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Creator:

Hockett, Charles Francis  Search this

Extent:

5.4 Linear feet ((10 document boxes) plus 2 record storage boxes of sound recordings)

Culture:

Fijians  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1934-2000

bulk 1940-1989

Summary:

This collection contains the professional papers of linguist Charles F. Hockett. Included are research materials consisting of field notes and notebooks, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, annotated copies of other scholars' work, a few drawings, photographs, and sound recordings.

Scope and Content Note:

This collection contains the professional papers of linguist Charles F. Hockett. Included are research materials consisting of field notes and notebooks, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, annotated copies of other scholars' work, a few drawings, photographs, and sound recordings.

The materials in this collection document Hockett's career as a structural linguist, and provides glimpses into his military service and his passion for music. Hockett's writings and notes, which comprise the majority of the materials in the collection, demonstrate his contributions to the field of linguistics.

Arrangement:

Collection is organized into 9 series: 1) Field Research, 1937-38, 1940; 2) Writings, 1940-2000; 3) Correspondence, 1945-2000; 4) Professional Activities, 1965-1970, 1989, 1993; 5) Teaching Files, 1993; 6) Biographical Files, 1934, 1942-1957-1965, 1974, 1984, 1988, 1999; 7) Notes and Drawings, 1964, 1970-1983, 1987-1988; 8) Photographs, 1944, 1960, 1978-1991, 1999; 9) Sound Recordings, 1952-1957, 1961, 1970-1976

Biographical Note:

Charles Francis Hockett was a linguist best known for his contribution to structural linguistics. Strongly influenced by the work of Leonard Bloomfield, he was "widely considered Bloomfield's chief disciple, and the most prominent explicator and elaborator of Bloomfield's works" (Gair 7). While he primarily focused on Algonquian languages, Hockett also studied Chinese, Fijian, and English.

Hockett was born in Columbus, Ohio on January 17, 1916 to Homer and Amy Hockett. He matriculated at Ohio State University in 1932 and graduated in 1936 with a BA and MA in ancient history. He then went on to study at Yale where he received his PhD in 1939. Afterward, he completed two years of postdoctoral study and had the opportunity to work with Leonard Bloomfield directly.

Drafted into the US Army in 1942, Hockett prepared language-training materials, language guides, and dictionaries for military personnel. He was eventually promoted to Captain and left the military in 1946 when he became a professor of linguistics at Cornell University. In 1957 he joined the Department of Anthropology. Hockett stayed at Cornell until 1982 when he retired to emeritus status. He later served as an adjunct professor of linguistics at Rice University.

He died on November 3, 2000.

Sources Consulted

James W. Gair, "Charles F. Hockett," in Biographical Memoirs volume 89. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2007.

Chronology

1916 -- Born January 17 in Columbus, Ohio

1932 -- Entered Ohio State University at 16

1936 -- Graduated summa cum laude with BA & MA in ancient history

1939 -- Summer of fieldwork in Kickapoo and autumn in Michoacán, Mexico Received PhD in Anthropology from Yale; dissertation based on fieldwork in Potawatomi

1940-1941 -- 2 years of postdoctoral study, including two quarters with Leonard Bloomfield at Chicago, followed by a stay at Michigan

1942 -- Drafted into US Army

1945 -- Dispatched to Tokyo as a first lieutenant to help train U.S. troops in Japanese

1946 -- Began university teaching career as an assistant professor of linguistics in the Division of Modern Languages at Cornell where he was in charge of Chinese and continued to run the Chinese program for 15 years Separated from the army with a terminal leave promotion to captain

1957 -- Become a member of Cornell's Department of Anthropology (later named the Goldwin Smith Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology)

1964 -- President of the Linguistic Society of America

1974 -- Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

1982 -- Retired from Cornell to emeritus status

1983 -- Festschrift written (Agard et al., 1983)

1986 -- Distinguished lecturer of the American Anthropological Association Visiting professor, later adjunct professor of linguistics at Rice University

2000 -- Died on November 3

Selected Bibliography

1939 -- Potawatomi Syntax. Language 15: 235-248.

