Anderson (Arthur J.O.) papers

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Correspondence, Publications and Research Files 1937-1991

Scope and Content

College catalogs and bulletins from Occidental, El Camino, San Diego State, and Eastern New Mexico. Periodicals from Mexico City and Madrid. "Of Interest To UCLA" folder of periodicals. Publications by Anderson, institutional correspondence to Anderson and a VHS tape titled Gpe. Hernandez: Rayos, Cosmos, Pregnancy, Misc. Cuentos Abelino Martinez: Talocan Cuentos, Tonalli Gpe Vásquez: Suplica Nemouhtil.

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Publications 1938-1984

Scope and Content

Publications include Anderson's Grammatical Examples, Exercises, & Review For Use with Rules of the Aztec Language with inscription to "Mary and Harry With Love, Arturo," The Hispanic American Historical Review, New Mexico Historical Review, New Scholar Volume 9, New Mexico Quarterly, Geographical Review, Studies Relating to Early Man in America by E.B. Howard, Environment and Native Subsistence Economies in the Central Great Plains By Waldo R. Wedel, "Conservation in Pueblo Architecture" by G.R. Stewart, "Prehistoric Trade in the Southwest" by Harold S. Colton, The Americas: A Quarterly Review of the Inter-American Cultural History, The Western Humanities Review, El Palacio: A Quarterly Journal of the Museum of New Mexico, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Seventy-Five Years of Latin American Research at the University of Texas, Boletin de la Sociedad Geografica de Lima, Current Topics in Aztec Studies: Essays in Honor of Dr. H.B. Nicholson, Discovery: A Monthly Publication of the San Diego Museum of Man, School of American Research of the Archaeological Institute of American Annual Reports, The School of American Research: Its Background, Its Future, Reglas de la Lengua Mexicana Con Un Vocabulario: Edicion, introduccion, paleografia y notas de Arthur J.O. Anderson, pamphlets from Instituto Jalisciense de Antropologia e Historia Guadalajara and an unbound notebook.

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Publications 1940-1969

Scope and Content

Copies of El Palacio, a review of the arts and sciences in the Southwest published by the School of American Research, the Museum of New Mexico, and the Archeological Society of New Mexico.

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Publications and Research Files 1946-1994

Scope and Content

Reprints of Anderson's articles from El Palacio. Copies of journals, magazines bibliographies, newsletters, catalogs and pamphlets. Sahagún research files including a copy of Charles Dibble's "The Nahuatlization of Christianity."

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Florentine Codex Index Cards Undated

Scope and Content

Four boxes of Florentine Codex index cards which include Nahuatl language glossary with cross references.

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Florentine Codex Research Binders Undated

Scope and Content

Six binders of manuscript and typescript Florentine Codex translations.

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Correspondence and Research Files 1922-1986

Scope and Content

Nine folders containing manuscript and typescript of the Tlaxcala Actas (1986), including related materials from Frances Berdan and James Lockhart. Correspondence with the University of Utah Press regarding contracts and publication of Florentine Codex. Course materials and Nahuatl bibliographies. Two notebooks of Nahuatl vocabulary translations, grammar, and etymology descriptions. Two of Anderson's scrapbooks entitled "Articles and Pictures on or about Anything Egyptian (Ancient Egyptian)" and "Everything Ancient Except Egyptian."

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Publications 1971-1998

Scope and Content

Publications including the following by Anderson: Codex Chimalpahin Volume 1 and 2, The Tlaxcalan Actas: A Compendium of the Records of the Cabildo of Tlaxcala (1545-1627), The War of Conquest: How It Was Waged Here in Mexico and Anderson's annotated working copies of Rules of the Aztec Language: A Translation and Grammatical Examples, Exercises, & Review For Use with Rules of the Aztec Language.

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Manuscripts and Typescripts 1909-1980

Scope and Content

Anderson and Charles Dibble's manuscripts and typescripts concerning "Sacred Songs" and "Coloquios." Dibble's typescript of the Codex "en Cruz." Anderson's annotated copy of Los Grandes Problemas Nacionales by Andres Molina Enriquez.

