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Finding aid to the Rodolfo R. Schuller and Popol Vuh Papers
MS.792
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Title: Rodolfo R. Schuller and Popol Vuh papers,
Identifier/Call Number: MS.792
Contributing Institution:
Autry National Center, Braun Research Library
Language of Material:
English
Container: MS.792
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear feet
1 folder
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1931-1932
Date (inclusive): 1931-1932, 1947
Abstract: Ruldolf Schuller (1873-1932) was an Austrian linguist and philologist whose primary concentration was on Indian languages
of Central and South America, and who was working on a translation of the Popol Vuh, the creation story from the Quiché (K'iche')
Maya nation of Guatemala. Schuller corresponded heavily with Ruth Gaines (1877-1952), a writer and librarian at the Huntington
Free Library in Bronx, New York to assist in working on a translation of the Popol Vuh. This collection consists of one folder
of correspondence, notes, and a manuscript in English and Spanish. Correspondents include Ruth Gaines, Rudolf Schuller, F.
W. Hodge, Oliver La Farge, and Wanda La Farge. Correspondence from 1932 regards the death of Schuller and the custodianship
of his papers.
creator:
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952
creator:
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956
creator:
La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963
creator:
Schuller, Rodolfo R., 1873-1932
creator:
Schuller, Rudolf Riemel, 1873-1932
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Rodolfo R. Schuller and Popol Vuh Papers, 1931-1948, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.792.
Donation from Ruth Gaines, 1947 July 31.
Ruldolf Schuller (1873-1932) was an Austrian linguist and philologist whose primary concentration was on Indian languages
of Central and South America. Schuller studied Indian tribes in Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, and Peru during the early 1910s and
1920s. In 1924, Schuller served on the faculty of the National University in Mexico City, then moved to New Orleans. Schuller
was working on a translation of the creation story of the Quiché (K'iche') Maya nation of Guatemala, the Popol Vuh, when he
died in Colombia in 1932.
Schuller corresponded heavily with Ruth Gaines (1877-1952), a writer and librarian at the Huntington Free Library in Bronx,
New York. Schuller enlisted Gaines for assistance in working on the Popol Vuh. Gaines also corresponded with Oliver La Farge,
Oliver’s wife Wanda La Farge, and Frederick W. Hodge of the Southwest Museum regarding Schuller’s personal effects and manuscripts
after he passed away.
This collection consists of one folder of correspondence, notes, and a manuscript in English and Spanish. Correspondents include
Ruth Gaines, Rudolf Schuller, F. W. Hodge, Oliver La Farge, and Wanda La Farge. Correspondence from 1932 regards the death
of Schuller and the custodianship of his papers.
Initial processing by Braun Library Staff. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Project Archivist, 2012 September
4, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Rodolfo R. Schuller papers, 1492-1915, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., MSS39131. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009150
Rodolfo R. Schuller papers, #9172. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. (this appears
to be the collection whose contents are listed in our file)
Rodolfo R. Schuller papers, circa 1912-1935, New York State Library, Albany, New York.
Oliver La Farge Collection, 1886-1966, University of Texas at Austin, TXRC00-A0.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Anthropology
Archaeology
Correspondence
Indians of Central America -- Guatemala
Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Religion
Manuscripts
Mayan languages -- Writing
Popol vuh
Quiché Indians -- Religion