Finding aid to the Bernard Nietschmann papers BANC MSS 2010/185
Marjorie Bryer
The Bancroft Library
2019
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Bernard Nietschmann papers
Creator:
Nietschmann, Bernard
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2010/185
Physical Description:
30 Linear Feet
(19 cartons, 2 boxes, 1 volume, 21 oversize folders, and 1 roll)
Date (inclusive): 1956-2001
Abstract: The Bernard Nietschmann papers document his professional career as a cultural geographer, scholar, teacher, and activist.
The bulk of the collection concerns his work with the Miskito Indians and other indigenous peoples in Central America and
worldwide. The collection includes correspondence; writings; research data, field notes, and subject files; materials related
to the Maya Mapping Project and Maya Atlas; research proposals and professional projects; teaching materials; administrative
files; personalia and biographical material; drawings, maps, and posters; and audiovisual materials.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English, Spanish, and Miskito.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Conditions Governing Access
Cartons 1-19, boxes 1-2, oversize folders 1-21, and roll 1 are open for research. Volume 1 includes restricted information
and is
closed to researchers until 2057.
Accruals
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Bernard Nietschmann papers were given to The Bancroft Library in 2010 by Brian Weiss, Executor of the Estate of Angelina
Nietschmann.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternative forms of this collection.
Biographical Information
Cultural geographer Bernard Q. Nietschmann (1941-2000) was a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of
California, Berkeley from 1977 until 2000. He was known for his field work with the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua, and his
role advising them during their negotiations for self-determination with the Sandinista government. Nietschmann also established
the Maya Mapping Project, using cultural geography to help the Maya in southern Belize produce an atlas that documented their
homeland and promoted their rights to land. He published extensive studies on sea turtles in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the
Torres Strait, documented dangerous beaches and advocated for the safety of divers, and was a spokesperson for the Fourth
World Movement.
Nietschmann was born in Peoria, Illinois. He attended UCLA, where he received a BA in geography in 1965. He received his MA
and Ph.D. in Geography at University of Wisconsin (1968 and 1970), and taught at the University of Michigan before coming
to Berkeley in 1977. Nietschmann won teaching awards at both schools. He was a member of the National Geographic Society's
Committee for Research and Exploration, a founding member of the board of directors of the Center for World Indigenous Studies,
and a Pew Foundation Fellow in conservation and environment. Nietschmann died in Berkeley after a long battle with esophageal
cancer.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bernard Nietschmann papers, BANC MSS 2010/185, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Marjorie Bryer in 2020.
Related Collections
Photographs from the Bernard Nietschmann papers [graphic] (BANC PIC 2011.015)
Related Collections
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz papers (BANC MSS 2004/222 z)
Scope and Content of Collection
The Bernard Nietschmann papers document his professional career as a cultural geographer, scholar, teacher, and activist.
The bulk of the collection concerns his work with the Miskito Indians and other indigenous peoples in Central America and
worldwide. The collection is divided into 10 series: Correspondence; Writings; Research Data, Field Notebooks, and Subject
Files; Maya Mapping Project; Research Proposals and Professional Projects; Course Materials; University of California, Berkeley
Administrative Materials; Personalia and Biographical Material; Drawings, Maps, and Posters; and Audiovisual Materials.
Separated Materials
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Digital materials transferred to the Digital Collections Unit of The Bancroft Library.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nietschmann, Bernard -- Archives.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Georgraphy.
Maya Mapping Project.
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.
Maya atlas.
Miskito Indians -- Government relations.
Miskito Indians -- Wars.
Indians of Central America -- Nicaragua -- Government relations.
Indians of Central America -- Wars -- Nicaragua.
Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure.
Sea turtles -- Central America.
Sea turtles -- Caribbean Sea.
Marine animals -- Torres Strait.
Cultural geography.
Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990.
Series 1.
Correspondence
1965-2001
Physical Description: Cartons 1-2
Scope and Content Note
Incoming and outgoing, primarily professional but there is some personal and family correspondence. Please note that other
series also contain correspondence.
Carton 1, Folder 1
"A," includes MISURASATA (Miskitu, Sumo, Rama, Sandinista All Together) Correspondence
1983-1998
Carton 1, Folder 2
Bataillon, Gilles
1983-1985
Carton 1, Folder 6
Brannstrom, Christian
1991
Carton 1, Folder 7
British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) – Turtle Exploitation
1973
Carton 1, Folder 8
Burma Correspondence
1985
Carton 1, Folder 9
Buvollen, Hans Peter, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1986
Carton 1, Folder 10
"B," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1983-1997
Carton 1, Folder 11-13
Caribbean Conservation Corporation/Charles Luthin/Jaime Incer/Berkeley Mapping, includes materials re: the Miskito Coast Protected
Area and Commission (MCPA)
1991-1995
Carton 1, Folder 14-15
Carr, Archie/Caribbean Conservation Corp., and Archie Carr III, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1978-1985
Carton 1, Folder 16
Casper, Phil, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1981-1984
Carton 1, Folder 17
Center for World Indigenous Studies, includes Notes
1985
Carton 1, Folder 19
"C," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1982-1999
Carton 1, Folder 20
Davis, Shelton/Anthropology Research Center (ARC), includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1982-1985
Carton 1, Folder 22
Deschênes, Sylvie M. et al, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1986, 1995
Carton 1, Folder 24-29
Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne
circa 1981-1987
Carton 1, Folder 30
"D-E," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1975-2000
Carton 1, Folder 31-33
Familia Pont/Grithel Pont du Fox/José (Angelina Nietschmann’s Sister and Nephew)
1999-2000
Carton 1, Folder 34-35
Family (Parents, Son, Aunt)
circa 1985-1998
Carton 1, Folder 36
Florida, University of
1974-1975
Carton 1, Folder 37
"F," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1984-1997
Carton 1, Folder 38
Gabriel, Bruno/Bruno Gabriel Peralta
circa 1983-1984
Carton 1, Folder 39
Gates, Charles/Industrias Cayo Miskito (ICM) Project
1997
Carton 1, Folder 40
Griggs, Rich
circa 1991-1993
Carton 1, Folder 42
Gupta, Kusal, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
circa 1984-1987
Carton 1, Folder 43
"G," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
circa 1984-1999
Carton 1, Folder 44-45
Haglund, Frithiof, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1984-1986
Carton 1, Folder 46
