National Anthropological Archives

MS 4826 Materials on the Chorti Language and 387 photographs

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4826
Creators:
Wisdom, Charles
Dates:
1931-33 and 1950
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1,133 Items
ca. 1133 pages
6 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

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4826


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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