Comments on: Producer's Notes: How Edison Got His Groove Back http://science.kqed.org/quest/2008/07/29/producers-notes-how-edison-got-his-groove-back/ Explore science, nature and environment stories from Northern California and beyond with KQED’s multimedia series Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Josh Rosen http://science.kqed.org/quest/2008/07/29/producers-notes-how-edison-got-his-groove-back/#comment-11545 Josh Rosen Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:43:15 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=727#comment-11545 Thanks for the correction, David. Now that you mention it, I do remember Andrew Garrett telling me that Ishi was brought back to San Francisco where Kroeber met with him. Apparently Kroeber had the deepest knowledge of Yurok, Yana and related languages. And you're right - my overly romantic visualization tendencies got the better of me. Truth is that Ishi was 'taken into custody' by the local sheriff in Oroville and shipped to San Francisco. Far from romantic in reality (although apparently Kroeber did make quite a few other cylinder recordings in the field.) Thanks again for the heads up. And we'll work on getting more Ishi recordings up on the web. Thanks for the correction, David. Now that you mention it, I do remember Andrew Garrett telling me that Ishi was brought back to San Francisco where Kroeber met with him. Apparently Kroeber had the deepest knowledge of Yurok, Yana and related languages. And you're right – my overly romantic visualization tendencies got the better of me. Truth is that Ishi was 'taken into custody' by the local sheriff in Oroville and shipped to San Francisco. Far from romantic in reality (although apparently Kroeber did make quite a few other cylinder recordings in the field.) Thanks again for the heads up. And we'll work on getting more Ishi recordings up on the web.

]]> By: David D. Schmidt http://science.kqed.org/quest/2008/07/29/producers-notes-how-edison-got-his-groove-back/#comment-11544 David D. Schmidt Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:24:24 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=727#comment-11544 As a historian, I can assure you that Kroeber did not strap any recording device to mule and ford a river with it. In fact, Kroeber brought Ishi to live at the Anthropology Museum, which was on the site of today's UCSF in San Francisco. The recordings were undoubtedly made in San Francisco or Berkeley, in a UC building. I'd love to hear the Ishi recordings if you can make them available on the Internet. But I think it's also important to record the sounds and sights of Ishi's homeland along Mill and Deer Creeks in Tehama County. As a naturalist and leader of California Nature Tours, I'd be happy to take you on a walking tour of this area to record the sounds, and hopefully, the sights of this locale, which is virtually unchanged since Ishi emerged from it in 1911. If anyone is interested, please contact me at 415-971-5201, or email me through my website, www.CaliforniaNatureTours.com As a historian, I can assure you that Kroeber did not strap any recording device to mule and ford a river with it. In fact, Kroeber brought Ishi to live at the Anthropology Museum, which was on the site of today's UCSF in San Francisco. The recordings were undoubtedly made in San Francisco or Berkeley, in a UC building.

I'd love to hear the Ishi recordings if you can make them available on the Internet. But I think it's also important to record the sounds and sights of Ishi's homeland along Mill and Deer Creeks in Tehama County. As a naturalist and leader of California Nature Tours, I'd be happy to take you on a walking tour of this area to record the sounds, and hopefully, the sights of this locale, which is virtually unchanged since Ishi emerged from it in 1911. If anyone is interested, please contact me at 415-971-5201, or email me through my website, http://www.CaliforniaNatureTours.com

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