Guide to the R. B. Jones Papers

Collection Number: 4901

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
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Compiled by:
Luke Benes
Date completed:
March 1995
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, May 2004

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
R. B. Jones papers.
Collection Number:
4901
Creator:
R. B., Jones 1920-
Quantity:
3.6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Files, papers, audiodiscs, audiotapes.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Subject files and working papers pertaining to the study of southeast Asian languages; also, audiodiscs and audiotapes.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor, Cornell University.
R. B. Jones was a peer of John Echols and developed the mainland Southeast Asia Program at Cornell. He was a major contributor to the nation's teaching capacity in Burmese, Thai, and Vietnamese languages. His original field is in Karen languages.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Subject files and working papers pertaining to the study of southeast Asian languages; also, audiodiscs and audiotapes.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Jones, R. B., 1920-
Echols, John M. (John Minor), 1912-1982
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell University. Southeast Asia Program.

Subjects:
Burmese language.
Vietnamese language.
Karen language.
Japanese language.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
R. B. Jones papers. #4901. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Papers
Karen Papers (Keyes) [Karen History in Thai and Ethic Relations]
Box 1 Folder 1
Karen Pronunciation Charts
Box 1 Folder 2
Karen Tones (Problems with)
Box 1 Folder 3
Karen Working Notes
Box 1 Folder 4
Karen Panel (Letters regarding the place of the Karen in Asia)
Box 1 Folder 5
Karen Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 6
Intro. to Karen and Info. of Syo Dialect
Box 1 Folder 7
R. Burling on Karen
Box 1 Folder 8
Mason's Grammar
Box 1 Folder 9
Phonetic Chart and Tone Info.
Box 1 Folder 10
Phonetic Charts
Box 1 Folder 11
Luce Word List
Box 1 Folder 12
Luce-Karen-Chin-Burma
Box 1 Folder 13
Karen (Shaler: Sino-Tibetan, 1974)
Box 1 Folder 14
Karen Drum
Box 1 Folder 15
Karen Drum 2
Box 1 Folder 16
Sgaw Writing System
Box 1 Folder 17
Key to Karen Writing and Kinship System
Box 1 Folder 18
Sketches of Pa-O Grammar (Hacket 1954)
Box 1 Folder 19
Tibeto-Burmese (Lepcha Relationships)
Box 1 Folder 20
Palaychi
Box 1 Folder 21
Yao-Miao (Purnell)
Box 1 Folder 22
Proto-Vietnamoung
Box 1 Folder 23
Cambodian Writing System
Box 1 Folder 24
Burmese Grammar
Box 1 Folder 25
Vietnamese-Muong
Box 1 Folder 26
Hari-Mid. Vietnamese -de Rates
Box 1 Folder 27
Seminar Papers of Tran Trong Hai (on Vietnam)
Box 1 Folder 28
Cambodian Notes
Box 1 Folder 29
Comabodian Notes 2
Box 1 Folder 30
Mon-Khmer Articles (Sre and Palauna)
Box 1 Folder 31
Burma Inscriptions (Payan, Dhammayan, Gyi Pilar, and Pyu)
Box 1 Folder 32
Burmese
Box 1 Folder 33
Burmese Kinship
Box 1 Folder 34
Burmese Semester 1976 - Karen/Valley Forge
Box 1 Folder 35
Karen Linguistic Affiliation
Box 1 Folder 36
Burmese
Box 2 Folder 1
Prolegomena to a Homology of Old Burmese
