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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections1835Thompson, Laurence C.Laurence C. Thompson papers1935-2014approximately 62.48 cubic feet (81 boxes plus 1 vertical file)Collection materials are in English.Papers of Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson relating to the study of languages, particularly Salishan languages.

Linguist Laurence C. Thompson (1926-) studied Salishan languages, Austroasiatic languages, and Vietnamese. He wrote and co-authored a number of texts including A Vietnamese Grammar (1965), A Vietnamese Reader (1961), and A Fresh Look at Tillamook Phonology (1966). He also worked with his partner M. Terry Thompson on Salishan linguistic research and they co-authored The Thompson Language (1992) and Thompson River Salish Dictionary (1998). The Thompsons studied Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish) for over thirty years and trained a number of graduate students during this fieldwork.

Laurence Cassius Thompson, Jr. was born in Manchester, New Hampshire on May 11, 1926. He received his BA, MA (1950), and PhD (1953) from Yale University. Thompson worked as a linguistics professor at the University of Hawaii for most of his career. Laurence and Maranell Lewise Terry married in Seattle, Washington in 1964.

Linguist M. Terry Thompson (1927-) studied Salishan languages. She co-authored The Thompson Language (1992) and Thompson River Salish Dictionary (1998) with her partner Laurence C. Thompson. M. Terry Thompson also edited Salish Myths and Legends: One People's Stories in 2008.

Maranell Lewise Terry was born in Colorado, Texas to Ross Lewis Terry and Emma Callie Nason. She married Laurence C. Thompson in Seattle, Washington in 1964.

Sources:

Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1990 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Jacobs, Travis Beal, and Benjamin R. Dixon. “Laurence Cassius Thompson, Jr.” In General Catalogue of Middlebury College: Bicentennial Edition. Middlebury, Vermont: Middlebury College Press, 2000, p. 363.

Taylor, Allan R. “Review of Thompson River Salish Dictionary.” International Journal of American Linguistics 64, no. 4 (1998): 398–404.

Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1932. iArchives, Orem, Utah.

Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmc275541.

Organized into 11 accessions.

Accession No. 1835-001, Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1954-1982Accession No. 1835-019, Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1968-1978Accession No. 1835-020, Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1987-1988Accession No. 1835-021, Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1989Accession No. 1835-023, Laurence C. Thompson papers, approximately 1985-1995Accession No. 1835-024, Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1956-1986Accession No. 1835-025, Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1975-1983Accession No. 1835-026, Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1944-1994Accession No. 1835-027, Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson papers, 1935, 1950-1990Accession No. 1835-028, Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1939, 1961-2009Accession No. 1835-029, Laurence C. and M. Terry Thompson papers, 1950-2014

Materials include audio recordings, field notes, language notes, word lists, dictionaries, grammar books, research files, correspondence, video recordings, and scholarly papers. The field notes and interviews were primarily recorded by Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson as well as L.C. Thompson’s students. The Thompsons interviewed numerous informants including Mabel Joe, Annie York, Mamie Henry, and others. Materials primarily document Bella Coola, Coast Salish, and Interior Salish--the three main families of Salishan languages.

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Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Amoss, PamelaBouchard, RandyBowman, ElizabethCampbell, Lillian NCoutlee, MaryEfrat, Barbara S., 1935-Fetzer, Paul SGeorge, TomGibson, JamesGrekoff, GeorgeHarris, Jimmy GHess, Thom, 1936-2009Hilbert, ViJoe, MabelMattina, AnthonyMayes, SharonMichel, MPhelps, Elaine FarkasPowell, J. VSeaburg, William RSloat, Clarence, 1936-Snyder, Warren Arthur, 1918-Thompson, Laurence C.--ArchivesThompson, M. TerryTurner, Nancy J., 1947-York, Annie, MissNorthwest Linguistic CollectionNtlakyapamuk Indians--EthnobotanyNtlakyapamuk languageSalish languageVietnamese languageSound RecordingsLanguage and LanguagesNative Americans

 

Accession No. 1835-001: Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1954-19829.42 linear feet

Scope and Content: Materials include audio recordings, field notes, and microfilm copies of field notes relating to the study of Salishan languages dating from 1954 to 1982.

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

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials were donated by Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson, 1972-1982, 1972 January 01.

Series 1Digitized Recordingselectronic_file1835-00100081Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, August 1974. Track 1.1974-0846 Minutes 22 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: MTT: "There were a lot of things you were talking about this morning that I wanted to get on there." [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Soft, like butter"; "When it melts"; "When the pillow is nice and soft". On cassette enclosure: "TH 75-1. Transcribed."

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100081Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 16 June 1975. Track 2.1975-06-1645 Minutes 58 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Worn Smooth", "Polish it"; "Polished"; "Where animals have gone through it is smooth." On cassette enclosure: "TH 75-1. Transcribed."

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100082Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 16 June 1975. Track 1.1975-06-1646 Minutes 29 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Fishing through the ice"; "Hands hanging down at sides"; "Frozen on top". On Cassette Box: "Transcribed MTT Thompson 75.2".

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100082Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 16 June 1975. Track 2.1975-06-1647 Minutes 16 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Annie, how do you say 'you forget it'?"; "You forget this article"; "I forgot my soap." On Cassette Box: "Transcribed MTT Thompson 75.2".

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100083Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 16 June 1975. Track 1.1975-06-1647 Minutes 16 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "You put him to sleep"; "You pestered him"; "You make him tired". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.3"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100083Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 16 June 1975. Track 2.1975-06-1647 Minutes 23 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Did he win the game?"; "That person is always winning"; "He lost them". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.3"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100084Stories, told by Annie York, 17 June 1975. Track 1.1975-06-1747 Minutes 18 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "They burn the offerings and then they, mourners, they take the ceder and hit every one of the children if they are orphans. I seen it, how it was done." On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.4"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100084Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 17-18 June 1975. Track 2.1975-06-1747 Minutes 23 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Limping"; "I'm limping"; "Crazy [...] they use that for a drunken person too". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.4"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100085Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 18 June 1975. Track 1.1975-06-1848 Minutes 26 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "On top of your head [name of a Wenatchee chief]"; "Something to see"; "You made it swell". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.5"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100085Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 18 June 1975. Track 2.1975-06-1847 Minutes 51 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "You will tire him"; "To pay one's fine"; "To pay the court"; "He has already paid his fine", "It's already thrown". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.5"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100086Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 18 June 1975. Track 1.1975-06-1847 Minutes 33 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "The inner bark of any tree"; "Jack Pine"; "Sap [edible tree sap]". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.6"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100086Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 19 June 1975. Track 2.1975-06-1947 Minutes 55 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Loosely Woven [as in cloth]"; "Loose"; "She bastes it"; "Stitching back and forth in long stitches". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.6"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100087Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 19 June 1975. Track 1.1975-06-1947 Minutes 57 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Strawberry"; "Raspberry"; "Something that is baked". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 11/77 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.7"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100087Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 19 June 1975. Track 2.1975-06-1947 Minutes 48 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Burn my skin"; "Black burnt"; "Scalded". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 11/77 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.7"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100088Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 27 June 1975. Track 1.1975-06-2747 Minutes 59 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "I worried about them"; "Worred about me"; "A person who goes to school together"; "A person who is doing something [making] a commotion, drinking or getting into trouble together". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 12/77". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.8"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100088Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 27-28 June 1975. Track 2`1975-06-2748 Minutes 7 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "My boat was leaking"; "A brook that wasn't running and then it was"; "A dry well when the water comes"; "Shallow water coming in"; Deep water coming in"; "A kettle". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 12/77". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.8"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100089Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 28 June 1975. Track 1.1975-06-2848 Minutes 4 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "The chicken was already rotten"; "It's a rotten chicken"; "Praying for good weather". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 12/77 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.9"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100089Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 28 June 1975. Track 2.1975-06-2848 Minutes 1 Second

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "That person, he didn't do it right"; "I showed you how to do it and you do it the wrong way"; "you're no good". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 12/77 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.9"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100090Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 30 June 1975. Track 1.1975-06-3047 Minutes 57 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Having a little personal argument"; "quarrelling"; "Two quarrelling". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 12/77 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.10"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100090Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 30 June 1975. Track 2.1975-06-3048 Minutes 1 Second

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Time to take the child home"; "I made the effort and took her home"; "She didn't want to go home, but I took her home". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 12/77 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.10"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100091Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 2 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-0248 Minutes 4 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Sheets, towels, pillowcases"; "He makes it bleed"; "You scratch it". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 7/75 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.11"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100091Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 2 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-0248 Minutes 6 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Work for your bill and pay it off"; "Person who has a lot of bills"; "I am running up a bill" "A woman who is menstruating" "Those who are sick, like cancer". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 7/75 and 12/77 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.11"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100092Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 2 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-0248 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "The young girl isn't doing anything"; "To drink with a straw"; "She drinks it with a straw". On Cassette Enclosure: "Transcribed 12/77 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.12"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100092Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 2 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-0248 Minutes 7 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Music that you hold down in the bottom of your throat [...] kind of a lonely sound, like a bunch of wolves"; "Screechy, sharp notes"; "Slow, melody song". On Cassette Enclosure: "Thompson 75.12 Transcribed 12/77 MTT". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.12

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100093Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 2-3 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-0248 Minutes 1 Second

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Sing that music over for me again"; "Gradually stop the music"; "The lower tone". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.13 Transcribed 1/78 MTT".

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100093Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 3 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-0348 Minutes 10 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Little boy 2-4 years old [pet name for]"; "Little baby 0-2 years old [pet name for]"; "Change of life". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.13 Transcribed 1/78 MTT".

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100094Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 3 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-0348 Minutes 1 Second

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Several strands of rope came apart"; "Come apart"; "I pull rope apart"; "Pulling bread apart". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.14 Transcribed 2/28 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100094Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 4 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-0448 Minutes 8 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Used clothes are just as good as anything else"; "To make a bow and arrow"; "To make a bow and arrow and not a gun"; "Cleaning my rifle". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.14 Transcribed 2/28 MTT". On Cassette Enclosure: "NB: Half of side B has bad static & noise. Transcribed MTT 2/78".

