Laiškai Williamui R. Schmalstiegui

LITHUANIAN LINGUISTICS QUESTIONS, XXXIV (1994) LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE DIARCHEMS AND THEIR STUDIES ANTANO SALIO LETTERS TO WILLIAM R. SCHMALSTIEGIS* [1] 1966. XII. 30 Mielas Kolega, Our secretary is on vacation now. Therefore, I write by hand and in Lithuanian. I think you'll read it. Thank you for XII. 23 letter and such a Zininga. But the news is sad for us all that neither Kazlauskas nor Mažiulis can "put their nose out" abroad. And they both want to look in the West. When we were in Vilnius, Mrs. Kazlauskienė kept repeating: I wonder if he will be released, maybe he will not be allowed to give lectures. That's how it works. But maybe your president's letter to Ilyutin will help. Don't give up hope yet. Mažiulis again mentioned to me that the Sorbonne itself had asked Vilnius to send someone to teach Lithuanian. And the best candidate, of course, Mažiulis, because he speaks French. —It is only a little strange to me that Rector Kubilius mentioned in his presentation at the opening ceremony of the academic year at Vilnius University (in front of me and Gimbutiene, as well as a group of foreign Lithuanians from America and England) that Kazlauskas and Mažiulis are going to the USA and France. Apparently, the rector was political here. Without Moscow’s consent, he made everything public and famous, so that Moscow would be uncomfortable not to release it later. And not releasing them would again show Moscow’s stupid stubbornness and lack of confidence even in official party members (both Kazlauskas and Mažiulis are party members and will have joined most likely for career reasons). If they still don't release it, everyone in Vilnius will talk about it a lot and curse the "Russians". But their "scratch" is hard, and the Lithuanian proverb says that the goat cursed thins... By the way, everyone in Vilnius repeated to me: We can do nothing, everything is decided by Moscow. We are happy if we ever manage to negotiate something or overcome the Russians. “It will be very interesting to hear if you will get any response from Ilyutin. Along with this I send the bulk of the MLA bibliography material, which was assigned to me according to your letters of May 6 and 28, 1969. The burden was lighter this time. I hope that someone else will properly and fully perform literary subjects from magazines. Where I noticed, books and I included. My daughter's finishing her transcription, and tomorrow I'll pick up the remaining cards. By the way, I'm running out of cards. Sometime in the summer I asked to send, but I did not receive anything. Luckily, there were a lot of cards left from last year. —I was surprised when I looked at the 1968 bibliography that the White Russian was very poorly performed. In Vilnius I won a lot of goodies. Everything I got or learned, I included. “The spelling and punctuation of letters written in Lithuanian has not been corrected. The letters written in English were translated into Lithuanian by Algirdas Sabaliauskas. - Red. 51 Someone must necessarily take care of the guddy area. Unforgivable negligence. Especially for Baltists it is important to know what the Gudi are spending. —I will finish with an endless paper. Happy New Year to you and your family. Yours A. Country [2] May 22, 1968 Dear Professor Schmalstieg: Thank you for your letter of May 17. I am aware that it is time to submit the manuscript of my paper but during the past several weeks I have been busy writing an article on Lithuanian dialects for the supplementary Lithuania volume of Lithuanian Encyclopedia. Now I have finished it and will start working on the manuscript of my paper. I hope to finish it including a map in about two to three weeks. I hope I won't be too late for your current issue of General Linguistics. With best wishes. A. Countries Sincerely yours, Dear Professor Schmalstieg, Thank you for your letter of May 17. I know it's time to submit my manuscript, but I've been busy the last few weeks —writing an article about Lithuanian dialects for the supplemental volume "Lietuva" of the Lithuanian Encyclopedia. Now I have finished it and will start preparing the manuscript of the article. I hope to finish it together with the map in about two or three weeks. I don't think I'll be late for this issue of General Linguistics. With best wishes Nuoširdžiai Jūsų A. Countries [3] | August 2, 1968 Dear Prof. Schmalstieg, I acknowledge the receipt of your letter July 30, 1968. Of course, I will be very glad to compare the texts of your article and that of Kazlauskas' grammar. Unfortunately, I didn't yet receive his grammar. I was informed that it has been sent to me, and I hope it will be soon in my hands. | I must apologize that I didn't finish my article in due time. You will have to postpone it to the following issue of the journal. I broke the wrist of my right hand and am now incapacitated even to write. I hope you will | be soon on the way to Lithuania. I wish you all the luck in the interesting visit. I