Haupert, A. Peter, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1981-1985
Carton 1, Folder 47
Houwald, Dr. Götz Frhr. v., includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1984-1988
Carton 1, Folder 48
Hyndman, David
circa 1986
Carton 1, Folder 49
"H," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1979-1993
Carton 1, Folder 50-53
Incer, Jaime/MIKUPIA/IRENA, Caribbean Conservation Corp., and Nicaraguan Lobster Connection, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
circa 1973-1994
Carton 1, Folder 54-57
Indian Law Resource Center/Steven Tullberg/Armstrong Wiggins, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1983-1999
Carton 1, Folder 58
"I-J," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1975-1998
Carton 1, Folder 59
Knight, Blandino
1984-1985
Carton 1, Folder 60
Knight, Flannery/Letters from Tasbepauni, Nicaragua
1971
Carton 2, Folder 1-2
Letters from Nicaragua
1969-1976
Carton 2, Folder 4-5
Loveland, Franklin O., includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1970-1984
Carton 2, Folder 6
"K-L," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1984-1999
Carton 2, Folder 7
Marine Turtle Specialist Group
1998
Carton 2, Folder 8
Marketing Information
1972
Carton 2, Folder 9
[Maybury Is] Correspondence and Clippings
1976
Carton 2, Folder 10
McColm, Bruce, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1982-1983, undated
Carton 2, Folder 11
Michigan, University of/Australian National University
1973-1977
Carton 2, Folder 12
Mirante, Edith/Project MAJE
1986-1993
Carton 2, Folder 13
MISURASATA/Refugee Program Letters
1983-1984
Carton 2, Folder 14
"M," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1983-1993
Carton 2, Folder 16-20
National Geographic/National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration, includes Photography and Geography Seminar,
Miskito Coast
1972-1999
Carton 2, Folder 21
Nicaragua, Republic of
1992-1998
Carton 2, Folder 22
Nicaraguan Coast People’s Resistance (NICOPER), includes Correspondence from Fran and Modesto Watson
1984-1986
Carton 2, Folder 23
Nietschmann, Angelina
1997-1998, undated
Carton 2, Folder 24
Pickering, Anne
1992-1993
Carton 2, Folder 25-26
Publications, Correspondence with, and Requests for/Receipt of
circa 1975-1992
Carton 2, Folder 27
"N, O, P," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1982-1992
Carton 2, Folder 28
Queensland, University of, includes David Hyndman
circa 1977-1980
Carton 2, Folder 29
Rama Cay Letters
circa 1969-1971
Carton 2, Folder 32
Richardson, Reverend Donald, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1985-1986
Carton 2, Folder 33
Rivera, Brooklyn, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1982-1983
Carton 2, Folder 34
Ryan, Joe/National Lawyers’ Guild/CONAS
1984
Carton 2, Folder 35-37
Ryser, Rudy, Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)
1984-2001
Carton 2, Folder 38
"R," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1984-1991
Carton 2, Folder 39
Sandoval, Judith Hancock
1976-1993
Carton 2, Folder 40
Simmons, Terry, includes Bibliographies and References
circa 1981
Carton 2, Folder 41
Sorsby, William S., includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1985
Carton 2, Folder 42
Spanish Letters (Foreign Area Fellowship Program)
1968-1972
Carton 2, Folder 43-44
"S," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1982-2001
Carton 2, Folder 45
"T," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1979-1996
Carton 2, Folder 46
University of California Press
1989-1992
Carton 2, Folder 47
University of Wisconsin Press
1970-1971
Carton 2, Folder 48
Washburn, Wilcomb E./Smithsonian, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1984-1992
Carton 2, Folder 49-50
Watson, Modesto and Fran, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
1984-1999
Carton 2, Folder 51
"U, V, W," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
circa 1983-1999
Carton 2, Folder 52
"X, Y, Z," includes MISURASATA Correspondence
circa 1983-1999
Carton 2, Folder 53
Unidentified, includes MISURASATA Correspondence
circa 1971-1997, undated
Carton 2, Folder 54-55
Correspondence, includes San Miguel Project
1965-1967
Carton 2, Folder 56
Correspondence, includes Banco de America Book
1972-1979, undated
Series 2.
Writings
1964-1999, undated
Physical Description: Cartons 3-6, Carton 7, folders 1-47; Box 2, folder 1
Scope and Content Note
This series contains book projects; student papers and materials related to Nietschmann's MA thesis; academic and popular
articles; book chapters and book reviews; conference papers, lectures, and talks; notes; and reprints. Includes writings about
the Miskito Indians, Sandinistas, and Nicaragua. There is some publishing-related correspondence and there may be some overlap
with lecture notes he prepared for classes.
Carton 3, Folder 1-3
Between Land and Water: The Subsistence Ecology of the Miskito Indians, Eastern Nicaragua, includes Abstract, Dissertation,
Book Reviews
1970-1974
Carton 3, Folder 4-28
Caribbean Edge: The Coming of Modern Times to Isolated People and Wildlife
1968-1982
Scope and Content Note
Includes chapter drafts, correspondence, rewrites, permissions, contracts and other materials from publishers, catalog copy,
typescript and edited typescript, materials related to Caribeean Review, notes, and an outline. Some folders refer to the
"Miskito Book" others include materials related to Time of the Turtle and Beyond Land and Water. Photographs related to this
project can be found in Photographs from the Bernard Nietschmann papers (BANC PIC 2011.015).
Carton 3, Folder 29
Letters – Manuscripts Rejected, including Caribbean Edge
circa 1969-1977
Carton 3, Folder 30
Book Reviews, including Caribbean Edge
1978-1982
Carton 3, Folder 31-37
Chapters, Data, and Notes from "Miskito Book" or Dissertation
undated
Carton 3, Folder 38-42
A Fourth World Revolution: With Yapti Tasba Guerrillas Fighting the Sandinista Occupation – Typescript
1993
Scope and Content Note
Alternate title is Fourth World Revolution: A Berkeley Professor with Yapti Tasba Guerrillas Fighting the Sandinista State.
Photographs were related to this project can be found in Photographs from the Bernard Nietschmann papers (BANC PIC 2011.015).
Carton 4, Folder 1-12
A Fourth World Revolution – Typescript, Original Figures, and Photocopies of Photographs
circa 1993-1994
Carton 4, Folder 13
[A Fourth World Revolution]
1990-1997
Scope and Content Note
Alternative title is A Fourth World of 5000 Nations. Includes materials re: projects Nietschmann consulted on, such as the
Belize Southern Highway Project; a preliminary draft of an autonomy statute; and forest management and ownership by indigenous
peoples in Latin America.
Carton 4, Folder 14-22
Nietschmann's Student Papers
1964-1966
Carton 4, Folder 23-24
Pulque and Maguey in Central Mexico
January 1966
Carton 4, Folder 25-35
Materials Related to Nietschmann's Master's Thesis
1966-1979
Scope and Content Note
Includes questionnaires and field outlines;, seminar problems and a research proposal; his M.A. Thesis, Cultural History of
the Haciendas of the Llanos de Apan, Mexico; a notebook re: the Hacienda Film; notes; and a conference paper, The Hacienda
and Agrarian Reform in Llanos de Apan, Mexico.
Carton 4, Folder 36
Hunting and Fishing Focus among the Miskito Indians, Eastern Nicaragua, includes Outline
1969-1972
Carton 4, Folder 37
The Distribution of Miskito, Sumu, and Rama Indians. Eastern Nicaragua, includes Correspondence, Notes
1969-1970
Scope and Content Note
Photographs from this paper can be found in Photographs from the Bernard Nietschmann papers (BANC PIC 2011.015).
