Jan Bruckner Papers

Mss.SMs.Coll.84

Date: 1974-1993 | Size: 0.25 Linear feet

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Abstract

The Jan Bruckner Papers are a small collection of cassette tapes, manuscripts and printed materials produced during her time obtaining a doctorate at Indiana University's Physical Therapy Program. The main focus is applied anthropological research at Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation where she worked as a physical therapy consultant between 1982 and 1992, resulting in an illustrated binder of Tohono O'odham words and phrases to describe work done in physical therapy, as well as other related materials. Bruckner's physical therapy assistant was John Miguel, a native O'odham speaker from Santa Rosa AZ, who recorded O'odham words onto cassette tape. Other cassette tapes contain discussions of the ethics of applied anthropology, Tohono O'odham and Spanish language classes, and journal entries of Bruckner's time at the Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in 1987.

Background note

Janice Sara ("Jan") Bruckner is a physical therapist and physical anthropologist, most known for her research on podiatry and bioethics. Obtaining a BA in Anthropology from Columbia University in 1975 and an MSc in Physical Therapy from Boston University in 1977, Bruckner worked in a nursing home in Rochester NY, Barbados with the US Peace Corps, at United Cerebral Palsy New York State, and the Manhattan Development Center. In 1982 she enrolled in the Indiana University Physical Therapy Program, obtaining a masters in bioanthropology in 1992 and a PhD in bioanthropology with a minor in bioethics in 1993, with a thesis titled "The Human Subtalar Joint: A Theme on Variation". The research for this thesis involved working with sixty one residents of the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona, while a physical therapy consultant at Sells Indian Hospital, in addition to working at the Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital. After receiving her doctorate, Bruckner worked on the physical therapy faculty of Northeastern University in 1993, then the Thomas Jefferson University Department of Physical Therapy in Philadelphia as its director of research from 1998. Here she ran a center providing physical therapy to those experiencing homelessness. In 2005, she received a United States patent (application 20050022421) for a ballet shoe that allows en pointe dancers to endure minimal discomfort, pain or damage.

Scope and content

Collection Information

Provenance

Gift of Jan Bruckner, 2018.

Preferred citation

Cite as: Jan Bruckner Papers, American Philosophical Society.

Indexing Terms

Geographic Name(s)

Arizona
Tohono O'odham Reservation (Ariz.)

Subject(s)

Anthropology -- United States.
Christianity
Indiana University
Linguistics.
Maps
Physical anthropology
Physical therapy
Spanish language
Tohono O'odham Indians
Tohono O'odham dialect

Detailed Inventory

Audiocassette tapes		6 audiocassettes	Request File
01-01 Miguel, John. O'odham phrases	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:08:52	Request File
Original title: "Delores -- O'odtham". General and physical therapy phrases in English then O'odham. Two speakers, likely Delores and then John Miguel. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
01-02 Bruckner, Janice. O'odham language class [1 of 2]	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:07:56	Request File
Recording of an O'odham language class. No speakers identified. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
01-03 Bruckner, Janice. O'odham language class [2 of 2]	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:01:51	Request File
Recording of O'odham language class. No speakers identified. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
02-01 Miguel, John. O'odham phrases	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:03:30	Request File
English then O'odham physical therapy words and phrases. See recording 01-01. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
02-02 Bruckner, Janice. "O'odham Class #2" [1 of 2]	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:42:07	Request File
Recording of O'odham language class. No speakers identified. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
02-03 Bruckner, Janice. "O'odham Class #2" [2 of 2]	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:41:41	Request File
Recording of O'odham language class. No speakers identified. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
02-04 Miguel, John. "O'odham John"	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:04:08	Request File
General and physical therapy phrases in Tohono O'odham, spoken by John Miguel. See also recordings 01-01 and 02-01. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
03-01 Bruckner, Janice. Tohono O'odham humor and descriptions of physical therapy treatments	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:11:29	Request File
Monologue by Bruckner. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
03-02 Bruckner, Janice. Applied anthropology ethics class [1 of 2]	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:19:43	Request File
Interview discussing fieldwork ethics (interviewee unidentified), focusing on gendered clothing in rural Greece. Tape original title: "Informant I. Ethics". Likely at Indiana University. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
03-03 Bruckner, Janice. Applied anthropology ethics class [2 of 2]	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:17:05	Request File
Interview discussing fieldwork ethics (interviewee unidentified). Tape original title: "Mon. 1/7. P313 IV. Informant I.". Likely at Indiana University. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
03-04 Bruckner, Janice. Unidentified discussion	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:13:59	Request File
Quiet recording, possibly of a budget meeting. Not apparently related to recording 03-03. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
04-01 Bruckner, Janice. Journal entry, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital [1 of 2]	1987-03-06	1 .mp3 ; 00:31:54	Request File
Monologue by Bruckner. Field notes describing first day. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
04-02 Bruckner, Janice. Journal entry, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital [2 of 2]	1987-03-06	1 .mp3 ; 00:22:40	Request File
Monologue by Bruckner. Field notes describing first day. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
04-03 Bruckner, Janice. Journal entry, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital	1987-03-09	1 .mp3 ; 00:08:02	Request File
Monologue by Bruckner. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
04-04 Bruckner, Janice. Journal entry, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital	1987-03-10	1 .mp3 ; 00:01:13	Request File
Monologue by Bruckner. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
05-01 Bruckner, Janice. Journal entry, Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital	1987-03-18	1 .mp3 ; 00:12:28	Request File
Monologue by Bruckner, describing physical therapy with an elderly man. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
05-02 Miguel, John. "John Miguel, Physical Therapy words in O'odtham"	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:06:53	Request File
Words and phrases in English and Tohono O'odham by John Miguel. See also recordings 01-01, 02-01 and 02-04. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
06-01 Bruckner, Janice. Class [1 of 2]	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:31:00	Request File
Possibly a Spanish language class with discussion of history. Original tape title: "Crop Over Harvest Song. Wed 6/15." (appears unrelated). Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
06-02 Bruckner, Janice. Class [2 of 2]	undated	1 .mp3 ; 00:30:59	Request File
Possibly a Spanish language class with discussion of history. Original tape title: "Powerlessness of Physical Therapists" (appears unrelated). Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording.
"Conversational Tohono O'odham" binder	1989		Request File
Handout for learning Tohono O'odham	1993		Request File
In Saxton and Alvarez-Hale orthographies. Sections: "Sounds of the O'othham Language", "Some Spelling and Pronunciation Rules", "Greetings", "General Questions", "Medical History", "The Auxiliary", "Some Directions", "The Present Tense", "Numbers, Counting, Time", "The Past Tense", "The Future Tense", "Plurals", "Direct and Indirect Objects".
Maps	1985-1992, undated	5 item(s)	Request File
Printed maps of Arizona, the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation (labeled the Papago Indian Reservation), and the Pascua Yaqui Indian Reservation, and a tourist brochure for the southwest United States produced by National Geographic.
"The Smoke Signal" No. 30	1974	23 page(s)	Request File
Publication of the Tuscon Corral of the Westerners. Issue describes Franciscan chapels on the Papagueria, 1912-1973.
Tohono O'odham medical phrases	undated		Request File
Medical phrases in English and Tohono O'odham, printed on continuous-form paper. Sections: "General", "History", "Physical Examination", "Instructions", "Body Parts".