hope you will meet many of my former colleagues and students, e.g., Balčikonis, Kruopas, Ulvydas, Senkus, and many others. Please convey my | greetings. Give my regards also to the director of Institute Korsakas. | A. Salys August Sincerely yours, 52 1968 m. 2 d. Mielas Profesoriau, I inform you that I have received your letter dated July 30, 1968. In fact, I would be happy to compare the text of your article and Kazlauskas’s grammar. Unfortunately, I have not received his grammar yet. I am informed that it has been sent to me and I hope that I will have it in my hands soon. I have to apologize for not finishing my article on time. You'll have to postpone it for the next issue of the magazine. I broke my right wrist and now I can't even write. I hope you will soon be on your way to Lithuania. I wish you all the best for an interesting stay. I think you will meet many of my former colleagues and students, such as Balčikonis, Kruopa, Ulvydas, Senkas and many others. Please convey my greetings to the Director of the Institute, Mr. Korsak. Nuoširdžiai Jūsų A. Countries [4] August 9, 1968 Thank Dear Professor Schmalstieg: you for your letter of August 5, 1968. I read in the meantime, the zerox copy of your article and the corresponding pages of J. Kazlauskas' work which I received a few days ago. The problem is attacked by you and Kazlauskas from different angles both opposing the previous explanations. Since Kazlauskas guotes the authors of other theories, he should have also guoted your theory, because he had a chanse to learn it from your offprint. The book is very interesting and stimulating. I completely agree with his procedure: the philologist's first task must be to explain the forms from the internal development of the language and only then make some conclusions concerning Common Baltic or Indo-European. Howewer, the title of the book Is misleading and wrong. It should be Klausimai or as Germans would say "Beitrage" of the Lithuanian Historical Grammar. The work is actually a Ph.D. dissertation. He was promoted this spring and a Ph.D. in Soviet Union means a lot as far as salaries are concerned. The misleading title, of course, is more impressive than the Klausimai would be and maybe it was better for his career. By the way, my daughter, Rimgdila (short: Rima), now a senior at Penn, will be in Vilnius at the same time with you (that means August 23 to 31st). She received a sholarship from Kansas University for the study of Russian in Leningrad. She was there for six weeks and now the whole group of 170 Americans are sightseeing in Moscow for a week. They will visit also Odessa and Kiev and the Kansas group (49 students) will be in a Russian youth camp for a week. After the other students leave from Kiev for Vienna on the 23rd of August, she will fly to Vilnius and later on the 2nd of September meet with the other Americans in Amsterdam for the flight back home. My wife and myself have relatives in Vilnius and my daughter will be visiting them. If you would care to enjoy some hospitality in a Lithuanian family, please visit my relatives Aldona and Vytautas Vitkauskai in Vilnius. The address is: 53 Vilnius 40 Naujakurių g. 16—1 They could be helpful for your to get around in the city and see the most interesting spots without the official guides. I will drop a line to Vitkauskai telling them that they should be aware of your presence in Vilnius. But, if you would have no time to visit them, just forget about it. They live in Antakalnis not far from the Institute of the Lithuanian Language. In your previous letter you mentioned that you received financial support for your trip from the Russian Center. I plan to go to Lithuania next summer and, of course, would like to get from somebody some financial support. May be your information could be helpful to me. With best greetings, August 9, 1968 Thank you for your letter of August 5, 1968. At the moment I am reading a photocopy of your article and the corresponding pages of J. Kazlauskas’ work, which I received a few days ago. You and Kazlauskas criticize the Sincerely yours, Anthony Salys problem from different points of view, Mielas Profesoriau, both disagree with previous interpretations. Since Kazlauskas quotes the authors of other theories, he was obliged to mention your theory as well, since he had the opportunity to get acquainted with it from your imprint. Kazlauskas’s book is very interesting and stimulating. I fully agree with his methodology of research: the primary task of a philologist must be to interpret the forms based on the internal development of the language and only then to draw any conclusions relating to the Baltic or Indo-European languages in general. However, the title of the book is misleading and incorrect. It should be "Lietuvių kalbos istorinės gramatikos klausimai" or, as the Germans would say, "Beitrage...".The work is actually a doctoral dissertation. He defended it this spring, and in the Soviet Union the doctoral dissertation is very significant for the salary. The