University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
2696-006
Hunn, Eugene S
Eugene Hunn
papers
circa 1970s-2008
circa 2.6 cubic feet
Collection
materials are inEnglish,
Yakima
(Topenish and Umatilla),
Sahaptin,
Taitnepam,
Yucatec
Mayan, and
Zapotec.
Jacobs Research Funds Collection projects by UW Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology
Eugene S. Hunn is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology
at the University of Washington. During his professional career, he has
conducted ethnobiological research in Mexico with Mayan people in Chiapas and
Zapotec people in the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca and with Sahaptin people in the
Columbia Plateau of the Pacific Northwest.
Arranged into 8 accessions:
- Accession no. 2696-006-01, Eugene S. Hunn papers, circa
1970s
- Accession no. 2696-006-02, Eugene S. Hunn papers,
1976-1978
- Accession no. 2696-006-03, Eugene S. Hunn papers, before
1979
- Accession no. 2696-006-04, Eugene S. Hunn papers, 1979
- Accession no. 2696-006-05, Eugene S. Hunn papers,
1982-1983
- Accession no. 2696-006-06, Eugene S. Hunn papers, 1991
- Accession no. 2696-006-07, Eugene S. Hunn papers, 1995
- Accession no. 2696-006-08, Eugene S. Hunn linguistic field
research, 2001, 2008
Proposals, project summaries, correspondence, field notes, research
project notes, word lists, recorded interviews and transcripts, and Human
Subjects Review Committee application. See individual accessions below for
specific content.
Forms part of the Jacobs Research Funds Collection
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Open to all users.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Request at UW
The creators' literary rights have not been transferred to the
University of Washington Libraries.
Hunn, Eugene S.--Archives
Jacobs Research Funds Collection
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Language and Languages
Native Americans
Sound Recordings
Anthropology
Accession No. 2696-006-01: Eugene S. Hunn papers, circa 1970s
30 sound cassettes
106 pages
Scope and Content:
Field notes and tapes of linguistic work in Sahaptin and Taitnepam
languages. Documents Mr. Hunn's research as a Jacobs Fund grant recipient in
1976.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Acquisition Info:
Donor: Eugene Hunn, May 15, 1977, May 23, 1977, June 9, 1977.
Accession No. 2696-006-02: Eugene S. Hunn papers, 1976-1978
10 microfiches
Scope and Content:
Field notes and diary from linguistic and ethnobiological research
among the Yakima (Toppenish) Indians; 1976-1978.
Physical/Technical Access:
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Acquisition Info:
Donor: Eugene Hunn, June 1, 1978.
Accession No. 2696-006-03: Eugene S. Hunn papers, before 1979
3 microfiches
Scope and Content:
Transcriptions and translations of Sahaptin language tapes.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Acquisition Info:
Donor: Eugene Hunn, October 10, 1978.
Accession No. 2696-006-04: Eugene S. Hunn papers, 1979
2 sound cassettes
Scope and Content:
Interview with Mary Jim, Wapato, Wash., conducted by Eugene Hunn
on 22 Mar 1979. Mary Jim, a Yakima Indian of Snake River-Priest Rapids
extraction and a Sahaptin speaker, discusses traditional foods, village sites,
and subsistence patterns. James Selan assists in the interview.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Acquisition Info:
Donor: Eugene Hunn, March 22, 1978.
Accession No. 2696-006-05: Eugene S. Hunn papers, 1982-1983
1 microfiche
Scope and Content:
Linguistic field notes on microfiche of the Sahaptin language, 9
Jun 1982 - 17 Apr 1983.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Acquisition Info:
Donor: Eugene Hunn, June 17, 1983.
Accession No. 2696-006-06: Eugene S. Hunn papers, 1991
3 sound cassettes
Scope and Content:
Inventory provided by donor (in box with papers), deed of gift,
final research report, tape-recorded field research, research notes and other
written material; 1991. Includes Yucatec Mayan Ethnozoological research
material and linguistic research for Yucatec Mayan zoological dictionary.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users.
Acquisition Info:
Donor: Eugene Hunn, March 04, 1992.
Accession No. 2696-006-07: Eugene S. Hunn papers, 1995
0.21 cubic feet (1 box)
118 pages
Scope and Content:
Typescript gazetteer of place names in Sahaptin language with
English translations; 1995. Hunn assembled the ethnography with the assistance
of James G. Selam, who interviewed numerous relatives about place names.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users.
Acquisition Info:
Donor: Eugene Hunn, November 15, 1995.
Accession No. 2696-006-08: Eugene S. Hunn linguistic field research, 2001, 2008
0.21 cubic feet (1 box)
Scope and Content:
Proposals, project summaries, correspondence, project notes, word
lists, and Human Subjects Review Committee application.
This accession contains two separate Jacobs Research Fund
projects. The first is "Acquisition of Traditional Environmental Knowledge by
Children in a Zapotec-Speaking Community in Oaxaca, Mexico" from 2001. The
second project is "CTUIR (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation) Ethnobiology" from 2008.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users.
Acquisition Info:
Donor: Eugene Hunn, 2002, 2010.
1/1
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Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
(CTUIR) Proposal and Correspondence
2008
1/2
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CTUIR Project Notes
2008
1/3
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Zapotec Project Summary
2001
1/4
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Zapotec Word Lists
2001
1/5
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Human Subjects Review Committee Application-
Zapotecs
2001
1/6
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Zapotec Notes (photocopies)
2001