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Date:1950-1972
Contributor:Albó, Xavier, 1934- | Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | Zuidema, R. Tom, (Reiner Tom), 1927-2016 | Farfán, José M. B. | Tschopik, Harry, 1915-1956 | Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967 | American Bible Society | Sebeok, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1920-2001 | Tulchin, Joseph S., 1939-
Subject:Linguistics | Kinship | Ethnography | Archaeology | Folklore | South America--History | Religion
Type:Text | Sound recording
Genre:Drafts | Vocabularies | Stories | Grammars | Vocabularies | Notes | Sketches
Description: The Aymara materials in the Lounsbury Papers consist of comparative linguistics and studies of kinship in Series II. Of particular interest are the audio recordings in Series VII on the folklore of the Ayar Incas. The correspondence, in Series I, contains information of the geographic distribution of the language, Lounsbury's analysis of the language and its relationship to Quechua, Christian scriptures in Aymara, Morris Swadesh's work on genetic classification of Native American languages, and geographic distribution of Aymara population.
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
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Date:1925
Contributor:Gamio, Manuel, 1883-1960 | Toor, Frances, 1890-1956
Subject:Folklore | Art | Archaeology | Anthropology | Social life and customs | Rites and ceremonies | Education | Mexico--History
Type:Still Image | Text
Extent:1 folder
Description: The Eugenics Record Office Records consist of 330.5 linear feet of materials relating to the ERO, founded in 1910 for the study of human heredity and as a repository for genetic data on human traits. The Eugenics Record Office Papers (1670-1964) contain trait schedules, newspaper clippings, manuscript essays, pedigree charts, article abstracts, reprints, magazine articles, bibliographies, photographs, hair samples, postcard pictures, card files, and some correspondence which document the projects of the Eugenics Record Office during the thirty-four years of its operation. Aztec materials include Folder "A:9772. Mexico" (1925), located in Series I. Trait Files, Box #65, which contains "Mexican Folkways," a booklet of brief essays such as "The Magic of Love Among the Aztecs" and "Coatlicue, An Aztec Goddess." Edited by Frances Toor with short offerings from Mario Gamio and several others. It was intended for the education of North American students of Spanish, and each essay appears in both English and Spanish on the advice of Franz Boas and others.
Collection:Eugenics Record Office Records (Mss.Ms.Coll.77)
Date:1590-1976
Subject:Anthropology | Ethnography | Linguistics | Social life and customs
Type:Text
Genre:Microfilms | Diaries | Dictionaries | Grammars | Maps | Reports | Theses | Field notes | Stories
Extent:26 reels
Description: This collection includes field notes and reports, diaries of expeditions, texts, grammars, dictionaries of Indian languages, theses and research papers collected by members of the Department of Anthropology of the University of Chicago in connection with the Carnegie Institution of Washington Middle American Research Program as well as various Central American governmental agencies. A microfilm publication of the University of Chicago, 1946-1957. Table of contents. Originals at theUniversity of Chicago.
Collection:Manuscripts on Middle American Cultural Anthropology, 1590-1976 (Mss.Film.297)
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Chinantec includes: Chinanteco, Yolox, Yetla
Language:English | Spanish | Chinantec, Quiotepec | Chinantec, Valle Nacional | Mixtec
Date:1916, 1922, 1939, 1940, 1942
Contributor:Angulo, Jaime de | Lincoln, Jackson Steward, 1902-1941 | McQuown, Norman A. | Radin, Paul, 1883-1959
Subject:Linguistics | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type:Still Image | Text
Genre:Correspondence | Dictionaries | Illustrations | Stories
Extent:80 pages; 334 cards
Description: The Chinanteco material in the ACLS collections are primarily found in the "Chinanteco" section of the finding aid. Two items are stories (Ch.1 and Ch.2, "El perrito de Teotitlan" and "Cuento del pescador", which identifies Yolox and Yetla varieties) recorded by Jaime de Angulo, with Spanish and English translation. Another item (Ch.3) is a 64-word Spanish-Chinantec vocabulary recorded by Norman McQuown. Two items in the "Mexico" section of the finding aid (items AM3 "Phonemic systems of various Indian languages of Mexico" and AM5 "Comparative vocabularies of various Indian languages of Mexico") contain comparative vocabularies that include Chinantec, as do two items in the "Mixtec" section (items MiM.1 "Mixtec tones and morphological comments" and MiM.2 "Mixtec and Chinantec lexicon", varieties of Mixtec unidentified), and "Zapotecan texts" (item Z.3) in the "Zapotec" section. The identification of varieties of Chinantec in most of the materials is undetermined.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
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Chinantec includes: Chinanteco, Yolox, Yetla
Language:Spanish | Chinantec, Quiotepec
Date:1912-1929
Contributor:Radin, Paul, 1883-1959
Subject:Folklore | Linguistics | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type:Text
Genre:Stories | Vocabularies
Extent:1 folder, 331 word slips
Description: The Chinantec materials in the Paul Radin papers consist of two items. In Series I, there is a "Chinantec Dictionary" consisting of 331 card slips. In Series VIII, there is one folder identified as "Santiago Maniltepec" with Interlinear text and brief grammatical notes.
