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Object Number
2012.1.21
Display Title
Prouskouriakoff papers
Descriptions
Object Description
Tatiana Proskouriakoff correspondence (copies) , bulk to T.P. from various scholars, persons in field of ancient Maya studies, Letters date from early 1940s to late 1970s. Correspondents include Sylvanus G. Morley, Gustav Stromsvik, Linton Satterthwaite, J. Eric S. Thompson, A. Ledyard Smith, Heinrich Berlin, Alberto Ruz Lluhier, Frans Blom, William Spratling, Ralph R. Roys, WIlliam R. Coe, David Kelley, George Kubler, Ian Graham, Elizabeth P. Benson, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Elizabeth Kennedy Easby, and others. There are also miscellaneous documents including Russian copies of the wedding certificates of T. P. parents, the naturalization papers of her parents and more.
Department
Archival, Paper
Date
1943-1977
Materials
Paper
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Tatiana Proskouriakoff
Owner
Ian Graham
Intermediary
Jon Erik Simpson
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