National Anthropological Archives
Robert Moody Laughlin papers
Laughlin, Robert M.
NAA.2011-06
Archival Resource Key
39 Videocassettes (VHS)
1 Videocassettes (Betamax)
20 CD-Rs
6 Electronic discs (DVD)
65.09 Linear feet
50 Floppy discs
147 Sound recordings
1899-2016, bulk 1954-2016
Robert Moody Laughlin was an American ethnologist specializing in the study of Mayan language, history, customs, and folklore. He spent the majority of his career working for the Smithsonian Institution, first with the Bureau of American Ethnology, then with the Department of Anthropology. He was a curator emeritus with the department from his retirement in 2006 until his death in 2020.
The Robert Moody Laughlin papers (1899-2016, bulk 1954-2016) document his research and professional activities and primarily deal with language and folktales he recorded and studied, as well as the culture and history of the Tzotzil and other Mayan groups in the Chiapas region. His involvement in language education and training, advocacy for the Tzotzil and language and cultural revitalization, and administrative matters at the Smithsonian are also represented. The collection consists of materials created for books and other publications, field notes, research materials, correspondence, administrative files, sound recordings, video recordings, photographs, and electronic records.
Collection is in English, Tzotzil, and Spanish.
Robert Moody Laughlin papers
Scope and Contents
The Robert Moody Laughlin papers (1899-2016, bulk 1954-2016) document his research and professional activities and primarily deal with language and folktales he recorded and studied, as well as the culture and history of the Tzotzil and other Mayan groups in the Chiapas region. His involvement in language education and training, advocacy for the Tzotzil and language and cultural revitalization, and administrative matters at the Smithsonian are also represented. The collection consists of materials created for books and other publications, field notes, research materials, correspondence, administrative files, sound recordings, video recordings, photographs, and electronic records.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in 14 series: Series 1. Tzotzil Dictionaries, 1963-1988, undated; Series 2. Of Wonders Wild and New, 1963-1976; Series 3. Of Cabbages and Kings, 1960-1977; Series 4. Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, 1963-1980; Series 5. Other Writings by Laughlin, 1956-2006; Series 6. Writings by Others, 1954-2002; Series 7. Biographical Files, 1906-2003; Series 8. Correspondence, 1899-1900, 1948-2002; Series 9. Research and Field Notes, 1954-1993; Series 10. Sna Jtz'ibajom, 1983-2016; Series 11. Administrative Files, 1961-2014;
Series 12. Sound Recordings, circa 1960-2004; Series 13. Video Recordings, 1985-2002, undated; Series 14. Photographic Material, 1985-circa 2007, undated; Series 15. Electronic Files, 1985-circa 2004.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Moody Laughlin (also known as Lol Bik'it Nab in Tzotzil) was an ethnologist in the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology specializing in modern and colonial Tzotzil lexicography as well as Tzotzil oral history, worldview, dreams, prayers, ethnobotany, and history. As a pioneer in advocacy anthropology, Laughlin spent the majority of his career working to support the Chiapas Mayas through his publications, research, and other professional efforts. Among his most notable contributions to local and global understandings of the Chiapas Mayas and the Tzotzil language were his publication of The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan (1975) and his work in founding Sna Jtz'ibajom, a writers collective based in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Laughlin was born in 1934 in Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelors degree in English in 1956. He first visited the Chiapas area of Mexico in 1957 as a graduate student at the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia in Mexico City. He then transferred to Harvard University and began studying under cultural anthropologist Evon Vogt who had recently started the Harvard Chiapas Project. Laughlin completed his field work in Zinacantan, where he learned to speak Tzotzil. After receiving his Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard in 1963, he collected myths and folk tales in Zinacantan as an ethnologist for the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology. During regular trips to the field in Chiapas, Mexico, he also worked to compile a dictionary of Tzotzil words. After fourteen years of work, The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan was published in 1975.
After his dictionary was published, Laughlin returned to the study of folk tales and culture in Tzotzil and other Mayan cultural groups in Central America. He published several books on stories, dreams, marriage and other customs, ethnobotany, and history of the Tzotzil peoples. Laughlin's efforts at revitalizing the Tzotzil language and promoting the area's culture sparked significant Tzotzil interest in their own language and history, but illiteracy was still a major barrier to cultural revitalization. In 1983, Laughlin helped found Sna Jtz'ibajom (House of the Writer), a writers cooperative that took writings about Tzotzil history, folklore, and customs and translated them into Tzotzil. Sna Jtz'ibajom also created Teatro Lo'il Maxil (Monkey Business Theater), a group that wrote and performed plays related to Mayan folklore and education about social issues such as family planning and alcoholism.
Laughlin received the Premio Chiapas in Science in 2002 and the PEN Gregory Kolovakos Award for the translation of Spanish (including Native American) literature in 2004. He retired in 2006 and is currently a curator emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution.
Laughlin died on May 28, 2020, of Covid-19 complications.
Sources Consulted
Genzlinger, Neil. "Robert Laughlin, Preserver of a Mayan Language, Dies at 85."
New York Times, June 24, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/science/robert-laughlin-preserver-of-a-mayan-language-dies-at-85.html
1934
Born on May 29 in Princeton, New Jersey
1956
Received Bachelor's Degree in English from Princeton University
1957
First trip to Chiapas area of Mexico in 1957 as a graduate student at the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia e Historia in Mexico City
1959
Traveled to Chiapas as a member of the Harvard Chiapas Project
1961
Received Masters Degree in Anthropology from Harvard University
1962
Hired as an ethnologist by the Bureau of American Ethnology (Smithsonian Institution).
1962-1964
Ethnologist, Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
1963
Received a Ph. D. in Anthropology from Harvard University
1964-1969
Associate Curator, Smithsonian Office of Anthropology
1969-1973
Associate Curator, Smithsonian Department of Anthropology
1973-2006
Curator, Smithsonian Department of Anthropology
1983
Aided in the foundation of Sna Jtz'ibajom (House of the Writer) in Chiapas.
2006
Retired from the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology.
2020
Died on May 28 of Covid-19 complications.
Conditions Governing Use
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Conditions Governing Access
The Robert Moody Laughlin papers are open for research.
Electronic media is currently restricted due to preservation concerns.
Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the National Anthropological Film Collection may not be played.
Access to the Robert Moody Laughlin papers requires an appointment.
Processing Information
The series delineated in this collection are based on the original order and groupings of materials in Robert Laughlin's office in the National Museum of Natural History. Some materials were originally stored with no clear arrangement and have been inserted into relevant series. Original folder titles were retained where appropriate. All other folder titles were created by the processing archivist.
Some materials were removed from the collection during processing including newspapers from the Zapatista Uprising Subseries (6.4), reprints of published articles, and photocopies of books and archival materials from the John Carter Brown Library, Princeton Special Collections, and National Anthropological Archives.
Adam Fielding processed some of the sound recordings and papers in 2015. Tyler Stump completed processing on the bulk of the papers in series 1-11 in 2016. In 2017, Katie Duvall processed series 12, 14, and 15 and Pam Wintle processed series 13.
Processed and encoded by Adam Fielding, Tyler Stump, Katie Duvall, and Pam Wintle, 2015-2017.
Preferred Citation
Robert Moody Laughlin papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These papers were donated and transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by Robert M. Laughlin in 1985, 2011, and 2016 under accessions 1974-15, 2011-06, and 2016-16.
Separated Materials
Material in Series 13. Video Recordings has been transferred to the National Anthropological Film Collection (NAFC), but is described in the this finding aid.
Selected Bibliography
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975.
Of Wonders Wild and New: Dreams From Zinacantan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976.
Of Cabbages and Kings: Tales From Zinacantan.Washington: Smithsonian Instutition Press, 1977.
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax: Sundries From Zinacantan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980.
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantan: With Grammatical Analysis and Historical Commentary. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988.
The Flowering of Man: A Tzotzil Botany of Zinacantan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993.
With Carol Karasik. The People of the Bat: Mayan Tales and Dreams From Zinacantan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988.
Language and languages -- Documentation
Transcripts
Audiotapes
Paper tapes
Photographs
Tzotzil Maya
Dreams
Vocabulary
Manuscripts
Tzotzil Dictionaries
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1963-1988, undated
Scope and Contents
This series primarily contains index cards and word lists Laughlin created between 1963 and 1975 for his book
Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan. Each card contains, at a minimum, a Tzotzil word or phrase. Many cards also contain English or Spanish equivalencies and other notes about the word and its translation. There are over 30,000 word entries represented on the cards which contain consonant-vowel-consonant roots, ethnobotanical terms, place names, and ethnographic contexts for words. All of the words and their definitions were also entered into a computer database and saved onto several reels of 9 track tape. This series also contains some maps, edited drafts, other notes.
Arrangement
This series retains Laughlin's original order. Most index cards are arranged by word group or type, and then alphabetically.
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: Tzotzil terms collected in Santa Fe, New Mexico index cards
Archival Resource Key
1963 November 1-1964 May 1
1
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: Tzotzil terms collected in San Cristobel index cards
Archival Resource Key
1964 March 15-May 1
1
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: Tzotzil synonyms recorded to refine translations index cards
Archival Resource Key
1966
4-5
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: botanical terms index cards
Archival Resource Key
1966
5-6
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: final vocabulary terms index cards
Archival Resource Key
1970
6-14
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: English to Tzotzil language, index cards
Archival Resource Key
2 Boxes
circa 1966
15-16
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: Tzotzil cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966
17-22
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: computer tape reels
Archival Resource Key
2 Reels
1973
23
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: annotated manuscript draft
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1974
24
The Minor Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: manuscript draft
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980
24
The Minor Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: definitions
Archival Resource Key
4 Folders
circa 1980
24a
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan: maps
Archival Resource Key
10 Maps
circa 1974
25
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantan: Tzotzil root index cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977-circa 1988
26-27
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantan: preliminary index cards for Santo Domingo thesaurus
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977-circa 1988
28-29
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zincantan: problematic cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977-circa 1988
29
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantan: Spanish index cards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977-circa 1988
30-36
Language charts
Archival Resource Key
undated
1
Scope and Contents
Oversized charts from Laughlin's office. Possibly related to the Tzotzil Dictionary project.
Of Wonders Wild and New
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1963-1976
Arrangement
This series retains Laughlin's original order. Dream transcripts are arranged numerically by assigned dream number.
Scope and Contents
This series contains transcripts of dreams, a manuscript, and lexitron tapes for Laughlin's book
Of Wonders Wild and New. The dream transcripts are in Tzotzil, and interlinear in English and Tzotzil, and are taken from recorded interviews. Laughlin assigned each dream a number, going from D1-D254.
Lexitron tapes are restricted due to preservation concerns.
Dream transcripts in Tzotzil and English part 1, D1-D112
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1963 Feburary 28-August 2
37
Dream transcripts in Tzotzil and English part 2, D113-D254
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1963 August 22-October 1
37
Manuscript draft, annotated
Archival Resource Key
5 Folders
1976
37-38
Dream transcripts in Tzotzil
Archival Resource Key
4 Folders
circa 1976
38-39
Dream transcripts in Tzotzil, copy 2
Archival Resource Key
4 Folders
circa 1976
39
Lexitron tapes
Archival Resource Key
2 Boxes
circa 1976
40-41
Scope and Contents
Lexitron tapes are restricted due to preservation concerns.
Of Cabbages and Kings
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1960-1977
Scope and Contents
This series contains transcripts of folktale recordings, an annotated manuscript draft, and lexitron and computer tapes related to Laughlin's book
Of Cabbages and Kings. The folktale transcripts are in Tzotzil, English, and interlinear in English and Tzotzil,. Laughlin assigned each folktale a number, going from T1-T177.
Lexitron and computer tape reels are restricted due to preservation concerns.
Arrangement
This series retains Laughlin's original order. Folktales are arranged in numerical order by assigned number.
Prayer and blessing transcripts in Tzotzil and English
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1960-1967
42
Folktale transcripts in Tzotzil and English, copy 1
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1963
1960
42
Folktale transcripts in Tzotzil and English, copy 2
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1963
1960
42-43
Folktale transcripts in Tzotzil with Lexitron tapes
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
circa 1963
43
Folktale transcripts in Tzotzil, handwritten
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963
43
Manuscript draft, annotated
Archival Resource Key
7 Folders
1977
43-44
Of Cabbages and Kings III (bound)
Archival Resource Key
undated
46
Lexitron tapes
Archival Resource Key
2 Boxes
circa 1963
45-46
Scope and Contents
Restricted due to preservation concerns.
Computer tape reel
Archival Resource Key
1975
23
Scope and Contents
Restricted due to preservation concerns.
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1963-1980
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
This series contains the original handwritten Tzotzil journals of Anselmo Peres and Romin Teratol about their visits to the United States with Laughlin in 1963 and 1967. Peres and Teratol were both Mayans from Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico. In 1980 Laughlin also translated and transcribed these journals into a bound volume called
Travelers to the Other World: A Maya View of America which is also located in this series.
Peres, Anselmo: journal
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1963
47
Teratol, Romin: journal
Archival Resource Key
1963
47
Tereatol, Romin: journal
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1967
47
Peres, Anselmo: journal
Archival Resource Key
circa 1967
47
Travelers to the Other World: A Maya View of America
Archival Resource Key
1 Volume
1980
50
Other Writings by Laughlin
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
1956-2006
Scope and Contents
This series contains Laughlin's other writings besides his major books located in Series 1-4. These published and unpublished writings were created when Laughlin was a graduate student at Harvard University and throughout his career at the Smithsonian. Most writings are related to ethnography in the Chiapas region, particularly Tzotzil language, history, and culture. Materials of note include Laughlin's dissertation "Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on Zinacantan Courtship and Marriage" and notes and drafts related to his book "People of the Bat." Most writings are in English, though there are some materials also written in Tzotzil and Spanish.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by title.
Alcohol in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
48
The Analysis of Myth in Highland Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1961
48
Anthropology Needed (Princeton Alumni Weekly)
Archival Resource Key
1964
48
Beware the Great Horned Serpent: Insurgencies in Chiapa in 1812 and Chiapas, 1994
Archival Resource Key
circa 2003
48
Beware the Great Horned Serpent: Insurgencies in Chiapa in 1812 and Chiapas, 1994 (presentation)
Archival Resource Key
circa 2002
48
Beware the Great Horned Serpent! chapter and appendix drafts
Archival Resource Key
circa 2003
48
The "Black Man"
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
El "Buen Salvaje" esta Muerto
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
Christ, I Never Knew You! A Mayan Mystery Play
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
The Dictionary as Artist
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
El Diccionario Grande de Santo Domingo Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1989
48
El Diccionario: Pintado el Mundo Tzotzil de Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
Field trip report, May 1965
Archival Resource Key
1965
48
The Genius of the Tzotzil
Archival Resource Key
circa 1989
48
Globalization Through Mayan Eyes
Archival Resource Key
2005
48
Graduate school papers (Harvard)
Archival Resource Key
1958-1959
48
History of the Tzotzil
Archival Resource Key
circa 1998
48
The House of the Writer: A Center for Mayan Creativity
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
Huastec
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963
48
Introducing the Earth Lords
Archival Resource Key
2006
48
La Lengua Como Vehiculo a la Cultura
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
La Rama Dorada: Magica y Botanica en Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980
48
Laughlin on his first visit to Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
48
The Living World of the Maya
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
Looking Up: Spanish Tzotzil Tales
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
Looking Up!: Tzotzil Tales from Huitiupan, Chiapas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
undated
48
"Looking Up" photos
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Materials for articles
Archival Resource Key
circa 1985-2005
49
The Mayan Experience
Archival Resource Key
1985
49
Mayan stories in Spanish
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Mayan stories in Tzotzil
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Mis Primeras Temporadas en Chiapas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
2011
49
Notes from the Underground
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980
49
Oficio de Tinieblas: Como el Zinacanteco Adivina sus Suenos
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
On the Creation of the Tzotzil Dictionary
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Poetic License
Archival Resource Key
1986
49
The Priest and the Bell
Archival Resource Key
1960
49
Proyecto para el Establecimiento de un Periodico en Lengua Tzotzil y la Academia Letras Mayas
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Recent Findings in Tzetzal-Tzotzil Medical Ethnobotany
Archival Resource Key
1989
49
Recovering Lost Worlds: Glimpses of Indian Education in Chiapas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Reviews
Archival Resource Key
The Concent and Style of an Oral Literature (Jacobs)
Archival Resource Key
1959
49
The Door in the Wall (La Farge)
Archival Resource Key
1965
49
Crazy February (Wilson)
Archival Resource Key
1966
49
Sera Ominoso el Futuro de la Lengua Tzotzil?
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Sometimes Right is Paid for with Wrong
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Speaking Maya with a New Voice
Archival Resource Key
circa 2000
49
Speech honoring Ernest Vogt
Archival Resource Key
1989
49
Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on Zinacantan Courtship and Marriage (Ph. D. Thesis)
Archival Resource Key
2 Volumes
1962
50
"To Chase with Fire, A Study of W.H. Hudson"
Archival Resource Key
1956
116
Torches for a New Dawn: Chiapas Mayas on the Stage
Archival Resource Key
circa 1995
49
To the People of the Bat
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Truth or Consequences: Being the Definitive Travails of a Lexicographer in Chiapas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
"Travelers to the Other World" draft and notes
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Tzotzil dictionary instructions for computerization
Archival Resource Key
undated
49
Unidentified drafts and other writings
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
circa 1970-1990
49
William Sturtevant: Defender of the Faith
Archival Resource Key
circa 1995
49
"Why Souls are Lost Now" and "Belly Ache"
Archival Resource Key
1972
49
Writings By Others
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
1954-2002
Arrangement
This series is arranged into four subseries: 7.1 Harvard Chiapas Project, 1959-1991; 7.2 Tzotzil, 1954-1989; 7.3 General, 1955-2002; and 7.4 Zapatista Uprising, 1993-2000.
Scope and Contents
Materials in this subseries consist of writings by anthropologists, students, and journalists about anthropology, the Tzotzil people, Zinacantan, and Mayan culture. Major topics also include the Harvard Chiapas Project (1957-1980) and the Zapatista Uprising (1994-present). The photocopies of language books are mostly Tzotzil and Tzeltal language books, and are primarily pre-twentieth century. Some writings are drafts that were sent to Laughlin for comment, but most are final published or unpublished works.
Harvard Chiapas Project
6.1
Archival Resource Key
1959-1991
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains materials written by Evon Vogt and Harvard anthropology students participating in the Harvard Chiapas Project between 1959 and 1991. The Harvard Chiapas Project was run by Vogt between 1957 and 1980, and investigated the impact of modern influences on traditional Mayan life in the South Mexican region. The bulk of this series consists of student papers written about all aspects of Mayan society including religious practices, settlement patterns, and Tzotzil worldviews. Also included are several writings by Vogt about the history of the project.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged alphabetically by author.
Student papers:
Archival Resource Key
Bardrick- House Dedication and Agricultural Ceremonies
Archival Resource Key
1970
51
Cancian- The Contemporary Religious System of the Midwest Highland Guatemalan Indians
Archival Resource Key
1959
51
Cancian- The Contemporary Religion of the Maya of Yucatan
Archival Resource Key
1959
51
Cancian- Informant Error and Native Prestige Ranking in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1963
51
Cancian- The Religious Hierarchy in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1961
51
Cancian- Of a Mayan Society
Archival Resource Key
1962
51
Cantor- An Analysis of the Principles of Ranking in Zinacanteco Ceremonies
Archival Resource Key
1970
51
Casjens- Highland Maya Cosmology
Archival Resource Key
1970
51
Englander- The Fiesta of San Sebastian
Archival Resource Key
1970
51
Fletcher- The Drama of the Torito
Archival Resource Key
1970
51
Johnson- The Tile Ratio: An Index of Cultural Change in Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1967
51
Lennihan- "The Great Vision:" Symbolism in the Muk'ta *ilel
Archival Resource Key
1970
51
Leven- Does Language Reflect Culture?
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
51
Lewis- The Myth of the Flood
Archival Resource Key
circa 1969
51
Metzget- Notes on the History of Indian-Ladino Relations in Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
51
Miller- Social Structure and Changing Medical Practices in a Mexican Indian Community
Archival Resource Key
1958
51
Miller- Preliminary Ethnographic Report on Huiston, Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
51
Rush- Treasure Hunt in the Highlands of Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1970
51
Speculations on an Incensario from Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1970
51
Tax- Belief Systems in Highland Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1959
51
Winton- Comparative Analysis of Selected Maya Settlement Patterns
Archival Resource Key
1967
51
The Chiapas Project (Harvard Crimson)
Archival Resource Key
1969
52
Vogt- Beyond the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: A History of the Harvard Chiapas Project
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1991
52
Vogt- Harvard's Chiapas Project
Archival Resource Key
1968
52
Vogt- Bibliography of the Harvard Chiapas Project
Archival Resource Key
1962
52
Tzotzil
6.2
Archival Resource Key
1954-1989
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains writings by anthropologists and other scholars about Tzotzil language, history, and culture. Most folders contain a copy the paper/article, but some also contain other materials such as correspondence and notes.
Arrangement
This subseries retains Laughlin's original arrangement by dialect and subject geographical location into three groups: Tzeltal, Zinacantan, and Maya. Materials within sections retain Laughlin's original rough alphabetical order by author or title.
