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Suzanne Maria Wash papers, 1994-1998

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Wash, Suzanne Maria
Title
Suzanne Maria Wash papers
Dates
1994-1998 (inclusive)
Quantity
approximately 6.5 cubic ft (11 boxes including 115 videocassettes, 243 sound cassettes, 163 pages)
Collection Number
2696-094
Summary
Sound and video recordings together with field notes, recorded linguisitic and ethnographic material about Plains and Sierra Miwok
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

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Suzanne Maria Wash earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is a recipient of a Jacobs Research Fund grant.

Mrs. Mabel Walloupe was the last known speaker of the Plains Miwok language. She was 92 years old at the time Suzanne Wash’s research project and when recording sessions began.

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Content Description

Video tapes and audio cassettes of Mrs. Mabel Walloupe (Plains Miwok and Northern Sierra Miwok), Mr. Manuel Jeff (Northern Sierra Miwok and Central Sierra Miwok), Mrs. Eva Jeff (Northern Sierra Miwok), Mrs. Mildred Burley (Northern Sierra Miwok), and Mr. David Jeff (Northern Sierra Miwok and Central Sierra Miwok).

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Other Descriptive Information

The traditional Plains Miwok language area is on the eastern side of the Sacramento River from near Sacramento in the north to Rio Vista in the south and eastward to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. In pre-contact times, there were an estimated 19,500 speakers of Plains Miwok, Saclan, and Central, Northern, and Southern Sierra Miwok together (Levy 1978). In the 21st century, there are no first-language speakers of Plains Miwok (Golla 2011). However, tribal members and language activists have been pursuing language revitalization and reclamation. Plains Miwok is a Miwokan language; the other members of this family are Central Sierra Miwok, Coast Miwok, Lake Miwok, Northern Sierra Miwok, Saclan, and Southern Sierra Miwok. The Miwokan languages comprise one branch of the hypothesized Penutian language family, within which they form a subgroup with the Ohlone languages (Awaswas, Chalon, Chochenyo, Karkin, Mutsun, Ramaytush, Rumsen, and Tamyen). Penutian includes, in addition, Klamath-Modoc, the Maiduan languages (Konkow, Maidu, and Nisenan), the Wintuan languages (Nomlaki, Patwin, and Wintu), and the Yokuts languages.

[Information adapted from the “Plains Miwok”, California Language Archive website; 04/25/2023]

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Permission of donor or agent required.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 3 accessions.

  • Accession No. 2696-094-01, Suzanne Maria Wash papers, 1994-1995
  • Accession No. 2696-094-02, Suzanne Maria Wash papers, 1996
  • Accession No. 2696-094-03, Suzanne Maria Wash papers, 1997-1998

Acquisition Information

Suzzanne M. Wash, 1995, 1997, 1999

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Wash, Suzanne Maria (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • Jacobs Research Funds (creator)
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