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Series 1: Mayan Women in Chan Kom, 1967-1979, 1945-1994 (bulk 1971 - 1978) 9 linear feet (16 boxes)
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The Series is based on three [separate] projects: 1. Mayan Women and Change (1971-1975), Elmendorf's dissertation research.
2. Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom: 1971-1976 with Deborah Merrill Sands. 3. Behavior among Mayan Women (1977-1979),
a larger project conducted in collaboration with Alfonso Villa Rojas and others. Related audio tapes and slides are included
in the Audio-Visual series (no.5).
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In 1967, Dr. Elmendorf returned to academics to pursue her Ph.D. in Anthropology. She conducted her field research in Chan
Kom, Yucatan, Mexico, under the direction of Alfonso Villa Rojas, with whom she had collaborated while serving as director
of CARE in Mexico. The research concentrated on women's roles in social change. Dr. Elmendorf completed her dissertation,
"Mayan Women and Change," in 1972. The dissertation was first published in 1972 by Ivan Illich at CIDOC as a case study to
use in his seminar on Quality of Life. The Mexican Ministry of Education published a Spanish version of the dissertation,
La Mujer Maya y el Cambio, that same year and distributed it to public schools and libraries throughout Mexico. In 1976, the dissertation was edited
to become Nine Mayan Women: A Village Faces Change. See "Mayan Women and Change, 1971-1975" (boxes 1 and 2) for more information. Between 1976 and 1978, Dr. Elmendorf, with
her former student from Hampshire College, Deborah Merrill, returned to conduct research in Chan Kom. The study was funded
by the World Bank. The research was designed to analyze the impact of various development projects from 1971 to 1976, and
was based on previous research conducted by Elmendorf and Merrill. The resulting paper "Socio-Economic Impact of Development
Projects in Chan Kom, 1971-1976," was presented at the 1978 Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Merida,
Yucatan, Mexico. See "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom: 1971-1976" (boxes 3 and 4) for more information. Between
1977-1979, Dr. Elmendorf and Alfonso Villa Rojas conducted applied research in Chan Kom and elsewhere in Yucatan on issues
of fertility determinants among the Maya and on socio-economic variables affecting the determinants. The variables included
contact with the outside world, the level of education, value of the children, and the acceptance of new technologies into
the family. Brigette Jordan, Deborah Merrill and several Mexican colleagues, including Hilaria Mass Coli, assisted in the
field research. Support was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). This project resulted in numerous
papers, one of which, "Changing Role of Maya Mothers and Daughters," was ultimately published in Women and Technological Change in Developing Countries (1979) and another, "Anita: A Mayan Peasant Woman Copes," in Studies in Family Planning (Nov./Dec. 1979). See "Behavior Among Mayan Women, 1977-1979" (boxes 5-16) for more information.
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Mayan Women and Change, 1971-1976
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Papers in this project include manuscripts, publications, correspondence, and notes and notebooks related to Elmendorf's dissertation,
"Mayan Women and Change." In addition to notes for and versions of the dissertation, there are manuscripts of several other
papers discussing women's roles in social change that are based on the Mayan Women research. Several of these papers were
presented at various conferences attended by Dr. Elmendorf between 1971 and 1973. Research for "Mayan Women and Change" was
conducted on repeated field trips to Chan Kom between March, 1971, and July, 1972, is recorded in the field notes and other
notes. The paper entitled "The Role of Women as Agents for Peaceful Social Change" contains the preliminary problem statement
for Dr. Elmendorf's dissertation. The dissertation itself "demonstrated how women sacrificed, cooperated and planned strategies
to survive better and/or maintain traditions they valued." It was presented to the Union Graduate School in June, 1972. An
abstract of the dissertation was presented at the Ninth Annual International Conference of Anthropology and Ethnology (ICAES)
in Chicago, 1973, and was published in 1975 as a chapter in the book Women Cross-culturally: Change and Challenge, edited by Ruby Leavitt. Included in the folder with "Mayan Women and Change" (1972) are several letters and prefaces added
to the dissertation to create Nine Mayan Women, published in 1976. Also included with this section is a collection of correspondence,
dealing with the dissertation topic and proposal. Also related to the research in Chan Kom are a series of cassette tapes
of personal interviews conducted by Dr. Elmendorf between 1971 and 1972. There are approximately 39 tapes documenting the
opinions and beliefs of the Mayas of Chan Kom. Dr. Elmendorf also recorded several conferences she attended during 1973. For
more information on these tape, see the Audio-Visual series (no. 5).
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Manuscripts, 1970-1976
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Manuscripts for The Mayan Woman and Change (1972), Nine Mayan Women (1976), and "Role of Women as Agents for Peaceful Change" (1970-1971).
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"The Mayan Woman and Change"; thesis for the degree of Ph.D. in Humanistic Anthropology, Union Graduate School, 1972. |
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"Nine Mayan Women: a Village Faces Change"; typed ms. This appears to be a composite manuscript, composed of a copy of the
dissertation "The Mayan Women and Change" (1972) and of supplementary material for the book Nine Mayan Women (1976).
