JPH notes.
Koontz John E
John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Thu Jun 8 20:07:59 UTC 2006
On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Rankin, Robert L wrote:
> JPH was pretty paranoid about his field notes. He expressed fears that
> Franz Boas would steal them and said so in rather anti-semitic terms.
> He left his Peoria notes in the attic of the Quapaw tribal historian
> where they remained until the 1980's when she mentioned them to me.
> Along with them were the remains of a partly eaten ham sandwich.
I was, of course, alluding to Bob's famous anecdote with my "fresh from
the lunchbox" sally.
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