WAUMattinaAnthony1835_2696-003.xml Guide to the Anthony Mattina Papers 1968-2001 Mattina (Anthony) Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2014 (Last modified: 9/23/2025)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-12. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Anthony Mattina papers Mattina, Anthony 1835, 2696-003 5.05 cubic feet 13 boxes, including 66 sound tapes, 144 magnetic tapes, 10 cds 29.2 gigabytes 5,956 files 1968-2001 Tape recordings and field notebooks related to linguistic research on the Colville language Collection materials are in English.

Dr. Anthony Mattina was an Italian-American linguist whose work focused on documentation and preservation of the Nselxcin language, spoken by the Okanogan, Methow, Nespelem, San Poil, Lakes, and Colville peoples of the Colville Confederated Tribes. Mattina taught and served in other capacities at the University of Montana for 36 years. He started his linguistic work with Nselxcin in the 1960s, recording and transcribing conversations and interviews with fluent elders. He helped establish a phonetic alphabet for the language, and wrote and co-wrote the Colville/Okanogan Dictionary, The Seymour Glossary, The Golden Woman, The Complete Seymour, [Madeline] Desautel Text and Dora Desautel Text, and multiple grammatical lesson plans and handbooks of the Okanogan language. Additionally, he helped start the Colville Confederated Tribes Language Program in 1995. From a plaque presented to Mattina in 2018 by the Language Program: "The impact of Dr. Mattina's work is unfathomable, and his work will continue to have a significant impact on tribal members and descendants for generations to come."

Sources:

Tribal Tribune, "Tribal Language Program honors Dr. Anthony Mattina for more than 50 years of language preservation work", tribaltribune.com, accessed August 13, 2025.

Colville Confederated Tribes Language Preservation Program, "About Us", cct-lan.com, accessed August 13, 2025.

Organized into 5 accessions.

Accession No. 1835-040, Anthony Mattina papers, 1968-1971 Accession No. 2696-003-01, Anthony Mattina papers, 1975 Accession No. 2696-003-02, Anthony Mattina papers, [Information not available] Accession No. 2696-003-03, Anthony Mattina papers, 1991 Accession No. 2696-003-04, Anthony Mattina papers, 1968-2001

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 Andrews, Celia DeSautel, Dora Noyes, 1902-1982 DeSautel, Madeline, Inswinger, A Lemery, Mary Mattina, Anthony--Archives McDonald, Mrs Quintasket, G Quintasket, Julia Seymour, Peter J., 1896-1979 Smith, Cecilia Toulou, Helen Toulou, Nelly Jacobs Research Fund Jacobs Research Funds Northwest Linguistic Collection Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Sound Recordings Language and Languages Native Americans Accession No. 1835-040: Anthony Mattina papers, 1968-1971 66 sound tape reels (3 3/4" speed); 2 microfilm reels.

Scope and Content: Tape recordings and microfilmed field notebooks, 1968-1971.

Linguistic research by Mattina on the Colville language. Research was conducted at Kewa, Inchelium, Sayler Valley, Marcus, and Colville (all in Wash.) and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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 Anthony Mattina papers 1835-001 Box 6 Accession No. 2696-003-01: Anthony Mattina papers, 1975 5" linear (424 pages)

Scope and Content: Notes of work with Colville Indians, 1975 (Photocopies).

Documents Mr. Mattina's work as a Jacobs Fund grant recipient.

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Acquisition Info: Anthony Mattina, 1977-02-23

 Anthony Mattina papers 2696-003-01 Box 1 Accession No. 2696-003-02: Anthony Mattina papers, approximately 1960s-1970s 0.63 cubic feet 2 boxes

Scope and Content: 18 reel-to-reel tapes, notebook pages 1-325, notebooks 18 and 18-9 of ongoing project on Colville dictionary.

