Collection Descriptive Notes:
McQuown voices (parts of) the Yucatán Maya texts in a slow, deliberate reading of the tales. His slate at the beginning of Cuento No. 1 goes: "Cuentos mayas yucatecos. Recopilados por Manuel Juan Andrade en los años treinta.Reformulados por Hilaria Mas Coí [sp.?]. Recontados segun esta reformulación por Miguel Juemes [sp.?]Pineda en los años ochenta. Y fonologicamente reredactados por Norman A. McQuown en los años noventa."
Collection Technical Notes:
Recordings began in the LLA studio on 9/16/96 and concluded on 2/11/97, but neither No. 1 or No. 3 were ever completed. (The reason McQuown made these recordings is unknown (maybe as transcription exercises?)).