Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Rankin, Robert Louis, 1939-
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- Robert Rankin papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Digitization and preparation of sound recordings for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
- Extent
- 1.13 Linear feet
- Date
- 1972-1991, undated
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.2014-16, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Robert Rankin papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Arrangement
- Arranged in 2 series: 1.1 Files, 1972-1991, undated; 1.2 Sound recordings, 1973-1974, undated.
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- Series 1, dated 1972-1991 and undated, contains materials related to Rankin's work with Quapaw speakers in the early 1970s and his subsequent work with and publications about the language. Materials include field notebooks, vocabulary lists and bibliographies, dictionaries, research files, and 7 sound recordings. The materials reflect Rankin's work with the last native speakers of the Quapaw language, including Mary Redeagle and Maude Supernaw. The field notebooks may relate directly to some of the sound recordings.
- Collection Restrictions
- The Robert Rankin papers are open for research. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Computer disks are currently restricted due to preservation concerns. Access to the Robert Rankin papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510308966-1503510308986-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0