Carton 4, Folder 38-39
Reprints, includes Correspondence
1969-1999
Carton 5, Folder 1-3
Conference Papers and Article on Subsistence
1970-1971
Carton 5, Folder 4-5
Change and Continuity: the Rama Indians of Eastern Nicaragua, Terra Ameriga
1970-1972
Carton 5, Folder 6
Research Problems
circa 1970
Carton 5, Folder 7
Destruccion de la Fauna, La Prensa – Mss
1971
Carton 5, Folder 8-15
Hawksbill, includes Research Proposals (National Geographic Society and Foreign Area Fellowships Program) and Papers (in Spanish
and English)
1971-1979, undated
Carton 5, Folder 16
The Study of Indigenous Food Producing Systems, Revista Geografica
1971-1972
Carton 5, Folder 17
Reprints on Miskito Indians
1971-1995
Carton 5, Folder 18-22
Articles on and Research Proposals about Sea Turtles, including When the Turtle Collapses, The World Ends
1971-1975
Carton 5, Folder 23
Humid Tropics – Shifting Cultivation, Capacity, Change, Flexibility
circa 1974
Carton 5, Folder 24-26
Reviews by Nietschmann, with Correspondence, includes Harris' Beyond the Bizarre
1974-1979
Carton 5, Folder 27-30
Natural History Magazine – Articles, Correspondence, and Requests for Photographs
1974-1997
Carton 5, Folder 31-37
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Conference Papers
1974-1993
box 2, Folder 1
From Turtle Hunting to Ranching and the California Connection…AAG Paper
1975
Carton 5, Folder 38
Of Turtles, Arribadas, and People
1975
Carton 5, Folder 39
Protecting Endangered and Depleted Fauna in Nicaragua
1975
Carton 5, Folder 40
Who Will Kill the Last Turtle – Collected Papers
1975
Carton 5, Folder 41-42
Memories of Turtle Reef, Correspondence and Permissions
1975-1976
Carton 5, Folder 43
Exploitation and Ecology of Sea Turtles and Dugongs, Torres Strait
1976
Carton 5, Folder 44
Outlines for Talks
1976, undated
Carton 5, Folder 45
The Bambi Factor
circa 1977
Carton 5, Folder 46
Conference of Latin American Geographers (CLAG)
1978
Carton 5, Folder 47
W.W. Norton Contract – for College Textbook, Human Environments and Cultural Systems
1978
Carton 5, Folder 48
Of Turtles and Men – Changing Ecological Relationship
circa 1978
Carton 5, Folder 49-50
Economic and Ecological Change in an Amerindian Society/Far Western Caribbean – Geographical Review
1978-1979
Carton 5, Folder 51
Protein Session – Americanists Congress
1978-1979
Carton 5, Folder 52
A Place for Hunting, with Judith Nietschmann
1978-1980
Carton 5, Folder 53
Far Caribbean – Geographic Review/AAG
1979
Carton 5, Folder 54
Nicaragua – Encyclopedia Britannica Article
1979
Carton 5, Folder 55-56
The Cultural Context of Sea Turtle Subsistence Hunting in the Caribbean…, World Conference on Sea Turtle Conservation, Washington,
D.C.
1979-1980
Carton 6, Folder 1
International Geographical Conference (IGU), Tokyo
1979-1980
Carton 6, Folder 2
The Limits to Protein – Vancouver Protein Paper
1979-1980
Carton 6, Folder 3
Beyond Subsistence – Stanford Talk/The Cultural Context of Hunting
circa 1980
Carton 6, Folder 4
Changing and Persistent Social and Ecological Relationships in the Torres Strait, Royal Society
1980
Carton 6, Folder 5
Indigenous Island peoples, Living Resources and Protected Areas
1982
Carton 6, Folder 6-83
Miskito Indian/Sandinista/Nicaragua Writings
1983-1987, undated
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Many of Nietschmann's writings also cover these topics, but he specifically grouped these files together. They include correspondence,
editorials, letters to Brooklyn Rivera, letters to the editor, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, policy reviews, publications,
radio interviews, seminars and talks, and testimony before the Organization of American States (OAS). Subjects include Indian
autonomy, self-determination, resistance, rights, and revolution in Nicaragua, as well as negotiations with the Sandinista
government. There is also a typescript of Indian Rights in Nicragua (July 1985). Publications Nietschmann wrote for are academic
and popular and include Co-Evolution Quarterly and the New York Times.
Carton 6, Folder 84
Military and Political Struggle for Indigenous Cultural and Territorial Autonomy, American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS), New York
1983-1984
Carton 6, Folder 85
Biosphere Reserves and Traditional Societies
circa 1984
Carton 6, Folder 86
Speaking Engagements/Requests to Publish
1984-1985, undated
Carton 6, Folder 87
Indonesia, Bangladesh: Disguised Invasion of Indigenous Nations
1985
Carton 6, Folder 88
The Geography of Indigenous Conflict, University of California, Berkeley
August 1986
Carton 6, Folder 89
Third-Side Geopolitics
1986
Carton 6, Folder 90
A Treaty for Genocide against West Papaua – Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) Occasional paper
1986
Carton 6, Folder 91
Cultural Survival Quarterly Articles
1986-1987
Carton 6, Folder 92
The Re-Hispanicization of California Conference
February 1987
Carton 6, Folder 93
Supporting Third-Side Indigenous Nations
1989
Carton 7, Folder 1-2
Coasts Chapter – Living on Earth/Living on Coasts
1987-1988
Carton 7, Folder 3
Ashes and Mud Warfare
circa 1989
Carton 7, Folder 4
States and Nations: The Roots of Conflict [Book Project?]
circa 1989
Carton 7, Folder 5
Bruno Gabriel: A Miskito Nationalist and Revolutionary
1990
Carton 7, Folder 6
La Guerra y la Seguridad Ambiental en la Region Fronteriza del Rio San Juan
1990
Carton 7, Folder 7
Research and Writing
1991
Carton 7, Folder 8
Environmental Conflicts and Indigenous Nations in Central America
1991
Carton 7, Folder 9
Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas…IV World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas
circa 1991
Carton 7, Folder 10-11
Nietschmann Interview – Audubon – The World According to Nietschmann
1992
Carton 7, Folder 12
Columbus – San Mateo
October 1992
Carton 7, Folder 13-14
Geographical Security and the Co-Existence of Biological and Cultural Diversity/Interdependence of Biological and Cultural
Diversity
1992
Carton 7, Folder 15
Red Gold Full Fathom – Conservation vs the Lobster Connection/Divers' Safety Workshop – Caribbean Conservation Corp.
1992
Carton 7, Folder 16
University of Hawaii
1992
Carton 7, Folder 17
World Wildlife Fund for Nature – Switzerland
1992
Carton 7, Folder 18
World Uranium Hearing
1992
Carton 7, Folder 19
University of Wisconsin
1992
Carton 7, Folder 20
IUCN, Caracas [International Union for Conservation of Nature?]
