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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4826 Materials on the Chorti Language and 387 photographs
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4826
- Creators:
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Wisdom, Charles
- Dates:
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1931-33 and 1950
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1,133 Itemsca. 1133 pages6 Boxes
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Consists of original handwritten field notes of 1931-33 arranged in sequence, with typed Contents, Introduction and other editorial information added, 1950. Number 28 of "Microfilm Collection of Manuscripts on Middle American Cultural Anthropology, University of Chicago Library." Also 387 photographs, uncaptioned except for the first ten. Includes photograph of Charles Wisdom (on right) in photo #219 in Box 9, folder 4 and a photograph of Wisdom's wife, Ruth Hatfield, in photo #325 in folder 6. (Identifications provided by John Fought, December 2, 2005.)
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm positive on file.
Custodial History
Deposited November 7, 1968 by Dr Sol Tax, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago; photographs added by Tax March of 1969.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4826, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4826
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Field notes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Guatemala | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ch'orti' (Chorti) Maya | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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