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A/2017 a John Peabody Harrington papers: Nisenan/Northern Sierra Miwok, 1939
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oe an Creator: Harrington, John Pea 1884-1961
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7 prion j Title: John Peabody Harrington papers: Nisenan/Northern Sierra Miwok, 1939
Contained in: John Pi tinaton iN rm_and Ce: lifornia, 1912-1957
e Miwok Indians aa
Phy. Description: 1 box
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e Nisenan
,_ = REEL NO.
e Indians of 5 1
North America
e Northern
Sierra Miwok Additional forms: Microfilm and digital surrogates of microfilm are avi
language also contains files from other subseries. Only origi
e Nisenan his collaborators and field assistants, or notes give
language Bio / His Notes: In early June 1939 John P. Harrington spent seve!
Maidu Wurttemberg's “account of the Sacramento Valley
° language vocabularies." Using agent Michael Harrison's ho
e Language and
languages -Documentation
e Linguistics
as his headquarters, Harrington made several trips
search of knowledgeable native speakers. Among
Enos of Clipper Gap, Jane Lewis of Auburn ranch:
Porter and Henry Hanson of Forest Hill, and Lilly
a ko.ni, who knew Northern Sierra Miwok as well <
Two particularly helpful sources of nonlinguistic i
social worker in the area, and H. C. Peterson, cur_
e Elhinoivgy celebration of the founding of Sacramento. Harrin
Edward Holmes, Mrs. Lou Wilson, and Ben Frost.
e California Scope and Content: This subseries of the Northern and Central California series contains material that
e Sacramento
(Calif.)
e Paul Wilhelm,
e Ishi,
e Field notes
e Vocabulary
e Genealogies
e Maps
Language Note:
Finding aids:
supplement Harrington's research on Nisenan and Northern Sierra Miwok.
A section of Harrington's field notes are based on Prince Paul of Wurttemberg's
research on "Hok" (Southwestern Nisenan) dialect and "Kosume" (Northern Sierra
Miwok). In 1937 Matthew W. Stirling, chief of the B. A. E., commissioned Charles
Upson Clark to conduct research in Stuttgart, Germany, on Prince Paul's expedition of
"7849-1851 to the Pacific Coast. A translation of a portion of Clark's journals was sent to
Harrington in the field to be reheard with his various informants. The notes are
organized on the basis of intervie i arrington conducted with each informant
individually or in small gro! je Nye. described as a speaker of the "Yuba
County language," ani ided the bulk of the data. A variety of Nisenan
dialects are represented, including the Northern and Central Hill varieties. Much of the
ethnographic information interspersed with the linguistic notes iS concerned with
Harrington's attempts to locate the Hock Indian mound described by von Wurttemberg.
Also included are sketch maps, historical anecdotes, and descriptions of photographs
of Sutter's Mill.
Notes from secondary sources consist of handwritten excerpts made by Harrington
from various published sources which he evidently found at the Sacramento Public
Library. Works by Kroeber, Gudde, and Powers are among those quoted. A few
random comments from informants were added to these pages, although for the most
part the informants were unfamiliar with the geographical names mentioned in the
sources.
informants. These include notes coplé arrington from social worker rolls made
OS are
available to him by Winifred Codman. Individuals are listed by county with some
genealogical information and assessments of their capabilities in giving linguistic data.
Similar information was copied from the files of the Sacramento Indian Agency. These
records are followed by a few miscellaneous pages of biographical notes obtained
during his interviews.
There are also miscellaneous notes, which include a few comments on phonetics of
Maidu and Nisenan and a brief dicussion of the well-known northern California Indian,
Ishi.
Materials are in English, Nisenan, and Northern Sierra Miwok.
Electronic inventory available. Consult with archivist. For a comprehensive description
of these materials. see “The naners of Jahn Peabadv Harrinaton in the Smithsonian
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