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"The Mayan Woman and Change"; draft of the "Problem" and Method Statement [1972?] |
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"Annotated bibliography" of sources on the Yucatec Maya [original bibliography for dissertation research, 1972?] |
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"The Mayan Woman and Change" (parts I and IV). Copy of dissertation, marked with revisions for publication as Nine Mayan Women [1972-1976?]
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"The Mayan Woman and Change"; fragmentary copy of dissertation, marked with revisions for publication as Nine Mayan Women [1972-1976?]
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"The Mayan Woman and Change," abstract and paper for presentation at the IX International Congress of Anthropological and
Ethnological Sciences (Chicago, September, 1973). Includes correspondence.
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["The Mayan Woman and Change"] Untitled ms., perhaps an early version of the ICAES presentation [1973?] |
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"Mayan Woman and Change," from Women Cross-Culturally: Change and Challenge, ed. Ruby Rohrlich-Leavitt (World Anthropology). The Hague, Paris: Mouton Publishers [1972] p. [111] - 127.
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"Las mujeres de Chan Kom," by Mary Elemendorf. Siete, 6 (no. 38) Agosto 7, 1974, p. 62-65 (Reprinted from La mujer maya y el cambio).
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["The Role of Women as Agents for Peaceful Social Change"] untitled ms., with many revisions [1971?] |
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"The Role of Women as Agents for Peaceful Social Change"; working draft prepared for the 12th World Conference of the Society
for International Development, Ottawa, May 17, 1971. With letter of critique from John D. MacDonald, July 7, 1971, and annotations
by Elmendorf and MacDonald.
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"The Role of Women as Agents for Peaceful Social Change"; working draft prepared for the 12th World Conference of the Society
for International Development, Ottawa, May 17, 1971, with annotations.
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"How Women Are Sharing in Social Change: Six Cases from the Third World," 12th World Conference of the Society for International
Development, Ottawa, May 1971.
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"The Role of Women as Agents for Peaceful Social Change"; dissertation abstract and proposal [1970?] |
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"The Role of Women as Agents for Peaceful Social Change"; research proposal to National Science Foundation, March, 1971. |
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Correspondence re: "The Role of Women as Agents for Peaceful Social Change," December, 1970 - October, 1971. Correspondents
include George M. Foster, Beverly Chinas, and Alfonso Villas Rojas.
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Other Papers, Notebooks, Manuscript Fragments, and Correspondence, 1970-1974
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"La campesina indigena" ... ponencia preparado para la Reunion Council sobre la Ciencia y el Hombre, Junio 20-Junio 24, 1973
[Mexico] American Academy for the Advancement of Science-CONACYT.
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"Freedom and Joy in a Changing Mayan Village - Women Face Choices" [1971?] |
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"The Majority-Minority: An Unused Resource," paper presented at the Women and Science in the American Continent - Special
Event, AAAS Conference, June, 28 1973.
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Field Notes - 2 notebooks [n.d.]. |
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Field Notes - 2 notebooks, 1970. |
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Field Notes - 2 notebook, 1971. |
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Field Notes - Journal, March, 1971. |
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Field Notes - Journal, Oct., 1971. |
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Field Notes - Journal, Nov., 1971. |
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Field Notes - Nov., 1972. |
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Field Notes - notebook, 1973. |
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Maps of Chan Kom, 1971. |
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Name and address list; notebook [ca. 1971?]. |
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Notes on cards and loose sheets of papers [ca. 1971]. |
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Note cards, 1970-1974. |
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Roberts, Susan. Journal ... on Returning from a two-week visit to Chan Kom ... with Mary Elmendorf [Dec 1971]. |
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Specimens of Medicinal Herbs with Mayan names and traditional uses. |
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Translation of Newspaper Article (Oct 22, 1971) - subject: Chan Kom and Don Epiphanio, written by Luis A. Ramirez Aznar. |
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Manuscript fragments from Mayan Women and Change: "Marriage and Family, and Children and Birth Control".
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Manuscript fragments from Mayan Women and Change: Ms. beginning, "On a recent visit to Mexico ..."
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Manuscript fragments from Mayan Women and Change: "Religion".
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Manuscript fragments from Mayan Women and Change: "Work and Religion".
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Correspondence with Issac Rogel, re: CIDOC publication of Mayan Women and Change, 1972-1973.
