Andrew Hunter Whiteford Semana Santa Research Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-723-BC
Scope and Content
This collection consists of publications, articles, ephemera, and Whiteford's personal notes relating to Semana Santa, or Holy Week. Most of the materials pertain to Holy Week in Spain (predominantly Málaga), however, some of the articles and publications relate to Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, and the Yaqui Indians in Arizona. Narratives describe the various processions and traditions carried out during Holy Week in various communities and cities. Issues of La Saeta document events in Málaga, Spain. Whiteford's notes provide insight into the history of Spain's cofradias (voluntary religious confraternities) and processions. Many of his notes are derived from the original manuscript, "Historia Documental de las Cofradias y Hermandades de Pasión de la Ciudad de Málaga" (Llordén, Andrés and Souvirón, Sebastián) prior to its publication by the Ayuntamiento de Málaga in 1969.
Much of the material in this collection is in Spanish.
Much of the material in this collection is in Spanish.
Dates
- 1927-1971
Creator
- Whiteford, Andrew Hunter (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Biographical Information
Andrew Hunter Whiteford was born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1913. He came to the United States in 1923 and was naturalized in 1928. He received his B.A. from Beloit College, Wisconsin (1937), and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1943 and 1950, respectively. Whiteford worked as an anthropologist and archaeologist in various parts of Latin America, the United States, and Europe. His earliest experiences in the field were in Reserve, NM and at a Mogollon site in Arizona. Later, he spent multiple field seasons in Popayán, Colombia (1949, 1950, 1951-52, 1962, 1967, 1970, and 1974) and in Queretero, Mexico (1957, 1958, 1975-76), examining the processes of urbanization, industrialization, and social stratification. Two Cities of Latin America, one of Whiteford's best known publications, resulted from this fieldwork.
A preponderance of Whiteford's career (1942-1974) was with Beloit College as a faculty member in the Anthropology Department. Twenty of these years, he served as department chair. A committed teacher, he believed in the importance of training undergraduate cultural anthropology students in the field, often taking them with him on trips to Latin America. Whiteford also held appointments as curator and director of Beloit College's Logan Museum of Anthropology.
Retiring to Santa Fe, N.M. in 1976, he became active at the Indian Arts Research Centre at the School of American Research, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and the Laboratory of Anthropology. During this time, he published significant works on Native American art.
A preponderance of Whiteford's career (1942-1974) was with Beloit College as a faculty member in the Anthropology Department. Twenty of these years, he served as department chair. A committed teacher, he believed in the importance of training undergraduate cultural anthropology students in the field, often taking them with him on trips to Latin America. Whiteford also held appointments as curator and director of Beloit College's Logan Museum of Anthropology.
Retiring to Santa Fe, N.M. in 1976, he became active at the Indian Arts Research Centre at the School of American Research, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and the Laboratory of Anthropology. During this time, he published significant works on Native American art.
Extent
1 box (.45 cu. ft.), + 1 oversize folder
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
English
Abstract
The collection consists of publications, articles, ephemera, and Whiteford's personal notes relating to Semana Santa, or Holy Week. Most of the materials pertain to Holy Week in Spain (predominantly Málaga), however, some of the articles and publications relate to Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, and the Yaqui Indians in Arizona.
Creator
- Whiteford, Andrew Hunter (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Andrew Hunter Whiteford Semana Santa Research Collection, 1927-1971
- Status
- Approved
- Author
- Processed by B. Silbergleit
- Date
- ©2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu