Edwin Ferdon slides and negatives of Mesoamerica and Southern Mexico
Scope and Contents
249 slides and 287 nitrate negatives of Mesoamerican/Southern Mexico from 1906-1956.
Dates
- 1906-1956
Creator
- New World Archaeological Foundation (Organization)
- Ferdon, Edwin N., 1913- (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English and Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research; Negatives are not available for patron use, but proofs have been made to view. Collection is kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Edwin Ferdon slides and negatives of Mesoamerica and Southern Mexico must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Edwin Nelson Ferdon Jr. (1913 June 14- ) is a notable ethnologist noted for his studies of the peoples of Polynesia and the Americas. He earned his bachelors degree from the University of New Mexico, and a masters from the University of Southern California. He worked as a museum curator, researcher, and associate director in Southwestern cultural heritage institutions, retiring in 1983 from the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona.
Extent
536 items
3 slides
3 negatives
Physical Location
L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
Other Finding Aids
Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS3250.xml
Custodial History
These slides and negatives were taken by Edwin Ferdon who donated them to John Clark of the New World Archaeology Department. Fred Nelson, also from the Department, brought them in to Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Fred Nelson.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
- Calixtlahuaca (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Cempoala Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Cholula de Rivadabia (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Copán Site (Honduras) -- Photographs
- Cuernavaca (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Cuicuilco (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Central America -- Photographs
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Guatemala -- Photographs
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Photographs
- Ferrería Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Malinalco (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Mitla Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Monte Albán Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Nitrate negatives
- Quemada Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Quiriqua (Guatemala) -- Photographs
- Rocks -- Central America -- Photographs
- Rocks -- Mexico -- Photographs
- Slides (Photography)
- Tajin Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Tenayuca (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Teopanzolco Site (Cueravaca, Mexico) -- Photographs
- Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico) -- Photographs
- Tepozteco Pyramid Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Tlatico Site (Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico) -- Photographs
- Tula de Allende (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Tzintzuntzan (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Xochicalco Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Title
- Register of Edwin Ferdon slides and negatives of Mesoamerica and Southern Mexico
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Abe Austin
- Date
- 2012 April 13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States