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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzeltal: Chanal recordings (1958 series)

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Subject Languages: 
Oxchuc Tzeltal
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Oxchuc Tzeltal
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Andres Medina, speaking Spanish and reading from the standard vocabulary list, elicits the Tzeltal equivalents from a number of speakers. [Note that the spelling of various personal and place names varies considerably.]
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the original field recordings. The backs of the boxes have been scanned: see files "tzh-a700222p001" through "tzh-a7002249y001" inside the "tzh" folder inside Tzeltal-Tzotizil_boxes inside Text_images folder inside "dma". WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzotzil: San Bartolo field recordings (1958 series)

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Subject Languages: 
Venustiano Carranza Tzotzil
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Venustiano Carranza Tzotzil
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Venustiano Carranza
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Norman McQuown and two other men,speaking Spanish, put the standard questionnaire to a number of native speakers (male and female) in the "comunidad" of Venustiano Carranza (Chiapas State, Mexico) in August 1958.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are a subset of all the original field recordings from San Bartolo, which Norman McQuown renumbered using Roman numerals, beginning with Nos. I through XVII. Note: The old numbering ends with No. 18 (=XVII) apparently because old Tape No. 10 was lost. Furthermore, there is no No. XVIII in this series probably because the number was inadvertently skipped over. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzeltal: Aguacatenango field recordings (1958)

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Subject Languages: 
Bachajón Tzeltal
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Bachajón Tzeltal
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Venustiano Carranza
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
A man identified only as "REH" reads a series of Spanish words from the standard list to native speakers (male and female), who supply the Tzeltal equivalents.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes form a subset of the tapes recorded in the comunidad of Aguacatenango, Chiapas State, Mexico. Norman McQuown assigned Roman numerals to all the Aguacatenango recordings, starting with a 1962 recording. By that token this series begins with "II" and continues through "XIV". (Note: the (Arabic) numerals used for the digitized files follow the Roman numerals beginning with "II".) Also note: The backs of the boxes were scanned in 2014. In 1976 Franklin McCabe Lee tight-wound these tapes in order to preserve them. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzeltal: Amatenango field recordings (1957-58)

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Subject Languages: 
Oxchuc Tzeltal
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Oxchuc Tzeltal
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Norman McQuown and several (male) colleagues read the Spanish words from the standard vocabulary list, and a number of native speakers (male and female) from Amatenango (del Valle) in Chiapas supply the Tzeltal equivalents.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the original field recordings. Norman McQuown assigned Roman numerals ("I" to "XIV") to the Amatenango interviews of 1957-58. A further interview of Consultant #489 was recorded after a Tzotzil interview of 8/28/58 on the same tape, so did not get a Roman numeral. Here that interview is given the number "16". WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzotzil: El Carmen Yalchuch recordings (A. Medina, 1958)

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Subject Languages: 
Huixtán Tzotzil
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Huixtán Tzotzil
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
El Carmen
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
A. Medina reads from the standard vocabulary list (in Spanish), and the native speaker (male) supplies the Tzotzil equivalents. The dialect specified here is "Tzotzil oriental". According to the "Roster of Informants", "El Carmen Yalchuch" and "Yalcuc" are one and the same.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the original field recordings. [Note: It is not clear why these tapes are not included in the series labeled "Yalcuc" (q.v.). WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
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The Chiapas Project; Tzotzil: Chamula vocabulary (McQuown, 1961)

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Subject Languages: 
Chamula Tzotzil
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Chamula Tzotzil
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Norman A. McQuown elicits vocabulary items from native Chamula speakers (almost all male) using two techniques: 1) by reading them a standardized list of tokens in Spanish and 2) by showing them a series of pictures and/or figurines (sometimes in the context of a Thematic Apperception Test ("TAT").
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the field-recorded tapes. Note that scanned images have been made of the backs of the boxes. Circa 1978 Franklin McCabe Lee leadered and tight-wound these tapes for the purpose of preservation. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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¡Hablemos en tzeltal! ("Una visita a la clinica")(Oxchuc, 1957); The Man-in-Nature Project

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Subject Languages: 
Oxchuc Tzeltal
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Oxchuc Tzeltal
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Two native consultants (male) supply the Tzeltal tokens for the ¡Hablemos en Tzeltal! language course, after Norman McQuown reads the Spanish words and phrases. The course is based on a book of the same title by Carlos Antonio Castro G. (Instituto Nacional Indigenista, San Cristobal Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the original eleven field recordings made in 1957, which form a subset of all 14 from Oxchuc. McQuown eventually numbered all the tapes pertaining to this particular locale using Roman numerals. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzotzil: Chenalhó recordings (N.A. McQuown, 1957)

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Subject Languages: 
Chenalhó Tzotzil
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Chenalhó Tzotzil
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Norman McQuown, speaking Spanish, reads the 140 tokens from a "lista de CALI" to a male consutant, who translates them into Tzotzil. (Here the letters C-A-L-I are construed as being an acronym (for...?)).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the original field recordings. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzotzil: Chilil field recordings (1958)

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Subject Languages: 
Huixtán Tzotzil
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Huixtán Tzotzil
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Andrés Medina reads the standard vocabulary list in Spanish and elicits the equivalents in Tzotzil [Huixtán dialect]. (Note: It is not known who some of the speakers are in the background.)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the original field recordings made in Chiapas State in 1958. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzotzil: Teopisca recordings made by "REH" in 1958

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Subject Languages: 
Huixtán Tzotzil
Primary Languages: 
Spanish
Languages: 
Huixtán Tzotzil
Spanish
Locations: 
Chiapas
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
A man identified only as "REH" interviews various native speakers in such-and-such barrios or comunidades of Teopisca. The dialect spoken here is specified as "Tzotzil oriental".
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the original field recordings. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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