Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Personal Papers and Correspondence
- Prologues, Excerpts, Introduction, Books 1-12, Indices and Appendices
- Preface, Indices, Definitions, Bibliographies, and Word Lists
- Sahagun's Historia, Appendices, and a History of the Codes
- Notes, Books 5-9, Codex Notes and Drafts
- The Florentine Codex
- Plant Index and the Fabri Lyncei Description
- Libros
- Articles and Essays
- General Materials
- Microfilm
- Names and Subjects
Charles Elliott Dibble papers, 1830-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Dibble, Charles E.
- Title
- Charles Elliott Dibble papers
- Dates
- 1830-1988 (inclusive)18301988
- Quantity
- 24.5 linear feet, (44 boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 tube, and 58 microfilm reels)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1371
- Summary
- The Charles Elliott Dibble papers (1830-1988) contain his research and drafts of the Florentine Codex, a thirteen-volume translation of the Aztec language into English. Charles Elliott Dibble worked on the codex for thirty years, and his research includes his notes, drafts, galleys, and correspondence. Charles Elliott Dibble (1909-2002) received his B.A. in history in 1936 from the University of Utah, his M.A. in anthropology in 1938, and his Ph.D in 1942 from the Universidia Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He also did post-doctoral work at Harvard in 1943.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Charles Elliott Dibble (1909-2002) received his B.A. in history in 1936 from the University of Utah, his M.A. in anthropology in 1938, and his Ph.D in 1942 from the Universidia Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He also did post-doctoral work at Harvard in 1943.
Dr. Dibble came back to the University of Utah as an instructor in anthropology in 1941, and served as department head from 1960-1964. He is the only professor to receive the three most important awards from the University of Utah: Distinguished Research, Distinguished Teaching, and Distinguished Alumnus. In 1977 he also received the Distinguished Professor Award.
Charles Elliott Dibble, in addition to his many publications, speaking engagements, professional affiliations, awards, grants and lectures, is most recognized for one enormous body of work. Along with Dr. Arthur J.O. Anderson, he was responsible for the translation and publication of the Florentine Codex, first envisioned by the Franciscan priest, Fray Bernadino de Sahagun, from Aztec to English. This work, originally envisioned as a five-year project, eventually became a thirty-year labor of love that resulted in several awards in its own right. In 1981, Dr. Dibble received the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle, that country's highest honor, and in 1984, he was awarded the decoration and title Knight Commander "Order de Isabel la Catolica," by the King of Spain.
Charles Elliott Dibble was married to Audrey Sarah Nelson from December 1936, until her death in September 2002. They had four children, twenty-three grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. Dr. Dibble died on 30 November, 2002.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Charles Elliott Dibble papers (1830-1988) contain his research and drafts of the Florentine Codex, a thirteen-volume translation of the Aztec language into English. Charles Elliott Dibble worked on the codex for thirty years, and his research includes his notes, drafts, galleys, and correspondence.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
Processed by Elizabeth Rogers in 2004.
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Separated Materials
See also the Charles Elliot Dibble photograph collection (P1149) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal Papers and CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Diaries |
1969-1973 |
| 1 | 2 | Diary and Notebooks |
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| 1 | 3 | Notebooks |
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| 1 | 4 | Correspondence |
1950-1979 |
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence and Articles
This folder contains correspondence and articles between Charles Elliott Dibble and Bernard Ortiz.
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1977-1983 |
| 1 | 6 | Book Reviews |
1949-1975 |
| 1 | 7 | Middle East Packet |
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| 1 | 8 | Personal Documents |
1970-1991 |
Prologues, Excerpts, Introduction, Books 1-12, Indices and AppendicesReturn to Top
All of the folders contained in this series are drafts.
| Container(s) | Description | |
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| Box | Folder | |
| 2 | 1-2 | Prologues, Books 1-12 |
| 2 | 3 | Excerpts, Books 1-13 |
| 2 | 4 | Introduction |
| 2 | 5 | Introduction and Preface |
| 2 | 6 | Book 1 |
| 3 | 1-4 | Book 1 |
| 3 | 5-8 | Book 2 |
| 4 | 1-4 | Book 2
These folders are drafts.
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| 4 | 5 | Books 2-3
This folder contains notes to both books 2 and 3.
