Midlo Collection, 1954 - 1972
(Collection 51(6))
Collection Guide
Prepared by Ruth Olivera, February 1982.
The assortment of clippings, articles and other printed material relating to pre-Columbian art and culture in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, with the following topics are:
Folders 1 - 3
Clippings, 1963 - 1972. Topics include: the moving of the rain god, Tlaloc, to Mexico City, work by Dr. E. Wylls Andrews at Dzibilchaltun, excavations at Teotihuacan, the work of Dr. Ignacio Bernal, and the awarding of an honorary degree by Tulane University to Dr. George A. Kubler during the 1972 symposia on the art of Latin America.
Folder 4
"Pok-ta-pok" by F.J.S. Grace in Gentry , 1954. pp. 50 - 53. Article about the ball game of pre-Columbian Indians, the court, and the rules of play.
Folder 5
Two papers by Charles H. Smiley on the Mayan calendar and astronomical errors and a reprint of an article on solar eclipses dedicated by Smiley to Dr. and Mrs. Charles Mildo. 1962 - 1971
Folder 6
"Prehistory of the West Indies" by Irving Rouse in Science , Vol. 144, May 1, 1964, pp. 499 - 512. Article contains a discussion of the geography of the area, the ethnic and linguistic groups, the culture, and chronology. Includes a bibliography.
Folder 7
Expedition (the Bulletin of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania), Vol. 9, No. 1, Fall 1966. This issue contains an article by Ruben E. Reina, "A peninsula that may have been an island: Tayasal, Peten, Guatemala," pp. 16 - 29, and one by Merle Greene (Robertson), "Classic Maya rubbings," pp. 30 - 39, in which she describes her methods of making rubbings. This article is signed by Merle Greene and by George Kubler.
Folder 8
"Bulletin of Historians of Latin America Art and Architecture," No. 1, February, 1967. Four pages. Contains directory of names of persons attending a small discussion group on pre-Columbian architecture at the 1967 meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians.
Folder 9
"Faces from a Maya past." Undated anonymous article from unknown source with picture of Maya pottery retrieved from Lakes Amatitlan and Flores in Guatemala.
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