misleading title is actually more impressive than Questions, and perhaps it was more important to his career." Among other things, my daughter Rimgaila (short form: Rima), currently a final year student at the University of Pennsylvania, will be in Vilnius at the same time (i.e. August 23-31) as you. She received a scholarship from the University of Kansas to study Russian in Leningrad. Translator's note. J. Kazlauskas was perhaps prompted to choose such a title for the book by the fact that at that time both the dissertations and monographs had to deal only with "wide" problems. For example, Z. Zinkevičius' book, which examined the marriage and baptism records of the city of Vilnius in the beginning of the 17th century, should have been called "Lietuvių anthroponimika" (V., 1977), A. Valeckienės' monograph, which examines the category of kinship, was called "Lietuvių kalbos gramatinė sistema" (V., 1984) and so on. 54 She was there for six weeks, and now the whole group of 170 Americans is touring Moscow for a week. They will also visit Odessa and Kiev. The Kanza group (49 students) will spend a week at the Russian youth camp. After the other students leave Kiev for Vienna on August 23, she will fly to Vilnius and then meet the other Americans in Amsterdam on September 2 to fly back home. My wife and I have relatives in Vilnius, and my daughter will visit them. If you would like to stay in a Lithuanian family, visit my relatives Aldona in Vilnius ir Vytautas You're a fool. Jų address: Vilnius 40, Nujakurių g-vė 16—1. They could help you get to know the city, help you visit the most interesting places without official guides. I'll write to the Vitkauskas so they know about your presence in Vilnius. However, if you do not have time to visit them, forget about this offer. They live in Antakalnis, near the Lithuanian Language Institute. In the previous letter you mentioned that you received financial support for your cell from the Russian Center. I am planning to go to Lithuania next summer and I would of course like to get some financial support from somewhere. Maybe your information would be useful to me. Best regards Antanas Salys Nuoširdžiai Jūsų [5] October 15, 1968 Dear Colleague: Thank you for your letter of October 6, 1968. It is perfectly all right with me to spend a Saturday morning working on your tape. I would suggest October 19 or 26. In the afternoon, we would like to welcome you to our home, and of course, the Ostrauskases woul be invited. Please inform me what Saturday would be more convenient for you. If you would like to call, I will be at the Department on Thursday, October 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fridays I usually stay at home. My phone numbers are: Office —594—8704 and Home: KI-4—1285. If you should decide to come on October 26, then, of course, we have plenty of time to communicate by letters. Looking forward to our interesting meeting, I am, Sincerely yours, 1968 m. spalio 15 d. Anthony Salys Dear Colleague, Thank you for your letter dated October 6, 1968. I'd love to spend Saturday morning working on your video. I would suggest 19 or 26 October. In the afternoon we would like to welcome At your own home, of course, the ir Ostrauskas would be invited. Tell us which Saturday You would be more comfortable. If You'd like to call, I'll be in the faculty aš on Thursday, October 1st, from 10:00 to 12:00. 17 9 163° On Fridays I'm usually at home. My phone numbers: work — 594—8704, households — KI-4—1285. 59 If If you decide to come in October, then we will 26 of course have enough time to communicate by letter. Looking forward to our interesting meeting Sincerely Yours Antanas Country [6] 70.11.9 Sweet Dear colleague, Thank you už Your kind letter. Really. su The vicious circle of Kazlauskas. For the first time iš I heard you say that States The department won't let us in. jo Write, what are the exclusions that he is a party kliūtys: ar member, what else. ar O gal obstacle that The United States does not recognize the incorporation of the Baltic States į Soviet Sąjungą? In one word I want more precise iš Hear you. If on that road, as Your university ji invited, nothing works, maybe there is butų another way, namely mandatory invitation. Tik maybe it would be harder to sort out the financial side. A private invitation would be like a tourist. You have tam written a personal letter to an kvietimą, acquaintance, a friend, a scientist, to visit Juice. Such authorisations shall be granted by: In Lithuania be Moscow News. O coming, maybe anyway You could pay Kazlauskas, what was provided, at least ar part of that amount, so that he would pay for his expenses. be Try to figure out, maybe will be able to those obstacles as nors apeiti. You have visaip to try. O that he came to You will be lectured, so there seems to be no obstacles. After all, foreign scientists come from iš different countries, ir they even give lectures in several places. The only thing that matters is ta that the ar institution finds it possible to pay