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Correspondence re: Mayan women research and plans for future research in Chan Kom, 1973-1974. |
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Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom: 1971-1976, with Deborah Merrill (1971-1978)
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In 1976, Mary Elmendorf traveled to Chan Kom with her former student from Hampshire College, Deborah Merrill. The World Bank
funded the six week stay in Chan Kom. The purpose of their visit was to conduct research to determine the impact of several
development projects over a five year period, 1971-1976, on the lives of men and women in the village. The study is based,
in part, on research conducted by Elmendorf and Merrill prior to 1971. Comparisons were made to baseline data gathered during
their previous visits to Chan Kom. Three versions of the text are included: "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan
Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change"; "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural
Women Participate in Change - A Preliminary Study"; and "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural
Women Participate in Change - An Executive Summary." Collectively, these papers provide (1) a description of Chan Kom and
its social, political, and economic organization (including patterns predominant prior to 1971); (2) A discussion of development
projects: a new road, establishment of bus services, electricity, running water, a cooperative store, a health clinic, and
an agricultural extension station; (3) A discussion of changes in family structure, marriage and family, housing and population;
(4) a discussion of changes relating to income producing activities; (5) and a discussion of changes in the role of women.
After completion of the project, Elmendorf and Merrill were invited to submit their text for publication in Human Organization. The collection includes correspondence with the publishers and revisions of the text based on their comments. However, time
constraints and other commitments kept Elmendorf and Merrill from being able to edit the paper to the editor's satisfaction,
and the paper was never published. Also related to the research in Chan Kom are a series of cassette tapes recording the personal
interviews conducted by Dr. Elmendorf, Deborah Merrill and Brigette Jordan between 1976 and 1979. There are approximately
27 tapes documenting the opinions and beliefs of the Mayas of Chan Kom. (For more information on these tapes see the Audio-Visual
series, no. 5.).
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Drafts and research proposal, 1977-1978
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change"
- [Final draft?] March, 1977.
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: a Preliminary Study," Presented at
the Symposium Regional Development: II- Yucatan/Desarrollo Regional, Society for Applied Anthropology, Merida, April 2 - 9,
1978.
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change:
Executive Summary" (March 1977) 18 p.
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change:
Executive Summary" (March 1977) 28 p.
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Executive Summary" - Variant version, March, 1977. |
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[Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change] fragmentary ms., typed and
xeroxed pages, [1977?]
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[Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change] fragmentary ms., xeroxed
pages [1977?]
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change"
- working draft before revisions, March, 1977.
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change"
- working draft, March, 1977.
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change"
- working draft [1977]
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Excerpts from Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate
in Change" - working draft [1977]
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Excerpts from Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate
in Change" - working draft, 2nd copy.
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Excerpts from Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate
in Change" - working draft, 3rd copy.
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Excerpts from Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate
in Change" - working draft (comments by Kay Pierce).
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Manuscript fragments and correspondence, 1974-1978
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Brief Description of Village (Original Household Survey, 1977). |
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Economy, Property, Income [1977?]. |
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Education, typed ms., accompanied by World Bank memos and notes relating to educational radio broadcasting, [n.d.] 1976-1977. |
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Income Producing Activities/Occupations, typed mss. |
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Marriage and Family [1977]. |
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Marriage, Family and Work. |
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Tourism - Changing Patterns; typed mss. |
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Water Supply - Domestic. |
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Outline, bibliography, and fragments [1977]. |
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Original proposal; draft of project description, questionnaires, and notes, July, 1976-Feb. 1977. |
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Elmendorf and Merrill - "Socio-Economic Impact of Development in Chan Kom - 1971-1976: Rural Women Participate in Change."
Reorganization and correspondence from Merrill to Elmendorf [1977]
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Correspondence with World Bank staff re: Socio-Economic Impact, including Terms of Reference, Back to Office Report, accompanied
by research proposal, questionnaires, drafts, and notes, 1976-1977.
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Correspondence with Human Organization editor and reviewers' comments on "Socio-Economic Impact," 1977-1978.
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Field Notes, 1973-1977
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notebook, Aug. 1976. |
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notebook, Aug-Oct 1976. |
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notebook, Sept., 1976. |
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notebook, Oct 1976. |
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Merrill. Independent Project Description, Research Proposal for Fieldwork in Chan Kom, and "The Religious Complex of the Quintana
Roo Maya: a Study in Hispanic-American Acculturation," 1973-1974.
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[Merrill, Deborah] Field Work Experiences in Chan Kom, Aug. - Sept., 1974. |
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Chart on labor patterns [1976?]. |
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Completed questionnaires from interviews [1976]. |
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Memorandum from Judith D. Albert, Oct. 6, 1976, on rural development and Elmendorf notes. |
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Miscellaneous - Charts, maps, bibliography, pages [ca. 1976] |
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Outline for in depth interview with thirteen - twenty women [ca. 1976] |
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Project description for grant application to [Social Science Research Council/Wenner-Green] for study of migration of young
women from Chan Kom [ca. 1974]
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Road. Chart Diagramming the Impact of the Road on Chan Kom [ca. 1977] |
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Behavior Among Mayan Women, 1977-1979
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In 1977, Mary Elmendorf, with the collaboration of Alfonso Villa Rojas of Mexico, began the project titled "Behavior among
Mayan Women." The project was sponsored by the Research Institute for the Study of Man (RISM) and funded by the Office of
Population, Bureau for Development Support, Agency for International Development (AID). The ultimate purpose of the study
was to detail how the Mayan women of Chan Kom view family planning and how they handle the cultural constraints and supports.
The project was designed to "(1) augment the basic knowledge of changing roles and status of women in fertility behavior in
relation to education/learning and female employment/ economic opportunities; and (2) provide basic information for implementing
an improved module for a maternal/child health/family planning service." The final write-up of the project resulted in several
papers by different authors; therefore there is some duplication in the material. The field work consisted of six months in
Yucatan studying the (1) changing roles and status of women, (2) household economy and the contributions of men, women and
children, (3) spatial mobility, including migration patterns and how they relate to education, work and world views, and (4)
communication and decision-making of couples. Both Elmendorf and Villa Rojas had previously conducted research in the Yucatan
area and had established a series of relationships and contacts. Villa Rojas conducted research in three additional villages,
one of which was Piste, providing limited material for comparative data. The paper titled "Behavior among Mayan Women in the
Yucatan Peninsula in Relation to Demographic and Technological Change" provides an in-depth discussion of the project itself,
including the methodology, participants and resulting papers. Several papers were prepared for seminars or conferences. "Changing
Patterns of Fertility" was presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology in 1980. "Changing Family Structures and Development:
Impact on the Child" was prepared for the conference of the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies, Michigan State
University, October 1979. "Changing Roles and Status of Maya Mothers and Daughters" was prepared for the annual meeting of
Society for Applied Anthropology, March 1979. And finally, "Changing Roles of Mayan Women in the Home and in the Market Place"
was presented at the First Mexican/Central American Symposium on Research about Women, Mexico City, Mexico, in November, 1977.
Related to the fertility project are a series of slides taken between 1971 and 1979. A set of slides of a traditional Mayan
birth was taken by Brigette Jordan. (For more information, see the Audio-Visual series, 5.).
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Papers and Drafts, 1977-1982
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"Anita and Her Family: A Maya Peasant Woman Copes," typed ms., 1979. |
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"Anita and Her Family, a Maya Peasant Woman Copes," draft, June, 1979. |
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"Anita: A Mayan Peasant Woman Copes," Studies in Family Planning , v. 10, no. 11/12 (Nov/Dec 1979) with correspondence and proof, 1979-1980.
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"Behavior Among Mayan Women in the Yucatan Peninsula in Relation to Demographic and Technological Change;" Composite Report,
final, October, 1979.
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"Behavior Among Mayan Women in the Yucatan Peninsula in Relation to Demographic and Technological Change," draft composite
report, final, Oct. 30, 1979.
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"Behavior Among Mayan Women in Yucatan in Relation to Demographic Change," research proposal [1977] |
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"Chan Kom: Workers Outside the Village" and other drafts from "Changing Roles and Status of Maya Mothers," 1978. |
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"Changing Family Structures and Development: Impact on the Child" in Seminar on Social Change and the Child. Working draft
for Conference on Population Growth and Urbanization in Latin America: The Rural-Urban Interface, Michigan State University,
Oct. 11-13, 1979.
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"Changing Family Structures under Development: Impact on the Child," [1979] |
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["Changing Patterns of Fertility: The Impact of Contraceptive Technology on a Maya Village,"] early draft (1) with correspondence,
Dec., 1979.
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"Changing Patterns of Fertility: The Impact of Contraceptive Technology on a Maya Village" early draft (2) [ca. Feb. 1980] |
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"Changing Patterns of Fertility: The Impact of Contraceptive Technology on a Maya Village" - RISM Working Paper [ca. 1980?] |
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"Changing Patterns of Fertility: The Impact of Contraceptive Technology on a Maya Village," revised, shortened version [ca.
Feb., 1981?]
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"Changing Patterns of Fertility: The Impact of Contraceptive Technology on a Maya Village" [Revised, shortened draft (2),
Feb., 1981]
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"Changing Patterns of Fertility: the Impact of Contraceptive Technology on a Maya Village,"[Revised, shortened draft (3),
Feb., 1981]
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"Changing Patterns of Fertility: the Impact of Contraceptive Technology on a Maya Village," Symposium on "Population Research
as Applied Anthropology," SAA Annual Meeting, Denver, March, 1980.
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"Changing Patterns of Fertility: the Impact of Contraceptive Technology on a Maya Village," [draft submitted to Studies in Family Planning?] 1980 with editor's and reviewers responses, 1980-1982.(5/8)
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"Changing Role of Maya Mothers and Daughters," draft, and reprint from Women and Technological Change in Developing Countries, 1979.
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"Changing Roles and Status of Maya Mothers and Daughters in Relation to Marriage and the Family in Yucatan," Scheduled to
appear in Women and Technological Change in Developing Countries, 1979.
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"Changing Roles and Status of Maya Mothers and Daughters in Relation to Marriage and the Family in Yucatan," Presented at
the Symposium: Changing Behavior Patterns of Yucatec Maya Regarding Marriage and Fertility, SAA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia,
March 14 -17, 1979.