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Publications 1892-1993

Scope and Content

Books and other publications related to Prehispanic Mexico and translation of Aztec including the Codex Barbonicus and Anderson's "Temporary Foreword to the Florentine Codex, Books IV and V." Materials also include Anderson's annotated grammar books such as Carochi's Lengva Mexicana.

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Florentine Codex 1950-1970

Scope and Content

Complete set of Florentine Codex, translated from the Aztec into English with notes and illustrations by Anderson and Charles E. Dibble. This was Anderson's reference set with his annotations in the margins.

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Manuscripts and Correspondence 1949-1996

Scope and Content

Manuscripts and correspondence from Barry D. Sell on the Codex Chimalpahin. Anderson's "Favourite Celebrities" scrapbook of clippings. Anderson's copy of Brevarium Romanum. Proofs of "O My Beloved Children: Sahagun's Sermons to the Nahuas." First edition letterpress copy of Agnes C. Sims' "San Cristobal Petroglyphs." Folder of Congress of Americanists correspondence. Materials also include a folder of Anderson's illustrations for his return address labels.

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Manuscripts and Research Files 1934-1966

Scope and Content

Codex Chimalpahin manuscript. Syllabi and course readings from Anderson's doctoral work at USC, annotated copies of his Curriculum Vitae and a bound copy of his dissertation, "Eclipse Rituals and Procedures of North American Indians in Relation to Their Ceremonial Patterns, From the Point of View of Social Psychology." Research materials include a photocopy of a German language document on Aztecs and articles on Spanish Medicine.

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Publications 1924-1979

Scope and Content

Publications by Anderson and colleagues such as Charles Dibble. Journal articles and abstracts of papers. Copies of ECO, a bulletin from the Instituto Jalisciense de Antropologia e Historia. Programs and proceedings from The Southwest Conference.

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Course Notes, Bibliographies and Student Papers circa 1920-1970

Scope and Content

Twelve small notebooks and two folders of Anderson's course/lecture notes as a professor at San Diego State College. Two folders of American Southwest archaeology and ethnology notes for class. Anderson's Southwest culture bibliography. Anderson's class list for Sociology 150 Ethnography of Indians of American Southwest. Five student papers not returned to students in 1966. Copy of the Anales de Cuauh.

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Publications and Research Files 1949-1980

Scope and Content

Bulk of materials includes periodicals and research files concerning Sahagun and Nahuatl. Sahagun, Fr. Bernardino de. Historia general de las cosas de Nueva Espana. Partial facsimile edition from the Codices Matritenses in the Mexican language, Mixteca that are housed in the libraries of the Royal Palace and the Royal Academy of History. Madrid: Phototype of Hauser and Menet. Facsimile photographs of unknown imprint, Spanish and Nahuatl language. Facsimile photographs of documents from the Seville Archive related to Sahagun. Four research binders of articles and notes on Sahagun. Folder and binder on Nahuatl grammar and vocabulary

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Primeros Memoriales Research Files and Correspondence circa 1980-1989

Scope and Content

Manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence and research notes related to The Primeros Memoriales of Fray Bernardino de Sahagun. Materials include a copy of the original Sahagun Primeros Memoriales document, Anderson's annotated drafts and a Sahagun sermon in English and Nahuatl.

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Research Files, Publications, Microfilm, Slides and Negatives 1958-1970

Scope and Content

Three Library of Congress microfilm reels of Sahagun's Historia General De Las Cosas Nueva Espana. One film canister of the Codex Rios Tepetlaoxtoc and Alfonso Caso's interpretation of the Codex Bodley. Seven rolls of film from the Biblioteca Nacional. Two film canisters. Four boxes of slides. Eight sets of negatives.

Research files include Anderson's notes on the Florentine Codex, Sahagun and the Xolotl Codex. Photostats from Charles Dibble on the Codex Borgia.

Publications include the following: Benjamin Keen's "Readings in Latin-American civilication: 1492 to the present," Manuscritos de America por Jesus Dominguez Bordona (Tomo IX), Dental Radiography and Photography, Prehispanic Indian Dentistry, "Historical notes relating to the Pre-Columbian amber trade from Chiapas, Mexico" and "Archaeology of the Funeral Mound Ocmulgee."

