MS 3260 Correspondence regarding Cyrus Thomas' study of Pre-columbian Mexican manuscripts and writing systems
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 3260
label: Local Note
content: typescript and autograph document
name: label: Correspondent
content: Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910
label: Correspondent
content: Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899
label: Correspondent
content: Rosny, Léon de, 1837-1914
label: Correspondent
content: Dacus, J. A. (Joseph A.)
label: Correspondent
content: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
label: Correspondent
content: Peñafiel, Antonio, 1830-1922
label: Creator
content: Butler, Amos W. (Amos William), 1860-1937
topic: label: Topic
content: Archeology -- Mexico
label: Topic
content: Mayas
label: Topic
content: Writing systems -- glyphs
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Mexico
label: Topic
content: Central America
creator: label: Correspondent
content: Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910
label: Correspondent
content: Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899
label: Correspondent
content: Rosny, Léon de, 1837-1914
label: Correspondent
content: Dacus, J. A. (Joseph A.)
label: Correspondent
content: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
label: Correspondent
content: Peñafiel, Antonio, 1830-1922
label: Creator
content: Butler, Amos W. (Amos William), 1860-1937
culture: label: Culture
content: Mayas
label: Culture
content: Maya
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1884, 1885, 1886
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Letters received by Cyrus Thomas from Daniel G. Brinton, de Rosny, and others."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS3260
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Calendars
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content: Calendars
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence on Professor Thomas' Mexican and Mayan Researches.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Contents: Three letters from Dr Daniel G. Brinton re. various articles by Thomas, including criticisms and corrections, 1884 and 1885. Draft of a letter to Dr Brinton from Thomas, no date. Letter from Dr J. A. Dacus to Spencer F. Baird (forwarded to Thomas) re. inscribed tablet found in Zacatecas, Mexico, 1885. Letter from Antonio Penafiel re. consignment of Mexican Manuscripts for study, 1886. Letter from Leon de Rosny (in French with attached translation) re. article on Codex Cortesiano by Thomas, 1884. Article on the "Sacrificial Stone of San Juan Teotihuacan" sent by the author, Amos W. Butler, 1885. Note and clipping entitled, "Key to Aztec Literature" sent to Thomas by J. Stevenson, 1884.