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Collection on the Chinantec
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Collection Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms
  • Table of Abbreviations

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Collection on the Chinantec
    Date: circa 1940-1985, undated
    Date (bulk): circa 1940-1980
    Collection Number: MS 169
    Creator: Browner, Carole H.
    Creator: Cline, Howard F.
    Creator: Rubel, Arthur J.
    Extent: 15.0 linear feet (28 document boxes, 6 card file boxes)
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, California 92517-5900
    Abstract: The Collection on the Chinantec is comprised of materials regarding the research of Carole H. Browner, Howard F. Cline, and Arthur J. Rubel on the Chinantec, the indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico. This collection primarily includes field notes from research conducted in San Pedro Yolox, Oaxaca, Mexico in the 1940s, Santiago Comaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico in the 1980s, and the Chinantec-speaking communities of Oaxaca, Mexico. Additionally, the collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, maps, newspaper clippings, slides, and other material pertaining to the Chinantec.
    Languages: The collection is in English and Spanish.

    Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Collection on the Chinantec, MS 169. University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    The Collection on the Chinantec was acquired as a gift in 1992. Additional material was received in 1993 and 2015.

    Processing History

    Processed by the Special Collections & Archives staff, 1998. Revised by Eric Milenkiewicz, 2009.

    Collection Scope and Contents

    The Collection on the Chinantec is comprised of materials regarding the research of Carole H. Browner, Howard F. Cline, and Arthur J. Rubel on the Chinantec, the indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico. This collection primarily includes field notes from research conducted in San Pedro Yolox, Oaxaca, Mexico in the 1940s, Santiago Comaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico in the 1980s, and the Chinantec-speaking communities of Oaxaca, Mexico. Additionally, the collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, maps, newspaper clippings, slides, and other material pertaining to the Chinantec. There is also an unprocessed accession (MS-2015-0010) which includes additional articles and photocopies.

    Collection Arrangement

    This collection is arranged alphabetically by the description in the Subject field.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Chinantec Indians.
    Chinantec language.
    Oaxaca (Mexico : State).
    Santiago Comaltepec (Mexico).

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Correspondence.
    Documents.
    Field notes.
    Photographs.

    Table of Abbreviations

    Researcher:

    • B: Browner, Carole H.
    • C: Cline, Howard F.
    • R: Rubel, Arthur J.

    Format:

    • A: Audiotape
    • B: Bibliography Index
    • BK: Book
    • C: Correspondence
    • D: Documents
    • FN: Field Notes
    • FR: Film Reel
    • J: Journals
    • M: Manuscripts
    • MP: Map
    • MA: Magazine
    • N: Negatives
    • NB: Notebooks
    • NP: Newspaper Clip
    • NT: Notes
    • P: Photographs
    • R: Reprints
    • S: Slides
    • V: Videotape
    • XC: Xerox