Collection:Paul Radin papers (Mss.497.3.R114)
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Chinantec includes: Chinanteco, Yolox, Yetla
Language:Spanish | Chinantec (macrolanguage)
Date:1912-1929
Contributor:Radin, Paul, 1883-1959
Subject:Linguistics | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type:Text
Genre:Dictionaries | Stories
Extent:2 items
Description: Two items relating to Radin's study of the Chinanteco language of Mexico. Includes a "Chinanteco Dictionary" composed of 334 cards alphabetically arranged by Spanish, and 6 leaves of texts with interlinear translation and paradigms.
Collection:Paul Radin papers (Mss.497.3.R114)
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)
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Cuicatec includes: Cuicateco
Language:Spanish | Cuicatec, Teutila
Date:1922
Contributor:Angulo, Jaime de
Subject:Linguistics | Folklore | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type:Text
Extent:654 pages
Description: The Cuicatec materials in the ACLS collection consist of one item (MiC.1) in the "Cuicateco" section of the finding aid, recorded by Jaime de Angulo, in 1922. It consists of a grammatical sketch in Spanish, with 3 folkloristic and 3 original narratives told by "a Chiquihuitlán native". Some Cuicatec vocabulary also appears in the "Mexico" section of the finding aid in "Comparative vocabularies of various Indian languages of Mexico" (item AM5) and in the "Zapotec" section of the finding aid in "Estudio gramatical de las lenguas de la familia zapoteca" (item Z.1) which includes Chatino information and ten ink sketches of maps showing linguistic groups. Also in the "Zapotec" section, "Zapotecan texts" (item Z.3) includes some Cuicatec texts.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)
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Guna includes: Kuna, Cuna, Dule
Language:English | Kuna, San Blas | Spanish
Date:1959, 1960-1962
Contributor:Colman, Seferino | González, Arturo | Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | Torres de Iannello, Reina | Tipipi, Guayni
Subject:Rites and ceremonies | Ethnography | Folklore | Panama--History | Puberty rites | Birds | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Linguistics
Type:Sound recording | Text
Genre:Stories | Songs | Music | Vocabularies
Extent:2 folders; 37 minutes
Description: The main Guna materials in the Floyd Lounsbury Papers (spelled Kuna or Cuna in the finding aid) are audio recordings made by Reina Torres de Iannello, in Series VII, from a reel titled "Panama". Correspondence with Clifford Evans in Series I may provide more context. Correspondence with John Gillespie in the same series compares Kuna to several other languages.
Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)
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Chontal, Oaxaca includes: Tequistlatec, Tequistlateco
Language:Chontal, Highland Oaxaca | Spanish
Date:1966, 1968
Contributor:Martinez, Abram | Robles, Martin | Turner, Paul R., 1929-
Subject:Folklore | Linguistics | Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--History
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Dissertations | Elicitation sessions | Essays | Grammars | Maps | Newspaper clippings | Stories | Vocabularies
Extent:366 pages
Description: The Highland Chontal materials in the Phillips Fund collection consist of 3 items, all listed under "Turner, Paul." This includes Turner's dissertation, "Highland Chontal Grammar," which includes interlinear texts of stories on a related recording collection. "Highland Chontal Dialect Survey" provides a detailed account of a project of Turner's for which there is an accompanying audio collection, listed separately in this guide. Finally, there is also a newspaper clipping on consultant Clemente Zarate's visit to the U.S.
Collection:Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4)