Tamony, Peter (1902-1985), Collection, 1890-1985 (C3939)

877.6 linear feet, 12 records, 89 audio tapes, 2 audio cassettes

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. For additional information about this collection please see the information sheet. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

• Abrahams, Roger D.
• Ackerman, Irving
• Advertising
• Aeronautics—Slang
• Alcoholics—Slang
• American Dialect Society
• American Folklife Preservation Act
• American Name Society
• American Notes & Queries
• American Speech
• Americanisms
• Americanisms: Content and Continuum
• Amusements
• Ancient Order of Feather Merchants
• Anti-Catholicism—United States
• Antisemitism
• Armstrong, Louis (1900-1971)
• Asians—Attitudes toward
• Automobiles—Parts
• Aviation—Slang
• Baseball
• Baseball players
• Baseball, Pacific Coast League, 1951
• Baseball—Cartoons and caricatures
• Baseball—History
• Baseball—San Francisco, California
• Baseball—Slang
• Basie, Count (1904-1984)
• Basketball
• Basketball—History
• Beiderbecke, Bix (1903-1931)
• Berigan, Bunny (1908-1942)
• Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990)
• Bilingualism
• Bilingualism—Attitudes toward
• Black English
• Black music
• Blacklisting, Labor
• Blind Tom (1849-1908)
• Bohemianism
• Bohemians—Slang
• Bolinger, Dwight (1908-1992)
• Boxers
• Boxing
• Boxing—History
• Boycott—San Francisco, California, 1975
• Broadsides, 1960s
• Broadsides, 1970s
• Burley, Dan (1907-1962)
• Byrd, Charlie (1925- )
• Caen, Herbert (1916-1997)
• California
• California, San Francisco
• California, San Francisco, Mission District, 1939
• California, San Francisco—Cartoons and caricatures
• California, San Francisco—History
• California, San Francisco—Urban renewal
• California—History
• Calloway, Cab (1907-1994)
• Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California
• Carnivals—Equipment and supplies
• Carnivals—Slang
• Cartoonists
• Cartoons and caricatures
• Cartoons and caricatures, 1928
• Cartoons and caricatures, 1960
• Cassidy, Frederic (1907-2000)
• Cayce, Edgar (1877-1945)
• Children and sex
• Chinook jargon
• Christianity and other religions
• Cohen, Gerald L.
• College sports
• College students—Slang
• College wit and humor, 1928
• Colleges and universities—Student life
• Colleges and universities—Students' songs
• Comic books, strips, etc.
• Comments on Etymology
• Committee for the Preservation of the Heritage of San Francisco Traditional Jazz
• Communism and music
• Communism and religion
• Communism—Attitudes toward
• Conscientious objectors, 1960
• CONTALK Project
• Cook, Frederick A. (1865-1940)
• Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)
• Cow Palace, San Francisco, California
• Cowboys—Slang
• Criminals—Identification, 1851
• Criminals—Slang
• Daughters of Bilitis
• Davis, Miles D. (1926-1991)
• Dictionary of American Regional English
• DiMaggio, Dominic (1917- )
• Dogs—Slang
• Dorgan, Thomas A. (1877-1929)
• Dorsey, Thomas Francis (1905-1956)
• Drugs—Psychological aspects
• Dunne, Bert
• Dylan, Bob (1941- )
• Earthquakes—San Francisco, California, 1906
• Educational games
• Election, 1928—Presidential
• Election, 1960—Presidential
• Ellington, Duke (1899-1974)
• Encyclopedia Britannica, New Words Committee
• English language—Pronunciation
• English language—Provincialisms—Alaska
• English language—Provincialisms—Australia
• English language—Provincialisms—Brooklyn, New York
• English language—Provincialisms—Haiti
• English language—Provincialisms—Hawaii
• English language—Provincialisms—Maine
• English language—Provincialisms—North Carolina
• English language—Provincialisms—South Carolina
• English language—Study and teaching
• Erotica
• Farina, Richard (1937-1966)
• Farmers—Slang
• Feminists—Slang
• Fey, Charles (1862-1944)
• Fitzgerald, Ella (1917-1996)
• Folk music
• Folk songs
• Folklore—Russia
• Football
• Football players
• Football—History
• Football—Slang
• Fraternal organizations
• Freemasons
• Fromm, Eric (1900-1980)
• Gambling
• Gambling—Equipment and supplies
• Games—Equipment and supplies
• Gay men
• Gay men—Slang
• Gay women
• Gay women—Slang
• Germany, Berlin, 1961
• Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1997)
