regrets and thoughts

[Mary C Marino]

Did Bob leave any instructions about these matters in his Will?

Mary



On 11/04/2014 12:12 PM, David Kaufman wrote:
> Hi David and all,
>
> Sorry to hear David that you won't be able to make it to the SCLC this 
> year.
>
> I know we have talked about doing a Festschrift in Bob's honor, and 
> this is certainly something we can discuss at the meeting.  Hopefully 
> our organizers can set aside some time on the schedule so we can all 
> participate in this discussion.
>
> As for the CSD, I think it's a great idea to have it finalized and 
> published in some form, either electronically or in print, or both.
>
> As concerns Bob's unpublished papers and computer files, Carolyn, 
> Bob's wife, and I have been in touch fairly regularly.  Even before 
> Bob's death, she said that she and Bob had discussed it and thought it 
> would be best that I come up to their house and "clean out" his garage 
> full of files, books, etc.  Also, I plan to take a USB drive and 
> download as much of his computer files as possible, at least some of 
> which I know pertain to Kaw.  I'll be happy to distribute whatever I 
> find pertaining to other Siouan languages to those of you who want it. 
>  I'm hoping to go up and do this in the next couple of months, 
> possibly in early June or so before it gets too hot.  I know Carolyn 
> is thinking about selling the house and moving up to be with family in 
> Wisconsin, so this cleaning out will have to be done fairly soon anyway.
>
> Anyway, I'll keep everyone posted as plans for these things become 
> more concrete.  Things are a bit crazy for me right now as I work 
> full-time for the Kaw Nation and try to finish my dissertation without 
> yet having another committee member to substitute for Bob.  I hope to 
> defend in May, but I'm still awaiting final word on a new committee 
> member and date from my advisor.
>
> Dave
>
> David Kaufman
> Linguistic Anthropology PhD candidate, University of Kansas
> Director, Kaw Nation Language Program
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:27 PM, ROOD DAVID S 
> <david.rood at colorado.edu <mailto:david.rood at colorado.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hi, everyone,
>             My family schedule for at least part of the summer has
>     finally settled down, and I regret that it precludes me from
>     attending the SCLC again this year.  The earliest I could get to
>     Madison would be mid-afternoon on Saturday, hardly the appropriate
>     time for participating in the meeting.
>
>             I am very much interested in what is decided about
>     honoring Bob Rankin, however, and in what might be done to make
>     his huge contribution to the history of Siouan and the structure
>     of Dhegiah part of a permanent record.  I know he has many papers
>     that have never been published, as well as many that are published
>     here and there in places we don't always know about.  As early as
>     1984, at the workshop that launched the Comparative Dictionary
>     project, I proposed a "collection of papers" volume that would be
>     a place for his work (and others), but that has never materialized.
>             Moreover, for the last few years Bob was the major player
>     in the evolution of the Comparative Dictionary.  As most of you
>     know, Iren Hartmann at the MPI-Leipzig is working on creating a
>     usable digital verson of the CSD.  Of the original 5 participants
>     (John Koontz, Wes Jones, Dick Carter, Rankin and me) in the
>     project, I guess I'm the only one who is still interested and
>     available, so I'm going to work with Iren to see if that can't be
>     finalized and formalized.  There is quite a bit of urgency here,
>     because as many of you know, the structure of the MPI in Leipzig
>     will change dramatically in May of 2015, and they will likely no
>     longer be interested in supporting Iren's work.
>
>             If any of you have any thoughts on how best to move
>     forward with either Bob's legacy or the CSD, please discuss them
>     at the meeting and keep me informed.  I don't feel like I know
>     Carolyn well enough to approach her about any of this; perhaps one
>     of you would be willing to help with that.
>
>             Best wishes to all for a fruitful and fun meeting.
>
>             David
>
>     David S. Rood
>     Dept. of Linguistics
>     Univ. of Colorado
>     295 UCB
>     Boulder, CO 80309-0295
>     USA
>     rood at colorado.edu <mailto:rood at colorado.edu>
>
>

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