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these matters in his Will?<br>
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Mary<br>
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On 11/04/2014 12:12 PM, David Kaufman wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi David and all,
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<div>Sorry to hear David that you won't be able to make it to
the SCLC this year.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>As concerns Bob's unpublished papers and computer files,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. </div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>David Kaufman</div>
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Director, Kaw Nation Language Program<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:27 PM, ROOD
DAVID S <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Hi, everyone,<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Best wishes to all for a fruitful and fun meeting.<br>
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David<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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David S. Rood<br>
Dept. of Linguistics<br>
Univ. of Colorado<br>
295 UCB<br>
Boulder, CO 80309-0295<br>
USA<br>
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