Abstract The collection consists of 17 posters produced in the mid-1980s by the Dirección General de Culturas Populares (DGCP), an insitution of the Mexican government dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and dissemination of popular and indigenous culture in Mexico. The poster series, called "Nuestra Cultura," consists mainly of short stories retelling legends and myths from local cultures, with each poster produced by and focusing on a particular region of Mexico. Many of the posters include a...

Abstract This collection contains notes, photographs, articles, manuscripts, maps, published papers, clippings, correspondence, sound recordings, and other material from cultural anthropologist Ralph C. Michelsen. Materials in the collection mostly pertain to Michelsen's anthropological research on numerous indigenous tribes in North and Central America, including the PaiPai and Kiliwa of Baja California, various Luiseño groups in southern California, the Mohave and Cocopah, the Seri of Mexico, and...