Current Filters
Click filter to remove
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2

Ahwahnechee materials, William O. Bright Papers

Culture:
Miwok
Language:English
Date:1927, 1951
Contributor:Shane Smith, Elinor | Godfrey, Elizabeth H.
Subject:Folklore | Ethnography | California--History
Type:Text
Genre:Books | Oral histories | Stories
Extent:2 volumes
Description: William Bright possessed two books on “Yosemite” (most likely Ahwahnechee) stories and history. These can both be found in Series 2.
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)

Go to the collection

Mayan materials, William O. Bright Papers

Culture:
Maya
K'iche' includes: Quiché
Kaqchikel includes: Cakchiquel, Cakchikel, Kaqchiquel
Ch'orti' includes: Chorti
Language:Yucateco | Kaqchikel | Mayan (macrolanguage) | Q'eqchi' | K'iche' | Spanish | English
Date:1950s-1990s
Contributor:Bright, William, 1928-2006 | Sedat, Guillermo | Yool G., Juan
Subject:Linguistics | Folklore | Ethnopoetics | Poetry | Guatemala--History
Type:Text | Cartographic
Genre:Books | Maps | Stories
Extent:0.25 linear feet
Description: William Bright's Maya file consists mostly of copies of others' publications, in particular texts produced by the SIL and other publishers in Guatemala (Series 2). He also performed ethnopoetics analysis on Mayan texts in preparation for a taught course in 1985, and drew a map of the languages of Central America.
Collection:William O. Bright Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.142)

Go to the collection