Guide to the Joseph H. Greenberg Papers

Daniel Hartwig

Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

October 2010

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Overview

Call Number: SC0615

Creator: Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold), 1915-2001

Title: Joseph H. Greenberg papers

Dates: 1961-2000

Physical Description: 40 Linear feet

Summary: Papers largely date from his tenure at Stanford and include correspondence, research notes and notebooks, course files, and reprints.

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Provenance

Gift of the estate of Joseph Harold Greenberg, 2001.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

Joseph H. Greenberg Papers (SC0615). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Greenberg, a linguist who studied the origins of the world's languages, studied anthropology at Northwestern, receiving his Ph.D. in 1940. He taught at the University of Minnesota and Columbia before coming to Stanford in 1962. While at Stanford he was not only a professor of anthropology, but also helped to found the linguistics department and organized the African Studies Center in the 1960's. He died in 2001.

Description of the Collection

Papers largely date from his tenure at Stanford and include correspondence, research notes and notebooks, course files, and reprints.

Access Terms

Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold), 1915-2001

Language and languages.

Linguistics.

General note

Collection is unprocessed; please consult the University Archivist for access.

Collection Contents

Accession ARCH-2001-151 Papers

Note

*preliminary listing – still in process*

Notebooks & Notes

Box 1, Folder 1

Eastern Sudanic (Southern Branch)

Box 1, Folder 2

[undetermined]

Box 1, Folder 3

Eastern Sudanic (Nubian)

Box 1, Folder 4

[undetermined]

Box 1, Folder 5

[undetermined]

Box 1, Folder 6

[undetermined]

Box 1, Folder 7

Central Sudanic

Box 1, Folder 8

[undetermined]

Box 1, Folder 9

[undetermined]

Box 1, Folder 10

[undetermined]

Box 1, Folder 11

West Atlantic

Box 1, Folder 12

Bantu Zone A

Box 1, Folder 13

H. Rishereff- Research- African Linguistics

Box 1, Folder 14

[undetermined]

Box 1, Folder 15

Macro Ge-languages

Box 1, Folder 16

Central

Box 1, Folder 17

[undetermined]

Box 1, Folder 18

Central Saharan

Box 1, Folder 19

Gothric- Zone F, M, S, D

Box 1, Folder 20

Eastern Sudanic (Small Sub-Groups)

Box 1, Folder 21

Adamawa- Eastern

Box 1, Folder 22

Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 23

Psycholinguistics

Box 1, Folder 24

Syllables 100 NS Study

Box 1, Folder 25

Psycholinguistics [1 of 2]

Box 1, Folder 26

Psycholinguistics [2 of 2]

Box 1, Folder 27

Experiment III: Psycholinguistics

Box 1, Folder 28

NDFL-Summer 1969- Form letters Principal

Box 2, Folder 1

Word Comparison Lists [1 of 5]

Box 2, Folder 2

Word Comparison Lists [2 of 5]

Box 2, Folder 3

Word Comparison Lists [3 of 5]

Box 2, Folder 4

Word Comparison Lists [4 of 5]

Box 2, Folder 5

Word Comparison Lists [5 of 5]

Box 2, Folder 6

History of Anthropology- Extra Notes

Box 2, Folder 7

[Notes on Cariban languages and other topics]

Box 2, Folder 8

[Notes & drafts for “Logical Bases of Linguistic Prescriptivism: A Parallel Between Classical Grammarians and Moslem Legal Theorists”; and possibly other materials]

Box 2, Folder 9

Log Book

Box 2, Folder 10

New Guinea Vocabularies: II

Box 2, Folder 11

III

Box 2, Folder 12

History of Linguistics III

Box 2, Folder 13

History of Linguistics- Notes [1 of 2]

Box 2, Folder 14

History of Linguistics- Notes [2 of 2]

Box 2, Folder 15

Central Sudanic

Box 2, Folder 16

[Kordopanian languages?]

