Désiré Charnay photographs of Mitla, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, and Palenque
1 Print (silver gelatin)
Photographs made by Désiré Charnay depicting the Grand Palace at Mitla, the Governor's Palace at Uxmal, a convent at Chichen Itza, and a large stone tablet at Palenque.
Photograph of Robert F. Heizer at Palenque
Photograph depicting Robert F. Heizer standing next to carved name, probably of Désiré Charnay, in Palenque temple, April 1955.
Eber Cole Byam photograph and pamphlet collection relating to Mexico
78 Prints (probably silver gelatin)
7 Pamphlets
Photographs and pamphlets collected by Eber Cole Byam relating to American-owned rubber plantations and rubber cultivation in Chiapas, Mexico. They also include photographs depicting Mexicans, Lacandon peoples, dwellings, the Palenque Mayan site, religious schools, banana trains, mahogany cutting, and portraits of Francisco Orozco y Jimenez, Bishop of Chiapas and Archbishop …
William Henry Holmes photograph collection relating to archeological sites in Mexico and Mesoamerica
31 Prints (silver gelatin)
Photographs documenting archeological sites in Mexico, including Chichen Itza, Mitla, Palenque, Texcotzingo, Uxmal, Xochicalco, Quirigua, and Copan. Some of the prints were originally framed and captioned; these may have formed an exhibit or display, possibly in Holmesʹs office. Photographers include Allison V. Armour, Alfred Percival Maudsley, and E. H. Thompson …
Frank Maryl Setzler photographs
169 Slides (35mm)
1,204 Negatives (nitrate)
290 Lantern slides
12 Negatives (acetate)
Photographs relating to or made during Setzler's archaeological work. Images depict surveys and excavations, artifacts and burials, archaeological crew members, and other individuals. They document work in Ohio (including the original Hopewell site on Paint Creek, Turner site, Newark site, High Bank Works, Tremper Mound, Seip Mound, Turner Group, Miamisburg …
Edgar L. Hewett photograph collection relating to Mitla
Photographs and copies of drawings documenting the structures at Mitla archeological site, including the Columns Group and palace building and associated sculptures. There is also a photograph of the Beau Relief at Palenque, published in the Field Columbian Museum's journal "Anthropology." Some of the copy photographs were probably made by …
Cyrus Thomas photograph collection relating to Mayan and Aztec carvings
The bulk of the photographs document Mayan reliefs and hieroglyphics at ancient sites, including Chichen Itza, Palenque, and Yaxchilan. Additional photographs depict items in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia in Mexico, including a necklace, the Stone of Tizoc, and a stone altar disk to Tlaltecuhtli. The collection includes photographs made …
Robert F. Heizer papers
Contreras, Eduardo
Cook de Leonard, Carmen
Kubler, George
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bulk 1955-1970
Robert F. Heizer was an anthropologist best known for his archeological work in California and Nevada and ethnographic work in California. A University of California Ph.D. (1941), he was on the Berkeley staff from 1946 to 1976, when he gained emeritus status. For many years he headed the Archeological Survey in California. In …
Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers
Stirling, Marion
bulk 1921-1975
The Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers, 1876-2004 (bulk 1921-1975), document the professional and personal lives of Matthew Stirling, Smithsonian archaeologist and Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1928-1957), and his wife and constant collaborator, Marion Stirling Pugh. The bulk of the material is professional in nature and includes material from Matthew's early career in the 1920s, the careers of Matthew and Marion together from when they married in 1933 to Matthew's death in 1975, and Marion's life and work from 1975 until her death in 2001. The majority of the documentation relates to the investigation of the Olmec culture in Mexico by the Stirlings, including the discoveries of eight colossal Olmec heads. In addition, the collection documents their work in Panama, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, looking for connections between Mesoamerica and South America. Materials include field notes, journals, correspondence, photographs, writings, clippings, ephemera, articles, and scrapbooks.
John and Mariella Rowe films
Rowe, Mariella
24 reels of film shot by Mr. Rowe who describes himself as semi-professional of various travels in the U. S. and abroad from 1950 to 1970. Includes are Colorado, Switzerland and the Alps, car trip from Switzerland to India, Holland, Italy, France and Cozumel, Mexico. Please note that the contents of the collection …