Tzetzal:
Archival Resource Key
Berlin- Speculations on the Growth of Ethnobotanical Nomenclature
Archival Resource Key
1969
52
Berlin- Notes on Tenejapa Tzeltal Songs- Texts
Archival Resource Key
undated
52
Berlin- application to the National Science Foundation for a research grant
Archival Resource Key
1966
52
Berlin- Essbozo de la Fonologia del Tzeltal de Tenejapa, Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1962
52
Berlin and Romney- A Tenative Inventory of Numeral Classifiers in Tenejapa Tzeltal
Archival Resource Key
1963
52
Berlin and Romney- Some Semantic Implications of Tzeltal Numeral Classifiers
Archival Resource Key
1963
52
Berlin, Breedlove, and Laughlin- Problems in Tzeltal-Tzotzil Comparative Ethnobotany
Archival Resource Key
1969
52
Bolio- Characteristics de la Dinamica Tzeltal
Archival Resource Key
1974
52
Bricker- A Maya Passion
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
52
Bricker- Historical Dramas in Chiapas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
1974
52
Gosser- A Chamula Solar Calendar Board from Chiapas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
1972
52
Gossen- To Speak with a Heated Heart: Chamula Canons of Style and Good Performance
Archival Resource Key
1972
52
Gossen- Verbal Dueling in Chamula
Archival Resource Key
1971
53
Gossen- Language as Ritual Substance: Chamula Views of Formal Language
Archival Resource Key
circa 1972
53
Gossen- Cuatro Mundos del Hombre: Tiempo e Historia Entre los Chamulas
Archival Resource Key
circa 1974
53
Gossen- Another Look at World View: Aerial Photography and Chamula Cosmology
Archival Resource Key
1969
53
Gossen- The Popol Vuh Revisited: A Comparison with Modern Chamula Narrative Tradition
Archival Resource Key
1974
53
Holland- Contemporary Tzotzil Cosmological Concepts as a Basis for Interpreting Prehistoric Maya Civilization
Archival Resource Key
1962
53
Holland- Relationships Between Contemporary Tzotzil and Ancient Maya Religion
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
53
Holmes- World View and Belief System in San Pedro Chenalho
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
Hopkins- Dialectology of Tzeltal-Tzotzil
Archival Resource Key
1964
53
Cuentos Escritos por los Promotores de Educacion
Archival Resource Key
1954
53
Cuentro Coordinador Indigenista Tzeltal-Tzotzil Datos Generales
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
Kaufman- Aguacatenango
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
Kaufman- Evidence for the Macro-Mayan Hypothesis
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
Kaufman- Languages of Middle America
Archival Resource Key
1965
53
Kaufman- Tzeltal-Tzotzil Linguistic Acculturation
Archival Resource Key
1964
53
Prokosch- Chamula Government
Archival Resource Key
1963
53
Prokosch- Court Procedure in the Settlement of Disputes in Chamula
Archival Resource Key
1964
53
Tzotzil Language draft manuscript
Archival Resource Key
1965
53
Vogt- Chiapas Highlands
Archival Resource Key
1961
53
Spores- research report no. 1
Archival Resource Key
1961
53
Wasserstrom- La Lengua Tzotzil en Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
Weber- Comparison of Mayan Vocabularies
Archival Resource Key
undated
53
Wilson- Drinking and Drinking Customs in a Mayan Community
Archival Resource Key
1963
53
Young- Mexico's Federal Corn Warehouses in Highland Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1962
53
Kaufman, Terrence: Tzeltal Phonology and Morphology
Archival Resource Key
1968
53a
Constitucion Politica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Archival Resource Key
1957
53a
We Mayans Work to Give Thanks to the Gods
Archival Resource Key
undated
53a
Smith- Manual de Tzeltal de Manuel o El Tzeltal Como Quien Dice
Archival Resource Key
undated
53a
Zinacantan:
Archival Resource Key
Acheson- The Ethnozoology of the Zinacantan Indians
Archival Resource Key
1962
54
Blanco- Children's Work and Obedience in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1964
54
Blom- Historical Notes Relating to the Pre-Columbian Amber Trade from Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
Bloffer- The Black-man of Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
Bricker- Three Genres of the Tzotzil Insult
Archival Resource Key
1969
54
Bricker- The Function of Humor in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
circa 1974
54
Bricker- The Pattern of Interaction Between the Computer and the Ethnographer in the Field
Archival Resource Key
1966
54
Brazelton, Robey, and Collier- Infant Development in the Zinacanteco Indians
Archival Resource Key
circa 1967
54
Burstein- Indicaciones de la Ideologia a Traves de Cuentas Populares de Zinacanta
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
Bunnin- The Flower Industry in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1963
54
Cancian- Effects of Mexican Government Economic Programs on the Highland Maya of Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1965
54
Cancian- The Fall of the Muk'ta Alkalte
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
Colby- Supplementary Tables and Explanations for Report on "Culture Change and Education in Zinacantan"
Archival Resource Key
1959
54
Colby- A Field Sketch of Some Recurring Themes and Tendencies in Zincantan Culture
Archival Resource Key
1959
54
Colby- Outline for Staff Meeting Discussion on Values in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
Colby and van den Berghe- Ethnic Relations in Southeastern Mexico
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959
54
Colby- A Study of Dreams and Folktales in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
Slides and Negatives of Tzotzil Language Charts
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
Collier- The Legal Broker as a Political Entrepreneur in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1971
54
Collier- The Selection of Legal Procedure in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1968
54
Collier- Zinacantan Color Categories
Archival Resource Key
1960
54
Collier- The Economies of Divorce and Remarriage in Zincantan
Archival Resource Key
1967
54
Collier- A Preliminary Study of Zinacanteco Law
Archival Resource Key
1964
54
Collier- Preliminary Study of Zinacanteco Witchcraft
Archival Resource Key
undated
54
Collier and Bricker- Nicknames and Social Structure in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1968
55
Collier- Some Aspects of the Division of Labor in a Zinacantan Household
Archival Resource Key
1960
55
Collier- Zinacanteco Kin Terms
Archival Resource Key
1967
55
Edel- Zinacantan's Ejido: The Effects of Mexican Land Reform on an Indian Community in Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1962
55
Gossen- Chamula (Tzotzil) Proverbs: Neither Fish Nor Fowl
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968
55
Gudjonsson- Settlement Patterns in Zinacantan with Special Emphasis on Waterhole Groups
Archival Resource Key
1967
55
Guptill- Zinacantec Dreams
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970
55
Holmer- Communication Networks in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1967
55
Hopkins- Notes for a Monosyllable Dictionary of Zinacantan Tzotzil
Archival Resource Key
1962
55
"I am a Camera"
Archival Resource Key
undated
55
Koop- Problems Involving the Spacial Organization of Sacred Landmarks in Maya Ceremonial Centers
Archival Resource Key
1967
55
McVicker- A Preliminary Archaeological Survey of the Municipio of Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968
55
Metzger- Ethnographic Notes on Zinacantan from 1942-1943 Expedition
Archival Resource Key
unadated
55
Metzger- An Ethnographic Summary of Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
undated
55
Metzger- Zinacantan Culture in 1942-1943
Archival Resource Key
undated
55
Por Que No?
Archival Resource Key
undated
55
Reifler- Good Manners in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1963
55
Rush- The Symbolism and Politics of a Mayan Treasure Hunt
Archival Resource Key
1974
55
Vogt- El Simbolismo en las Ceremonias de Curacion en Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1975
55
Vogt- Category System for Edge-Sort Cards
Archival Resource Key
1961
55
Vogt- On the Symbolic Meaning of Percussion in Zinacanteco Ritual
Archival Resource Key
1974
55
Vogt- H'iloletik: The Organization and Function of Shamanism in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963
55
Vogt- A Model for the Study of Ceremonial Organization in Highland Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1961
55
Vogt- Official 1960 Zinacantan Census from Belizario
Archival Resource Key
1960
55
Vogt- Revised List of Names in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1960
55
Wasserstrom- The Exchange of Saints in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1974
55
Zimbalist- A Study of the Social Structure of the Granadilla, a Milperia Paraje
Archival Resource Key
1963
55
Haviland, John B and George Collier: A Who's Who in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1970
55a
Haviland, John B.: Traditional Music in Zinacantan, working paper
Archival Resource Key
1967
55a
Maya:
Archival Resource Key
Andres and Domingo- Practicas y Experiencas Obtiendas en Programmas de Alfabetizacion Efectuados en una Cominudad Indigena del Area Mam
Archival Resource Key
1974
56
Appendix from the Popol Vuh
Archival Resource Key
undated
56
Bray- Maya Metalwork and its External Connections
Archival Resource Key
undated
56
Brown- Growth and Development of Folk Botanical Life Forms in the Mayan Language Family
Archival Resource Key
1978
56
Brown- Aspects of the Phonological History of the Mayan-Zoquean
Archival Resource Key
1977
56
Bricker- Pronomial Inflection in the Mayan Languages
Archival Resource Key
1977
56
Bricker- Relationship Terms with the Usative Suffix in Tzotzil and Yucatec
Archival Resource Key
1970
56
Bricker- The Ethnographic Context of Some Traditional Mayan Speech Games
Archival Resource Key
1972
56
Bricker- Nativism, Syncretism, and the Structure of Myth and Ritual
Archival Resource Key
1972
56
Campbell- Progress and Problems in the Reconstruction of Proto-Mayan
Archival Resource Key
1970
56
Collier- Population Trends in Highland Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1974
56
Day- The Semantics of Social Categories in a Transformational Grammar of Jacaltec
Archival Resource Key
1969
56
Dayley- A Community Oriented Approach to Technical Training
Archival Resource Key
1974
56
Durbin- Sound Symbolism in the Mayan Language Family
Archival Resource Key
1969
56
Edmonson- Semantic Universals and Particulars in Quiche
Archival Resource Key
undated
56
England- Person in Mam
Archival Resource Key
1973
56
Hopkins- Compound Place Names in Chuj and Other Mayan Languages
Archival Resource Key
1969
56
Hopkins- A Preliminary Study of Chuj (Mayan) Plant Names
Archival Resource Key
1967
56
Informe Sobre el Primer Seminario Chol Para Maestros Rurales del Estado de Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1973
56
Tzotzil Tales from Chiapas, Mexico: Burrero, Zacualpa
Archival Resource Key
undated
57
Sarles, Harvey B.: A Dictionary of a Tzotzil Language as Spoken in San Bartolome de los Llanos (Venustiano Carranza), Chiapas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
1959
57
Colby, Lore: Tzotzil Dictionary, working copy
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1960
57
Kaufman, Terrence: Preliminary Mocho Vocabulary
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1967
57
Collier, George: Land Inheritance and Land Use in a Modern Maya Community, thesis
Archival Resource Key
1968
57
Garcia, Luis Reyes and Juan Manuel Cardenas Z: Vocabulario Nahuatl-Castellano
Archival Resource Key
1968
57
Gossen, Gary: Chamula Tales, field notes
Archival Resource Key
8 Folders
1968
57-59
Kaufman, Terrence: Teco - A New Mayan Language, working paper
Archival Resource Key
1968
59
Kaufman, Terrence: Mayan Vocabulary Survey
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968
59
Schele- Maya Hieroglyph Weekend
Archival Resource Key
1987
59
Day, Christopher: Diccionario Jacal Teco-Espanol, draft
Archival Resource Key
1971
59
Kaufman, Terrence: Common Cholan Lexical Items
Archival Resource Key
1979
59
Bradburn- Flora of Hocaba
Archival Resource Key
1986
59
Photographs of historical records from the 16-18th century
Archival Resource Key
undated
59
Villanueva (excerpt)
Archival Resource Key
undated
59
Americanos (excerpt)
Archival Resource Key
undated
59
Literacy Project for San Pedro Chenalho
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975
59
Hernandez and Lopez- Manual de Lecto- Escritora Tzotzil
Archival Resource Key
1989
59
Congreso Indigena, San Crisstobal las Casas Discurso de Clausura del Lic. Angel Robles
Archival Resource Key
undated
59
Wilkerson- Hocus Pocus: Maya Classifiers, a Molemic Interpretation
Archival Resource Key
1967
59
Losee- A Mayan Myth and the Tojolabal Temascal
Archival Resource Key
1972
59
Lenkersdorf and Aguilar- Yajk'achil Jb'ejtik
Archival Resource Key
1975
59
Ta Jun Jkujoltiki Oj Jta'tik ja Jlekilatiki
Archival Resource Key
1976
59
Kaufman- New Mayan Languages in Guatemala
Archival Resource Key
1973
59
Photocopies of language books
Archival Resource Key
11 Folders
undated
60-61
Tzotzil dictionary 1907 manuscript copy
Archival Resource Key
5 Folders
undated
62
Tzotzil dictionary 1907 manuscript photos
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
undated
62
Photographs of previous owners and locations where the 1907 Tzotzil dictionary was held
Archival Resource Key
undated
62
Anderson- Kruston: A Study of House and Home in a Maya Village
Archival Resource Key
1975
63
Burstein- The King Tales in Translation
Archival Resource Key
1975
63
Campbell, Joe M.: Molina-Campbell Dictionary of Nahuatl Domains
Archival Resource Key
1979
63a
General
6.3
Archival Resource Key
1955-2002
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains writings that are not related to Tzotzil language, culture or history. Most materials are anthropological or ethnological writings about cultures and languages in Central America and the Caribbean. Some materials deal with anthropology on a more theoretical level such as those written by Claude Levi-Strauss.
Arrangement
Materials in this subseries retain Laughlin's original rough alphabetical order by author or title.
