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Date:1596-1984
Contributor:Reina, Ruben E.
Subject:Folklore | Guatemala--History | Politics and government | Religion | Social life and customs
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Censuses | Interviews | Photographs | Stories
Extent:7.5 linear feet
Description: The materials in the Ruben Reina papers relating to the Chinautla region of Guatemala are found primarily in Series III of the collection. This series consists of material relating to the Chinautla region and neighboring areas of Guatemala, including primarily Poqomam-speaking peoples. This section includes an extensive amount of copies from the Archivo General de Centroamerica (AGCA), local archives, and oral history interviews.
Collection:Ruben E. Reina Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.67)
Language:Tzotzil
Date:1963-1972
Contributor:Bricker, Victoria Reifler, 1940-
Subject:Chiapas (Mexico)--History | Folklore | Humor | Language study and teaching | Rites and ceremonies | Social life and customs | Warfare
Type:Sound recording
Genre:Interviews | Speeches | Stories
Extent:26 sound tape reels (43 hr., 54 min.)
Description: NOTE: This guide entry only describes the audio collection (formerly call number Mss.SMs.Coll.15), which has been merged with recently processed manuscripts materials to form the Victoria R. Bricker Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.178). This entry does not reflect manuscript materials or any understanding of the audio since receiving the manuscript materials, and is in the process of being updated.
Field recordings made in Chiapas in Tzotzil communities including Chamula, Chenalhó, San Cristóbal de las Casas, and Zinacantán. These recordings include research conducted in relation to Bricker's book "Ritual Humor in Highland Chiapas." These include recordings of ritual humor and performances surrounding religious festivals, joke texts, songs, and Tzotzil language exercises.
Collection:Victoria R. Bricker Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.178)
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)