This series includes photographic prints and copy negatives made across Mexico sometime around 1940, after Cordry was no longer working for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. The photographs were included with additional gifts and exchanges with the MAI in 1940, 1941 and 1943. The prints include portraits of Tzotzil Maya women in San Bartolomé de los Llanos, Chiapas; Chinantec [Chinantla] women in Choapam, Oaxaca; Zoque men and women in Copainala and Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas; an Otomi fiesta in Chalma, Mexico; Yoreme (Mayo) man and woman in Huatabampo, Sonora; and a Zapotec woman in Villa Hidalgo (Yalálag), Oaxaca. There are also several images of Zoque masks Cordry collected and two photographs of watercolor paintings made by Cordry.
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
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Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Group of Tzotzil Maya women and young girls gathered near a plaza fountain in San Bartolomé de los Llanos, Chiapas State, Mexico. They wear traditional clothing and some hold jugs for gathering water.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Group portrait of five young Tzotzil Maya women and children in traditional clothing in San Bartolomé de los Llanos, Chiapas State, Mexico. They are posed in front of a fence.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Portrait of a Chinantec [Chinantla] woman posed outdoors wearing a red embroidered huipil and headscarf in Ojitlán, Oaxaca State, Mexico.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Portrait of a young Chinantec [Chinantla] woman sitting outdoors spinning and wearing an embroidered huipil and necklaces in Choapam, Oaxaca State, Mexico.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Photograph of a watercolor painting made by Donald Cordry. The painting depicts a Chinantec [Chinantla] woman from Choapan, Oaxaca State, Mexico in an embroidered huipil and headscarf holding a spindle.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Photograph of a watercolor painting made by Donald Cordry. The painting depicts a Nahua woman from Amatlán, Vera Cruz State, Mexico in an embroidered huipil.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Image of a Zoque Mask from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico. The mask is used in the dance of San Roque etze.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Image of a Zoque Mask from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico. The mask is used in the dance of San Roque etze.
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Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Outdoor portrait of a Zoque man in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Portrait of an elderly Zoque woman sitting against a stone wall in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas State, Mexico.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Portrait of three Zoque woman, two standing, one sitting in Copainalá, Chiapas State, Mexico. They wear traditional woven skirts and headscarves.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Outdoor view of an Otomí (Otomi) fiesta in Chalma, Mexico State, Mexico. Three large wooden crosses are being erected by men and women.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Group of Otomí (Otomi) women sitting on a cobblestone street in Toluca, Meixco State, Mexico.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Portrait of a Yoreme (Mayo) woman sitting at a loom weaving a shawl in Huatabampo, Sonora State, Mexico.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Close-up portrait of a Yoreme (Mayo) man, possibly a dancer, in Huatabampo, Sonora State, Mexico.
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Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Portrait of a Zapotec woman in Villa Hidalgo (Yalálag), Oaxaca State, Mexico.
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Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Donald B. Cordry photographs from Mexico, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Cora tribe: Son del elote ; Son del venado ; Son de la siembra ; Son de cuaresma ; Son de Semana Santa -- Seri tribe: Canciorn del marinero cansado ; Canciorn de Dios ; Canciorn del curandero -- Yaqui tribe: Baile del venado: El tecolote ; Baile del venado: El palo verde -- Tarahumara tribe: Yumari ; Dutuburi ; Yumari -- Huichol tribe: Fiesta del peyote ; Fiesta de la calabaza ; Fiesta de los enfermos -- Tzotzil and Tzeltal tribes: Son de San Juan ; Son de fiesta ; Son de carnaval ; Anuncio de carreras de caballos ; Son de Semana Santa.