Banks- Pau Cin Hau: A Case of Religious Innovation Among the Northern Chin
Archival Resource Key
1961
64
Banks- Island Carib Folk Tales
Archival Resource Key
1955
64
Barry- The "New Religion" of the Guatemalan Northwest Highlands
Archival Resource Key
1959
64
Bliebtreu- Indian Religions in the Northeastern Highlands of Guatemala
Archival Resource Key
undated
64
Boyd- Report on Materials Seen in USNM Collections (Spanish Colonial Exhibits)
Archival Resource Key
1961
64
Bricker- The Pattern of Interaction Between the Computer and the Ethnographer in the Field
Archival Resource Key
undated
64
Brown- Folk Anatomy and Language Change
Archival Resource Key
1977
64
Comparison of Value Given to Privacy in Bali and Java
Archival Resource Key
1959
64
Gass- Sailing the Sky Canoe
Archival Resource Key
undated
64
Indications of Mental Illness Among Pre-Contact Indians of the Northwest
Archival Resource Key
1961
64
Jepsen- Princeton University Museum of Natural History
Archival Resource Key
1964
64
Moreno- Historia Antigua de Mexico
Archival Resource Key
1956
64
Moreno- Meses con que Principiaban el Ano Diversos Pueblos y sus Consequencias Para la Cronologia de la Historia Prehispanica
Archival Resource Key
1956
64
Littleton- Levi-Strauss and the "Kingdom in Heaven"
Archival Resource Key
undated
64
Remarks by Claude Levi-Strauss at the Bicentennial Celebration of Smithson's Birth
Archival Resource Key
1965
64
Linn- Body Structuralism and Transvestism
Archival Resource Key
undated
64
Munn- The Symbolism of Perceptual Qualities
Archival Resource Key
1971
64
Oakes- Grammatical Regression in the Writing of Anxiety-Provoking Essays
Archival Resource Key
1961
64
Okorodudu- A Study of Need Achievement in a Kpelle Community in Liberia
Archival Resource Key
undated
64
Paddock- A Guide to G.C. Vallient's "Aztecs of Mexico"
Archival Resource Key
1956
64
Plattner- Peddlers, Pigs, and Profits in Southwest Mexico
Archival Resource Key
1968
64
Sapir- Fecal Animals- An Example of Complementary Totemism
Archival Resource Key
1976
64
Sturtevant- Studies in Ethnoscience
Archival Resource Key
1963
64
Tedlock- On the Translation of Style in Oral Narrative
Archival Resource Key
1969
65
Whiting- Variables and Hypothesis for Study of Dependence and Independence
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
Witkowski and Brown- Mesoamerican: A Proposed Language Phylum
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
Cancian- Political and Religions Organizations (Handbook of Middle American Indians)
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
Colby- The Anthropological Dictionary
Archival Resource Key
circa 1962
65
Carlson- Olmec Concave Iron Ore Mirrors
Archival Resource Key
1976
65
Colby- Aztec Omens and Auguries in the Florentine Codex
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
Colby, Collier, and Postal- Comparison of Themes in Folktales
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963
65
Collier- A Reinterpretation of Color Nomenclature Systems
Archival Resource Key
1970
65
Colby- A Cross-Cultural Study of Value Categories Volume II
Archival Resource Key
1963
65
Collier- Women's Work, Marriage, and Stratification in Three Nineteenth Century Plains Tribes
Archival Resource Key
1977
65
Collier- Aboriginal Sin and the Garden of Eden: Humanist Views of the Amerindian
Archival Resource Key
1976
65
Colby- Manual for the Use of the Clydekluckhohn Culture-Value Categories
Archival Resource Key
1961
65
Colby- Memorandum on Information Retrieval Systems Being Planned in the Museum of New Mexico Research Division
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
Colby- Study of TAT Comparisons
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963
65
Colby- Toward a Social Studies Curriculum for the Fourth Grade at the Acequila Madre Elementary School
Archival Resource Key
1965
65
Pope- Some Notes on the Conference on Aerial Photography in Anthropological Field Research
Archival Resource Key
1969
65
Vogt- Some Unexpected Uses of Aerial Photography for Ethnographic Research in the Highlands of Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1969
65
Collier- Photo Interpretation in a Study of Property in Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
undated
65
Harp, Jr.- Threshold Indicators of Culture in Air Photo Archaeology
Archival Resource Key
1955
65
Harp, Jr.- Optimum Scales and Emulsions in Air Photo Archaeology
Archival Resource Key
1968
65
Diebold, Jr.- The Reflection of Coresidence in Mareno Kinship Terminology
Archival Resource Key
1964
66
Diebold, Jr.- A Survey of Phycholinguistics
Archival Resource Key
1963
65
Durbin- Identifying Semantic Foci in Lexical Items
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
Erikson- Reality and Actuality
Archival Resource Key
1961
66
Erikson- The Roots of Virtue
Archival Resource Key
1960
66
Foster- A Cross-Cultural Anthropological Analysis of a Technical Aid Program
Archival Resource Key
1951
66
Fox- Sister's Child as Plant: Metaphors in an Idiom of Consanguinity
Archival Resource Key
circa 1971
66
Friedrich- Dialectal Variation in Tarascan Phonolgy
Archival Resource Key
1970
66
Friedrich- Poetic Language and the Imagination
Archival Resource Key
1978
66
Friedrich- A Radical Reformulation of the Language and Culture Hypothesis
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
Friedrich- The Tarascans
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
Kaufman- Some Recent Hypotheses on Mayan Diversification
Archival Resource Key
circa 1968
66
Xanbal Ta Nom Viajes a Otro Mundo
Archival Resource Key
undated
66
Kaufman- Cuestionario Linguistico para la Investigacion de las Variciones Dialectales en las Lenguas de Guatemala
Archival Resource Key
1971
67
Una Tentativa de Aproximacion Sociologica
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
Losee- The Tojolabal Verb Phrase
Archival Resource Key
1972
67
Moraya- Leyendas, Cuentos, Mitos y Fabulas Indigenas
Archival Resource Key
1959
67
Norman- Positional and Transitive Verb Roots in Quiche
Archival Resource Key
1973
67
Notes From Two Telephone Conversations Between Ivan L. Schoen and William H. Crocker
Archival Resource Key
1969
67
Poencia Tojolab'al
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
Serpiente
Archival Resource Key
2002
67
Discurso del C. Gobernador Dr. Manuel Velasco Suarez
Archival Resource Key
1974
67
Wood- El Compadre, el Taco y el Arrimo
Archival Resource Key
undated
67
Zapatista Uprising
6.4
Archival Resource Key
1993-2000
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains newspaper articles, government documents, and other materials related to the Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas, Mexico between 1993 and 2000. Materials are written in English and Spanish.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
El Despertador Mexico
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1993-1996
67
Chiapas, 1994- Lourdes de Leon
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1994
67
Chiapas Transition Government publication
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1994
67
Hacia una Nueva Vereda de Desarrollo?
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1994
67
Zapatista Uprising announcements, declarations, public letters, etc.
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circa 1994-1998
67
"Pulso" newsletter
Archival Resource Key
1995
67
Sub Comandante Marcos
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circa 1995
67
Resources urgently needed in indian communities (Chiapas)
Archival Resource Key
1996
67
Nicaragua Solidarity Network report
Archival Resource Key
1997
67
Insurgencia Social (newspaper)
Archival Resource Key
1999
67
"No Se Vale" newsletters
Archival Resource Key
2000
67
Derechos Humanos y Cuidadania
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undated
67
The First Two Months of the Zapatistas
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undated
67
Biographical Files
Series 7
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1906-2003
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by title. Materials within folders retain Laughlin's original order.
Scope and Contents
This series contains personal material related to Robert Laughlin. It contains a memoir and other autobiographical writings by Laughlin, resumes, articles about Laughlin, interviews, and copies of lectures and other events Laughlin gave. This series also contains a bound volume of photocopies of letters written by one of Laughlin's relatives when he was an American soldier during the First World War.
Chiapas, Mexico 1958-1960 Memoir
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undated
68
Cirriculum Vitae, articles about, other bibliographic information
Archival Resource Key
1979-1990
undated
68
Festavil Estatal de Teatro certificate
Archival Resource Key
1996
68
"From Beginning to End" (personal reminiscence)
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undated
68
Interview with Laughlin in Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
2003
68
Laughlin lectures, programs
Archival Resource Key
1974-1990
68
L. Laughlin World War I Journal 1917-1919 (photocopy)
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circa 1960
68
"A Christening in Old Detroit"
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1906
116, 118
Scope and Contents
Fourteen page description of J&L's steamer, the S.S. James Laughlin, that sailed the Great Lakes from 1906 to about 1916. Contains a photograph of James Laughlin when he was 59 and a photograph of R.M. Laughlin's Aunt Alice, 11 years old, who christened the ship. Also included is the cheampagne bottle top used by Alice for the christening.
Correspondence
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
1899-1900
1948-2002
Arrangement
In this series, folders retain Laughlin's original order with some changes for clarity. Materials are arranged alphabetically by sender name (when known) or subject. Materials within folders retain Laughlin's original order.
Scope and Contents
This series contains professional and research related correspondence written to and from Robert Laughlin from the time he was a graduate student to after his retirement. This series also contains correspondence between Laughlin and family members (mostly his parents and wife, Mimi), some of which discusses Laughlin's field work and other research activities. Laughlin corresponded with anthropologists and researchers, Tzotzil people and other people throughout Mexico, museum curators, and those interested in anthropology and the Chiapas region. Most of the letters discuss Laughlin's research, Tzotzil language and culture, and other anthropological topics. Items of note include letters to Laughlin's parents detailing his field work and research in Costa Rico and Mexico, and letters of support regarding the Smithsonian receiving the Golden Fleece award from Senator Proxmire in 1977 as a result of Laughlin's 1975 Tzotzil dictionary.
Family correspondence:
Archival Resource Key
Pre-1953 correspondence
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17 Folders
1950
1952
1899-1900
1948
69
Costa Rica correspondence
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1953
69
Correspondence
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1955-1958
1960-1966
1971
1974
1977-1985
69
Laughlin, Liana and Reese and Family correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1973-1991
69
My Letters, 1946-1985 (bound)
Archival Resource Key
1 Volume
undated
70
Correspondence index 1959-1983
Archival Resource Key
1983
70
A
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1972-1990
70
Acuna, Rene
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1989-1990
70
Anderson, Thor
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1976-1990
70
B
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2 Folders
1973-1992
70
Becquelin, Aurore
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1979-1988
70
Berinstein, Ava
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1983-1988
70
Bell, James III- Guatemala Textile Collection
Archival Resource Key
1986
70
Berlin, Brent
Archival Resource Key
1972-1990
71
Berman, Jody
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1990
71
Blom, Gert
Archival Resource Key
1975-1991
71
Bolles, David (book files)
Archival Resource Key
1991
71
Braiterman, Jared
Archival Resource Key
1984
71
Brandstetter, Kathy
Archival Resource Key
1972-1984
71
Bread and Puppet Theater
Archival Resource Key
1984-1985
71
Breedlove, Dennis
Archival Resource Key
1976-1990
71
Breton, Alain
Archival Resource Key
1990
71
Bricker, Victoria
Archival Resource Key
1972-1990
71
Burstein, Josh
Archival Resource Key
1974-1989
71
Bush, Alfred
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1976-1990
71
C
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2 Folders
1972-1990
71
Canby, Peter
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1987-1988
71
Cancian, Frank
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1974-1990
71
Cardwell, Paula
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1977-1982
71
Colby, B. (Nick)
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1972-1984
71
Cordry, Donald and Dorothy M.
