some queries

[A. Maberry]

Larry,

There is a book about the code talkers.

 AUTHOR       Paul, Doris Atkinson
 TITLE        The Navajo code talkers [by] Doris A. Paul
 PUBL INFO    Philadelphia, Dorrance [1973]
 PHYS DESC    xii, 170 p. illus. 22 cm
 NOTE         Bibliography: p. 169-170
 SUBJECT      World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography
 SUBJECT      World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian
 SUBJECT      Navajo Indians
 LCCN         72091142 //r842
 ISBN         0805918701
 OCLC #       736883
 GRSN         00620562
 MISC         19861029062606.0
 MISC         731018s1973    paua     b    000 0 eng  nam01
 MISC         DLC DLC m.c. WAU
 MISC         n-ust-- p------

and a couple of videos, one of which was produced for the History Channel,
but I have no info on availability

   1  040     JBW c JBW
   2  007     v b f d c e m f a g h h o i u
   3  020     0767011791
   4  024 1   3396140428
   5  028 42  AAE-40428 b A&E Television Networks
   6  090     b
   7  049     WAUW
   8  245 00  Navajo code talkers h [videorecording] / c produced by
Triage, Inc. for the History Channel.
   9  260     [New York] : b A&E Television Networks, b Distributed in the
U.S. by New Video Group, c c1998.
  10  300     1 videocassette (ca. 43 min) : b sd., col. with b&w
sequences ; c 1/2 in.
  11  440  0  In search of history
  12  538     VHS format.
  13  508     Director of photography, Van Carlson; editor, Darryl Clift.
  14  520     Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who
developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means
for
secure communications among American forces in the Pacific during World
War
II.
  15  650  0  World War, 1939-1945 x Cryptography.
  16  650  0  World War, 1939-1945 x Participation, Indian.
  17  650  0  Navajo language.
  18  650  0  Navajo Indians.
  19  610 10  United States. b Marine Corps x Indian troops.
  20  710 2   Triage, Inc.
  21  710 2   History Channel (Firm)
  22  710 2   Arts and Entertainment Network.


   1  040     IUA c IUA
   2  007     v b f d c e b f a g h h o
   3  020     0963969811
   4  090     D810.C88 b N38 1995
   5  090     b
   6  049     WAUW
   7  245 00  Navajo code talkers h [videorecording] : b the epic story /
c produced by Brendan W. Tully and Francine M. Rzeznik ; directed by Allan
Silliphant ; written by Brendan W. Tully.
   8  260     [North Hollywood, Calif.?] : b Tully Entertainment, c c1995.
   9  300     1 videocassette (55 min.) : b sd., col. with b&w sequences ;
c 1/2 in.
  10  538     VHS
  11  520     During World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps recruited Navajo
Indians for duty as communication specialists.  The Navajos developed a
special voice code based on the Navajo language to transmit battlefield
messages during the Pacific campaign. This code was never broken by the
Japanese.
  12  650  0  World War, 1939-1945 x Cryptography.
  13  650  0  Navajo Indians.
  14  650  0  Navajo language.
  15  651  0  World War, 1939-1945 x Participation, Indian.
  16  700 1   Tully, Brendan W.
  17  700 1   Rzeznik, Francine M.
  18  700 1   Silliphant, Allan.

Doris Paul's book was reissued in 1998. If you have OCLC WorldCat
available you might want to try a title keyword search on code AND
talkers, I found at least 11 other book titles that might be of interest.

Can't help much with Maine or Appalachia ...

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Larry Rosenwald wrote:

>         Hi - I'd like to beg for a little help.  I have students working on
> 1) Maine English, and in general the linguistic history of Maine, 2)
> Appalachian English, 3) jargons in American English (she got interested in
> that _Smithsonian_ account of the military use of Native American words as
> a secret language in World War II).  I know a little about these things,
> but I'm wondering whether subscribers to this list might have bibliographic
> suggestions to make.  Off the top of your head only!  I don't want to ask
> anyone to rummage through files or libraries, just, if possible, to take a
> second and send me the obvious things that you know and I don't!
>         Thanks in advance, Larry Rosenwald
>