Finding Aid for the Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon Papers, circa
1840-1937, bulk 1860-1910
Beth Ann Guynn
Descriptive Summary
Title: Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon Papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1840-1937 (bulk 1860-1910)
Number: 2004.M.18
Creator/Collector:
Le Plongeon,
Augustus, 1826-1908
Physical Description:
39.4 Linear Feet
(63 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The collection documents the
archaeological excavations, fieldwork, research, and writings of the nineteenth-century
photographers, antiquarians, and amateur archaeologists Augustus and Alice Dixon Le
Plongeon, the first persons to systematically excavate and photograph the Maya sites of
Chichén Itzá and Uxmal (1873-1886). The couple's pioneering work in documenting Maya sites
and inscriptions with photography, which in many cases recorded the appearance of sites and
objects that have subsequently been damaged or lost, was overshadowed in their own lifetimes
by their theories of Maya cultural diffusion, and in particular by their insistence that the
Maya founded ancient Egypt. The Le Plongeon's work, and evidence of their wide-ranging
interests, is found in manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, and photographs. The collection
also contains papers belonging to Maude and Henry Field Blackwell, who inherited the
literary estate of the Le Plongeons.
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Language: Collection material is in English,
Spanish, and French.
Biographical/Historical Note
Augustus Henry Julian Le Plongeon was born on Jersey, Channel Islands on May 4, 1826. After
graduating from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris he embarked on a series of adventures in
the Americas, beginning with an attempt to sail to Chile with a friend in the late 1840s.
Wrecked off the coast, they made their way to Valparaiso, Chile, where Le Plongeon took a
position at a local college. When gold rush fever reached Chile, he joined the exodus to
northern California. By 1850, Le Plongeon was working as a surveyor and city planner in
Marysville, California. To finance further travels he sold the land that he had received in
payment for his services, going first to England, where he reportedly badgered Henry Fox
Talbot into teaching him his new method for making photographic negatives on paper. From
England, Le Plongeon went to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to experiment with Talbot's
techniques in tropical climates, and then traveled to Mexico, Australia, China, and the
Pacific Islands. He returned to California at the end of 1851, established a photography
studio in San Francisco, and also entered the medical profession, perhaps by apprenticing
himself to a local doctor. By the 1860s, Le Plongeon had appended the title Doctor to the
front of his name.
In 1862, Le Plongeon moved to Lima, Peru, where he opened a photography studio and also
practiced medicine, specializing in hydroelectric treatments. He traveled extensively
throughout Peru studying and photographing Inca ruins, as well as the causes of earthquakes.
His reading of Abbé Brassuer de Bourboug's work on ancient Central American and Mexican
cultures led him to consider the notion that civilization had its beginnings in the New
World, and, after reading John Lloyd Stephens's and Frederick Catherwood's accounts of
Central America and Yucatan, to form the notion that perhaps the Maya had disseminated
civilization. During this time he also carried out a public debate with a Jesuit priest in
the Lima newspapers, and consequently published two anti-Jesuit books,
La religion de Jesus comparada con las ensenanzas de la Iglesia
(1867), and
Los Jesuitas y el Peru (1869).
After eight years in Peru, Le Plongeon returned briefly to California where he presented a
series of lectures on ancient Peruvian civilization and on seismology to the California
Academy of Sciences (he had become a member of the academy in 1856). From California he
traveled to New York to lecture, also hoping to sell paintings by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
and Juan del Castillo that he had acquired in Peru, and then to London to study Spanish
manuscripts held by the British Museum. One day by chance he met Alice Dixon (b. 1851), the
young daughter of the architectural photographer Henry Dixon, who was out running an errand
for her father. According to Alice she went home after their meeting and said to her mother,
"Mother, while I was out to-day I met him who I know that I shall have to marry by and bye."
By the end of January, 1873, the couple was in New York preparing for their explorations of
Maya Yucatan.
While in New York Augustus published his
Manual de
Fotografia
(1873), which he had written in Peru. He also attempted, without
success, to reclaim the glass negatives that he had sent to New York in 1863 via Ephraim G.
Squier, with whom he had collaborated in Peru, and who had published them as his own work.
In July, the couple set sail for the Yucatan peninsula, where they were to spend most of the
next twelve years searching for the evidence to prove Augustus's theory that Maya travelers
had diffused their culture throughout Southeast Asia and the Middle East, and that it thus
predated Egyptian culture.
The Le Plongeons excavated and extensively recorded the ruins at Chichén Itzá and Uxmal,
and photographed sites at Izamal, Isla Mujeres, Cozumel, Cancun, and Ake. Their photographic
work was thorough and inclusive. They took aerial site views, documented individual
structures from all angles, and made close-ups of entire facades of structures such as the
Governor's Palace at Uxmal, and also recorded individual architectural details, glyphs, bas
reliefs, and other sculptures, as well as the artifacts that they unearthed. They made wet
collodion glass plate negatives, most often using a stereoscopic camera. Alice was
particulary instrumental in the photography work, having been thoroughly trained in her
father's studio. At Chichén Itzá, the Le Plongeons also discovered a superb Chac Mool figure
while excavating the Platform of the Eagles and Jaguars, and made extensive tracings of the
murals in the Upper Temple of the Jaguars.
During their time in Yucatan the Le Plongeons sent dispatches about their work to
organizations such as the American Antiquarian Society, regularly published accounts of
their work in Mexican and American newspapers and journals, and Augustus published his
Vestiges of the Mayas (1881). Augustus also became
embroiled in debates with scholars such as Daniel Brinton, Samuel Haven, and Philipp Valenti
over theories of cultural diffusion. He believed that his discoveries of carved reliefs at
Uxmal resembling Masonic symbols proved the link between Yucatan and Egypt. As Augustus was
never one to back down from an argument, his beliefs soon estranged him from his fellow
Mesoamericanists, who, in discounting his theories, also overlooked the meticulous work he
and Alice had accomplished in the field.
The Le Plongeons returned to the New York in 1885 and settled in Brooklyn where they
continued to write and lecture on the Maya and Egypt. Augustus's published books include
Sacred Mysteries among the Mayas and Quiches, 11,500 Years
Ago
(1886),
Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphinx
(1896), and
The Origin of the Egyptians (1913-1914). Alice
became a prolific writer of articles on a wide range of topics that were published in
scientific, popular, and theosophical journals. In addition to writing about archaeology,
she also wrote on contemporary Maya and Yucatecan culture, and other ethnographic and
natural history subjects. Her books include
Here and There in
Yucatan
(1886), and
Queen Moo's Talisman (1902), an
epic poem. She also delivered many popular lantern slide lectures on a wide range of
subjects including the ancient and modern Maya, Christopher Columbus and the discovery of
the Americas, and the architecture of old London.
Estranged from the academic archaeological community, the Le Plongeons increasingly
concentrated their activities in theosophist and spiritualist circles. At some point they
met Henry Field Blackwell, an electrical engineer and inventor, and his wife Maude, perhaps
through a Masonic connection, as both men were Freemasons. The two couples became close
friends, and Maude in particular championed the Le Plongeon's work. Augustus died in 1908 at
the age of eighty-three, and only two years later Alice died at age fifty-nine. The
Blackwells inherited the research and writings of the Le Plongeons, promising to make every
attempt to continue publishing and promulgating their work. In 1913-1914, Maude Blackwell
was successful in seeing Augustus's
The Origin of the
Egyptians
and
The Pyramid of Xochicalco published
in
The Word, a theosophical journal, but she subsequently
fell on hard times following her husband's death. Alone in Los Angeles, where the couple had
moved in the late 1920s, Maude struggled to survive through the Great Depression. Although
her connections to theosophist circles increased, Maude's efforts during the 1930s to
interest archaeologists such as Frans Blom and Sylvanus Morley in the work of the Le
Plongeons came to naught. Nevertheless, throughout the twentieth century the Le Plongeons
and their theories continued to be mentioned in scholarly, theosophical, and popular
literature, and in recent years the value of their fieldwork and photography has been
reassessed by scholars.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon papers, circa 1840-1937, bulk 1860-1910, The Getty
Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2004.M.18.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2004m18
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 2004.
Processing History
Beth Ann Guynn processed and described the Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon papers in
2004-2006. Jamie Allen processed and described Series III.E, glass lantern slides, during
the summer of 2005. Lawrence G. Desmond, an independent Le Plongeon scholar, provided
invaluable advice and knowledge during the processing and cataloging of the collection.
Digital Collection
Related Material
The following related collections are part of the Getty Research Library, Special
Collections and Visual Resources:
Views of Maya ruins in the Yucatan. Special Collections accession number
96.R.137.
Desmond, Lawrence G.,
The nineteenth century photographs
of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon and Augustus Le Plongeon: a catalog of collections from
American Museum of Natural History, Donald Dixon Album, Getty Research Institute,
Peabody Museum at Harvard University, Philosophical Research Society
. Special
Collections reference call number NH32.L597 D46 2005.
The following institutions hold significant collections of Le Plongeon materials:
Negatives, photographs, and lantern slides. Photographic Archive, Division of
Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Letters from
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon to Phoebe Apperson Hearst. George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
papers, BANC MSS 72/204 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Photographs. Photographic Archives, Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Negatives,
photographs, mural tracings, field notes, correspondence, and the manuscript of Augustus
Le Plongeon's
The Origin of the Egyptians. The Philosophical Research
Society, Los Angeles.
Additionally, copies of Le Plongeon prints, lantern slides, negatives, and mural tracings
found in some of the collections listed above are held at The Center for Maya Research,
Barnardsville, NC.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection documents the archaeological excavations, fieldwork, research, and writings
of Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, the first persons to systematically excavate and
photograph the Maya sites of Chichén Itzá and Uxmal. The couple's pioneering work in
documenting Maya sites and inscriptions with photography, which in many cases recorded the
appearance of sites and objects that have subsequently been damaged or lost, was
overshadowed in their own lifetime by their theories of Mayan cultural diffusion, and in
particular by their insistence that the Maya founded ancient Egypt. The Le Plongeons'
archaeological work and evidence of their wide-ranging interests is recorded in unpublished
manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, drawings, plans, and photographs. The collection also
contains the papers of Maude and Henry Field Blackwell, who inherited the literary estate of
the Le Plongeons.
The papers of Augustus Le Plongeon span from his time in Peru until his death, and evidence
his wide-ranging interests. Early materials include sketckbooks and drawings, photographs,
notebooks, manuscripts, and correspondence. Topics covered include hydroelectric therapy,
earthquakes, comparative religion, and Inca culture. A scrapbook and a portfolio of writings
document Le Plongeon's sustained debate on the Jesuits and their religious practices in
Peru. Unpublished manuscripts include Le Plongeon's lectures on ancient Peru, delivered
before the California Academy of Sciences; his collodion emulsion recipes and notes on
photography; and an untitled manuscript on the Inca and another on the Yucatan peninsula, as
well as writings on ancient religions and Maya architecture. Published manuscripts include
Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphynx, with reviews and
publication correspondence, and his
Pyramid of Xochicalco,
which was published posthumously.
The papers of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon coincide with her married life, and consist of
correspondence, her field diary, research notes and manuscripts, and published articles. Her
correspondence includes 12 letters from their benefactor, Phoebe Hearst. Research notes,
unpublished writings, and published articles attest to the wide range of subjects on which
Alice wrote and lectured after the couple's return from Mexico, and include not only Mexican
archaeological and ethnographical topics, but also subjects such as Hawaii, old London,
natural history, and women's rights. Unpublished manuscripts include the typescript for a
book entitled "Yucatan: Its Ancient Palaces and Modern Cities."
Photographs by the Le Plongeons include a few of Augustus's photographs from St. Thomas and
Peru, and the extensive photographic documentation made by the couple during their travels
in Yucatan and Central America, which records ancient architecture, sculpture, city views,
and ethnographic observations. Maya sites photographed include Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Ake,
and Mayapan. Several photographs document the Le Plongeons's discovery of the Chacmool
sculpture in the Platform of the Eagles and the jaguars at Chichén Itzá. There are also
views of Izamal, Merida, and Progresso, and scenes from daily Yucatecan life, including
photographs related to the region's long-running civil war. Although there are some early
salt prints made by Augustus, most of the photographs are either albumen or collodian
stereographic prints, either in stereo or half prints; some later prints are gelatin silver.
Wet collodion glass plate negatives, both single and stereographic, include the Le
Plongeons's original plates made in the field, as well as copy work negatives to be used for
publications and lecture slides. Glass lantern slides, which the Le Plongeons used for
lectures, include both copies of their original photographs and copy work from
illustrations. Subjects include Peru, Mexico, Pompeii, old London (from photographs by Henry
Dixon), the South Pacific (including Captian Cook), and the life and voyages of Christopher
Columbus.
Drawings and plans include tracings made by the Le Plongeons of the murals in the Upper
Temple of the Jaguars at Chichén Itzá, and hand-drawn maps, site plans, and building plans
for Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, and Xochicalco. The tracings, in sanguine outline, represent the
earliest comprehensive record of the murals which depict scenes from ancient Maya history,
religious, and daily life.
The papers of Henry and Maude Alice Kane Blackwell contain personal and family documents,
and include Henry Blackwell's drawings, patents, blueprints, and notebooks for his various
inventions. Maude Blackwell's papers focus on her efforts to champion the work of the Le
Plongeons, and include letters from archaeologists Frans Blom and Sylvanus Morley.
Arrangement note
Organized in five series:
Series I. Augustus Le Plongeon papers, 1846-1914;
Series II.
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon papers, 1873-1910;
Series
III. Photographs, 1851-1933;
Series
IV. Drawings, maps, and plans, 1860-1931;
Series V.
Papers of Henry Field Blackwell and Maude Alice Kane Blackwell, 1763-1940.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Morley, Sylvanus Griswold,
1883-1948
Le Plongeon, Alice D. (Alice
Dixon), 1851-1910
Columbus, Christopher
Blom, Frans Ferdinand,
1893-1963
Blackwell, Maude Alice
Blackwell, Henry Field
Hearst, Phoebe
Apperson, 1842-1919
Dixon, Henry,
1820-1892
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Jesuits (Peru)
Subjects - Topics
Maya sculpture
Mayan languages -- Writing
Mayas
Mayas -- Antiquities
Chac Mool
Mayas -- Religion
Mayas in polular culture
Photography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Religions
Seismology
Maya mural painting and decoration
Maya language
Maya architecture
Inventions
Indian art -- Mexico
Incas
Earthquakes -- Peru
Cultural diffusion
Subjects - Places
Xochicalco (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- History
Yucatán Peninsula -- Description and travel
Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)
London (England) -- Description and travel
Oceanea -- Description and travel
Mexico -- Antiquities
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Description and travel
Peru–Antiquities
Uxmal Site (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Subjects - Titles
The pyramid of Xochicalco–1914
Manual de fotografia–1873
Queen Móo and the Egyptian sphinx–1896
Genres and Forms of Material
Lantern slides -- Peru -- 19th century
Lantern slides -- Mexico -- 19th century
Sketchbooks -- Mexico -- 19th century
Photographs, Original
Stereographs -- Mexico -- 19th century
Sketchbooks -- Peru -- 19th century
Wet collodion negatives -- Mexico -- 19th century
Albumen prints -- Mexico -- 19th century
Albumen prints -- Peru -- 19th century
Blueprints -- United States–19th century
Blueprints -- United States–20th century
Cabinet photographs -- 19th century
Collodion prints-Mexico–19th century
Diaries -- 19th century
Gelatin silver prints -- Mexico -- 19th century
Half sterographs -- Mexico -- 19th century
Contributors
Le Plongeon,
Augustus, 1826-1908
Container List
Series I.
Augustus Le Plongeon papers,
1860-1937
Physical Description: ca. 2.1 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Augustus Le Plongeon include correspondence, travel diaries, research
materials and notes, manuscripts, publications, and personal documents spanning his
career from his time in Peru until his death.
Series I.A.
Correspondence,
1868-1907
Physical Description:
47
items
Scope and Content Note
The series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and spans the period from
Augustus Le Plongeon's time in Peru until shortly before his death. It comprises
letters from a wide range of correspondents including museum directors discussing
possible lectures and the disposition of Le Plongeons's collections, letters from
other scholars including A. H. Sayce, J. Ralston Skinner, and Alfred P. Maudslay, and
letters from readers commenting on his various books. Also included are copies of a
few of Le Plongeon's letters, mostly dating to his time in Peru. For additional
letters see also: Series II.B: Travel Diary (Alice Dixon Le Plongeon).
box 1, folder 1-33
Letters received,
1869-1906
box 1, folder 1
Agassiz, Alexander,
1885 July 23
Physical Description:
2
items
box 1, folder 2
Baird, Spencer F.,
1885
Physical Description:
3
items
box 1, folder 3
Barlee, Frank,
1880, 1883
Physical Description:
3
items
box 1, folder 4
Barlee, Jane,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 5
Boardman, F. R.,
1878 December 15
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 6
Carillo y Ancona, Crescencio,
1884
Physical Description:
2
items
box 1, folder 7
Edward VII,
1896 June 19
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 8
Field, Henry M.,
1895 May 20
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 9
Gordon, Adolfo
1869
Physical Description:
2
items
box 1, folder 10
Howell, Edward, J.,
1901 May 31
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 11
Kelvin, William Thompson,
1897 August 25
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 12
Lisson, Carlos,
1869 February 27
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 13
Junta Patriotica Mexicana,
1870 September 12
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 14
Loubat, J. F.,
1894 October 26
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 15
Marsh, Othneil Charles,
1887 January 14
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 16
Maudslay, Alfred Percival,
1896 October 20
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 17
Meakin, Edward,
1906 April 28
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 18
Nye, E. H.,
1898 August 30
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 19
Parvin, Newton R.,
1903
Physical Description:
4
items
box 1, folder 20
Peñafiel, Antonio,
1901 April 3
Physical Description:
2
items
box 1, folder 21
Peón de Regil, Alvaro,
1876 February 18
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 22
Saenz, Tómas,
1870 February 17
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 23
Sayce, A. H.,
1896 June 24, undated
Physical Description:
2
items
box 1, folder 24
Skinner, J. Ralston,
1887
Physical Description:
4
items
box 1, folder 25
Thorgierson, John,
1897 September 12
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 26
Trinity Historical Society,
1891 January 1
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 27
United States Legation, Mexico,
1880 January 2, 1883 April
16
Physical Description:
2
items
box 1, folder 28
University of Georgia,
1890 May 12
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 29
Vasques Moniere[?],
1869 June 5
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 30
Wachtmeister,
18-? September 13
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 31
Whish, John D.,
1899 October 9
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 32
Whiting, Edwin,
1897 February 2
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 33
Unknown,
1884 February 22
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 34-37
Correspondence sent,
1868-1907
Physical Description:
5
items
box 1, folder 34
Bowditch, Charles P.,
1907 January 4, 190-?
Physical Description:
2
items
box 1, folder 35
Gual, Pedro,
1868 May 29
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 36
Pardo, Manuel,
1869 July 28
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 37
Ricciardi, G.,
1869 August 2
Physical Description:
1
item
Series I.B.
