regrets and thoughts

[De Reuse, Willem]

I agree with you, David.  We do need to be a circumspect about publishing a volume of Bob's unpublished papers.  I can think of a few places where the wordings in his unpublished papers are not quite felicitous, and it would not be a proper tribute to Bob to publish such things without the proper editing, or at all.   Such things might not necessarily embarrass Carolyn, because she is not a linguist, but other Siouanists should have a fair amount of input on which papers can be published, so that we avoid the awkward situation in which we have Bob say something not quite right in print posthumously. 

Best,

Willem
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From: Siouan Linguistics <SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu> on behalf of ROOD DAVID S <david.rood at COLORADO.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 8:34 AM
To: SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: regrets and thoughts

Dave, if Carolyn is willing, I think it would be much better to try to
arrange for a book or a series of journal publications (e.g. a special
issue of IJAL) rather than an archive.  Things get buried in archives.
However, I know that a lot of what Bob circulated to us was stuff he
considered unfinished.  The extent to which anyone else would consider
that work publishable needs to be discussed with Carolyn.

Best,
        David

David S. Rood
Dept. of Linguistics
Univ. of Colorado
295 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0295
USA
rood at colorado.edu

On Fri, 11 Apr 2014, David Kaufman wrote:

> I don't know if Bob expressed such an interest, at least not to me, and
> possibly not to Carolyn either (she didn't mention it).  I'd have to look
> into how we would go about submitting papers to these organizations for
> their archives.  Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Dave
>
> David Kaufman
> Linguistic Anthropology PhD candidate, University of Kansas
> Director, Kaw Nation Language Program
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 1:26 PM, David Costa <pankihtamwa at earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>> Did Bob ever express a preference as to where his papers should end up? I
>> would assume either the NAA or the APS would be best...
>>
>> Dave Costa
>>
>>
>> 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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