him. | Su visitor visa (visitor's visa) people usually come for three months. Then it dar ir extends longer. If a private invitation could be made, then the money allocated would not be lost. And with such an invitation he would surely arrive at the beginning of the semester. rudens Aš I went too Lietuvon be Knowledge of the Moscow ir be jų exchange order, but I still had a scholarship iš American Council of Lerned Societies. I arranged the trip privately through Corsack. By the aš way, I wrote a personal invitation to a friend, Vilnius univ. to the surgeon. Ir reported that permission was given to su both wife. They will pay their own travel expenses. O we're going to cover them up su with Lithuanian doctors. J ei Kazlauskas would be sure that he would be paid here, he would be able to buy a plane ticket back there himself. ir The paper is running out, so I'm finished. Try it. Yours A. Country P. S. About It is better not to publish Kazlauskas- 's case to anyone, i.e. the case. Then they make all kinds of rumors. [7] Sweet Colleague, Thank you už for both letters photos. So I have the latest news. 56 Conclusion: Rector Kubilius failed to break through the "steel curtain" of Moscow. And, of course, the forehead does not scratch the wall. It is good that Moscow has finally responded. This phrase is in 61uxatineit (1). The defense seems to allow us to guess that somebody will come out later. Or at least so try to comfort you in disappointment. In writing to L. Vladimirov (the head of the United Nations Library, a good acquaintance of mine, his wife was my former student) I remembered Kazlauskas’ case. And He believes that the mistake was made by inviting officially through the exchange (goes. through Moscow). If you had invited him privately, he would probably have come. But, of course, it would have been difficult for you to arrange the financial side. If you visit the Union this summer and participate in the planned Baltic Studies conference (probably, there will be only Bcecoro3sHas + meMokpaTuueckue cTpaHbl), you will have the opportunity to discuss everything with Kazlauskas, how to get through the bureaucratic traps. I'll be waiting for further information if you get it. Good days Jūsų A. Salys 5) 70. IV. 1 Mielas Kolega, I wrote Professor Meserole's address somewhere. Please pass the correction to him. By the way, you asked about the good bibliographic collaborators. Write to Prof. Charles E. Bidwell (University of Pittsburgh). Maybe he'll agree. "Vučony ū Bielarusaviedzie internacyjanalnaha instituta Bielarusaviedy pakrova šviatoj Etifrasini Polackaj" (in Polish). Good days Jūsų A. Salys [9] 70. IV. 10 Mielas Daktare, Thank you for the letter and all the information. And I heard Beadwell has cancer. Maybe you'd better look for another collaborator. It would be best to have something from Minsk. Because the publications of the Guds are often unknown to others. If you decide to go to Minsk, I can recommend one or another skilled linguist. But, of course, we can never be sure that the invited person will agree, even if he or she wants to. After all, only party bodies decide who is allowed to have contacts with foreign scientists. Although the political screws are tightened at the moment, an invitation to collaborate in Bibliography would not be dangerous for the invitee. If the "greatness" decides not, then he will give up for some invented reason. Don't worry about Bazhanov's letter. You can pick it up and take it to Kazlauskas (the very original!). It is a public document and no one can blame anything on it. You can now in a letter to Kazlauskas briefly regret that Bazanov informed you that Kazlauskas was so “overloaded” with work in Vilnius. Advise them to take care of their health and not to overwork, because good linguists are so few. Good days Jūsų A. Salys 57 [10] Mielas Daktare, Kindly promised I ir took advantage At your service. Today Special Delivery sent On your behalf, I'm sending a su package with those gifts to Vilnius. There are items in the plastic bag Vitkausks. Because, be no doubt, you will visit ir Corsack to take advantage iš Institute collections, this ir jo for the family I put a few little ones (a doll for jo his adorable o granddaughter!), a book of literature he had requested. Items for corsets are loose in the parcel. Maybe. where you'll find a corner in your suitcase to put those gifts. I don't even want to gu fight I'm gonna su give you that shit. But maybe someday visiting again In Lithuania (about a po couple of years) I'll be able to You get a ką ride. By the way, I got very late J. Kazlausko (very nice) III. 30. written letter. I suspect our secretary was out of business somewhejį re. Invites, of course ir į tą Baltic conference. Thank him sincerely. But pocket money nė would let nė me fly to Lithuania every year. You'll have to wait, save for a trip later. | Aš I'll write to him myself soon about everything. Now just convey our heartfelt congratulations on both sides. They are both so nice, simple, irritable. If they