Staff Meeting Notes, 1970
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection contains four series:
Administrative materials include background information on Navajo language studies nationwide, correspondence between Bernard Spolsky (principal investigator) and the linguistic community, study researchers and participants (such as Navajo school principals and teachers). The series also contains funding information, project proposals, and staff meeting notes.
Educational Materials are comprised of a number of Navajo language children’s books and flashcards generated by the Navajo Reading Study. These materials were written in Navajo (not translated from English) and include titles that demonstrate basic vocabulary, such as the alphabet, animals and colors. In addition many of the narrative titles are for more advanced Navajo readers (eleven through sixteen) such as community histories and the biography of Wilt Chamberlain.
Field Surveys include a raw data sampling from the Navajo Reading Study. The field survey series consists of background, notes and on-site instructions for the interviewers of Navajo children as well as the original questionnaires filled out by children or their interviewers assessing their Navajo and English language abilities.
Reports consist of a number of documents generated by the Navajo Reading Study describing the results of the study. In addition, a number of outside reports generated by Ramah Navajo High School and various advisory boards are included.
Collection is in English and Navajo.
Administrative materials include background information on Navajo language studies nationwide, correspondence between Bernard Spolsky (principal investigator) and the linguistic community, study researchers and participants (such as Navajo school principals and teachers). The series also contains funding information, project proposals, and staff meeting notes.
Educational Materials are comprised of a number of Navajo language children’s books and flashcards generated by the Navajo Reading Study. These materials were written in Navajo (not translated from English) and include titles that demonstrate basic vocabulary, such as the alphabet, animals and colors. In addition many of the narrative titles are for more advanced Navajo readers (eleven through sixteen) such as community histories and the biography of Wilt Chamberlain.
Field Surveys include a raw data sampling from the Navajo Reading Study. The field survey series consists of background, notes and on-site instructions for the interviewers of Navajo children as well as the original questionnaires filled out by children or their interviewers assessing their Navajo and English language abilities.
Reports consist of a number of documents generated by the Navajo Reading Study describing the results of the study. In addition, a number of outside reports generated by Ramah Navajo High School and various advisory boards are included.
Collection is in English and Navajo.
Dates
- 1970
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English Navajo
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 boxes (2 cu. ft.)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451