1944 -- with Zhaoying Fang. Spoken Chinese: Basic Course. Military edition published (without authors' names) as a War Department Education Manual. Civilian Edition. New York: Holt.

1947 -- Peiping phonology. Journal of the American Oriental Society 67: 253-267.

1948 -- Implications of Bloomfield's Algonquian Studies. Language 24: 17-131.

1955 -- A Manual of Phonology. Baltimore: Waverley Press. How to Learn Martian. Astounding Science Fiction 55: 97-106.

1958 -- A Course in Modern Linguistics. New York: Macmillan.

1960 -- The Origin of Speech. Scientific American 203(3): 88-89.

1970 -- A Leonard Bloomfield Anthology. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

1973 -- Man's Place in Nature. New York: McGraw-Hill.

1987 -- Refurbishing our Foundations: Elementary Linguistics from an Advanced Point of View. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

1997 -- Approaches to Syntax. Lingua 100: 151-170.

Related Collections:

National Anthropological Archives Manuscript 7402. Letters to Charles Hockett regarding Algonquian linguistics 1937-1938.

National Anthropological Archives Manuscript 2009-15. May Mayko Ebihara conducted this oral history interview with Hockett on August 25, 1981 as part of a larger oral history project with anthropologists.

For additional Hockett correspondence, see: C. F. Voegelin Papers, American Philosophical Society. Henry Lee Smith Papers, 1935-1972 (bulk 1956-1972), University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Provenance:

These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Charles Hockett's daughter, Rachel Hockett.

Restrictions:

The Charles F. Hockett Papers are open for research.

Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

Kickapoo language  Search this

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Charles F. Hockett Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Identifier:

NAA.2011-14

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Charles F. Hockett papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32f00282d-119f-43eb-be71-d0b94c3c0d61

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2011-14

Creator:

Etawa Caume  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Map - draft

Charts

Place:

California

Guatemala

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Also linguistic chart of Guatemala.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3961

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Washington (State)  Search this

Oregon  Search this

Genre/Form:

Map - draft

Charts

Citation:

Manuscript 3961, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3961

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d6deac22-691c-4fa7-a0e9-41ad960dc7b1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3961

Collector:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Creator:

Torbert, John B.  Search this

Culture:

American Indian  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Maps

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Shows Indian Tribes in Central United States from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4059

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Genre/Form:

Maps

Citation:

Manuscript 4059, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4059

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw392f28d25-be11-4f6a-bf88-55b2596b2ed8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4059

Creator:

Whorf, Benjamin Lee, 1897-1941  Search this

Collector:

Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this

Extent:

3 Pages

Culture:

American Indian  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Diagrams

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Concern North American Indian language phyla.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4224

Local Note:

Collected by John R. Swanton; A. note by Swanton reads, "made by Whorf during a visit."

autograph document

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diagrams

Citation:

Manuscript 4224, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4224

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fdbf16db-a6d4-43bd-a4a5-134da8d8a9fd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4224

Creator:

ANONYMOUS  Search this

Extent:

83 Pages

Culture:

American Indian  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

This manuscript may or may not be complete. The date and name of author do not appear.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4072

Local Note:

May be by J.N.B. Hewitt. H. Landar noted (3/66) that some material in # 410 (a part from the Lutuamian-Shahaptian material) appears to be akin to this-MCB.