1992
Carton 7, Folder 21
Democracy Seminar, Costa Rica
1993
Carton 7, Folder 22-23
Conservation, Self-Determination and the Miskito Coast Protected Area, Nicaragua – the New Resource War, includes Spanish
Translation
1994-1995
Carton 7, Folder 24
The Earth’s Coastal Domain…/National Geographic Society (NGS) Initiative
1994-1996
Carton 7, Folder 25
Himalayan Research Bulletin – Tribute to Barry Bishop
1994-1995
Carton 7, Folder 26
Protecting Coral Reefs on the Moskito Coast of the Caribbean/Sea People of the Moskito Coast
May 1995
Carton 7, Folder 27
Paseo Pantera: The Natural and Cultural History of the Central American Landbridge – Review of Book by Coates
1995
Carton 7, Folder 28-29
Beaches of Costa Rica/Central America’s Dangerous Beaches/Endangered Coral Reef Divers
1995-1997
Carton 7, Folder 30
Chapter 7 – Protecting Indigenous Coral Reefs… in Conservation through Cultural Survival
1996-1997
Carton 7, Folder 31
A Berkeley Professor’s Guide to Extreme Study and Test Techniques…
1996
Carton 7, Folder 32-33
Manatees in the Tortuguero Coastal Waterways, Costa Rica/Community Conservation of Manatees in Tortuguero Costa Rica – Drafts
1996-1997
Carton 7, Folder 34-38
Dangerous Beaches/America’s Deadliest Beach, includes Ocean Beach
1996-1998
Carton 7, Folder 39-41
Costa Rica Articles, including Charting Costa Rica’s Beaches, Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), UC Berkeley/Expedition
Briefing – Costa Rica River Wildlife (EarthWatch Inst.)
1999, undated
Carton 7, Folder 42
The Bedrock and Shifting Sands of the New Europe
undated
Carton 7, Folder 43
Familiar Places – Notes
undated
Carton 7, Folder 44
It’s Turtles All the Way Down
undated
Carton 7, Folder 45
Oceans and Ocean People (Working Title) – Prentice-Hall Book
undated
Carton 7, Folder 46
Resource Seasonality and Scheduling in Subsistence
undated
Carton 7, Folder 47
Writings on Coral Reefs
undated
Series 3.
Research Data, Field Notebooks, and Subject Files
1964-1999
Physical Description: Carton 7, folders 48-60; Cartons 8-10; Carton 11, folders 1-33; Carton 18, folders 37-43; Box 2, folder 2-7; Volume 1
Scope and Contents
Please note that there is overlap between these three categories. Subject files contain research related to Nietschmann's
work with the Miskito Indians.
Carton 7, Folder 48
Climate
1966-1970, undated
Carton 7, Folder 49
Weekly Game Animal Check Lists
1968-1975
box 2, Folder 2-3
Weekly Game Animal Check Lists
1968-1975
Carton 7, Folder 50-51
Population Data, including SNEM (Servicio Nacional de Erradicación de la Malaria)
1968-1969, undated
Carton 7, Folder 52
Maps – Miskito Coast, Nicaragua – with Notes and Correspondence
1968-1969, undated
Carton 7, Folder 53
Distance Traveled Charts
1969, undated
Carton 7, Folder 54
Diet Studies: Tasabapauni, Dry and Wet Seasons
1969
Carton 7, Folder 55
Agricultural System of Tasba, Conklin Outline
1969
Carton 7, Folder 56
Data on Animals
January-June 1970
Carton 7, Folder 57
Pearl Lagoon/Oysters, Shrimp, Fish, Hunting
circa 1970
Carton 7, Folder 58
HB – Hawskbill
circa 1972-1980
Carton 7, Folder 59
Trobriand Cricket (Film) – Notes
circa 1977
Carton 7, Folder 60
Canoe Research
1992, undated
box 2, Folder 4
Squier’s 19th Century Trip
undated
Carton 8, Folder 1-32
Field Notebooks
1966-1987
Scope and Content Note
In addition to field notebooks, includes yearbooks/datebooks, loose notes, census data, and interviews. Subjects include Costa
Rica; Los Angeles; Tasbapauni, Nicaragua; Honduras; Mexico; Peru; Central America; Miskito Indians; Miskito Indians and peace
in Central America; and Miskito Indian telephone notes.
Carton 9, Folder 1-26
Field Notebooks
1983-1993
Scope and Content Note
Subjects include Moskito Indian telephone notes; appointment calendars; Bogota – MISURASATA-FSLN Peace Treaty Meetings; Miskito
Indians/Nicaragua; Costa Rica and its manatees; Honduras; photo notes; Bluefields, Nicaragua; and St. Lucia. Nietschmann had
a series of 65 numbered field notebooks dating from 1991. This carton contains #1-16. Subjects (taken from his labels) include
the Miskito Coast Protected Area (MCPA); National Geographic Society; the IUCN Parks Conference in Caracas; Diver Training
and Safety Workshops; Berkeley; MIKUPA-ETP Meeting; Antigua; Dominica; St. Lucia; American Association of Geographers; APCM-ETP;
PEW and FLAXSO meetings; conferences; and MIKUPIA Assembly.
Carton 10, Folder 1-12
Field Notebooks, #17-65
1993-1999
Scope and Content Note
Subjects (taken from Nietschmann's labels) include Japan ICR; Miskito Cays Trip; CRE Meetings; MGA; PC; Talks; San José (Costa
Rica); Biodiversity Ethics; BF; Manuel Antonio; RAS Mapping Seminar; Belize; Woods Hole; Tortuguero; DC; Alaska; Costa Rica’s
Manatees; Puerto Cabezas; Jamaica; Catalina; California Beach Trips; Environmental Consequences of War; Earth Watch;, and
the MATTAPONI Project.
Carton 10, Folder 13-14
Miscellaneous Notes, including Chapter 16 (Epilogue), Bogota II, Neerito, and Video/Film, COTERC Preserve, Bibliographic Record,
and Notes on Books by Others
undated
Carton 18, Folder 37-43
Bibliographic Records, Notes on Books by Others, Subject Cards (all on Index Cards)
undated
Subject Files
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of subject file and primary source material, including correspondence, with and about cultural groups, organizations,
and people. Primarily but not exclusively about the Miskito Indians and their peace negotiations with the Sandinistas.
Carton 10, Folder 15
ARDE (Alianza Revolucionaria Democrática/Democratic Revolutionary Alliance – Nicaragua)
1983-1984
Carton 10, Folder 17
Beach Safety/Planet Quepos/Dangerous Beaches
1996-1998
Carton 10, Folder 18-19
Bogota: MISURASATA-FSLN Peace Treaty Negotiations
December 1984-March 1985
box 2, Folder 5
Cayman Turtle Farm, Ltd. vs. Cecil D. Andrus, et al. vs. Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., et al.
1979
Carton 10, Folder 20
Creole – Southern Indigenous Creole Community
1983
Carton 10, Folder 21
Cruz meeting with Brooklyn [Rivera] in Costa Rica
1987
Carton 10, Folder 23
Endangered Forests and Animals
1976-1986
Carton 10, Folder 24
The Environment and Subsistence Practices in Central America
1973-1976
Carton 10, Folder 25
FDN (Fuerza Democratica Nicaragüense)
1983
box 2, Folder 6
FSLN-Indian Conflicts/the Indian Revolution in Nicaragua – Notes, Memos, Maps
mid-1980s
Carton 10, Folder 26
Fuller, R. Buckminster
1967-1975
Carton 10, Folder 29
Guns – El Salvador/Nicaragua Defense Fund
circa 1986
Carton 10, Folder 31
Indian Research – Belize
1992
Carton 10, Folder 32
Indian-Sandinista Conflicts – Map, Chronology, Proposals for Peace and Autonomy
1987-1990
Carton 10, Folder 33
Indians, U.S., including Shoshone
1987-1990
Carton 10, Folder 34-35
Institute for the Study of Genocide/Richard Korn
1971-1984
Carton 11, Folder 1
Mexico City: MISURASATA-FSLN Peace Treaty Negotiations
April 1985
Carton 11, Folder 3-4
Miskito Indians – CIA Ver Ver
circa 1986-1987
Carton 11, Folder 5-6
MISURA (Miskitos, Sumos, Ramas)
1982-1984
Carton 11, Folder 7-14
MISURASATA (Miskitu, Sumo, Rama, Sandinista All Together) – Documentos
circa 1981-1986
Carton 11, Folder 15-16
MISURASATA-PIRI Talks, Mexico City
April 1985
Carton 11, Folder 17
MISURASATA-SANDINISTA Peace Negotiations
1984-1985
Carton 11, Folder 19
Natural Disasters – Newspaper Clippings from Weiss and J. Incer
1971-1975
Carton 11, Folder 20
Negotiations with the Sandinistas
circa 1981-1984
box 2, Folder 7
Nicaragua – Data, includes Bluefields, Climate, General, Medical Clinics, and Newspaper Clippings
1969
Carton 11, Folder 21
Nicaragua, including Miskito Map, Land, Ephemera
undated
Carton 11, Folder 22-23
O.N.E. (Organizacion de Nicaraguenses en el Exilio/Organization of Nicaraguan in Exile)/Immigration
1987
Carton 11, Folder 25-26
Proposal of MISURASATA for a Treaty of Peace/Proposal for a Treaty of Peace between the Republic of Nicaragua and the Indian
Nations of Yapti Tasba
April 1988, undated
Carton 11, Folder 27
Queen of la Mosquitía
1982
Carton 11, Folder 30
Slides – 32 Numbered – Before and After 1979
undated
volume 1, Folder 1-4
Field Notebook with Medical Records (Nicaragua) and Immigration and Political Asylum Cases
circa 1964-1987
Restrictions on Access
Volume 1 contains restricted personal information and is closed to researchers until 2057.
Carton 11, Folder 34-48, Carton 12, Folder 1-44, Carton 13, Folder 1-5, box 2, Folder 8-9, oversize_folder 21A
Series 4.
Maya Mapping Project
1994-1998
Physical Description: Carton 11, folders 34-48; Carton 12; Carton 13, folders 1-5; Box 2, folders 8-9; Oversize folder 21A
Arrangement
Original order was maintained.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of materials related to the Maya Mapping Project. The project, which was established in the 1990s, involved Indians
from Southern Belize in the production of a Maya Atlas to document their homeland, demand recognition, and work toward legalizing
their rights to the land. "Maya Atlas: The Struggle to Preserve Maya Land in Southern Belize" was published in 1997.
Files in Carton 11 are labeled maps (and drafts), art, layouts and specifications, indexes, data and graphs, faxes, logging
concessions/Toledo District, village information, production lists, and color illustrations.
Files in Carton 12 are labeled maps/color illustrations; map edits in Belize; outside problems; layouts; map catalogs; info
re: Mayan cartographers coming to Berkeley; family information/file documentation; materials re: the Belize Southern Highway
Rehabilitation Project; environmental reports; workshops; planning documents; communications; biotechnology maps; Maya Atlas
materials, including text, copies of edits, and memos; proposals/village groupings; production binders; geo maps; publishing
agreement; descriptions; coordinators; news; recent graph drafts; materials re: the TMCC (Toledo Maya Cultural Council), the
TAA (Toledo Acaldes Association), and the ILRC (Indian Law Resource Center); “Defending Maya Land,” by Tim Norris; faxes –
from the IRLC and others; and Maya Atlas package binders. Most photographic materials have been transferred to Photographs
from the Bernard Nietschmann papers (BANC PIC 2011.015) and the Digital Collections Unit, but there are some slides in this
carton.
Files in Carton 13 are labeled proof corrections, legal documents, TMCC news, faxes. images, to-do lists, and Maya Atlas documents.
Files in Box 2 are labeled Maya Atlas text, last edits, deadlines, and the affidavit of Richard R. Wilk.
Oversize folder 21A includes newspaper clippings from the Belize Times, page corrections, illustrations, and maps.
Series 5.
Research Proposals and Professional Projects
1967-1999
Physical Description: Carton 13, folders 6-66; Carton 14, Box 2, folder 10
Scope and Content Note
Includes grants and fellowships and work with conservation and human rights organizations. There is overlap with correspondence,
writings, and UC Berkeley Administrative materials.
Carton 13, Folder 6-8
Research Project – Foreign Area Fellowship Program (FAFP) – Ph.D., Fieldwork, Reports, Correspondence
circa 1967-1972
Carton 13, Folder 9-10
Research Proposal – Ph.D., Fulbright-Hays, National Academy of Sciences (NAS) National Research Council (NRC)
1968
Carton 13, Folder 11
Letters of Introduction
1968-1972
Carton 13, Folder 12
Supplementary Funds, University of Wisconsin
1969
Carton 13, Folder 13-14
Subsistence to Market Research Proposal – Social Science Research Council (SSRC), American Philosophical Society, University
of Michigan, Wenner-Gren Foundation
1970-1973
Carton 13, Folder 15
Potential Research Projects
1972, undated
Carton 13, Folder 16
Research Project – Ridley, University of Michigan
1972-1973
Carton 13, Folder 17-19
Teaching Grants – Use of Video/instructional Improvement, Large Group Instruction/Study of Visual Media in Cultural Geography,
University of Michigan
1972-1974
Carton 13, Folder 20
Henry Russel Lecture/Award
1973-1974
Carton 13, Folder 21-24
Guggenheim Foundation – Fellowship and Applications, Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant – Sea Territoriality
and Conflict/Wars
1975-1985
Carton 13, Folder 25-37
National Geographic Society (NGS)/National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration
1975-1999
Scope and Content Note
Files re: NGS activities include Land Use; NGS Lecture; Resource Pirates; Correspondence with Mary G. Smith; Panama-Costa
Rica; Macmap – Central America; Miskito Cays Trip; Research and Exploration – “New Alliance”; Nomination Page/Research Grant;
and Marine Biology and Marine Geography of the Miskito Coast.
Carton 13, Folder 38
Rolex Awards for Enterprise
circa 1975
Carton 13, Folder 39
National Endowment for Democracy – La Nueva Alternativa – YATIMA – Proposal
1984-1985
Carton 13, Folder 40-47
Macarthur Foundation Grant Application/Proposals
1985-1994
Scope and Content Note
Includes a proposal to exchange Nicaraguan external debt…, letters of recommendation, and promoting peace through conservation.