Collections: Le Plongeon and others,
circa 1880-1910
Physical Description:
12
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes lists and inventories of Le Plongeon's collections of antiquities, molds,
tracings, and photographs, as well as correspondence regarding their possible
acquisition by various institutions. See also: Correspondence.
box 1, folder 38
Collection of tracings of mural paintings,
between 1886 and 1908
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
One sheet, includes "Collection of Plans," and one fragment titled "The Le Plongeon
Molds and Frescoes: Opinions on Value of Same."
box 1, folder 39
"Catalog of Objects Forming Dr. Le Plongeon's Collection of Antiquities
from Yucatan,"
between 1886 and 1910
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
One printed sheet, initialled A. D. L. P.
box 1, folder 40
"Description of Items Available for Exhibition,"
between 1886 and 1908
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 41
American Museum of Natural History,
1894 June 21, 1910 October 18
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Le Plongeon collection on deposit at the Natural History Musuem as of 1894; list of
items from the Le Plongeon collection received from Maude Blackwell in 1910.
box 1, folder 42
"List of Curios,"
after 1910
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
List written by Maude Blackwell describing contents of a box of items from the Le
Plongeons's collection.
box 1, folder 43
"Bishop Jade Collection,"
between 1886-1908
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 44
Putnam, F. W.,
1881 October 31
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Letter to Stephen Salisbury, Jr. re: Peabody Museum's acquistion of Le Plongeon
collection.
box 1, folder 45
Hall, Isaac H.,
1887 March 7
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Letter to General Luigi Palma di Cesnola re: asssessment of Le Plongeon collection
for the Metropolitan Musem of Art.
Series I.C.
Scrapbook and travel notebooks,
1862-1883
Physical Description:
18
items
Scope and Content Note
The suberies contains a scrapbook from Peru, pocket notebooks from Peru and Mexico,
and travel notes and itineraries from Chile and California.
box 1, folder 46
Travel notes: California to Chile,
1862
Physical Description:
1
item
box 1, folder 47
Peruvian scrapbook,
1866-1869
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Contains circa 116 pages of clippings from Peruvian newspapers regarding religious
controversies such as Le Plongeon's public argument with Father Pedro Gual that was
stimulated by Le Plongeon's letter to the editor in which he criticized a sermon
give by Gual; the case of José Johnson; and the publication of Le Plongeon's
La religión de Jesús comprada con las enseñas de la
Iglesia
. Also, two manuscripts (17 pages), titled "Vision de M. A. L. P.
le Dimanche 7 Janvier 1866 au cercle de la M.," and "Deuxieme vision 14 Janvier,"
are written starting from the back of the book.
box 1, folder 48
Loose items from Peruvian scrapbook,
1866-1868
Physical Description:
5
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes a carte-de-viste portrait of Pedro Gual by Courret Hermanos; an unmounted
carte-de-visite studio portrait of an unidentified woman; a page of notes re: José
Ellis; and a two-page manuscript fragment.
box 2, folder 1
Pocket notebooks,
1862-1883
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Notbooks used from both front and back, creating two distinct sections. One
notebook has a hand-written title page "Dr. Aug. Le Plongeon, note book Assyrian
antiquities," followed by 14 pages of pencil drawings. Starting from the other side
it contains six drawings of Peruvian landscapes; 15 albumen photographs by Le
Plongeon of Peruvian sites and pottery; and 16 engravings of Peruvian subjects. The
other notebook contains four watercolor drawings and 16 pencil drawings of pages and
figures from Mexican codices, followed by a section titled "Antiquties of Yucatan,"
which contains 20 albumen photographs by Augustus Le Plongeon, mostly of Mexican
pottery. Starting from the other side a hand-written title page "Dr. Aug. Le
Plongeon, note book" is followed by two pencil drawings related to Peru.
box 2, folder 2
Drawings of Peru,
1862-1870
Physical Description:
8
items
Scope and Content Note
Six pen and ink drawings of Peruvian landscapes and sites, and two of ancient
Middle Eastern subjects.
box 2, folder 3
California travel notes,
1871
Physical Description:
1
item
Series I.D.
Research notes and materials,
1846-1909
Physical Description:
79
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries includes Augustus Le Plongeon's manuscript notes on a wide variety of
subjects; transcriptions and translations of manuscripts held in the British Museum;
and various articles, reprints, and pamphlets.
box 2, folder 4
Cocos Island treasure,
18--
Physical Description:
5
items
box 2, folder 5
Concrete for buildings,
18--
Physical Description:
1
item
box 2, folder 6
Earthquakes,
1862-1880
Physical Description:
9
items
box 2, folder 7
Egypt,
18--
Physical Description:
5
items
box 2, folder 8
Giants,
18--
Physical Description:
1
item
box 2, folder 9
Kabah mural painting,
18--
Physical Description:
1
item
box 2, folder 10
Longevity,
18--
Physical Description:
1
item
box 2, folder 11
Peruvian paintings,
1871
Physical Description:
1
item
box 2, folder 12
Phonoscopic vibrations,
18--
Physical Description:
1
item
box 2, folder 13
Reading notes,
18--
Physical Description:
6
items
box 2, folder 14
Reincarnation,
18--
Physical Description:
1
item
box 2, folder 15
Taos,
18--
Physical Description:
3
items
box 2, folder 16
Manuscript fragments,
18--
Physical Description: ca. 18 items
box 2, folder 17
Clippings,
circa 1862-1909
Physical Description: ca. 15 items
box 2, folder 18
"Vida de los varones ilustres...,"
1871 May 21
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Notebook of 178 pages containing Augustus Le Plongeon's transcription of "Vida de
los varones ilustres de la compañia de Jesus de la provincia del Peru," (British
Museum ms. no. 25-327, Historia de Perú-lib.1).
box 2, folder 19
"Manuscritos,"
1871 April 14
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Notebook (131-pages)containing British Museum manuscripts transcribed by Le
Plongeon. Includes Kings ms. no. 219, "Articulo XX: De inscripciones, medallas,
edificios, templos, antiguedades y monumentos," (copy and English translation); ms.
no. 13-922, p. 411-415 of a volume titled "Papeles tocantes a las Indias
Occidentales y Filipinas, flotas y galeones, pure emptionis," (copy and English
translation); excerpt from the Mission Collection re: the 1746 earthquake that
destroyed Lima and Callao (copy); excerpt of ms. no. 13-964, vol. II, fol. 27
(copy), describing an earthquake in Lima on 20 October 1687; excerpt of ms. no.
13-964, vol. II, fol. 361 (copy), describing the same earthquake.
box 2, folder 20
"Misionarios en Jauja,"
1846 April 2
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Five-page transcript of an article from
Correo Peruano no. 318.
box 3, folder 1
Balkwill, F. H.,
1906
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
"The Sacred Fire of Israel."
Nineteenth Century,
August 1906: 277-288; pages removed from journal.
box 3, folder 2
Bell, James,
1891
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Pamphlet titled "John Calvin: His Errors, Ignorance, Misconceptions, and
Absurdities..."
box 3, folder 3
Saville, M. H.,
1896
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
"The Temple of Tepotzlán, Mexico,
Bulletin of the American
Museum of Natural History
, vol. 8: 221-226, plates; pages removed from
journal.
box 3, folder 4
Society of Jesus,
1899
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
"The Secret Instructions of the Jesuits" pamphlet, first published in 1723.
box 3, folder 5
Tilden, Daniel R.,
1887
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
"The Mexican War"; reprint of speech given before the U. S. House of
Representatives on 14 July 1846.
box 3, folder 6
Tracts and pamphlets,
1849-1897
Physical Description:
3
items
Series I.E.
Manuscripts,
1860-1908
Physical Description:
83
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains mostly unpublished manuscripts and writings spanning the
career of Augustus Le Plongeon. Aside from one early manuscript in French, the
writings are in Spanish or English and are from Le Plongeon's time in Peru, Mexico,
and the United States. Published manuscripts include
Queen Moo
and the Egyptian Sphynx
and
Pyramid of
Xochicalco.
box 3, folder 7
Manuscript re: temperature of the earth's core,
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Eight-page manuscript in French.
box 3, folder 8
"Alerta Peruanos,"
186-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Four-page manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 9
"Alegoria,"
186-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Two-page manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 10
"Carta de Plinio el Joven al Emperado Trajano,"
186-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Three-page manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 11
"Reglamente interior del comité central de la provincia,"
186-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Four-page manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 12
"El Rev. P. Fleury,"
between 1866 and 1869
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Two-page manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 13
"El Rev. Gual y sus doctrinas au transparencia,"
between 1866 and 1869
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
One-page, unfinished manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 14
Documents re: Formation of a philanthropic society for victims of the 1868
Lima earthquake,
1868
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Each two-page manuscript document in Spanish is signed by the members of the
society.
box 3, folder 15-24
Portfolio re: Religious controversies in Peru
1860-1870
Physical Description:
30
items
box 3, folder 15
Letter to the editor of
El
Comercio
,
1869 February 3[?]
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Eight-page manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 16
"Biografia del fraile Pisco, Obispo de Chachapoyas,"
between 1866 and 1869
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Eight-page manuscript plus inserted note, in Spanish.
box 3, folder 17
"1847 à 1848,"
186-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Nine-page manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 18
Untitled partial manuscript re: comparative religions [?],
186-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Nine-page manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 19
Untitled partial manuscript re: religious practices in Peru,
186-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Eight-page manuscript in Spanish.
box 3, folder 20
Miscellaneous notes and writings,
186-
Physical Description: circa 9 items
Scope and Content Note
Twelve pages in Spanish; pencil drawing of a bird-headed god on verso of one
item.
box 3, folder 21
Letters and documents re: Ellis de Johnson case,
1868-1869
Physical Description:
5
items
box 3, folder 22
Letters from Segundo Bringas to Pedro Alcalde,
1869
Physical Description:
3
items
box 3, folder 23
Miscellaneous letters,
1864-1870
Physical Description:
6
items
box 3, folder 24
Portfolio covers,
1860-1870
Physical Description:
1
item
box 3, folder 25-27
"A Sketch of the Ancient Inhabitants of Peru and Their
Civilization,"
1870
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Lectures delivered before the California Academy of Sciences.
box 3, folder 25
Notebook I: Introduction-Lecture VI
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
One hundred and thirteen-page manuscript in English; pages numbered 2-122 (some
numbers appear twice); pages 7-12;18-21 (i.e. parts of introduction-chapter II
[?]), are missing. Four collodion photographs of Peru are inserted between pages
37 and 38; a pencil plan of an unidentified archaeological site is inserted
between pages 63 and 64. Loose notes are inserted throughout the manuscript, and
are also found on the versos of some pages.
box 3, folder 26
Notebook II: Lecture VI cont'd.-Lecture VII,
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Forty-four-page manuscript in English; pages numbered 123-166. Loose notes are
inserted throughout the manuscript, and are also found on the versos of some
pages; a photograph of a Chinese pagoda by John[?] Ward and Co. is inserted in the
front of the notebook.
box 3, folder 27
Notebook III: Lecture VIII
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Fifteen-page manuscript in English; pages numbered 167-1[81].
box 4, folder 1
Collodion emulsion recipes,
1870-?
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes a 16-page manuscript booklet of recipes; a four-page recipe for collodion
emulsion; and three pages of loose notes, all in English.
box 4, folder 2
Untitled manuscript re: the Inca,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Thirty-seven-page manuscript in English consisting of the first two chapters of an
unpublished book. The chapters are titled "Legend of the Foundation of the Inca
Empire..." and "Religion of the Peruvians..."
box 4, folder 3-5
Untitled manuscript re: the Yucatan peninsula,
1870
Physical Description:
1
item
box 4, folder 3
Manuscript
Scope and Content Note
One hundred and sixty-seven-page unpublished manuscript in English consisting of
the first three chapters of a book; the pages are numbered 3-301, with pages
missing throughout. The chapters are titled: "On the Ancient Name of the Yucatan,"
"Description of the Country," and "Maya Language" (includes a rather complete
grammar); a fourth, partial chapter is untitled. Loose notes and drawings are
inserted throughout the manuscript; drawings and lengthy notes (additions to the
text, footnotes, etc., are also pasted in; collodion prints are pasted on pages
50, 94 (2), and 175.
box 4, folder 4
Loose notes
Scope and Content Note
Includes circa 37 pages of loose notes that were inserted throughout the
manuscript (collated); one drawing; two photographs of Chacmool; and two
photomechanical prints reproducing a portrait of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 4, folder 6
"Apology for the American Race,"
1872
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Seven-page manuscript in English, signed and dated by Augustus Le Plongeon on last
page.
box 4, folder 7
Untitled manuscript re: various aspects of ancient religions,
188-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Thirty-six-page manuscript in English includes discussion of various theological
terms such as daimon, derù, shaster, demon, hell, etc.
box 4, folder 8
Untitled manuscript re: Meaning of Maya architecture,
188-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Sixteen-page manuscript in English; the first four pages are missing. Signed on
last page --Augustus Le Plongeon, M.D., Brooklyn; with wet stamp: 18 Sidney
Place.
box 4-5, folder 9-24; 1-2
Queen Moo and the Egyptian
Sphynx
,
1896
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Three hundered and eighty-eight-page typescript manuscript in English; lacks title
page.
box 4, folder 9
Introduction
Scope and Content Note
24 pages.
box 4, folder 10
Chapters I-II
Scope and Content Note
31 pages.
box 4, folder 11
Chapter III
Scope and Content Note
23 pages.
box 4, folder 12
Chapter IV
Scope and Content Note
16 pages.
box 4, folder 13
Chapter V
Scope and Content Note
11 pages.
box 4, folder 14
Chapters VI-VII
Scope and Content Note
20 pages.
box 4, folder 15
Chapter VIII
Scope and Content Note
9 pages.
box 4, folder 16
Chapter IX
Scope and Content Note
19 pages.
box 4, folder 17
Chapter X
Scope and Content Note
14 pages.
box 4, folder 18
Chapters XI-XII
Scope and Content Note
17 pages.
box 4, folder 19
Chapter XIII
Scope and Content Note
28 pages.
box 4, folder 20
Chapters XIV-XV
Scope and Content Note
28 pages.
box 4, folder 21
Appendix (Notes I-VIII)
Scope and Content Note
23 pages.
box 4, folder 22
Appendix (Notes IX-XII)
Scope and Content Note
29 pages.
box 4, folder 23
Appendix (Note XIII)
Scope and Content Note
12 pages.
box 4, folder 24
Appendix (Note XIV)
Scope and Content Note
12 pages.
box 5, folder 1
Appendix (Notes XVI-XXI)
Scope and Content Note
19 pages.
box 5, folder 2
Index
Scope and Content Note
36 pages.
box 5, folder 3
Original drawing for
Queen
Moo...
,
circa 1896
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Pencil drawing of a Maya motif.
box 5, folder 4
Miscellaneous notes for
Queen
Moo...
,
circa 1896
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
1 page.
box 5, folder 5
Reviews and notices for
Queen
Moo
,
1896 July 17, 1897 July 10,
n.d.
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes reviews from the
Morning Post and the
Women's Tribune, and a publication notice from the
Theosophical Publishing Company.
box 5, folder 6
Publication correspondence for
Queen
Moo...
,
1895-1896
Physical Description:
12
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes 11 letters with two envelopes from J. J. Little and Co., and a summary of
printing cost estimates by Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 5, folder 7
Publication correspondence for
Queen
Moo...
,
1898
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter to publisher J. J. Little and Co. from Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, a
letter to her from the publisher, and a booklet containing copies of five letters
from Augustus Le Plongeon to the publisher.
box 5, folder 8
Publication correspondence for
Queen
Moo...
,
1899-1900
Physical Description:
12
items
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence between Augustus Le Plongeon, H. B. Parsons, Esq., and J. J. Little
and Co. regarding the binding, delivery, and payment for the remainder of the copies
ordered for the 1896 edition of
Queen Moo...;
includes ten letters and two bills.
box 5, folder 9
Untitled manuscript re: Egyptian and Maya languages as
cognates,
between 1886-1908
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Three-page typewritten manuscript in English.
box 5, folder 10
"Experiences of Augustus Le Plongeon,"
between 1886-1908
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
The first nine pages of a typewritten manuscript in English describing the psychic
experiences of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 5, folder 11
"Syllabus of Ten Lectures on Ancient American Civilization...,"
between 1886-1908
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Three-page typewritten manuscript in English; the title of the lecture course is
partially missing.
box 5, folder 12-13
Pyramid of Xochicalco,
1886-1937
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Posthumously published in the
Word in 1914.
box 5, folder 12
Pyramid of Xochicalco,
between 1886 and 1908; 1937
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Sixty-one-page manuscript in English, lacking page 4; and a note by Maude
Blackwell written in 1937 concerning the history of the manuscript.
box 5, folder 13
Pyramid of Xochicalco,
between 1886 and 1908
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Covers.
Series I.F.
Publications,
1866-1914
Physical Description:
42
items
Scope and Content Note
Series contains copies of Augustus Le Plongeon's published materials as well as
materials prepared for publication; also includes reviews, correspondence, and notes
relating to publications.
box 5, folder 14
Title copyright deposit for
La religion de
Jesús...