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| 5 | 1-3 | Book 4 |
| 5 | 4 | Book 5 |
| 5 | 5-6 | Book 6 |
| 6 | Book 6 |
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| Folder | ||
| 7 | 1-3 | Book 6 |
| 7 | 4 | Book 7 |
| 7 | 5-6 | Book 8 |
| 7 | 9 | Book 9 |
| 8 | Book 9 |
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| 9 | Book 10 |
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| Folder | ||
| 10 | 1-3 | Book 10 |
| 10 | 4-9 | Book 11 |
| 11 | 1-4 | Book 11 |
| 11 | 5-7 | Book 12 |
| 12 | 1-3 | Book 12 |
| 12 | 4 | Indices, Books 1-12 |
| 12 | 5 | Draft Illustrations |
| 12 | 6-7 | Appendices |
| 12 | 8 | Sahagun's Historia |
| 12 | 9 | Sahagun's Appendices |
Preface, Indices, Definitions, Bibliographies, and Word ListsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
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| Box | Folder | |
| 13 | 1 | Preface and Trial Subject Index |
| 13 | 2 | Places and Persons Index |
| 13 | 3 | Definitions |
| 13 | 4 | Bibliography |
| 13 | 5 | Bibliography and Word List |
| 13 | 6 | Word List |
| 13 | 7 | Second, Third, and Fourth Cycle |
Sahagun's Historia, Appendices, and a History of the CodesReturn to Top
All of the folders contained in this series are drafts.
| Container(s) | Description | |
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| Box | Folder | |
| 14 | 1 | Sahagun's Historia |
| 14 | 2 | Sahagun's Appendices |
| 14 | 3 | History of the Codex |
| 14 | 4 | Rabbit Cycle |
Notes, Books 5-9, Codex Notes and DraftsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
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| Box | ||
| 15 | Notes, Books 5-9
The folders are labeled in Spanish.
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| 16 | 1 | Codex Vocabulary |
| 16 | 2-4 | Codex Notes |
| 16 | 5 | Codex Sierra |
| 16 | 6 | Codex en Cruz |
| 16 | 7 | Description and Interpretation of the Codex |
| 17-21 | Research Notes |
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The Florentine CodexReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
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| 22 | The Florentine Codex
The contents of this box are photographed pages of the Florentine Codex, and include both text and pictures. They are draft photos.
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| 23 | The Florentine Codex
The contents of this box are photographed pages of the Florentine Codex, and include both text and pictures. They are draft photos.
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| 24 | The Florentine Codex
The contents of this box are photographed pages of the Florentine Codex, and include both text and pictures. They are draft photos.
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| 25 | The Florentine Codex
The contents of this box are photographed pages of the Florentine Codex, and include both text and pictures. They are draft photos.
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| 26 | The Florentine Codex
The contents of this box are photographed pages of the Florentine Codex, and include both text and pictures. They are draft photos.
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Plant Index and the Fabri Lyncei DescriptionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
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| Box | ||
| 27 | Plant Index
The folders in the box contain a photographed plant index in Latin.
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| Folder | ||
| 28 | 1-2 | Plant Index
These folders contain a photographed plant index in Latin.
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| 28 | 3 | Fabri Lyncei Descriptio
This folder contains an essay describing the Mexican Wolf. It is in Latin.
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LibrosReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
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| Box | Folder | |
| 29 | 1-4 | Libro Vendecimo |
| 29 | 5 | Libro Nono de |
| 30 | 1-3 | Libro Segundo |
| 30 | 4 | Libro Tercero |
| 30 | 5-8 | Libro Decimo |
| 31 | 1 | Libro VIII |
| 31 | 2 | Libro Septimo |
| 31 | 3-4 | Libro Quarto |
| 31 | 5 | Libro Duodecimo |
| 31 | 6 | Libro de los Dios |
Articles and EssaysReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| 32 | 1 | Vowort
This essay is in German.
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| 32 | 2 | Breve Campandio de los Ritos Idolatricos
This essay is in Spanish.
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| 32 | 3-8 |
A Preliminary Manual of Nahuatl Grammar
R. Joe Campbell
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| 33 | 1 | Articles by J. Eric S. Thompson
"The Fish as a Maya Symbol for Counting," 1944; "A Blood-Drawing Ceremony Painted in a Maya Vase," 1961; "John Hawkins' Ship Boys in Mexico," 1961; "The Relacion De Tecuanapa, Guerrero," 1965; "Preliminary Decipherments of Maya Glyphs 1, 3, 4-6"; "The Role of Caves in Maya Culture,""Estimates of Maya Population: Deranging Factors,""El Misterio del Diccionario Maya de Solana," 1962; "1914 Carnegie Institution of Washington Ingresa al Campo Maya," 1964; "Frans Bloom," 1964; "Lunar Inscriptions in the Usumacintla Valley;""A Copper Mask and a Stone Mask from Middle America," 1965;"A Noble's Residence and Its Dependencies at Mayapan," 1955; "Symbols, Glyphs, and Divinatory Almanacs for Diseases in the Maya Dresden and Madrid Codices," 1958; "Maya Astromony," 1974; "The Mayan Glyph for Capture or Conquest and an Iconographic Representation of Itzam Na on Yucatecan Facades," 1973.