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100095Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 4 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-0448 Minutes 7 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Rod fishermen"; "Rod fisherman [archaic]"; "Someone who fishes all the time"; "Someone who makes their own lunches"; "Someone who swims all the time". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.15 Transcribed 2/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100095Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 4 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-0448 Minutes 7 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "I think you are lonely"; "It's a lonely place"; "Spuzzum is a lonely place"; "Puff up". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.15 Transcibed 2/78-MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100096Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 4 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-0448 Minutes 4 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "They don't believe me"; "You don't believe it"; "Don't you believe him"; "Lie". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.16 Transcribed 4/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100096Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 5 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-0548 Minutes 12 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "I Fill it"; "You fill it"; "You got it filled"; "You got it all brimming full"; "She got it brimming full". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.16 Transcribed-4/78-MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100097Story of the Cannibal ("Cold Man") told by Annie York in English. 5 July 1975. Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 5 July 1975 Track 1.1975-07-0547 Minutes 30 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Coming behind"; "Coming slower behind"; "Gamble"; "Betting" "Something they use for betting". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.17 Transcribed 1/78-MTT" On Cassette Enclosure: "Story of Cannibal ("Cold Man") in English, goes with Tape # T-05 (Thompson Version)"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100097Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 5 July 1975. Story, "Two Hairdressers" told by Annie York in English, 5 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-057 Minutes 45 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Mt. Baker"; "One Side [of Mt. Baker]"; "Dry Salmon Lake"; "[The name of the Canibal 'Keeps combing his head'". Story: "Two Hairdressers". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.17"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100098Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 7 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-0746 Minutes 57 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "You yank it hard, you pull on it"; "Good at doing things"; "Can never do things right, Awkward". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.18 Transcribed 4/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100098Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 7 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-0747 Minutes 3 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "This way, That far:' "In just a little ways an he'll catch up to me"; "I'll be all the way up there before you wake up". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.18 Transcribed 4/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100099Interview with Annie York, 7 July 1975. Story, told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, 7 July 1975.1975-07-0747 Minutes 33 Seconds

Scope and Content: General conversation and then story in Thompson. On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.19 Transcribed 4/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100099Story told by Annie York, 7 July 1975.1975-07-0747 Minutes 45 Seconds

Scope and Content: Story in English from a Thompson language original. "On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.19 Transcribed 4/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100100Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 7-8 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-0747 Minutes 3 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Dirty Clothes"; "he has dirt in his clothes"; "Underneath"; "Underwear". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.20 Transcribed 5/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100100Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 8 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-0847 Minutes 40 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "People born with birth defects"; "Several people have birth defects"; "all her children have birth defects". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.20 Transcribed 05/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100101Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 8 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-0847 Minutes 18 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Enchanted"; "Destracted by some experience"; "Person who is possessed doing the spirit dance [in the singular, plural and Litton dialect]" On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.21 Transcribed 5/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100101Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 8 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-0847 Minutes 40 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "They are given the spirit dancing power"; "He followed his ancestors"; "He coaxed someone to come along with him". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.21 Transcribed 5/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100102Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 10 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-1033 Minutes 52 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "The river is coming up"; "Getting higher up"; "Water is getting higher"; "When it is really starting to flood". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.22 Transcribed 6/78 MTT. Damaged -- Must be checked and copied. Damaged portion rewound onto Side A--Check Carefully."

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100102Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 10 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-102 Minutes 25 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Something growing in the ground gets bitter". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.22 Transcribed 6/78 MTT. Damaged -- Must be checked and copied. Damaged portion rewound onto Side A--Check Carefully."

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100103Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 10 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-1048 Minutes 15 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Put your chair back"; "I get in the boat"; "Put it in the water [Launch a canoe]". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.23 Transcribed 5/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100103Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 10-11 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-1047 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "I don't like it"; "Tattletale"; "Healed"; "Scar"; "It heals". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.23 Transcribed 5/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100104Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 11 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-1147 Minutes 29 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "I asked someone to come along"; "I asked someone to come along with me"; "Something itches". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.24 Transcribed 5/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100104Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 11 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-1147 Minutes 36 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Taking fluffy stuff to make a strand"; "Twisting two strands together"; "Braiding". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.24 Transcribed 5/78 MTT"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100105Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 14 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-1447 Minutes 52 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: AY: "I just made up my mind like this, I said put a note on the door." MTT: "Let's go, yeah" AY: "So I said that's what Ive been waiting for for a long time" LCT: "Oh, that's great" MTT: "Isn't that nice. That was awefully nice of him wasn't it?" AY: "Yeah well, he asked us to go over there but I don’t want it, we don’t want to go over there and say 'Mr. Williams please take us with you'". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.25 Transcribed to where tape is set"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100105Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 14 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-1447 Minutes 56 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Wicker basket"; "You'll infect them with TB"; "Kick"; "I got kicked". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.25"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100106Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 14 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-1448 Minutes 12 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Chewing Gum"; "A little piece of chewing gum [pet word]"; "She chewed the gum"; "He takes it out and puts it somewhere and chews it again"; "It's a little difficult". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.26"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100106Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 14 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-1448 Minutes 12 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Meat thermometer"; "Oven thermometer": "Pan, Something to cook in"; "My camping place"; "Overnight camping place"; "The old people's camping places". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.26"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100107Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 15 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-1548 Minutes 1 Second

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "I have a night cap"; "To have a nightcap"; "To have a soapberry confection as a nightcap"; "Have a nightcap you people"; "I gave him a nightcap". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.27"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100107Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 15 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-1547 Minutes 33 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "I deposit money in the bank"; "I work for it until I get it paid"; "I put a deposit on it [Layaway]". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.27"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100108Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 22 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-2247 Minutes 31 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "To catch water in a bucket from a downspout"; "To catch something liquid"; "Catching liquid with a container up towards the source"; "The plan has all its growth up towards the top". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.28"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100108Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 22 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-2247 Minutes 47 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Playing musical instrument"; "To sing". Additional ethnographic information related to Thompson musical instruments. On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.28"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100109Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 22 July 1975. Track 1.1975-07-2247 Minutes 25 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Bad [Penticton Language]"; "Catholic"; "Prayer beads"; "To count your beads". On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.29"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

electronic_file1835-00100109Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 22 July 1975. Track 2.1975-07-2247 Minutes 21 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT eliciting Classified Word List] "Playing musical instrument"; "To sing". Additional ethnographic information related to Thompson musical instruments. On Cassette Box: "Thompson 75.29"

General Notes: Location recorded: Spuzzum, BC, Canada

Accession No. 1835-019: Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1968-19780.08 linear feet

Scope and Content: Materials include correspondence regarding the establishment of the Northwest Linguistic Collection in UW Special Collections and on related collections in the archive dating from 1968 to 1978.

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

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials were donated by Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson, 1987 July 17.

Accession No. 1835-020: Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1987-19881.08 linear feet (26 sound cassettes)

Scope and Content: Materials include audio recordings of M. Terry Thompson's linguistic field work with Annie York in Spuzzum, BC relating to Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish) dating from 1987 to 1988.

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

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials donated by M. Terry Thompson via Bill Seaburg, 1987 September 08 and 1988 September 15.

Series 1Digitized Recordingselectronic_file00122Interview with Annie York providing translation of an earlier recording of Thompson River Salishan, August 1987. Track 1.1987-0816 Minutes 46 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: MTT: "Miss Annie York, Spuzzum BC, August 1987" AY: "He's got two [goats]. His house is all nicely decorated." On cassette enclosure: "TH 87-7".

electronic_file00122Interview with Annie York providing translation of an earlier recording of Thompson River Salishan, August 1987. Track 2.1987-089 Minutes 39 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [LCT: "Thompson tape 75"] AY: "[The Chickadee] was there" MTT: "And [The Chickadee] is the chickadee?" On cassette enclosure: "TH 87-7".

electronic_file00123Interview with Annie York providing translation of an earlier recording of Thompson River Salishan, August 1987. Track 1.1987-0831 Minutes 15 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: MTT: "Thompson tape 87-8. Miss Annie York, Spuzzum BC, August 1987 continuing the story of the Chickadee, huh?" AY: "He told them your grandson don't tell anyone that he got a deer". On cassette enclosure: "TH 87-7"

electronic_file00123Interview with Annie York providing translation of an earlier recording of Thompson River Salishan, August 1987. Track 2.1987-0831 Minutes 16 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: AY: "So he says to 'em you could be like that to yourself you could be like your grandson. You gonna be a little bird, just like your grandson too, and the old lady turned into a bird." On cassette enclosure: "TH 87-8"

electronic_file00124Interview with Annie York providing translation of an earlier recording of Thompson River Salishan, August 1987. Track 1.1987-0830 Minutes 34 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: MTT: "Thompson, tape 87 number nine, Miss Annie York, Spuzzum BC, August 1987. Continuing with the adventures of [name]" AY: "And they said to the old people that [dog] salmon was very bad, he bites the nets you see and he cuts it. So he says to them, that kinda fish is very bad." On cassette enclosure: "TH 87-9"

electronic_file00124Story told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, August 1987. Track 2.1987-0830 Minutes 45 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "You gonna be a mountain here and you're gonna look over at the people in Litton." On cassette enclosure: "TH 87-9"

electronic_file00125Story told by Annie York in both English and Thompson River Salishan, September 1987. Track 1.1987-0925 Minutes 52 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "They made a bridge right across [falling] creek. She says it's funny the way he made it." On cassette enclosure: "TH 87-10"

electronic_file00166Story, "Rabbit in Moon" told by Annie York in English from a Thompson River Salishan original, June 1988. Track 1.1988-0631 Minutes 16 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT]:"Thompson tape 88 number one, Miss Annie York, Spuzzum, B.C. June 1988, side A. [AY]: "The lady was a young one and her grandmother said to her, 'There's a man around somewhere around here and that man has a brother'". On cassette enclosure: "Thompson 88-1, June 1988 -- Annie York -- Story 'Rabbit in Moon' -- English".

electronic_file00166Story, "Rabbit in Moon" told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.1988-0626 Minutes 9 Seconds

Scope and Content: On cassette enclosure: "Thompson 88-1, June 1988 -- Annie York -- Story 'Rabbit in Moon' -- Thompson".

electronic_file00167Story told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.198830 Minutes 46 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "Number two, Miss Annie York, Spuzzum B.C. June 1988. Okay, tell us a story, Annie." On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-2 Copy. Annie York 06/88".

