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Robert A. Logan fonds

  • MS-2-580
  • Fonds
  • Bulk, 1907-1995
Fonds consists of materials related to Logan’s career (1912-1985), fiction and philosophy manuscripts (1925-1983), published articles (1922-1969), his wide-ranging correspondence (1942-1991), his studies concerning Cree and other languages (1932-1969), autobiographical and biographical works (1929-1982), genealogical studies of his family and others (1955-1984), certificates he received throughout his life (1906-1992), the indices he created for his documents (1949-1986), , his diaries (1930-1980), the journals, fieldbooks, and logbooks he wrote (1907-1960), images he took or collected (1909-1992), and other miscellaneous materials(1934-1983). All textual materials relate to his life, his far-reaching research studies, or his writings.

Logan, Robert A., 1892-1992

Language studies

Series consists of Robert A. Logan’s works concerning languages and orthography. Topics include the Cree language and other native languages spoken in North America, alternate alphabets, and phonetics. Records include research notes and materials, manuscripts, and publications.

Short negatives Cree : made by others

Microfilm contains excerpts of books on the Cree language, including A grammar of the Cree language: With which is combined an analysis of the Chippeway [sic] dialect by Joseph Howse

Cree-English Dictionary / by Robert A. Logan

Written in pen, outside of Microfilm Box 9: Negative of / Cree-English / Dictionary / by R.A. Logan 1964 / This was made from / positive #20. (made by / University Microfilm. Inc / Ann Arbor / Mich.) / By "Dakota M-F Services, / St. Paul. Minn / in 1969 / This is 1 of 2 negs / Made by Dakota. / (There is also the original neg by UMI)

From Cree to English, Part One : The sound system / by Marilylle Soveran

File is a booklet published by the Indian and Northern Curriculum Resources Centre at the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan. Logan's annotations and proposed symbols appear throughout the booklet. Inscribed in pen, title page: Property of Rober A. Logan / Symbols in pencil are those phonetic / invented by Robert A. Logan and proposed / for use in printing books, newspapers, etc.

The Lokhan System of speech-sound symbols for use in printing / by Robert A. Logan

File contains draft versions of the pamphlet by Robert Logan entitled The Lokhan System of speech-sound symbols for use in printing. The Lokhan system was created by Robert Logan and is similar to the Pitman style of shorthand. He named it the Lokhan as this would how the original Gaelic sounds of his clan surname could be best represented.

Key to the language of America / by R. Williams

File is a roll of microfilm with copies of four books: Key to the language of America by R. Williams (1643), A grammar of the Cree language by J. Howse (1844), A lecture on the grammatical construction of the Cree language by J. Hunter (1875), and La Parole Humaine Paris by A. Berloin (1908)

The Cree Review

File includes a Cree calendar from 1952 and a government poster in Inuktitut.

Correspondence from Robert A. Logan requesting the use of one universally accepted language

Folder contains two letters; one written to the Permanent Representative of The People's Republic of China to the United Nations and the second written to the British Museum. Logan suggests in these letters that the adoption of a system of symbols representing speech sounds would make communicating globally easier.

Genealogical studies

Series contains material collected by Logan during his work on genealogy . Records include research notes, manuscripts, and correspondence.
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