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Byron McAfee collection of papers relating to the Nahuatl language, ca. 1553-1964

Title: Byron McAfee collection of papers relating to the Nahuatl language, ca. 1553-1964

Byron McAfee (1883-1966) was an American-born ethnohistorian and linguist who studied Nahua language and culture in Mexico. The collection consists of McAfee's research papers and original manuscripts from Mexico's colonial period.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes (9.5 lin. ft.); 1 oversize box

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McAfee, Byron. Papers, ca. 1553-1964.

Title: Papers, ca. 1553-1964.

The collection consists of Byron McAfee's research papers (microfilm and typescripts) and original manuscripts from Mexico's colonial period. The research papers contain drafts of translations and essays by McAfee and his major collaborator, John Hubert Cornyn, on a variety of subjects including colonial codices, Spanish-Nahuatl dictionaries and vocabularies, and Nahua history and culture. The papers also include printed instructional and linguistic materials on Nahuatl, such as an 1887 Nahuatl grammar from Mexico; full transcriptions of important 16th century works by friars Bernardino de Sahagún, Alonso de Molina and Andres de Olmos; translations and linguistic studies of Nahuatl dramas; and material extracted from Mexican political and social movements related to Nahua studies. (Published works have been included in the finding aid; in addition, full catalog records for these books can be found in the UCLA Library online catalog by performing a keyword search on the phrase, "Byron McAfee papers" in the UCLA Library catalog.) The manuscripts series of the collection consists of testaments, deeds, petitions, complaints, and contracts for the sale of land from the areas of Metepec, Azcapotzalco, Tlaxcala and Coyoacan, dating from 1553 to 1864. These manuscripts, chiefly in Nahuatl, document the every-day activities and property holdings of men and women under Spanish colonial rule. Fourteen of the manuscripts in Series III were published in Beyond the codices: the Nahua view of colonial Mexico, which was edited and translated by Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan and James Lockhart and published by the University of California Press, 1976.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes (9.5 lin. ft.)1 oversize box.

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Cornyn, John Hubert, 1875-1941. Souls and Testamentary Executors, December 12, 1931.

Title: Souls and Testamentary Executors, December 12, 1931.

Typescript translation into English of the late 16th or early 17th century Aztec metrical comedy with additional notes. Contains some historical information about the Aztec and Spanish influence on their literature. Also includes an inventory of other comedias.

ArchivalResource: 98 pages.

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Cornyn, John Hubert, 1875-1941. John Hubert Cornyn Papers.

Title: John Hubert Cornyn Papers. [1930-1932?]

Transcriptions and translations by Cornyn of Aztec literature. In some cases, there are parallel texts. The collection also includes Cornyn's translation of Song of Quetzalcoatl.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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