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1Author:  Steffel, Matthäus.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Tarahumarisches Wörterbuch: nebst einigen Nachrichten von den Sitten und Gebräuchen der Tarahumaren, in Neu-Biscaya, in der Audiencia Guadalajara im vice-Königreiche Alt-Mexiko oder Neu Spanien 1791 ead 
 Date(s):  1791 
 Abstract:  The one volume contains both a German-Tarahumara dictionary, and a Tarahumara-German dictionary. Steffel annotated some of the entries. The end section contains general phrases that he says are derived in format from those of Herr Bacmeister, St. Petersburg, 1773; but that he has altered to consist of Latin, German, and Tarahumaran equivalents. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  German language -- Dictionaries -- Tarahumara. | Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Chihuahua (State) -- Languages. | Tarahumara language -- Dictionaries -- German. 
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2Author:  George C. BarkerAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Papers of George C. Barker 1903-1958 (bulk 1943-1957) ead 
 Date(s):  1903-1958 
 Abstract:  Correspondence, research materials, published and unpublished manuscripts and articles, slides, photographs, and one audio tape, primarily from 1943 to 1957, of anthropologist George C. Barker. The collection documents Barker's anthropological research into folk drama and ritual, the social functions of language, the Pachuco language of Hispanic youths, and Yaqui Indian culture and customs. A 1964 gift to the Southwest Folklore Archives from George C. Barker, Sr. Deaccessioned from the collection in 1993 were approximately 0.2 feet of duplicates and items of a personal nature. In 1996 two 11 x 14 black-and-white photographs by Alfred A. Cohn were transferred to the L. Marguerite Collier Collection, Southwest Folklore Center Manuscripts Collection MS 611. This collection was previously titled SWF 004. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Folk drama, Spanish American. | Christmas plays. | Prodigal son (Parable) -- Drama. | Spanish language -- Dialects -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Spanish language -- Social aspects -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Spanish language -- Slang. | Bilingualism -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Languages. | Gangs -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Tucson (Ariz.) --Social life and customs. | Yaqui Indians -- Mexico -- Hermosillo -- Rites and Ceremonies -- Photographs. | Audio tapes. | Correspondence. | Manuscripts for publication. | Photographs. | Slides (Photographs). 
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3Author:  Adams, Ramon F. (Ramon Frederick), 1889-1976Add to Favorites
 Title:  Ramon F. Adams papers, 1941-1969 ead 
 Date(s):  1941-1969 
 Abstract:  This collection includes correspondence and manuscripts chiefly concerning Western history and literature; it includes letters from friends, authors, editors, and publishers. Also included are original typescripts with holograph corrections of revised editions of his works Western Words: A Dictionary of the American West, 1968, and Six-Guns and Saddle Leather, 1969, both published by University of Oklahoma Press. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) | Outlaws -- Bibliography | Criminology -- West (U.S.) -- Bibliography | English language -- Dialects -- West (U.S.) -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. | Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Language -- Dictionaries | Americanisms -- West (U.S.) -- Dictionaries | Popular culture -- West (U.S.) -- Dictionaries 
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4Author:  Blazer familyAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Blazer Family papers, 1857-1966 (bulk 1870-1955) ead 
 Date(s):  1857-1966 (bulk 1870-1955) 
 Abstract:  Chiefly photocopies of correspondence, manuscripts, land claims, patents, machinery catalogs, and legal papers of Armer Newton Blazer; also photocopied correspondence and manuscripts of Paul Blazer, and photograph reprints. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Pioneers -- New Mexico | Pioneers -- Texas | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico | Apache Indians -- History | Mescalero language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Mescalero | Indian reservations -- New Mexico -- History | Lincoln County War, 1878 
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5Author:  James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Christian Lacy: Tale of the Salem Witchcraft 1801-1860 ead 
 Date(s):  1801-1860 
 Abstract:  Bound holographic manuscript, written in ink, and containing James' edits and signature. This romance story is set in Salem, Mass. in 1691; the main characters are devoted to each other in spite of witchcraft charges against Lacy's mother. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Romance-language fiction -- Massachusetts -- Salem. | Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem. 