Box 2, Folder 17

General African

Box 2, Folder 18

Gloria Raspberry

Box 2, Folder 19

unlabelled

Box 2, Folder 20

Guthrie- Zone E

Box 2, Folder 21

Mandingo

Box 2, Folder 22

Cross-River and Bantoid

Box 2, Folder 23

“Wide” Bantu

Box 2, Folder 24

Bantu Noun Classes

Box 2, Folder 25

unlabelled

Box 2, Folder 26

unlabelled

Box 2, Folder 27

unlabelled

Box 2, Folder 28

unlabelled

Box 2, Folder 29

Area Studies- African Languages

Box 3, Folder 1

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 2

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 3

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 4

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 5

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 6

Nigerian Studies

Box 3, Folder 7

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 8

Noun Classes

Box 3, Folder 9

Language Survey of Ethiopia

Box 3, Folder 10

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 11

Diary- Nigeria 1938

Box 3, Folder 12

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 13

Linguistics and Biology

Box 3, Folder 14

Sino-Tibetan

Box 3, Folder 15

Notes [1 of 2]

Box 3, Folder 16

Notes [2 of 2]

Box 3, Folder 17

Regional Linguistic Notebooks- part 21 of 23- Siouan-Keresan-Iroquian

Box 3, Folder 18

Regional Linguistic Notebooks- part 18 of 23- Pentutian

Box 3, Folder 19

Tupian

Box 3, Folder 20

Guaycuru

Box 3, Folder 21

Arawakan

Box 3, Folder 22

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 23

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 24

[undetermined]

Box 3, Folder 25

Regional Linguistic Notebooks- part 20 of 23- Oto-Mangue

Box 3, Folder 26

[undetermined]

Box 4, Folder 1

[undetermined]

Box 4, Folder 2

Algonkian-Wakashan

Box 4, Folder 3

[undetermined]

Box 4, Folder 4

[undetermined]

Box 4, Folder 5

Penutian Languages

Box 4, Folder 6

Andean Languages

Box 4, Folder 7

Macro-Carib

Box 4, Folder 8

[undetermined]

Box 4, Folder 9

[undetermined]

Box 4, Folder 10

Regional Linguistic Notebooks- part 16 of 23- Azteco-tanoan, Na-dene

Box 4, Folder 11

Arawak I

Box 4, Folder 12

[undetermined]

Box 4, Folder 13

Regional Linguistic Notebooks- part 17 of 23- Na-dene Vocabularies

Box 4, Folder 14

Chibchan grammar

Box 4, Folder 15

Equatorial

Box 4, Folder 16

Tucanoan

Box 4, Folder 17

Macro-Chibchan

Box 4, Folder 18

Grammatical North American II

Box 4, Folder 19

Regional Linguistic Notebooks- part 19 of 23- Mexian-Penutian

Box 4, Folder 20

Regional Linguistic Notebooks- part 14 of 23- Tupi Proper

Box 4, Folder 21

Miscellaneous

Box 4, Folder 22

Collective Numerics and Distributive

Box 4, Folder 23

Untitled [1 of 2]

Box 4, Folder 24

Untitled [2 of 2]

Box 4, Folder 25

Phonological Theory II

Box 4, Folder 26

Word Systems Notebook No. 1 [1 of 3]

Box 4, Folder 27

Word Systems Notebook No. 1 [2 of 3]

Box 4, Folder 28

Word Systems Notebook No. 1 [3 of 3]

Box 5, Folder 1

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 2

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 3

Quantification

Box 5, Folder 4

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 5

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 6

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 7

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 8

Regional Linguistic Notebooks- part 23 of 23- Algonkian-Wakashan

Box 5, Folder 9

Lateral Consonants in Mayan-Zoquean-Huave

Box 5, Folder 10

Regional Linguistic Notebooks-part 15 of 23- Chibchan

Box 5, Folder 11

Regional Linguistic Notebooks-part 12 of 23- Miscellaneous South American

Box 5, Folder 12

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 13

Untitled [1 of 3]

Box 5, Folder 14

Untitled [2 of 3]

Box 5, Folder 15

Untitled [3 of 3]

Box 5, Folder 16

Tacana-Pano

Box 5, Folder 17

Ritwan-Mosan-Siouan-Caddo

Box 5, Folder 18

Na-dene Languages

Box 5, Folder 19

Gur

Box 5, Folder 20

G. K. Moble Notebook

Box 5, Folder 21

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 22

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 23

[undetermined]

Box 5, Folder 24

LSA address [1 of 2]

Box 5, Folder 25

LSA address [2 of 2]

Box 5, Folder 26

Linguistic analysis [1 of 2]

Box 5, Folder 27

Linguistic analysis [2 of 2]

Box 6, Folder 1

Possessive Constructions

Box 6, Folder 2

Word Accentual Systems [1 of 3]

Box 6, Folder 3

Word Accentual Systems [2 of 3]

Box 6, Folder 4

Word Accentual Systems [3 of 3]