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"Changing Roles and Status of Maya Mothers and Daughters in Relation to Marriage and Family in Yucatan," discussion draft,
abstracts, and appendices including trip reports, review of project, and quarterly reports, 1978-1979.
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"Changing Roles and Status of Mayan Women in the Home and in the Market Place," draft, including Dictaphone belts, 1977. |
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"The Changing Roles of Mayan Women -- in the Home and in the Market Place: A Rural-Urban-Continuum," Working draft prepared
for the First Mexican/Central American Symposium on Research about Women, Nov. 7-9, 1977.
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Elmendorf and Villa Rojas - "La posicion de la mujer en el proceso de cambio demografico de una comunidad Maya del estado
de Yucatan - Mexico" (Project statement presented to CONACYT) [1977?]
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Elmendorf - "Los roles cambiantes de las mujeres Mayas en el hogar y en la vida publica." Working draft prepared for the First
Mexican/Central American Symposium on Research about Women, Nov. 7-9, 1977.
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Papers by Colleagues, 1976-1984
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Accame, Jorge. "Development Variables and Demographic Change: Chan Kom, Yucatan, 1976 to 1978," "draft only," 65 p., October,
1979, revised Nov. 10, 1979.
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Jordan, Brigette - "Birth in Four Countries: A Cross Cultural Investigation of Childbirth in Yucatan, Holland, Sweden, and
the United States" (1978).
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Jordan, Brigette - "A Cross Cultural Investigation of Childbirth Practices - Research Plan" [1976] |
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"Maya Women and the End of the Birthing Period: Postpartum Massage-and-Binding in Yucatan, Mexico," by Nancy Fuller and Brigette
Jordan; typed ms., July 1, 1979.
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[Jordan] "Report on Field Research in Yucatan with Recommendations for Incorporating Traditional Birth Attendants in Family
Planning Programs," for submission to RISM, Sept. 30, 1979.
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[Jordan] "Training Courses for Traditional Midwives in Yucatan, Mexico," for the American Public Health Association [1979] |
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Merrill, Deborah, "Commercial Beekeeping as a Production Strategy," Project Proposal, Oct 1979. |
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Merrill, Deborah, - "The Economic Role of Children in Peasant Societies: Towards an Approach to Research," Elmendorf -Villas
Rojas Project, Jan 25, 1979.
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Sands, Deborah Merrill. "Commercial Beekeeping or Migrant Wage Labor: Alternative Cash Strategies in the Peasant Economy of
Chan Kom, Yucatan." Society for Applied Anthropology Meeting, San Diego, April, 1983.
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Merrill - "Household Labor Allocation and the Contribution of Children: Chan Kom, Yucatan, Mexico," Elmendorf-Villas Rojas
Project, May 29, 1979.
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Sands, Deborah Merrill. "The Mixed Subsistence-Commercial Production System in the Peasant Economy of Yucatan, Mexico: an
Anthropological Study in Commercial Beekeeping," thesis, Cornell University, 1984.
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Villa Rojas, Alfonso - "La Mujer Maya y el control de la natalidad," Informe final. RISM, 1979. |
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Villa Rojas, Alfonso - "La Posicion de la mujer ante el cambio demographico," Segundo informe trimestral de trabajo de campo,
Sept. - Dec., 1978.
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Villa Rojas, Alfonso - "La Posicion de la mujer ante el cambio demographico," Informe final y recommendaciones, October, 1979. |
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Villa Rojas -"Terapeutica indigena y medicina moderna entre los Mayas de hoy: El proceso de transicion en las ultimas decadas,"
Discussion draft for Society of Applied Anthropology meeting, Philadelphia, March 1979.
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Villa Rojas, Alfonso - "Terapeutica tradicional y medicina moderna entre los Mayos de Yucatan," [ca. 1976] |
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[Villas Rojas, Alfonso? Untitled ms. fragment] pp. 20-91 [ca. 1979?] |
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Case Studies: Notes and Interviews with Specific Individuals, Circa 1979
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| Box |
Folder |
| 8 |
1 |
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Ampara Arcena y Eduardo Plutarco. |
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2 |
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Anastasia Chulin Cen. |
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3 |
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Anita Eusebia. |
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4 |
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Anita Eusebia, Demetrio Quiltillano. |
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5 |
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Antonio Luz Eus Trini. |
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6 |
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Bartol (Gabriela) and her family. |
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7 |
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Berta and Juan-Martina Castilo Batun y Justo Tamaya Paston Dzul. |
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8 |
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Domenga. |
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9 |
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Elsie Cime Hu. |
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10 |
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Epifania. |
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11 |
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Fransica Caamal Cen / Eusebio Cauich Caamal. |
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12 |
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Honoria Estrella Ceme. |
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13 |
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Juanita. |
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14 |
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Marce Lina-Catafina. |
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15 |
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Marciala Batun Poot. |
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16 |
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Margarita Castro Cohuo. |
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17 |
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Maria(Anna) Umberto. |
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18 |
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Mecab Family. |
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19 |
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Paula Hu Perera. |
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20 |
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Perreras. |
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21 |
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Rosa Marie Cime Kuyoc/Jose Arimateo. |
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22 |
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Rosie Cime EK(Estrella). |
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23 |
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Severiana Hu Cime. |
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24 |
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Victoria, Alvaro, Atala, Aurelio. |
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25 |
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Victoria Caamal/Jose Delores, May Tzel. |
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26 |
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Interview with Partero [male midwife] Jose (Eusebia's brother) in Muxcuxcah, Jan. 11, 1979. |
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Correspondence and miscellaneous documents, 1973-1981
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| Box |
Folder |
| 9 |
1 |
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Primarily relating to the Behavior among Mayan Women project, 1977-1981. Principal correspondents include Vera Rubin and Eduardo
Flores.