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Correspondence and Research Files 1961-1994

Scope and Content

Research files on the Escalona sermons with related correspondence from Barry Sell and Stafford Poole. Research files on Codex Chimalpahin and related correspondence with Barry Sell. Research files on Sahagun and Sahagun's sermons, Ayer manuscript and Resurrection sermon. Typescripts of "Aztec Wives" and "The Goddess Within." Materials also include a copy of the Codice en Cruz and photostats of Mayan calendars, Spanish-Maya dictionary and "Vocabulario en la lengua Maya."

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Correspondence and Research Files 1903-1913, 1957-1997

Scope and Content

Correspondence concerning Anderson's teaching positions. Sahaguntine Triptych typescript. Anales del Museo Nacional de Arqueologia. Correspondence between Charles Dibble and the Library of Congress Hispanic Foundation. Rules of the Classical Nahuatl Language typescript. "Nahuatl Language Research Materials" file. Correspondence between Susan Schroeder and Christine Anderson. Anderson's Memorial invitation, copies of his obituaries and correspondence of condolence from Mexico's Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Miguel Leon-Portilla.

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Correspondence, Reprints and Photographs 1956-1997

Scope and Content

Correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning Anderson and Charles Dibble's Order of the Aztec Eagle award and Anderson's Order of Isabel the Catholic from the Spanish government. Annotated reprints and offprints addressed to Anderson from his colleagues. Black and white photographs of Anderson and Mexico's Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Miguel Leon-Portilla at the San Diego State University Student Union Hall. File of publications, articles and newsletters about the Florentine Codex. Copies of Anderson's Curriculum Vitae. Cal State University Master's theses of Maria Nissley and Alfred Frank Velsaco, approved by Anderson. Bound copy of Montezuma opera by Roger Sessions with inscription to Anderson. Anderson's address book.

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Correspondence 1953-1995

Scope and Content

Professional correspondence with colleagues and institutions including Charles Dibble, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The Del Amo Foundation, School of American Research, Comision de Intercambio Cultural entre Espana y los EEUU, San Diego State College, University of Utah and Susan Schroeder.

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Research Slides 1958-1970

Scope and Content

Two slide cases of images from the Florentine Codex. One slide case of Peruvian museum work. One slide case of Bodley Manuscripts, American Museum of Natural History, Madrid, Egerton. One slide case of Pintura del Governador, Zuni, Hopi, Apache and Isleta Indians. One slide case of prints from British Museum including views of Athens and Rome.

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Index Cards Undated

Scope and Content

Materials include hand written research index cards, copies of cards from library catalogs and Anderson's address book.

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Florentine Codex Typescript circa 1955-1971

Scope and Content

Sahagun's Florentine Codex typescript for Books 1-5, 7, 9 and 12. These documents are heavily annotated by Anderson. Materials also include Anderson's research notebooks from the British Museum, Biblioteca Nacional and Archivo Historico Nacional.

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Scrapbook and Typescript 1951-1987

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, reviews, photographs of Anderson and Dibble and correspondence regarding the publication of Codex Florentine. Annotated Codex Florentine typescript.

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Typescripts, Photostats and Publications 1921-1974

Scope and Content

Photostats of the Selden Roll, an ancient Mexican picture manuscript held at Oxford's Bodleian Library. Florentine Codex photostat negatives. Manuscript photostats from the British National Museum. "Reglas de la Lengua Mexicana" manuscript photostats. Photographic reproduction of "La aparicion de nuestra senora de Guadalupe de Mexico...." Anderson's translation of the apparitions of Guadalupe. Unbound copy of "Catalogo alfabetico de nombres vulgares y cientificos de plantas que existen en Mexico." Mappe Quinatzin photostats. Sahagun Codex photostats. Codex photostats. Materials also include one of Anderson's Florentine Codex notebooks related to Nahuatl grammar and translations.

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Manuscripts and Research Files 1940-1987

Scope and Content

Copy and manuscript of Juan de San Antonio's letter on "Texcoco Episodes." Exercicio Quotidiano manuscript and appendix. Copy of Ayer MS #1486 with Additions and Appendix. Materials also include early manuscript drafts, related correspondence, translations, articles, research notes and School of American Research Annual Reports.