Track Information:
101 Son de Elote / E. Altamirano. Mitote.
102 Son del Venado / E. Altamirano. Mitote.
103 Son de la Siembre / E. Altamirano. Mitote.
104 Son de Cuaresma / M. Cabrales. Reed-flute.
105 Son de Semana Santa / C. Silverio, M. Daniel. Reed-flute,Drum.
106 Cancion del Marinero Cansado / Antonio Burgos.
107 Cancion del Dios / Sara VIllalobos.
108 Cancion del Curandero / Jesus Ibarra.
109 Baile del Venado: El Tecolote / Jesus Ibarra. Sticks (Musical instrument),Water-drum.
110 Baile del Venado: El Palo Verde / Jesus Ibarra. Sticks (Musical instrument),Water-drum.
111 Yumari / C. Cruz. Rattle (Musical instrument).
201 Dutubari / H. Ramos. Rattle (Musical instrument).
202 Yumari / H. Ramos. Rattle (Musical instrument).
203 Fiesta del Peyote / J. de la Cruz.
204 Fiesta de la Calabaza / J. de la Cruz. Huehuetl (Drum).
205 Fiesta de los Enfermos / P. Gonzales.
206 Son de San Juan / A. Perez, M. Pachitan. Reed-flute,Drum,Trumpet.
207 Son de Fiesta / A. Guzman, M. Sandis, S. Geron. Reed-flute,Drum,Trumpet.
208 Son de Carnaval / A. Arias, M. Lopez. Reed-flute,Drum.
209 Anuncio de Carreras de Caballos / A. Arias, M. Lopez. Reed-flute,Drum.
210 Son de Semana Santa / M. De La Torre. Reed-flute.
Performed by members of native Indian tribes, in part with acc. of wind and percussion instruments. "From the Archive of Folk Song." "AFS L19 was originally issued on 78 rpm discs no. AAFS 91-95 (Album XIX)." Program notes by the editor (9 p. : illus.) laid in.
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Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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Five boxes containing sixty-four 5 inch and fifteen 7 inch open reel tapes recorded primarily by American herpetologist Charles M. Bogert from 1953-1965. This collection has two parts: the first focusing mainly on traditional music and liturgical music from several regions in Mexico: Oaxaca, Jalisco, Nayarit. Also included is music recorded in the Southwestern United States. The second portion of the collection contains amphibian, bird, and insect calls and choruses, mostly from these same regions in Mexico, the Southwestern, Western, and Southern United States, and Sri Lanka.
Scope and Contents:
The collection is divided into 2 series. Series 1 contains forty-three 5 inch and twelve 7 inch open reel tapes of musical performances by groups and individuals Bogert recorded throughout Mexico, South America, and the southwestern United States between 1952 and 1965. Series 2 contains twenty-one 5 inch and 3 7 inch open reel tapes of field recordings made by Bogert in natural settings in Mexico, Southwestern United States, and Sri Lanka. Sounds include amphibian choruses, mating calls and warnings, bird calls, and insect communication.
Arrangement:
Tapes are arranged into two series. Series 1: Musical Performances, 1953-1965, and Series 2: Field Recordings of Amphibians, Birds, and Insects, 1954-1964. Within each series, tapes are arranged by size, followed by chronological order, with undated tapes placed at the end of each sequence.
Biographical / Historical:
Charles Mitchill Bogert (June 4, 1908–April 10, 1992) was an American herpetologist, researcher, and curator of herpetology for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and a notable early ethnomusicologist. Bogert was a major figure in twentieth century herpetology, as a researcher and as administrator at the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years, as well as a folksong collector. Bogert traveled widely--including to Sri Lanka, Central America, the Southwestern United States, Florida, and the Bahamas--in search of experimental settings and samples of indigenous frog species. He would also use these travels to record the local folk music, usually performed by informal groups and in church celebrations.
He felt especially at home in Mexico, where in addition to conducting faunal surveys he made recordings of traditional music that were later commercially released on Folkways Records. In 1955, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for a year's research; a portion of his results are in the collection.
In 1960, he became a lecturer at the University of Colorado, and began an extensive study of the Oaxaca region of Mexico. In 1966, he was given an honorary LLD from UCLA. In 1978, he became a consultant at the Los Alamos National Environmental Research Park for a year. Afterwards, he continued to travel and conduct further studies, until his death in 1992 in his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Folkways Records Releases
1954 -- FX 6122, Sounds of the American Southwest
1958 -- FX 6166 (SFW45060), Sounds of North American Frogs FW 8867, Tarascan and Other Music of Mexico: Songs and Dances of the Mexican Plateau
1960 -- FW 8870, Mariachi Aguilas de Chapala
Restrictions:
Access by request only. Where a listening copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a digitization fee. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.
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