History of the Jacobs Research Fund

Bess and Melville Jacobs. The parrot was named Kitty.

The Jacobs Research Fund was established by the bequest of Melville Jacobs, an anthropologist known for his research on Northwest Coast languages and folklore.

The endowment was considerably increased by the bequest of the late M. Dale Kinkade, a linguist known for his work on Salishan languages.

M. Dale Kinkade, 2004
by Michelle Parent

The Jacobs Fund also gratefully acknowledges generous donations from Helen Codere and the late Kay French.

Kay French