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Indians of Mexico

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Accounts and publications about Indians

 Collection
Identifier: 9087
Abstract Correspondence, biographies, and accounts collected in the 1930s, but describing actions from many years previous. Focus is on western Indians, exploration, and pioneers, particularly pertaining to Colorado and Utah. Folder 1: correspondence from Thomas P. Willson of the society. Stories of Indian captivities in Nebraska. Folder 2: accounts about Tascosa Texas, Guatemala, Central America Accounts, E. B. Sopris, William Carroll Riggs, St. Louis, Pierre Laclede, William Campbell, The Pony...
Dates: 1934-1938.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Accounts and publications about Indians

Catalogs and advertisements for Indian traders

 Collection — Huntington box 27a - folder 1
Identifier: 9190
Scope and content Collection of catalogs, auction listings, and brochures for Indian curios. Some of the catalogs list prices for items including jewelry, blankets, clothing, baskets, and pottery. Some of the shops appear to have specialized in excavated items, while others contracted with tribes and reservations to have items made for their shops. Auction catalogs list items from estates of Indian collectors. Collection has a focus on Navajo textiles, but includes information on other items from Alaska to...
Dates: [ca.1900].
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Catalogs and advertisements for Indian traders

Constance Goddard DuBois papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438761]
Identifier: 9167
Abstract The papers include her field notes from her summers in California, notes on her activities with the Connecticut Indian Association, and newspaper clippings relating to Indian affairs, particularly those in California. Drafts of manuscripts for her publications on Luiseno religion, Diegueno mythology, and other subjects relating to the Mission Indians of California are included in the collection. Letters written to Du Bois from 1897 to 1909 comprise a significant part of the collection....
Dates: 1897-1909.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Constance Goddard DuBois papers

Crónica de Michoacán : Mapa de Michoacán.

 Item — Huntington box 32 - folder 1
Identifier: 9161
Scope and content

Watercolored copy of a historical scene orginally published in Beaumont's Crónica de Michoacán. Objects in the painting have been labeled.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Crónica de Michoacán : Mapa de Michoacán.

Cuadro historico : geroglifico de la peregrinacion de las tribus Aztecas que poblaron en valle de Mexico. Num. 1-2.

 Collection — Huntington box 32 - folder 1
Identifier: 9155
Scope and content

A portion of the Atlas geografico, estadistico e historico de la Republica Mexicana, formado por Antonio Garcia y Cubas, Mexico. Imprenta de Jose Mariano Fernandez de Lara. Atlas mexicano, por Antonio Garcia y Cubas Cuadro I and II. Maps are surrounded by explanatory text in Spanish. The maps depict the migration of the Aztec people from Aztlan to Tenochtitlan over the period of several hundred years.

Dates: 1858; Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cuadro historico : geroglifico de la peregrinacion de las tribus Aztecas que poblaron en valle de Mexico. Num. 1-2.

Edward H. Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9166
Abstract

Field notebooks, sketchbooks, manuscripts, and correspondence, pertaining primarily to Indians of California and into Mexico. Includes index. Includes information about reservations, artifacts, ruins, ceremonies, descriptions of wildlife, landscapes, languages, and archeological notes. Tribes mentioned include, Pima, Seri, Mayo, Yaqui, Nayarit (Cora), Yuma, Opata, Modoc, Paiute, Diegueño, Cahuilla, and Soboba Indians.

Dates: 1910-1944.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Edward H. Davis papers

Handwritten notes on Indian names

 Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9255
Scope and content

Manuscript sent to Frederick Webb Hodge. Includes handwritten copies of manuscripts in the British Museum. Various notes on culture, relations, activities, as well as language and place names.

Dates: 1911.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Handwritten notes on Indian names

Index by site and state to the archaeology of Mexico

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924112438803]
Identifier: 9175
Scope and content

Index cards containing the name of an archaeological site in Mexico and the Mexican state where the site is located. The cards are arranged alphabetically by the name of the site and then repeated alphabetically by Mexican state. Each card references an atlas page number as well.

Dates: undated.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Index by site and state to the archaeology of Mexico

Lienzo de Metlaltoyuca.

 Item — Huntington box 32 - folder 1
Identifier: 9158
Scope and content

Hand drawn and colored copy of an Aztec document. The copy was made by Philipp Josef Valentini. Document shows Aztec symbols, in a map format.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lienzo de Metlaltoyuca.

Mapa de Siguenza.

 Collection — Huntington box 32 - folder 1
Identifier: 9156
Scope and content

The map depicts the migration of the Aztec people from Aztlan to Tenochtitlan over the period of several hundred years. Reverse of the map has a ticker on it that says Peregrinacion de los Aztecas from Careri Gemilli [sic], Giro del Mundo. Note of explanation is included in the folder.

Dates: 1699 - 1700; Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Mapa de Siguenza.

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