Guide to the John Wolff Papers,
1961-1971.

Collection Number: 14-18-3619

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
November 2007
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff and Evan Fay Earle, November 2007

© 2007 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
John Wolff papers, 1961-1971.
Collection Number:
14-18-3619
Creator:
John U. Wolff
Quantity:
18 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Audio Recordings, Correspondence, Newspapers, Printed Materials, Research Materials
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes materials for the Cebuano dictionary project.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor Emeritus, Linguisitics and Asian Studies.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes materials for the Cebuano dictionary project. This was a project to prepare a dictionary of Cebuano, a language of the Philippines. which resulted in the publications in 1972 of Cebuano Visayan Dictionary. Includes tape recordings and their transcriptions and a concordance of all roots found in the Cebuano translation of the Old and New Testaments. Lists of words for the dictionary with their sources and definitions and interviews. Includes Javanese, Indonesian, Malay, and Tagalog dialects. Also information on other minor Phillippine languages.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Wolff, John U.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell University.Dept. of Asian Studies.
Cornell University.Dept. of Linguistics.

Subjects:
Indonesian language--Self-instruction.
Javenese language.
Indonesian language--Dictionaries--English.
Malay language.
Philippine languages.
Tagalog language.
Cebuano language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
John Wolff papers, #14-18-3619. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Some additional information available in the accession folder.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Manuscripts for Javanese, Indonesian, Malay, and M1 dialect
Boxes: 3, 4
Series II. Sources for Cebuano dictionary
Boxes: 1-3, 5,18
Series III. Javanese
Boxes: 6-8
Series IV. Tagalog
Box: 8
Series V. Minor Languages of the Philippines and Indonesia
Box: 9
Series VI. Card Files
Boxes: 10-18
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. Manuscripts for Javanese, Indonesian, Malay, and M1 dialect
Malang(M1,3-6)
 Box 3 Folder 5
Malang(M3)
 Box 3 Folder 6
Malang(M7-11)
 Box 3 Folder 7
Malang(M14)
 Box 3 Folder 8
Malang(M15A,B, 16A)
 Box 3 Folder 9
Malang(M16A,B, 17A,B)
 Box 3 Folder 10
Malang(M17B)
 Box 3 Folder 11
Malang(M18)
 Box 3 Folder 12
Malang(M19)
 Box 3 Folder 13
Malang(M19-20)
 Box 3 Folder 14
Malang(M21)
 Box 3 Folder 15
Malang(M22-26)
 Box 3 Folder 16
Malang(M26)
 Box 3 Folder 17
Ludruk(L1)
 Box 4 Folder 1
Ludruk(L2)
 Box 4 Folder 2
Ludruk(L3)
 Box 4 Folder 3
Ludruk(L5)
 Box 4 Folder 4
Malay Javanese(H1)
 Box 4 Folder 5
Malay Javanese(H2)
 Box 4 Folder 6
Malay Javanese(H3B)
 Box 4 Folder 7
Malay Javanese(H4)
 Box 4 Folder 8
Malay Javanese(HR)
 Box 4 Folder 9
Kuala Lumpur(I,II,III,IV)
 Box 4 Folder 10
Indonesia Yogya(IY3)
 Box 4 Folder 11
Indonesia Yogya(IY4A,B)
 Box 4 Folder 12
Indonesia Yogya(IY5A)
 Box 4 Folder 13
Indonesia Yogya(IY6)
 Box 4 Folder 14
Indonesia Yogya(IY7)
 Box 4 Folder 15
Tulung Agung(TA2)
 Box 4 Folder 16
Palembang
 Box 4 Folder 17
Pasuruan
 Box 4 Folder 18
Pasuruan Texts by Dede
 Box 4 Folder 19
Banjar Masin(BM1)
 Box 4 Folder 20
Banjar Masin(BM1)
 Box 4 Folder 21
Banjar Masin(BM4)
 Box 4 Folder 22
Banjar Masin(BM5)
 Box 4 Folder 23
Banjar Masin(BM6)
 Box 4 Folder 24
Banjar Masin(BM9B)
 Box 4 Folder 25
Banjar Masin(BM10)
 Box 4 Folder 26
Banjar Masin(BM10B)
 Box 4 Folder 27
Banjar Masin(BM11)
 Box 4 Folder 28
Banjar Masin(BM12)
 Box 4 Folder 29
Banjar Masin(BMv11)
 Box 4 Folder 30
Batangas
 Box 4 Folder 31
Calamba
 Box 4 Folder 32
Lipa
 Box 4 Folder 33
Quezon
 Box 4 Folder 34
Tadlac
 Box 4 Folder 35
Tagaytay
 Box 4 Folder 36
Ulango
 Box 4 Folder 37
Tayalog Conversations- Rizal IA&B IIA&B
 Box 4 Folder 38
Banahan
 Box 4 Folder 39
Cavite
 Box 4 Folder 40
San Pablo
 Box 4 Folder 41
Groove
 Box 4 Folder 42
Cabuyau(Los Banos)
 Box 4 Folder 43
Conversation with a Farmer
 Box 4 Folder 44
Series II. Sources for Cebuano dictionary
Bisaya 265-269
 Box 1 Folder 1
Bisaya 233, 270-272