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1978-1986
71
Cuarenta Anos Conference (Chiapas)
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1982
71
D
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1972-1990
71
Davidson, Martha
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1984
71
Dictionary Search
Archival Resource Key
1984-1985
71
Drayton, John
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1986
71
DuBois, Cora
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1980-1987
72
E
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1975-1990
72
Evangalina
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1967-1985
72
F
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1972-1990
72
Folklife Festival
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1977-1983
72
Friedrich, Paul
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1972-1989
72
G
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1975-1990
72
Garrett, Harrison
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1985-1986
72
Golden Fleece Letters
Archival Resource Key
1977
72
Gossen, Gary
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1982-1987
72
H-I
Archival Resource Key
1975-1989
72
Harris, Alex
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1982-1985
72
Haviland, John
Archival Resource Key
1974-1990
72
Hoover Collection
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
72
Hopkins, Nick
Archival Resource Key
1984-1990
72
J-K
Archival Resource Key
1974-1989
73
Thomas Jefferson Forum
Archival Resource Key
1984
73
Judd, Sarvahara
Archival Resource Key
1986-1990
73
Keller, Barbara
Archival Resource Key
1985-1990
73
Kohler, Ulrich
Archival Resource Key
1977-1990
73
L
Archival Resource Key
1973-1990
73
Lenkersdorf, Carlos
Archival Resource Key
1974-1983
73
Linn, Priscilla
Archival Resource Key
1972-1986
73
M
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1973-1990
73
MacDonald, Ted (Cultural Survival)
Archival Resource Key
1981-1987
73
Martin, Gary
Archival Resource Key
1985-1988
73
Martin, Laura
Archival Resource Key
1978-1990
73
Margolis, Ken
Archival Resource Key
1988
73
Mayan Language
Archival Resource Key
circa 1985
73
Mendez, Tony
Archival Resource Key
1984-1990
73
Merwin, W.S. (Bill)
Archival Resource Key
1972-1990
73
Moya, Victor
Archival Resource Key
1978-1990
74
Morris, Walter (Chip)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1986
74
Morrison, Jens
Archival Resource Key
1982-1987
74
N-O
Archival Resource Key
1973-1990
74
Correspondence with newspapers
Archival Resource Key
1983-1990
74
Orion
Archival Resource Key
1988-1989
74
P-Q
Archival Resource Key
1972-1989
74
People of the Bat
Archival Resource Key
1991
74
Pellizzi, Francesco
Archival Resource Key
1973-1988
74
Perez, A. and Maryan Lopis Mentes
Archival Resource Key
1974-1988
74
Publishers
Archival Resource Key
1981-1986
74
Quincentenary Program (Columbus)
Archival Resource Key
1986-1989
74
R
Archival Resource Key
1973-1989
74
S
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1973-1990
74-75
Stigberg, David
Archival Resource Key
1980-1985
75
T
Archival Resource Key
1975-1990
75
Taggart, Jim
Archival Resource Key
1987-1990
75
Teratol, Romin
Archival Resource Key
1972-1989
75
Theater, play production
Archival Resource Key
1982-1988
75
Tzotzil dictionary
Archival Resource Key
1986-1990
75
U-V
Archival Resource Key
1979-1990
75
Van der Berghe, Pierre
Archival Resource Key
1978-1990
75
Vogt, Evon
Archival Resource Key
1959
1972-1990
75
W
Archival Resource Key
1973-1987
75
Wilson, Carter
Archival Resource Key
1972-1990
75
X-Y-Z
Archival Resource Key
1972-1989
75
Unfiled correspondence
Archival Resource Key
11 Folders
1991
1962-1963
1970-1989
2002
75-76
Research and Field Notes
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
1954-1993
Arrangement
This series is arranged into three subseries: 9.1 Field notes, 1958-1974; 9.2 Tzotzil research, 1978-1992; and 9.3 Other research, 1954-1993.
Scope and Contents
This series contains field notes and other research materials that Laughlin created or collected throughout his career. Most materials are related to Laughlin's study of Tzotzil language, history, and cultural practices. Laughlin made photocopies of his Tzotzil field notebooks which are located at the beginning of the series. Other items of note aside from Laughlin's Tzotzil notes include ornithology notebooks that he created before he decided to pursue a degree in anthropology.
Field Notes
9.1
Archival Resource Key
1958-1974
Field Notes (photocopies)
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1963
1958-1960
77
San Bartolo notes (Tzotzil)
Archival Resource Key
1974
77
Unlabeled notes written in Tzotzil
Archival Resource Key
undated
77
Unlabeled field notebooks
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
undated
77
Field notes: 1958-1960 copy 1 (bound)
Archival Resource Key
1958-1960
78
Field notes: 1958 and 1960 copy 2, texts 1965, notes 1967 (bound)
Archival Resource Key
1958-1967
78
Prayers 196?, Songs 1960, child observation 1963, team interview 1963 (bound, label partially worn off)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1973
79
Field notes 1962-1963, house ceremony text, miscellaneous texts 1963 (bound)
Archival Resource Key
1962-1963
79
Tzotzil Research
9.2
Archival Resource Key
1978-1992
Anselmo Peres Peres feast of the nativity
Archival Resource Key
1982
80
Antiguas Palabras clippings
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
80
Laughlin journal entry- Chiapas?
Archival Resource Key
1982
80
Matyo Tanchak
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
Memoria Historica de la Provinca de CHiapa, una de las de Guatemala
Archival Resource Key
1992
80
Problem solving lists or general headaches
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
undated
80
Sebastian Diaz interview transcripts
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
Skuenta xanbal ta mejiko
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
Sna Augustine building plans
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
Sna Augustine- Tzotzil architecture
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
Story transcripts- Matyo Tanchek
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
Story transcripts- Petul Vaskes
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
Two historical scraps (history and timeline of Zinacantan)
Archival Resource Key
undated
80
Tzotzil language research notes
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
undated
80a
Tzotzil language/vocabulary note cards
Archival Resource Key
undated
81
Tzotzil names for plants and attributes
Archival Resource Key
undated
81
Tzotzil stories
Archival Resource Key
undated
81
Tzotzil translations of Spanish text by various native speakers
Archival Resource Key
undated
81
Other Research
9.3
Archival Resource Key
1954-1993
Aztec deerskin map photographs (Herbert Harvey)
Archival Resource Key
1991
81
Caribbean and Central American ethnology accession files - SI Department of Anthropology
Archival Resource Key
1993
81
Cuna Bibliography
Archival Resource Key
circa 1969
81
Ethnobotanical notes and research
Archival Resource Key
undated
81
Mexico maps
Archival Resource Key
1964, undated
2
Ornithology notebook
Archival Resource Key
1954
81
Ornithology research notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955
81
Sna Jtz'ibajom
Series 10
Archival Resource Key
1983-2016
Arrangement
In this series, "Sna Files" and "Proposals and Reports" are arranged chronologically. Scripts are arranged alphabetically by title. All other materials are arranged alphabetically. All materials within folders retain Laughlin's original order.
Scope and Contents
This series contains administrative files, correspondence, proposals and reports, scripts of plays, flyers and other announcements, photographs, and other materials related to Sna Jtz'ibajom (House of the Writer), the writers' collective that Laughlin helped found. Sna Jtz'ibajom was founded in 1983 to promote Tzotzil cultural survival and revitalization through language education, translation projects, and theater performances. This series also contains materials remated to FOMMA, sister group of Sna Jtz'ibajom. For more information on the history of Sna Jtz'ibajom, see Box 87, Sna-Proposals and reports, 1990.
Sna Files
Archival Resource Key
31 Folders
1984-2016
82-87
Proposals and Reports
Archival Resource Key
12 Folders
1986-1998
87
Scripts:
Archival Resource Key
Antorchas Para Amanecer
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Comer y Beber
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Cuando Nacio el Maiz
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Cuando de Nuestros Raices
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Deadly Inheritance
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Dentro del Remolino
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Dentro del Tornado
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
De Todos para Todos
Archival Resource Key
1994
88
Dinastia de Jaguares
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
From All for All: A Tzotzil-Tzeltal Tragicomedy
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
The Golden Bough
Archival Resource Key
circa 2000
88
El Haragan y el Zopilote
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Herencia Fatal: Drama Tzotzil
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
The Loafer and the Buzzard
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Mexico with Us Forever!
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
El Planeta de Cabeza
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
A Pocos Hay Cimarrones?
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Por un Manojo, un Punado
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Recuerdos de una Aparicion
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Sa'k'op Yu'un Kavilto
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Senoriales Rayos de Sol, Senoriales Sombras
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Siembra del Frijol en Tierra Caliente
Archival Resource Key
2002
88
Siempre Mexico con Nosotios
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
The Story of Our Roots
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Torches for a New Dawn
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Who Believes in Spooks?
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Vamanos al Paraiso! (Labor de Finca)
Archival Resource Key
undated
88
Workers in the Other World
Archival Resource Key
undated
89
Xun Teratol
Archival Resource Key
undated
89
Yorail Mayaetik
Archival Resource Key
undated
89
Articles by Sna
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1989-2002
89
Biographies
Archival Resource Key
undated
89
Donations and Funding
Archival Resource Key
1992-1998
89
Dragon Dance Theater
Archival Resource Key
1993-1994
89
Ephemera
Archival Resource Key
undated
89
FOMMA
Archival Resource Key
1993-2003
89
Form letters
Archival Resource Key
1989-2009
89
Flyers
Archival Resource Key
1985-1997
89
Laughlin writings and research notes on the Monkey Business Theater
Archival Resource Key
undated
90
Maya Educational Foundation Newsletters
Archival Resource Key
1997-2003
90
"Lo'il Maxil" (Mayan Guignal theater)
Archival Resource Key
1987
90
Mayan Hearts
Archival Resource Key
2002-2005
90
Monkey Business Theater photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
90
Newspaper articles
Archival Resource Key
1989-2004
90
Photographs:
Archival Resource Key
Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
90
Presentacion de Fotografias de las Actividades Realizadas
Archival Resource Key
2005
110
Prints
Archival Resource Key
undated
110, 115
Scope and Contents
Includes color and black-and-white prints, slides, and negatives.
Prints, Sna Jtz'ibajom [?]
Archival Resource Key
1987-2000
115
School (photographs)
Archival Resource Key
undated
90
Slides
Archival Resource Key
1990
112
Postcards
Archival Resource Key
undated
90
Sna and FOMMA clippings
Archival Resource Key
1983-2006
90
Travelers photos
Archival Resource Key
undated
90
Travel schedules
Archival Resource Key
undated
90
Tzotzil course diploma (blank)
Archival Resource Key
undated
90
Administrative Files
Series 11
Archival Resource Key
1961-2014
Arrangement
This series is arranged into three subseries: 11.1 Administrative correspondence, 1964-2015; Application and grants, 1966-2002; and Other administrative files, 1961-2014.
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials related to administrative functions in the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology and Department of Anthropology that Laughlin was involved in throughout his career. The bulk of this series consists of administrative correspondence. Other materials include reports, memos, applications and grant proposals, travel documentation, and personnel files from the Bureau of American Ethnology and Department of Anthropology.
Conditions Governing Use
The following folders are restricted:
Box 103: "Research Foundation Grants 3311 and 3364" until 2051 for PII.
Box 105: "Personnel matters (Laughlin)" until 2034 for privacy issues.
Administrative Correspondence
11.1
Archival Resource Key
1964-2015
Arrangement
"Office Correspondence" folders in this subseries are arranged chronologically. Other folder are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Materials within folders retain Laughlin's original order.
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains materials related to administrative and professional activities that Laughlin participated in within the Department of Anthropology. The large majority of this subseries is made up of office correspodence about conferences, recommendations, travel, research, publications, Sna Jtz'ibajom, the American Anthropological Association, payments, and other departmental and administrative matters (such as the merge of the Bureau of American Ethnology into the Department of Anthropology). A significant about of correspondence was written to or from Laughlin while he was in Mexico conducting research. Materials of note include correspondence about Laughlin's publications and "Merde," a folder which contains correspondence and memos about many important Department of Anthropology matters.
Office Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
53 Folders
1964-1971
1992-2015
91-100
Correspondence, clippings, and flyers
Archival Resource Key
1979-1980
101
Correspondence regarding publications, permissions, payments, applications, references, etc.
Archival Resource Key
1970-1976
101
"Merde" (letters and memos about the Department of Anthropology)
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1964-1971
101
Publications (correspondence about and other administrative information):
Archival Resource Key
Beware the Great Horned Serpent (reviews)
Archival Resource Key
1999
101
Of Cabbages and Kings
Archival Resource Key
1975-1992
101
Dictionary
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1976-1989
101-102
Dreams (Of Wonders Wild and New)
Archival Resource Key
1975-1986
102
The Flowering of Man
Archival Resource Key
1988-2000
102
Hearts, Mayan Tales
Archival Resource Key
2012-2014
102
People of the Bat
Archival Resource Key
1988-1997
102
Applications and Grants
11.2
Archival Resource Key
1966-2002
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains materials related to grants and other projects that Laughlin applied for to support his research activities. Laughlin's research projects and related grants were focused on Tzotzil language and culture, particularly his published works and cultural revitalization programs in Chiapas, Mexico. The majority of this subseries is made up of application forms, grant proposals, and other related information.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title. All materials within folders retain Laughlin's original arrangement.
Applications for grants
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1984-2001
102
Application for Smithsonian research award
Archival Resource Key
1967
102
Current grants
Archival Resource Key
1967-1969
102
Current grant 3619
Archival Resource Key
1970
102
Funder research (fundraising)
Archival Resource Key
1998-2002
102
Medical ethnobotany of the Northern Tzeltal-Tzotzil of Chiapas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
1992
103
National Geographic grant
Archival Resource Key
1979-1981
103
Old grants
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1963-1985
103
Outside payments (SI 4)
Archival Resource Key
1971-1985
103
Research foundation grants 3311 and 3364
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
103
Conditions Governing Access
Contains PII (Personally Identifiable Information). RESTRICTED until 2051.
Research project '75-76
Archival Resource Key
1975
103
Research proposals
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
103
SRF financial statements
Archival Resource Key
1968-1970
104
SRF 3619- VIP and outside payments
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
104
SRF awards grant numbers 3311 and 3364
Archival Resource Key
1966-1969
104
Tzotzil ethnography, oral literature, and language grants
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
104
Other Administrative Files
11.3
Archival Resource Key
1961-2014
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title. All materials within folders retains Laughlin's original arrangement.
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains other administrative records that Laughlin created or recieved throughout his career at the Smithsonian. Materials include annual reports, personnel forms and related files, committee minutes, official memoranda, and travel documentation.
Annual reports
Archival Resource Key
1969-1982
104
Cordy collection of Mexican masks
Archival Resource Key
1978-1980
104
Employment (Smithsonian and Bureau of American Ethnology)
Archival Resource Key
1961
104
Ethnology committee
Archival Resource Key
1990-1993
104
Memoranda
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1965-1987
104
PAEC review
Archival Resource Key
1984
104
Personnel matters (Laughlin)
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
1965-1992
105
Conditions Governing Access
RESTRICTED until 2034 for privacy issues.
PROCOMITH
Archival Resource Key
1989-1993
105
Travel documentation
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1967-1986
105
Sound Recordings
Series 12
Archival Resource Key
147 Sound recordings
circa 1960-2004
Arrangement
Sound recordings are arranged by item number with the unnumbered sound effects and recordings filed after.
Scope and Contents
This series contains audio and visual recordings that Laughlin created, mostly during his field work in Chiapas, Mexico. These recordings aided in his research and publications on Tzotzil language, folktales, and culture. Materials include interviews, songs, descriptions of dreams, and other recordings of speech and music.
Banta-San Lorenzo Fiesta: Music, Dreams, Prayers
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
7 inch reels, 3 3/4 ips.
2 Sound tape reels
Copy
7 inch.
1963
1
Laughlin SR 01 side 1
Laughlin SR 01 side 2
Laughlin SR 02 side 1
Laughlin SR 02 side 2
Laughlin SR 03 side 1
Scope and Contents
XEM D113-134. Transcripts of recordings are in Series 2.
Box notes:
Side 1: de la T.P. House Ceremony
1/2 Side 2: de la T.P. House Ceremony
Prayer of houseowner to shamen when shamen departs - second half (p. 89).
Prayer of houseowner at door cross after returning from mts.
Banta-San Lorenzo Fiesta: Prayers
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
7 inch.
circa 1963
4-6
Laughlin SR 04 side 1
Laughlin SR 04 side 2
Laughlin SR 05 side 1
Laughlin SR 06 side 1
Scope and Contents
Box notes:
Side 1: Houseowner meets the candles
Houseowner addresses those in house on return from mts.
Mayoletik meets candles
Mayoletik informs others they are to meet candles
Side 2:
Houseowner meets the candles
Houseowner addresses those in house on return frm mts.
Mayoletik meets candles
Mayoletik informs others he is to meet candles
Mayoletik addresses other as the ydepart for mts.
Mayoletik at house cross on return from Mts.
Mayoletik addresses those in house on return from mts.
Houseowner invites Shaman to meal
Houseowner to Shamen after meal
Houseowner to musicians after meal
Banta Kin Rosario
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
5 inch.
circa 1963
7-8
Laughlin SR 07 side 1
Laughlin SR 07 side 2
Laughlin SR 08 side 1
Laughlin SR 08 side 2
Scope and Contents
Box notes:
1/2 Side 1: Music
Side 2: Dreams (PNB 1/2 side 1)
Zinacantan: Christmas Eve
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
5 inch.
circa 1963
9-10
Laughlin SR 09 side 1
Laughlin SR 09 side 2
Laughlin SR 10 side 1
Laughlin SR 10 side 2
Scope and Contents
Box notes:
Side 1: Zinacantan Christmas Eve
Side 2: Latino Music: El Cabito (1/4 side 1, side 2)
Tzotzil Tales
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
7 inch, 3 3/4 ips.
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
7 inch.
circa 1960-circa 1963
11-12
Laughlin SR 11 side 1
Laughlin SR 11 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 3.
Box notes:
Side 1: TNB T82-T86
Side 2: TNB T86-T89, T112-T116
Tzotzil Tales
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Tape is missing.
Copy
1 Sound tape reel
Original
7 inch, 3 3/4 ips.
circa 1960-circa 1963
13-14
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 3.
Box notes:
Side 1: SV T116-T124, RT T124-T125
Side 2: (not blank, .50 tape begins after 10 minute pause)
Dreams
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Copy
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1963
15-17
Laughlin SR 15 side 1
Laughlin SR 15 side 2
Laughlin SR 16 side 1
Laughlin SR 16 side 2
Laughlin SR 17 side 1
Laughlin SR 17 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 2.
Box notes:
Side 1: XEM D29-D33
Side 2: XEM D34-D49
Dreams
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
5 inch.
1963
18-19
Laughlin SR 18 side 1
Laughlin SR 18 side 2
Laughlin SR 19 side 1
laughlin SR 19 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 2.
Box notes:
Side 1: 3/4 MPC D51-D60 (end of side 2 D60b)
Side 2: 3/4 XEM D72-D83
1/4 XEM D141-D144
Dreams
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Copy
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1963
20-22
Laughlin SR 20 side 1
Laughlin SR 20 side 2
Laughlin SR 21 side 1
Laughlin SR 22 side 1
Laughlin SR 22 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 2.
Box notes:
Side 1: RLT D62 & interview
Side 2: RLT D61, D63-D71
Dreams
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
2 Sound tape reels
Copy
5 inch.
1963
23-25
Laughlin SR 23 side 1
Laughlin SR 23 side 2
Laughlin SR 24 side 1
Laughlin SR 24 side 2
Laughlin SR 25 side 1
Laughlin SR 25 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 2.
Box notes:
Side 1, 1/4: XEM D84-D90
Side 1, 3/4: MT 1 D91-D96
Side 2: MT 1 D97-D112
Dreams
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
2 Sound tape reels
Copy
5 inch.
1963
26-28
Laughlin SR 26 side 1
Laughlin SR 26 side 2
Laughlin SR 27 side 1
Laughlin SR 27 side 2
Laughlin SR 28 side 1
Laughlin SR 28 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 2.
Box notes:
Side 1, 1/4: XEM D135-D140, MLL D192-D206
Side 2: D207
Item 27 use copy:
Side 1: XEM D113-D134 (no original)
Side 2: XEM D135-D140, XEM D141-D144
Dreams
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Copy
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1963
29-31
Laughlin SR 29 side 1
Laughlin SR 29 side 2
Laughlin SR 30 side 1
Laughlin SR 30 side 2
Laughlin SR 31 side 1
Laughlin SR 31 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 2.
Box notes:
Side 1: TNB D148-D154
Side 2: TNB D154-D160
Dreams
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Copy
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1963
32-34
Laughlin SR 32 side 1
Laughlin SR 32 side 2
Laughlin SR 33 side 1
Laughlin SR 33 side 2
Laughlin SR 34 side 1
Laughlin SR 34 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 2.
Box notes:
Side 1: TNB D161-D168
Side 2, 1/4: TNB D169-D170
Dreams
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Copy
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1963
35-36
Laughlin SR 35 side 1
Laughlin SR 35 side 2
Laughlin SR 36 side 1
Laughlin SR 36 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 2.
Box notes:
Side 1, 1/4: MLL D227-D234, 1/2 ML D235-D246
Side 2: Mechi Songs, Marian Ov-oc, tooth-picking
Martinique: Music
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
5 inch.
1982
37-38
Laughlin SR 37 side 1
Laughlin SR 37 side 2
Laughlin SR 38 side 1
Laughlin SR 38 side 2
Scope and Contents
Box notes:
Side A: La Savare (Bastille Day), L'Anse d' Arlet
Side B: La Savare, L'Anse d'Arlet--1240
Martinique: Music
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
5 inch.
1962
39-40
Laughlin SR 39 side 1
Laughlin SR 40 side 1
Scope and Contents
Box notes:
Side A: Anse d'Arlet (2), Terre Saint-Ville
Side B: Terre Saint-Ville
Martinique: Music
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
5 inch.
1962
41-42
Laughlin SR 42 side 1
Scope and Contents
Box notes:
Terre Saint-Ville (2)--645
Use copy side 1b, last half, is distorted.
Martinique: Music
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
5 inch.
1962
43-44
Laughlin SR 43 side 1
Laughlin SR 43 side 2
Laughlin SR 44 side 1
Laughlin SR 44 side 2
Scope and Contents
Box notes:
Side 1: L'Anse d'Arlet merry go-round and band
Side 2: (DYK) (Tape party inaudible, last 3 minutes, side 2)
Tales and Texts
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Copy
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Original
7 inch.
circa 1960-circa 1963
45-47
Laughlin SR 46 side 1
Laughlin SR 46 side 2
Laughlin SR 47 side 1
Laughlin SR 47 side 2
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of recordings are in Series 3.
Box notes:
Side 1: CSE T47, MPK T48-T68, TNB T69-T70
Side 2: TNB T71-T82
Tales and Texts
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Copy
5 inch.
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch.
circa 1960-circa 1963
48-49
Laughlin SR 49 side 1
Laughlin SR 49 side 2
Scope and Contents
Box notes:
Side 1: 1229 Musicians Delight D. de la T.P. T132
12.32-12.54 Anti-Men T133
12.55-1.16 The Tar Substitute T134
1.17-1.32 The Bottle Substitute T135
1.34-2.03 The Doll T136
2.04-2.40 The Indiscretion T137
2.44-3.13 What Domingo Suggests I Say to Maltil Teratol
3.15 Request for a Loan
Side 2: 1.56
1.58-3.23 The Man Who Didn't Know How D de la T.P. T138
3.25 Request for baptismal godparents
Tonik 1 T142-T144
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch, 3/3/4 ips.
