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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzeltal: Three Oxchuc interviews (McQuown, 1958)

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Norman McQuown reads the Spanish words from the standard vocabulary list, and three (male) native speakers from Oxchuc supply the Tzeltal tokens.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Recording is a subset (i.e., the Tzeltal portion) of Track 1 of the "Tzeltal/Tzotzil interviews (1958). WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
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The Chiapas Project; Tzeltal: T.A.T. test given in Aguacatenango in 1962

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
John C. Hotchkiss (?) administers a Thematic Apperception Test (T.A.T.) to a native speaker (female) of Tzeltal with other participants gathered nearby.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape is a seventeen-minute recording done in half-track mode over some previous recordings done in quarter-track. Norman McQuown, in bringing the Aguacatenango tapes together, assigned the Roman numeral "I" to this tape. In 1976 Franklin McCabe Lee tight-wound this tape in order to preserve it. WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzeltal: Aguacatenango field recordings (1957)

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Norman McQuown, using the 600-word vocabulary list, puts the Spanish tokens to two consultants (one male, one female), who supply the Tzeltal equivalents.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are the original field recordings, which form a subset of the Aguacatenango field recordings and were assigned Roman numerals "XV" through "XXII" by Norman McQuown. (In coding the WAVE files, JJT has retained the Roman numerals (in their Arabic form: 15, 16, and so on.) In 1976 Franklin McCabe Lee tight-wound these tapes to assure their preservation. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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The Chiapas Project; Tzeltal: Aguacatenango field recordings (1961)

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Terrence Kaufman reads Spanish tokens from the standard vocabulary list, and the native speakers (male and female) supply the Tzeltal equivalents. In a variation, he has some native speakers supply the Spanish for the Tzeltal. (The variety of Tzeltal heard here is specified as "Tzeltal sureño".)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes form a subset of the original field recordings made in the comunidad of Aguacatenango, Chiapas State, Mexico. (On Tape XXXIII a recording from Huistan is also heard). (In this series the interviewer recorded over previously used tapes.) Norman McQuown assigned to these tapes the Roman numerals "XXIII" through "XXXIII". The codes for the WAVE files (in the form of Arabic numerals) correspond to the Roman ones; i.e., "23", "24", etc. 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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Pinolteco Ladino music

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
An unnamed vocalist sings some songs accompanied by a guitar.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape is the second half of the recording labeled as "Aguacatenango XXVII" (B/C A7001925Y).
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The Chiapas Project; Tzotzil: Huistan field recording (Kaufman, 1961)

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Terrence Kaufman interviews a pair of Tzotzil-speaking brothers in Chilil, a "subdivisión" of Huistan. He reads from the standard list of Spanish vocabulary, and the brothers each respond in Tzotzil. (The variety of Tzotzil heard here is specified as "Tzotzil oriental".)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape consists of the final 18.5 minutes of the tape labeled "Aguatenango XXXIII". WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
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The Man-in-Nature Project; Tzeltal: El Puerto (Aguacatenango) field recording (1958)

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Andrés Medina reads the Spanish tokens from the standard vocabulary list, and a (male) native speaker supplies the Tzeltal equivalents.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape is the latter portion of Track 1 and all of Track 2 of the "Chilil VI" tape (see ID#16). WAVE file is converted to an MP3.
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The Chiapas Project; Tzeltal: Bachajon field recordings (G.E. Williams, 1961)

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Gerald Williams reads the Spanish words/expressions from the standard list, and the native speakers (male and female) supply the Tzeltal equivalents.) On the last interviews Williams appears to supervise another interviewer--a native speaker of Spanish (Carlos Robles?). (The dialect specified here is "Tzeltal norteño".)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are probably the original live recordings. (Note: "WMS" stands for Williams.) Norman McQuown, in rearranging the Bachajon tapes, assigned the Roman numerals "III" and "IV" to these tapes. But JJT switched the numbers around to restore the original chronological sequence. (The codes for the WAVE files follow the Roman numerals; i.e., "3" and "4"). In 1976 Franklin McCabe Lee tight-wound these tapes to improve their preservation. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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Huastec ["wastéko"] vocabulary: body parts (1940)

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
A list of 40 Huastec words referring to body parts (with Spanish glosses) "HuVC -- transcribed [by N.A. McQuown] in 1940 at the Primer Congreso Indigenista Interamericano".
Collection Technical Notes: 
Text is a single sheet of lined note paper with penciled notations on both sides. [JJT has made a photocopy of it as a back-up.]
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Lake Miwok: Vocabulary (Berkeley, 1956))

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Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Catherine Callaghan, speaking English, reads a list of vocabulary to Mrs. Alma Grace, who supplies the Miwok equivalents (pronounced twice). The dates of the recordings are 1 March and 22 March 1956.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape is Track1 of the tape which also includes Bodega Miwok. It was sent to Howard Berman in 1980 from the University of California, Berkeley. (Gift of Howard Berman to the LLA on 10/9/80). WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
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