 Box 1 Folder 2
Bisaya 273, 276
 Box 1 Folder 3
Bisaya 277-279,290-291
 Box 1 Folder 4
Bisaya 315-319,327
 Box 1 Folder 5
Bisaya 327,330,334
 Box 1 Folder 6
Bisaya 336,340,342
 Box 1 Folder 7
Bisaya 363-365
 Box 1 Folder 8
Bisaya 366-368
 Box 1 Folder 9
Bisaya 369-372
 Box 1 Folder 10
Bisaya 373-375
 Box 1 Folder 11
Bisaya 376-379,382
 Box 1 Folder 12
1-76
 Box 2 Folder 1
77-149
 Box 2 Folder 2
150-227
 Box 2 Folder 3
228-261
 Box 2 Folder 4
274,283,285
 Box 3 Folder 1
292-293,295-297,311,313,322
 Box 3 Folder 2
320,323-26,328,331,333,344-45
 Box 3 Folder 3
Novena, Standard Fillipino English
 Box 3 Folder 4
329 Porohano Dialect
 Box 5 Folder 1
335 Interview about cockfighting
 Box 5 Folder 2
337 Weaving Terms
 Box 5 Folder 3
338A Interviews on Fishes
 Box 5 Folder 4
338 Interview and Songs from Tangke-Talisay-Cebu
 Box 5 Folder 5
341 Stories from Lugun
 Box 5 Folder 6
343 Tapes from Malitbog-Leyte
 Box 5 Folder 7
349-353 Stories by Minoza
 Box 5 Folder 8
355-360 Boholano Stories
 Box 5 Folder 9
352 History of Argaw
 Box 5 Folder 10
354 Folk Songs and Short Interviews from Pana:Un Island
 Box 5 Folder 11
361-362 Stories from Surigao
 Box 5 Folder 12
385a Interviews from Loreto, Surigao Del Norte
 Box 5 Folder 13
385b Interviews from Loreto, Surigao Del Norte
 Box 5 Folder 14
385c Interviews from Loreto, Surigao Del Norte
 Box 5 Folder 15
386 Visayan Songs from Loreto, Surigao Del Norte
 Box 5 Folder 16
389 Fishing Interview with Bantayan
 Box 5 Folder 17
390 Interviews on Fishes Tangke-Talisay
 Box 5 Folder 18
392 Plant Interview I
 Box 5 Folder 19
392 Plant Interview II
 Box 5 Folder 20
392 Plant Interview III
 Box 5 Folder 21
392 Plant Interview IV
 Box 5 Folder 22
392 Plant Interview V
 Box 5 Folder 23
392 Plant Interview VI
 Box 5 Folder 24
392 Plant Interview VII
 Box 5 Folder 25
392 Plant Interview VIII
 Box 5 Folder 26
392 Plant Interview IX Aluginsan
 Box 5 Folder 27
392 Plant Interview X- from Yati
Box 5 Folder 28
394 Interview with Cordinera-Mananabang
 Box 5 Folder 29
395 Interview with Cornelia Gagani-Mananabang
 Box 5 Folder 30
396 Interview with Lope Ardines-Mananabang
 Box 5 Folder 31
396A Interview with Isabel Minoza-Mananabang
 Box 5 Folder 32
397 Interview on Fishing Gear
 Box 5 Folder 33
398 Fish Interview in Office
 Box 5 Folder 34
399 Interview by Agapay on Plants
 Box 5 Folder 35
400 Plant Interview by Agapay
 Box 5 Folder 36
401 Plant Interview Banawa Agapay
 Box 5 Folder 37
Slips of paper containing Cebuano words that occur in the Cebuano Bible
 Box 18 Folder C
Series III. Javanese
1 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 1
2 Javanes Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 2
3 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 3
4 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 4
5 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 5
6 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 6
7 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 7
8 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 8
9 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 9
10 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 10
11 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 11
12 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 12
13 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 13
14 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 14
15 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 15
16,17 Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 16
20 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 17
22-25 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 18
23,28 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 19
31 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 20
34A&B Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 21
38,39 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 22
35-37 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 23
40 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 24
41 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 25
42 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 26
43-47 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 27
49-51 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 28
51 Javanese Yogya
 Box 6 Folder 29
52-53 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 1