• Gleason, Ralph J. (1917-1975)
• Gold rush, California
• Goodman, Benny (1909-1986)
• Gospel music—History
• Green, Archie (1926- )
• Gypsies
• Haldeman-Julius Monthly
• Hampton, Lionel L. (1913- )
• Hand, Wayland D. (1907-1986)
• Hayakawa, S[amuel] I[chiye] (1906-1992)
• Hearst family
• Hickman, Arthur G. (1886-1930)
• Hippies
• Hippies—Attitudes toward
• Hippies—Slang
• Holiday, Billie (1915-1959)
• Hootenanny
• Hot Music Society of San Francisco
• Institute of General Semantics
• Jabberwocky and Jive
• Jazz
• Jazz musicians
• Jazz—Discography
• Jazz—History
• Jazz—Slang
• Johnson, Bunk (1879?-1949)
• Johnson, Pete (1904- )
• Jubilee Singers
• Jung, Carl G. (1875-1961)
• Kelly, Bert
• Kelsey-Hayes Company, Detroit, Michigan
• King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
• Korzybski, Alfred H. (1879-1950)
• Krupa, Gene (1909-1973)
• Labor unions—California
• Labor—Slang
• Language and languages
• Laughing Horse
• Lawrence, D[avid] H[erbert] (1885-1930)
• Leadbelly ( -1949)
• Legman, Gershon (1917- )
• Lenz, Kay (1953- )
• Libertarianism
• Limericks
• Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904
• LSD (Drug)
• Lumber and lumbering—Slang
• Maledicta
• Marriot, Frederick
• McDonald's Corporation
• McNamara, Thomas
• Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956)
• Mexican-Americans—Slang
• Military—Slang
• Moody Blues
• Motion pictures, Pornographic
• Murphy, Turk (1915-1987)
• Music festivals
• Names, Geographical—Arkansas
• Names, Geographical—Missouri
• Narcotic addicts—Rehabilitation
• Narcotic addicts—Slang
• Nativism
• Newton, Huey P. (1942-1989)
• Obscenity (Law)
• O'Doul, Lefty (1897-1969)
• Oliver, Joseph (1885?-1938)
• Olympic Games, 1948
• Oppenheimer, Julius Robert (1904-1967)
• Organized crime
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Panama—Description and travel, 1945
• Peary, Robert E. (1856-1920)
• Pederstein, Shorty
• Philosophy, Buddhist
• Philosophy, Chinese
• Philosophy, Hindu
• Poetry
• Police—Slang
• Pornography
• Posters, Wanted
• Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)
• Prisoners—Slang
• Prostitutes—Slang
• Prostitution, 1790
• Psychiatry—Attitudes toward
• Public housing—San Francisco, California
• Pynchon, Thomas R. (1937- )
• Radio broadcasting of sports
• Ragtime music
• Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, St. Louis, Missouri
• Read, Allan Walker
• Rock music—Attitudes toward
• Rock music—History
• Rockne, Knute K. (1888-1931)
• Rogers, Carl R. (1902-1987)
• Runyon, Damon (1884-1946)
• Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970)
• Safire, William (1929- )
• Sailors—Slang
• Saint Mary's College, San Francisco, California
• San Francisco Newsletter and Wasp
• San Francisco Seals (Baseball team)
• San Francisco Seals (Baseball team), 1937
• Schulz, Charles M. (1922-2000)
• Scobey, Bob
• Seeger, Pete (1919- )
• Segregation in public accommodations
• Seidler, David
• Sex roles
• Sexuality in music
• Sheet music—Jazz
• Slang
• Slot machines
• Smith, Alfred E. (1873-1944)
• Smith, Bessie (1894?-1937)
• Songbooks
• Spain—History—1936-1939, Civil War. Abraham Lincoln Brigade
• Spelling reform
• Spengler, Oswald (1880-1936)
• Sports—Cartoons and caricatures
• Sports—Equipment and supplies
• Sports—Slang
• Stern, Alexander
• Students—Slang
• Swing music
• Tabloid newspapers—New York, New York
• Tamony family
• Tamony family—Genealogy
• Tamony, Peter A. (1902-1985)
• Tamony, Peter A. (1902-1985)—Biography
• Taylor, Archer (1890-1973)
• Teenagers—Slang
• The Smart Set
• Tramps
• United Farm Workers
• Urban renewal—San Francisco, California
• Vietnamese War, 1961-1975—Attitudes toward
• Waller, Fats (1904-1943)
• Wanted posters
• Watters, Lucious (1911-1989)
• Watts, Alan W. (1915-1973)
• Webb, Chick (1909-1939)
• Weinberger, Caspar W. (1917- )
• Wells, Fargo & Company
• Western Folklore
• Wit and humor—Psychological aspects
• Words
• Words, New
• Words, Obscene
• World War, 1939-1945—Refugees
• World War, 1939-1945—Transportation
• Wright, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959)
• Yiddish language
• Zohn, Harry

INFORMATION SHEET

APPENDIX A: AMERICANISMS

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