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Corrected draft of an address given "before this most illustrious assembly." Handwritten in pen with pencil corrections. Discusses the pictography and hieroglyphic writing of the Mexican and Central American Indian tribes. It also mentions several codices, such as the Codex Dresdensis Maya and the Codex Vaticanus Latinus 3773, authors, and the use of astronomy in the Mayan calendar.

Scope and content Kit for a planetarium show about the Mayas. Has a focus on their astronomical observations, which helped to develop their calendar system. Includes slides, audio reels, a brochure, and the manual about the show. The manual includes the script, information about visual and special effects, lists of the slides and how to fade them in and out, a list of the music used in the production, information on the individuals and groups that put the program together, surveys and evaluations, teacher...

Scope and content Photocopy mock up, with publishing annotations and edits, of a catalog for the Star Gods of the Ancient Americas exhibit which appeared at the American Museum of Natural History and the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 1982-1984. The exhibit was produced by the Museum of the American Indian. The catalog includes the label copy that was in the exhibit, illustrations and photographs. Includes information about culture and artifacts from Indians of North, Central, and South America,...