- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Órtiz, Alfonso, 1939-1997
- Title:
- Alfonso Ortiz Collection of Native American Oral Literature
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tt44pm913
- Dates:
- 1959-1965
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Language:
- Central American Indian languages
Abstract
Consists of phonotapes of approximately fifty-five hours duration made primarily at San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, by anthropologist Alfonso Ortiz to help preserve the language and the culture, and to perpetuate the oral tradition, of the Tewa-speaking Pueblo.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of ten phonotapes of approximately fifty-five hours duration made primarily at San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, by Ortiz to help preserve the language and the culture and to perpetuate the oral tradition of the Indian tribe. The tapes contain myths, folktales, prayers, speeches, chants including dance songs, the Mattachines song series, the butterfly ceremony, and the ceremony of man, and discussions with tribal elders about ritual initiations and religious societies of the Tewa-speaking Pueblo.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Órtiz, Alfonso, 1939-1997
Alfonso Ortiz was born in San Juan Pueblo in New Mexico. Fluent in Tewa, Ortiz studied sociology at the University of New Mexico and anthropology at the University of Chicago, earning his Ph.D. in 1967. Ortiz's anthropological work was concerned primarily with the history and culture of the American Indians of the southwest.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchase, 1968 (AM 19374).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media, but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Patrons may request digital copies of original analog media, but will be responsible for the cost of digital conversion, payable in advance. Turn-around time for such requests will depend on the size and scope of the project. Requests should be directed to Special Collections Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form.
- Credit this material:
Alfonso Ortiz Collection of Native American Oral Literature; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tt44pm913
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Butterfly dance.
Folklore -- New Mexico -- San Juan Pueblo.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico -- Dance.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico -- Folklore.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico -- Music.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico -- Religion and mythology.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico -- Rites and ceremony.
Initiation rites -- New Mexico -- San Juan Pueblo.
Oral tradition -- New Mexico -- San Juan Pueblo.
Pueblo Indians -- Oral histories.
Pueblo Indians -- Religion and mythology.
Tewa Indians -- Oral histories.
Tewa Indians -- Religion and mythology.
Tewa language. - Genre Terms:
- Audiotapes -- 20th century.
- Places:
- San Juan Pueblo (N.M.) -- Religious life and customs.
San Juan Pueblo (N.M.) -- Social life and customs.