electronic_file00167Story told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.1988-0630 Minutes 43 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "Well, bully boy its name is [...] they nicknamed him that because after he was sent out into the woods". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-2 Copy. Annie York 06/88".

electronic_file00168Story told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 1.1988-0630 Minutes 44 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "So him and his grandmother, by that time he was getting bigger. Maybe around 15. So his grandmother says to him, 'Bout time you should always go to the river and go in the sweathouse, always because he's going to be a man". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-03".

electronic_file00168Song and Story, "The Frog's Song" by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.1988-0630 Minutes 47 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "So him and his grandmother, by that time he was getting bigger. Maybe around 15. So his grandmother says to him, 'Bout time you should always go to the river and go in the sweathouse, always because he's going to be a man". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-03".

electronic_file00169Story told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 1.1988-0631 Minutes 1 Second

Scope and Content: First words on track: "When eclipse comes that's when they visit each other". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-4 (CT)".

electronic_file00169Story told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.1988-0631 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "That's what she thinks. Oh yes. Man says, okay. After the volcano. After that the man came back to 'em and said, 'are you satisfied?', and she said, 'Oh yes, I'm satisfied to see that nice dog'". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-4 (CT)".

electronic_file00170Story told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 1.1988-0631 Minutes 4 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "She says to her, how do you like that moon last night. She says, it's beautiful, I like it". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-5".

electronic_file00170Story told by Annie York in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.1988-0631 Minutes 10 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "The people jumped into their boats and into everything there. They took off what they have. One woman, she took that Indian blanket". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-5".

electronic_file00171Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 1.1988-0631 Minutes 16 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "His headband"; "He put his headband on"; "A headband that is not tied." On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-6 (CT)".

electronic_file00171Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.1988-0627 Minutes 45 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "He looked where he pointed his canoe pole"; "Toward the west"; "Where the sun comes out"; "West, or where the sun sets". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-6 (CT)".

electronic_file00172Translation by Annie York of a story, previously recorded in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 1.1988-0630 Minutes 43 Seconds

Scope and Content: First translated phrase: "He came around there after Coyote got something. He could sense it, so he hung around. You came there but they told him it was just a bone that was found. He didn't believe it.". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-11".

electronic_file00172Translation by Annie York of a story, previously recorded in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.1988-0630 Minutes 39 Seconds

Scope and Content: First translated phrase: "Then he shot some more". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-11".

electronic_file00173Translation by Annie York of a story, previously recorded in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 1.1988-0630 Minutes 26 Seconds

Scope and Content: First translated phrase: "I guess you're telling lies to us". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-14".

electronic_file00173Translation by Annie York of a story, previously recorded in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.1988-0630 Minutes 26 Seconds

Scope and Content: First translated phrases: "When spring is on the earth (just as soon as the snow goes)"; "You are going to tell everything you see". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-14".

electronic_file00174Translation by Annie York of a story, previously recorded in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 1.1988-0630 Minutes 46 Seconds

Scope and Content: First translated phrase: "You don't want to buy a wife. He just wants to show off racing". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-15".

electronic_file00174Translation by Annie York of a story, previously recorded in Thompson River Salishan, June 1988. Track 2.1988-0628 Minutes 9 Seconds

Scope and Content: First translated phrases: "...You'll be a bird"; "And he threw them into the trees". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-15".

electronic_file00175Field recording, Annie York, Mabel Joe and M. Terry Thompson, 1988. Track 1.198831 Minutes 15 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation. On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-16".

electronic_file00175Field recording, Annie York, Mabel Joe and M. Terry Thompson, 1988. Track 2.198831 Minutes 0 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation. On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-16".

electronic_file00176Translation by Annie York of a story, previously recorded in Thompson River Salishan, 1988. Track 1.198828 Minutes 24 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT]: "Today is the 7th, isn't it?" First translated phrases: "They are not going to be here in this country"; "Looking at something, viewing something"; "He's stuck in the flowers". On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-17".

electronic_file00176Story told by Annie York simultaneously in English and Thompson River Salishan, 1988. Track 2.198828 Minutes 8 Seconds

Scope and Content: First translated phrases: "You get to be a big girl"; "You are gonna learn the native prayer" On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-17".

electronic_file00177Story told by Annie York in English, 1988. Track 1.198830 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "Next day, I'll stay with my friend. The little girl said, 'I want her to stay with us. I've been telling her she mustn't be afraid of owls or coyotes when they are howling, or anything like that. Grandpa knows how to scare them." On cassette enclosure: "TH 88-18".

Accession No. 1835-021: Laurence C. Thompson papers, 19890.42 linear feet

Scope and Content: Materials primarily include audio recordings of linguistic field work with Annie York in Spuzzum, BC relating to Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish) dating to 1989.

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

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials donated by Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson, 1989 September 15.

Series 1Digitized Recordingselectronic_file00126Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 21 June 1989. Track 1.1989-06-2131 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [Paul Kroeber eliciting classified word list]: "Something that has a notch in it"; "Something that is off, like a corner comes off". On cassette box: "TH 89-1 Recorded by M.T. Thompson. Paul Kroeber eliciting."

electronic_file00126Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 21 June 1989. Track 2.1989-06-2131 Minutes 4 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "Thompson tape 89-1. Miss Annie York. Spuzzum, BC. Recorded by Terry Thompson and Paul Kroeber. June 21st 1989." PK eliciting classified word list: "Want to talk?"; "1"; "2"; "3". On cassette box: "TH 89-1 Recorded by M.T. Thompson. Paul Kroeber eliciting."

electronic_file 00127Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 24 June 1989. Track 1.1989-06-2431 Minutes 3 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [Paul Kroeber eliciting classified word list]: "Several people arrived"; "They got here"; "Sleep" "I overslept"; On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-2"

electronic_file00127Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 24 June 1989. Track 2.1989-06-2431 Minutes 3 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: PK: "June 24th. Spuzzum again with Annie York, Paul Kroeber eliciting". [Paul Kroeber eliciting classified word list]: "7"; "9"; "Get big"; On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-2"

electronic_file00128Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 24 June 1989. Track 1.1989-06-2431 Minutes 13 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: PK: "We've done enough words here, I'm going to try some sentences. They are probably going to be sort of stupid sentences". [Paul Kroeber eliciting classified word list]: "Older brother"; "Younger brother"; "Older sister"; "Younger sister". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-3"

electronic_file00128Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 24 June 1989. Track 2.1989-06-2412 Minutes 16 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "To cut up / clean a fish"; "I cut it with a knife"; "Here is the knife I cut it with." On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-3"

electronic_file00129Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 29 June 1989. Track 1.1989-06-2932 Minutes 1 Second

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "Lightening"; "Thunder"; "Grey [the color grey]". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-4" On cassette box: "Recorded by Paul Kroeber, L.T. and M.T. Thompson also present."

electronic_file00129Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 29 June 1989. Track 2.1989-06-2932 Minutes 10 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "I know he went"; "He thinks you are gone"; "I want him to go". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-4" On cassette box: "Recorded by Paul Kroeber, L.T. and M.T. Thompson also present."

electronic_file00130Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 19 August 1989. Track 1.1989-08-1931 Minutes 37 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "I give them something / put it in someone else's hand"; "Handshake"; "He gave me something in my hand". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-5 (out of sequence--follows 89-11)"

electronic_file00130Story told by Annie York in English and Thompson River Salishan, August 19th 1989. Track 2.1989-08-1930 Minutes 52 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting story]: "He draw the earth how many layers on the earth, and he told the people the earth got several layers and he says to them: Now it is that we can't grow nothing". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-5 (out of sequence--follows 89-11)"

electronic_file00131Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 7 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-0731 Minutes 3 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "I told him to work"; "Are you working?"; "He thinks I am working". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-6 Paul K eliciting."

electronic_file00131Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 7 July 1989. Track 2.1989-07-0731 Minutes 3 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "Dull knife"; "Sharpen the knife"; "Short knife". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-6 Paul K eliciting."

electronic_file00132Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198920 Minutes 28 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "Don't use the dull knife"; "A sharp knife"; "He opened the box to put the knife in". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-6 Paul K eliciting."

electronic_file00133Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 12 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-1231 Minutes 13 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "Rainbow"; "Winding things up"; "wool[?]"; "Plant that nets are made of"; "What did he wind up?" On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-8" On cassette box: "TH 89-8 Recorded by Paul Kroeber, L.C. and M.T. Thompson also present."

electronic_file00133Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 12 July 1989. Track 2.1989-07-1231 Minutes 21 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "She used the dress I sew"; "The dish that fell on the floor is broken"; "Broken"; "Small pieces". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-8" On cassette box: "TH 89-8 Recorded by Paul Kroeber, L.C. and M.T. Thompson also present."

electronic_file00134Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 12 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-1231 Minutes 28 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "Put it on the shelf"; "He hooks something in the middle"; "Two animals". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-9" On cassette box: "TH 89-9 Recorded by Paul Kroeber, L.C. and M.T. Thompson also present."

electronic_file00134Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 12 July 1989. Track 2.1989-07-1215 Minutes 32 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "When are you coming?"; "I am coming tomorrow"; "He is going to come tomorrow"; "When did you leave?". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-9" On cassette box: "TH 89-9 Recorded by Paul Kroeber, L.C. and M.T. Thompson also present."

electronic_file00135Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 13 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-1331 Minutes 17 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "An animal that is tame"; "A wild horse"; "Put something someplace". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-9 13 July 1989 Tape 1" On cassette box: "TH 89-10 L.C. and M.T. Thompson present. rec/edit: Paul Kroeber".

electronic_file00135Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 13 July 1989. Track 2.1989-07-1331 Minutes 17 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "Grizzly bear"; "Sagging"; "Rope". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-9 13 July 1989 Tape 1" On cassette box: "TH 89-10 L.C. and M.T. Thompson present. rec/edit: Paul Kroeber".

electronic_file00136Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 13 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-1330 Minutes 59 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "Just a few"; "quarter of an inch in the bottom"; "Half"; "2 inches from the top of the basket"; "Full". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-9 13 July 1989 Tape 2". On cassette box: "rec/edit: Paul Kroeber. MT. Thompson also present. Side b blank".