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6Author:  Acosta, Vicente S., 1918-1983Add to Favorites
 Title:  Papers of Vicente S. Acosta, 1947-1983 ead 
 Date(s):  1947-1983 
 Abstract:  The Papers of Vicente S. Acosta contains professional correspondence, manuscripts and essays, research materials, and audio tapes documenting Acosta's interests in the Spanish language, folk songs and folklore and Southwestern United States and Mexican culture. This collection was previously titled SWF 006. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | Folklorists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | Folklore -- Mexico | Folklore -- Southwest, New | Herbs -- Folklore | Herbs -- Therapeutic use | Corridos | Folk songs, Spanish -- Southwest, New | Names, Personal -- Arizona -- Tucson | Names, Spanish -- Arizona -- Tucson | Spanish language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. | Spanish language -- Slang 
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7Author:  Shantz, H.L. (Homer LeRoy), 1876-1958Add to Favorites
 Title:  Homer Leroy Shantz papers, 1903-1958 ead 
 Date(s):  1903-1958 
 Abstract:  Field notebooks, reprint articles, speeches, survey abstracts, photographs, diaries, and correspondence pertaining to Shantz's interests in worldwide agriculture and botany. Shantz's various trips to Africa resulted in extensive field notes, including those for the Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919 to 1920, and the African Education Commission, 1923 to 1924. Background material he collected about Africa encompasses maps; postcards; dictionaries and primers on languages, including Swahili; also, articles on the people, the areas they inhabited, and specific problems, such as the tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, forced labor, and race relations. Photographs of his travels from the Cape to Cairo depict the Nile, Egyptian ruins, wild and domestic animals, vegetation and the landscape, villages and cities, and people in tribal dress. Communal activities documented include cultivation, thatching roofs, building a road, and weaving a large bamboo mat to cover a bridge walkway. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Plant ecology -- Africa | Plant ecology -- United States | Vegetation surveys -- South America | Vegetation surveys -- Colorado | Vegetation surveys -- Africa | Swahili language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Swahili | Agriculture -- Africa | Soils -- Africa | Agriculture -- United States | Soils -- United States | Africa -- Description and travel 
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8Author:  Troike, Rudolph C.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Rudolph Troike Bilingual Education Collection 1953-1988, (bulk 1974-1988) ead 
 Date(s):  1953-1988, 
 Abstract:  Rudolph C. Troike, a linguistics specialist, accumulated many materials throughout his professional career that pertains to bilingual education and bilingualism in the twentieth century. This collection contains materials that follow the evolution of bilingual education in the United States and around the world. Correspondence, research files, periodicals, reports, and manuals are some of the types of materials found within the collection. The collection focuses on the planning, evaluation, policy making, and program development of bilingual education. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Bilingual education and bilingualism | Bilingual education--United States | Bilingual education--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Bilingualism--Case studies | Bilingualism--Political aspects | Bilingualism--Social aspects | Bilingualism--Research--Methodology | Bilingualism--United States | Bilingualism--Latin America—History | Education, Bilingual | Language and languages--Study and teaching--Bilingual method 
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9Author:  Goodman, Kenneth S.Goodman, Yetta M.Add to Favorites
 Title:  Kenneth and Yetta Goodman Collection 1953-2015 ead 
 Date(s):  1953-2015 
 Abstract:  The Kenneth and Yetta Goodman Collection (1953-2015) contains research project files and other materials documenting the professional miscue research of Kenneth and Yetta Goodman. These materials showcase the Whole Language method of language comprehension and learning. It is organized into 4 series and multiple subseries with the majority of the collection found in the research project files as well as the correspondence subseries. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Children -- Research. | Miscue analysis. | Reading -- Language experience approach. 
