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Language:Spanish | English | Mayan (macrolanguage)
Date:bulk 1960s-1980s (copies of materials back to 16th century)
Contributor:Farriss, Nancy M.
Subject:Honduras--History | Yucatán (Mexico : State)--History | Campeche (Mexico : State)--History | Quintana Roo (Mexico : State)--History | Guatemala--History | Belize--History | Archaeology | Catholic Church | Government relations
Type:Text
Genre:Notes | Government Documents and Records | Government documents | Bulletins | Censuses | Church records | Correspondence | Genealogies | Legal documents | Magazines | Maps | Transcripts | Transcriptions | Surveys | Notebooks | Newspaper clippings | Microfilms | Copies of documents from other archives
Description: The entire Nancy M. Farriss Papers contain research materials on the history of Maya society of Yucatán and surrounding areas (including Campeche, Quintana Roo, Guatemala, Honduras, and possibly Belize) since Spanish colonial occupation, and their experience under occupation. The majority of the collection (Series II to Series V) is copies of colonial archival documents from various archives in Yucatán, Mexico City, Spain and elsewhere. Series I contains copies of rare publications, notes on the materials, and other information relating to the research. Most of the material is in Spanish and English - a small folder in Series I titled "Yucatec language and literature" discusses Yucatec Maya, and there may be documents in Spanish with Yucatec Maya influence.
Collection:Nancy M. Farriss Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.184)
Culture:
Date:1960s-2000s, bulk 1994-2000s
Contributor:Pearson, Bruce L., 1932- | Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969 | Smith, Richard Zane | Andrews, Sallie Cotter | Chafe, Wallace L. | Bearskin, Leaford | Taukchiray, Wes, 1948-
Subject:Oklahoma--History | Linguistics
Type:Text | Still Image
Genre:Songs | Notes | Photographs | Vocabularies
Extent:ca. 1 linear foot
Description: The bulk of the Wyandot materials in the Bruce L. Pearson Papers are in Series III. Wyandot, reflecting Pearson's work with the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma. There is also notable correspondence in Series VI with Wes Taukchiray, and with John Bierhorst, and a folder of students' essays in Series VII. Pearson did not conduct fieldwork on Wendat, but conducted historical research and analysis. Of note are compiled vocabularies and language analysis, community publications, conference presentations, a speech by Leaford Bearskin, and some interpretations of the documentation of Marius Barbeau, including songs on CD sung by Richard Zane Smith. There is a small amount of comparative material with Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga and Maya in Series III.
Collection:Bruce L. Pearson Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.265)