This collection is the by-product of Van Cleaf Bachman's research into the Low Dutch language -- which he describes as a form of Holland Dutch spoken in parts of New York State and New Jersey by the early nineteenth century -- and the preparation of a Low Dutch dictionary.

Includes correspondence, research notes, photocopies of source material, IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcriptions, file cards of edited and unedited data, and reel-to-reel tapes and a typed manuscript explaining Bachman's methodology. The latter (Introduction to "Low Dutch-English" dictionary) serves as an excellent introduction to Bachman's work and this collection. It is in Box 4.

Contains materials from Dr. L.G. Van Loon, an important source in Bachman's research, including correspondence, 1965-1977, two manuscript volumes he wrote in Dutch entitled, "Voetstappe Achterweege Gelante" and "Voetstappe Achter Weege," and a notebook of his grandfather, Walter Hill, on Mohawk Valley Dutch, [1890s?].