Box 2 Folder 2
Two Methods of Interpreting Panini
Box 2 Folder 3
Types of Lingusitic Structure - Hass
Box 2 Folder 4
Lang Structure (Finnish, Hungarian)
Box 2 Folder 5
Sea Languages
Box 2 Folder 6
Sea Languages
Box 2 Folder 7
Phunoi
Box 2 Folder 8
Lahu (Verb Concatenation)
Box 2 Folder 9
GMC (Etomology, Pie Phonology, Morphology)
Box 2 Folder 10
Nasu
Box 2 Folder 11
Hani
Box 2 Folder 12
Sani
Box 2 Folder 13
Generative Sketch on Burmese
Box 2 Folder 14
Proto Chinese (History)
Box 2 Folder 15
Lahu and Proto-Lio-Burmese
Box 2 Folder 16
Akha
Box 2 Folder 17
Akha
Box 2 Folder 18
Transformal Analysis of tone in verb system of Zahao (Laizo) Chin - Thesis
Box 2 Folder 19
Thai Discourse - Diller
Box 2 Folder 20
Thai Discourse Analysis - Final Report
Box 2 Folder 21
Thai Discourse - Bibliography
Box 2 Folder 22
Parataxis Diagrams
Box 2 Folder 23
Final Report Notes (Discourse, Principal of Chaloem at School)
Box 2 Folder 24
Discourse Analysis of Japanese and Thai
Box 2 Folder 25
Sino-Tibetan Conference - Contents Lists
Box 2 Folder 26
Fifth Conference of Sino-Tibetan Lang
Box 2 Folder 27
Sixth Conference of Sino-Tibetan Lang
Box 2 Folder 28
Eighth Conference of Sino-Tibetan Lang
Box 2 Folder 29
Eleventh Conference of Sino-Tibetan Lang
Box 2 Folder 30
Thirteenth Conference of Sino-Tibetan Lang
Box 2 Folder 31
Working Papers in Linguistics
Box 2 Folder 32
James Matisoff (Lahu and Lolo)
Box 2 Folder 33
William Gedney
Box 2 Folder 34
Historical Place of Jinghpaw
Box 2 Folder 35
Lolo
Box 3 Folder 1
Tibetan Tones
Box 3 Folder 2
Tonal System
Box 3 Folder 3
Proto-Yiang
Box 3 Folder 4
Miao-Yao
Box 3 Folder 5
Archaic Chinese
Box 3 Folder 6
Chinese
Box 3 Folder 7
Chinese Dialects
Box 3 Folder 8
Cantonese
Box 3 Folder 9
Maru Fonal Stops
Box 3 Folder 10
Arkanese Vowels
Box 3 Folder 11
Performativity and Conjoining
Box 3 Folder 12
Burmese Reading Course
Box 3 Folder 13
Austro-Thai
Box 3 Folder 14
Dental Suffixes
Box 3 Folder 15
Syntactic Reconstruction
Box 3 Folder 16
Misc. Burmese
Box 3 Folder 17
Misc. Burmese
Box 3 Folder 18
Correspondence regarding Karen Thesaurus/Dictionary
Box 3 Folder 19
Phonetic Charts
Box 3 Folder 20
Outline of Burmese Grammar
Box 3 Folder 21
Sino Tibetan
Box 3 Folder 22
Burmese Translation (Possible Temple Inscriptions)
Box 3 Folder 23
Fiend Notes
Box 3 Folder 24
Fiend Notes
Box 3 Folder 25
Fiend Notes
Box 3 Folder 26
Burmese Dialects
Box 3 Folder 27
Misc. Information
Box 3 Folder 28
Misc. Information
Box 3 Folder 29
Misc. Information
Box 3 Folder 30
Misc. Information
Box 3 Folder 31
Phonetic Charts
Box 4
Phonodiscs, Japanese and Karen
Box 5
Regional Science Correspondence; 1983, 1986
Box 5
Audio material
Examples from Jane Kielgs MA Thesis
Tape# tr6996
Laotian (BASSAC Dialect)
Tape# tr7997
Lautian (BASIC Dialects)
Tape# tr6998
Burmese Broadcast
Tape# tr6999
Karen Bassein Phu Dialect
Tape# tr7000
Northern Thai
Tape# tr7001
Thai Stress
Tape# tr7002
Thai Poetry
Tape# tr7003
Thai Poetry 2
Tape# tr7004
Thai Poetry 3
Tape# tr7005
Dunn Tape
Tape# tr7006
Karen
Tape# tr7007
Examples from Jane Kielgs MA Thesis (Bk)
Tape# tr7008
Converstaion: Mailmein Phokaren
Tape# tr7009
Stories
Tape# tr7010
Laos I
Tape# tr7011
Laos II
Tape# tr7012
Japanese and Karen Record
Tape# tr7013