,
1867 November 12
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Copyrigth filed by William White and Company, the title of the book is listed as
La vida de Jesús auténtica, por El. M.R.P. Fr. Pedro
Gual...
box 5, folder 15
Manual de Fotografia,
1873
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Author's copy, includes five pages of handwritten notes re: collodion emulsion
recipes; two pages of printed recipes and instructions with notes; and a four-page
pamphlet published by Scovill titled "Dry Plate Photography;" all of which are
tipped into the verso of the book.
box 5, folder 16
Clippings found inside
Manual de
Fotografia
,
circa 1880-1889
Physical Description:
6
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes advertisments and pamphlets for various photographic products.
box 5, folder 17
Reviews of
Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and
Quiches
,
1886 September 2, 1886 July 10
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Clippings of reviews printed in the
Nation and the
Boston Herald.
box 5, folder 18
"Sacred Mysteries: A Voice from the Ancient West,
after 1886
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Nine-page annotated typescript essay by W. J. Colville regarding Augustus Le
Plongeon's
Sacred Mysteries Among the Mayas and
Quiches
.
box 5, folder 19
Excerpts from
Origin of the
Egyptians
,
1913-1914
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Sections of the book printed in the
Word, vol 17:
196-207 and vol 18: 225-228.
box 5, folder 20
Receipts and requests for publications,
1885 April 29, 1899 October 18, 1902
January 31
Physical Description:
3
items
box 5, folder 21
Illustrations for publications,
1886-1908
Physical Description:
9
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes eight photomechanical reproductions of photographs, four of which are
labeled with plate numbers, and a pencil drawing of one of the images.
box 8*, folder 1
Printed articles,
1866-1885
Physical Description:
8
items
box 8*, folder 1
"Colera epidemico,"
1866 November 30
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gaceta medicina de Lima no. 237 (Noviembre 30,
1866): 91-96.
box 8*, folder 1
"Finaliza el memorial de Dr. Augustus Le Plongeon [__], Merida, January
27, 1876,"
1876
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
La Razón del pueblo: Periódico oficial del gobierno del
Estado de Yucatán
April 21, 1876: p.? Two copies.
box 8*, folder 1
"Remitido: C. Presidente de la Republica Mexicana, Sr. D. Sebastian Lerdo
de Tejada,"
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
La Razón del pueblo: Periódico oficial del gobierno del
Estado de Yucatán
vol. 9, no. 224 (April 19, 1876): 2-4.
box 8*, folder 1
"Las ruinas de Yucatan,"
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
El Pensamiento [Merida], Año II. Reprint of a
letter to the editors originally published in
Ilustracion
Española y Americana
[Merida] August 30, 1876.
box 8*, folder 1
"Ruinas de Yucatan,"
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
El Pensamiento [Merida], Año II. Reprint of
another letter to the editors originally published in
Ilustracion Española y Americana [Merida].
box 8*, folder 1
"Photography Not an Art,"
1885
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographic Times and American Photographer vol.
15 no. 206 (August 28, 1885): 495.
box 8*, folder 1
"Xochicalco Pyramid: History of the Lost Continent of
Atlantis,"
between 1886-1908
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Published in the
Times (New York).
box 8*, folder 2
Miscellaneous clippings,
undated
Physical Description:
2
items
box 9*, folder 1-8
Illustrations of Xochicalco,
after 1890
Physical Description:
8
items
Scope and Content Note
Eight plates from Antonio Peñafiel,
Monumentos del arte
mexicano antiguo
mocked-up possibly to be used as illustrations for a
publication on Xochicalco.
Series I.G.
Personal documents,
1862-1910
Physical Description:
22
items
Scope and Content Note
Series contains documents relating to the life of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 5, folder 22
Masonic documents,
1862-1870
Physical Description:
4
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes certificates of Augustus Le Plongeon's masonic membership in Lima, Peru,
as well as documents authorizing him to represent said lodge in California.
box 5, folder 23
Grant to establish hydroelectric baths in Peru,
1864
Physical Description:
1
item
box 5, folder 23
Clippings regarding Augustus Le Plongeon,
1878-1892
Physical Description:
9
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes clippings from Yucatecan and American publications.
box 5, folder 24
Biographical notes and obituaries,
1908-1909
Physical Description:
6
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes two handwritten lists chronicling Augustus Le Plongeon's whereabouts by
year; a fragment of a longer biographical note; a three page typescript account of
his final moments; and two obituaries.
box 5, folder 25
Bigby, William,
1910 March 1, 1910 March 11
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Two letters to S. B. Robertson discussing Augustus Le Plongeon's life, work, and
publications.
Series II.
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon papers,
1873-1910
Physical Description: circa 2.8 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon include correspondence, her travel diary from
Yucatan, notes, manuscripts, and publications spanning her career from her time in
Yucatan until her death.
Series II.A.
Letters received,
1886-1909
Physical Description:
22
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries consists of letters received by Alice Dixon Le Plongeon and is arranged
alphabetically by correspondent.
box 6, folder 1
American Museum of Natural History,
1899
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 2
Beaumont, Comyns,
1909
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 3
Carrillo y Ancona, Cresencio,
1886 December 24, 1893 July 23, 1893
September 9
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
With three envelopes; the envelope postmarked 1893 June 23 does not correspond to
any of the letters.
box 6, folder 4
Colvin, Verplanck,
1897
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
On letterhead of the Albany Institute.
box 6, folder 5
Hearst, Phoebe,
1895-1898
Physical Description:
12
items
box 6, folder 6
Imperial Russian Consulate General,
1899 February 27
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 7
Johnson, Willis Fletcher,
1908 December 21
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 8
Stationer's Hall,
1909 August 14
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 9
Viking, John O.,
1908 May 13
Physical Description:
1
item
Series II.B.
Travel diary,
1873-1881
Physical Description:
36
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains Alice Le Plongeon's diary written during the Le Plongeons'
time in Yucatan. Correspondence and notes are inserted throughout the diary (loose and
tipped-in). Inserted correspondence often correlates to the date of the diary entry.
Loose letters and notes have been removed and placed in the folders following the
diary. For a photocopy of the travel diary see Box 63.
box 6, folder 10
Travel diary,
1873 July 28 - 1876 August 22
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Half-leather ruled notebook, stamped on spine "Records," contains a 263 page
manuscript travel diary in English. Pages are numbered 1-263; two pages between p.
225-226 are unnumbered. Pages 1-40 are the text of a lecture that Alice Le Plongeon
delivered in Belize, Honduras, 1878[?] for the benefit of the Catholic School, and
subsequently published as her 1878 article "Notes on Yucatan." The diary begins on
the next page. Tipped-in letters to Augustus Le Plongeon are from Palomino (p. 238),
Peón de Regil (p. 242), and Irmilio Canton (p. 249). A newspaper article by Alice Le
Plongeon, "Un sueño de las ruinas de Uxmal," translated from an article in the
World (New York), and published in a Mexican paper
covers the end papers. For a photocopy of the travel diary see Box 63.
box 63
Photocopy of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's travel diary,
1873-1881
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy made in 2006. For original see Box 6.
box 6, folder 11-14
Loose letters and notes removed from the diary,
1875-1881
Physical Description:
40
items
box 6, folder 11
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon: letters sent,
1875 August 15, 1875 December 26 -
1876 January 27
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Copies of a ten-page letter to "Uncle Jack," and a four-page letter to "Father
and Mother" written over a span of one month.
box 6, folder 12
Augustus Le Plongeon: Letters sent,
1875-1876
Physical Description:
10
items
Scope and Content Note
Copies of letters written by Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 6, folder 12
Alcalá, Felipe Pérez,
1875 April 25, 1875 April 29
Physical Description:
2
items
box 6, folder 12
Alpuche, Nestor Rubio,
1875 April 27
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 12
Vergilio, Santiago Pérez,
1875 April 29
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 12
"Pajaro verde,"
1876
Physical Description:
4
items
box 6, folder 12
Canton, Irmilio,
1876 July 26
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 12
Regil, Rafael de,
1876 July 27
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 13
Augustus Le Plongeon: letters received,
1876-1881
Physical Description:
5
items
box 6, folder 13
Juzgado del crimen, Merida,
1881 July 21
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 13
Font, Sra.(?),
1876 May 27
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 13
Feliciano,
1881 April 22
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 13
Betancourt, Manuel,
1876 July 23
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 13
Regil, Rafael de,
1876 July 23
Physical Description:
1
item
box 6, folder 14
Notes,
1875-1878
Physical Description:
8
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes a chronology of the Le Plongeons's whereabouts between July 1873 (New
York) and January 1876 (Merida); a list of Maya phrases with corresponding Spanish
translations; an account of the Le Plongeons's experiences in Yucatan in the fall of
1875; a document in Maya signed by Doroteo Ryan; and other miscellaneous notes.
Series II.C.
Research notes and manuscripts,
1880-1910
Physical Description:
35
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains notes and unpublished mauscripts by Alice Dixon Le Plongeon.
Some items were possibly written as lectures or for journal publication.
box 6, folder 15
Color notes,
between 1886 and 1910
Physical Description:
2
items
box 6, folder 16
Miscellaneous notes,
between 1886 and 1910
Physical Description:
6
items
box 6, folder 17-19
"Yucatan: Its Ancient Palaces and Modern
Cities...
,"
1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Five hundred and thirty-five-page unpublished typewritten manuscipt.
box 6, folder 17
Introduction-Chapter VII
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
179 pages including a printed title page with copyright notice and the first page
of a handwritten preface.
box 6, folder 18
Chapters VIII-XI
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
178 pages.
box 6, folder 19
Chapter XII-Appendix
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
178 pages. A photomechanical reproduction of a restoration drawing of Chacmool on
top of the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá is inserted at page 496.
box 7, folder 1
"Paris,"
1896 Sept.
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
32-page manuscript.
box 7, folder 2
"An American Prince,"
between 1886 and 1910
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Nine-page manuscript re: Chacmool.
box 7, folder 3
"Carnival Days,"
after 1886
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Six-page typescript.
box 7, folder 4
"A Hammock Story,"
after 1886
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Three page typescript.
box 7, folder 5
"Hawaii Long Ago,"
after 1886
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Five-page typescript.
box 7, folder 6
Untitled mansucript re: Old London,
after 1886
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Pages 37-56 of a typewritten manuscript and six pages of notes on the
Posthumous works of Samuel Butler.
box 7, folder 7
"Psychic experiences of A. D. L. P.,"
after 1886
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Three-page typescript.
box 7, folder 8
Poetry,
after 1886
Physical Description:
5
items
Scope and Content Note
Typescript poems titled: "A Battle Prayer;" "To A. J. H. LeP" (2 copies); "To an
Antiquary" (2 copies).
box 7, folder 9
Manuscript fragment re: Spanish discovery of Yucatan,
after 1886
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Page 2 of a typescript.
box 7, folder 10
Lecture lists, announcements, and outlines,
1880-1909
Physical Description:
9
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes lists of lectures, lecture introductions, slide lists, and outlines of
lectures.
Series II.D.
Publications,
1884-1903
Physical Description:
54
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains copies of published articles, lectures, poetry, and sheet
music.
box 7, folder 11
"The Monuments of Mayach and Their Historical Teachings: Read before the
Albany Institute, December 22, 1896",
1896
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Twenty-eight-page self-published [?] pamphlet of her lecture.
box 7, folder 12
"Immortality,"
after 1886
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Printed poem.
box 8*, folder 3, 6
Articles 1880s,
1884-1889
Physical Description:
7
items
box 8*, folder 3
"An Example of Patience for Photographers,"
1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographic Times and American Photographer vol.
14, no. 162 (New Series no. 42; June 1884): 302-304 and frontispiece to issue.
box 8*, folder 3
"Remarkable Wells and Caverns,"
1885
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Scientific American Supplement vol. 20, no. 508
(September 26, 1885): 8105.
box 8*, folder 3
"Baptism in America Before the Spanish Conquest,"
1885
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Harper's Bazaar vol. 18, no. 35 (August 29, 1885):
553-554.
box 8*, folder 3
"New Year's Day among Some Ancient Americans,"
1885
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Harper's Bazaar vol. 18, no. 37 (September 12,
1885): 594-595.
box 8*, folder 3
"Babies of the Maya Indians,"
1887
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Published in ?, vol. 20, no. 12.
box 8*, folder 6
"Collodion vs. Gelatin,"
1888 December 7
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographic Times and American Photographer vol.
18, no. 377 (Dec. 7, 1888): 581-582.
box 8*, folder 3
"The Maidens of Yucatan,"
1889
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Published in ?
box 8*, folder 3
"Pizarro's Death and Burial,"
1889
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Home Journal March 22, 1889: page ?
box 8*, folder 4
Articles 1890s,
1892-1898
Physical Description:
6
items
box 8*, folder 4
"Incinerating the Dead,"
1892
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Commercial Advertiser (New York), December 25
1892: page ?
box 8*, folder 4
"Golden Flower: A Dark Page in American History,"
1894
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Home Journal September 19, 1894: 1-2.
box 8*, folder 4
"The Yucatan Indians: Their Struggle for Independence - Their Manner of
Living and Method of Warfare,"
1895
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Evening Post (New York), vol. 94 (July 2, 1895):
7.
box 8*, folder 4
"Christmas Eve in Yucatan,"
1897
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Evening Post (New York), December 24, 1897:
11.
box 8*, folder 4
"Muffins and Ragamuffuns,"
1898
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Forest and Stream, January 22, 1898: 68.
box 8*, folder 4
"Creatures of the Tropics,"
1898
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Evening Post (New York),[___]ber 24, 1898: page
?
box 8*, folder 5
Articles 1900s,
1900-1901
Physical Description:
5
items
box 8*, folder 5
"That Famous Foundling,"
1900
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Forest and Stream, July 7, 1900: 5.
box 8*, folder 5
"Splendors of Kinsay: A Chinese Metropolis of the Middle
Ages,"
1900
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Commercial Advertiser, September 8, 1900, second
section: 1.
box 8*, folder 5
"Chan Santa Cruz's Fall,"
1901
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Commercial Advertiser, June 8, 1901: 1.
box 8*, folder 5
"Mexico's Mayan War,"
1901
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Commercial Advertiser, July 20, 1901, second
section: 1.
box 8*, folder 5
"A Yucatan Girl,"
1901
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Commercial Advertiser, July 27, 1901: 14.
box 8*, folder 6
Articles, date unknown,
after 1873
Physical Description:
6
items
box 8*, folder 6
"How History Repeats Itself: Remarkable Occurrence in the Only
Independent Indian Tribe of Yucatan,"
after 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Published in ?
box 8*, folder 6
"Ancient Indian Dances,"
probably after 1890
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Published in ?
box 8*, folder 6
"Fables Told by the Maya Indians,"
circa 1900
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Demorest's Monthly Magazine.
box 8*, folder 6
"A Maiden of Yucatan,"
after 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Published in ?
box 8*, folder 6
"Beautiful Cozumel,"
after 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Published in ?
box 8*, folder 6
"Dialogues of the Dead: From the French of Fontenelle,"
after 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Home Journal.
box 8*, folder 7
Maya Melodies of Yucatan,
1903
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
"Taken from Indian airs by Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, with musical settings by
Susanne Vaughn Reed Lawton." Sheet music, nine pages.
Series III.
Photographs,
1851-1933
Selected photographs from Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon papers
Physical Description: ca. 20.2 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
The series includes photographs taken by or pertaining to the Le Plongeons and their
research. Captions and annotations are transcribed as they appear on the piece.
Series III.A.
Loose photographs,
1851-1933
Physical Description:
142
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains photographs by and pertaining to the Le Plongeons. Included
are portraits of Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon taken at various times of their
lives; early photographs of St. Thomas and Peru by Augustus Le Plongeon; and numerous
images from the Le Plongeons' years in Yucatan and surrounding areas, including views
and details of Mayan ruins and excavations, and views of towns and native peoples. The
photographs of Yucatan were made by both the Le Plongeons, and where known, are
specifically identified as having been taken by either Augustus or Alice Le
Plongeon.
box 10
Binder of loose photographs,
1851-1933
Physical Description:
92
items
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.1 - 2004.m.18-b10.4
Studio portraits of Augustus Le Plongeon,
1871
Physical Description:
4
items
8 x 6.6 cm. and slightly
smaller
Scope and Content Note
Albumen prints. Photographer unknown. "1871"--written on all versoes. "A__ Le
Plongeon"--written in negative of 2004.m.18-b10.4.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.5
Studio portrait of Augustus Le Plongeon,
print 1909
Physical Description:
1
item
19.5 x 12.4 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Planotype print [?] from 1870s [?] negative. Photographer unknown.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.6
Studio portrait of Augustus Le Plongeon,
1909 January 13
Physical Description:
1
item
15 x 10.4 cm. on mount 25 x 19.7
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Used on a memorial announcement for Augustus Le Plongeon. Planotype print [?]
from 1870s [?] negative, image same as 2004.m.18-b10.5. Photographer unknown.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.7
Augustus Le Plongeon at Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
25.5 x 19.2 cm. on mount 25.5 x 20.7
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Retouched albumen composite photograph by Augustus Le Plongeon from negatives
made from 1873 to 1884, showing him as the archaeologist/explorer in
Yucatecan-style field dress, seated on a ruined wall, and holding his rifle. To
his left is a Mayan stele; a scene of Alice Le Plongeon with a horse and a group
of Mayan workers appears in the background. Written on verso in hand of Maude
Blackwell: Dr. A. J. Le Plongeon with stone from an ancient tomb. Photograph made
in 1873. For another print of this image see Box 61.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.8
Portraits of Alice Dixon,
1863-1865
Physical Description:
1
item
8.8. x 13.3 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Two uncut albumen prints of Alice Dixon circa age 12-14, probably taken in her
father's photographic studio. "1863? 1865?"--written on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.9
Portraits of Alice Dixon,
circa 1867
Physical Description:
1
item
9.6 x 15.2 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Two uncut salt prints of Alice Dixon circa age 16, probably taken in her father's
photographic studio.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.10
Alice Dixon leaning on a balustrade,
186-
Physical Description:
1
item
7.6 x 4.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Salt print of Alice Dixon, probably taken in her father's photographic studio,
circa late 1860s.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.11
Alice Dixon dressed as a "tapada,"
circa 1870
Physical Description:
1
item
9.5 x 5.7 cm. on mount 10.5 x 6.3
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen carte-de-visite portrait of Alice wearing a mantle covering her head and
mouth, probably taken in her father's studio.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.12
Portrait of Alice Dixon,
circa 1870
Physical Description:
1
item
8.3 x 6.7 cm. on mount 8.4 x 7
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen portrait of Alice, possibly taken in her father's studio.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.13
Alice Dixon circa age 20,
1871-1872
Physical Description:
1
item
9.6 x 6 cm. on mount 10.3 x 6.2
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen carte-de-visite portrait by Henry Dixon of Alice seated next to an
unfolded plate of the Governor's Palace at Uxmal by Frederick Catherwood. Taken
shortly before her departure from London with Augustus Le Plongeon, this
photograph alludes to their projected expedition to Yucatan.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.14
Alice Dixon circa age 20,
1871-1872
Physical Description:
1
item
9.3 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen portrait by Henry Dixon of Alice seated next to an unfolded plate of the
Governor's Palace at Uxmal by Frederick Catherwood. Taken shortly before her
departure from London with Augustus Le Plongeon, this photograph alludes to their
projected expedition to Yucatan.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.15
Portrait of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon,
188-
Physical Description:
1
item
19.5 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content Note
Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait of Alice wearing "Queen Moo's
talisman." "Very truly yours Alice D. Le Plongeon"--signed below image. "Moss
Engr. Co. N.Y."--signed in image.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.16
Cabinet card portrait of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon,
188-
Physical Description:
1
item
15.3 x 10.1 cm. on mount 16.5 x 10.8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Planotype print. Photographer unknown. "Mrs. Alice D. Le Plongeon. Blackwell.