Tapes are numbered 1-21 (tapes no. 11, 13, 15 were not received)

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Acquisition Info: Anthony Mattina, 1980-02-20

 Anthony Mattina papers 2696-003-02 Box 1 Anthony Mattina papers 2696-003-02 Box 2 Accession No. 2696-003-03: Anthony Mattina papers, 1991 0.19 cubic feet 1 box

Scope and Content: Field notes (photocopies), final research report; 1991.

Field research in Okanagan oratory includes transcriptions of texts by Okanagan speakers, grammar, and lexical notes.

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Acquisition Info: Anthony Mattina, 1991-11-14

 Anthony Mattina papers 2696-003-03 Box 1 Accession No. 2696-003-04: Anthony Mattina papers, 1968-2001 9 boxes containing 144 magnetic tapes and 10 cds 29.2 gigabytes 5,956 files

Scope and Content: Original notebooks, open reel audio recordings of interviews, and digitized audio files.

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 Series 1, Physical Files Series 1 Notebooks Box 1 1968-1991 2696-003-04 Box 1

Scope and Content: Box containing 27 notebooks of manuscript notes, mostly in the Colville language.

 Magnetic Tapes and CDs Box 2 1968-1981 2696-003-04 Box 2

Scope and Content: Includes 10 CDs and 1 magnetic tape of interviews with Mrs. Helen Toulou; 2 tapes labeled "Okanagan Alphabet Tape 1" and "Tape 2"; 4 tapes of interviews with Mr. Peter Seymour; 4 tapes of interviews with Dora Desautel; 1 tape of interviews with Madeline Desautel; 2 tapes of interviews with Madeline Desautel and Julia Quintasket; 1 tape of interviews with Dora and Madeline Desautel and Pete Seymour; and 1 tape labeled "Geo. Lezard presents Queen Eliz. w/ peace pipe (Sismey tape)."

 Box 3 1968-1969 2696-003-04 Box 3

Scope and Content: Includes 10 magnetic tapes of interviews with Mrs. Helen Toulou; 1 tape with interview of Nellie Toulou; and 11 tapes with interviews of Mr. Pete Seymour.

 Box 4 1968-1982 2696-003-04 Box 4

Scope and Content: Includes 6 magnetic tapes of interviews with Mrs. Helen Toulou; 3 tapes of interviews with Edna Jack; 1 tape with interview of Mr. Pete Seymour; 1 tape with interview of Mrs. McDonald; 4 tapes of interviews with Harry Robinson; 2 tapes of interviews with Tommy Gregory/Gregoire; and 1 tape of interview with Charlie Quintasket.

 Box 5 1968-1979 2696-003-04 Box 5

Scope and Content: 11 tapes (labeled 1-12, with tape 3 missing) of interviews with Dora Desautel; 1 tape with interview of Mrs. Mary Lemery; 1 tape with interview of Cecilia Smith; 2 tapes of interviews with Larry Pierre; 1 tape labeled "Lakes (Lemery) II"; and 1 tape of interview with Mrs. Mary Louise Power.

 Box 6 1974-2001 2696-003-04 Box 6

Scope and Content: 3 magnetic tapes of interviews with Madeline Desautel; 3 tapes with interviews of Dora Desautel; 3 tapes with interviews of Dora and Madeline and Tony. 3 tapes with interviews of Pete Seymour; 2 tapes of "Chicken House Recordings/Readings"; 1 tape with J. Armstrong; 1 tape with Eva Orr; 1 tape labeled "Mattina letter to Charlie"; 1 tape labeled "Charlie Lezard/E. [Edna] Jack; and 1 tape labeled "En'owkin Reader".

