Carolyn Quintero

Rory M Larson rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu
Sat Jun 7 14:39:28 UTC 2008


> I was expecting to see her in Joplin.  I knew she had been fighting
> cancer for some time and didn't tell people because she didn't want
> them fretting over her, but the last I heard, about 9 mo. ago, she
> was improving.  Something must have gone wrong rather quickly.  I
> hope her Osage dictionary has gone to press.  If it has not, then
> we should take steps to make sure it appears as planned.  It and
> the grammar will be lasting monuments to her scholarship.

I agree.  The last thing she said about it on the list is from April 27, 
and that she was "just finishing [it] up":

> Catherine, 
> I would be happy to participate in this roundtable. As some of you know, 
I'm
> just finishing up an Osage Dictionary, to be published soon.
> Thanks,
> Carolyn

Also, I wonder about her notes.  She was *the* person for Osage, and she 
must have a great deal of unpublished primordial material that would be 
invaluable to preserve.

Rory
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