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'''Melville Jacobs''' (July 3, 1902 - July 31, 1971) was an American [[anthropologist]] known for his extensive fieldwork on cultures of the [[Pacific Northwest]]. He was born in [[New York City]]. After studying with [[Franz Boas]] he became a member of the faculty of the [[University of Washington]] in 1928 and remained until his death in 1971. Especially during the earlier part of his career, from 1928 until 1936, he collected large amounts of linguistic data and text from a wide range of languages including [[Sahaptin language|Sahaptin]], [[Molala people#Language|Molale]], [[Kalapuyan languages|
'''Melville Jacobs''' (July 3, 1902 – July 31, 1971) was an American [[anthropologist]] known for his extensive fieldwork on cultures of the [[Pacific Northwest]]. He was born in [[New York City]]. After studying with [[Franz Boas]] he became a member of the faculty of the [[University of Washington]] in 1928 and remained until his death in 1971. Especially during the earlier part of his career, from 1928 until 1936, he collected large amounts of linguistic data and text from a wide range of languages including [[Sahaptin language|Sahaptin]], [[Molala people#Language|Molale]], [[Kalapuyan languages|
Kalapuya]], [[Clackamas (tribe)#Language|Clackamas]], [[Tillamook language|Tillamook]], [[Alsean languages|Alsea]], [[Upper Umpqua language|Upper Umpqua]], [[Galice]] and [[Chinook Jargon]].
Kalapuya]], [[Clackamas (tribe)#Language|Clackamas]], [[Tillamook language|Tillamook]], [[Alsean languages|Alsea]], [[Upper Umpqua language|Upper Umpqua]], [[Galice]] and [[Chinook Jargon]]. One method of collection was by working with indigenous story tellers such as [[Victoria Howard]], born on the [[Grand Ronde Community|Grand Ronde reservation]], and audio recording and transcribing their songs and stories.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Howard |first=Victoria |title=Clackamas Chinook performance art: verse form interpretations |last2=Mason |first2=Catharine |last3=Jacobs |first3=Melville |date=2021 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press American Indian Research Institute, Indiana University |isbn=978-1-4962-2411-8 |series=Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians series |location=Lincoln Bloomington}}</ref>


He left funds to establish the [[Jacobs Research Fund]], which supports anthropological research in the Pacific Northwest. His papers, including extensive raw linguistic material that has provided the basis for subsequent research on now extinct languages, are held by the University of Washington in the Jacobs Archive.
He left funds to establish the [[Jacobs Research Fund]], which supports anthropological research in the Pacific Northwest. His papers, including extensive raw linguistic material that has provided the basis for subsequent research on now extinct languages, are held by the [[University of Washington]] in the Jacobs Archive.


In 2019, the "Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American Northwest (1929-1939)" was selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]] as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite news |last=Andrews |first=Travis M. |date=March 20, 2019 |title=Jay-Z, a speech by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and 'Schoolhouse Rock!' among recordings deemed classics by Library of Congress |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jay-z-a-speech-by-sen-robert-f-kennedy-and-schoolhouse-rock-among-recordings-deemed-classics-by-library-of-congress/2019/03/19/f7eb08ea-4a58-11e9-9663-00ac73f49662_story.html?|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 25, 2019}}</ref>
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He was married to [[Elizabeth Jacobs]], also an anthropologist.

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He was married to [[Elizabeth Jacobs (anthropologist)|Elizabeth Jacobs]], also an anthropologist.