Westwood Pico"--annotations written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. Printing
instructions on verso in another hand.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.17
Late portrait of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon,
190-
Physical Description:
1
item
13.6 x 8.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Possibly taken near her death; albumen print. Photographer unknown. See accession
number 2004.m.18-b14.3 for the printing block made from this image. "This is cut
down"--annotation on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.18
Portrait of Francisco de Paula G. Vigil,
1870
Physical Description:
1
item
9.2 x 5.8 cm. on mount 10.1 x 6.6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen carte-de-visite portrait by Villroy L. Richardson (Lima, Peru).
"Fotografia Richardson. De y Lecca"--printed on mount under image. "1870. Al Sr.
Augustus Le Plongeon su affms amigo Fran.co de Paula G. Vigil"--written on verso.
"A fine man, whom Dr. Le Plongeon spoke of as a beloved friend. M.A.B."--written
on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.19
New York harbor, view towards customs house,
1881
Physical Description:
1
item
12 x 18.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Cyanotype.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.20
Street scene,
1851?
Physical Description:
1
item
11.8 x 19 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Taken on the island of Saint Thomas[?] Coated salt print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.21
Cutting timber in a village,
1851?
Physical Description:
1
item
19.2 x 10.7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Taken on the island of Saint Thomas[?] Coated salt print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.22
Estancia,
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
19 x 10.3 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Peru[?] Coated salt print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.23
Group of people in front of a ceiba tree,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12.3 x 19.5 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Two men shaking hands and four children. Albumen print. For another print of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.114.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.24
Train station next to El Refrigerio building,
1860-?
Physical Description:
1
item
11.8 x 18.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b21.15.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.25
A Carib woman,
1878 or 1879
Physical Description:
1
item
9.4 x 8.2 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Title from verso. Probably taken in British Honduras. Albumen print.
"Right"--pencil annotation on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.26
McDonald house, St. George's Cay,
1879
Physical Description:
1
item
9 x 9.7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. "A few days at St. George's Cay 1879"--ink annotation on verso.
"McDonald's house"--pencil annotation on verso. For lantern slide of this image
see accession number 2004.m.18-b36.3.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.27
Grinding corn or chocolate, Izamal,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
8 x 7.3 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Salt print. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.11; for the glass plate negative see accession number
2004.m.18-b15.5. "Right. Grinding corn or chocolate for both are the
[____]"--pencil annotation on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.28
Dock and wharf at Progresso,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
7.2 x 7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.29
School, Yucatan,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
7.9 x 7.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b36.27. "96"--written on photograph.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.30
Fair at Izamal,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
7.8 x 7.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
View from east side of the square. Albumen print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.31
Convent walls[?], Yucatan,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
7.9 x 7.1 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b24.10.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.32
Soldiers after a battle,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
8.9 x 7.4 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. "Civil war in Yucatan after the battle"--annotation on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.33
Soldiers and prisoners in an old convent,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
7.4 x 7.4 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Scene from the civil war in Yucatan. Albumen print. "Right. I have made a dot
behind a man in this group who is transparent. We wait for a scientific
explaination of that fact"--written on verso in hand of Alice Le Plongeon.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.34
Roadside well (noria), Izamal,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
8.8 x 15.7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.112. "64"--written on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.35
Bullfight, Izamal,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
8.5 x 16.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b26.8. "35"--written on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.36
House of the Adelantado Francisco de Montejo,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
8.5 x 14.4 cm.
Scope and Content Note
The first house built in Merida by the Spanish. Albumen stereo print. For
additional prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.M.18-b12.61 and
2004.M.18-b12.62. "68"--written on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.37
Ake,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
8.5 x 8.9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon is seated in lower left corner. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon. Albumen print. "Ake, colonnade in the ampitheater"--annotation on verso.
For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b5.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.38
Chacmool represented as a wounded tiger,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
9 x 16.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. "4"--written on verso. For additional prints of this image
see accession numbers 2004.M.18-b12.54 and 2004.m.18-b13.11.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.39
Arrival of Chacmool at Piste,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
9.1 x 15.7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. "4"--in negative. "10"--written on verso. For another print
of this image see accession number 2004.M.18-b12.55.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.40
Chacmool after excavation, Chichén Itzá,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
8.6 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Augustus sitting on the newly excavated statue. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le
Plongeon. Albumen half-stereo print. "Small print of Plate XLII in Queen Moo
p.132. Prince Coh excavated by A Le Plongeon and his indian helper"--written on
verso. For a lantern slide similar to this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b29.7.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.41
Observatory, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
9 x 9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen half-stereo print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.42
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
9.1 x 8.5 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen half-stereo print. "15"-written on print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.43
Bas-relief of a warrior, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
8.4 x 15.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. "30"--in negative. "29"--written on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.44
Bas-relief of a jaguar eating a heart, Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars,
Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
9 x 16.5 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. "7"--in negative. "5"--written on verso. For additional
prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.19 and 96.r.137-475.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.45
Bas-relief of an eagle eating a heart, Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars,
Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
9.3 x 16.5 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. "6"--written on verso. For another print of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b12.20.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.46
Sculpted heads near La Iglesia, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
14.8 x 8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen half-stereo print. "16"--written on print. "13"--written on verso. For
another print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-473.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.47
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon standing in front of the north facade of the
temple atop El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
8 x 15.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Albumen stereo print. "50"--written on verso.
"41"--in negative. "Blackwell's. Photo by Le Plongeon"--written on verso in hand
of Maude Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.12.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.48
Bas-relief "skeleton" from temple entrance, north facade, El Castillo,
Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
9.4 x 14.9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. "Chichen 17"--in negative. "51"--written on verso. For
another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.13.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.49
Bas relief of bearded man from the temple portico, north facade, El
Castillo, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
8.9 x 15.4
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. " 53"--written on verso. For another print of this image
see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.14; for the negative of similar shot of this
relief see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.9; for a lantern slide see accession
number 2004.m.18-b29.11.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.50
Bas relief from the temple portico, south facade, El Castillo, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
9.2 x 16.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. "Chichen 1"--in negative. "54"--written on verso. For
another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.15.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.51
Bas relief of a bearded figure from a capital, north side of El Castillo,
Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
9.2 x 16 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. "51"--written on verso. For lantern slide of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b29.10.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.52
View of the west side of El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,
print 19--
Physical Description:
1
item
8.9 x 10 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Augustus Le Plongeon and a worker are standing in the foreground. Photographer:
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Gelatin silver copy print from 1876 negative.
"Reproduction"--written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. For another print of
this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.11; for the glass negative see
accession number 2004.m.18-b15.8.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.53
Facade, second level of Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
12.9 x 20.1 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b29.20.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.54
Palapa and workers next to Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
12.6 x 20.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b26.7.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.55
Bas relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
12.3 x 19.9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion print. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b10.56.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.56
Bas relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
12.9 x 18.9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b10.55.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.57
Restoration of the Platform of Venus with Chacmool, Chichén
Itzá,
after 1886
Physical Description:
1
item
13.5 x 20.7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Composite photograph after a drawing by Augustus Le Plongeon; published in his
Origins of the Egyptians, 1913. Matte collodion
print[?] "Blackwell's. Le Plongeon photo from Yucatan. 'Restored'
mausoleum"--written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. For lantern slide of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.17; for the printing block made from this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b14.2.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.58
Tracing of a figure from a mural painting at Kabah,
print ca. 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
14.5 x 26.9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Includes lengthy explanation and key on the verso in Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's
hand. See Augustus Le Plongeon's a 1885 article "The Horse at Kabah." Cyanotype
print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.59
Living quarters in the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
circa 1874
Physical Description:
1
item
13.4 x 19.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Alice and Augustus in their "study." Contents of the room are labeled on the
verso in Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's hand. Albumen print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.60
East facade, Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
print 1933
Physical Description:
1
item
8.8 x 10.4 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Alice is leaning against wall. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Gelatin silver
copy print from negative circa 1873. "1. Uxmal Governor's House ruins Yucatan.
Made from the old 'silver' negative Le Plongeon. Blackwell Cal. 1935"--written on
verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. For collodion print of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b13.8; for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.3; for
lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.12.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.61
Detail of wall decoration, east facade, Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
9.4 x 10.5 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Unmounted albumen half-stereo print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.62
Detail of wall decoration, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid,
Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
8.8 x 14 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b10.63.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.63
Detail of wall decoration, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid,
Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
12.3 x 19.4 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Matte collodion print[?] For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b10.62.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.64
Plaster cast of "Kak" inscription,
1873-1886
Physical Description:
1
item
9.6 x 19.3 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereo print. "Photo from plaster cast from mould made by Dr. Le Plongeon
- inscription reading Kak (fire) (God fire). Original 0 m 35 c long by 0 m 25 c
high"--written on verso in hand of Alice Le Plongeon.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.65
Pyramid of Xochicalco,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
13.8 x 19.1 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print. "Plate I. For Le Plongeon's book
Pyramid of Xochicalco. General view of Xochicalco"--written on verso in
hand of Maude Blackwell." "General view"--annotation on verso in a different[?]
hand.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.66
North half of east facade, pyramid of Xochicalco,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
10.6 x 16.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Printed in reverse; gelatin silver print. "P. V. Collins, Minneapolis,
Minn."--photographer's wet stamp on verso. "Plate of north half of east
side"--written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. "nw half"--annotation on verso
in a different hand.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.67
North half of east facade, pyramid of Xochicalco,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12 x 16.9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Copy print of 2004.m.18-b10.66; gelatin silver print. Photographer: P. V.
Collins. "Plate - #2 Pyramid of Xochicalo East Side"--written on verso in hand of
Maude Blackwell.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.68
East facade, pyramid of Xochicalco,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
10.6 x 16.7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print. "P. V. Collins, Minneapolis, Minn."--photographer's wet
stamp on verso.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.69
East facade, pyramid of Xochicalco,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
10.6 x 15.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Copy print of 2004.m.18-b10.68; gelatin silver print. Photographer: P. V.
Collins.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.70
East facade, pyramid of Xochicalco,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12 x 17 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Copy print of 2004.m.18-b10.68; gelatin silver print. Photographer unknown.
"Blackwell. Le P."--written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.71
Cross-legged Mayan figure, wall decoration, pyramid of
Xochicalco,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
8.5 x 11.9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Printed in reverse; gelatin silver print. Photographer unknown.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.72
Wolf figure, wall decoration, pyramid of Xochicalco,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12 x 17.3 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print. Photographer unknown. "Xochicalco Pyramid. Enlarge figure
of wolf. LeP"--written on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.73
Wolf figure, wall decoration, pyramid of Xochicalco,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
8.4 x 11.9 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver[?] print; copy print of 2004.m.18-b10.72. Photographer unknown.
"p.27 "49"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon[?]
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.74
Locusts,
between 1873-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
10.5 x 18.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.75
Stone mask,
after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
12 x 17 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.76
Cast of pre-Inca wall decorations,
after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
12 x 17.1 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.77
Mahomet collection,
after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
13.7 x 17.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Collection of Native American vessels and rugs. Gelatin silver print. "Part of
Mahomet's collection"--written on verso. "Le Plongeon (Blackwell)"--written on
verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. Collection possibly located in Mahomet,
Illinois?
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.78 - 2004.m.18-b10.79
Chinese lion,
19--?
Physical Description:
2
items
each 12 x 17 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver prints. "Le Plongeon (Blackwell's)"--written on photo
2004.m.18-b10.78.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.80
Ganesha statue,
after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
18 x 9.7 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Cyanotype. "Ganesha, the God of knowledge with Elephant head in India"--written
on verso in hand of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon.
box 10
2004.m.18-b10.81 - 2004.m.18-b10.92
Views of Native American ruins and petroglyphs, New Mexico,
after 1885
Physical Description:
12
items
10.2 x 12.5 cm. and
smaller
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver prints. "Charles Goodman, Bluff, Utah"--photographer's wet stamp
on verso of three of the prints. Annotations on versoes in hand of Maude Blackwell
and Augusutus Le Plongeon [?]
box 11
Box of loose photographs,
1862-1909
Physical Description:
49
items
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.1a
Gateway to Calaveras,
between 1862-1870
Physical Description:
1
item
17.2 x 22.7 cm on mount 18.5 x 23.5
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. "1. Gateway to Calaveras"--written in ink on verso. For lantern
slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.5.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.1b
Entrance to funerary platform, Chan Chan, Peru
between 1862-1870
Physical Description:
1
item
22 x 17.5 cm on mount 23.4 x 18.4
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. "3. Stucco work at Chimu Canshu"--written in ink on verso. For
lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.4.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.2
Four Peruvian vessels,
between 1862-1870
Physical Description:
1
item
21.6 x 18 cm. on mount 23.6 x 18.5
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen composite print. "Peruvian pottery in collection of Dr. A. J. Le
Plongeon; the collection was destroyed in 1870 by President Ardte of
Peru..."--annotation on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For lantern slide
of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.9.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.3
Three Peruvian vessels with handles,
between 1862-1870
Physical Description:
1
item
22.3 x 18 cm. on mount 23.6 x 18.4
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen composite print. "Photographs of pottery in the collection of Dr. A. J.
Le Plongeon. This was destroyed in 1870 by the Pres of Peru..."--annotation on
verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b32.7.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.4
Three Peruvian vessels,
between 1862-1870
Physical Description:
1
item
23.9 x 19.2 on mount 28.3 x 22.3
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen composite print. "Peruvian pottery. Photographs by Le Plongeon. This
collection was destroyed in 1870 by the Pres of Peru..."--annotation on mount in
hand of Maude Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b32.3.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.5
Two Peruvian vessels,
between 1862-1870
Physical Description:
1
item
24.8 x 19.6 cm. on mount 30 x 24.3
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen composite print. "(Peru) photos made by Dr. Le Plongeon (collection was
destroyed by Pres. Ardte in 1870..."--annotation on verso in hand of Maude
Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b32.8.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.6
Three Peruvian vessels,
between 1862-1870
Physical Description:
1
item
23.8 x 19.5 cm on mount 30.5 x 25.2
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen composite print. "Photographs of Peruvian pottery in the collection of
the late Dr. A. J. Le Plongeon, this was destroyed by the President of Peru in
1870..."--annotation on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.7
Akad-Dzib inscription,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
19.7 x 6.2 cm. on mount 22.8 x 9.3
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Glyph panel from Chichén Itzá. Albumen print. "Photo by Dr. Augustus Le Plongeon
Archaeologist in ruins of Yucatan. M. A. Blackwell's. 'Mysterious writing' etc.
(key) Chichen Itzá Uxmal ruins"--annotation on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell.
For the glass negative (broken and with pieces missing?), see accession number
2004.m.18-b15.7a.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.8
Reconstruction of mural, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
12.2 x 19.8 cm. on mount 17.7 x 22.8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Photograph of drawing, third segment. Albumen print. "3rd. Prince AAc in
presence[sic] of H-men. Coh memorial hall Chichen. Le Plongeon photo
(Blackwell)"--annotation on mount in hand of Maude Blackwell. "M. A. Blackwell.
Fresco paintings Le Plongeon"--annotation on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.9
Excavation of the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá,
print after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
12.8 x 25 cm. on mount 17.7 x 22.7
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print from negative made after 1883. "15. Excavation Cay
tomb"--annotation on mount in hand of Maude Blackwell. "Excavation Cay
tomb"--annotation on verso in hand of ADLP[?].
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.10
Augustus Le Plongeon with serpent sculptures from the Platform of Venus,
Chichén Itzá,
print after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
12.8 x 25 cm. on mount 17.7 x 22.9
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Gelatin silver print from 1883 negative.
"Chichen Yucatan Mexico. Stone snake heads - Found by Dr. Le Plongeon in an
ancient Mausoleum (Cay) Chichen"--annotation on mount in hand of Maude Blackwell.
"Blackwell Le Plongeon"--annotation on verso in hand of Maude Blackwell. "Cay
tomb"--annotation in hand of ADLP[?]
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.11r
Statue found in the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá,
print after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
11.3 x 19.6 cm. on mount 17.7 x 25
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Statue is now in the Merida Museum. Gelatin silver print from 1883 negative.
"Fot. por A. Le Plongeon"--caption from a negative pasted below image. "Chichen
Itza. Statue that Doctor found in tomb of "High Priest Cay" and buried
again"--written on mount in hand of Maude Blackwell. For lantern slide of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b29.21.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.11v
Men repairing a building, Yucatan,
print after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
10.8 x 18.2 cm. on mount 17.7 x 25
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print from 1883 negative. For lantern slide of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b20.17.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.12
Cast of lintel from the upper entrance of the Temple of the Jaguars,
Chichén Itzá
print after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
11.6 x 25.1 cm. on mount 17.6 x 27.7
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print from 1883 negative. "Sculptured beam forming the lintel of
the entrance to funeral chamber in Prince Coh's memorial hall - (casts from moulds
by Dr. Le Plongeon) Portrait of Coh"--annotation on mount in hand of Maude
Blackwell. "Plate XXXVII"--annotation on mount in another hand. For lantern slide
of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.8.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.13
Puuc-style facade with Chac mask, Chichén Itzá[?],
print after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
15 x 20.6 cm. on mount 20 x 26.1
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Collodion[?] print from 1883[?] negative. John Fullerton attributes this image to
Teobert Maler and identifies the site as Xkichmol, Yucatán.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.14
La Iglesia, Chichén Itzá,
print after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
11.5 x 19.5 cm. on mount 20.1 x 23.9
cm.