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4072, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4072

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38e5e06b2-197e-4a1a-bb50-c2ad34df512c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4072

Collector:

Frachtenberg, Leo Joachim, 1883-1930  Search this

Extent:

1,146 Items (cards )

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1734

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1734, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1734

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3852c8b46-f172-4770-ab9b-2a684f06a2b3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1734

Collector:

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Creator:

Renan, M. E.  Search this

Extent:

32 Pages

13 Items (cards )

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

A critique and exposition. With excerpts from M.E. Renan.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3120

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3120, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3120

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw329515ff5-056d-4f55-9084-cbdbc492c9af

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3120

Collector:

Frachtenberg, Leo Joachim, 1883-1930  Search this

Extent:

22 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

1908

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1732

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1732, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1732

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e7e90787-ed22-4b8e-a4a6-76a17c5128e4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1732

Collector:

Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this

Extent:

85 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1589

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1589, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1589

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39e07cc70-cd24-4a5c-9620-7daddd73e7f4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1589

Collector:

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Extent:

32 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3117

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3117, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3117

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f2a54288-b63d-46dd-828a-c28681ece0ab

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3117

Collector:

Frachtenberg, Leo Joachim, 1883-1930  Search this

Extent:

18 Pages

Culture:

Indo-German  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

August 1906

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2050

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 2050, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2050

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e23d9954-b4ae-4c2d-b971-834e7d2e3a7f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2050

Collector:

Kolkin, N.  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Maps

Photoengravings

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Contents: Early historical record of words in various languages. 191 pages. (2 copies). Archaic times in Asia Minor and vicinity, including appendix to manuscript, 244 pages; (After the last ice period). History of the western alphabets, 29 pages. 12 maps (miscellaneous) and 4 photoengravings from The Mid-Pacific magazine, no date. (Hawaiian, Samoan, Maori, and Fiji Id. types.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3248

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Genre/Form:

Maps

Photoengravings

Citation:

Manuscript 3248, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3248

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw365da01f7-d715-40a1-9093-d618698ae580

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3248

Creator:

Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918  Search this

Names:

Gilbert, Bessie  Search this

Extent:

4 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

circa 1878

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 1098

General:

Previously titled "Baby-talk ("Proto-fant") of Bessie Gilbert, 1-1/2 years old"

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 1098, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS1098

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b897a181-a7bb-4405-a022-e9b2bb3da087

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1098

Collector:

Arden, J.  Search this

Extent:

45 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Also a new phonetic alphabet consisting of geometrical figures based upon this analysis.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3095

Local Note:

November 30, 1928. Original manuscript returned to author at his request, and manuscript under same title, but with changes and corrections, consisting of 48 pages substituted. (See correspondence).

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3095, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3095

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e829afa9-160a-46d0-ac59-315ceeeb01f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3095

Collector:

Hill-Tout, Charles, 1858-1944  Search this

Addressee:

Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this

Extent:

11 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

September, 25, 1898

Scope and Contents:

Requests that he examine them with a view to determining whether or not they are from a common origin. The words belong to distinct and independent stocks, west of the Rockies, but the stock names are withheld in order that an unbiased opinion may be reached. Also letter of transmittal, 1 page.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3457

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3457, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3457

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34f60a25d-a072-471f-b1f9-42ddb3546bd3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3457

Creator:

ANONYMOUS  Search this

Extent:

17 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Date and name of writer not given.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3729

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3729, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3729

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw385e79f6a-ebbc-418f-9e89-125460c42560

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3729

Creator:

ANONYMOUS  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Consists of numerous slips of various sizes- apparently a comparative study. Includes Asiatic, European, etc, as well as Chinese symbols with German equivalents ? Unarranged. Looks worthless- MCB, 1956.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4269

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4269, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4269

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bce8bc3a-62ef-4b2a-92ef-1a9078fa822e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4269

Collector:

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Extent:

16 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4013

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4013, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4013

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37ac64107-b39a-48fa-ab38-5d86c8db7be1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4013

Collector:

Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this

Extent:

2 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 3875

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 3875, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS3875

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39431724c-4ee4-4a14-8574-5f61014e9775

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3875

Collector:

Frachtenberg, Leo Joachim, 1883-1930  Search this

Extent:

10 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2274

Topic:

Linguistics, general and theoretical  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 2274, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2274

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d71bff7b-eb4c-49ad-b28b-c7663a012bbe

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2274