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1944-1973 |
| 33 | 2 | Articles and Essays
Lewis Hanke, "American Historians and the World Today: Responsibilities and Opportunities," 1975; Eva Hunt, "The Provenience and Contents of the Porfirio Diaz and Fernandex Leal Codices: Some New Data and Analysis," 1975; Gerdt Kutscher, "The Translation of the Cantares Mexicanos by Leonhard Schultze Jena"; Dudley T. Easby Jr. and Elizabeth Kennedy Easby, "A Zapotec Get-Together," 1962; Detlef Heikamp, "American Objects in Italian Collections of the Renaissance and Baroque: A Survey"; Don D. Fowler, "Uses of the Past: Archeology in the Service of the State" 1987.
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1962-1987 |
| 33 | 3 | Articles and Essays
Willard P. Gingerich, "A Bibliographic Introduction to Twenty Manuscripts of Classical Nahuatl Literature," 1975; Herbert R. Harvey, "The Florentine Codex"; Eloise Quinones Keber, "Art as History: The Illustrated Chronicle of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis as a Historical Source," 1984
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1975-1984 |
| 33 | 4 | Articles and Essays
Donald Robertson, "The Relaciones Geograficas of Mexico," 1958; "The Techailoyan Codex of Tepotzotlan: Codex X, 1960"; "The Mixtec Religious Manuscripts," 1966; Mary Elizabeth Smith, "Codex Selden: A Manuscript from the Valley of Nochixtlan?"
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1958-1966 |
| 33 | 5 | Articles by Bernard Ortiz
'"Reduction of Holistic Medicine: Its Role in Latin America," 1979; "Minorities and Medical Professional Monopoly: Political and Ethical Aspects of the Interaction of Scientific and Traditional Medicine," 1980; "The Venus Calendar and the Borgia-Group Codices"; "The Meso-American Calendar: Philosophy and Computations"; "Proposal Cities of Man: Tenochtitlan"; "Aztec Cannibalism: An Ecological Necessity?"
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1979-1980 |
| 33 | 6 | Articles and Essays
Eloise Quinones Keber, "The Sahaguntine Corpus: A Bibliographic Index of Extant Documents," 1988; Eike Hinz, "Cognition and Affect in Sahagun's Aztec Texts"; Cornelia Mak, "Mixtec Medical Beliefs and Practices"; Oriol Vallsi Subira, "Paper and Watermarks in Catalonia"; Howard F. Cline, "Descriptive Notes on the Sahagun MSS"
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1988 |
| 34 | 1 | Articles and Essays
J. C. Beltrame, "Le Mexique," 1830; Marc Eisinger, "Index Lexical du Codex de Florence"; Joaquin Galazara, "Glyphes et Attributs Chretiens dans les Manuscrits Pictographiques Mexicains du XVI Siecle: Le Codex Mexicanus 23-24," 1966, and "Prenoms et Noms de Lieux Exprimes par des Glyphes et des Attributs Chretiens dans les Manuscrits Picographiques Mexicains"; Jacqueline de Durand-Forest, "Approche u Mexique Ancien," and De l'attribution du Manscrit 342 de la Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris.
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1830-1966 |
| 34 | 2 | Articles and Essays
Al de Humboldt, "Vues des Cordilleres et Monumens des Peuples Indigenies de L'Amerique," 1916; M. Le Colonel Doutrelaine, "Un Manuscrit Mexicain," 1866; Guy Stresser-Pean, "La Technique Moderne de L'Exploration, 1955; Catalogue de la Biblioteque Americaine, "Avant-Propos," and "Antiquities Mexicaines."
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1866-1955 |
| 34 | 3 | Articles and Essays
"Memoires sur la Peinture Didactique et L'Ecriture Figurative des Anciens Mexicaines."