==Works==
==Works==
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==References==
==References==
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*Winters, Christopher. International Dictionary of Anthropologists. New York: Garland, 1991
*Winters, Christopher. International Dictionary of Anthropologists. New York: Garland, 1991
*Seaburg, William. "Badger and Coyote Were Neighbors: Melville Jacobs on Northwest Indian Myths and Tales", Oregon State University Press
*Seaburg, William. "Badger and Coyote Were Neighbors: Melville Jacobs on Northwest Indian Myths and Tales", Oregon State University Press


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/fghij/jacobs_melville.html Minnesota State University biographical sketch]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100528221113/http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/fghij/jacobs_melville.html Minnesota State University biographical sketch]
*[http://depts.washington.edu/jacobsf/ Jacobs Research Fund]
*[http://depts.washington.edu/jacobsf/ Jacobs Research Fund]


===Archives===
===Archives===
* [http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view?docId=UA19_26_1693JacobsMelville.xml Melville Jacobs Papers.] 1918-1974. 78.23 cubic feet.
* [https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv95437 Melville Jacobs Papers.] 1918–1978. 78.23 cubic feet.
* [http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/view?docId=PeltoRichardA1189.xml Richard A. Pelto Papers.] 1969. .21 cubic foot (3 reel-to-reel tapes, 7"; 7 cassettes.) Contains interviews conducted by Pelto with Melville Jacobs
* [https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv91925 Richard A. Pelto Papers.] 1969. .21 cubic foot (3 reel-to-reel tapes, 7"; 7 cassettes.) Contains interviews conducted by Pelto with Melville Jacobs

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[[Category:Linguists of Na-Dene languages]]
[[Category:Linguists of Eskaleut languages]]
[[Category:Linguists of Sahaptian languages]]
[[Category:Linguists of Chinookan languages]]
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Latest revision as of 19:29, 15 December 2023

Melville Jacobs (July 3, 1902 – July 31, 1971) was an American anthropologist known for his extensive fieldwork on cultures of the Pacific Northwest. He was born in New York City. After studying with Franz Boas he became a member of the faculty of the University of Washington in 1928 and remained until his death in 1971. Especially during the earlier part of his career, from 1928 until 1936, he collected large amounts of linguistic data and text from a wide range of languages including Sahaptin, Molale, Kalapuya, Clackamas, Tillamook, Alsea, Upper Umpqua, Galice and Chinook Jargon. One method of collection was by working with indigenous story tellers such as Victoria Howard, born on the Grand Ronde reservation, and audio recording and transcribing their songs and stories.[1]

He left funds to establish the Jacobs Research Fund, which supports anthropological research in the Pacific Northwest. His papers, including extensive raw linguistic material that has provided the basis for subsequent research on now extinct languages, are held by the University of Washington in the Jacobs Archive.

In 2019, the "Melville Jacobs Collection of Native Americans of the American Northwest (1929-1939)" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]

He was married to Elizabeth Jacobs, also an anthropologist.

Works[edit]

  • A Sketch of Northern Sahaptin Grammar (1931)
  • Notes on the Structure of Chinook Jargon (1932)
  • Northwest Sahaptin Texts, I (1934)
  • Texts in Chinook Jargon (1936)
  • Northwest Sahaptin Texts, II (1937)
  • Coos Narrative and Ethnologic Texts (1939)
  • Coos Myth Texts (1940)
  • Historic Perspectives in Indian Languages of Oregon and Washington (1941)
  • Kalapuya Texts (1945)
  • Outline of Anthropology (1947)
  • General Anthropology; A Brief Survey of Physical, Cultural, and Social Anthropology (1952)
  • Clackamas Chinook Texts (1959)
  • The People are Coming Soon; Analyses of Clackamas Chinook Myths and Tales (1960)
  • Pattern in Cultural Anthropology (1964)
  • The Anthropologist Looks at Myth (1966)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Howard, Victoria; Mason, Catharine; Jacobs, Melville (2021). Clackamas Chinook performance art: verse form interpretations. Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians series. Lincoln Bloomington: University of Nebraska Press American Indian Research Institute, Indiana University. ISBN 978-1-4962-2411-8.
  2. ^ Andrews, Travis M. (March 20, 2019). "Jay-Z, a speech by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and 'Schoolhouse Rock!' among recordings deemed classics by Library of Congress". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  • Winters, Christopher. International Dictionary of Anthropologists. New York: Garland, 1991
  • Seaburg, William. "Badger and Coyote Were Neighbors: Melville Jacobs on Northwest Indian Myths and Tales", Oregon State University Press

External links[edit]

Archives[edit]

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