Scope and Content Note
The upper right corner of the roof was destroyed sometime after photograph was
taken. Albumen print from 1883[?] negative. "Fot. por A. Le Plongeon"--caption
from a negative pasted below image. For albumen stereograph of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b12.17; for lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b29.14.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.14a
Man standing on top of the mound at Mayapan,
1873-76
Physical Description:
1
item
11.3 x 18 cm. on mount 16.6 x 21.8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon stands next to the third horse from the left; her dog, Endless,
is in the foreground. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Published in Alice Dixon
Le Plongeon's 1888 article "The Conquest of the Mayas. Part II." Albumen
print.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.15r.1
View of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
1873 or 1874
Physical Description:
1
item
11.5 x 19.5 cm. on mount 26.6 x 20.5
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. "General view of Governor's house, Hac private residence - Can's
castle and barracks arsenal"--annotation on mount in hand of Alice Dixon Le
Plongeon.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.15r.2
Alice Le Plongeon serenading the cattle,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
11.7 x 20 cm. on mount 26.6 x 20.5
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. "Yard in front of X[___]"--annotation on mount in hand of Alice
Dixon Le Plongeon.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.15v
Statue of Chacmool on frieze of the east facade of the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
1873 or 1874
Physical Description:
1
item
19.8 x 11.3 cm. on mount 26.6 x 20.5
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. "Pedestal and remains of the statue of Chaacmol in the east facade
of the Governor's house Chaacmol"--annotation on mount in hand of Alice Dixon Le
Plongeon.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.16
Base of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
1873 or 1874
Physical Description:
1
item
11.3 x 19.7 cm. on mount 17.8 x 22.8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. "Small pilasters at base of Governor's House - Uxmal. Marked (F)
on plan"--annotation on mount in hand of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. For lantern
slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.20.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.17
Plan of Las Monjas,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12.6 x 25.6 cm. on mount 17.7 x 22.6
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Photograph of drawing with photographs of site. Collodion print. Buildings in
photographs identified in pencil. "Plan of King Can Palace and of the sanctuary at
Uxmal surveyed and drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon, Md."--caption on plan. Same
information repeated on mount in hand of Maude Blackwell. "Plan Monjas,
Uxmal"--written on verso in hand of ADLP.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.18r.1 - 2004.m.18-b11.18r.2
Bear sculpture from Uxmal,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
2
items
Prints 19.4 x 12.6 cm. on mount 20.2 x
16.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Front and rear views. Albumen prints. For lantern slide of 2004.m.18-b11.18r.1
see accession number 2004.m.18-b.32.11. For lantern slide of 2004.m.18-b11.18r.2
see accession number 2004.m.18-b31.1.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.18v.1 - 2004.m18-b11.18v.5
Ceramic items,
1870s-1880s
Physical Description:
5
items
6.3 x 8.6 cm. and smaller, on mount
20.2 x 16.8 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen prints. 18v.5 is an incense burner from Guinea Grass, British
Honduras.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.19
Map of Yucatan,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12.6 x 20.7 cm. on mount 17.7 x 20.8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Photograph of a printed map of Yucatan. Collodion print.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.20
Izamel,
print after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
12.5 x 19.1 cm. on mount 13.1 x 20.3
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print from 1880s[?] negative. "Virgen"--written on verso.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.21
A Merida street - the Alameda,
print after 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
12.6 x 20.3 cm. on mount 17.7 x 22.8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Title written on recto and verso of mount. Collodion print from 1880s[?]
negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b26.9.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.22r
The church of St. Christopher, Merida,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12.5 x 20.3 cm. on mount 13.3 x 21.4
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. Title written on photograph in hand of Maude Blackwell. For
lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b26.10.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.22v
Maya girl,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
20.1 x 12.3 cm. on mount 13.3 x 21.4
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Studio portrait of a young Maya woman in traditional dress. Albumen print. "Mayan
girl"--annotation on mount. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b27.5.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.23
Town in Yucatan,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12.7 x 20.5 cm. on mount 17.7 x 22.7
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Collodion print.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.24
Tree trunk with vines and birds,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
20.7 x 12.8 cm. on mount 22.8 x 17.8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Collodion print. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b28.6.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.25
Leopard,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12.7 x 18.9 cm. on mount 17.7 x 22.8
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Plate LXXII from
Queen Moo. Collodion print. "'Coh
- Leopard' - Central America"--written on mount in hand of Maude blackwell. "'The
lord of the Yucatan forest,' from life,
Queen Moo
p. 236 plate LXXII"--written on verso. For lantern slide illustration of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b31.13.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.26r
Xochicalco pyramid, east side,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
14.9 x 10.3 cm. on mount 24.5 x 24.1
cm. (detached)
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver print. "Xochicalco pyramid East side. Plate 2"--written on verso
of print in hand of Maude Blackwell.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.26v
West facade, Xochicalco pyramid,
190-?
Physical Description:
1
item
12.5 x 17.3 cm. on mount 24.5 x 24.1
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Depicts a wolf at bay. Gelatin silver print. "Plate 14. Make this full size. West
wall, north of stairway and corner of ruined second story"--written on mount in
hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.27r
Back side of an atlante from the Temple of the Jaguar, Chichén
Itzá,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
19.3 x 11.2 cm. on mount 23.6 x 20.5
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print. "Fot. por A. Le Plongeon"--caption from a negative pasted below
image.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.27v
Mexican pottery,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
15 photographs 7.5 x 4.5 cm. and
smaller, on mount 20.5 x 23.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Individual ceramic vessels and objects cut out of albumen photographs, arranged
and pasted onto a cardboard mount.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.28r.1 - 2004.m.18-b.11.28r.4
Mexican ceramic masks and figures,
187-?
Physical Description:
4
items
Prints circa 9 x 9 cm. and smaller, on
mount 26.7 x 20.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen prints.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.28v.1 - 2004.m.18-b11.28v.4
Mexican ceramic vessels and figures,
187-?
Physical Description:
4
items
Prints circa 9 x 9 cm. and smaller, on
mount 26.7 x 20.6 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen prints.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.29
Comparison of Mesoamerican and Egyptian rampant animal
motifs,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
11 x 14.7 cm. on mount 15.2 x 18.9
cm.
Scope and Content Note
Mounted gelatin silver print. "Henry Dixon and Son, photographers, 112 Albany St
NW"--blind stamp on mount. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b31.12.
box 11
2004.m.18-b11.30
Tower near Fort Wingate, New Mexico,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
24.3 x 32.3 cm.
Scope and Content Note
Albumen print.
oversize 1**
Panorama of the east facade of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
ca. 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
11 albumen prints joined to form a panorama of the 320 foot facade and mounted on a
four-part folding mount. Alice Dixon Le Plongeon stands in the triangular arch.
"Uxmal, Governor's House, east facade, entabulature. Le Plongeon"--written on center
of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Statue of Aac and inscription over the
main doorway, east facade, Governor's House, Uxmal, Yucatan"--written on upper right
corner of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. Various brief pencil notations on
mount also in her hand.
Series III.B.
Card photographs,
1860-1931
Physical Description:
152
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains photographs by the Le Plongeons taken during their years in
Yucatan and surrounding areas, and includes views and details of Maya ruins and
excavations, as well as views of towns and native peoples. Where known, the
photographs are identified as having been made by either Augustus or Alice Dixon Le
Plongeon. There are also some photographs of drawings of Peru made by Augustus Le
Plongeon. Most photographs are mounted on cabinet card-sized mounts; some half-stereo
prints are mounted on cabinet card mounts that have been cut in half; a few prints are
on mounts slightly larger than cabinet cards.
box 12
Box of card photographs,
1860-1889
Physical Description: 135 items
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.1
Street scene, Belize,
1878
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo[?] albumen print. "1. View of Balize [sic]"--written on
mount.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.2
Street scene, Corozal,
circa 1878
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo[?] albumen print. "15. Store in Corozal"--written on
mount.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.3
Street scene, Belize,
1878
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Half-stereo[?] albumen print on cabinet mount. "View of Balize [sic]"--written on
mount.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.4
Amphitheater, Ake
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print. For the glass plate negativ see accession
number 2004.m.18-b15.4.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.5
Colonade in amphitheater, Ake,
187-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon is seated in lower left corner. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo collodion print. For another print of this image see
accession number 2004.M.18-b10.37.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.6
General view of Chichén Itzá as seen from Las Monjas,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
The first overall view taken of Chichén Itzá. El Castillo is in the upper right
corner. Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza - Ruins.
Birdseye view of the forrest[sic] and monuments from the head of the stairs
leading to the third story of the palace and museum"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon. For the glass plate negative see accession number
2004.m.18-b15.6.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.7
Fallen room, Akab-Dzib, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon is seated in right foreground. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo collodion print. "Ceiling of a fallen room in the
Akab-Zib, College of Priests and building of 'Awful writing'"--written on verso in
hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession
number 96.r.137-440.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.8
Great ball court, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Chichen Itza - Gymnasium and Chaacmols's [sic]
funeral monument"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "Monument at
the southern extremity of the eastern wall of the so-called gymnasium"--written on
verso in the hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.9
Great ball court, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. "Gymnasium and Chaacmol's
[sic] funeral monument (also known as the Temple of the Tigers), Chichen
Itza"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another copy of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.8.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.10
North temple, ball court, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.11
View of the west side of El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Augustus Le Plongeon and a worker are standing in the foreground. Photographer:
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp
on mount. "Chichen Itza, Yucatan. Castle west side. 11,500 years old."--ink
annotation on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "Ancient castle at Chichen
Itza near by the Spanish encampment"--pencil annotation on verso. For another
print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.52; for the negative see
accession number 2004.m.18-b15.8.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.12
North facade of temple, El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon standing in front of portico. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza - north
facade of castle"--annotation in verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For
another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.47.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.13
Bas-relief of bearded warrior, temple, El Castillo, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan -
Chichen itza[sic] ruins. Bas relief carved on the jamb of the entrance on the
north side of the castle"--ink annotation on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon. Additional pencil annotations in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For
another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.48.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.14
Bas-relief of bearded warrior, temple, El Castillo, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print."Yucatan - Chichen Itza ruins. Bas relief
carved on a pillar of the portico of the north facade of the castle representing a
bearded warrior"--ink annotation on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For
another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.49; for the
negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b18.4; for lantern slide see accession
number 2004.m.18-b29.11.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.15
Bas-reliefs on temple doorway, El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Chichen
Itza. Bas relief on jamb of south entrance of the castle."--ink annotation on
verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b10.50.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.16
Bas-reliefs on temple entrance, El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Chichen
Itza ruins. Carved pillar at the entrance of the castle, north side."--ink
annotation on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.17
West facade, La Iglesia, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "____ stood in[?] dark tent. Taken from a platform
made of poles tied together with withis[sic]. rather shakey. Chichen"--pencil
inscription on verso. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b29.14.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.18
Platform of Eagles and Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Workers with excavated jaguar and eagle bas-relief panels; Alice Dixon Le
Plongeon is seated in right foreground. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon.
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. "Soleus of Queen Moo and
Prince Coh"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.19
Bas-relief of a jaguar eating a heart, Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars,
Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. For additional prints of
this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b10.44 and 96.r.137-475.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.20
Bas-relief of an eagle eating a heart, Temple of the Eagles and Jaguars,
Chichén Itzá,
negative 1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. For another print of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.45.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.21
East side, Upper and Lower Temples of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
View of east facade of upper temple and unexcavated lower temple. Mounted
half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan, Chichen Itza
ruins. Funeral monument of Chaacmol - east side"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon. "Site of Montejas camp at Chichen Itza, east side"--written
on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For additional prints of this image see
accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.22-23.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.22
East side, Upper and Lower Temples of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
View of east facade of upper temple and unexcavated lower temple. Mounted
half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. For additional prints of this
image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.21 and 2004.m.18-b12.23.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.23
Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
View of east facade of upper temple and unexcavated lower temple. Albumen cabinet
stereograph. "Le Plongeon, Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Chichen Itza - Prince
Chaacmol funeral monument"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
"Site of Montejas camp at Chichen"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers
2004.m.18-b12.21-22.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.24
Facade, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Exterior bas-reliefs with jaguar motifs. Mounted half-stereo collodion print from
1876 negative. "Funeral or memorial hall Prince Coh, Chichen Itza"--written on
verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.25
Warrior bas-relief from a door jamb, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon, Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Chichen
Itza - bas relief on one of the jambs of the doorway of Chaacmol's funeral
chamber"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For the negative see
accession number 2004.m.18-b15.10.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.26 and 2004.m.18-b12.27
Bas-relief of a male figure, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion prints from 1876 negative.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.28
Mural, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. Photographer unknown.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.29
Mural detail, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photograph of a drawing of a section of the mural showing a woman seated before a
hut. Mounted collodion print.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.30
Mural detail, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photograph of a drawing of a section of the mural showing three seated figures
conversing. Mounted collodion print.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.31
Bas-relief room, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. For the glass plate
negative see accession number 2001.m.18-b15-11.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.32
Corner of bas-relief room, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan
Chichen Itza ruins. Sculptures adorning the walls of the chamber at the foot of
Chaacmol funeral chamber east side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.33
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan
Chichen Itza ruins. Sculptures adorning the walls of the chamber at the foot of
Chaacmol's funeral monument. East side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in
hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.34
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan -
Chichen Itza - ruins. Bas reliefs on the walls of the chamber at the foot of
Chaacmol funeral monument. East side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand
of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.35
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan -
Chichen Itza, ruins. Sculptures adorning the walls of the chamber at at the foot
of Chaacmol's funeral monument - east side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in
hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.36
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Chichen
Itza - Bas reliefs adorning the walls of the chamber at the foot of Chaacmol's
monument. East side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon. For another print of the image see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.37.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.37
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of
Chichen itza [sic]. Bas reliefs adorning the walls of the chamber at the foot of
Chaacmol's monument. East side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon. For another copy of the image see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.36.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.38
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan -
Chichen Itza - bas relief in the room at the base of Chaacmol's funeral chamber -
east side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.39
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan -
Chichen Itza - ruins. Sculptures adorning the walls of the chamber at the foot of
the Chaacmol funeral monument - east side"--written on verso in hand of Augustus
Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.40
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Chichen
Itza. Bas reliefs adorning chamber at at the foot of Chaacmol's monument, east
side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For
another copy of the image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.41.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.41
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of
Chichen Itza. Bas reliefs adorning chamber at the foot of Chaacmol's monument,
east side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
For another copy of the image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.40.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.42
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of
Chichen Itza. Bas reliefs adorning the walls of the chamber at the foot of
Chaacmol's monument, east side. 11,500 years ago"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.43
Bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted collodion print from 1876 negative.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.44
East facade, Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon is seated in lower left corner, holding her rifle.
Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le
Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza ruins. East facade of palace
and museum - lower story"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.45
Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon seated in front of the southeast[?] corner
of Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stero albumen print. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza ruins south facade of
the second story of the palace and museum"--annotation on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers
2004.m.18-b12.46 and 2004.m.18-b12.47; for lantern slide see accession number
2004.m.18-b29.18.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.46
Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon seated in front of the southeast[?] corner
of Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Second story of Monjas palace and musuem"--written
on verso. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers
2004.m.18-b12.45 and 2004.m.18-b12.47; for lantern slide see accession number
2004.m.18-b29.18.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.47
Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon seated in front of the southeast[?] corner
of Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza
ruins. South facade of the second story of the palace and museum"--written on
verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For additional prints of this image see
accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.45 and 2004.m.18-b12.46; for lantern slide see
accession number 2004.m.18-b29.18.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.48
Augustus Le Plongeon standing on the second level of Las Monjas, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. "Le
Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza ruins. Stairway leading from
the second to the third story of the palace and museum - north side. 11,500 years
old"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.49
East facade, Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Le
Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Chichen Itza, palace and museum. Entabulature of the
terrace that supports the second story, east side"--annotation on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.50
Alice Le Plongeon and workers in front of the east facade of the Annex
building, Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.51
Alice Le Plongeon in front of the facade of the second level of the east
side of Las Monjas, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.52
Observatory, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan -
Chichen Itza ruins. Astronomical observatory, view from the foot of the lower
stairway"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.53
Bas-relief of a zompantle or skull rack,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Stele is upside down. Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.54
Chacmool represented as a wounded tiger,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. For additional copies of this image see
accession numbers 2004.M.18-b10.38 and 2004.m.18-b13.11.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.55
Arrival of Chacmool at Piste,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print. "Chaac-mol or Coh. Le P___ Ahmeetmal - he of
the long beard"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another
print of this image see accession number 2004.M.18-b10.39.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.56
A Chacmool statue,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "Statue found by LP (see notes)"--written on verso in hand
of Maude Alice Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b29.9.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.57
Temple, Isla Mujeres,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon is seated in front. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Mounted
albumen print. "No. 12 Shrine at Mujeres Island. Photographed by Le
Plongeon"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print of
this image see accession number 2004.M.18-b12.58.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.58
Temple, Isla Mujeres,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon is seated in front. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Mounted
collodion print from 1876 negative. For another print of this image see accession
number 2004.M.18-b12.57.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.59
Palace facade, Labna,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "Part of facade of Palace at Labna - Yucatan - (no.
9)"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.60
East side of arch, Labna,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. Contrary to Maude Alice Blackwell attribution on verso
this is not a Le Plongeon photograph. "Portal at Labna - east view"--written on
verso. For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.10.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.61
House of the Adelantado Francisco de Montejo,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamped on mount. "Yucatan -
Merida. House of the Adelantado Montejo-the first house constructed by the
Spanairds in the country in 1540-built in 1549"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers
2004.M.18-b10.36 and 2004.M.18-b12.62.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.62
House of the Adelantado Francisco de Montejo,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s negative. "Merida, Yucatan the
first house constructed by the Spanairds in the country. Built in 1549. House of
the Adelantado Francisco de Montejo. LeP. photo"--annotation on mount in hand of
Maude Alice Blackwell. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers
2004.M.18-b10.36 and 2004.M.18-b12.61.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.63
Cathedral, Merida,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamped on mount. "Yucatan -
Merida-Cathedral on main square"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.64 - 2004.m.18-b12.66
Panorama of Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen prints. 2004.m.18-b12.64: "Yucatan"--stamp on mount.
"Ruins of Uxmal. Temple of Death"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon. 2004.m.18-b12.65: "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Uxmal -
general view of the palace of King Can - from the summit of the Dwarf's house -
artificial ponds in the distance"--written in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
2004.m.18-b12.66: "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Uxmal - general view
of the palace of King Can - from the summit of the Dwarf's house - artificial
ponds in the distance"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For
additional prints of these images see: accession numbers 96.r.137-461 and
96.r.137-462.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.67
West facade, Adivino temple, Uxmal,
circa 1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal.
House of the Dwarf and Sanctuary - west side"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.68 - 2004.m.18-b12.69
Base of west facade, Adivino temple, Uxmal,
circa 1876
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen prints (a pair cut apart). "Yucatan"--stamp on
mounts. 2004.m.18-b12.68: Ruins of Uxmal. Cornice and archway at the foot of the
Dwarf's house - west side"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
2004.m.18-b12.69: "Ruins of Uxmal. Sculpted cornice and archway at the foot of the
Dwarf's house, west side"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.70
Chenes Temple on the north facade of the Adivino Pyramid,
Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from circa 1876 negative. Alice is posing in
niche and Augustus is below holding a camera.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.71
"Chac nose," Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal -
Part of the inscriptions adorning the facade of the sanctuary"--written on verso
in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print of this image see: accession
number 2004.m.18-b.72.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.72
"Chac nose," Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Uxmal-The Sanctuary.