1971
50
Laughlin SR 50
Tonik 2 T145-T147, D252-D255, T148 (first half)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch, 3 34 ips.
circa 1960-circa 1963
51
Laughlin SR 51
Tonik 3 T148 (second half), 152, 153, 149, 151
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch, 3 3/4 ips.
circa 1960-circa 1963
52
Laughlin SR 52
Romin Teratol #1 T150
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch, 3 3/4 ips.
circa 1960-circa 1933
53
laughlin SR 53 side 1
Xun Vaskis T154, 155, 157
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch, 3 3/4 ips.
circa 1960-circa 1963
54
Laughlin SR 54
Rey 1 Side 1: T158-169 (first half)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch, 3 3/4 ips.
circa 1960-circa 1963
55
Laughlin SR 55
Tsotsil grammar
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Original
5 inch
1968 February 8
106
56-57
Tzotzil lessons
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Original
7 inch
undated
106
58-59
Music tape
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Original
5 inch
undated
106
60-61
Roberto Marrachi
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch
undated
106
62
Voglus' [sp?] tape
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch
undated
106
63
Folklife Festival
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
7 inch
1968
106
64
Ipruroli House, Lusk #1 reel
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
7 inch
undated
106
65
Selection of Z music sent to Alan Lomax
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
7 inch
undated
106
66
Sound effects for seminar talk
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
7 inch
1967 July 20
106
67
Disposable [?] owl calls
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
7 inch
undated
106
68
Owl and [illegible] calls
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch
undated
106
69
Liana's recorder concert
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Original
5 inch
1973
106
70
Unidentified sound recording
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
5 inch
undated
106
71
"Land of the Tiger"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1978
107
72
San Bartolo
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1980
107
73
Discursos, Xun Teratol, Antzelmo Peres
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1982
107
74
Antun Okotz flute and drums; Banta San Lorenzo
Archival Resource Key
4 Sound cassettes
1982, undated
107
75-78
Interview with Chun (rec: Jack Loeffler)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1987 December 9
107
79
Xun Lopes Mentes dream
Archival Resource Key
3 Sound cassettes
1988, undated
107
80-82
The Mayans of Chiapas, National Public Radio
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1989
107
83
Chencho on Actupa (Dr. from Puebla at Mariscal)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
circa 2001
107
84
Domingo in cave; Chencho's myth, thunderbolt questions
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
circa 2001
107
85
Joloniel Tatuch: Felipe Perez Montejo (Chencho's translation)
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound cassettes
2001
107
86-87
Laughing Falcon, Joloniel Tatuch
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
2001
107
88
Tzeltal Hablado lesson
Archival Resource Key
4 Sound cassettes
circa 2001
107
89-92
Zumbala Tatuch: Miguel Arcos Mendez
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound cassettes
2001
107
93-94
Lila interview
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
2002 May
107
95
Chenchos translation of Miguel Acros Mendez, Waco story
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
2002 June
107
96
Domingo Soles Zumbala
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
2002 June
107
97
Translation of Juan Montejo of Palenque
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
2002 June
107
98
Translation Miguel Acros Mendez
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
2002 June
107
99
Entrevista en Tzotzil con Roberto
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
2004 February 15
107
100
Conference: Marcos Arana
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
101
Cobubianas [sp?]
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
102
Dance masks of Mexico
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
103
Holy Saturday
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
104
Joan and Danny; Mancey and Janet; Joan and Barry
Archival Resource Key
3 Sound cassettes
undated
108
105-107
Journey to Xibalba (complete sound track, music only)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
108
Lo Mejor de La Lira de San Cristobal
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
109
Los Zapatistas del Norte (de Chiapas)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
110
Matyo Tanchch (3) [sp?]
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
111
Monkey Business Theater
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound cassettes
undated
108
112-113
Nativarat ochel
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
114
Pete; Bartolone Mendoza
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
115
Possible language tapes
Archival Resource Key
7 Sound cassettes
undated
108
116-122
Scope and Contents
Includes subjects such as "Apas," "Pas te [?]," "Nojel, golom, chil, nat; Xut, jah'ul-metik, nojel," "Prayer."
San Lorenzo (first half no good)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
123
Sna Jtz'ibajom, Producciones Cultura de Los Indios Mayas
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound cassettes
1 copy
2 Sound discs (CD)
undated
108
124-127
Zinacantan trio and rattles, San Sebastian?
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
undated
108
128
Kari, Pancha, Garmelino, untitled
Archival Resource Key
11 Sound discs (CD)
undated
109
Scope and Contents
This CDs may be duplicates of the sound reels listed above. They are currently restricted due to preservation concerns and pending further evaluation.
Authentic Sound Effects phonographic records, volumes 2,5,8,and 9
Archival Resource Key
4 Sound discs (vinyl)
1964
Voice of American sound effects
Archival Resource Key
4 Sound tape reels
7 inch.
circa 1964
Audio Ephemera
Archival Resource Key
116
Sound recordings partial inventory from Laughlin
Archival Resource Key
undated
116
Video Recordings
Series 13
Archival Resource Key
39 Videocassettes (VHS)
1 Videocassettes (Betamax)
6 Electronic discs (DVD)
1985-2002, undated
Arrangement
This series is arranged in 7 subseries: 13.1 Robert Laughlin presentations and lectures, 1985, 1999, undated; 13.2 Interviews and translations, 2002; 13.3 Teatro Lo'il Maxil Performances, Chiapas, Mexico, circa 1996; 13.4 Sna Jtz'ibajom, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, circa 1992; 13.5 Ceremonies and meetings, 2001; 13.6 Chanob Vun School, 1996; 13.7 Miscellaneous video recordings, circa 1990-1999, undated.
Scope and Contents
Series 13 is not processed and based on an initial assessment the series, to a greater or lesser extent, is related to Dr. Laughlin's work with the Sna Jtz'ibajom in Chiapas, Mexico or Chiapas more broadly. The series consists of edited and unedited "amateur" video recordings; semi-professional video recordings; off-air video recordings; professionally made documentaries on both videocassettes and electronic discs roughly dating from 1985 to 2002. Unless otherwise noted, the creator is unknown or not captured at the time of the initial assessment. For many of the amateur videocassettes it is unknown whether the video is the original or a copy although with full processing this may become more evident. All known and captured production information is included in the subseries.
Many of the video recordings are directly associated with Sna Jtz'ibajom (House of the writer), a writers cooperative based in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, that Laughlin helped to establish in 1983. The purpose was to take writings about Tzotzil history, folklore and customs and translate them into Tzotzil. The cooperative also created Teatro Lo'il Maxil (Monkey Business Theater) a group that wrote and performed plays related to Mayan folklore and education about important social issues such as family planning and alcoholism.
Video recordings and DVDs listed below are part of the National Anthropological Film Collection (NAFC). Items are grouped in what appeared to be related or similar content and were given NAFC film numbers in no particular order. Full processing will undoubtedly change some of the relationships.
Robert Laughlin presentations and lectures
13.1
Archival Resource Key
1985, 1999, undated
The Maya Experience
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1985
NAFC 2017.7.1 – 1 OV
Scope and Contents
Dr. Laughlin lecture, "The Maya Experience" given at SUNY Albany.
Workers in the World
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1999
NAFC 2017.7.1 – 2 OV
Scope and Contents
Dr. Laughlin 1999 lecture "Workers in the Other World" concerning Lo'il Maxil theatre troupe and continuity of language through teaching the young.
Montgomery College Lecture: Video Clips
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
undated
NAFC 2017.7.2 - 3 OV
Scope and Contents
Appears to be video clips featuring Lo'il Maxil Theatre troupe performing in different settings that were assembled for a lecture.
Interviews and translations
13.2
Archival Resource Key
2002
Miguel Anos Mendez Tumbala, June 2002 1
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
2002
NAFC 2017.7.3 – 1 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Miguel Anos Mendez Tumbala, June 2002 1".
Miguel Anos Mendez Tumbala, June 2002; Chencho's Tumbala interview 2
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
2002
NAFC 2017.7.3 – 2 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Miguel Anos Mendez Tumbala, June 2002; Chencho's Tumbalu interview 2".
Chencho's Interview Continued; Chencho Translation of Waco Story of Philipe March 2001 1
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color, time code is June 20, 2002
2002
NAFC 2017.7.3 – 3 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Chencho's interview con't; Chencho translation of Waco story by Philipe March 2001 1".
Chencho Translation Felipe Perez Mon[illegible]
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
2001
NAFC 2017.7.3 – 4 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Chencho translation Felipe Perez Mon[illegible]".
Chencho Translation of Jolomel[sp?] Tatuch
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color, time code is March 2001
2001
NAFC 2017.7.3 – 5 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Chencho translation of Jolomel[sp?] Tatuch".
Domingo in Cave and at his home Mfr 2001 Chencho on Actrepiel[sp?] Yoche Ceremony, March 8, 2001
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
2001
NAFC 2017.7.3 – 6 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Domingo in Cave and at his home Mar 2001 Chencho on Actrepiel[sp?] Yoche ceremony, March 8, 2001".
Teatro Lo'il Maxil, Chiapas, Mexico
13.3
Archival Resource Key
circa 1996
Trabajadores en el Otro Mundo
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1996
NAFC 2017.7.4 – 1 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Trabajadores en el Otro Mundo".
Lo'il Maxil April '98
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1998
NAFC 2017.7.4 – 2 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Lo'il Maxil April '98". Content appears to be related to the video cassette of the myth of El Haragan y El Zopilote (2017.7.5).
Lo'il Performances
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
15 minutes
sound color
1996
NAFC 2017.7.4 – 3 OV
Scope and Contents
Content appears to be excerpts from various Lo'il Maxil performances.
De Todos Para Todos en Malpasa De Todos Para Todos en Alvaro Obregon Reserva del Ocote, Chiapas, 23 de Abril, 1994
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1994
NAFC 2017.7.4 – 4 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "De Todos Para Todos En Malpaso De Todos Para Todos en Alvaro Obregon Reserva del Ocote, Chiapas, 23 de Abril, 1994".
Cuento de Nuestas Raices, Tenejapa, Chiapas
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
circa 1996
NAFC 2017.7.4 – 5 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Cuento de Nuestras Raices, Tenejapa, Chiapas".
Cuento de Nuestras Raices Las Margaritas 2nd copy
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1996
NAFC 2017.7.4 – 6 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Cuento de Nuestras Raices Las Margaritas 2nd copy".
Ejercicios del Michael Garces
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1996
NAFC 2017.7.4 – 7 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Ejercicios del Michael Garces". Content appears to be an actor leading acting exercises for, probably, members of Lo'il Maxil.
Trabajadores en el Otro Mundo, Teatro Lo'il Maxil, Febrero 1998
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1998
NAFC 2017.7.4 – 8 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Trabajadores en el Otro Mundo, Teatro Lo'il Maxil, Febrero 1998".
Sna Jtz'ibajom, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
13.4
Archival Resource Key
circa 1992
A Poco Hay Cimarrones? -- Comedia Tzotzil -- Enero de 1990 - 63:00 minutos
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
63 minutes
sound color
1990
NAFC 2017.7.5 – 1 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "¿A Poco Hay Cimarrones? -- Comedia Tzotzil – Enero de 1990 – 63: 00 minutos".
A Poco Hay Cimarrones? - El Haragan y El Zopilote - Present en Chamula y Zincantan Entreca Diplomas, circa 1992
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
circa 1992
NAFC 2017.7.5 - 2 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled: "¿A Poco Hay Cimarrones? - El Haragan y El Zopilote - Presesnt en Chamula y Zincantan Entreca Diplomas". Head credits include "Leyenda Oral Adaptada por actors y escritores tzotziles y tzeltales; Basada en cuentos antiguos recopilados por Robert Laughlin y Socios de SNA JTZ'IBAJOM".
A Poco Hay Cimarrones? Herencia Fatal (EP); Dinastia De Jaguares En Cancuc (EP)
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1992
NAFC 2017.7.5 – 3 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "¿A Poco Hay Cimarrones? Herencia Fatal (EP); Dinastia De Jaguares En Cancuc (EP)". Head credits include "SNA JTZ'IBAJOM Comedia Tzotzil Zinacantan, Chiapas". There are introductory titles providing background to the myth that is depicted.
