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National Anthropological Archives
MS 250 Miscellaneous correspondence and photographs regarding the purchase of the so-called Codex Nuttall, etc
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS250
- Creators:
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Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923
- Dates:
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1907
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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29 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contents: Various letters concerning the proposed purchase of the Codex Nuttall from Mrs. Zelia Nuttall through Mrs. Alice Fletcher. Another series of correspondence included concerns the financing of archaeological work in the area of the Pedregal outside of Mexico City by Mrs. Nuttall. The four photographs show a series of ceramic heads found in surface collections in that area. A single photograph shows the cover of the codex in question.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilmed
Existence and Location of Originals
The Manuscript in question was never purchased by the USNM, but was apparently acquired by Tulane University, Middle American Research Institute, some time later.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 250, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 250
Local Note
Local Note
Typescript and autograph document
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pictographs -- Codex Nuttall | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Archeology -- Mexico | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Mexico | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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