Details of carvings"--written on photograph in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For
another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b.71.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.73
Crouching figures above "Chac nose," Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid,
Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Duplicate. Yucatan
Uxmal ruins. Sculptures over the doorway of the Sanctuary-westside. Inscription
relating to the downfall of the Can dynasty"--written on verso in hand of Maude
Alice Blackwell. For lantern slide of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b30.12.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.74
Detail of facade, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon standing below serpent head sculpture. Photographer:
Augustus Le Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on
mount. "Uxmal - Governor's house, west facade. Lower cornice - corner with
serpent's head. 11,500 years old (8)"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.75
Detail of facade, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan - Uxmal - Ruins. Mural inscription on
the west wall of the Sanctuary in the Dwarf's house"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.76
Detail of facade, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal -
Part of the inscription adorning the facade of the Sanctuary"--written on verso in
hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "The handwriting of Dr. Le Plongeon. Le Plongeon
died in 1908"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.77
Detail of facade, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal.
Part of inscription adorning facade of the Sanctuary"--written in hand of Augustus
Le Plongeon. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers
2004.m.18-b.78 and 2004.m.18-b13.9.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.78
Detail of facade, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. For additional prints
of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b.77 and 2004.m.18-b13.9.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.79
Detail of facade, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. For another print of
this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b13.3.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.80
West facade, Puuc temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon is in archway. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon.
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of
Uxmal - Ornaments of the west facade of the Dwarf's house"--inscription on verso
in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.81
View of the north and west facades of the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Governor's house,
Uxmal. n. end and w. facade"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
For negative see accession number 2004.m18-b16.1.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.82
Alice Le Plongeon and workers in the south arch of the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Mounted albumen print. "Stone curtain effect.
East facade, Uxmal"--written on recto of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
For the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.17.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.83 - 2004.m.18-b12.84
North end of east facade, Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen prints. 2004.m.18-b12.83: "Le Plongeon"--stamp on
mount. "South east corner of entablature of east facade, Governor's house, Uxmal.
11,500 years old"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
2004.m.18-b12.84: "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "South east corner of entablature of
east facade, Governor's house, Uxmal. 11,500 years old."--written on verso in hand
of Augustus Le Plongeon. "To Dr. Wm. Bugby. From M. A. Blackwell 1913"--written on
verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.85
Southeast corner of Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Uxmal -
Governor's house - south facade - 11,500 years old"--written on verso in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.86
Entabulature, east facade, Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Governor's house -
East facade - Uxmal. Portion of entabulature - 11,500 years old"--written on verso
in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.87
Detail, east facade, Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Uxmal Governor's
house - Statue of Aac and inscription over the main doorway, east side - 11,500
years old"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print
of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.87a.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.87a
Detail, east facade, Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. For another print of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b12.87.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.88
Augustus Le Plongeon standing next to monolithic stone in front of the
Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. "Yucatan"--stamp on
mount. "Ruins of Uxmal - Monolith - on the second platform of the House of the
Governor"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "Marked (d) on
plan"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of
this image see accession number 2004.r.18-b12.89; for lantern slides see accession
numbers 2004.m.18-b30.22 and 2004.m.18-b35.21.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.89
Augustus Le Plongeon standing next to monolithic stone in front of the
Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. Photographer: Alice
Dixon Le Plongeon. "Le Plongeon photo. Ruins of Uxmal. Monolith on the 2nd terrace
(2nd platform) of the house of the Governor"--written on verso in hand of Maude
Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.r.18-b12.88; for lantern slides see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b30.22 and
2004.m.18-b35.21.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.90
Alice Le Plongeon standing in arch of north long building,
Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. Photographer:
Augustus Le Plongeon. "Le Plongeon photographer. Can Palace - ruins of Uxmal.
Madame Le Plongeon"--written on recto of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
For another print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-444.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.91
North building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Uxmal. King's
Can Palace, north facade of north wing. 11,500 years old"--written on verso in
hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession
number 96.r.137-463; for lantern slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.23.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.92
South facade, North building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Uxmal - King Can
Palace, north facade of north wing. 11,500 years old"--written on verso in hand of
Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number
96.r.137-455; for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b18.11; for lantern
slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.13.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.93
Detail with figure, south facade, North building, Nunnery Quadrangle,
Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Notice crossed
arms"--written on recto of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another
print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-454.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.94
Northeast corner of the south facade, North building, Nunnery Quadrangle,
Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of
Uxmal - South east corner of the north wing of King's can palace - turret
dedicated to Princess Moo"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For
additional prints of this image see accession numbers 96.r.137-458 and
2004.m.18-b12.95r; for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.5.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.95r
Northeast corner of the south facade, North building, Nunnery Quadrangle,
Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "South East corner of the north wing of Can's
palace, Uxmal"--written on mount in hand of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. For
additional prints of this image see accession numbers 96.r.137-458 and
2004.m.18-b12.94; for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.5.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.95v
Arch, north facade of South building, Nunnery Quadrangle,
Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. Alice Le Plongeon is seated in the arch.
Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. "Entrance to the Can palacial residence,
Uxmal"--written on mount in hand of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.96
South building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. Alice Le Plongeon is seated in front.
Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. "Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of Uxmal -
part of the south wing of King's Can Palace. Capo tree showing the destruction of
the walls by the roots"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.97
North facade of South building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. Alice Le Plongeon is
standing in doorway. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. For lantern slide of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.24.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.98
East facade of West building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Part of east facade
of west wing of King Kanchi's palace, Uxmal. Cosmic diagram on wall. King Can
palace"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of
this image see accession number 96.r.137-446; for the negative see accession
number 2004.M.18-b16.6.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.99
Detail of east facade of West building, Nunnery Quadrangle,
Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon is standing below a cross-armed figure. Photographer: Augustus
Le Plongeon. Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Part of
the east facade of west wing of King Kanchi's palace at Uxmal with cosmic
diagram"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of
this image see accession number 96.r.137-437.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.100
Detail of east facade of West building, Nunnery Quadrangle,
Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "East facade of west
wing of King Kanchi's palace. Cosmic diagram on wall. Note bene"--written on verso
in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession
number 96.r.137-48.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.101
Serpent's head from the east facade of the West building, Nunnery
Quadrangle, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Ruins of
Uxmal. Sculptured serpent's head north end of the east facade of west wing of
King's can palace"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another
print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.102; for the negative see
accession number 2004.m.18-b16.7.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.102
Serpent's head from the east facade of the West building, Nunnery
Quadrangle, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Uxmal great serpent
head? East facade west wing of King Kanchi's palace"--written on verso in hand of
Maude Alice Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.101; for the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.7.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.103
Northwest corner of the East building, Nunnery Quadrangle,
Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Uxmal. King's
Can Palace. North-west corner of east wing. 11,500 years old"--written on verso in
hand of Maude Alice Blackwell; similar annotation on recto. For another print of
this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.104.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.104
Northwest corner of the East building, Nunnery Quadrangle,
Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from circa 1873 negative. "Northwest corner
of east wing of Can's Palace Uxmal"--writen on verso in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell with symbols drawn below. For another print of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b12.103.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.105
Head sculpture, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "Ake"--written on
verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.106
Detail of wall decoration, Xochicalco,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.107
Road repair in Yucatan,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "1873-1883. Le
Plongeon the first archaeologist to live in the ruins of Yucatan ('in the field').
Photograph by Dr. A. J. Le Plongeon. Road repairing in Yucatan, Mexico"--written
on recto of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Yucatan - Jixkokob - types.
Indians drilling rocks, preparatory to blasting to level the road"--written on
verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "The above is the handwritting of Dr.
Augustus J. Le Plongeon first archaeologist to live 'in the field,' the ruins of
Yucatan"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For additional prints
of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.108 and 2004.m.18-b12.109.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.108
Road repair in Yucatan,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Jixkokob -
types. Indians drilling rocks, preparatory to blasting - in order to level the
road"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For additional prints of
this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.107 and 2004.m.18-b12.109.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.109
Road repair in Yucatan,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereograph collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. For additional
prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.107 and
2004.m.18-b12.108.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.110
Weaving hammocks,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Jixkokob -
types. Young mestizas making hammocks"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.111
Grinding corn or chocolate, Izamal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. For another
print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.27; for the glass plate
negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.5.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.112
Roadside well, Izamal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen cabinet stereograph. "Le Plongeon. Yucatan"--stamp on mount. "Indian
types - a well by the roadside"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.34.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.113
Studio portrait of a young Yucatecan woman,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. For the negative see accession number
2004.m.18-b18.14.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.114
Group of people in front of a ceiba tree,
187-?
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Two albumen prints on one mount. Left: two men shaking hands, and four children.
For another print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10-23. Right:
detail from a larger image showing Alice with her dog Endless. "Ceiba
tree"--written on mount near left image. "Endless"--written on mount below right
image. For lantern slide of the complete image see accession number
2004.m.18-b31.6.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.115 and 2004.m.18-b12.116
Portrait of Juan Chuc,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Two albumen prints on one mount. 2004.m.18-b12.115: "Juan Chuc-an Indian
chief"--written on recto of mount in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
2004.m.18-b12.116: "Juan Chuc-an Indian chief"--written on recto of mount in hand
of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Juan Chuc from Chan Sta. Cruz"--written on photograph
in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.117
Incense burner, Cozumel,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "Incense burner from Cozumel. Photographed by Dr. Le
Plongeon"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. For another print of
this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b11.27v.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.118
Two vessels,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "Pottery"--written on verso. For another print of this
image with vessels separated see accession number 2004.m.18-b11.27v.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.119
Figure of man wearing a jaguar hood,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "Pottery"--written on verso. For another print of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b11.28r.3.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.120
Group of ceramic figures,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "Pottery"--written on verso. For another print of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b11.27v.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.121
Head and feet from incense burner,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Found at the shrine at the south end of Isla Mujeres.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.122
Artifacts from Yucatan,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Albumen stereograph. "Beads and terra cotta heads - Yucatan"--written on verso in
hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. "Limestone serpent head. Heads of spears. Heads made
with m_ Stone collar por[__]"--written on verso in hand of Alice Dixon Le
Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.123
Stone head of a warrior,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted collodion print from negative made between 1873-1884.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.124r and 2004.m.18-b12.124v
Head and torso of a Chacmool figure,
circa 1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. Photograph pasted over a re-used piece of card stock
containing a photograph of a riverfront view of Belize City on its verso. For the
negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b18.2.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.125
Ceramic vase,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "4. From Annual Report Bureau of Ethnology Smithsonian
Institute"--written on verso.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.126
Ceramic compote,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "4. From Annual Report Bureau of Ethnology Smithsonian
Institute"--written on verso.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.127
Three-legged vessel,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "6. From Annual Report Bureau of Ethnology Smithsonian
Institute"--written on verso.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.128
Double-handled vessel,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "7. From Annual Report Bureau of Ethnology Smithsonian
Institute"--written on verso.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.129
Ceramic vase,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "9. From De Lettner. From Annual Report Bureau of
Ethnology Smithsonian Institute"--written on verso.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.130a and 2004.m.18-b12.130b
Comparative drawings,
186-?
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Two albumen[?] prints on one mount. 2004.m.18-b12.130a: "12. From drawings by Dr.
Le Plongeon - kit-kote from England - tomb from India - tomb from Peru Lake
Titicaca"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon. 2004.m.18-b12.130b:
"Drawings by Dr. Le Plongeon. 11. Sun circles and chupas[?] - from Sallustini -
Bolivia - Lake Titicaca. Plans of the same reed boats"--written on verso in hand
of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 12
2004.m.18-b12.131
Man being carried in a litter,
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted albumen print. "Le Plongeon photograph of one of his drawings"--written
on recto of mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For lantern slide of this
image see accession number 2004.m.18-b35.28.
box 13
"String book" of card photographs,
1873-1931
Physical Description: 17 items
Scope and Content Note
Seventeen card photographs marked A-Q and strung together to form a book-type
presentation; probably assembled by Maude Blackwell.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.1
Northeast corner of the east facade, Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "A. Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico"--written on mount
in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Le Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Uxmal - N.E.
corner of entabulature of east facade - Governor's house. 11,500 years
old"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.2
West side of the Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon and two workers seated on a serpent head at the temple
entrance. Albumen cabinet stereograph. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. "B.
Ruins of Chichen Itza"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Le
Plongeon"--stamp on mount. "Yucatan - Chichen Itza, ruins. Monolith - representing
a serpent head - forming the base of the columns that supported the portico of
Chaacmol's funeral chamber - west side"--written on verso in hand of Augustus Le
Plongeon. For another print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-465.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.3
Detail of facade, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "C. Uxmal. Photo by
Le Plongeon. Uxmal carving. Notice the 'winged circle'"--written on mount and
photograph in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Part of facade of the Sanctuary at
Uxmal. Image of the cosmic circle"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.79.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.4
View of Uxmal looking towards the Governor's Palace,
ca. 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo albumen print. "D. The Governor's House and Aac's residence,
also other structures - seen above the trees of the Uxmal forest. North end of the
Governor's House. Marked (e) on plan. House of Aac"--written on mount in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon. "General view from the roof of the south wing of King's Can
Palace. House of Aac - house of the Governor - Canchi mound - barracks.
Uxmal"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For lantern slide of
this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.13.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.5
Face, detail of relief sculpture, Chichén Itzá,
negative 187-?, print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "E. Slab found over
crest of high pontiff Cay. Chichen"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell. "Every detail of the ornamental carvings on the ancient (American) Maya
building has more that one meaning - hence the confusion in deciphering"--written
on verso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.6
Chacmool and sculptural elements, Platform of Eagles and Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice seated on a sculpture fragment next to Chacmool. Mounted half-stereo
collodion print. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. "Madame Le Plongeon at side
of statute - notice long curls"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell. For another print of this image see accession number 96.r.137-474.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.7
Augustus Le Plongeon and Chacmool, Platform of Eagles and Jaguars,
Chichén Itzá,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print. Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. "G.
Statute of Coh also called Chaac-mol (his totem is a leopard) Dr. Le Plongeon
leaning on head of statue"--written on veso in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For
the negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b15.15.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.8
East facade of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon is leaning on wall below frieze. Mounted half-stereo collodion
print. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. "H. Plate 24. On plan (b) S.E. corner.
East facade of the Governor's House, Uxmal. Madame Le Plongeon leaning on the
original wall"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell "'
The Word' November. Illustration for
Origin of Egyptians. Southern half of the front of
Governor's house taken from S.E. corner (b) on plan"--written on verso in hand of
Maude Alice Blackwell. For gelatin silver print see accession number
2004.m.18-b10.60; for negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b16.3; for lantern
slide see accession number 2004.m.18-b32.12.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.9
Detail of facade, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1870s[?] negative. "I. Uxmal or Oxmal.
Part of facade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal - Cosmic symbols carved on the trunk of
the mastodon"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For additional
prints of this image see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b.77 and 2004.m.18-b.78.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.10
View of Uxmal looking towards the House of the Turtles and the Dovecote
Building,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from negative made between 1873-1876.
"J."--written on mount.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.11
Chacmool represented as a wounded tiger,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted half-stereo collodion print from 1876 negative. "K. Leopard (dying)?)
Statue from top of tomb of Coh or Chaac-mol according to Le Plongeon. Chichen Itza
ruins. This tomb is known by other names"--written on verso in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell. For additional prints of this image see accession numbers
2004.M.18-b10.38 and 2004.m.18-b12.54.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.12
Facade of East Building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,
1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted collodion print. "L. West facade "Can Palace (east wing)" Uxmal ruins,
Yucatan, Mexico. Photograph by Dr. A. J. Le Plongeon first archaeologist to work
'in situ'"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.13
View of the north and west facade of the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
negative 187-?, print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted collodion print. "M. Ruins of Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico. Governor's House,
Uxmal, Yucatan. Northwest-corner"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice
Blackwell.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.14
Serpent sculptures from the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Augustus Le Plongeon and two workers standing among sculptures removed from the
Platform of Venus. Mounted collodion print form 1883 negative. "N. Dr. Le
Plongeon, with Indians, in ruins of Chichen Itza, Mexico. Ancient Maya stone
serpent heads"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.15
Doorway of east facade, Las Monjas annex, Chichén Itzá,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted gelatin silver print from circa 1875 negative. "O. Photograph by Dr. Le
Plongeon. Ruins of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Madame Le Plongeon's
handwriting"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "Portal showing
faces with portrait of deified kings between brows"--written on mount in hand of
Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.16
Detail of east facade of the north wing of the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
print 188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted gelatin silver print from 1881 negative. "P. Photograph by Dr. Le
Plongeon. Ruins of Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico. Notice woman's head, serpent
body"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. For lantern slide of
this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.17.
box 13
2004.m.18-b13.17
Facade of East Building, Nunnery Quadrangle with Adivino Pyramid behind,
Uxmal,
circa 1931
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Mounted gelatin silver print. "Q. Sent to me in August 1931 by Dr. Frans Blom
(Director) of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Recent photograph of
Uxmal ruins in Yucatan"--written on mount in hand of Maude Alice Blackwell. "This
Uxmal (ruin) photograph was sent to me (M.A.B by Frans Blom (Director) The Tulane
University of Louisiana, (New Orleans) August 6th 1931"--written on verso in hand
of Maude Alice Blackwell. "82"--in negative.
Series III.C.
Printing blocks,
1909-1913
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains printing blocks used in the Le Plongeons's publications.
box 14
Printing blocks,
1909-1913
Physical Description:
3
items
box 14
2004.m.18-b14.1
Plate XXXV from
Queen Moo,
circa 1913
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
P. 120. "XXXV. Prince Coh's Memorial Hall"--written on verso.
box 14
2004.m.18-b14.2
Restoration of the Platform of Venus with Chacmool, Chichén
Itzá,
circa 1913
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Made from a composite photograph of drawings and photographs. Published in
The Origins of the Egyptians, 1913. See accession number
2004.m.18-b10.57 for a photographic print of this image. "LVII"--written on
verso.
box 14
2004.m.18-b14.3
Late portrait of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon,
190-
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
See accession number 2004.m18-b10.17 for an albumen print of this image.
Series III.D.
Glass plate negatives,
1860-1899
Physical Description:
128
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains glass plate negatives made by the Le Plongeons, and includes
both original work and copy work negatives. Subjects represented cover the range of
their photographic work and include Peru, Belize, Mexico and the Yucatan peninsula
(both archaeological sites and village and gnere scenes), and subjects from Hawaii,
Japan, and miscellaneous sites and artifacts. A number of the negatives correspond to
the plates in
Queen Moo. For copy prints of the
negatives see Box 64.
box 15
Yucatan,
1873-1885
Physical Description:
19
items
8 in. x 5 in., 7 in. x 5 in., and 7 5/8
in. x 3 3/4 in.
