regrets and thoughts

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I am new to the Siouan community, but I am more than happy to help in any way I can. I am located in Chicago at DePaul University. 


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From: Mary C Marino <mary.marino at USASK.CA> 
Date:04/11/2014  3:20 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu 
Subject: Re: regrets and thoughts 

It happens;  a will does not necessarily make things any easier for the survivors.  Could the university provide you with some space for storage of the materials, where you (and maybe others) could work on them?  

Mary

On 11/04/2014 1:36 PM, David Kaufman wrote:
Mary,

It's my understanding that Bob did not leave a will.

Dave

David Kaufman
Linguistic Anthropology PhD candidate, University of Kansas
Director, Kaw Nation Language Program


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Mary C Marino <mary.marino at usask.ca> wrote:
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As concerns Bob's unpublished papers and computer files, Carolyn, Bob's wife, and I have been in touch fairly regularly.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> 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




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