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2 |
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Brigette Jordan, 1979 [n.d.]. |
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3 |
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Deborah Merrill, 1973-1981 [n.d.]. |
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Field Notes, 1976-1981
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| Box |
Folder |
| 9 |
4 |
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Notes / Journal - excerpts; 1976. |
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5 |
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Case Studies; excerpts from notes, 1977. |
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6 |
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Notebook, Dec. 1977 |
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7 |
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Notebook- RISM, 1977. |
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8 |
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Journal; Jan 1978. |
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9 |
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Journal; March-April 1978. |
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10 |
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Journal; July 1978. |
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11 |
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Journal Sept 1978. |
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12 |
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Journal ca. Oct., 1978 |
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13 |
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Dec 1978. |
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14 |
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Jan 1979. |
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15 |
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Feb 1979 (Midwives Training - Summary to precede tapes). |
|
16 |
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June 1979. |
| Box |
Folder |
| 10 |
1 |
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Aug. 1979. |
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2 |
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Jan. 1981. |
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3 |
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Notebook and Transcription on "Natural Fertility" and Training Program; 1981. |
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4 |
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Jordan, Brigette; (1979?). |
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5 |
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Jordan, Brigette - papers removed from notebook similar to Field notes; also includes photographs of post-partum mothers,
a. ms., "Life History of D.J.," and miscellaneous material.
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6 |
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Merrill, Deborah. Children and Work ; July, 1978. |
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7 |
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Merrill, Deborah. Journal, August , 1978. |
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8 |
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Merrill, Deborah. Spiral notebook with subject notes on children and agriculture, and diary, July-August, 1978. |
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9 |
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Villa Rojas, Alfonso. Diario de Chan Kom, 1978. |
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10 |
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Villa Rojas, Alfonso; 1978. |
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Trip Reports, 1977-1978
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| Box |
Folder |
| 10 |
11 |
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Reports and Quarterly Summary, and memoranda by Elmendorf and Villas Rojas (Oct 1977 - Jan 1978). |
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12 |
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Report and Quarterly Summary (Jan 1978 - April 1978). |
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13 |
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Report and Quarterly Summary (June-Sept 1978) |
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14 |
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Report by Deborah Merrill (July-Aug 1978). |
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15 |
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Quarterly Report (Nov 1978 - Jan 1979). |
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16 |
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Report and Extended Field Notes (Nov., 1978 - Feb., 1979). |
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17 |
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Report and Selected Field Notes with Appendices: Proposal for Sewing Workshop in Chan Kom," prepared by Jorge Rodriguez, June
1979, and "Technical brief: On Bandage and Sanitary Towel Production," by R. Weightmann, March, 1979.
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18 |
|
Report and Selected Field Notes (July-Aug 1979). |
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Project Documents, 1977-1980
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| Box |
Folder |
| 11 |
1 |
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Population Research Grant Application: Behavior among Mayan Women in Yucatan in Relation to Demographic Change, with Resumes
of Elmendorf and Villa Rojas [1977]
|
|
2 |
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Research Proposal [1977]. |
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3 |
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Budget and Financial Records [1977-1979]. |
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4 |
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Review of Project: Sept., 1977 to Oct. 1978, Oct. 10, 1978. 25 pp. |
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5 |
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Review of Project: Sept., 1977 to Oct. 1978, November 8, 1978. 27 pp. |
|
6 |
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RISM/AID Project Staff and Consultants; typed and autograph notes [ca. 1978]. |
|
7 |
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List of Project Contacts with letter from Vera Rubin (RISM) Oct. 2, 1979. |
|
8 |
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Miscellaneous notes for Report [1979?]. |
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9 |
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Final reports and correspondence [1979?]. |
|
10 |
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Proposal for Renewal/Extension of RISM Project in Yucatan (English and Spanish) [1979?]. |
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11 |
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Preliminary Project Proposal by Mary Elmendorf for study on pregnancy histories, January, 1980. |
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Subject Notes, 1978-1979
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| Box |
Folder |
| 11 |
12 |
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Beekeeping, cattle, milpa and Chan Kom families [notes by D. Merrill? ca. 1978]. |
|
13 |
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Elmendorf, Miscellaneous autograph and typed project notes [1978-1979?]. |
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14 |
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Formas de conducta entre las mujeres Mayas de Yucatan en relacion con el cambio demographico [ca. 1978] |
|
15 |
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Midwives Participating in Training Courses (1979). |
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16 |
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Parteras (Midwives); miscellaneous notes [ca.1979].