 Box 7 1969-1981 2696-003-04 Box 7

Scope and Content: 1 magnetic tape of interview with Pete Seymour; 2 tapes of interviews with Pete Seymour and Cecilia Andrews; 3 tapes of interviews with Mrs. Edna Jack and Mrs. Mary Power; 2 tapes of the 1988 Colville Hatchery Groundbreaking; 4 tapes of interviews with Dora Desautel; 1 tape of interview with Dora and Madeline Desautel; 3 tapes from the 1985 Okanagan Language Conference; 1 tape labeled "En'owkin Group Disc 1; 1 tape of interview with Eva Orr; 4 tapes from the 1981 Okanagan Symposium; 1 tape labeled "1991 Wd List"; and 1 tape of interview with CJ Boneball [spelling approximate].

 Box 8 1969-1994 2696-003-04 Box 8

Scope and Content: Includes 1 tape of the 1994 Hist. Symposium; 1 tape of interview with Martin Louie; 1 tape of the ICSL presentation; 3 tapes of interviews with Edna Jack, Clara Jack, Mary Power, and Alice Martin; 4 tapes of interviews with Pete Seymour, Nelly Toulou, M. Lemery, G. Quintasket, A. Inswinger [Enswinger], and Madeline Desautel; 2 tapes of interviews with Madeline Desautel; 1 tape of interview with Dora Desautel; 1 tape with interview of Madeline and Dora Desautel; 1 tape of interview with Madeline Desautel and Pete Seymour; 6 tapes of interviews with Pete Seymour; 1 tape of interview with Cecilia Smith; and 1 tape of interview with Helen Toulou.

 Box 9 1971, 1994 2696-003-04 Box 9

Scope and Content: Includes 1 tape labeled "Penticton En'owkin - Lg. Assn Meeting"; 1 tape of interviews with Martin Louie and Millie Armstrong; and 4 tapes of interviews with Pete Seymour.

 Series 2, Electronic Files Notebooks 1978 Electronic_File 1989-Summer Electronic_File 1992-07Jul Electronic_File 1992-08Aug Electronic_File 1992-10Oct Electronic_File 1992-11Nov Electronic_File 1992-12Dec Electronic_File 1993-01Jan Electronic_File 1993-02Feb Electronic_File 1993-03Mar Electronic_File 1993-04Apr Electronic_File 1993-05May Electronic_File 1993-06Jun Electronic_File 1993-09Sep Electronic_File 1993-10Oct Electronic_File 1993-11Nov Electronic_File 1993-12Dec Electronic_File 1994-01Jan Electronic_File 1994-02Feb Electronic_File 1994-03Mar Electronic_File 1994-04Apr Electronic_File 1994-05May Electronic_File Enowkin Electronic_File Nbk04 Electronic_File Nbk05 Electronic_File NBk12 Electronic_File Nbk06 Electronic_File Nbk07 Electronic_File Nbk08 Electronic_File Nbk09 Electronic_File Nbk10 Electronic_File Nbk11 Electronic_File Nbk12 Electronic_File Nbk13 Electronic_File Nbk14 Electronic_File Nbk15 Electronic_File Nbk16 Electronic_File Nbk17 Electronic_File Nbk18 Electronic_File Nbk19 Electronic_File Nbk20 Electronic_File Nbk21 Electronic_File Nbk22 Electronic_File Nbk23 Electronic_File Nbk24 Electronic_File Nbk25 Electronic_File Nbk26 Electronic_File Nbk27 Electronic_File Nespelem Electronic_File YELLOW Electronic_File Unfoldered Files Electronic_File Sound Files CharlieQuintasket Electronic_File Conversations Electronic_File DoraDesautel Electronic_File EdnaJack Electronic_File EvaOrr Electronic_File GeorgeLezard Electronic_File HelenToulou Electronic_File HermanEdwards Electronic_File Lottie Electronic_File Madeline Electronic_File MartinLouie Electronic_File McDonald Electronic_File McGinnis Electronic_File PronunciationDrills Electronic_File RobinsonHarry Electronic_File SelinaTimoyakin Electronic_File Seymour Electronic_File SimpsonMaryAnn Electronic_File Songs Electronic_File WilliamCharley Electronic_File Unfoldered Files Electronic_File