Indians of Chiapas, Mexico, Film Negatives Collection

The collection consists of two series of negatives that portray the Chiapas region and its people (chiefly the Lacandón) at two distinct periods in the development of the region: the late 1940s and the early 1960s. The images portray scenes from the daily lives of indigenous peoples, religious ceremonies and parades, indigenous villages, Maya ruins, local Mexicans from the Chiapas region and the provincial town of San Cristóbal de las Casas.

The collection is organized into these series:

Bibliography Palenque Round Table, & Robertson, M. G. (1980). Third Palenque Round Table, 1978--part 2: Proceedings of the tercera Mesa Redonda de Palenque, June 11-18, 1978. Austin: University of Texas Press. Palka, J. W. (2005). Unconquered Lacandon Maya: Ethnohistory and archaeology of indigenous culture change. Maya studies. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. Wilson, Charles Morrow. (1947). Backwards a dozen centuries. Natural History, 56 (8), pp. 370-378.

Series 1: Giles G. Healey Negatives were purchased from Gary Edwards in 1996 (WA1996-142).

Series 2: Ralph Hilt Negatives were purchased in 1992.

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This collection was processed and compiled by Valerie Addonizio, November 2009. Finding aid written by Valerie Addonizio in 2009 and updated in 2011.

Researchers should note the presence of other collections related to the history and study of the Lacandón Maya, the Chiapas region, and Mesoamerica at Princeton University. They include: (WC032) - "Talking to Women," Thomas Baird's Interviews about Maya Women, 1970s. (WC040) - Diaries of Frans and Gertrude Blom, 1943-1959. (WC064) - Western Americana Photographs Collection, 1800s-1900s.

This collection, WC064, includes 10 photographs taken by Gertrude Doby Blom (Numbers M2054-M2063).

(C0744.01) - Garrett-Gates Mesoamerican Manuscripts, 1700s-1925. (C0940) - Princeton Mesoamerican Manuscripts, [600s-1800s].

Researchers should note the separated photographic prints of Giles G. Healey (Box M3, Numbers M0058-M0075) in:

(WC064) - Western Americana photographs collection, 1800s-1900s.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Indians of Chiapas, Mexico, Film Negatives Collection, Box and Folder/Division Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Publisher

Manuscripts Division

Finding aids author

Valerie Addonizio

Date

2009

Creator

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Subject

Lacandon Indians -- 20th century -- photographs

Tzeltal Indians -- 20th century -- photographs

Maya painting -- photographs

People

Blom, Gertrude Duby

Healey, Giles G. (Giles Greville) (1901-1980)

Hilt, Ralph

Wilson, Charles Morrow (1905-1977)

Organization

Chiapas (México)

United Fruit Company.

Language

English

Form

Negatives (photographic). -- 20th century