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10Author:  Uplegger, Francis J., 1867-1964Add to Favorites
 Title:  Francis J. Uplegger papers, 1867-1964 (bulk 1917-1960) ead 
 Date(s):  1867-1964 (bulk 1917-1960) 
 Abstract:  Includes correspondence, writings, Bible translations, sermons, reports, and audiotapes, chiefly from 1917-1960, of Francis J. Uplegger, 1867-1964, and his son, Alfred Uplegger, relating to their work as Lutheran missionaries on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Apache Indians -- Missions | Apache languages | Lutheran Church -- Missions -- Arizona | Missionaries -- Arizona -- Archives | Missions -- Arizona 
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11Author:  Franciscans. Province of St. John the BaptistAdd to Favorites
 Title:  Records of the Province of St. John the Baptist Franciscans, 1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965) ead 
 Date(s):  1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965) 
 Abstract:  The collection includes correspondence, financial records, official documents, reports, maps, articles, publications, photographs, postcards, and notes. The bulk of the collection is correspondence and records relating to the establishment and operation of missions and schools, primarily at St. Michaels. These document activity between Franciscan friars, the Navajo population, Catholic organizations, the U. S. Government, and the Land Commissioner of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company. Included are materials on Navajo land allotments, education, language, social conditions, government and church relations, tourism, and origins of the Navajo Tribal Council. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Missions -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources | Navajo Indians -- Education | Navajo Indians -- Government policy | Navajo Indians -- Missions | Navajo Indians -- Land tenure | Navajo language | Navajo Indians -- Photographs 
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12Author:  Griffen, William B.Add to Favorites
 Title:  William B. Griffen papers, 1955-1965 ead 
 Date(s):  1955-1965 
 Abstract:  Collection includes handwritten field notebooks and revised notes of observations of the Seri Indians of Mexico. Most of the notebooks focus on family organization and social customs of the Seri. Rites associated with events such as birth, puberty, marriage, and death are recorded throughout the notebooks. Collection also contains fifty four black and white photographs of people and buildings taken in Desemboque, Sonora, Mexico, 1955; correspondence and other materials relating to a paper written by Griffen and Ed Moser entitled "A Spanish Transcription of Terms from a Native Indian language"; and photocopies of two published works: "Notes on Seri Indian Culture Sonora, Mexico," and "Seventeenth Century Seri." 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Seri Indians | Seri Indians -- Genealogy | Seri Indians -- Kinship | Seri Indians -- Pictorial works | Seri Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Seri language | Anthropologists -- Archives 
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13Author:  Smith, William Neil, 1920-Add to Favorites
 Title:  William N. Smith papers, 1829-1975 (bulk 1944-1970) ead 
 Date(s):  1829-1975 
 Abstract:  This collection is divided into seven series: Biographical Information, General Correspondence, Writings and Publisher Correspondence, Field Notebooks and Logs, Research Files, Audio-Visual Media, and Supplemental Material. The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, writings, publications, field notebooks, field research data sheets, subject files, bibliography cards, photographs, negatives, color slides, motion picture film, and sound recordings, chiefly from 1944-1970, of William Neil Smith, relating to his anthropological field work amongst the Seri Indians of Tiburon Island and the northwest coast of Sonora, Mexico. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Ethnohistory -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Face painting -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Indian baskets -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Puberty rites -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Seri Indians | Seri Indians -- Census | Seri Indians -- Cultural assimilation | Seri Indians -- Genealogy | Seri Indians -- Kinship | Seri Indians -- Music | Seri Indians -- Religion | Seri language | Bow and arrow making -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Firemaking | Indian wood-carving -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Indians of Mexico -- Social life and customs | Seri Indians -- Boats | Seri Indians -- Bone carving | Seri Indians -- Games | Seri Indians -- Pottery | Seri Indians -- Rites and Ceremonies | Yuman Indians 
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