Carton 13, Folder 48
Proposal – State and Nation Conflicts – Institute of International Studies
April 1986
Carton 13, Folder 49
Classroom of the Future Proposal
1991-1992
Carton 13, Folder 50
Education Development Proposal
1992
Carton 13, Folder 51
Man and Biosphere Program
1992-1993
Carton 13, Folder 52-54
Pew Foundation/Pew Scholars Program in Conservation and the Environment
1992-1996
Carton 13, Folder 56
Center for Latin American Studies “Biosphere and Development” Working Group Proposal
1993
Carton 13, Folder 57-58
Committee on Research (COR), UC Berkeley – Philippines-Indonesia, Computer Proposals
1993
Carton 13, Folder 59
Future Worlds – President’s Chair
1993
Carton 13, Folder 60
Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) – Pacific Biodiversity and Environmental Security
1993
Carton 13, Folder 61
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
1993
Carton 13, Folder 62
University Research Expedition Program (UREP) – Costa Rica
1996-1997
Carton 13, Folder 63-64
Pacific Rim Research Program – Rip Tides/Safety
1996-1998
Carton 13, Folder 65
Earthwatch – Road Kill
1998-1999
Carton 13, Folder 66
Tegan Churcher, National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal
1999
box 2, Folder 10
United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, including Drafting of a Body of Principles on Indigenous Rights
1984-1985
Carton 14, Folder 1-13
Miskito Coast Protected Area (MCPA) Project
1981, 1991-1994
Scope and Content Note
Files include Decree; Notebook; Mapping Project; Proposals; Reports; Agendas; Meetings; Papers; Laws and Regulations re: “Cayos
Moskitos y Franja Costera Immediata”; Recursos Pesqueros; Situacíon Pesquera (IRENA); and IV Renunion de la Comision Nacional
Interinstitucional del Proyecto "Cayos Miskitos" – Memoria.
Carton 14, Folder 14-16
Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC)
1992-1994
Scope and Content Note
Files re: Miskito Cays/Miskito Coast Protected Area Project and Divers’ Safety, including letters and reports.
Carton 14, Folder 17-18
World Wildlife Fund Letters and Reports, includes “Miskito Kupia”
1991-1993
Carton 14, Folder 20-21
MIKUPIA (“Miskito Heart”)
1989-1991
Carton 14, Folder 22
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Survival Commission
1991
Carton 14, Folder 23
Proyecto Regiones Fronterizas: Rio San Juan
1991
Carton 14, Folder 24-25
Endangered Divers – Study and Correspondence
1991-1996
Carton 14, Folder 26
Scuba Dive Seminar – Workshop (CCC)
June 1992
Carton 14, Folder 27
Dive Safety Report
circa 1992
Carton 14, Folder 28
Management of Marine Ecosystems in the Wider Caribbean Region
1992
Carton 14, Folder 29-30
Cayos Miskitos Reserva – Plan Preliminar de Manejo
1994-1995
Carton 14, Folder 31-36
Indian Law Resource Center and Mixed Correspondence
1993-1998
Scope and Content Note
Includes materials from and about the Miskito Coast Protected Area, Cayos Miskitos Reserve, Nietschmann's projects with William
Alevizon, the Caribbean Conservation Corp., USAID, Nicaragua, and Comarca de Sandy Bay Tara.
Carton 14, Folder 37
Tortuguero Manatee Project, Costa Rica/Costa Rica Manatees (also Crocodiles), Manatee Sighting Reports, includes correspondence
from Fran and Modesto Watson
1995-1999
Carton 14, Folder 38
Water Safety, includes Lifesaving, Surf Rescue, Fisherman Diver Project
circa 1997-1998
Carton 14, Folder 39
NARC June 9 Meeting
undated
Series 6.
Course Materials
1956-1999, undated
Physical Description: Cartons 15-17; Box 2, folder 11
Scope and Content Note
Consists of teaching materials from classes at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley Includes
course readers, exams, lectures and lecture handouts, materials about films, newspaper clippings, secondary sources, and syllabi.
Folder titles were retained; and files are roughly grouped by course number. They often contained course materials from more
than one class.
Carton 15, Folder 1-42
University of Michigan
1956-1978, undated
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of University of Michigan files are from Geography 154/306/406 – Middle America. Course topics include Puerto Rico,
the Caribbean, social revolution in Guatemala, conquest and settlement, Hispanic culture, agricultural colonization in Costa
Rica, the Mexican revolution and agrarian reform, culture and people in Mexico, El Salvador, ecology of subsistence in Nicaragua,
ecological change in Panama and the tropics, Cuba before and after the revolution, and Chiquita banana and the United Fruit
Company in Honduras. Other classes/lecture topics include The Future of Human Evolution, Future Worlds, Cultural Geography,
Space Bubbles and the Time Spiral, Environmental Studies, the Last First American: Ishi, Endangered Species, and Cultural
and Ecological Systems. There are also materials related to films Nietschmann showed in his classes.
Carton 15, Folder 43-71
Geography 4, University of California, Berkeley
1974-1992, undated
Scope and Content Note
Materials related to Geography 4, Introduction to Cultural and Historical Geography. Lecture topics include the movement and
spread of people and their cultural baggage; early peoples and the development of culture; landscapes of the ancestors; money,
markets and the Miskito; nations, states, worlds; hunters and gatherers and wildlife; environmental perceptions; environment
as visible language; indigenous [resource] management; the geography of culture and enviroments; the turtle people and Sandinistas;
Western Sahara; Pacific farewell, population, migration; evolution of agricultural systems; domestication and the human habitat;
the third world; geography of colonialism and self-determination; ocean peoples/coral reefs; and WWII. There are also files
on films Nietschmann showed in classes.
Carton 16, Folder 1-18, box 2, Folder 11
Geography 4, University of California, Berkeley
1987-1992, undated
Scope and Content Note
Topics include refugees; nuclear states and the Fourth World; Israel and Palestine; peoples and nations; war and the environment;
the breakup of the Soviet Union; Nicaragua and Yapti Tasba; inventing geography, culture, and identity; WWII; how we preceive
others; cultural adaptation to high and low islands in the South Pacific; population; between land and water – the Miskito.
Carton 16, Folder 19-29
Geography 30/133, University of California, Berkeley
1982-1999
Scope and Content Note
Materials related to Geography 30 and Geography 133, the Ocean World/Ocean People and Cultures.
Carton 16, Folder 30-55
Geography 100/211, University of California, Berkeley
1972-1992, undated
Scope and Content Note
Materials related to Geography 100/211, Principles of Cultural Geography. Topics include pastoral nomads; environmental perception;
What is tradition?; modification and change in cultural and ecological systems: Eastern Nicaragua; sea life; social security;
intrusion and take over; Western Sahara; Kurdastan and the Kurds; geography of indigenous peoples; the Fourth World; state-nation
wars; land and territory; environmental knowledge of Pacific seafarers; and Amazonian cosmos.
Carton 16, Folder 56-57
Geography 133, University of California, Berkeley
1980-1993, undated
Scope and Content Note
Materials related to Geography 133, Seafaring People. Topics include peopling the Pacific; and traditional maritime knowledge.
