A Chemehuevi Language Archive: 1970s Fieldwork and Analysis by Margaret L. Press

A scan of Margaret's out-of-print monograph, Chemehuevi: A Grammar and Lexicon, is available here (or click on the cover image) as a 1.5 MB PDF file. Margaret's complete Ph.D. dissertation, on which the monograph is based, but including additional details, is available here as a 4.0 MB PDF file.

Margaret's complete field notes, in two bound notebooks, have been scanned, and can be viewed as PDF files:

Margaret recorded only a small fraction of her field work on audio tape. Surviving audio recordings are archived here as .mpg files. (Click on the speaker icon to listen, or right-click to save the file to disk.) Photo album from 1973-1974: (Click on the small images for high resolution versions.)













her biography (in Chemehuevi) part 1 (10:41)

her biography (in Chemehuevi) part 1 (10:41) her biography (in Chemehuevi) part 2 (6:48) Mary Hanks Molino, Hanks Village, AZ, 13 August 1974: interview part 1 (10:17)

interview part 1 (10:17) interview part 2 (16:00)

interview part 2 (16:00) interview part 3 (5:25)

interview part 3 (5:25) interview part 4 (15:12) Mary Hanks Molino, Hanks Village, AZ, 6 August 1973: verbs A-G (10:24)

verbs A-G (10:24) verbs G-S (9:59)

verbs G-S (9:59) verbs S-Z (4:49)

verbs S-Z (4:49) nouns A-D (3:11)

nouns A-D (3:11) nouns D-H (3:48)

nouns D-H (3:48) nouns H-Z (7:36) Pearl Eddy, 14 August 1974: interview part 1 (18:59)

interview part 1 (18:59) interview part 2 (12:50) Mary Hanks Molino, Hanks Village, AZ, 7 August 1973:Mary Hanks Molino, Hanks Village, AZ, 13 August 1974:Mary Hanks Molino, Hanks Village, AZ, 6 August 1973:Pearl Eddy, 14 August 1974:

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