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Date:1553, 1605
Contributor:Vico, Domingo de, 1485-1555 | Gálvez, Mariano, 1794-1862
Subject:Guatemala--History | Religion | Theology
Type:Text
Genre:Essays
Extent:1 volume, 185 leaves
Description: The Theologia Indorum ("Theology for the Indians" or "Theology of the Indians") was written by the Spanish Dominican friar Domingo de Vico from 1552-1554. It is considered the first original Christian theology written in the Americas and the longest single text written in an indigenous language of the Americas in the colonial era. Written in K'iche' (sometimes written as "Quiché," a Mayan language of Guatemala, it played a major role in evangelization of the Highland Maya. Previous identifications of the content of the manuscript misidentified it as being in the Kaqchikel language and as consisting of sermons and biblical translation. The content, however, is an original theological work that utilizes indigenous religous beliefs and cultural practices to explain Christian doctrine. This version is the first of two volumes of the Theologia Indorum, pertaining to topics from the Old Testament. Other versions of the Theologia exist at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and at Princeton University. This is the oldest manuscript in the APS Library's collections written in an indigenous language of the Americas. Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Gálvez, 1836.
Collection:Mayan Language Texts, 1553-1727 (Mss.497.43.V42)
Date:1977
Contributor:Adams, Walter Randolph
Subject:Chiapas (Mexico)--History | Religion
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Field notes | Reports | Stories
Extent:66 pages
Description: The Tzotzil materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 2 items. Materials in this collection are listed alphabetically by last name of author. See materials listed under Adams.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)
Date:1949, undated
Contributor:Bright, William, 1928-2006 | Weathers, Kenneth | Weathers, Nadine
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text | Sound recording
Genre:Dictionaries
Extent:1 volume, 1 tape
Description: William Bright's only Tzotzil materials consist of a Tzotzil-Spanish-Tzotzil dictionary produced by the SIL in 1949 (Series 2), and an audio tape titled only “Tzotzil” (contents are as yet unidentified, Series 6).
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)
Date:1605
Contributor:Gálvez, Mariano, 1794-1862
Subject:Guatemala--History | Religion
Type:Text
Genre:Sermons
Extent:1 volume, 422 pages
Description: A volume of sermons written in the K'iche' language. Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Gálvez, 1836.
Collection:Mayan Language Texts, 1553-1727 (Mss.497.43.V42)
Culture:
Yaqui includes: Hiaki, Yoeme
Tepehuán includes: Tepehuanes, Tepehuano
Tohono O'odham includes: Papago
Rarámuri includes: Tarahumara
Mayo includes: Yoreme
Hupa includes: Natinixwe, Na:tinixwe, Natinook-wa, Na:tini-xwe, Hoopa
Huichol includes: Wixáritari
Cora includes: Naáyarite
Akimel O'odham includes: Pima
Language:English | Spanish | Cora, El Nayar | Huichol | Nahuatl (macrolanguage) | Opata | Tepecano | Tohono O'odham | Tubar | Yaqui | Mayo | Tarahumara, Central | Tepehuan, Southwestern | Tepehuan, Southeastern | Tepehuan, Northern
Date:1914-1962
Contributor:Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948 | Herzog, George, 1901-1983 | Kelley, David H. | Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | Whorf, Benjamin Lee, 1897-1941 | Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967
Subject:Linguistics | Uto-Aztecan languages | Anthropology | Orthography and spelling
Type:Text
Genre:Notes | Correspondence | Essays | Vocabularies
Extent:21 items
Description: Materials relating to John Alden Mason's interest and research in Uto-Aztecan languages and cultures. Items include notes and letters on Uto-Aztecan historical Mason's "Some initial phones and combinations in Utaztecan stems," an abstract and full text of a paper delivered at the Philadelphia meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1951); unattributed corresondence discussing that 1951 paper; Mason's correspondence with Edward Sapir regarding Mason's work on the Tepehuan, Papago [Tohono O'odham], Sonoran and Yaqui languages, Sapir's work on Paiute and Hupa, and mentioning Boas, Rivet, Speck, Spier, and Whorf; earlier correspondence with Sapir relaying Tepehuan, Tepecano, Papago [Tohono O'odham], and Nahua examples, data from Mason for Sapir's use in Uto-Aztecan comparative work, Sapir's comments on Mason's data and analysis, and Sapir's views on Uto-Aztecan historical Mason's corresondence with Ruth Benedict regarding work on Papago [Tohono O'odham], Pima, and Yaqui languages, an honorarium for Franz Boas, and Ruth Underhill's Papago Rites and ceremonies; correspondence with George Herzog regarding Tepehuan music and language, Pima-Papago language, and mentioning Franz Boas, Gene Weltfish, Edward