You will manage to invite them ar to visit America in another way, tell them that we will have nice guests. Now we have a visit from prof. A. Marcinkevičius (surgeon) su wife. It was ir dark Houston's miraculous heart surgery center. Departing from Lithuania 29. VI. They'll have to see each other when they're back. su Kazlauskas. ; K. Corsair The Institute is run by very "a firm hand." If ko You will need to apply steeply it. į The Institute started to copy the press ir Bretkūno The Bible. A lot of work was done, but ir then something went wrong. You Korsak will tell you. It's gonna get worse. It will help you read ir Bretkūn's heavy į manuscript. Linkiu You ir Ladies happy travel ir | pleasant stay in Lithuania. Jūsų A. Salys [11] 70. XII. 28 Up to this year iš Dear Doctor, I am sending most of my bibliographical contribution. There will be about a dozen more cards, which I will send in a few po days. Baltisticos my last no. | V(2), 1969, o Language culture no. 17. I don't aš have any more. If you have later versions, include Thank už you letter su Sabaliauskas copies ir your transcript for Linguistics. The list of speakers at Kazlauskas' funeral is special. He spoke only "mažesnieJi” (the most important Palionis dean). There was no rector Kubilius nei Korsak, as well as one Russian, who nė works in the field of Lithuanian studies, there are several). (o jų About I don't nė aš know anything about Stepanov. Jų there are several, but one has no nė connections to lituanistika. su After all, ir Kazlauskas's death was meant to be passed by unheard. Only, seeing as rumors began to spread, could not keep quiet, "True" ir XII. 4 published a tą fabricated version of his death. So, they were silent for du months! 58 I am sending you a photo of K. Bradūnas article. He's been to California, and maybe he's learned something from Coyle. Have you heard anything from the AP editors? I'll check the rumors about K's death through that lady, after I've agreed on the code. She returns to Lithuania 13. I. and I will write soon. If the US news agencies do not want to publish anything, we will publish the whole story in detail (without signature or pseudonym) in a Lithuanian magazine, e.g. In the air. You cannot remain silent. How do you think the American Baltists and Slavists would not agree to make a public statement or protest when we have verified information? I agreed with the lady that if someone reliable visits the United States soon, it will bring more knowledge by word of mouth. We will arrange for the Voice of America and Vatican and Madrid Radio to publish it. I do not think your obituary is satisfactory. You seem to believe the death version of the "Truth". That would be water on the Soviet mill. They would say, Americans accept for real money the official version of death, only "bourgeois nationalists" publish slander and fabrications. —I don’t think Kazlauskienė needs material help. That the Soviets do something wrong and want to hide the matter, it is particularly good materially provide the family. Besides, it would be difficult to give something to her through a stranger, because she would be afraid to accept it, so that she would not accuse you later. Good days A.S. P.S. Maybe you have some clearer pictures of Kazlauskas.. I'll give it back. I'm returning the envelope with you. [12] 71. I. 5 Mielas Daktare, My part of the Bibliography, I suppose, you already gave. I'm sending a dozen more leaflets. That's it for this year. I have not yet received the academic dictionary volume VIII nor the Language Culture 18 no. If you have, add it to the Bibliography. By the way, on my card, correct the entry Language culture. The number should be 17 (not 16 as incorrectly printed). I talked to Mr. Dambriūnas on the phone. He said that the Voice of America XII. 22 conveyed to him the message about J. Kazlauskas. He gave from what was written in Lithuanian newspapers in the USA. You have received the prints of that knowledge (except the News) from me. I was also told that another rumor had come through Poland: Kazlauskas felt that he could be arrested and asked two of his friends to follow him from afar down the street. And those friends watched as he was arrested. One of them was Umbrasas, a former specialist in literature (he taught at Vilnius Pedagogical Institute- ). He also died suddenly in Lithuania when he was young (he was my student). The young art historian Budrys also died suddenly. Only later it will become clear whether these deaths have any connection with Kazlauskas' death. Dambriūnas wanted even more information about Kazlauskas' case. I sent him the information where you sent the NYT and AP. They will try in Washington (through acquaintances) to release the news about Kazlauskas in the Washington Post or some other newspaper. Maybe we will break the silence in the American press. I hope to receive confirmation or denial of the rumors from the lady returning to Lithuania on I. 13 at the end of this month. I'll let you know right away. No news of Klim 59