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|
17 |
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Photographs of child delivery, midwife training course, etc. [ca. 1979]. |
|
18 |
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Sewing Cooperative, Chan Kom; manuscripts and notes, 1978-1979. |
|
19 |
|
Working Papers related to Preliminary Study; notes. |
|
20 |
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Women, ages 15-49; notes and coding sheets [ca. 1978]. |
|
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Research Instruments, 1975-1978
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| Box |
Folder |
| 11 |
21 |
|
General Household and Other Questionnaires, 1975. |
|
22 |
|
Questionnaire forms for collecting data on women, fertility, birth control, etc. [ca. 197-?] |
|
23 |
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Responses to questionnaire given by Elmendorf in Chan Kom re: fertility, reproduction, etc., 1978 |
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Program for the Introduction and Adaptation of Contraceptive Technology (PIATA/PIACT), 1979-1982
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While in Chan Kom, Dr. Elmendorf utilized materials from PIATA in her research on fertility issues. These included pamphlets
which were geared toward people who could not read, but who showed interest in contraception. Included here are examples of
the materials and various background information. Also included are completed surveys by women of Chan Kom.
|
| Box |
Folder |
| 11 |
24 |
|
Bibliography on Family Planning in Mexico and correspondence with editor, Evelyn Aron (PIATA) 1979-1981 |
|
25 |
|
Correspondence - Maria Elena Casanova (PIACT de Mexico) re: Contraceptive support material for the Mayan population with reports
and proposal for project by Mary Elmendorf, n.d. [1979]-1982
|
|
26 |
|
Memorandum, correspondence, brochures, etc. re: PIACT (PIATA) 1979-1980 |
|
27 |
|
Printed pamphlets concerning contraception for people who don't read (PIATA) [ca. 1979] |
|
28 |
|
Survey forms of Chan Kom women, evaluating the use of the PIATA pamphlets [ca. 1979] |
|
|
Population Data, 1978
|
| Box |
Folder |
| 12 |
1 |
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Accame, Jorge, Notes and Coding Sheets [ca. 1978]. |
|
2 |
|
Census by women and other data [ca. 1978]. |
|
3 |
|
Census - General Population Census of 1970, 1978 - coding sheets. |
|
4 |
|
Data on Chan Kom families [ca.1978]. |
|
5 |
|
Data on Marital status and labor, notes by ME. |
|
6 |
|
Demographic and Census (includes census questionnaire) 1979. |
|
7 |
|
Demographics - Births - Chan Kom, 1933-1977 (2 notebooks). |
|
8 |
|
Demographics - Deaths - Chan Kom, 1934-1979 (noteooks). |
|
9 |
|
Demographics - Marriages - Chan Kom, 1958-1978 (notebook). |
|
10 |
|
Demography - Population - Chan Kom [ca. 1978]. |
|
11 |
|
Demography - Statistics [ca.1978]. |
|
12 |
|
Fertility Data, Chan Kom [charts, ca. 1978]. |
|
13 |
|
Household Composition of Chan Kom Residents and Other data [ca. 1978]. |
|
14 |
|
Population and School Enrollment - Information from the State of Yucatan Archives, per decades since 1930 and other data [1978] |
|
15 |
|
Population Coding Sheets [1978]. |
|
|
Secondary material, 1953-1981
|
| Box |
Folder |
| 13 |
1 |
|
Accion indigenista, etc., 1953-1957 (Relates to Chiapas in 1950's. Cited in the Guggenheim application, folder 24).
|
|
2 |
|
Boletin indigenista, vo. 13:2 (June, 1953).