Sapir, Ruth Underhill, Frank G. Speck, and others; correspondence with David H. Kelley regarding comparison of Polynesian and Uto-Aztecan languages (Kelly's dissertation); part of Kelley's Harvard University doctoral dissertation regarding the borrowing of Uto-Aztecan words into Polynesian; Benjamin Lee Whorf on Uto-Aztecan languages, including a table of relationships and a photo reproduction of Whorf's Azteco-Tanoan tree; correspondence with Whorf regarding Whorf's grant application to the Social Sciences Research Council to work on modern Nahuatl, and also touching on Uto-Aztecan phonology, Maya glyphs, Nahuatl, Papago [Tohono O'odham], Tepecano, Tepehuan, Yaqui, and subgrouping; and correspondence with Morris Swadesh regarding establishing an official Aztec alphabet, Swadesh's glotto-chronological work in Uto-Aztecan, disagreement between Mason and Swadesh over the number of stop series in Papago [Tohono O'odham], Swadesh's retraction (to be published in Word) of his criticisms of Mason's Papago [Tohono O'odham] grammar, and copies of letters from Swadesh to [Dean] Saxton and Andre Martinet. Undated linguistic materials include notes, Vocabularies, vocabularies, comparisons with notes about correspondences, comparative vocabularies, notes on numerical systems, cognates with English glosses, cognates with Spanish glosses, lexicostatistical compilations, etc. Languages represented (and not merely mentioned) include Huichol, El Nayar Cora, Nahuatl, Opata, Tarahumara, Tepecano, Tepehuan, Tohono O'odham, Tubar, Yaqui, and Mayo; it is unclear, however, which specific Tarahumara and Tepehuan languages are represented.
Collection:John Alden Mason Papers (Mss.B.M384)
Language:Spanish
Date:1805-1807
Contributor:Dupaix, Guillermo
Subject:Archaeology
Type:Text
Genre:Sketches
Extent:2 volumes
Description: Volume 1-186 leaves of text. Volume 2-179 leaves of sketches and ink washes. One of several copies made of the drawings of Jose Castaneda and the accompanying text of Dupaix, describing archaeological discoveries made upon three expeditions to Palenque, Mitla, etc., during the years 1805-1807. The drawings lack the Egyptian and Hebraic distortions found in the published versions; the text has been collated to follow King (1831), but an older system of numbering and crossed-out portions of text follow Baradere (1834). In the second volume, almost 300 ink wash sketches, pencil rubbings, and watercolors of Dupaix's expedition surveys of Mayan, Zapotec/Mixtec, and Aztec ruins in Palenque, Mitla, and Mexico City. Bas-reliefs of animals, men, geometric designs interspersed with pyramids (teocalli), fortifications, bridges, masks, idols, and diagrams of tombs and buildings. Primarily copies from rough sketches, with some signed by the artist Jose Castenada.
Collection:Viages Sobre las Antiquedades Mejicanas (Mss.913.72.D92v)
Date:circa 1700
Contributor:Coto, Thomás de, d. ca. 1656 | Gálvez, Mariano, 1794-1862
Subject:Guatemala--History | Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies
Extent:1 volume, 476 leaves
Description: A vocabulary with illustrative examples from early writers; ethnographic data. No other copy known. Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Gálvez, 1836.
Collection:Mayan Language Texts, 1553-1727 (Mss.497.43.V42)
Date:circa 1675
Contributor:Gálvez, Mariano, 1794-1862 | Parra, Francisco de la
Subject:Guatemala--History | Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Dictionaries | Vocabularies
Extent:1 volume, 717 pages
Description: A dictionary of the Kaqchikel language, using the orthography of Fray Francisco de la Parra. Donor, Academia de Ciencias de Guatemala, through Mariano Gálvez, 1836.
Collection:Mayan Language Texts, 1553-1727 (Mss.497.43.V42)
Date:1969-1979
Contributor:Quiej, Francisco | Reina, Ruben E.
Subject:Folklore | Guatemala--History | Politics and government | Religion
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Biographies | Censuses | Interviews | Maps | Stories
Extent:10 linear feet
Description: The materials in the Ruben Reina papers relating to the Zunil region of Guatemala are found primarily in Series V of the collection. This series consists of notes and photocopies of documents relating to the Zunil people of Guatemala. In 1969, Ruben Reina hired a local Zunil man, Francisco Quiej, to collect material--legends and stories--from the monolingual elders of Zunil. Quiej recorded the interviews, then translated the accounts from their original Quiche in to Spanish. Via a local priest, Quiej sent the transcripts to Reina. The original recordings no longer exist, but the surviving transcripts serve as an important historical record of the beliefs and experiences of a native Central American people. Included are legends, religious texts, and interviews with and biographies of community members. Additional miscellaneous materials may be found to lesser degrees in Series VI, VII, VIII, XI, and XII.
Collection:Ruben E. Reina Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.67)