Cakchiquel Dictionary (Parra's orthography).

Includes vocabulary with Spanish glosses; texts recorded by Manuel J. Andrade (1935), transcribed and translated by Remigio Cochojil-Gonzalez (1964-1971); orthography developed by Norman A. McQuown.

A copy made in 1748 of Maldonado's "Ramillette" or anthology of 12 dialogues, together with a copy of an unknown "Doctrina Christiana" of 1556. Includes grammatical notes and vocabulary. For description, see: D.G. Brinton, "Notice of some manuscripts...", American Journal of Science, 2nd series, 1869, v.47, 222-230.

A book of Cakchiquel sermons. Libro de sermones predicables en las fiestas mas principales de todo el año y de las de la orden de N.Serafico Pe San Francisco compuesto en lengua cakchiquel.

The Theologia Indorum ("Theology for the Indians" or "Theology of the Indians") was written by the Spanish Dominican friar Domingo de Vico from 1552-1554. It is considered the first original Christian theology written in the Americas and the longest single text written in an indigenous language of the Americas in the colonial era. Written in K'iche' (sometimes written as "Quiché,") a Mayan language of Guatemala, it played a major role in Spanish efforts to convert the Highland Maya.

In Spanish and Cakchiquel. For description, see: D.G. Brinton, "Notice of some manuscripts..." Amer. Jour. Sci., 2nd. Ser., 1869, v. 47, 222-230.

Volume of sermons, beginning with the Sermon predicable en el domingo de septuagessima.

A volume of sermons.

Recorded in the field on aluminum discs beginning on January 19, 1935 under the supervision of Manuel J. Andrade. The copies owned by the APS are tape duplicates made from the original aluminum discs in 1972 on to three tape reels by the collector, Norman McQuown, who retained the originals and later deposited them at the University of Chicago Library.

Cakchiquel language texts. Contains statement of doctrine, catechism, confessional, brief religious discourses, as well as a grammar of the Cakchiquel.

This is a copy of Moran's "libro grande" (1625-1650), and includes two versions of the grammar (in different hands), confessional materials, and a vocabulary of 500 words which has been added to the others. The first three pages are a narrative of Spanish missions (1689-1692) by Thomas Murillo. For description, see: D. G. Brinton. "Notice of some manuscripts..." American Journal of Science, 2nd Series, 1869, v. 47, 222-230.

The library has 10 volumes of grammars, vocabularies, sermons, and other religious writings in the Kaqchikel and K'iche' languages of Guatemala. Several have been studied, notably by Daniel G. Brinton in APS Proceedings 21 (1884): 345, and Nora B. Thompson, "Algunos manuscritos guatemaltecos en Filadelfia", Anales de la Sociedad de Geografia e Historia 23 (1948), Nos. 1 2: p. 3; and all have been described by John F. Freeman, "Manuscript Sources on Latin American Indians," APS Proceedings 10 (1962): 530, and in Freeman's Guide to Manuscripts relating to the American Indian (1966).

Consists of samples of a larger set of material excerpted by the collector from his original field recordings. Conversations, elicited word lists with Spanish equivalents, and texts in three Guatemalan languages. Recorded in Guatemala in 1969.