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Correspondence, Typescripts and Research Files 1953-1996

Scope and Content

Correspondence and Sahagun research materials.

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Correspondence and Research Files 1969-1994

Scope and Content

Typescripts of Psalmodia Christiana Y Sermona in Nahuatl and English. Correspondence includes letters from Charles E. Dibble. Research files on Sahagun, Codex Florentine and Psalmodia.

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Slides, Negatives and Film circa 1960s

Scope and Content

One box of negatives and film related to Mexico and Sahagun. One slide case labeled "Mexican Codices. Sahagun, Spain."

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Morheme Map, Dictionary and Photostats undated

Scope and Content

Molina - Campbell Morpheme Map and Nahuatl - English - Spanish Dictionary. Three folders of map photostats.

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Maps undated

Scope and Content

A map of ancient Mexico City, a map of Sahagun village, Spain and a color photograph of Aztec Lily (Sprekelia formosissima).

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Materials from Anderson's library concerning pre-conquest Mexican history.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Materials from Anderson's library concerning Aztec history.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Materials from Anderson's library concerning the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Materials from Anderson's library by Fray Bernardino de Sahagun.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Codices from Anderson's library.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Dictionaries, grammar and vocabulary books from Anderson's library.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Dictionaries from Anderson's library.

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Monographs

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Manuscript and historical document bibliographies from Anderson's library.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Manuscript and historical document bibliographies, facsimiles of historical documents and materials concerning paleography from Anderson's library.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Materials from Anderson's library concerning Nahuatl philosophy, religion, politics and culture.

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Monographs

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Materials from Anderson's library concerning theater and literature.

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Monographs

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Materials from Anderson's library concerning spirituality, religion and medicine.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Materials from Anderson's library concerning art and architecture.

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Monographs

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Materials from Anderson's library concerning literature, music and textiles.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Materials from Anderson's library concerning Mexican anthropology and archaeology.

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Monographs

Scope and Contents

Materials from Anderson's library concerning subjects such as Darwinism in Mexico, the history of the School of American Research, colonial mining communities and Guadalajara.

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Serials 1963-1995

Scope and Contents

Estudios De Cultura Nahuatl: Indices Y Autores v. 1-10 (1974). Estudios De Cultura Nahuatl v. 4-14 (1963-1980), v. 16-23 (1983-1993), v. 25 (1995).

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Serials 1946-1986

Scope and Content

Proceedings (Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies) v. 12 (1985-1986). Revista de Indias v. 24: no. 95-96 (1964). Revista Espanola de Antropologia Americana v. 4 (1969). Revista Geografica Espanola no. 20 (1947). Revista Interamericana de Bibliografia v. 5: no. 3 (1955). Revista Mexicana de Estudios Antropologicos v. 15-20 (1958-1966). Tlalocan v. 2: no. 2-3 (1946-1947), v. 3: no. 1 (1949), v. 8-9 (1980-1982).

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Serials 1938-1986

Scope and Content

Abside: Revista de cultura Mexicana v. 2: no. 3 (1938), v. 4: no. 3, 5 (1940), v. 9: no. 1-4 (1945). Actas del XLI Congreso Internacional de Americanistas v. 1-3 (1975-1976). Actas y Memorias XXXVI Congreso Internacional de Americanistas v. 1-4 (1966). AAR Studies in Religion no. 3 (1972). Antropologia e historia v. 19: no. 1 (1967). Anthropos v. 68: no. 1-2 (1973). Anthropological papers (University of Utah) no. 1-8 (1950). Archivos Leoneses v. 7: no. 14 (1953), v. 9: no. 17 (1955). Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia v. 3 (1947-1948). Archivos Nahuas v. 1 (1954). Cahiers du Monde Hispanique et Luso-Breslien v. 31 (1978). Current Anthropology v. 11: no. 3 (1970). Emerita v. 34: no. 2 (1966). Historicas no. 19 (1986). Language (Linguistic Society of America) v. 30: no. 1, pt. 2 (1954). Journal de la Societe des Americanistes v. 41: no. 2 (1952).