[Annotated catalog of Naxi pictographic manuscripts
Subtitle: Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian mu lu]
Contributors: Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, 1884-1962, donor; Roosevelt, Quentin, 1919-1948, donor; Naxi Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1500
Place of publication: [Yunnan sheng
Language: sit
Number of pages: 3342
Subjects: Texts; Shamanism; Rituals; Naxi Manuscripts
Other titles: Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian mu lu; Selections from the Naxi manuscript collection.
Notes: Manuscripts written by Naxi priests; annotated catalog prepared by Zhu Baotian.

Category D, item NZC262-263 are gifts from Chris Ringwalt; Category P includes 573 manuscripts, in photostat format, from Virginia Harrison in 1935.

Restricted; Material extremly fragile; Access by appointment only.

Selected items from the collection are also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site under the title: Selections from the Naxi manuscript collection.

Two acquisitions: 1689 manuscripts from Joseph Rock between 1924 and 1945;  1073 manuscipts from Quentin Roosevelt in 1941; one gift collection of 2 manuscripts from Chris Ringwalt in 2001.

Scholar Collector Joseph Rock, botanist and linguist, went on National Geographic Society expeditions in 1930's.

All manuscripts are in Naxi with annotations, a partial translation, in Chinese.

A detailed finding aid is available.
Table of contents: title: A. Sacrifices to Heaven (160 manuscripts) = Ji tian; title: B. Sacrifices to the Highest Deity (196 manuscripts) = Ji Shi luo; title: C.  Sacrifices to the Serpent King (263 manuscripts) = Ji Long wang; title: D.  Romance and Love-related Ceremonies (190 manuscripts) = Ji feng; title: E. Sacrifices  to the Deceased (345 manuscripts) = Ji Si zhe; title: F. Blocking Malicious Ghosts (151 manuscripts) = Guan si men; title: G. Prayers for Longevity (096 manuscripts) = Qiu shou; title: H. Aspirations for Wisdom (066 Manuscripts) = Ji xian; title: I. Sacrifices to The God of Bravery and Victory  (107 manuscripts) =  Ji Sheng li; title: J.  Ancestral Worship (183 manuscripts) = Ji zu - K. Casting out Evil Spirits (237 manuscripts) = Chu sui; title: L. For a Better Reincarnation  (226 manuscripts) = Ti sheng; title: M. Divination (127 manuscripts) = Zhan bu; title: N. Ghosts and Spirits (365 manuscripts) = Gui shen lei; title: O. Naxi Pictographic Art (063 manuscripts) = Hui hua; title: P. Virginia Harrison Photostat Collection (573 manuscripts ; subarranged according to categories A-N: A001-012, B001-084, C001-012, D001-099, E001-077, F001-061, G001-032, H001-014, I001-009, K001-030, L001-091, M001-004, N001-048); title: 880-04