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| 34 | 4 | Articles and Essays
Ernst Mengin, "Bocabulario de Mayathan," 1975; Ursula Sachse, "Zum Problem der Sweiten Gesellschaftlichen Arbeitsteilung bei den Azteca," 1963; Karl Anton Nowotny, "Die Hieroglyphen des Codex Mendoza," "Vorbemerkung des Herausgerbers"; Theodor-Wilhelm Danzel, "Mitteilungen aus dem Museum Fur Volerkunde in Hamburg XI," 1926.
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1926-1975 |
| 34 | 5 | Articles and Essays
Karl Anton Nowotny, "Die Chronik der Historyre du Mechique," 1954; Walter Lehmann, "Sterbende Gotter un Christliche Heilsbotschaft," 1954; "Die Historischen Nachrighten uber die Mexikanischen feder-Und Mosaikarbeiten in Wien," "Der Codex Bedker II," 1957; "Die Bilderfolge des Codex Dindobonensis und Derwandter Handschriften," 1959; "Uber Aufgaben der Mexikanistik;" "Der Codex Becker I (Le Manuscrit du Cacique)," 1959; "Die Ahua Equation"; Hans Dietschy, "Mensch und Gott bei Mexikanischen Indianern," 1941; Ernest Mengin, "Uberstzt und Erlautert."
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1941-1959 |
| 34 | 6 | Essay
Fue Pintado el Codex de Cuaxicala (Donde, Cuando y en que Condiciones)
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| 35 | 1 | Articles and Essays
Bernard Ortiz, "La Relacion entre las Ciencias Fiscas yla Historiografia en el estudio," 1981; Alfredo Lopez Austin, "Estudio Acerca del motado de Investiacion de Fray Bernadino de Sahagun," 1969; "Tlatilco, A traves se su Ceramica"
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1969-1981 |
| 35 | 2 | Essays and Articles
"Codice de Tlateloloco," Xochipilli, 1986; Francisco Vindel, "Estudios y Marcas de Impresores y Libreros en Espana," 1942; "La Rinascita della Scienza"; Stefano de Rosa, "Ulisse Aldrovandi e la Toscana: 4 Lettre inedite dello Scienziato a Francesco I e Ferdinando I de Medici e a Belisario Vinta," 1981; Eulalia Buzman, "Manuscritos sobre Mexico en Archivos de Italia"
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1942-1986 |
| 35 | 3 | Articles and Essays
Manuel Carrera Stampa, "Relaciones Geograficas de Nueva Espasa Siglos XVI y XVII," 1986; Georges Baudot, "Apariciones Diabolicas en un Texto Nahuatl de Fray Andres de Olmos," 1972; and "Un Senorio Guatemalteco segun sus Caciques Indigenas a Fines del Siglo XVI," 1972; X. A. Domonguez S., "Algunos Aspectos Quimicos y Farmacologicos de Sustancias Aisladas de las Plantas Descritas en el Codice Badiano," 1969; Lewis Hanke, "Aristoteles y los Indios Americanos"; Actes du XXCIIIe Congres International des Americanistes," 1947; Joaquin Galarza, "Un Index de Manuscrits Pictographiques Mexicains;" A. Martha Rosario, "Los Propositos de Sahagun;" Frederick Hicks, "Social Stratification and the Calpixque of Aztec Mexico," 1977.
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1947-1986 |
| 35 | 4 | Articles and Essays
Pedro Carrasco, "Las Tierra de dos Indios Nobles de Tepeaca en el Siglo XVI," Los Caciques Chichimecas de Tulancingo," 1963; "Los Nombres de Persona en la Guatemala Antigua," 1964; "Tres Libros de Tributos del Museo Nacional de Mexico y su Impotancia para los Estudios Demograficos," 1964; "Una Cuenta Ritual Entre los Zapotecos de Sur;" Donald D. Brand, "El "Ensayo Politico sobre el Reino de la Nueva Espana," de Humboldt;" Jose Ignacio Davila Baribi, "La Escritura del Idiome Nahuatl a Traves de los Siglos."
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1963-1964 |
| 35 | 5 | "Una Clasificacion Botanica entre los Nahoas?"
Bernardo Ortiz
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1976 |
| 36 | 1 | Articles and Essays
D. Angel Ma Garibay K., "Antologia de la Poesia Indigena de Mexico Ajohca de Cantos Flomidos"; Alfredo Lopez Austin, "Iconografia Mexica, el Monolito Verde del Templo Mayor," and "Los Textos en Idioma Nahuatl y los Historiadores Contemporaneos."
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| 36 | 2 | Articles and Essays
Jesus Galindo y Villa, "Don Francisco del paso y Troncoso"; Don Francisco del paso y Troncoso, "Sobre el Codice Mexicano del P. Sahagun."
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| 36 | 3 | Articles and Essays
Wigberto Jimenez Moreno, "Los Portadores de la Cultura Teotihuacana," 1974; "Antecedentes de los Estudios de Linguistica Moderna," 1975; "MesoAmerica," 1976; "Historiografia Prehispanca y Colonial de Mexico,"1976; "Los Imperios Prehispanicos de Mesoamerica," 1966.
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1966-1976 |
| 36 | 4 | Articles and Essays
Ramon Mena, "Filigranas," 1926; Francisco Gonzalex de Cosslo. "El Libro de las Tasaciones de Pueblos de la Nueva Espana," 1952
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1926-1952 |
| 36 | 5 | Articles and Essays
Rafael Martin del Campo, "Esayo de Interpretacion del Libro de la Historia General d las Cosas de Nueva Espana de Fray Bernadino de Sahagun III," 1941; Francisco Cervantes de Salazar, "Tumulo Imperial de la Gran Ciudad de Mexico," 1929.
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1929-1941 |
| 36 | 6 | Articles and Essays
J. Sanchez "Las dos Piedras;" Pablo Martinez del Rio, "La Adventura Mexicana de Sir John Hawkins," 1943; Don Carlos, "Proceso Criminal de Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion," 1910; Zelia Nuttal, "Francisco Cervantes de Salazar," 1921
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1910-1943 |
| 36 | 7-8 | Miscellaneous Articles |
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| 36 | 9 | "Revisiting a Reluctant Treasure: A Pilgrimage to Charles Dibble" by Elise Lazar |
General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
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| 37-43 | Index Cards |
| 44 | Oversized Materials |
| tube | |
| 45 | Rolled Materials |
MicrofilmReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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| 1 | Les Filigranes I and II |
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| 2 | Hernandez |
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| 3 | Hernandez |
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| 4 | 1783 Dictionary |
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| 5 | Mendoza Codex |
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| 6 | Colloquies |
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| 7 | Tolosa |
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| 8 | Hubin Memoires |
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| 9 | 1486 Sahagun Tratado
Ayer
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| 10 | Vergara "My Films" |
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| 11 | Tonalaniatl Aubin Seler Study |
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| 12 | Montomay |
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| 13 | Einiqe Katitel |
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| 14 | Justicio |
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| 15 | Gante |
1553 |
| 16 | Ayer 1486 |
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| 17 | Doctorina Evangelros Sahagun |
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| 18 | Notes on Dancing Four Calender |
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| 19 | Saguhan Colloquies |
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| 20 | Sahagun Compendio |
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| 21 | Breve Compendio |
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| 22 | Breve Compendio |
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| 23 | Huehue Tlatolli |
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| 24 | Sahagun Biondelli |
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| 25 | Sahagun |
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| 26 | Ayer 1467 |
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| 27 | 1467 New Testament |
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| 28 | Borbonicas |
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| 29 | Chianhtla |
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| 30 | Tepetla |
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| 31 | Sahagun Psalmodia Christiana |
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| 32 | Archaeological Researches of Teotihuacan |
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| 33 | Leon y Gama |
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| 34 | Libro de Novios |
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| 35 | Ayer 1484 |
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| 36 | San Luis Pitosi |
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| 37 | Rios |
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| 38 | Molina Confesario & Dominican |
1550 |
| 39 | Monterrey Ms |
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| 40 | Sahugun |
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| 41 | Sahagun Florentine |
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| 42 | Florentine Palat 218 |
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| 43-44 | Sahagun Palaz 218 |
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| 45 | Sahagun Palaz 220 |
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| 46 | Sahagun Aparicien |
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| 47 | Sahagun Aparicien |
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| 48 | Tolosa and Ramirez |
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| 49 | Brown Sahagun
There is a question from Charles E. Dibble as to the identity of this reel.
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| 50 | Ayer Ms 1485 |
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| 51-57 | Miscellaneous Reels |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Alva IxtlilxoÌchitl, Fernando de, 1578-1650 --Obras historicas
- Hunter, Milton R. (Milton Reed), 1902-1975 --Ancient America and the Book of Mormon
Form or Genre Terms
- Reviews (Criticism)
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Rogers
2004 (last modified: 2019)
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