Box 6, Folder 5

Tonogenesis Notes [1 of 2]

Box 6, Folder 6

Tonogenesis Notes [2 of 2]

Box 6, Folder 7

[undetermined]

Box 6, Folder 8

Miscellaneous

Box 6, Folder 9

[undetermined]

Box 6, Folder 10

[undetermined]

Box 6, Folder 11

Diachronic Factors in Phonological Theory

Box 6, Folder 12

Indo-European Substantive Distension

Box 6, Folder 13

Untitled [1 of 2]

Box 6, Folder 14

Untitled [2 of 2]

Box 6, Folder 15

Universal Methodology

Box 6, Folder 16

[undetermined]

Box 6, Folder 17

Numerals- 1976 Linguistic Institute

Box 6, Folder 18

Language Universals

Box 6, Folder 19

Notebook G2 [1 of 2]

Box 6, Folder 20

Notebook G2 [2 of 2]

Box 6, Folder 21

Peoples of Africa

Box 6, Folder 22

Class Notes: History of Anthropological Theory 1981 [1 of 4]

Box 6, Folder 23

Class Notes: History of Anthropological Theory 1981 [2 of 4]

Box 6, Folder 24

Class Notes: History of Anthropological Theory 1981 [3 of 4]

Box 6, Folder 25

Class Notes: History of Anthropological Theory 1981 [4 of 4]

Box 6, Folder 26

Notes for Course on Historical Linguistics

Box 6, Folder 27

Notes for Language, Culture and Society

Box 6, Folder 28

Typology and Universals: Class Notes [1 of 4]

Box 6, Folder 29

Typology and Universals: Class Notes [2 of 4]

Box 6, Folder 30

Typology and Universals: Class Notes [3 of 4]

Box 6, Folder 31

Typology and Universals: Class Notes [4 of 4]

Box 6, Folder 32

KAJE

Box 6, Folder 33

[undetermined]

Box 6, Folder 34

[undetermined]

Box 6, Folder 35

Plateau Languages

Box 6, Folder 36

Ginoiri

Box 6, Folder 37

Irigwe

Box 6, Folder 38

Tera

Box 6, Folder 39

[undetermined]

Box 6, Folder 40

[undetermined]

Box 7, Folder 1

Anthropology 174 / Linguistics 202 [1 of 4]

Box 7, Folder 2

Anthropology 174 / Linguistics 202 [2 of 4]

Box 7, Folder 3

Anthropology 174 / Linguistics 202 [3 of 4]

Box 7, Folder 4

Anthropology 174 / Linguistics 202 [4 of 4]

Box 7, Folder 5

[undetermined]

Box 7, Folder 6

Contemporary Theory

Box 7, Folder 7

Language Families of Africa

Box 7, Folder 8

Historical Linguistics Course [1 of 3]

Box 7, Folder 9

Historical Linguistics Course [2 of 3]

Box 7, Folder 10

Historical Linguistics Course [3 of 3]

Box 7, Folder 11

[undetermined]

Box 7, Folder 12

Untitled [1 of 4]

Box 7, Folder 13

Untitled [2 of 4]

Box 7, Folder 14

Untitled [3 of 4]

Box 7, Folder 15

Untitled [4 of 4]

Box 7, Folder 16

Class notes-Typology and Universals [1 of 3]

Box 7, Folder 17

Class notes-Typology and Universals [2 of 3]

Box 7, Folder 18

Class notes-Typology and Universals [3 of 3]

Box 7, Folder 19

Course Notes, Linguistics 205 (1985) [1 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 20

Course Notes, Linguistics 205 (1985) [2 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 21

History of Anthropology Notebook

Box 7, Folder 22

[undetermined]

Box 7, Folder 23

Bola Tangale

Box 7, Folder 24

BUJI

Box 7, Folder 25

IRIGWE notes

Box 7, Folder 26

Ninzam

Box 7, Folder 27

Nungu

Box 7, Folder 28

Fizere

Box 7, Folder 29

Diryanchi

Box 7, Folder 30

Mbarike

Box 7, Folder 31

Niger Congo Noun class affixes

Box 7, Folder 32

Linguistic evidence regarding Bantu origins [1 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 33

Linguistic evidence regarding Bantu origins [2 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 34

Areal Characteristics of African languages [1 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 35

Areal Characteristics of African languages [2 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 36

The last stages of grammatical elements. Degrammaticalization & Regrammaticalization [1 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 37

