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Michael E. Krauss collection, 1882-1989, Date acquired: 00/00/2018, bulk 1958-1989

 

Summary

Creator:
Krauss, Michael E. (1934-2019)
Abstract:
The Michael E. Krauss Collection consists of personal papers, correspondence, writings, newsletters, newspapers, sound recordings, and ephemera related to the learning, study, and preservation of Celtic languages and cultures. Foreign language documents in the collection include those written in Cornish, French, Breton, Welsh, Japanese, German, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx Gaelic. Research materials primarily focus on linguistics and philology in relation to Celtic languages. Also included are documents related to Irish and British publishing houses specializing in Celtic language materials, as well as cultural and linguistic preservation societies, including the International Committee for the Defense of the Breton language. In addition to this manuscript collection, Micheal Krauss donated several hundred volumes to the Anglo-Irish Collection, which is accessible through USF Special Collections. Additional monographs donated by Krauss are currently being cataloged.
Extent:
1.25 Linear Feet
3 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Michael E. Krauss Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. 

Background

Scope and content:

This collections includes research materials, pamphlets, ephemera, publications, correspondence, maps, newspapers, and newsletters focused on Celtic languages and cultures. Materials are written in English, Cornish, French, Breton, and Gaelic (Irish, Scottish, and Manx), Welsh, and Japanese.

Biographical / historical:

Michael E. Krauss is an influential American linguist whose specialties include Celtic languages and the preservation of endangered languages. Krauss studied at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Iceland, the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Western Reserve University, and the University of Paris. He obtained a Ph.D. in Linguistics and Celtic from Harvard University in 1958, with a dissertation entitled, "Studies in Irish Gaelic Phonology and Orthography." Krauss became a faculty member of the University of Alaska in 1960 and founded the Alaska Native Language Center in 1972, of which he is the head. In addition to Celtic languages, Krauss works with Scandinavian languages and extensively on the preservation of endangered Alaskan languages. Primarily, these studies focus on the Eyak language.

Note written by

Acquisition information:

Michael E. Krauss

Donation.

Processing information:

processed

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in separate boxes based upon language of study, with research materials written both in and about the language specified. The final box in the series contains miscellaneous research materials, correspondence, and personal papers of Michael E. Krauss.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Michael E. Krauss Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA