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Language:Nahuatl (macrolanguage) | Pochutec | Pipil
Date:circa 1912, circa 1920s
Contributor:Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Subject:Linguistics | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type:Text
Genre:Notebooks | Vocabularies
Extent:24 p.
Description: The Pochutec materials in the ACLS collection consists of a short notebook previously identified as "Pipil" (item U7b.8, in the "Pochutec" section), written down by Franz Boas with vocabulary and comparisons with Nahuatl and Spanish translations, and a 6-page partial word list, Spanish-Pochutec (item Z.4).
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
Culture:
Language:English
Date:1861-1916
Contributor:Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927
Subject:Archaeology | Art | Dance | Education | Museums | Travel | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History | Arizona--History | New Mexico--History | Ohio--History
Type:Text
Genre:Travel narratives | Essays
Extent:19 items
Description: Narratives of travels and adventures, 1881-1864, 1881-1916, in the Far West, Southwest, Northwest, northern Mexico, as well as Ohio, New York, and Europe, apparently written from memory about 1916. Mentions hostilities of Pawnee and Apache, describing an Indian attack. Visits Pima Indians, Navajo reservation; sees Taos Indian dance. Observes Mitla ruins; visits Sacaton Pima reservation; visits California Indian schools. Describes music for Indians at mission; visits Ohio mounds; comments on Northwest Art; statues of Indian heroes in Northwest. Two letters relate to Ayer and the Field Museum. See especially #1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 19.
Collection:Reminiscences of the Far West, and other trips (Mss.B.Ay2)
Culture:
Mixe includes: Ayuukjä'äy
Chontal, Oaxaca includes: Tequistlatec, Tequistlateco
Chocho includes: Chocholteco, Chochotec, Chochon, Ngigua, Ngiwa
Language:English | Spanish | Mixe | Chocholtec | Klamath-Modoc | Chontal, Highland Oaxaca
Date:1895-1902
Contributor:Belmar, Francisco, 1859-1910
Subject:Orthography and spelling | Linguistics | Language study and teaching | Mexico--History | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type:Text
Extent:2 items
Description: Two items by Mexican linguist Francisco Belmar. The first item, "Las lenguas habladas por Los Indigenos and Indian tribes of the state of Oaxaca and their languages," includes a lengthy exposition on Mexican languages, emphasizing relationships with, and discussing Mixe, Zoque, Chontal, and Chochotec (intended for delivery at a session of the International Congress of Americanists, 1895, but never delivered) and a pencil draft of Belmar (1902) [See also Belmar (1902)]. The second item, "Curso de Lengua Mixe," is a brief elementary textbook for teaching Mixe to Spanish speakers, complete with exercises, texts, and lexical comments.
Collection:Writings on Mexican languages, 1895-1902 (Mss.497.4.B412c)
Culture:
Zapotec includes: Zapoteco, Zapoteca
Language:English | Spanish | Zapotec, Mitla
Date:1929-1935
Contributor:Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945 | Merrill, E. D. | Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941 | Redfield, Robert
Subject:Folklore | Linguistics | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History | Religion | Rites and ceremonies | Social life and customs
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Correspondence | Drafts | Essays | Lectures | Negatives | Photographs | Reviews | Songs | Stories
Extent:6 notebooks, 183 photographs, 100+ negatives, 3 drawings
Description: The Zapotec materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist of materials in multiple sections of the finding aid. In Subcollection I, Series I, "Correspondence," see "Mitla, Town of Souls" and Parsons' "Letters in re. Mitla, Town of the Souls." In Subcollection I, Series II, "Notes, manuscripts, etc." the final notebook in "No. 11 Taos notebooks" is predominantly in Spanish and concerns fieldwork in Oaxaca among the Zapotec and other groups. Item "No. 19. Mitla journals" contains notebooks from Oaxaca, primarily concerning Zapotec matters. Item "No. 28. Mitla songs and photographs (Oaxaca region)" includes 14 songs, 183 photos, ca. 100 negatives of Oaxaca; 3 drawings and an article on Zapotec words; letter from E. D. Merrill to Franz Boas, May 13, 1930. Item "No. 53" contains a Zapotec-related newspaper clipping. In Subcollection II, Series I, "Professional Correspondence," see correspondence with Robert Redfield. In Subcollection II, Series III, "Lectures and Manuscripts", see "Addresses - [On Mitla, Oaxaca]," "Mitla: Town of Souls - Correspondence," "Survivals of Indian Culture among Zapoteca-Speaking Mexicans," and "Zapoteca Serpents." In Subcollection II, Series IV, "Research Notes" see "Mexico - Notes" from 1931. Additional relevant material may appear in other notebooks labelled "Mexico" or in other correspondence.
Collection:Elsie Clews Parsons papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.29)
Culture:
Zapotec includes: Zapoteco, Zapoteca
Language:English | Spanish | Zapotec, Aloápam | Zapotec, Cajonos | Zapotec, Chichicapan | Zapotec, Güilá | Zapotec, Isthmus | Zapotec, Mitla | Zapotec, Rincón | Zapotec, Sierra de Juárez | Zapotec, Southeastern Ixtlán | Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Valley | Zapotec, Yalálag | Zapotec, Yareni | Zapotec, Yatee | Zapotec, Zaachila | Zapotec, Zoogocho
Date:1912-1930
Contributor:Castellana, Felix | Radin, Paul, 1883-1959
Subject:Folklore | Linguistics | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type:Text
Genre:Dictionaries | Vocabularies | Stories | Grammars | Field notes
Extent:Approx. 900 pages; Approx. 20,000 word slips
Description: Materials relating to Radin's study of Zapotec languages, located in Series V and Series VIII. Includes a variety of materials, such as word lists, lexical slips, bibliographical notes, grammatical notes, texts (often with interlinear translations), and a Spanish-Zapotec dictionary comprised of about 15,000 slips, as well as materials for a Spanish-Zapotec lexicon and a Spanish-Zapotec vocabulary. Many of the pages are labelled with the name of a town or district in Oaxaca. One informant mentioned: Felipe Castellana, associated with Mitla. Place names associated with Radin's manuscripts are: Abejones, Hidalgo Yalálag, Ixtlán de Juarez, Lachatao, Mitla, Nuevo Zoquiapam, San Andres Solaga, San Antonio de la Cal, San Baltazar Chichicapam, San Esteban Atatláhuca, San Francisco Cajonos, San Francisco Telixtlahuaca, San Juan Atepec, San Juan Juquila Mixes, San Mateo Cajonos, San Miguel Aloapam, San Miguel Talea , San Sebastián Tecomaxtlahuaca, Santa Catarina Ixtepeji, Santa Maria de la Chichina, Santa Maria de Tule, Santa María Jaltianguis, Santiago Ixtaltepec, Santiago Jamiltepec, Sawatlan (Magdaglena Zahuatlan?), Serrano, "Serrano" (San Juan Chicomezúchil), Tehuano, Teococuilco, Teotilan del Valle, Villa Alta (district), Yolotepec de la Paz, Zaachila, "Zapotec del Valle" (Santiago Matatlán), Zimatlán de Álvarez.
Collection:Paul Radin papers (Mss.497.3.R114)