electronic_file00137Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 20 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation with M. Terry Thompson. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Escalator / Moving ladder"; "Stirrups". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-12"

electronic_file00137Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198931 Minutes 22 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Gallop / Bucking horse"; "Upper Niccola people"; "Area across from the river"; "They are going down". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-12"

electronic_file00138Story told by Annie York in English and Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 43 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "He's sitting on the other side when he's making that soup." On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-13".

electronic_file00138Story told by Annie York in English and Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198931 Minutes 47 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "It's something to see, that's a funny person!" On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-13".

electronic_file00139Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198930 Minutes 56 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation with M. Terry Thompson. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "A fish"; "A earthen steaming pit"; "He steamed it". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-15"

electronic_file00139Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198934 Minutes 33 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation with M. Terry Thompson. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "The Sandman". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-15"

electronic_file00140Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation with M. Terry Thompson. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Are you people all going to agree?" On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-14".

electronic_file00140Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198931 Minutes 0 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Something that makes me sneeze"; "That stuff is something that makes you sneeze"; "A sneezemaker". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-14".

electronic_file00141Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198930 Minutes 26 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Field mouse gathers a lot of stuff"; "Field mouse"; "Mouse's food that has been gathered." On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-16".

electronic_file00141Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198931 Minutes 26 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "To scratch someone's varicose vein to make it bleed and then put pitch on it." On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-16".

electronic_file00142Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 37 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "They do it by themselves"; "I depend on him"; "He depends on me." On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-17".

electronic_file00142Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198931 Minutes 37 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "He accidentally made it leak"; "Sprinkler". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-17".

electronic_file00143Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 0 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "It runs all over, like black brambleberries"; "A lot of it spurts out". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-18".

electronic_file00143Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198931 Minutes 21 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "To stretch his neck"; "To stretch and look over". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-18".

electronic_file00144Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198930 Minutes 59 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Just got clean". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-19".

electronic_file00144Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 27 August 1989. Track 2.1989-08-2731 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Your unmarried son"; "Young boy after his voice has changed". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-19".

electronic_file00145Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 9 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Striped"; "Dirty". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-20-21". On cassette box: "Note: #21 was omitted from the sequence and is incorporated herein"

electronic_file00145Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198920 Minutes 15 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Shawl"; "Stagnant water"; "Mattress that soured from bedwetting". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-20-21". On cassette box: "Note: #21 was omitted from the sequence and is incorporated herein"

electronic_file00146Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 11 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Don't hurt your friend's feelings"; "A board shrinks and gets loose"; "Something that moves apart". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-22".

electronic_file00146Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 28 August 1989. Track 2.1989-08-2831 Minutes 0 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "August 28th." [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "You were the only one that helped me."; "I like where you work"; "I like the house where you work." On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-22".

electronic_file00147Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198930 Minutes 57 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "To stumble."; "To trip someone"; "To clear/clean/brush off"; "To clean". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-23".

electronic_file00147Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198930 Minutes 28 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "The front part of something"; "I went ahead of somebody"; "The front/belly of a deer." On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-23".

electronic_file00148Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 29 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Walking slow"; "To drive"; "To slow with your hands". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-24".

electronic_file00148Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198930 Minutes 31 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "A place where someone has been digging"; "The digger"; "Where people dig all the time". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-24".

electronic_file00149Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 24 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "It got dumped out on me"; "I didn't intend to throw it out"; "Old clothes". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-25".

electronic_file00149Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198931 Minutes 18 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "A pillow"; "A bustle, (a cushion that you sit on)"; "T.B. (Tuberculosis or Consumption)". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-25".

electronic_file00150Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198946 Minutes 41 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Telephone"; "Telegram"; "Crossways". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-26".

electronic_file00150Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198946 Minutes 44 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "To hold material with your teeth"; "Close together"; "To camp on the way (while going somewhere)". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-26".

electronic_file00151Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198946 Minutes 48 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "I pray"; "2 or 3 people fried something"; "To peer at something when you are working on it and your eyes are bad"; "I managed to cut it with dull scissors". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-27".

electronic_file00151Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198946 Minutes 57 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Somebody is very sick"; "I am very sick"; "He is very sick". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-27".

electronic_file00152Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198947 Minutes 14 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Little kids"; "Work hard"; "Works too hard all the time"; ; "Thanks for your hard work". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-28".

electronic_file00152Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198947 Minutes 21 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "The Mountain"; "To put something in the fire"; "Up in a high mountain ridge"; "Heather (The plant that grows in the high places)". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-28".

electronic_file00153Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 1.198931 Minutes 29 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [General discussion followed by MTT eliciting a classified word list which begins at 3 Min 40 Sec.]: "To water or irrigate something"; "To spray something on a tree"; "To scald his hand in hot water"; "He accidently poured water on me". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-29".

electronic_file00153Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198931 Minutes 25 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Have a permanently twisted neck"; "Have a crooked finger"; "Have a crooked back". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-29".

electronic_file00154Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, September 1989. Track 1.1989-0931 Minutes 16 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "You made a hole in your boat"; "To get a hole on the side"; "Something that hits something and has a hole in it, like a watermelon". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-30".

electronic_file00154Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, September 1989. Track 2.1989-0910 Minutes 34 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "To poultice your side"; "I poultice my side"; "To poultice your hand". On cassette enclosure: "TH 89-30".

electronic_file00155Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, June 1989. Track 1.1989-0630 Minutes 41 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "To sit down"; "Sit down my dear"; "Walk"; "I guess you've been walking". On cassette enclosure: "TH #89".

electronic_file00155Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, June 1989. Track 2.1989-0611 Minutes 54 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "I am going to sleep"; "I feel sleepy"; "He is still asleep". On cassette enclosure: "TH #89".

electronic_file00156Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 29 June 1989. Track 1.198930 Minutes 49 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK Monologue]: "Thompson Tape 90. June and probably also July 1989. Annie York at Spuzzum. Paul Kroeber eliciting" [PK eliciting classified word list]: "Thunder"; "Lightening"; "Grey hair"; "Grey color (like a horse)". On cassette enclosure: "TH 90".

electronic_file00156Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 29 June 1989. Track 2.19891 Minutes 50 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [PK eliciting classified word list]: "I saw him put it there"; "I know where he put it"; "I know what he cut it with". On cassette enclosure: "TH 90".

electronic_file00157Interview with Annie York, Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 19 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-1929 Minutes 17 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "Thompson Tape 91. Miss Annie York, Spuzzum BC, July 1989, Terry Thompson recording. [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "He gave me something in my hand"; "To put or place something"; "Something cooled off"; "To put something cool in your eye". On cassette enclosure: "TH #91 - Beg. July 19, 1989-AY-SPZ MJ & MC, Merritt".

electronic_file00157Interview with Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 1989. Track 2.198928 Minutes 38 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Crooked tree"; "A baby Carrier"; "Something used for black magic or sorcery"; "Back itches"; "My hand itches". On cassette enclosure: "TH #91".

electronic_file00158Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, Summer 1989. Track 1.198930 Minutes 55 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "Thompson tape 92. Miss Annie York, Spuzzum BC. Recorded by Terry Thompson, 1989." [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Someone who is uppity"; "Waiting for fish to bite after you've dropped your line in"; "To bait your line for fishing and throw it into the water through a hole in the ice". On cassette enclosure: "TH 92".

electronic_file00158Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, Summer 1989. Track 2.198930 Minutes 49 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "A sound, especially like a siren goes off into the distance and disappears"; "A bird or a plane or the sun goes over the top of the mountain and disappears"; "All my stuff is churned around". On cassette enclosure: "TH 92".

electronic_file00159Story, Tom George telling, "The Story of the Old Man and His Grandson" in Thompson River Salishan, 27 June 1989. Track 1.1989-06-2713 Minutes 4 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT]: "The Thompson Language, Mr. Tom George at coldwater, B.C., June 27th 1989". On cassette enclosure: "TH #93".

electronic_file00160Field recording, Hilda Austin on "How to Fish" in Thompson River Salish, 11 July 1989. Field recording, Millie Michel on "Gathering Food Plants" in Thompson River Salish, 11 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-1130 Minutes 51 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: General conversation [Hilda Austin at 2:10]: "I'm going to tell you a story about the fish. How it goes around. The fish.". On cassette enclosure: "TH #94".

electronic_file00160Story, Millie Michel tells "Mountain Goat Woman" in Thompson River Salish, 11 July 1989. Track 2.1989-07-1122 Minutes 36 Seconds

Scope and Content: On cassette enclosure: "TH #94".

electronic_file00161Story #2 told by Tom George in Thompson River Salishan, 25 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-2511 Minutes 46 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT]: "This is Mr. Tom George, Coldwater B.C. July 25th, 1989. He's going to tell us a story." On cassette enclosure: "TH 95". On cassette box: "Story #2. Recorded by M.T. Thompson. Mabel Joe, Mary Coutlee, and L.C. Thompson also present".

electronic_file00162Translation of "The Old Man and His Grandson" by M. Terry Thompson, Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee from an original recitation by Tom George, 22 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-2231 Minutes 13 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT]: "Thompson language, July 22, 1989, Merritt, B.C. Mabel Joe and Terry Thompson working on a story told by Tom George, with the Help of Mary Coutlee. [first translated phrase]: "I am going slow, said the grandson". On cassette enclosure: "TH #96". On cassette box: "Working on Tom George story of old man (TH #93). Recorded by M.T. Thompson (cont'd on TH #97).

electronic_file00162Translation (continued) of "The Old Man and His Grandson" by M. Terry Thompson, Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee from an original recitation by Tom George, 22 July 1989. Track 2.1989-07-2231 Minutes 18 Seconds

Scope and Content: First Translated Phrase: "Stop there by the water and sit down. You sit there and then you kneel down, and I will kneel down." On cassette enclosure: "TH #96". On cassette box: "Working on Tom George story of old man (TH #93). Recorded by M.T. Thompson (cont'd on TH #97).

electronic_file00163Translation (continued) of "The Old Man and His Grandson" by M. Terry Thompson, Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee from an original recitation by Tom George, 22 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-2231 Minutes 16 Seconds

Scope and Content: First Translated Phrase: "When you are finished eating let me know and then we'll pray again. And they ate, the old man and his grandson until they finished." On cassette enclosure: "TH #97". On cassette box: "(Continuation of TH #96) translation of Tom George story (tape TH #93). Recorded by M.T. Thompson (continued on TH #98)"

electronic_file00163Translation (continued) of "The Old Man and His Grandson" by M. Terry Thompson, Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee from an original recitation by Tom George, 22 July 1989. Track 2.1989-07-2231 Minutes 18 Seconds

Scope and Content: First Translated Phrase: "We'll go clear land. Maybe they'll give us work." On cassette enclosure: "TH #97". On cassette box: "(Continuation of TH #96) translation of Tom George story (tape TH #93). Recorded by M.T. Thompson (continued on TH #98)"

electronic_file00164Translation (continued) of "The Old Man and His Grandson" by M. Terry Thompson, Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee from an original recitation by Tom George, 22 July 1989. Track 1.1989-07-2230 Minutes 58 Seconds

Scope and Content: First Translated Phrase: "He looked at the tools and he took them back to his grandfather." On cassette enclosure: "TH #98". On cassette box: "(Continuation of TH #97) translation of Tom George story (TH #93).

electronic_file00164Conversation M. Terry Thompson, Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee, 22 July 1989. Track 2.1989-07-220 Minutes 56 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: "He had been over there. He went over there for his honeymoon, eh? With the first wife." On cassette enclosure: "TH #98". On cassette box: "(Continuation of TH #97) translation of Tom George story (TH #93).

electronic_file00165Interview with Annie York and Mabel Joe, providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, August-September 1989. Track 1.1989-08; 1989-930 Minutes 56 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [MTT eliciting classified word list]: "Someone who is always jealous"; "and the other way"; "My husband is accusing me." On cassette enclosure: "TH #99".

electronic_file00165Audio notes recited by M. Terry Thompson with Annie York and Mabel Joe providing intonations of the Thompson River Salishan alphabet, August-September 1989. Track 2.1989-08; 1989-92 Minutes 6 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: [Audio notes by MTT]: "Next is the glottal pharyngeal. It's written with the same letter and the raised comma or glottal mark to the right of the letter." On cassette enclosure: "TH 99". On cassette box: "Annie York, Spuzzum. Mabel Joe, Shulus, (Thompson alphabet)."

Accession No. 1835-023: Laurence C. Thompson papers, approximately 1985-19950.48 cubic feet (12 sound cassettes)

Scope and Content: Materials include sound recordings of linguistic field work conducted by Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson dating from approximately 1985 to 1995. Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish) speakers Mabel Joe and Annie York were the informants.

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

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials were donated by M. Terry Thompson via William Seaburg, 1990 January 03.

Series 1Digitized Recordingselectronic_file00110Stories and clarification, by Annie York in English and Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 1.1990-0731 Minutes 23 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: MTT: "Okay, well, let's see, before we start on anything else, let me check on these things with you Annie." Ethnographic and Ethnolinguistic material clarifying and translating earlier stories. On Cassette Enclosure: "TH 90-1"

electronic_file00110Stories and clarification, by Annie York in English and Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 2.1990-0731 Minutes 12 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: AY: "You know they must be silly, I guess they don't know nothing. Crow says, 'I'm gonna go there, [maybe I'll find it]. This time we're going--[T'lap], That's the Raven--he says we didn't fly high enough." On Cassette Enclosure: "TH 90-1"

electronic_file00111Stories, told by Annie York in English and Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 1.1990-0731 Minutes 14 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: AY: "[...] Raspberries, Blackberries, everything. That turtle says, 'I don't eat that stuff.' He eats the seaweed. [Name], he tries everything on the island, and these people after a while they get used to all the food that was put on the island." On Cassette Enclosure: "TH 90-2"

electronic_file00111Story, "A Beautiful Cloak With Decorations" told by Annie York in English and Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 2.1990-0731 Minutes 7 Seconds

Scope and Content: M. Terry Thompson eliciting. On Cassette Enclosure: "TH 90-2"

electronic_file00112Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 1.1990-0731 Minutes 19 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: AY: "I never seen my Grandmother, she died when my mother was a baby." MTT eliciting: "Is blinded"; "A plant that makes people blind"; "To blind someone on purpose". On Cassette Enclosure: "TH 90-3"

electronic_file00112Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 2.1990-0731 Minutes 21 Seconds

Scope and Content: General conversation. MTT eliciting classified word list (Begins at 3:05): "The bark flutters"; "The side of the forehead, the temple"; "To blow through a blade of grass." On Cassette Enclosure: "TH 90-3"

electronic_file00113Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 1.1990-0731 Minutes 39 Seconds

Scope and Content: MTT eliciting classified word list: "Hair gets gray on the sides"; "To freeze something"; "You froze several things"; "My feet froze". On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-4"

electronic_file00113Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 2.1990-0731 Minutes 24 Seconds

Scope and Content: MTT eliciting classified word list: "I dislocated my wrist"; "I finally managed to displace it"; "It got uprooted." On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-4"

electronic_file00114Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 1.1990-0731 Minutes 20 Seconds

Scope and Content: MTT eliciting classified word list: "When you are tanning and the buckskin gets hard"; "Your hair gets curly"; "To make a crease in something." On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-5"

electronic_file00114Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 2.1990-0731 Minutes 12 Seconds

Scope and Content: MTT eliciting classified word list: "To pick berries with a rake"; "To display/show me something"; "I finally managed to fell it"; "I got it all spread out." On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-5"

electronic_file00115Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 1.1990-0731 Minutes 12 Seconds

Scope and Content: MTT eliciting classified word list: "Put another lining in the house"; "I put a thin lining of paper on the wall"; "He finally went hunting." On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-6"

electronic_file00115Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 2.1990-0730 Minutes 50 Seconds

Scope and Content: General conversation. MTT eliciting (classified word list begins at 7:30): "To spit something out"; "He finally managed to spit it out"; "Someone spit on me." On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-6"

electronic_file00116Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 1.1990-0731 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: MTT eliciting classified word list: "To cup your hands and take some"; "To go out"; "To smoke them out"; "To put someone out." On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-7"

electronic_file00116Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 2.1990-0724 Minutes 45 Seconds

Scope and Content: MTT eliciting classified word list: "Make a storage scaffold for yourself"; "To put a hole through." On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-7"

electronic_file00117Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, July 1990. Track 1.1990-0730 Minutes 54 Seconds

Scope and Content: MTT eliciting classified word list: "To mumble in your sleep"; "Nightmare"; "You had a nightmare last night." On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-8"

electronic_file00117Conversation with Annie York in English, July 1990. Track 2.1990-070 Minutes 17 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: MTT: "'Bout suppertime, isn't it? Well, we made some progress, that's all right." On cassette enclosure: "TH 90-8"

electronic_file00118Translation of "Bear Brothers" story, provided by Mabel Joe from a prior field recording in Thompson River Salishan, 22 August 1990. Track 1.1990-08-2231 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: MTT: "Thompson Language. August 22nd 1990. Mabel Joe. Recorded at Lower Nicola by Terry Thompson." On cassette housing: "TH 90-9. M. Joe and T. Thompson working thru bear brothers story. 8/22/90"

electronic_file00118Translation of "Bear Brothers" story, by Mabel Joe from a prior field recording in Thompson River Salishan, 22 August 1990. Track 2.1990-08-2223 Minutes 12 Seconds

Scope and Content: On cassette housing: "TH 90-9. M. Joe and T. Thompson working thru bear brothers story. 8/22/90"

electronic_file00119Translation of "Harvest" by Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee from a prior field recording of Millie Michel speaking in Thompson River Salish, 1990. Track 1.199031 Minutes 5 Seconds

Scope and Content: First phrases translated: "They get on top of the mountain"; "Digging potatoes". On cassette housing: "M. Joe, M. Coutlee, M.T. Thompson Work on M. Michel "Harvest" TH 90-10".

electronic_file00119Translation of "Harvest" by Mabel Joe and Mary Coutlee from a prior field recording of Millie Michel speaking in Thompson River Salish, 1990. Track 2.199031 Minutes 9 Seconds

Scope and Content: First phrase translated: "You cut it and dry it". On cassette housing: "M. Joe, M. Coutlee, M.T. Thompson Work on M. Michel "Harvest" TH 90-10".

electronic_file00120Translation of "Harvesting" by Mabel Joe from a prior field recording of Millie Michel speaking in Thompson River Salish, 27 August 1990. Track 1.1990-08-2731 Minutes 0 Seconds

Scope and Content: First translated phrase: "He weaved it or tied it together." On cassette housing: "M. Joe & M.T. Thompson - 8/27/90 M. Michel's "Harvesting". On cassette box: "TH 90-11".

electronic_file00120Translation of "Harvesting" by Mabel Joe from a prior field recording of Millie Michel speaking in Thompson River Salish, 27 August 1990. Track 2.1990-08-2730 Minutes 58 Seconds

Scope and Content: First translated phrases: "Saskatoon Berries"; "I'm going to make my bread." On cassette housing: "M. Joe & M.T. Thompson - 8/27/90 M. Michel's "Harvesting". On cassette box: "TH 90-11".

electronic_file00121Interview with Annie York providing etymologies and intonations of Thompson River Salishan, 24 July 1990. Track 1.1990-07-2428 Minutes 48 Seconds

Scope and Content: First words on track: MTT: "Thompson tape July 24th, 1990. Ms. Annie York. Spuzzum, BC. Recorded by M. Terry Thompson." MTT eliciting classified word list: "I froze several things"; "My feet are cold"; "Both my feet froze." On cassette enclosure: "TH"

Accession No. 1835-024: Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1956-198614.12 cubic feet (11 boxes)

Scope and Content: Materials include research files, correspondence, teaching records, grant research files, personal files, and notes related to linguistic research and Laurence C. Thompson's professional career dating from 1956 to 1986. Research files pertain to Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish), Salishan grammar, Vietnamese grammar, and other linguistic research.

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

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials were donated by M. Terry Thompson, 1995 March 31.

11835-024Employment record1956-198611835-024Civil Service records1956-198611835-024Correspondence1956-198611835-024Drafts1956-198611835-024Writings1956-198611835-024Thompson ethnobotany correspondence and notes1956-198621835-024Thompson ethnobotany FINDERLIST1956-198621835-024Files on control in Salish grammar1956-1986

General Notes: Laurence Thompson always felt that his discovery of this element in Salish was his most important contribution to Salish studies.