Carton 17, Folder 1-36
Geography 133, University of California, Berkeley
1975-1999, undated
Scope and Content Note
Topics include Far Tortuga; reef management; laws of the sea; navigators of the Pacific; sea turtles; sea rights; Melanesean
Island life; tides; the ocean; marine biota/island biota and environments; birth of an island; Micronesia; maritime adaptations
in the Pacific; protecting coasts, islands, oceans; marine resources/management; corals; New Guinea; Indian Ocean; winds,
waves; tourism in and settlement of the Caribbean; waters charted and islands discovered; coral reefs; and Caribbean piracy.
Carton 17, Folder 37-41
Geography 139, University of California, Berkeley
1978-1981, undated
Scope and Content Note
Materials related to Geography 139, Subsistence Hunting: Green Turtle Hunters of the Caribbean. Topics include Moskito hunting;
green turtles; crocodiles, caimans, and alligators; and ocean islands/island biography.
Carton 17, Folder 42
Geography 149, Coral Reefs and Islands, University of California, Berkeley
1993-1997
Carton 17, Folder 43
Geography 198, Geography of Narcotics, Political Geography of the 21st Century, University of California, Berkeley
1990, undated
Carton 17, Folder 44
Geography 200 and Various Course Materials, University of Michigan and University of California, Berkeley
1971-1996
Carton 17, Folder 45-48
Geography 202, Seminar in Cultural and Human Geography, University of California, Berkeley
1980-1986
Scope and Content Note
Topics include states and nations.
Carton 17, Folder 49-51
Geography 204, University of California, Berkeley and Geography 211, University of Michigan, Geographic Field Research Seminars
1972-1999, undated
Carton 17, Folder 52-53
Geography 266, Caribbean Coral Reefs, University of California, Berkeley
1994-1998, undated
Carton 17, Folder 54-59
Exams for Geography 4, 100, 133, and 241, University of California, Berkeley
1974-1987
Carton 17, Folder 60-65
Miscellaneous, University of California, Berkeley
1985-1986
Scope and Content Note
Topics include environment/resources; the Geography of Cultural Survival; the History of Cultural Geography; a lecture on
the Fourth World; and What Is Tradition?
Series 7.
University of California Berkeley Administrative Materials
1970-2001
Physical Description: Carton 18, folders 1-19
Arrangement
Arranged roughly chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of materials related to Nietschmann's tenure at and service to the Department of Geography at the University of California,
Berkeley. Includes biographical and personnel materials, grant applications, material celebrating the Geography Department's
centennial, and an eulogy.
Carton 18, Folder 1-5
Curriculum Vitae, Resumes, Biographical Information, Bio-Bibliographies
circa 1970-2000
Carton 18, Folder 6
Notes, Addresses, Messages
1973-2001, undated
Carton 18, Folder 7-9
Berkeley: Job Info, etc.; Job Promotion, Merit Review/Departmental Personnel Docs
1975-1994
Carton 18, Folder 10
Memos and Correspondence
1977-1998
Carton 18, Folder 11-13
Previous Grant Applications, Grant-in-Aid Research, Latin American Studies Grant
1983-1987
Carton 18, Folder 14
Articles about Nietschmann
1984-1994
Carton 18, Folder 15
Computers at Geo
1986-1987
Carton 18, Folder 16
Correspondence about Grants and Mentorship
1991-1993
Carton 18, Folder 17-18
100 Years of Geography at Berkeley
1998
Carton 18, Folder 19
Requiem for a Friend: Bernard Q. Nietschmann (1941-2000), by W. George Lovell
2000
Series 8.
Personalia and Biographical Material
1961-2000, undated
Physical Description: Carton 18, folders 20-36
Arrangement
Arranged roughly chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of schoolwork and personal documents.
Carton 18, Folder 20-30
Student Transcripts, Papers/Coursework at the University of Wisconsin and the University of California, Los Angeles
1961-1968, undated
Carton 18, Folder 31
Statement of Periods of Physical Presence in the U.S., Class Reunion
1989-1999
Carton 18, Folder 32
James Jerome Parsons Memorial
1995-1997
Carton 18, Folder 33
Get Well Card/Revolutionary Turtle Council
1997, undated
Carton 18, Folder 36
Quinn, Elisabeth – Poetry and Stories (Nietschmann’s mother)
undated
Series 9.
Drawings, Maps, and Posters
circa 1959-1996, undated
Physical Description: Box 1; Oversize folders 1-21; Roll 1
Arrangement
Original order was maintained.
Scope and Contents
Includes annotated maps, tracings, and drawings, as well as political posters. Dates may refer to the annotations on the maps
rather than their year of publication.
box 1, Folder 1
El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Proyección Pelicónica
1987, undated
box 1, Folder 2
Includes Route Taken to Retrace Squiers’ 19th Century Trip; Indian-Sandinista Conflict; Hawskbill Tag Recoveries; The Fourth
World
circa 1971-1985, undated
box 1, Folder 3
Anti-Sandinista Groups; Miskito Mapika
undated
box 1, Folder 4
Agricultural and Geo-Economic Maps
1959-1961, undated
Scope and Content Note
Maps of: Ganado Asnal, 1959; Frutales Tropicales, 1961 (2); Cultivos Tropicales, 1961; Hortalizas, 1961: Forrajeras Alfalfa,
1961; Leguminosas, 1961 (2); Tuberculos, 1961; Ganado Porcino, 1959; Oleaginosas, 1961; Fibras, 1961; Frutales Templados,
1961; Cultivos de Tipo Mediterraneo, 1961; Ganado Bovino, 1959; Otros Cultivos, 1961; Aguacate, 1961; Ganado Ovino, 1959;
Cereales, 1961 (2); Ganado Mular, 1959; Tabaco, 1961; Mapa de Suelos de Mexico, undated; Localidades de 10000 o Mas Hapitantes
en las Zonoas Geoeconomicas Censo 1940 and 1960; Ganado Caprino, 1959; Ganado Caballar, 1959
box 1, Folder 5
Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Trinidad
Scope and Content Note
It's not clear when these were annotated.
box 1, Folder 6
Includes Maps of Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize
circa 1987
box 1, Folder 7
Includes Tasbapauni; Western Caribbean; Miskito Coast; Maya Land Use in Southern Belize; Materials re: Maya Cartographers
Visit
1996, undated
box 1, Folder 8
Annotated Map of Costa Rica
undated
box 1, Folder 9
Hand Outs re: Miskito Nation; Fronteras Nicaragua y Costa Rica
circa 1990-1995
box 1, Folder 10
The Third World War; Overlapping Environmental Change/Human Society “Hot Spots”; Nuclear States Bomb Fourth World Nations;
U.S. Military Invasion of the Shoshone Nation
circa 1987
box 1, Folder 11
Includes Miskito, Sumo, and Rama Nations and Resources; Maps re: the Effects of Sandinista-Indian Conflicts; Squires’ Route
Retraced; Central America; Western Caribbean
circa 1986-1987
box 1, Folder 12
John Cotter Illustrations, Mesoamérica Article, and Other Illustrated Maps re: the Miskito Coast, including the Lobster Connection
circa 1986-1995
oversize_folder 1A
Drawings of Mayans by Marcello Cho
circa 1996
oversize_folder 2A
Political Posters and Posters from Cultural Events
1985, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes “This Mother Wears Combat Boots”; “Felicidades Mama” poster; posters from Ministerio de Cultura, Nicaragua; Unión
Nacional de Organízaciones Regionales Campesinos Automomas (UNORCA); FSLN Propaganga Poster; and a signed poster from El Salvadorean
artist Isaias Mata.
