Introduction and request for assistance

[Paula Meyer]

Languages in Baja California are:  Kumeyaay/Diegueno, sometimes referred to
as Cochimi; Pa'ipai/Paipai; Kiliwa; Cocopa
Paula
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> >Does your collection contain languages from Baja California, Mexico?
> >If it does (outside chance), I can write about the need here to have
> >recordings from the 30's and 50's.
> >Paula Meyer
>
> Alas no. It is mostly Yucatan and Southern Mexico. However, on the
> off chance, can you give me a few language names for me to check?
>
> Barbara
>
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> >
> >>  Greetings! My name is Barbara Need and I am a manager of the
> >>  University of Chicago Language Laboratories and Archives (LLA). I
> >>  have been an interested eavesdropper on this list from some months
> >>  now, being both computer support and archivist for the Labs. Part of
> >>  the LLA's collection is nearly 350 hours of recordings of
> >>  Meso-American languages done in the 1930s and 1950s. Much of this
> >>  material is on open-reel tapes, which, of course, are deteriorating.
> >>  Last year the LLA submitted a proposal to the NEH to digitize this
> >>  material and make it available on-line to researchers and interested
> >>  members of the communities where the recordings were made. Our
> >>  proposal was turned down, but we are trying to revise it to submit
> >>  again. I am hoping that this community can assist me with addressing
> >>  some of the concerns expressed by the reviewers.
> >>
> >>  1) One of the concerns expressed was the lack of letters of support
> >>  from outside the University. If any of you would be willing to write
> >>  such a letter, please let me know. I can certainly provide you with
> >>  more information about the collection
> >>
> >>  2) Another concern related to the fact that we have no field notes
> >>  (or none that I know of--I have some queries out) accompanying the
> >>  recordings. one reviewer asked how researchers unfamiliar with the
> >>  original interviewer make use of "often highly personal" interviews
> >>  fifty years (or more) after they were done. Our PI will be addressing
> >>  this from the perspective of a phonologist/phonetician, but if any of
> >>  you have any suggestions, it would be much appreciated.
> >>
> >>  Barbara Need
> >>  Manager (LLA)
> >>  University of Chicago
> >>  Language Laboratories and Archives
> >>
>