21835-024Correspondence regarding Thompson’s book Vietnamese Grammar1956-198621835-024Writings1956-198621835-024General correspondence A-B1956-198631835-024General correspondence B-Z1956-198631835-024Additional correspondence1956-198641835-024Files relating to Thompson’s Vietnamese Grammar and Vietnamese Reader1956-198641835-024Correspondence and general files on Vietnamese and Southeast Asian languages1956-198651835-024Recommendations, evaluations, and files on former students (and advisees)1956-198661835-024Correspondence1956-198661835-024Writings1956-198671835-024Thompson Grammar files1956-198681835-024Thompson Grammar files1956-198681835-024Class notes and course material1956-198691835-024Class notes and course material1956-1986101835-024Miscellaneous mail in plastic bag1956-1986101835-024Grant files1956-1986111835-024Grant files1956-1986111835-024Class notes1956-1986111835-024Correspondence1956-1986111835-024Writings1956-1986Accession No. 1835-025: Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1975-19834 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: Materials include Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish) linguistic research files created by Laurence C. Thompson, M. Terry Thompson, and Sharon Mayes dating from 1975 to 1983.

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

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials were donated by M. Terry Thompson, 1996 March 13

Accession No. 1835-026: Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1944-1994 (bulk 1970-1983)4.42 cubic feet (5 boxes, including 2 magnetic audio reels)

Scope and Content: Materials include linguistic research files, correspondence, audio recordings, and personal files created by Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson dating from 1944 to 1994. Materials primarily document Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish) and Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən (Klallam).

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

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials were donated by M. Terry Thompson, 1999 November 29.

Accession No. 1835-027: Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson papers, 1935, 1950-1990 (bulk 1960-1980)13.23 cubic feet (31 boxes, including 389 magnetic audio reels, 316 sound cassettes, 24 microfilm reels, 4 videocassettes)

Scope and Content: Materials include audio recordings, field notes, language notes, word lists, dictionaries, microfilm reels, and video recordings relating to Interior and Coastal Salish languages. Materials primarily document Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish), Secwepemctsín (Shuswap), Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən (Klallam), Xwlemi (Lummi), and Tillamook. Also included to a lesser extent are research files on non-Salishan North American Indigenous languages and various South Asian languages. The accession also contains personal files relating to Laurence C. Thompson’s stroke rehabilitation.

Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use. Special Media: magnetic audio reels, sound cassettes, microfilm reels, and videocassettes.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged into four series:

I. Salish linguistic filesII. North American Indigenous linguistic filesIII. Southeast Asian, Armenian, Arapesh, Irish Gaelic linguistic filesIV. Personal files

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

Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use. Special Media: magnetic audio reels, sound cassettes, microfilm reels, and videocassettes.

Restrictions on Use: Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials were donated by M. Terry Thompson, 2004 April 21.

Series ISalish linguistic files1935, 1950-19801960-1980

Arrangement: The series is arranged into two subseries:

I.A. Interior Salish linguistic filesI.B. Coast Salish linguistic files

Scope and Content: Materials include audio recordings, field notes, language notes, word lists, dictionaries, microfilm reels, and video recordings relating to Interior and Coastal Salish languages.

181835-027Salish field notes: microfilm reelsapproximately 1960-19802 reels271835-027Salish: audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19803 sound cassettesSubseries I.A.Interior Salish1935, 1952-1980

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by language and dialect.

Scope and Content: Materials include audio recordings, field notes, language notes, word lists, dictionaries, microfilm reels, and video recordings relating to Interior Salish languages. Materials primarily document Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish).

71835-027Secwepemctsín (Shuswap): audio recordings approximately 1960-198023 magnetic audio reels81835-027Secwepemctsín (Shuswap): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19805 magnetic audio reels291835-027Secwepemctsín (Shuswap): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198012 magnetic audio reels81835-027Secwepemctsín (Shuswap) and S'át'imcets (Lillooet): audio recordingapproximately 1960-19801 magnetic audio reel81835-027S'át'imcets (Lillooet): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198012 magnetic audio reels181835-027S'át'imcets (Lillooet): microfilm reelsapproximately 1960-19805 reels261835-027S'át'imcets (Lillooet): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19802 sound cassettes11835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): field notes about plants and baskets, informants Annie York and Arthur Urquhart1968-197011835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): field methods class notes, informant Mabel Joe197711835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): field notes, informants Isaac Oates, William Samson, Mamie Henry1961-196211835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): field notes, informant Annie York1969-19727 folders21835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): field notes, informant Annie York1972-197321835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish), Merritt, BC: field notes by Sharon Mayes, informant Mabel Joe1975-19804 folders31835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): video recording of Mabel Joe19771 videocassette31835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): "Thompson land claims NVIA," "Raven's View," and "Land Claims Coldwater Band" video recordings19763 videocassettes31835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): beginning Nlaka'pamuctsin lessons vocabulary cards by Mamie Henry19734, 51835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): vocabulary word cards that can be used in a Bell & Howell Language Master machineapproximately 1960-198081835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordings1964-1968, undated5 magnetic audio reels91835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198018 magnetic audio reels101835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198018 magnetic audio reels111835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198018 magnetic audio reels121835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198018 magnetic audio reels131835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19808 magnetic audio reels131835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish), Merritt, BC: audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198015 magnetic audio reels141835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish), Merritt, BC: audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198015 magnetic audio reels181835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingapproximately 1960-19801 magnetic audio reel191835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198035 sound cassettes201835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198034 sound cassettes211835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198034 sound cassettes221835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198035 sound cassettes231835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198034 sound cassettes241835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198036 sound cassettes251835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198036 sound cassettes261835-027Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198032 sound cassettes141835-027Snchitsu'umshtsn (Coeur d'Alene): Sloat audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19806 magnetic audio reels141835-027Snchitsu'umshtsn (Coeur d'Alene): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19802 magnetic audio reels151835-027Snchitsu'umshtsn (Coeur d'Alene): Sloat audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19804 magnetic audio reels181835-027Snchitsu'umshtsn (Coeur d'Alene): microfilm reels, includes Sloat notebooksapproximately 1960-19803 reels151835-027Snchitsu'umshtsn (Coeur d'Alene) and Okanagan (Colville-Okanagan): audio recording1935, 19521 magnetic audio reel151835-027Nxaảmxcín (Columbia-Moses, Columbia-Wenatchi): audio recordings19532 magnetic audio reels151835-027Okanagan (Colville-Okanagan) and Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish): audio recording19681 magnetic audio reel151835-027Okanagan (Colville-Okanagan-Methow): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19757 magnetic audio reels181835-027Okanagan (Colville-Okanagan): microfilm reelapproximately 1960-19751 reel261835-027Okanagan (Colville-Okanagan): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19802 sound cassettes271835-027Okanagan (Colville-Okanagan): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19801 sound cassette181835-027Npoqínišcn (Spokane): microfilm reelapproximately 1960-19801 reelSubseries I.B.Coast Salish1950-1980

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by language and dialect.

Scope and Content: Materials include audio recordings, field notes, language notes, word lists, dictionaries, and microfilm reels relating to Coastal Salish languages. Materials primarily document Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən (Klallam), Xwlemi (Lummi), and Tillamook.

151835-027ʔAyajuθəm (Comox), Sliammon: audio recording1965151835-027Halq̓eméylem/Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓/hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Halkomelem), Cowichan: audio recording19741 magnetic audio reel161835-027Halq̓eméylem/Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓/hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Halkomelem), Cowichan: audio recording19741 magnetic audio reel271835-027Halq̓eméylem/Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓/hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Halkomelem), Cowichan: audio recordingapproximately 1960-19804 sound cassettes161835-027Halq̓eméylem/Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓/hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Halkomelem): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19754 magnetic audio reels161835-027Halq̓eméylem/Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓/hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Halkomelem), Chilliwack: audio recordings19636 magnetic audio reels181835-027Halq̓eméylem/Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓/hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Halkomelem), Chilliwack: microfilm reel, Jimmy G. Harris field notesapproximately 1960-19801 magnetic audio reel11835-027Dxʷləšúcid (Lushootseed), Skaǰət (Skagit): field notes1961, undated2 folders11835-027Dxʷləšúcid (Lushootseed), Skaǰət (Skagit): Tom Hess' field notes1975-197611835-027Dxʷləšúcid (Lushootseed), Skaǰət (Skagit): field notes, informant Louise George1962, 19662 folders181835-027Dxʷləšúcid (Lushootseed), Skaǰət (Skagit): microfilm reel19701 reel161835-027Dxʷləšúcid (Lushootseed), Puyallup: audio recording19601 magnetic audio reel301835-027Dxʷləšúcid (Lushootseed), Puyallup: audio recordingapproximately 1960-19801 magnetic audio reel181835-027Dxʷləšúcid (Lushootseed), Puyallup: microfilm reel19641 reel21835-027Lhéchalosem (Nooksack): field notes1966-19673 folders311835-027Lhéchalosem (Nooksack): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198010 magnetic audio reels161835-027Sháshíshálh (Sechelt): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19805 magnetic audio reels181835-027Sháshíshálh (Sechelt): microfilm reels, Grekoff field notes19652 reels161835-027Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim (Squamish): audio recordings1963, undated6 magnetic audio reels11835-027Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən (Klallam): field notes1968-1976271835-027Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən (Klallam): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198016 sound cassettes291835-027Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən (Klallam): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198010 magnetic audio reels and 8 sound cassettes11835-027Xwlemi (Lummi): field notes1965161835-027Xwlemi (Lummi): audio recordingsapproximately 1950-197523 magnetic audio reels171835-027Xwlemi (Lummi): audio recordingsapproximately 1950-197511 magnetic audio reels271835-027Xwlemi (Lummi): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19804 sound cassettes311835-027Xwlemi (Lummi): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19809 magnetic audio reels171835-027SENĆOŦEN (Saanich): audio recordings19712 magnetic audio reels271835-027SENĆOŦEN (Saanich): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19804 sound cassettes181835-027Twana: microfilm reels1964, undated3 reels311835-027Twana: audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19808 magnetic audio reels171835-027Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉ (Upper Chehalis), Satsop: audio recordings19522 magnetic audio reels171835-027Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉ (Upper Chehalis), Satsop: audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19808 magnetic audio reels171835-027Kʷínaył (Quinault): audio recordingsapproximately 1950-19804 magnetic audio reels181835-027Kʷínaył (Quinault): microfilm reel19621 reel171835-027Tillamook: audio recordingsapproximately 1960-197012 magnetic audio reels271835-027Tillamook: audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19804 sound cassettes281835-027Tillamook: audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198039 sound cassettes291835-027Sdoh-doh-hohbsh (Snohomish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19808 magnetic audio reels291835-027Sdoh-doh-hohbsh (Snohomish), Suquamish: audio recordingapproximately 1960-1980 1 magnetic audio reel291835-027Sdoh-doh-hohbsh (Snohomish), Columbian: audio recordingapproximately 1960-1980 1 magnetic audio reel291835-027Sdoh-doh-hohbsh (Snohomish), Skaǰət (Skagit), dxʷdəwʔabš (Duwamish): audio recordingapproximately 1960-1980 1 magnetic audio reel291835-027Sdoh-doh-hohbsh (Snohomish), Skaǰət (Skagit): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-1980 2 magnetic audio reels291835-027Lekwungen (Songish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-1980 3 magnetic audio reels291835-027Xws7ámeshqen (Samish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-1980 2 magnetic audio reels291835-027sqʷuqʷóbəš (Skokomish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19806 magnetic audio reels301835-027Skaǰət (Skagit): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-198034 magnetic audio reels301835-027Skaǰət (Skagit), Sdoh-doh-hohbsh (Snohomish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19802 magnetic audio reels301835-027Skaǰət (Skagit), Sdoh-doh-hohbsh (Snohomish), dxʷdəwʔabš (Duwamish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19802 magnetic audio reels301835-027dxʷsqʷaliʔ abš (Nisqually): audio recordingapproximately 1960-19801 magnetic audio reel301835-027dxʷsqʷaliʔ abš (Nisqually), Suquamish: audio recordingapproximately 1960-19801 magnetic audio reel301835-027 dxʷdəwʔabš (Duwamish): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19809 magnetic audio reels301835-027 dxʷdəwʔabš (Duwamish), Sdoh-doh-hohbsh (Snohomish): audio recordingapproximately 1960-19801 magnetic audio reelSeries IINorth American Indigenous linguistic files1950-1980