Promocional SNA JTZ'IBAJOM por Thor en espanol e ingles 11 Dinastia de Jagures en Honduras y El Haragan y el Zopilote
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1992
NAFC 2017.7.5 – 4 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Promocional SNA JTZ'IBAJOM Por Thor en espanol e ingles 11 Dinastia de Jaguares en Honduras y El Haragan y el Zopilote".
Dynasty of Jaguars (Dinastia de Jaguares) Fogtown Prod SNA JTZ'IBAJOM San Cristobal de las Casas
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1992
NAFC 2017.7.5 – 5 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Dynasty of Jaguars (Dinastia de Jaguares) Fogtown Prod SNA JTZ'IBAJOM San Cristobal de las Casas". Head credits include "SNA JTZ'IBAJOM Cultura de los Indios Maya A.C.; Con el Grupa de "Teatro Maya LO'IL MAXIL (Bromás de los Monos) Chiapas Mexico".
El Haragan & El Zopilote - Farsa Tzotzil - Mayo de 1993 - 43:00
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
43 minutes
sound color
1993
NAFC 2017.7.5 – 6 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "El Haragán & El Zopilote – Farsa Tzotzil – mayo de 1993 – 43:00". Head credits include: "SNA JTZ'IBAJOM; with assistance of Robert and Mimi Laughlin".
El Haragan y el Zopilote (en Zinacantan) 44 minutes
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
44 minutes
sound color
1992
NAFC 2017.7.5 – 7 OV
Scope and Contents
DVD is labelled "El Haragán y el Zopilote (en Zinacantan) 44 minutes". Tail credits include: "Advice and assistance Robert M. Laughlin and Mimi Laughlin".
El Haragan y El Zopilote Fase Experimental - El Burro y La Mariposa - essays. Presentacions en Chamula y Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (Betamax)
sound color
NAFC 2017.7.5 – 8 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "El Haragán y El Zopilote Fase Experimental – El Burro y La Mariposa – essays. Presentacions en Chamula y Zinacantan".
Ceremonies and meetings
13.5
Archival Resource Key
2001
Annual Meeting 23-31-92 Rezza Shahn
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1992
NAFC 2017.7.5 – 9 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled "Annual Meeting 23-31-92 Rezza Shahn".
Village Meeting
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
34 minutes
sound color
circa 1995
NAFC 2017.7.16 – 3 OV
Scope and Contents
Content appears to be a meeting in a Mayan village. Meeting was probably recorded with a still camera since the image is often vertical rather than horizontal.
Jolja Cave Ceremony, 2001
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
2001
NAFC 2017.7.6 OV
Carnaval Chamuza
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1996
NAFC 2017.7.7 OV
Interview and Carnaval H. Ayuntamiento Mpal de Tenejapa, Chiapas, Mexico
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
2000
NAFC 2017.7.11 OV
Scope and Contents
Content appears to be a Mayan ceremony in Chiapas including an interview with a man that is subtitled in Spanish and a titled segment "Caranaval H. Ayuntamiento Mpal de Tenejapa Chiapas".
Chanob Vun School
13.6
Archival Resource Key
1996
Chanob Vun Ta Bhtz'l K'op 20 min
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
20 minutes
sound color
circa 1996
NAFC 2017.7.12 - 1 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled: "Chanob Vun Ta Bhtz'l K'op 20 min".
Graduacion de les Alumnos Chanob Vun Ta Bhtz'l K'op, Tzeltal - Tzotzil; Tenejapo 1 de Diciembre de 1996
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1996
NAFC 2017.7.12 - 2 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled: "Graduacion de les Alumnos Chanob Vun Ta Bhtz'l K'op, Tzeltal – Tzotzil; Tenejapo 1 de Diciembre de 1996".
Chanob Vun
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
circa 1996
NAFC 2017.7.12 – 3 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled: "Chanob Vun".
Miscellaneious video recordings
13.7
Archival Resource Key
undated
Portraits and Dreams
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
undated
NAFC 2017.7.13 OV
Scope and Contents
Content documents Wendy Ewald's photographic work with students in Mayan and American classrooms.
Los Grabados de Naúl Ojeda
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
9 minutes
sound color
undated
NAFC 2017.7.14 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled: "Los Grabados de Naúl Ojeda (The Woodcuts of Naul Ojeda) producer Cintia Cabib". Content shows Ojeda's carving and his wood cuts and includes interviews with him. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Story of Our Roots
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
1994
NAFC 2017.7.8 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled: "Convencion Nacional Democratica – Aguascalientes, Chiapas 819 de Agosto, 1994; Lucha y Dialogo por la Paz y La Justicia (extended play)". Head credits include: "San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico, 17 May 1994".
Cuando Nacio el Maiz y Danze para la Vida
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
undated
NAFC 2017.7.10 OV
Invisible: The Performing Arts in Central America
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
7 minutes
sound color
undated
NAFC 2017.7.15 OV
Scope and Contents
Content is a collage of the diversity of music and dance performed in different settings around Central America.
Yabtel Jlumaltik Productos Indigenas
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
sound color
circa 1995
NAFC 2017.7. OV
Scope and Contents
DVD case is labelled: "Yabtel Jlumaltik Productos Indigenas"
Chiapas 11-93 Francisco Gomez Luna (Chenango), Petrona y Isabel (S. Cristobal), Museo Ik Al Ojov (Zinacantan) (C. Duarte)
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
circa 1995
NAFC 2017.7.16 – 1 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette labelled: "Chiapas 11-93, Francisco Gomez Luna (Chenango[sp?]), Petrona y Isabel (S., Cristobal), Museo Ik' Al Ojov (Zinacantan) (C. Duarte)".
Cuando Nacio el Maiz
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
sound color
circa 1995
NAFC 2017.7.16 – 2 OV
Scope and Contents
DVD case is labelled: "Cuando Nació el Maiz".
Man Alive: Children of Zapata 3/30/94 (BBC series); La Guerra De Chiapas (Canal 6 production); Chiapas: La Otra Guerra (Canal 6 production)
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
circa 1995
NAFC 2017.7.16 – 4 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled: "Man Alive (BBC series)" Contents are Man Alive: Children of Zapata 3/30/94; La Guerra De Chiapas (Canal 6 production); Chiapas: La Otra Guerra (Canal 6 production)". Canal 6 is an alternative Mexican documentary producer/distributor.
Man Alive: Children of Zapata; Chiapas: La Otra Guerra
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
circa 1995
NAFC 2017.7.16 – 5 OV
Scope and Contents
Cassette is labelled: "Man Alive: Children of Zapata; Chiapas: La Otra Guerra".
El Rey de Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
sound color
circa 1995
NAFC 2017.7.18 OV
Photographs of Mazatecas de Oaxaca and Veracruz
Archival Resource Key
1 Electronic discs (DVD)
32 seconds
color
undated
NAFC 2017.7.19 OV
Scope and Contents
From the head credit on the DVD: "Las Fotos Mazatecas de Oaxaca y Veracurz: Tomadas por su Amigo Robert M. Laughlin".
Photographic Material
Series 14
Archival Resource Key
1985-circa 2007, undated
Arrangement
Arranged in alphabetical order with miscellaneous and unidentified photographs at the end of the series.
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs and other images that Laughlin created throughout his career. Subjects include life in various locations in Chiapas, Mexico, including Mazatec, and Laughlin's personal life and professional activities. Material consists of photographic prints, slides, negatives, and CD-Roms. The CD-Roms are restricted for preservation reasons.
Photographs obviously relating to Sna Jtz'ibajom have been listed in Series 10.
AnTun's Tunic
Archival Resource Key
1990
111
Bishop Orozco Jimenez
Archival Resource Key
1992
111
Box 5. Venonos
Archival Resource Key
1993
111
Box 6. Dinastia, La Carana [sp?]
Archival Resource Key
1994
111
Box 7. Mccduff, Everton (Chiapas, Mexico)
Archival Resource Key
undated
111
Box 8. Immokalee El Largo Canino Centro Cultural de su Angel Raices
Archival Resource Key
1996 September
111
Box 9. Jackson and Everton (Chiapas, Mexico)
Archival Resource Key
undated
111
Box 10. Las Margaritas, Na Bolom, Nuestras Raices
Archival Resource Key
1996
111
Box 11. Florida
Archival Resource Key
1994
111
Box 12. Immokalee, La Belle, Don Tomate y sus Coyotes
Archival Resource Key
1997 April
111
Box 13. Indian march, San Cristobal
Archival Resource Key
1994-1997
111
Box 14. Polno', De Todos, Paraiso
Archival Resource Key
1996
111
Box 15. Cimarron Hanagen [sp?], prospective school teachers
Archival Resource Key
1990
111
Box 16. Vamanos al Parciso, my house Cerca del Cielo
Archival Resource Key
1997
111
Box 17. Haragan?, Sna
Archival Resource Key
1995
111
Box 18. Antigua, Trabajadres en el [illegible] Tenejapa
Archival Resource Key
1998
111
Box 19. Jackson
Archival Resource Key
1993
111
Historic photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
116
John Swope photographs: Tzotzil people, Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
4 Folders
undated
115
John Swope photographs, Zinacantan
Archival Resource Key
1985-1987
114
Scope and Contents
Black-and-white mounted photographic prints.
La Merced murals, San Cristobal
Archival Resource Key
undated
111
Mazatec Chiapas (sets 1-2)
Archival Resource Key
1986
112
Mazatec
Archival Resource Key
circa 2007
110
Scope and Contents
Includes photographic prints and CD-Roms of scanned photographs. It is not clear if the scanned material matches the physical prints. CD-Roms are in box 109 and are restricted for preservation reasons.
Mexico negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
116
Puppets: Puppet making, performances
Archival Resource Key
1985-1987
113
Scope and Contents
Includes slides and scanned images on CD-Roms. It's not clear whether the scanned images exactly duplicate the slides. CD-Roms are in box 109 and are currently restricted for preservation reasons.
San Cristobal
Archival Resource Key
circa 2007
110
Scope and Contents
Includes photographic prints and CD-Roms of scanned photographs. The scanned photographs most likely duplicate the prints. CD-Roms are in box 109 and are currently restricted for preservation reasons.
San Cristobal, Sna, Milwaukee
Archival Resource Key
1985-1999
111
San Cristobal, Sna Corn
Archival Resource Key
2000
111
San Martin
Archival Resource Key
1957-1958
112
Smithsonian Institution Press: Photographic prints, botanical, John Swope, etc
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
undated
115
Sna Tonina, M-2
Archival Resource Key
2003
111
"The World" cruise ship photographs and other miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
115
Vegetables and fruit
Archival Resource Key
1978
111
When Corn was Born, in Z hamlet [?]
Archival Resource Key
2000
111
Duplicate art (photographs)
Archival Resource Key
undated
115
Copies of photographs (printed on computer paper)
Archival Resource Key
undated
116
Miscellaneous photographs (Mexico, Smithsonian)
Archival Resource Key
undated
116
Miscellaneous photographs: Primarily copies of historic photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
115
Unidentified negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
115
Digital photographs
Archival Resource Key
35 CD-Rs
undated
109
Scope and Contents
These discs are restricted for preservation reasons. Digital photographs on CD-R's. It is not clear if these duplicate the prints, negatives, and slides present in the collection. Additional CD-R's that directly correlate to batches of photographs have been described with those photographs.
Materials include Monkey Business Theater, puppets, Sna, and CD-R's from Smithsonian Photographic Services and NMNH Imaging Services.
Electronic Files
Series 15
Archival Resource Key
50 Floppy discs
20 CD-Rs
1985-circa 2004
117
Scope and Contents
This series contains electronic records Laughlin created throughout his career including floppy discs and CD-Rs. Contents include research, writings, and other information related to Laughlin's research interests and professional activities, particularly Tzotzil language, folklore, and cultural practices.
This series is currently RESTRICTED due to preservation reasons.