Scope and Content Note
Includes one portrait of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon and one image taken in Belize. For
plate 7a (cast of hieroglyphic slab from Akab Dzib, Chichén Itzá) see box 15a.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.1
Portrait of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon wearing "Queen Moo's
talisman,"
circa 1885
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.2
Mourners in graveyard, Belize,
1880
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.3
Ake,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.4
Amphitheater, Ake,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon. For a print of this negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.4.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.5
Grinding corn or chocolate, Izamal,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon. For prints of this negative see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b10.27 and
2004.m.18-b12.111.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.6
General view of Chichén Itzá as seen from Las Monjas,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
El Castillo is in the upper right corner. Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic
negative. Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. For a print of this negative see
accession number 2004.m.18-b12.6.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.7
House of the Turtles, Uxmal,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.8
View of the west side of El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Augustus Le Plongeon and a worker are standing in the foreground. Photographer:
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. For prints from this negative see accession numbers
2004.m.18-b10.52 and 2004.m.18-b12.11.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.9
Bas-relief of a bearded warrior, temple, El Castillo, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.10
Warrior bas-relief from a door jamb, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon. For a print from this negative see accession number
2004.m.18-b12.25.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.11
Bas-relief room, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. For a print from this negative
see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.31.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.12
Detail of bas-relief, Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.13
Detail of mural, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1883
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.14
Corridor, 2nd story, southeast corner of Las Monjas, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.15
Augustus Le Plongeon and Chacmool, Platform of Eagles and Jaguars,
Chichén Itzá,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic
negative. For a print from this negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b13.7.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.16
Detail of facade, Chenes Temple, Adivino Pyramid, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.17
Alice Le Plongeon and workers in the south arch of the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic
negative. For a print from this negative see accession number 2004.m18-b12.82.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.18
Augutus Le Plongeon photographing the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 15
2004.m.18-b15.19
Augustus Le Plongeon photographing the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographer: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic
negative.
box 15A
2004.m.18-b15A.7a
Cast of hieroglyphic slab from Akab Dzib, Chichén Itzá,
1875?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Varnished collodion glass plate negative. Shows a mould of bas-relief made by
Augutus Le Plongeon. Plate LIII (p. 146) from
Queen
Moo
. Glass plate negative. For a print from this negative see accession
number 2004.m.18-b11.7.
box 16
Uxmal, Yucatan, and Xochicalco
1873-1884
Physical Description:
13
items
7 5/8 in. x 3 3/4 in., 5 in. x 8 in.,
and 4 1/2 in. x 6 in.
Scope and Content Note
Mostly images taken at Uxmal; also includes views of Valladolid, Izamal, and
unidentified locales in Yucatan, and one view of the pyramid of Xochicalco.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.1
View of the north and west facades of the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. For a print from this negative
see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.81.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.2
View of the north and west facades of the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.3
East facade of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Alice Le Plongeon is leaning on wall below frieze. Photographer: Augustus Le
Plongeon. Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. For a collodion print
from this negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b13.8; for a gelatin silver
print of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b10.60; for a lantern slide see
accession number 2004.m.18-b32.12.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.4
Detail, east facade of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.5
Northeast corner of the south facade, North building, Nunnery Quadrangle,
Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. For prints from this negative
see accession numbers 96.r.137-458, 2004.m.18-b12.94 and 2004.m.18-b12.95r.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.6
East facade of West building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. For prints from this negative
see accession numbers 96.r.137-446 and 2004.m.18-b12.98.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.7
Serpent's head from the east facade of the West building, Nunnery
Quadrangle, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. For prints from this negative
see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b12.101 and 2004.m.18-b12.102.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.8
Man on a ladder, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.9
Group of people gathered in a village,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.10
Valladolid market,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.11
East facade, Pyramid of Xochicalco,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative. For prints from this negative
see accession numbers 2004.m.18-b10.68 - 2004.m.18-b10.70.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.12
Group of soldiers, Yucatan,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate stereoscopic negative.
box 16
2004.m.18-b16.13
Izamal, Yucatan,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide see accession number
2004.m.18-b23.18.
box 17
2004.m.18-b17.1
Market at Izamal[?],
1875 1875
Physical Description:
1
item
5 in. x 8in.
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
Yucatan, Peru, and plates for
Queen
Moo
,
1873-1899
Physical Description:
46
items
4 x 5 inches
Scope and Content Note
Images of Yucatan, Peru, and miscellaneous peoples, places, and objects. Eleven of
the negatives have been identifed as plates or text illustrations for
Queen Moo.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.1
Chacmool,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy negative from a print.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.2
Head and torso of a Chacmool figure,
circa 1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative of a photograph reworked for publication. For
a print from this negative see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.124r.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.3
Hieroglyphic text, Akab Dzib, Chichén Itzá,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.4
Warrior bas-relief, zompantle from Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For another negative of this relief see
accession number 2004.m.18-b.18.6.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.5
View of the west side of El Castillo, Chichén Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Augustus Le Plongeon and a worker are standing in the foreground. Photographer:
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.6
Warrior bas-relief, zompantle from Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For another negative of this relief see
accession number 2004.m.18-b.18.4.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.7
Portrait of Chiich, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén
Itzá,
circa 1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Plate XXXVII in
Queen Moo. Wet collodion glass
plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.8
Bas relief, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
circa 1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slides of this image see
accession numbers 2004.m.18-b31.4 and 2004.m.18-b31.5.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.9
Slab from altar, Temple of the Rain God, Palenque,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Plate XXXIV in
Queen Moo. Wet collodion glass
plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.10
Alice Le Plongeon and workers in the south arch of the Governor's Palace,
Uxmal,
circa 1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Photographer: Augustus Le Plongeon. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.11
South facade, North building, Nunnery Quadrangle, Uxmal,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For prints from this negative see accession
numbers 96.r.137-455 and 2004.m.18-b12.92; for lantern slide see accession number
2004.m.18-b32.13.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.12
"Queen Moo" relief from the entabulature of the east facade of the
Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
1881
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Relief "enhanced" by Augustus Le Plongeon. Plate LXV in
Queen Moo. Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of
this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b30.18.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.13
View of Muna, Yucatan,
January 1881
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.14
Studio portrait of a young Yucatecan woman,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy negative. For a print from the original negative
see accession number 2004.m.18-b12.113; for lantern slide see accession number
2004.m.18-b27.4.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.15
Studio portrait of Bishop Ancona,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b31.17.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.16
Horus hieroglyph,
circa 1892
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration on page 124 of
Queen Moo. Wet
collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.17
Goddess Selk hieroglyph,
circa 1892
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration on page 67 of
Queen Moo. Wet
collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.18
Isis hieroglyph,
circa 1892
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration on page 13 of
Queen Moo. Wet
collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.19
Egyptian funeral boat,
circa 1892
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration on page 45 of
Queen Moo. Wet
collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.20
Egyptian hieroglyph,
circa 1892
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration on page 55 of
Queen Moo. Wet
collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.21
Priest and devotee relief slab, lintel 24, Manché,
circa 1892
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Plate XXIX in
Queen Moo. Wet collodion glass plate
negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.22
Monumental gateway,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.23
Vishnu[?],
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.24
Ganesha,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.25
Egyptian hieroglyph,
circa 1892
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.26
Two Japanese women,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.27
Studio portrait of a Japanese woman,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.28
Three Japanese peasants,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.29
Japanese wood carrier,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.30
Maya cosmic diagram,
circa 1892
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Plate XVII in
Queen Moo. Wet collodion glass plate
negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.31
Detail of mural, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1873
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Colored tracing. Plate XLVII in
Queen Moo. Wet
collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.32
Male head, relief from the Great Ball Court, Chichén Itzá
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Plate XX in
Queen Moo. Wet collodion glass plate
negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.33
Queen Moo's talisman,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.34
Relief detail of a face, Chichén Ítza,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.35
Footbridge across a gorge, Peru [?],
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image
see accession number 2004.m.18-b22.5.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.36
Couple on a suspension bridge, Peru [?],
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image
see accession number 2004.m.18-b41.14.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.37
Pumapungo at Tihuanaco,
188-?,
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.38
Cross-section of tomb #2 at ?,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.39
Plan of temple, Boro Buddor,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.40
Vaulted tomb, Uru,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.41
Mythical panel, Copan,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.42
North face of temple near Kalisan,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.43
House at Asangora,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image
see accession number 2004.m.18-b22.12.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.44
Man with Peruvian vessels,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration showing comparative profiles. Wet collodion glass plate negative.
For lantern slide of this image see accession number 2004.m.18-b33.9.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.45
Hindu stele,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 18
2004.m.18-b18.46
Totem pole [?],
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Illustration. Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 19
Portraits, Hawaii, and Peru,
1860-1899
Physical Description:
48
items
4 x 5 inches, some
smaller
Scope and Content Note
Includes portraits, mostly unidentified, and views of Hawaii and Peru. Also
included are miscellaneous views of Belize and Mexico, maps and assorted cultural
objects.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.1
A's house, Astoria,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Written on glassine adhered to plate. Gelatine silver glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.2
Portrait of a woman,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.3
Portrait of a young woman with very long hair,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b35.23.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.4
Studio portrait of a young girl,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.5
Full-length portrait of a woman,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.6
Outdoor family portrait #1,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.7
Outdoor family portrait #1a,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.8
Portrait of an woman,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Same as 2004.m.18-b19.8a. Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.8a
Portrait of an old woman,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Same as 2004.m.18-b19.8. Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.9
Group portrait,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy negative. Man in white, front row is Juan Chuc,
see 2004.m.18-b12.115 and 2004.m.18-b12.116.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.10
Detail of central figures from group portrait accession number
2004.m.18-b19.9. Man in white is Juan Chuc, see 2004.m.18-b12.115 and
2004.m.18-b12.116.
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.11
Blackwell portraits,
ca. 1895
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Maude Blackwell's wedding portrait flanked by those of her parents or
guardians[?]. Gelatin silver glass plate copy negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.12
Hawaiian dancers,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b36.19.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.13
Hut amidst palm trees,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.14
Map of Española,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b35.8.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.15
Llamas at market, Peru,
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b26.1.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.16
Arched bridge, Arequipa,
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b20.4.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.17
Well, Peru[?],
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy negative. For lantern slides of this image see
accession numbers 2004.m.18-b26.13 and 2004.m.18-b26.14.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.18
Monastery of Copacabana, Bolivia,
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see accession
number 2004.m.18-b20.11.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.19
Plaza, Yucatan, Mexico,
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.20
Rebel procession with drummer, Yucatan,
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy negative. For lantern slide of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b26.19.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.21
Interior, corner of a room,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.22
Building seen through trees, Peru[?]
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.23
Street scene, Belize[?],
1880
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.24
Christopher Columbus monument, Mexico City,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate negative. For lantern slide of this image see
accession number 2004.m.18-b26.5.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.25
Street scene, Belize,
1880
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.26
Progreso[?],
1873 or 1880
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.27
Boats,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.28-30
Priest,
189-?
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Three gelatin silver glass plate negatives stuck together with a ms. note in the
hand of Augustus Le Plongeon adhered to them. Copy-work [?] negatives of the
priest Las Casas, a portrait of Vasco da Gama, and a portrait of Prince Henry the
Navigator. For lantern slide of Las Casas see accession number 2004.m.18-b43.15;
for lantern slide of Vasco Da Gama see accession number 2004.m.18-b41.5; for
lantern slide of Prince Henry see accession number 2004.m.18-b43.8. Negatives
separated 20061116.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.31
Eagle relief, Chichén Itzá,
1875-1876
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.32
Relief panel of Kulkucan and priest,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.33
Stele with glyphs,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.34
Stele with glyphs,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.35
Colossal Egyptian statues,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.36-37
Stool and frame[?],
189-?
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate negatives.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.38
Wall/screen,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.39
Wall design/ornament,
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.40
Incan pottery,
187-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate copy work negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.41
Sculpture [?],
188-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Wet collodion glass plate negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.42
Portrait of O-Hedidee,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative. For lantern slide of this image
see accession number 2004.m.18-b34.4.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.43
Island view in Atooi,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative. For lantern slide of this image
see accession number 2004.m.18-b34.25.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.44
Men with boat on shoreline,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative. For lantern slide of this image
see accession number 2004.m.18-b48.11.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.45
Map of Central America,
189-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.46
House,
1890-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative.
box 19
2004.m.18-b19.47
Couple,
1890-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Gelatin silver glass plate copy work negative.
box 64
Copy prints made from glass plate negatives.
1860-1899
Physical Description:
1
binder
Scope and Content Note
Copy prints made from negatives in boxes 15-19 in 2006.
Series III.E.
Lantern slides,
1862-1900
Physical Description: ca. 704 items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains glass lantern slides made by the Le Plongeons, and includes
both original images and copy work. Subjects include Peru, Mexico, Pompeii, old London
(from photographs by Henry Dixon), the South Pacific (including Captain Cook), and the
life and voyages of Christopher Columbus. The Le Plongeons used these slides to
lecture on a variety of topics.
box 20
Lantern slides of Peru and Mexico,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
18
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains 12 views of Peru (one of Arequipa, four of Cusco, three of Lima, and four
miscellaneous views), and six views of the Yucatan peninsula (one each of Izamal and
Muna, two of Progreso, and two miscellaneous views). (Contents originally from
lantern slide box labeled "Peru.")
box 21
Lantern slides of Peru and unidentified views,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
24
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains 20 views, at least nine of which are of Peru. There are images of harbors,
churches, ruins, cityscapes, buildings, mountains and railroads. Also included are
one studio portrait and three maps of South America. (Contents originally from
lantern slide box labeled "Peru.")
box 22
Lantern slides of illustrations,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
16
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains 16 illustrations of mountain scenes, people, events, and ruins, including
one of Bolivia and six of Peru. (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled
"Peru.")
box 23
Lantern slides of Spain, Italy, North America, and Peru,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
22
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains two views of Barcelona, two views of Genoa, six views of Peru, one view of
Hawaii, and four images that are possibly of the American southwest. There are seven
views of the Yucatan peninsula: one view of Espiritu, four of Izamal, and two of
Merida. (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled "Peru-Lima.")
box 24
Lantern slides of Mexico and unidentified views,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
24
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains ten views of the Yucatan peninsula (including one view of Muna, two of
Progreso, and seven miscellaneous images) and two views of Peru. Additionally, there
are 12 unidentified views (five tropical scenes, four harbor views, and three
mountain views). (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled
"Peru-Lima.")
box 25
Lantern slides of Peru, Mexico, and Belize,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
15
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains 15 miscellaneous city views of monuments, churches, buildings, and street
scenes. These include at least eight views of Peru, two of Mexico, and one of
Belize. (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled "Peru-Lima.")
box 26
Lantern slides of Peru, Mexico and North America,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
23
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains two views of Peru [?], two views of Hawaii [?], and one view of Mexico
City. There are 18 views of the Yucatan peninsula, including two of Chichén Itzá,
one of Izamal, two of Merida, eight miscellaneous views, and five images of
soldiers. (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled "Mexico-Peru.")
box 27
Lantern slides of Mexico, portraits, and other views,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
26
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains six studio portraits (two sitters are from Yucatan), five environmental
portraits (two sitters are from Yucatan), ten city views (including at least three
of Peru and two of Mexico), and five rural views. (Contents originally from lantern
slide box labeled "Mexico-Peru.")
box 28
Lantern slides of Mexico and miscellaneous views,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
10
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains two images of unidentified churches, three water views, one image of
parrots, and four illustrations. (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled
"Mexico-Peru.")
box 29
Lantern slides of Mexico, Peru, and India,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
25
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains one view of India, four views of Peru, 20 views of Chichén Itzá (including
Akab Dzib, Chacmool statues, El Castillo, La Iglesia, Las Monjas, and the Platform
of Venus). (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled "Yucatan" and
"Chichén Itzá.")
box 30
Lantern slides of Chichén Itzá and Uxmal
1862-1884
Physical Description:
25
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains nine views of Chichén Itzá (including the Temple of the Jaguars), one view
of Labna, 14 of Uxmal (including Adivino Pyramid, Governor's Palace, and the
Nunnery), and one miscellaneous city view. (Contents originally from lantern slide
box labeled "Yucatan" and "Chichén Itzá.")
box 31
Lantern slides of Mexico,
1862-1890
Physical Description:
17
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains four views of Uxmal, two miscellaneous views of the Yucatan peninsula, a
view of the La Eglesia and Las Monjas range at Chichén Itzá, eight illustrations,
and two portraits. (Contents originally from lantern slide box labeled "Yucatan" and
"Chichén Itzá.")
box 32
Lantern slides of Mexico and Peru,
1862-1884
Physical Description:
19
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains nine illustrations of Yucatan and Peru (one of which is a map), ten
photographic views of Yucatan and Peru (seven are of vessels, bas-reliefs, or
sculptures; one shows the head of a mummy, and two are views of Uxmal). (Contents
originally from lantern slide box labeled "Pompeii-Mayan.")
box 33
Lantern slides of illustrations from
Queen
Moo
, illustrations and views of Peru, and views of Mexico,
1862-1890
Physical Description:
24
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains four plates from
Queen Moo, seven views of
Peru, nine illustrations of Peru [?], and four Yucatan views. (Contents originally
from lantern slide box labeled "Various.")
box 34
Lantern slides of Captain James Cook's Voyages,
1873-1895
Physical Description:
27
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains 25 numbered illustrations from a series of engravings portraying Captain
James Cook's voyages, and two unnumbered illustrations from the same series.