57 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 2
54-58 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 3
59-62 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 4
63-67 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 5
64 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 6
68-71 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 7
73-78 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 8
81 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 9
82 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 10
85 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 11
89 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 12
91 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 13
92 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 14
95 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 15
96 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 16
98 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 17
99 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 18
100 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 19
101 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 20
102 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 21
103-109 Javanese Yogya
 Box 7 Folder 22
110-111 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 1
113 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 2
114-116 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 3
120B Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 4
124 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 5
125A Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 6
126 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 7
127 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 8
129 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 9
130 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 10
130A Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 11
132-33 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 12
131-135 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 13
138A-B Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 14
139 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 15
140-141 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 16
147 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 17
153-154 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 18
157-158 Javanese Yogya
 Box 8 Folder 19
Series IV Tagalog
BAE I
 Box 8 Folder 20
BAE II
 Box 8 Folder 21
BAE III & IV
 Box 8 Folder 22
BAE V & VI
 Box 8 Folder 23
BAE VII & VIII
 Box 8 Folder 24
BAE IX & X
 Box 8 Folder 25
Series V. Minor Languages of the Philippines and Indonesia
Amanuban
 Box 9 Folder 1
Sawu
 Box 9 Folder 2
Larantuka
 Box 9 Folder 3
Texts in Tonsea
 Box 9 Folder 4
Surabaya-Java
 Box 9 Folder 5
Kamayo
 Box 9 Folder 6
Cebuano
 Box 9 Folder 7
Texts in Capulano(Inabaknon)-Capul 1&2
 Box 9 Folder 8
Texts in Capulano(Inabaknon)-Capul 3&4
 Box 9 Folder 9
Waray1 Tape1 Side1
 Box 9 Folder 10
Waray2 Tape1 Side2
 Box 9 Folder 11
Waray3 Tape2 Side1
 Box 9 Folder 12
Waray4 Tape2 Side2
 Box 9 Folder 13
Waray5 Tape3 Side1
 Box 9 Folder 14
Waray6 Tape3 Side2
 Box 9 Folder 15
Waray7 Tape4 Side1
 Box 9 Folder 16
Waray8 Tape4 Side2
 Box 9 Folder 17
Kulawi and Kaili IA&B, IIA&B, IIIA&B
 Box 9 Folder 18
Kulawi and Kaili IVA&B, VA&B, VI, VII
 Box 9 Folder 19
Interview of Survivor of rebellion in Balangluga Samar 1901
 Box 9 Folder 20
Series VI. Card Files
ABA-ANA
 Box 10 Folder A
ANG-BAHA
 Box 10 Folder B
BAHI-BATU
 Box 10 Folder C
BAW-BULA
 Box 10 Folder D
BULB-DALA
 Box 11 Folder A
DALD-DUG-DUGA
 Box 11 Folder B
DUGB-GIP
 Box 11 Folder C
GIS-HAY
 Box 11 Folder D
HIB-IKL
 Box 12 Folder A
IKU-KAK
 Box 12 Folder B
KAL-KIN
 Box 12 Folder C
KIP-KUW
 Box 12 Folder D
KUWI-LAT
 Box 13 Folder A
LAW
 Box 13 Folder B
BUI-GABI
 Box 13 Folder C
HAP-KA
 Box 13 Folder D
KA
 Box 14 Folder A
LAN-MI
 Box 14 Folder B
MIL-PAN
 Box 14 Folder C
PANA-PAY
 Box 14 Folder D
PIB-PULU
 Box 15 Folder A
PUM-RU, LUL
 Box 15 Folder B
LUMU-SAMA
 Box 15 Folder C
SAMI-SIN
 Box 15 Folder D
SINH-SULP
 Box 16 Folder A
SUM-TANG
 Box 16 Folder B
TANH-TIM
 Box 16 Folder C
TIMB-TULK
 Box 16 Folder D
TUM-UNT
 Box 17 Folder A
UP-YUN
 Box 17 Folder B
S, T, misc.
 Box 17 Folder C
S, T, U, misc.
 Box 17 Folder D
Animals
 Box 18 Folder A
Plants
 Box 18 Folder B