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Date:1926-1959
Contributor:Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967 | Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963 | Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955 | Thompson, J. Eric S. (John Eric Sidney), 1898-1975 | Sayles, E. B. (Edwin Booth), 1892-1977 | Harris, Zellig S. (Zellig Sabbettai), 1909-1992 | Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994 | McQuown, Norman A. | Weitlaner, Robert J., 1883-1968 | Willey, Gordon R. (Gordon Randolph), 1913-2002
Subject:Linguistics | Archaeology | Guatemala--History | Honduras--History | Architecture | Geography
Type:Text | Still Image
Genre:Correspondence | Essays | Drafts | Speeches | Notes | Bibliographies | Essays
Extent:Circa 455 leaves; circa 635 pages; photographs
Description: The Central America materials, John Alden Mason Papers include correspondence regarding linguistic, archaeological, and ethnological work in Mexico and Guatemala; meetings; etc. Regarding archaeological work in Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama. Regarding Piedras Negras, Guatemala; Chichen Itza; archaeological work in Guatemala and Mexico. Regarding archaeological work in Guatemala, Mexico, and Texas. Regarding Pima; Yaqui; Piedras Negras, Guatemala; Maya glyphs and architecture; archaeological work in Guatemala, Mexico, and British Honduras. The bulk of the material is from 1933-1939 and concerns archaeological work at Piedras Negras, Guatemala. Some discussion of the Mayan calendar, the ruins at Yaxchilan, Mexico, and a 1953 expedition to the Caracol Ruins, Honduras. Scholarly materials: Article for [Lilly de Jongh] Osborne's handbook of Guatemala regarding the ruins of Piedras Negras, Guatemala. A paper entitled, "Los cuatro grandes filones linguisticos de Mexico y Centroamerica" for the International Congress of Americanists, Mexico, August 1939. A paper read at meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December 1938, on the genetic classification of Middle American languages. Bibliographies of books and a few manuscripts on Indians of Central America, Mexico, and South America; letter from Zelig Harris to Mason; Mason's reply. Paper sent to Mason to be read at the meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Discusses Hokan-Siouan Phylum, Tarascan, Macro-Otomanguean Phylum, Macro-Penutian Phylum, and Macro-Chibchan Phylum. Notes on genetic relationships and geographic distribution. Mostly from published sources. A compilation and juxtaposition of various opinions. A talk given before Sociedad de geografia e historia de Guatemala regarding the architecture of Piedras Negras. English original which was translated into Spanish for publication in Anales 15 (December 1938): pages 202-216. A paper "Middle American Linguistics, 1955" by Norman A. McQuown; draft of a paper by Mason discussing that of McQuown; a copy of Mason's paper as delivered at the meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 17, 1955, Boston; a copy of Mason's paper as corrected for correspondence with Robert J. Weitlaner and Gordon R. Willey.
Collection:John Alden Mason Papers (Mss.B.M384)
Culture:
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Language:English
Date:September 24, 1891
Contributor:Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895
Type:Text
Extent:16 pages
Description: Draft of an address on the occasion of the unveiling of a monument dedicated by the New York Tammany Regiment to the memory of comrades killed in the Civil War. A prominent feature of the monument is a figure of the Delaware chief, Tammany.
Collection:Ely Samuel Parker Papers (Mss.497.3.P223)
Culture:
Ho-Chunk includes: Winnebago, Hoocąk
Date:1908-1930 and undated
Contributor:Radin, Paul, 1883-1959 | Blowsnake, Sam
Subject:Linguistics | Siouan languages | Anthropology | Medicine | Religion | Social life and customs | Folklore | Dance | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Warfare | Personal names | Clans | Rites and ceremonies | Peyote | Origin | Wisconsin--History
Type:Text
Genre:Field notes | Notebooks | Notes | Drafts | Essays | Stories | Dictionaries | Autobiographies | Speeches
Extent:49 items
Description: Materials relating to Radin's study of Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) history, culture, and language. Some items are written in Ho-Chunk, with and without English translations. This large collection includes 34 original field notebooks; numerous short and long stories (Hare cycle, Aleck Linetree [probably Alec Lone Tree], the origin of the Buffalo clan, the story of the holy one, the boy who wished to be immortal, etc.); several longer pieces, such as a typed manuscript titled "The legend of Mother-of-all-the-Earth," speeches of Charlie Houghton, multiple versions of "How Blowsnake joined the medicine dance," "Origin myth of the medicine dance," etc.; several published secondary sources; over 3,000 slips for an English-Winnebago [i.e. Ho-Chunk] dictionary and other items relating to Ho-Chunk phonetics, lexicon, linguistics, etc.; several phonetic texts, some with English translation; and a variety of other items with ethnographic, historical, and linguistic data pertaining to ceremonies, tales, clans, medicine, origins, dance, burial, peyote, names, and sweat-baths. Individuals mentioned (some as ) include: Jacob Russell, Charlie Houghton, Oliver LaMere, Sam Blowsnake, John Rave, Thomas Clay, Robert Lincoln, James Smith, Tom Big Bear, and George Ricehill.
Collection:Paul Radin papers (Mss.497.3.R114)
Culture:
Xavante includes: Akuen
Wapishana includes: Wapichan
Wayana includes: Uaiana
Yanomami includes: Yąnomamö, Yanomama
Ye'kuana includes: Maquiritari, So'to, Yecuana
Ticuna includes: Tucuna, Magüta
Tiriyó includes: Trio
Piaroa includes: De'arua, Wothuha
Kanamari includes: Canamari
Kayapo includes: Caiapó, Cayapo, Mebêngôkre
Kraho includes: Craho, Craó, Krahô
Macushi includes: Macuxi, Macusi, Teueia, Teweya
Kaingang includes: Caingangue, Kanhgág
Aymara includes: Aimara
Ayoreo includes: Ayoreode
Baniwa includes: Curipaco, Vaniva, Walimanai, Wakuenai
Language:English
Date:1962-1978
Subject:Brazil--History | Genetics | Guyana--History | Venezuela--History
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Charts | Drafts | Correspondence | Maps | Photographs | Speeches
Extent:4 linear feet (estimate)
Description: The South American materials in the James V. Neel papers consists materials related to Neel's genetics and populations studies among some indigenous people in Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. The bulk of these materials concern the Xavante and Yanomami peoples, written as "Yanomamo" by Neel. These materials can be found throughout most sections of the finding aid, though see especially "Series IIa: Amerindian" and "Series IIIa: Amerindian." In addition to data, reports, correspondence, and other manuscripts, "Series X: Photographic materials" contains numerous photographs of Xavante and Yanomami peoples from the 1960s. Materials on other indigenous groups can be located by searching within the finding aid for the culture terms listed above in the entry or by searching for the term "Indians."
Collection:James V. Neel Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.96)