(Contents originally from three lantern slide boxes, one of which was labeled
"Hawaii-Belize," and two of which were unlabeled.)
box 35
Lantern slides of Captain James Cook's Voyages, and views of Mexico and
Peru,
1862-1895
Physical Description:
28
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains six unnumbered illustrations from a series of engravings portraying
Captain James Cook's voyages, two maps, 11 images of animals of the Yucatan
peninsula, six portraits, and three views of Peru. (Contents originally from three
lantern slide boxes, one of which was labeled "Hawaii-Belize" and two of which were
unlabeled.)
box 36
Lantern slides of Belize, North America, and Mexico,
1873-1884
Physical Description:
29
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains eight views of Belize, 14 of Hawaii, three of New York, and four of the
Yucatan peninsula. (Contents originally from three lantern slide boxes, one of which
was labeled "Hawaii-Belize" and two of which were unlabeled.)
box 37-39
Lantern slides of London, England,
1867-1890
Physical Description:
90
items
Scope and Content Note
Glass lantern slides from a set of 69 slides that are numbered and labeled on the
exterior of the lantern slide for Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's illustrated lecture "Old
London." Included are both photgraphic plates, most likey the work of Henry Dixon,
and illustrations from various sources. Box 37 contains 18 photographic plates and
12 illustrations. Box 38 contains 18 photographic plates and 11 illustrations. Box
39 contains nine photographic plates and one illustration. Also included in this box
are ten slides (nine photographs and one illustration), that are labeled, but
unnumbered, and appear to be from this same series of 69 images, as well as 11
unnumbered and unlabeled photographic views of the countryside, clouds, ships, and
the seaside. The slides were originally housed in a wooden box labeled "Slides of
London."
box 40
Unlabeled lantern slides of London, England,
1867-1890
Physical Description:
32
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains 31 plates, possibly the work of Henry Dixon, which are not numbered or
labeled, but are photographic views similar to the 69 images in Boxes 37-39. The
remaining plate is blank and is possibly a cover glass. The slides were originally
housed in a wooden box labeled "Slides of London."
box 41-43
Lantern slides of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus,
1884-1900
Physical Description:
82
items
Scope and Content Note
These glass lantern slides are illustrations pertaining to Christopher Columbus,
probably used for Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's illustrated lecture "Christopher
Columbus, His Career and Character." Boxes 41 and 42 each contain 27 slides; Box 43
contains 17 slides that pertain to Christopher Columbus and his voyages, and 11
views of European cities (including Naples, Pavia, Lisbon, Genova, Cordova, Granada,
Florence, and Milan). The slides were originally housed in a wooden box labeled
"Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus."
box 44-47
Lantern slides of Pompeii,
1884-1900
Physical Description:
102
items
Scope and Content Note
Glass lantern slides for Alice Dixon Le Plongeon's lecture "Pompeii, Its Arts and
Architecture." Box 44 contains 27 illustrations (three are maps, one is after a
Pompeian fresco, and the remainder are images of ruins or scenes of Pompeian life),
and two photographic views (one of a temple, and one of a building). Box 45 contains
29 illustrations (nine are after Pompeian frescoes, one is possibly a photograph of
a painting; the remainder are images of ruins or scenes of Pompeian life. Box 46
contains 29 illustrations (three are after Pompeian frescoes, four are possibly
photographs of paintings, and the remainder are images of ruins or scenes of
Pompeian life. Box 47 contains 11 illustrations (five are after Pompeian frescoes,
two are possibly photographs of paintings, and the remainder are images of ruins or
scenes of Pompeian life; also included are four photographic views (including one of
Mount Vesuvius and three of Pompeii). The slides were originally housed in a wooden
box labeled "Pompeii."
box 48
Lantern slides of various subjects,
1862-1900
Physical Description:
26
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains four illustrations, six images of North America [?], one view of
Oceania[?], one harbor view, nine miscellaneous views, and five broken or
unrecognizable plates (one is half of a full slide, two are unrecognizable, and two,
which are blank, are possibly cover glasses). (Contents originally from three
lantern slide boxes, two of which were unlabeled and one of which was labeled
"Various.")
box 49-50
Glass plate negatives,
1862-1900
Physical Description: undetermined number of
items
Scope and Content Note
Contains glass plate negatives (and a few lantern slides), in need of conservation
(moldy, stuck together, emulsion loss, etc.)
box 51
Ephemera related to glass lantern slides,
1862-1900
Physical Description: circa 10 items
Scope and Content Note
Contains unused lantern slides, cigar boxes used as housing for slides, and
miscellaneous notes found among the slides.
Series IV.
Drawings, maps, and plans,
1860-1931
Physical Description: circa 7.5 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
The drawings of Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon include tracings made by the Le
Plongeons of the murals in the Upper Temple of the Jaguars at Chichén Itzá, hand-drawn
maps and site plans, and miscellaneous drawings.
box 52*-54*
Tracings of murals, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1875-1883
Physical Description:
54
items
Scope and Content Note
Tracings made in sanguine-colored outline. Most sheets are split in two. Box 52*
contians 14 sheets; one is hand-colored. Box 53* contains 15 sheets. Box 54* contains
25 sheets of drawings and tracings mostly in sanguine-colored outline; some are in
pencil; one tracing is hand-colored; seven items are fragments of tracings, drawings
after tracings, or related small drawings.
box 55*, folder 1-10
Drawings and plans,
1875-1931
Physical Description:
14
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes a tracing from the murals in the Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
hand-drawn maps and site plans, and charts of Maya symbols and glyphs.
box 55*, folder 1
Prince Coh in Battle,
1875-1931
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Tracing of a warrior from the murals, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
identified by the Le Plongeons as Prince Coh.
box 55*, folder 2
Tracing of Chichén Itzá site map,
circa 1931
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Tracing by Maude Blackwell of an original site map of Chichén Itzá drawn by
Augustus Le Plongeon between 1875-1884.
box 55*, folder 3
Plans of the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá,
circa 1931
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Copies or tracings by Maude Blackwell of original plans of the Platform of Venus
drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon between 1875-1884.
box 55*, folder 4
Plans of the Platform of Venus, Chichén Itzá,
circa 1931
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Copies or tracings by Maude Blackwell of original plans of the Paltform of Venus
drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon between 1875-1884.
box 55*, folder 5
Plan of Akab-Dzib, Chichén Itzá,
circa 1931
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Tracing by Maude Blackwell of original plan of the Akab-Dzib drawn by Augustus Le
Plongeon in 1875.
box 55*, folder 6
Map of Yucatan coast,
1875-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Fragmentary map drawn in pencil to scale.
box 55*, folder 7
Elevation, pyramid of Xochicalco,
1875-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Line drawing, ink on linen, by Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 55*, folder 8
Chart of English, Maya, and Egyptian alphabets,
circa 1908
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Ink chart hand-drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon. Annotation at top of chart by Maude
Alice Blackwell reads: This drawing was the last one on which Dr. Le Plongeon was
working and was left unfinished on the drawing board.
box 55*, folder 9
Charts of Maya symbols and glyphs,
between 1873-1910
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Ink charts hand-drawn by Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 55*, folder 10
Plan of the Governor's Palace, Uxmal,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Line drawing, ink on linen, by Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 56
Miscellaneous drawings and plans,
1860-1910
Physical Description:
23
items
box 56, folder 1
Chichén Itzá site plans,
1875-1884
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Hand-drawn plans by Augustus Le Plongeon. Ink plan with caption: Relative position
of Chichen Ruins. Pencil plan with caption: Relative positions of Chichen
edifices.
box 56, folder 2
Plan of Chickanchob,
1875
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Hand-drawn ink plan by Augustus Le Plongeon with caption: Chickanchob at
Chichen-Itza. 1875.
box 56, folder 3
Detail of mural, Upper Temple of the Jaguars, Chichén Itzá,
1875-1884
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Ink drawing by Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 56, folder 4
Maya chief,
between 1873 and 1908
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Offset illustrations for publication[?], one with annotation on back: Image of a
crown worn by the high chiefs in Mayax...
box 56, folder 5
Maya glyphs or reliefs,
between 1873 and 1908
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Pencil drawings by Augustus Le Plongeon; one is a fragment.
box 56, folder 6
Drawings of Maya subjects after other authors,
between 1873 and 1908
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Two sheets of drawings after E. Forstmann and one sheet of drawings after Antonio
Peñafiel.
box 56, folder 7
Ruins of Ucco[?],
186-?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Plan of Peruvian[?] ruins, hand-drawn in pencil.
box 56, folder 8
Drawing of an Assyrian[?] figure,
between 1873 and 1908
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Pencil drawing by Augustus Le Plongeon.
box 56, folder 9
Miscellaneous design motifs,
between 1873 and 1908
Physical Description:
7
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes pen or pencil drawings of bird, figural, lotus, brooch, and crown
designs.
box 56, folder 10
Temple plans, Java,
between 1873 and 1908
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Pencil plan of the temple at Culasan, and pen and ink plan of the temple of Chandi,
both copied by Augustus Le Plongeon.
Series V.
Papers of Henry Field Blackwell and Maude Alice Kane Blackwell,
1763-1940
Physical Description: circa 6.8 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Henry Field Blackwell and Maude Alice Kane Blackwell include personal and
family papers, materials relating to Henry's inventions, writings by Maude, and
correspondence related to Maude's endeavors to promote and publish the work of the Le
Plongeons.
Series V.A.
Papers of Henry Field Blackwell,
1800-1930
Physical Description:
195
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries includes personal documents and correspondence, Blackwell family
papers, materials relating to Henry Blackwell's professional life, and drawings and
patent applications for his numerous inventions.
box 56, folder 11-24
Family, personal, and financial documents,
1800-1930
Physical Description:
150
items
box 56, folder 11
Letters received,
1914-1920; undated
Physical Description:
5
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from his mother, brother, and wife.
box 56, folder 12
Marriage certificate of Maude Alice Kane and Henry Field
Blackwell,
26 June 1895
Physical Description:
1
item
box 56, folder 13
Masonic documents,
1908-1930
Physical Description:
9
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes Masonic certificates, membership cards, programs, and miscellaneous
correspondence.
box 56, folder 14
Career and employment materials,
1908-1929
Physical Description: circa 20 items
box 56, folder 15
Family history materials,
circa 1800-circa 1930
Physical Description: circa 15 items
Scope and Content Note
Includes documents, written family histories, and notes pertaining to the
Blackwell, Teller, and Rankin families.
box 56, folder 16
Family history notebook,
circa 1900
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes, clippings, and copies of documents regarding the Field,
Blackwell, Rankin, Schenk, Brett, Van Wyck, Rombouts, Teller, and other old New
York families.
box 56, folder 17
Miscellaneous financial documents,
1908-1929
Physical Description: circa 18 items
box 56, folder 18
Henry and Maude Blackwell checking accounts,
1903-1928
Physical Description: circa 10 items
box 56, folder 19-20
Documents and materials pertaining to real estate holdings,
1918-1930
Physical Description: circa 41 items
box 56, folder 21
New York state topographical maps,
1913-1917
Physical Description:
2
items
box 56, folder 22
Miscellaneous personal effects,
ca. 1870-1930
Physical Description: circa 13 items
box 56, folder 23
Artwork by H. F. Blackwell,
circa 1870-1930
Physical Description:
4
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes a pencil sketch, two chalk drawings, and a watercolor sketch.
box 56, folder 24
Print of the Buddha,
1927
Physical Description:
1
item
box 57, folder 1-14
Inventions,
1882-1929
Physical Description: circa 39 items
box 57, folder 1
Aero-matic powdered coal burner,
15 July 1927
Physical Description:
1
item
box 57, folder 2
Automobile steering post compass, specification 3,
19--?
Physical Description:
1
item
box 57, folder 3
Fire alarm combination telephone patent,
8 August 1899
Physical Description:
2
items
box 57, folder 4
Gas turbine operating system patent,
1 May 1906
Physical Description:
1
item
box 57, folder 5
Prospectus for a fountain pen pump filler,
19--?
Physical Description:
1
item
box 57, folder 6
Photographic inscription camera patent,
19 Feb. 1918
Physical Description:
1
item
box 57, folder 7
Plant propagation patents,
1923-1928
Physical Description:
20
items
Scope and Content Note
Documents, drawings, and patents relating to three inventions for plant
propagation containers and methods of making plant foods.
box 57, folder 8
Humus sample for plant propagation,
1923-1928
Physical Description:
1
item
box 57, folder 9
Specification for sign and apparatus for making the same,
28 July 1891
Physical Description:
1
item
box 57, folder 10
Tractor attachments for automobiles patent,
6 May 1924
Physical Description:
1
item
box 57, folder 11
Miscellaneous notes and drawings regarding inventions,
1882-1927
Physical Description:
6
items
box 57, folder 12
Inventions of Henry Field Blackwell,
29 June 1925-3 December
1929
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
one hundred and thirty-seven-page notebook (includes two pages numbered 130), of
drawings and sketches of inventions, and five pages of loose notes and
sketches.
box 57, folder 13
Inventions notebook,
1914-1919
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
One hundred and eighty-one-page notebook without covers containing descriptions
of inventions with notes, drawings, and copies of correspondence; a few loose
newspaper clippings are scattered among the pages.
box 57, folder 14
Reports on fire alarm systems,
1909?, 10 April 1909
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Two typed reports, six and three pages respectively, written by H. F. Blackwell
in his position as an electrical engineer for the borough of Manhattan.
box 58*, folder 1-6
Blueprints of inventions,
1927
Physical Description:
6
items
Scope and Content Note
Blueprints of inventions, some with typed explanations attached.
box 58*, folder 1
Automobile or motorboat binnacle compass #1,
2 April 1927
Physical Description:
1
item
box 58*, folder 2
Automobile or motorboat binnacle compass #1,
2 April 1927
Physical Description:
1
item
box 58*, folder 3
Automobile steering post compass #3,
19 March 1927
Physical Description:
1
item
box 58*, folder 4
Fountain pen filler pump,
14 January 1927
Physical Description:
1
item
box 58*, folder 5
Universal gradientometer for automobiles #5,
4 April 1927
Physical Description:
1
item
box 58*, folder 6
Map of pump stations, New York,
19--?
Physical Description:
1
item
box 58*, folder 7
Inventions and career scrapbook,
1898-1915
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
Partial scrapbook (seven boards), containing clippings, announcements, photographs,
and other materials relating to Blackwell's inventions and career.
Series V.B.
Papers of Maude Alice Kane Blackwell,
1763-1938
Physical Description: circa 405 items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries includes personal documents and correspondence, Collier family papers,
writings and efforts on behalf of the Le Plongeons, notes, research materials, and
writings of Maude Alice Kane Blackwell.
box 59, folder 1-13
Correspondence, personal, financial, and family documents,
1673-1930
Physical Description: circa 230 items
box 59, folder 1
Letters from H. F. Blackwell,
1913-1927
Physical Description:
15
items
box 59, folder 2
Letters from Frans Blom,
1931
Physical Description:
4
items
box 59, folder 3
Correspondence and documents regarding the Le Plongeons,
1910-1914
Physical Description:
6
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter from Lucy Dixon, sister of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, and a
statement from a Mrs. Stite regarding the disposition of the Le Plongeons's
manuscripts and research.
box 59, folder 4
Letters from Sylvanus Morley,
1931
Physical Description:
4
items
Scope and Content Note
Two are signed by Morley's secretary.
box 59, folder 5
H. W. Percival correspondence,
1912-1917
Physical Description:
8
items
box 59, folder 6
Letters from W. H. Strawn,
1914-1927
Physical Description:
16
items
box 59, folder 7
Miscellaneous letters received,
1917-1938
Physical Description:
38
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters and cards from family members, and several stray envelopes. Much
of the material is fragmentary.
box 59, folder 8
Miscellaneous letters sent,
circa 1930s
Physical Description:
5
items
Scope and Content Note
Copies and fragments of correspondence, plus two envelopes.
box 59, folder 9
Collier family documents,
1763-1917
Physical Description:
27
items
box 59, folder 10
Financial documents and notes,
1923-1938
Physical Description: circa 80 items
box 59, folder 11
Miscellaneous personal effects,
1870-1936
Physical Description: circa 13 items
Scope and Content Note
Includes locks of hair, snippets from Maude Alice Blackwell's wedding ensemble,
an identification card, and a driver's license.
box 59, folder 12
Personal effects,
19--?
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
One turkey-red scarf.
box 59, folder 13
Artwork,
circa 1930s
Physical Description:
3
items
box 60, folder 1-13
Writings, research, notes, and off-prints
1863-1940
Physical Description: circa 175 items
box 60, folder 1
"Stone Carvings Tell of the Sinking of the Atlantis,"
December 1933
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Partial typescript manuscript (7 p., by Maude Blackwell and two maps annotated by
her.
box 60, folder 2
Miscellaneous writings,
circa 1930s
Physical Description:
4
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes handwritten (7 p.), and typescript (4 p. with duplicate or triplicate
copies), manuscripts of an incomplete text on prehistoric symbols; a seven-page
handwritten manuscript entitled "Our Flag and Our Seal Speak;" a two-page
typescript "Symbols of Genisis No.1," and "The Veiled Lady," a single-page
typescript dated February, 1935.
box 60, folder 3
Notebook,
1930s
Physical Description:
1
item
Scope and Content Note
A composition book containing reading notes and drawings, and notes on a variety
of subjects, with 14 sheets of loose notes inserted throughout.
box 60, folder 4
Miscellaneous notes,
1930s
Physical Description:
44
Sheets
Scope and Content Note
Consists of reading notes and notes on a variety of subjects.
box 60, folder 5
Notes on spiritualism and mysticism,
1930s
Physical Description:
25
Sheets
Scope and Content Note
Includes reading notes.
box 60, folder 6
Drawings and cosmic plans,
1930s
Physical Description:
7
items
box 60, folder 7
Illustrations,
1930s
Physical Description:
10
items
box 60, folder 8
The American Freemason,
1917-1918
Physical Description:
2
items
Scope and Content Note
Vol. 8, April, 1917, and vol. 9, March, 1918.
box 60, folder 9
Spiritualist serials,
1894-1936
Physical Description:
18
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes copies, whole or fragmentary, of the following publications:
Arena,
Kingdom Bulletin,
New Age (three issues),
Occult Review,
Sunset,
Theosophic Messenger,
Theosophical Outlook (seven issues),
The
Theosophist
, and
The Word (two or more
partial issues).
box 60, folder 10
Material related to H. P. Blavatsky,
1930s
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes part of the first chapter of Blavatsky's
The
Secret Doctrine
, reprinted in the
The
Theosophist
, March 1933; a U.L.T. pamphlet on Blavatsky by W. Q. Judge,
and a photomechanical portrait of Blavatsky.
box 60, folder 11
Miscellaneous spiritualist and religious pamphlets and
publications,
1900-1940
Physical Description:
11
items
box 60, folder 12
Miscellaneous publications and offprints,
1863-1940
Physical Description:
8
items
box 60, folder 13
Clippings, notes, and brochures,
1911-1935
Physical Description:
39
items
Series V.C.
Blackwell photographs,
1860-1939
Physical Description:
67
items
Scope and Content Note
The subseries includes paper photograph albums, loose photgraphs, negatives, and
album pages. There are portraits and snapshots of Maude and Henry Blackwell, as well
as numerous family pictures.
box 61
Photograph albums,
circa 1888-1900
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Three thirteen-page black paper photograph albums. One album serves as a scrapbook
primarily for Maude's school career, especially at the Toronto College of Music, and
also includes some of Henry's early school reports. The other two albums contain
wedding portraits, snapshots of the couple, interior views of their home, portraits
of family members, photographs of the Le Plongeons in Yucatan (see Box 7, item 10),
and memorabilia.
box 62
Loose photographs, acetate negatives, and album pages,
1860s-1930s
Physical Description:
64
items
Scope and Content Note
Includes portraits of Maude and Henry Blackwell, views of their properties, and
numerous Blackwell and Collier family portraits, including six album pages, some
containing numerous photographs. Photographs of Maude Blackwell include two wedding
portraits, and several snapshots taken in Los Angeles. There is a tintype of Henry
Blackwell as a boy, taken in 1872. Also included is a portrait of William Bugby,
dedicated to the Blackwells in 1913.