The last stages of grammatical elements. Degrammaticalization & Regrammaticalization [2 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 38

Language and Nationalism

Box 7, Folder 39

Kinship terminology [1 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 40

Kinship terminology [2 of 2]

Box 7, Folder 41

Indo-Pacific

Box 7, Folder 42

Initial Consonant Mutation

Box 7, Folder 43

Marked and Unmarked Categories

Correspondence

Box 1

Correspondence A – I, 1963-2000

Box 2

Correspondence J – S, 1961-2000

Box 3

Correspondence T – Z and unsorted, 1970-2000

Details on unprocessed boxes

Box 18b

Courses/Lectures

Box 19

Courses/Lectures

Box 20

Courses/Lectures

Box 21

Courses/Lectures

Box 22

Courses/Lectures

Box 24

Research notes and notebooks

Box 25b, Folder 1

Notes for essays in linguistics (1)

Box 25b, Folder 2

Notes for essays in linguistics (2)

Box 25b, Folder 3

Notes for essays in linguistics (3)

Box 25b, Folder 4

Relative pronoun and P.I.E. (1)

Box 25b, Folder 5

Relative pronoun and P.I.E. (2)

Box 25b, Folder 6

Rethinking linguistics diachronically, 1977-78

Box 25b, Folder 7

Numerals (1)

Box 25b, Folder 8

Numerals (2)

Box 25b, Folder 9

Russian research on universals

Box 25b, Folder 10

Notes on structural syllable

Box 25b, Folder 11

Psycholinguists (1)

Box 25b, Folder 12

Psycholinguists (2)

Box 25b, Folder 13

Seven theories (1)

Box 25b, Folder 14

Seven theories (2)

Box 25b, Folder 15

Seven theories (3)

Box 25b, Folder 16

Vowel paper – text and notes

Box 25b, Folder 17

Vowel articles – manuscript

Box 25b, Folder 18

Reviews of Greenberg's works

Box 25b, Folder 19

Language in the Americas – Greenberg's reply to reviewers

Box 25b, Folder 20

Language in the Americas – reviews of

Box 25b, Folder 21

Reviews by Greenberg 1940s

Box 25b, Folder 22

Reviews by Greenberg 1950s

Box 25b, Folder 23

Reviews by Greenberg 1960s

Box 25b, Folder 24

Review by Greenberg: Language and Archaeology 1988

Box 25b, Folder 25

Reviews by Greenberg 1990s

Box 25b, Folder 26

Greenberg, "Are there mixed languages?"

Box 25b, Folder 27

Miscellaneous

Box 25b, Folder 28

Survey form and form letter re African music and oral data

Box 25b, Folder 29

Correspondence 2000

Box 25b, Folder 30

Correspondence 2000

Audio tapes:

Box 25b

Dicos totonas (reel)

Box 25b

Compadres & comadres marriage customs (reel)

Box 25b

Juan Castaneda – Santiago – Taide #103 (reel)

Box 25b

Juan Castaneda stories (second time) #101 (reel)

Box 25b

Beliefs [possibly blank] (reel)

Box 25b

Assorted audio cassettes, mostly unlabeled

Box 27

Research notes and notebooks

Box 28

Research notes and notebooks

Accession ARCH-2002-110 Papers

Certificates (in oversized box, but not all are oversized):

Box 1 os

New York Academy of Sciences, Dec. 3, 1980

Box 1 os

Distinguished Contribution to African Studies [Stanford]

Box 1 os

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1973

Box 1 os

Linguistic Society of America

Box 1 os

American Anthropological Association, Distinguished Lecturer 1970

Box 1 os

American Philosophical Society 1975

Box 1 os

Haile Selassie Award, 1967

Box 1 os

National Academy of Sciences 1965

Accession ARCH-2004-309 Papers

Box 1, Folder 1

Bibliography

Box 1, Folder 2

Biographical articles, obituaries, etc.

Box 1, Folder 3

Interviews: "Interview with Dr. J. H. & Mrs. S. Greenberg," The Piltdown Newsletter, Winter/Spring 1973; transcript of interviews between Ansar Dill and Joseph H. Greenberg for the introduction to Selected Writings of Joseph H. Greenberg

Box 1, Folder 4

Photographs (1 of Greenberg on the Gutenberg express bus 1984, 1 of papers on display)

Accesion ARCH-2008-257 Papers

Box 1

Interview of Joseph Greenberg by John Rawlings, 2001 – audiocassette and transcript