Mayas -- History

Abstract The France V. Scholes Papers contain research and teaching notes, maps and correspondence about the colonial history of Mexico, Yucatan and New Mexico, with some related material about the Caribbean, Central and Latin America. The collection also includes academic and personal information.

Scope and Contents This collection is made up of photographs taken by Gertrude Duby Blom that were collected by Winifred Pitkin. There are 94 loose photographs and 3 photograph albums. The subjects of Blom's photography were the Lacandon Maya, their day to day life, portraits, as well as Mayan ruins. After Winifred Pitkin came to Mexico to visit the Bloms, she wrote a book and gave lectures about her visit. It is very likely that Pitkin used these photographs and albums alongside her lectures. The written...

Scope and Contents / Alcance y Contenido This collection consists of an album of 63 photographs. When it was bound it was entitled “Views of Central America and Mexico”. However, it is important to note that most of the photographs, if not all, were taken in Guatemala during the late 19th century, which was an important economic transition period in Guatemalan history. These photographs include villages, towns, churches, architecture, landscapes, volcanoes, coffee plantations and portraits of Indigenous people. The photographs in this...