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

Scope and Content: Materials include audio recordings and field notes relating to various North American Indigenous languages. The series includes a small amount of materials about Chinook Jargon, Tsimshian, Ichishkíin Sínwit (Yakama Sahaptin), Kʷòʔlíyotʼ (Quileute), qʷi·qʷi·diččaq (Makah), Athabaskan, Tututni (Coquille Athabaskan), Ohlone (Costanoan), and Nutunutu/Tachi.

21835-027Chinook Jargon: field notes1968171835-027Chinook Jargon: audio recordings1968, undated2 magnetic audio reels21835-027Field notes relating to Salish languages (Twana, Squamish, Lummi, Snohomish, Klallam, Comox, Sliammon, Sechelt, Tillamook, Nooksack, Salish-Spokane-Kalispel, Samish) and Tsimshian1963-1964171835-027Ichishkíin Sínwit (Yakama Sahaptin): audio recordingsapproximately 1960-19802 magnetic audio reels171835-027Kʷòʔlíyotʼ (Quileute) and qʷi·qʷi·diččaq (Makah): audio recordings1954, undated3 magnetic audio reels171835-027Athabaskan: audio recordingapproximately 1960-19801 magnetic audio reel171835-027Tututni (Coquille Athabaskan): audio recordingapproximately 1950-19631 magnetic audio reel171835-027Ohlone (Costanoan): audio recording19571 magnetic audio reel171835-027Tsimshian: audio recording19631 magnetic audio reel171835-027Nutunutu/Tachi: audio recordings19572 magnetic audio reelsSeries IIISoutheast Asian, Armenian, Arapesh, Irish Gaelic linguistic files1950-1980

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

Scope and Content: Materials include field notes, essays, and notes relating to linguistic research on the following languages: Thai, Khmer (Cambodian), Basa Jawa (Javanese), tiếng Việt (Vietnamese), Armenian, Arapesh, and Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic).

11835-027Thai: field notes196121835-027Khmer (Cambodian): field notes, essays, and notes by William Shipley1958-196021835-027Basa Jawa (Javanese): field notes by Rod Hemphill195021835-027tiếng Việt (Vietnamese): field notes from Saigon, Vietnam and Da Lat1951-195231835-027Armenian and Arapesh: field notes1968, 197831835-027Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic): field notes1980Series IVPersonal files1960-1990

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.

Scope and Content: Materials include a Bell and Howell Language Master machine, unidentified microfilm reels, and documents relating to Laurence C. Thompson’s stroke rehabilitation.

31835-027Papers from Laurence C. Thompson's stroke rehabilitation1983-19906 folders61835-027Bell and Howell Language Master machineapproximately 1960-1980181835-027Unidentified field notes: microfilm reelsapproximately 1960-19804 reelsAccession No. 1835-028: Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1939, 1961-2009 (bulk 1961-1990)10.23 cubic feet (13 boxes)

Scope and Content: Materials include language notes, word lists, dictionaries, and grammar books for languages and dialects; field notes by Thomas Hess, Laurence C. Thompson, and M. Terry Thompson; correspondence; audio recordings of sounds, words, conversations, and other linguistics sessions; and dissertations, master's theses, and other scholarly papers dating from 1939 to 2009. Materials primarily document the following Salishan languages and dialects: Nuxalk (Bella Coola), Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən (Klallam), Xwlemi (Lummi), Xws7ámeshqen (Samish), Lekwungen (Songhees), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim (Squamish), T'Sou-ke (T'Sou-ke or Sooke), Northern Straits Salish, and Tillamook. Also included are materials relating to the Ka:'yu:'k't'h' (Kyuquot) dialect of Nuučaan̓uɫ (Northern Nuu-chah-nulth), a Wakashan language.

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

Restrictions on Use: Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Acquisition Info: Materials were donated by M. Terry Thompson, 2014 April 21.

11835-028Master's theses1961-198911835-028Scholarly linguistics publications1961-198921835-028Master's theses and dissertations1961-200021835-028Words lists1961-200021835-028Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish)-English dictionary1961-200021835-028Correspondence1961-200031835-028Correspondence1972-199931835-028Notes and research files1972-199931835-028Word lists, histories, and other linguistic publications1972-199941835-028Dictionaries, word lists, and grammar books1966-198441835-028Thomas Hess' field notes1966-198451835-028"Thompson Land Claims" video recording19761 videocassette51835-028Nlaka'pamuctsin (Thompson River Salish) ethnobotany audio recording1985 October1 sound cassette51835-028Tillamook Dictionary draftundated51835-028Nuxalk (Bella Coola) and Ka:'yu:'k't'h' (Kyuquot) grammar198351835-028Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən (Klallam) dictionary198751835-028"The Thompson Language" with index and final corrections by Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson199151835-028"Saanich Morphology and Phonology" by Timothy Montlek198451835-028Dissertation titled "Sooke Grammar"196951835-028Correspondence1956-198261835-028Correspondence1971-199761835-028Research, course materials, and lectures relating to the development of linguistic coursework1971-199761835-028Comparative Salish linguistic research files1971-199771835-028Comparative Salish linguistic research files1971-200671835-028Comparative North Straits Salish linguistic research files1971-200671835-028M.D. Kinkade research files1971-200671835-028Salish root lists1971-200671835-028Inventory lists1971-200671835-028Field notebooks1971-200681835-028Archives information1965-199681835-028Correspondence1965-199681835-028Research files1965-199681835-028Vocabularies1965-199691835-028Dictionaries and language notes1971-200991835-028International Journal for American Linguistics1939 May91835-028Correspondence1971-200991835-028Notes1971-2009101835-028Audio recordings relating to field notes1973-1989sound cassettes101835-028Field notes1973-1989111835-028Audio recordings of sounds, words, and conversations1976-1979sound cassettes121835-028Audio recordings of linguistics sessions1976sound cassettes131835-028Audio recordings of linguistics sessions1976sound cassettesAccession No. 1835-029: Laurence C. and M. Terry Thompson papers, 1950-20146.4 cubic feet (5 boxes including 22 audio cassettes, 9 CDs, 9 floppy disks)

Arrangement: Arranged in 6 series.

Series 1, Laurence C. Thompson: Professional careerSeries 2, Salish myths and legends: One people's storiesSeries 3, Klallam LanguageSeries 4, University of Washington Special CollectionsSeries 5, Subject SeriesSeries 6, Personal files

Scope and Content: Materials include field notes, language notes, word lists, dictionaries, audio recordings related to Vietnamese and Salish languages. Language materials primarily document the Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən (Klallam) language. This accession also includes drafts and correspondence related to the creation of M. Terry Thompson and Steve Egesdal’s book Salish myths and legends: one people’s stories, grant research files, correspondence regarding Laurence C. Thompson’s professional career, UW Special Collections, Jacobs Research Funds, Melville Jacobs Collection and Northwest Linguistic Collection.

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

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

Acquisition Info: Donated by M. Terry Thompson via Patrice Tilka, December 2021.

