From the Collection: 54 boxes Staff Interface Visit ArchivesSpace. Skip to main content. File β Box: 1, Folder: Citation Staff Only. Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains assorted research notes, article drafts, teaching notes, maps, offprints, index cards and two books relating to Scholes' work on colonial Mexico, Yucatan, Central America, Latin America and New Mexico.
The collection also contains academic correspondence, University of New Mexico related material, family information, miscellaneous items and photographs. The collection casts a new light on his life, travels, colleagues, and relationship with students, and his role as UNM professor, graduate dean and academic vice president, husband and father.
His letters with scholars contain important references to Spanish colonial history topics and documents from a variety of archives. The Scholes papers are divided into 5 series. Research notes, drafts, offprints, This series is divided into 4 subseries.
Yucatan and Maya area - exploration, settlement, the Mendoza family; the Maya Indians, the founding of the missions, in particular the work of Bishop Diego de Landa, conversion, idolatry, human sacrifice, Indian culture, language, caciques, labor, Indian rights, encomenderos, the Inquisition, church and government conflict, and other topics. They are in typed Spanish but not translated. Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Official papers and correspondence of Scholes with affiliated institutions, including the University of New Mexico, Harvard, Carnegie Institute, Library of Congress, Tulane and archives abroad as well as letters of friends, students, administrators, scholars and publishers.
Miscellaneous - This section has family, personal, and professional material, official documents, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, travel mementos, postcards and prints. See and download - Detailed Finding Guide for more specific descriptions of Contents.
