Oregon State University, the University of Northern British Columbia, and the University of Oklahoma. In 1978, he published a Coast Tsimshian Dictionary (Canadian Ethnology Service Paper 42, National Museums of Canada), and, in 1979, A Reference Grammar for the Coast Tsimshian Language (Canadian Ethnology Service Paper 55, National Museums of Canada). In 1995, the Sealaska Heritage Foundation and the University of Washington Press jointly republished this dictionary. Professor Dunn helped develop course materials for the Coast Tsimshian language (grades K thru 12, and four college semesters). He helped in the training of Coast Tsimshian speakers as teachers in several northern British Columbia school districts. In 2000, he retired as Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma and worked on A Tsimshian Proto-Indo-European Comparative Lexicon, published in 2017. He died on July 4, 2017.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection includes teaching and classroom materials in Tsimshian text, Dunn's 1970 dissertation, his handwritten field notebooks, cassette tapes, 1/4" audio reels, 3.5 inch discs, DVDs, and CDs with vocabulary, sentence structures, interviews, Sm'álgyax Lessons from beginning to level two, and some William Beynon texts.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 3 series.
- Series 1, Teaching Material and Dunn Publication Materials, 1968-2017
- Series 2, Handwritten Bound Notebooks,
- Series 3, Audio Recordings, 1968-1996
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Teaching Material and Dunn Publication Materials, 1968-2017Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Metlakatla Domains, Lessons and Appointments |
1979 |
1/2 | Classroom Lessons |
undated |
1/3 | Beynon's Notes on Tsimshian Geography |
undated |
1/4 | Linguistic Census of Kitkatla |
1968 |
1/5 | Short Northwest Word List |
1976 |
1/6 | John Asher Dunn's Presentation on William Beynon's Royal
Wolf Name |
2009 |
1/7 | Sa'awnskmgyemk; Seasonal Rounds Calendar |
1998 |
1/8 | Coast Tsimshian Phonology, John A. Dunn
Dissertation |
1970 |
1/9 | 2 Record books - Metlakatla 1976 & Grammar Fragments
1977 |
1976-1977 |
1/10 | John A. Dunn Publications |
1972-1986 |
1/11 | John A. Dunn biographical material |
1939-2017 |
Box | ||
2 | A Tsimshian Proto-Indo-European Comparative Lexicon by
John Dunn |
2017 |
7 | Schulenberg, A.C. Graf Von Der. 1982. Tsimshian Grammar.
Translated By Virginia Flaherty. University of Northern Colorado, Museum of
Anthropology, Occasional Papers, Linguistic Series 8. 2 Volumes.
[1894] |
1982 |
7 | Franz Boaz, Ed. Publications of the American
Ethnological Society, Vol. III, Haida Songs by John R. Swanton; Tsimshian Texts
by Franz Boas , 1912. (Edward Sapir notations) |
1912 |
Series 2: Handwritten Bound Notebooks, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
2 | Bound Field Notebooks #1-6 |
undated |
2 | Pasted Tsimshian text into Mountain Goats of Temlaham,
Loon's Necklace, Salmon for Simon |
undated |
3 | Bound Field Notebooks #7-13 |
undated |
3 | Hartley Bay (HB) and Southern Tsimshian (ST)
notebooks HB 74-75; HB 79, M79,80, ST79; ST 80/81
|
undated |
4 | Grammar NEH and HB notebooks Grammar NEH #A HB 78, NEH #1, NEH # 1.1, NEH #1.2 HB 78.2, NEH
#2, NEH #2.1, NEH # 2.2, NEH #3, NEH #3A, NEH #3A-a, NEH#3A-a, NEH #3A-o, NEH
#3B , NEH Tsimshian Diachronic.