oversize_folder 3A
Political Posters and Posters from Cultural Events from Mexico and Nicaragua
1979-1986, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes celebration of 8th annual International Women’s Day, and Unión Nacional de Agricultores y Ganderos (Nicaragua). There
are a few duplicates.
oversize_folder 4B
Posters from Cultural Events, Political Posters, and Maps
circa 1980-1984, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes Sandinistas, from Nicaragua and Mexico; Map – Distribucion Geografica de la lucha anti-imperialista del General Sandino;
events re: Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario; Xilonem I Feria Nicaraguense del Maiz (event); Poetry Festivals; Daniel Ortega poster
(FSLN)
oversize_folder 5B
Posters from Cultural Events and Political Posters from Cuba, Mexico, and Nicaragua
circa 1973-1985
Scope and Content Note
Includes Mártires de Solentiname; Murieron para vivir en todos (Nicaragua); Amílcar Cabral (Bisseau-Guinean and Cape Verdean
revolutionary – one of Africa’s foremost anti-Colonialists); and celebration of the 66th anniversary of Emiliano Zapato’s
murder
oversize_folder 6B
Posters from Cultural Events and Political Posters
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes Suave Patria – Ramón Lopez Velarde (Poet); Misa Campesino Nicaraguense – Carlos Mejía Godoy (Nicaraguan singer, musician);
Armed forces of Chile; lo nuestro…por supuesto, La Piñata: feria de comprasnicas; photo exhibit of the East Coast of Nicaragua;
FSLN posters (“Voto por la Paz, Voto por FSLN, jamás hubo tanta patria en un corazón”)
oversize_folder 7A
Miscellaneous Maps, Some Annotated or Hand-Colored
circa 1964-1996
Scope and Content Note
Includes the Western Caribbean; Nicaragua-Costa Rica Borderland; War in the Rio San Juan; Mayan Communities in the Toledo
District [of Belize]; Nicaragua Canal Proposals; and San Miguel Island
oversize_folder 8B
Miscellaneous Maps, Some Annotated/Hand-Drawn
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes Rio Coco (Nicaragua) – Areas de Suji, Lalakapisa, Mocorin, Saupuka; Mexico (Tinacal de la ex-Hacienda de Ocotepec…);
hand-drawn map of Bluefields (Nicaragua); Hacienda de Santíago Tetlapayac (annotated)
oversize_folder 9B
Belize and Nicaragua Maps
undated
Scope and Content Note
Tomoi (Nicaragua); Toledo District Indian Reservations (Belize)
oversize_folder 10B
Nicaragua Maps
circa 1966-1985
Scope and Content Note
Indian refugee and relocation camps; destruction of Indian communities; conflicts with Sandinistas; United Nations maps; aerial
maps; Tasbapauni migration; Rama, Sumo, and Miskito Nations; includes some duplicates
oversize_folder 11C-15C
Nicaraguan Village Maps
1996, undated
oversize_folder 16C
Nicaraguan Maps
undated
Scope and Content Note
Mostly drawn by Nietschmann, with a few published maps, including one of the Miskito Coast
oversize_folder 17C
Turtle, Wildlife, and War Maps, Drawn by Nietschmann; Published Map – Miskito Mapka
1994, undated
oversize_folder 18C
Hand-Drawn Political Poster, “Live and Let’s Live”
undated
oversize_folder 19C
Belize Maps, including Maya Land Use in Southern Belize
undated
oversize_folder 20C
Washington State Maps Includes One Hand-Drawn with Sites of Indian Tribes/Sites of Interest re: Tribes
1974-1976, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes one hand drawn with sites of Indian tribes/sites of interest re: tribes.
oversize_folder 21A
Maps and Posters
1985, undated
Scope and Content Note
Maps include Indian-Sandinista Conflicts; and Miskito, Sumo, and Rama Nations. Posters include This Mother Wears Combat Boots,
Americans For Freedom, Inc. (duplicate); and Peligro – No consuma heuvo de Tortuga (Secretaria de Industria y Comercio y Subsecretaria
de Pesca)
roll 1
Maps of Nicaragua (3) and Belize (1)
undated
Carton 19
Series 10.
Audiovisual Materials
1983-1999, undated
Physical Description: Carton 19
Scope and Contents
Includes Nicaragua East Coast Audiotapes, and other recordings related to the Miskito Indians, and their struggle for autonomy
(16 audiotapes, 1983-1984, 1997). There are oral histories, press conferences/meetings, and songs. People recorded include
Brooklyn Rivera.
There are 7 other audiotapes from March-May 1985. These appear to be about the peace treaty negotiations between the MISURASATA
and the Sandinistas in Bogota. Topics (taken fromn tape labels) include BR [Brooklyn Rivera?] press statement; Bogota/Indian
Meeting; Russel Means-BR Interview/BR-History of Miskito Struggle; Bogota II - Misurata Indian meeting, Julian Holmes meeting,
Armstrong [Wiggins]; Mexico City - Brooklyn Rivera recap of FSLM-M discussion; and Berkeley - Norman Bent at UC Berkeley Law
School.
There are 16 videotapes (2 Betamax, 2 Umatic, and 12 VHS). These are labeled as follows: 700 Club, 1984; ARDE/MISURASATA,
undated; Spirit of Uncle Edward (see also Torres Strait islanders) from the Australian series, Living North, 1983; Broken
Treaty - Battle Mountain, undated; [Ido Club] or [Newt], Episode Club 038-4 D396, 1984; Berkeley Meeting, with Robert Izdepski,
Johnny Gringo Production, Aquaventures, Oakland, 1999; Bernard Nietschmann interviewed by David Stoddard about his geography
career, 1999; Miskito Divers, Honduras, Bob Izdepski SOS, 1995; Barney/Jaime Incer, Violeta, [Slibama] Lila, undated; [Ru]
Watson y Barney [Bi/wl], undated; Underwater - includes Eddie Lobester, Flight to Port, Walter, River, burned cleaning, Ralph
Washington Reads, lagoon, war story, aeorpuerto Managua a Bilwi y como nidado, undated; Mr. Acal and the Maya Band at the
Butterfly, undated; Footage from Rama Cay - Willing Cay River - Jerry Mueller, 1999; KISAN, undated; Belize//TMCC/GeoMap (Dr.
N at Boat House/Intro to Map lecture/Tim Plays the north coast of Cali), 1997; and NGS Miskito Cays Research U/W, 1993.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to audio-visual materials may be restricted due to technical limitations.
