YALALAG CORRESPONDENCE
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jopling, Carol F.
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content: Carol F. Jopling papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1998-37, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Arranged Chronologically
label: Scope and Contents note
content: Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence in English and Spanish. Letters cover a variety of topics concerning Joplingâs work in Mexico. Also included are letters of introduction and miscellaneous letters to acquaintances. Of particular interest is an article on the Silver crosses of Oaxaca, a letter from Textile Museum in Washington D.C. acknowledging Joplingâs gift in Yalalag weaving, and letters from John Paddock discussing Joplingâs research in Mexico. Several of the letters are from residents of Yalalag, who are also referred to in the fieldnotes. These are Padre Apolinar, Carmelia Fabian, Augustina Fernandez, Roman Jimenez Mazas, Juan Alejo P., Agapito Fabian Santiago, and Nicodemus B. Vasquez. Others include Orin T. Howard and Kate Young (who is also referred to in the fieldnotes.)