Series 1Laurence C. Thompson: Professional career11835-029Bio-biblio forms and biographical sketches1966, 198311835-029Curriculum vitaeundated11835-029Correspondence--professional1966-197011835-029Correspondence--professional1971-197311835-029Correspondence--professional1973-197411835-029Correspondence--professional1974-197611835-029Correspondence--professional1977-197811835-029Correspondence--professional1978-198011835-029Correspondence--professional1980-198311835-029Publications1959-1972

Scope and Content: Includes: "The Vietnamese language and its study in the United States," Am-He Tieng Saigon," "Saigon Phonemics," "Proto-Viet-Muong phonology," "Vietnam," "The History of Vietnamese final palatals," "Some internal evidence for the history of Vietnamese tones," "Vietnamese language," and book reviews

11835-029University of Hawaii appointment196811835-029University of Hawaii time use worksheets1973, 1980-1982Series 2Salish myths and legends: One people's stories

General Notes: Original title: One people's stories: A collection of Salishan myths and legends

11835-029One People's Stories (OPS)--proposal correspondence199411835-029Requests for contributions and guidelines199511835-029Correspondence with Smithsonian Institution Press1995-199711835-029Contributor correspondence199511835-029Contributor correspondence199611835-029Contributor correspondence2005-200611835-029Contributor correspondence200711835-029Contributor correspondence200811835-029Contributor agreements (with Smithsonian Institution Press)199711835-029Ron C. Beaumont submission (Sechelt)199611835-029Introduction draft and correspondence199711835-029Introduction draftundated11835-029"Larry Thompson OPS 1996" notebook199611835-029Contributor list and addresses1995, 200711835-029University of Washington Press correspondence1999-200011835-029University of Nebraska Press (final publishers)2005-200811835-029Author agreements200511835-029Cut chaptersundated11835-029Cover200711835-029Permissions1997-200711835-029Manuscript: "South Wind's Journeys: A Tillamook epic"2005

Scope and Content: Excerpt from One People's Stories: A collection of Salishan tales

11835-029Salish myths and legends: One people's stories--annotated draft20074 foldersSeries 3Klallam Language21835-029Klallam Dictionary--Draft Copyundated

General Notes: Compiled by M. Terry Thompson and Laurence C. Thompson with direction from Martha Charles John

21835-029Klallam Dictionary (5/20/87)19876 folders21835-029"Klallam Classified Word List"undated21835-029Klallam Rootlist (12/20/85)198521835-029Klallam Student Dictionary--draft199321835-029Learning Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən: Materials for Learning and Teaching the Klallam Language--Incomplete, preliminary version1994

General Notes: Developed by Timothy Montler for The Klallam Language Program Elwha Klallam Tribe

21835-029English-Klallam Finderlist (8/29/86) (annotated)198621835-029English-Klallam Finderlist (draft)198721835-029Klallam Dictionary notes1982-198621835-029Klallam-English Dictionary and Finder1992-199321835-029"Klallam--Retranscription of Field notes"198221835-029"KL Old grammar notes LCT " folderundated21835-029"Clallam Notebook #1: Re-check of forms from tape"197121835-029Klallam field notesundated21835-029Klallam texts: Kakantu--Martha Charles John interviews1967-1969, 1971, 197521835-029Klallam-related ephemera1995, 2000, 2011

Scope and Content: Calendar, clippings, letters, notes, CD titled: "Ancestral Stories of the Klallam People" by Elaine Grinnell

51835-029"KL A-3, KL-A-4: Amy Allen" (copy)1959?1 cassette

Scope and Content: Playback of other recording, Amy Allen repeat and translate

General Notes: Recorded by Leon Metcalf

51835-029"Klallam Animals, Huckelberry Story"undated1 cassette51835-029"Klallam Useful Phrases, Klallam Days and Months"undated1 cassette51835-029"Klallam Songs 1995"19951 cassette

General Notes: Sung by Linda Laungayan, Jennifer Wallen, Jamie Valdez

51835-029"Klallam Lessons: How to use the tapes" (copy)19741 cassette

General Notes: Recorded by M. Terry Thompson

51835-029"KL Language: Lessons 1-4" (copy)19741 cassette51835-029"Klallam Language: Lessons 5-7" (copy)19741 cassette

General Notes: Mrs. Josephine Williams--Klallam, Mrs. Nell Sullivan--Klallam, Mrs. Terry Thompson--English

51835-029"Klallam Language: Lessons 8-10" (copy)19741 cassette

General Notes: Mrs. Josephine Williams--Klallam, Mrs. M. Terry Thompson--English

51835-029"Klallam Language: Lessons 11-12" (copy)19741 cassette

General Notes: Mrs. Josephine Williams--Klallam, Mrs. M. Terry Thompson--English

51835-029"Klallam Language: Lessons 13-15 (copy)19741 cassette

General Notes: Mrs. Josephine Williams--Klallam, Mrs. M. Terry Thompson--English

51835-029"Klallam Language: Lessons 16-18" (copy)19741 cassette

General Notes: Mrs. Josephine Williams--Klallam, Mrs. M. Terry Thompson--English

51835-029"Klallam Language: Lessons 19-20" (copy)19741 cassette

General Notes: Mrs. Josephine Williams--Klallam, Mrs. M. Terry Thompson--English

51835-029"KL T-28 Martha John" (copy)19691 cassette

Scope and Content: Texts and vocabulary

General Notes: Recorded by Laurence C. Thompson

51835-029"KL T-29 Martha John, N. Gamble Bay" (copy)19691 cassette

Scope and Content: Notebook 5 pp 358-376

General Notes: Recorded by Laurence C. Thompson

51835-029"KL T-30 Martha John" (copy)19691 cassette

Scope and Content: Notebook 5 pp. 376-385

General Notes: Recorded by Laurence C. Thompson

51835-029"KL T-31 Martha John" (copy)19691 cassette

Scope and Content: Notebook 6 pp 386-397

General Notes: Recorded by Laurence C. Thompson

51835-029"KL T-32 Martha John" (copy)19691 cassette

Scope and Content: Notebook 6 pp. 398-411

General Notes: Recorded by Laurence C. Thompson

51835-029"KL T-33, T-34, Martha Charles John" (copy)19701 cassette

Scope and Content: Notebook 6 pp. 411-422

General Notes: Recorded by Laurence C. Thompson; Note: "Short pause after T-33, T-34 picks up after story"

51835-029"KL T-35 Martha John" (copy)19701 cassette

Scope and Content: Notebook 6 pp. 422-425

General Notes: Recorded by Laurence C. Thompson

51835-029"KL T-36 Martha John" (copy)19701 cassette

Scope and Content: Notebook 6 pp. 426-438

General Notes: Recorded by Laurence C. Thompson

Series 4University of Washington Special Collections31835-029University of Washington--Special Collections correspondence1972-2014

Scope and Content: Includes deeds of gift, letters of acknowledgement, permissions

31835-029Jacobs Research Fund1988-2012

Scope and Content: Includes some board minutes, correspondence, memos, addresses, grantee list

31835-029Melville Jacobs Collectionundated

Scope and Content: Includes an annotated inventory of recordings and field notebooks taken at Jacobs' home

31835-029Melville Jacobs Collection--correspondence1971-200731835-029Northwest Linguistic Collection1972-201031835-029Northwest Linguistic Collection--correspondence1967-201131835-029Digitization project--Indian languages in Northwest Linguistics, Melville Jacobs, Jacobs Fund Collections--correspondence2009Series 5Subject Series31835-029American Anthropological Association (AAA) annual meeting (Conference on American Indian languages)197831835-029"A bibliographic check list of five Pacific Northwest Indian languages ( Chimakuan, Kutenai, Ritwan, Salishan, Wakashan)"1960

General Notes: by Fred W. Adler

31835-029"North American Indian Languages: A selected bibliography"1973

General Notes: by Dale Kinkade

31835-029"A bibliography of descriptive linguistics: American writings to 1952"1952

General Notes: Compiled by Bernard Bloch

31835-029"Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian myths and tales bibliography"2005

General Notes: Compiled by William R. Seaburg

31835-029"Bibliography on Salishan languages and linguistics--7/2004"2004

General Notes: Compiled by Nadine Proske

31835-029Field notes--Steve Egesdad198231835-029Grant proposal: Colville Dictionary1980

General Notes: Project director: Anthony Mattina

31835-029Grant proposal: Salish Lexicography1987

General Notes: Project director: Donald Topping

31835-029Grant proposal: FLDIC Flathead Dictionary199831835-029Grant proposal: Thompson Salish Texts199431835-029Grant proposal: Lushootseed Text Analysis1980

General Notes: Project director: Hanni J. Woodbury, Anne Galin

31835-029Grant proposal: Linguistic Research on the Samish Language1986

General Notes: Project director: Richard A. Demers, Eloise Jelinek

31835-029Grant proposal: Restoration and Improved Access for the Language Archive1983

General Notes: Project director: Joseph E. Grimes

31835-029Leon Metcalf list of recordings1950-195431835-029Newsletters1979-1989

General Notes: Includes Northwest Ethnic News, Northwest Languages Newsletter, The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas Newsletter, California-Oregon Languages Newsletter

31835-029Notebooksundated41835-029Notecards--Vietnameseundated51835-029Notecards--Lushootseed undated51835-029Notecards--unidentifiedundated31835-029"Phonetic" folder--Informant data sheets, Chiefs and Councilors, Band Administration Offices Directory1974, 197831835-029Reviews1967-201131835-029Thompson Dictionary--workfile for final printing199031835-029The Thompson Language--preface draftundated31835-029Tillamook--Northwest Word Listundated31835-029"Trial Thompson Tergum"undated31835-029"The uses of first names" (draft)1981

General Notes: by Kathrine S. French, presented at Annual meeting of American Anthropological Association

31835-029Dr. Charles Vogelinapproximately 1977-1983

Scope and Content: Includes clippings, honorary doctorate degree, obituary, correspondence

31835-029Vietnamese--miscellaneous correspondence200031835-029Assorted CD-ROMsundated, 2008-20098 CDs

Scope and Content: Labeled: "Salish Research Foundation, Tillamook 1/4' audio Reels," "Terry Thompson Collection," "Translation to UNP 9/16/09", "Terry Thompson Floppy Disks 1 and 2," ""Thompson Unicode.exe," "TTV interview backup 3/1/08"

31835-029Assorted floppy disksundated8 3.5" floppy disks, 1 5" floppy disk31835-029Unidentified field notesundated, 1972, 197951835-029"Lummi: Joe Hillaire and others"undated1 cassette

Scope and Content: Side A: mostly song, Side B: Text by old man with Joe Hillaire.

51835-029"Lummi T-1: Angeline Alexander" (copy)19681 cassetteSeries 6Personal files31835-029Correspondence--miscellaneousapproximately 1979-201031835-029Correspondence--personalapproximately 1973-201331835-029Ephemera51835-029One People's Stories self-inking stampundated