Guide to the Frank Cancian papers MS.F.034
Finding aid prepared by Carole McEwan, 2013. Updated by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez, 2022.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2022
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Frank Cancian papers
Creator:
Cancian, Frank
Identifier/Call Number: MS.F.034
Physical Description:
9.9 Linear Feet
(9 boxes and 3 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1957-2002
Abstract: Frank Cancian (1934-2020) was professor emeritus of anthropology and documentary photographer at the University of California,
Irvine. The materials in this collection focus mainly on Cancian's anthropological study of Mayan culture. Included are field
notes, field interviews, diaries, research notes, and background research materials.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
The collection has not been processed. It is open for research with the exception of written materials and non-digitized photographs
from the Orange County Housecleaners project and interviews and non-digitized photographs from the Zinacantan project, both
of which will be restricted for a period of 50 years from their date of creation.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their
heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University Archivist.
Preferred Citation
Frank Cancian papers. MS-F034. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Frank Cancian, 2010.
Accruals
Accruals are expected.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Frank Cancian (1934-2020) was professor emeritus of anthropology and documentary photographer at the University of California,
Irvine. The materials in this collection focus mainly on Cancian's anthropological study of Mayan culture. Included are field
notes, field interviews, diaries, research notes, and background research materials.
Alternative Forms of Materials
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cancian, Frank -- Archives
Digital photographs (accn2010-015)
1957-2002
box accn2009-033 001 RESTRICTED
Box 1
1960-1992
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains materials for "Economics and prestige in a Maya community; the religious cargo system in Zinacantán" (1965):
field notes (1960-1962), including field diary and formal interviews; data analysis notes; FD and FI selected notes on 5x8
cards filed by topic; odds and ends from 1960-1962; NB 1964 June and 1965 (summer) diaries and FIs.
box accn2009-033 002 RESTRICTED
Box 2
1960-1992
Access
Access is restricted until 2022-01-01.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains "Materials for change and uncertainty in a peasant economy: the Maya corn farmers of Zinacantan" (1972):
field notes (note cards), and corn interviews/field notes.
box accn2009-033 003
Box 3
1960-1992
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains analysis (files) for "Change and uncertainty..." (1972).
box accn2009-033 004 RESTRICTED
Box 4
1960-1992
Access
Access is restricted until 2042-01-01.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains field notes, 1981-1992 (7 binders), slides of census data (census conducted by Cancian), and personal letters
to Mexican correspondents.
box accn2009-033 005
Box 5
1960-1992
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains Chiapas: notes, correspondence, government reports, newspapers, scholarly articles, and other materials,
1972-1984; videocassette (television production): "The Highland Maya: A Case Study in Economic Anthropology," produced for
the series Faces of Culture (KOCE-TV); and "Decline of Community in Zinacantan," draft (1990-1991).
box accn2009-033 006
Box 6
1960-1992
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains Chiapas: notes, correspondence, government reports, newspapers, scholarly articles, and other materials,
1972-1984; videocassette (television production): "The Highland Maya: A Case Study in Economic Anthropology," produced for
the series Faces of Culture (KOCE-TV); and "Decline of Community in Zinacantan," draft (1990-1991).
box accn2009-033 007 RESTRICTED
Box 7
1960-1992
Access
Access is restricted until 2042-01-01.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains notes (cards), 1992.
box accn2009-033 008 RESTRICTED
Box 8
1960-1992
Access
Access is restricted until 2042-01-01.
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains Juan Vasquez diaries on politics and expenses in Navenchauc (hamlet of Zinacantan), 1981-1990; and notes
(cards), 1992.
box accn2009-033 009
Box 9
1960-1992
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains cargo waiting list data, 1981-1982, 1985; materials for monograph, "The innovator's situation : upper-middle-class
conservatism in agricultural communities" (1979): copies of code books on microfiche; CVs; and writings: papers, publications.
folder accn2009-033 XOS 001
XOS Folder 1
1960-1992
Series Scope and Content Summary
This folder contains maps of Chiapas and other areas.
folder accn2009-033 XXOS 001
XXOS Folder 1
1960-1992
Series Scope and Content Summary
This folder contains maps of Chiapas and other areas.
box accn2018-032 001
Box 10
1961-1988
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains three smaller boxes of 5x7 prints, 4,757 negatives, 392 contact prints, from the 1960s.
box accn2018-032 002
Box 11
1961-1988
Series Scope and Content Summary
This box contains three photographic albums with 679 color slides of Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico from 1961-1988.