phonetics of several different languages. Harrington's attention to detail, both linguistic and cultural, is well-illustrated in "Tobacco among the Karuk Indians of California," one of his relatively few formally published works. In 1933, at age 87, Isabel Meadows was invited to Washington D.C., to assist Harrington with his research on the Rumsen life, language, and culture in the Carmel Valley, California and Big Sur regions. Isabel was last known speaker of their language. They worked together until the end of her life, on May 20, 1939 at age 94, in Washington D.C. A more complete listing of the languages he documented includes: Abenaki language Achumawi language Applegate Athabaskan language Atsugewi language Cahuilla language Central Pomo language Central Sierra Miwok Chemehuevi language Chimariko language Chumash languages Coast Miwok language Coast Yuki language Mutsun language Cupeño language Diegueño language Esselen language Fernandeño language Gabrielino language Galice Athabaskan language Hupa language Juaneño language Karuk language Kato language Kiliwa Ute language Kitanemuk language Klamath language Konomihu language Lake Miwok language Luiseño language Mattole language Mojave language Northern Pomo language Northern Sierra Miwok language Paipai language Paiute language Rogue River Athabaskan language Salinan language Serrano language Shasta language Shoshoni language Southeastern Pomo language Southern Pomo language Takelma language Tübatulabal language Upper Umpqua language Wappo language Nisenan language Wintu language Yana language Yokuts language Yurok language Personal life Harrington was married to Carobeth Laird (née Tucker) from 1916–1923, a relationship that Laird later chronicled in her 1975 memoir Encounter with an Angry God. They had one daughter, Awona Harrington. See also Indigenous languages of California Traditional narratives (Native California) Native American history of California Native Americans in California Survey of California and Other Indian Languages References External links J.P. Harrington Database Project Victor Golla, California Indian Languages (UC Press, 2011) Bibliography John Peabody Harrington: the clue to lost Native American languages: Mike Anton LA Times Staff Writer () Keepers of Indigenous Ways: J.P. Harrington Biography "Reconstituting the Chumash: A Review Essay," Peter Nabokov, American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 4, Special Issue: The California Indians. (Autumn, 1989), pp. 535-543. A Harrington Chronology John P. Harrington Papers 1907-1959 (some earlier) Los Angeles Times article and video about Harrington's research amongst the Chumash The John Peabody Harrington Collection at the National Anthropological Archives American ethnologists Archaeologists of California 1884 births 1961 deaths People from Waltham, Massachusetts Writers from Massachusetts Stanford University alumni Smithsonian Institution people Linguists of Na-Dene