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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of Indian cliff dwellings in the State of Sonora, Mexico and photographs of rock with petroglyphs at Yaqui River, Sonora, Mexico
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3321
- Creators:
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Murillo, Angel Dr.Voetter, Thomas W.
- Dates:
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ca. 1932 ?
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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11 Photographs
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Also a letter from Thomas W. Voetter, American Consul, American Consulate, Guaymas, Mexico, to the Secretary of State in the U. S. regarding the ruins. Guaymas, Mexico, June 1, 1932. Typescript carbon copy letter. 2 pages and brief notes by Stirling and Judd, June 11, 1932 and June 14, 1932. Autograph document signed.
Administration
Custodial History
Label on small envelope in which prints were transmitted from the Consular Office to the U. S. gives Angel Murillo, a merchant of Guaymas, as the source. It also bears the date May 31, 1932, Dispatch Number 42, and File Number 492.7. Photos were sent to Archives July 6, 1934.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3321, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3321
Local Note
Local Note
Annotations in ink on back of the two petroglyph photos say, "Yaqui River, Sonora, Mex. see letter Guillermo Revilla" and "Yaqui River Sonora. Guillermo Revilla." It was not known in 1969 who Guillermo Revilla was.
Local Note
Filed: Original prints, Mexico, Archeology.
Keywords
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Archeology -- Mexico | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Habitations and other structures -- cliff dwellings -- Mexico | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Pictographs -- Petroglyphs -- Mexico | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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