|
|
3 |
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"Chan Kom, un ejemplo de la laboriosidad del campesino," Diario de Yucatan, July 9, 1979
|
|
4 |
|
Family Planning and women's health publications (English and Spanish) [1978-1979] |
|
5 |
|
Family Planning/Decision Making - (World Health Organization) 1977 |
|
6 |
|
Family Planning in Mexico (1979) |
|
7 |
|
Fawcett, James - The Satisfactions and Costs of Children: Theories, Concepts and Methods (1972) |
|
8 |
|
Garcia Canul, Antonia - "Informacion basica para el programe estatal de planificacion familiar" (1978) - (English and Spanish) |
|
9 |
|
Gillespie, Vivian H. Papers on the role of women in Nicaragua, letter to Mary Elmendorf, and sample of questionnaire [1976] |
|
10 |
|
Hollerback-Hass, Paula - "Fertility Decision-Making in the Latin American Context," 1976 |
|
11 |
|
Macias, Ann. "Mexican Women in the Social Revolution," with correspondence [ca. 1973] |
|
12 |
|
Melville, M.-"Mexican-American Women Adapt to Migration" (1977) |
|
13 |
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"Mexican Women (And Others Closely Related to Their Network)," Sketch and names of more than 80 women interested in Mexico. |
|
14 |
|
National Research Council, Workshop (Feb 1981): Anthropology of Human Fertility by Priscilla Reinig. |
|
15 |
|
National Research Council, Workshop (Feb 1981): Anthropology of Human Fertility |
|
16 |
|
Romalis, Shelly - "Childbearing and the Body Politic" [1978] |
|
17 |
|
Schulma, D.P. - "Maya Women's Behavior in Medical Centers" (1976) |
|
18 |
|
Trent, Roger B. "A Construct Validity Analysis of Ideal Family Size" with Elmendorf annotations [1974] |
|
19 |
|
Villa Rojas, "The Maya of Yucatan," photocopy from unidentified book, annotated by Mary Elmendorf [ca. 1978?] |
|
|
Retrospective Papers, 1994
|
| Box |
Folder |
| 13 |
20 |
|
"Chiapas - the Highland Maya, 1950-1994"; Wisdom of the Maya Conference, Gainesville, March 23-26, 1994, and Panel in Honor
of Alfonso Villas Rojas, Society of Applied Anthropological, Cancun, April 13-17, 1994.
|
|
21 |
|
"The Many Worlds of Mayan Women," Wisdom of the Maya Conference, Gainesville, March 20-26, 1994. |
|
22 |
|
Maya Related Material; letter to the files from Mary Elmendorf, March 21, 1994. |
|
23 |
|
"Panel in Honor of Alfonso Villas Rojas: a Legacy of Applied Anthropology." Introduction prepared by Mary Elmendorf. Society
of Applied Anthropology, Cancun, 1994.
|
|
24 |
|
Remembrances from the 1950's [Mayans', etc. view of how development influenced violence in Chiapas] application for Guggenheim
Foundation grant and correspondence with foundation officers, co-researchers, and references, 1994.
|
|
25 |
|
"Una Propuesta indigena para contribuir a la paz de las regiones indigenas de Chiapas," [by the Frente Independiente de Pueblos
Indios?] faxed Jan. 9, 1994, with annotations and page of notes by M.E.
|
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|
Computer Printouts and Punched Cards
|
|
|
With the help of Sharon Kirkmeyer and RISM, Mary Elmendorf used the Statistical Program for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to
analyze the demographic information collected in Chan Kom. Various computer printouts and coding reference sheets are included.
|
| Box |
Folder |
| 14 |
1 |
|
Preghist - A; Chan Kom - subsample of 29 women; May 18, 1979. |
|
2 |
|
Intermediate Product; Preghist - B; Chan Kom subset (N=29); Shows single year matrix; May 18, 1979. |
|
3 |
|
Finished Product; Preghist - B; Women of Chan Kom (N=136); Suppress printing of single year matrix; May 18, 1979. |
|
4 |
|
Mary's Preghist Program, Data, July 3, 1979. |
|
5 |
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Original Data Set; Neonatal death; July 21, 1979. |
|
6 |
|
Mini Pregnancy History Tabulation Program (2 parts). |
|
7 |
|
Mary's Preg Hist Program, July 3, 1979 (3 parts). |
|
8 |
|
Discriminant Analysis. |
|
9 |
|
Crosstabs. |
|
10 |
|
Frequencies: Uncontrolled (all women in data set). |
|
11 |
|
Chan Kom Birth Interval Analysis. |
|
12 |
|
Analysis of Birth Variance. |
|
13 |
|
"Chan Kom" run printed output. |
|
14 |
|
"Chan Kom" run punched output. |
|
15 |
|
Small birth interval due to low parity young generation. |
|
16 |
|
Condescriptive for FAMPLAN people / Elite. |
|
17 |
|
Original Pregnancy History, May, 1979. |
|
18 |
|
Code for computer cards (for all data). |
|
19 |
|
Coding Reference for computer cards. |
| Box |
Folder |
| 14A |
1 |
|
Husbands with Household economic data. |
|
2 |
|
Pregnancy History Program A. |
|
3 |
|
Pregnancy History Program B. |
|
4 |
|
Dec., 1978 Household Survey of all living people in Chan Kom. |
| Box |
Folder |
| 14B |
1 |
|
Pregnancy History -140CKQ- in and out ot town, including dead. |
|
|
Chan Kom Note Cards, Circa 1971-1979
|
|
|
The note cards are largely unsorted and from various periods in Elmendorf's Chan Kom experience. Cards in box 15 are generally
older and appear to be dissertation notes. Some bibliographical notes are included. Most of the notes in Box 16 are on individual
families and pregnancy histories, collected in the late seventies.
|
| Box |
Folder |
| 15 |
1 |
|
Chan Kom Note Cards [ca. 1971-1979]. |
| 16 |
1 |
|
Chan Kom Note Cards [ca. 1971-1979]. |