|
undated |
Series 3: Audio Recordings, 1968-1996Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
5 | Recording 1-2. copies TS 9 - Coast and Southern
Tsimshian - Arthur Robinson and Southern Tsimshian 2 cassettes
|
undated |
5 | Recording 3. Violet Neasloss Short NW word list, Sides 1
& 2 / TS 10 Southern Tsimshian 1 cassette
|
undated |
5 | Recording 4. Violet Neasloss Short NW word list, Sides 1
& 2. TS 11 Southern Tsimshian 1 cassette
|
undated |
5 | Recording 5. Mary Guthrie of her parents Alfred &
Martha Easton New Metlakatla Short NW word list, Sides 1 #1-231 Side 2 #
232-433 / TS 12 Coast Tsimshian 1 cassette
|
undated |
5 | Recording 6. Mary Guthrie of her parents Alfred &
Martha Easton New Metlakatla Short NW word list, Sides 1 #434-467 / TS 13 Coast
Tsimshian 1 cassette
|
undated |
5 | Recording 7. Violet Neasloss = Alagyemk Łpuun / Jessie
Bolton = Making Łioon 1 cassette
|
undated |
5 | Recording 8. 16 July 1978 Seasonal Activities SR032
Hartley Bay women 1 cassette
|
1978 |
5 | Recording 9. Violet Neasloss Dec 1980 Klemtu Vocabulary
= anatomy 1 cassette
|
1980 |
5 | Recording 10. Violet Neasloss 10 Dec 1980 Klemtu
Vocabulary 1 cassette
|
1980 |
5 | Recording 11. Violet Neasloss 23 Oct 1980 Klemtu
Vocabulary 1 cassette
|
1980 |
5 | Recording 12. Violet Neasloss 26 May 1981 Klemtu
Sentences 1 cassette
|
1981 |
5 | Recording 13. side 1 Violet Neasloss Southern Tsimshian
10-8-1980 Klemtu Vocabulary side 2 Soaban 1 cassette
|
1980 |
5 | Recording 14-17. Haihais Kitasoo Klemtu 4 cassettes
|
1989 |
5 | Recording 18. Paul Starr Sept 29, 1981, part 1, part 2
fauna 1 cassette
|
1981 |
5 | Recording 19-20. Sm'algyax Lessons:
Beginning 2 cassettes
|
undated |
5 | Recording 21. Sm'algyax Lessons: Level Two 1 cassette
|
undated |
5 | Recording 22-25. Tsimshian Texts copy 4 cassettes
|
undated |
5 | Recording 26-35. Tapes 1-6 from Kitkatla, B.C. some
Kathleen Vickers plus copies 10 1/4" audio reels
|
undated |
6 | Recording 36-37. Sm'algyax Lessons: Level
One 2 DVDs
|
undated |
6 | Recording 38. Sm'algyax Lessons: Level Two 1 DVD
|
undated |
6 | Recording 39. Finale 2003 WDNA 209640 CD
|
undated |
6 | Recording 40-47. Tsimshian Proto-Indo-European
6 CDs and 2, 3.5 inch discs
|
undated |
6 | Recording 48-72. William Beynon Texts 4 CDs, 11 mac discs, 9 PC discs
|
undated |
6 | Recording 73-77. Nisgha examples 5, 3.5 inch discs
|
undated |
6 | Recording 78-81. SgüüX= 2 of sentence file / 1 autolex /
1 Lower Tsimshian 4, 3.5 inch discs
|
undated |
6 | Recording 82-83. Kitkatla Texts 1968, 1972 2 cassettes
|
1968, 1972 |
6 | Recording 84. Native Texts for School Book 1 cassette
|
1978 |
6 | Recording 85. Hartley Bay, June 10 1978, some
songs 1 cassette
|
1978 |
6 | Recording 86. W. Jean Wilson 1991 tape 1 cassette
|
1991 |
6 | Recording 87. Kitkatla Lord's Prayer 1996- Beatrice
Robinson 1 cassette
|
1996 |
6 | Recording 88. First Nations Studies 238 copy
tape 1 cassette
|
undated |
6 | Recording 89.Analyzed Sentences "AS" 1 cassette
|
undated |
6 | Recording 90. Index copy 1 cassette
|
undated |
6 | Recording 91. Nouns, hymns, prayers, songs 1 cassette
|
undated |
6 | Recording 92-93. Tlingit History William Nelson
2 cassettes
|
undated |
6 | Recording 94. Tsimshian Texts (original) 1 cassette
|
undated |
6 | Recording 95. Jill Sims, Myth & Folklore. Adaptation
Story 1 cassette
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Tsimshian language--Study and teaching--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Dunn, John Asher--Archives