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The Library of Daniel Garrison Brinton The Library of Daniel Garrison Brinton John M. Weeks With the assistance of Andree Suplee, Larissa M. Kopytoff, and Kerry Moore University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Copyright © 2002 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324 All rights reserved. First Edition Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The library of Daniel Garrison Brinton / University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology ; John M. Weeks with the assistance of Andree Suplee. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-931707-46-4 (alk. paper) 1. Brinton, Daniel Garrison, 1837-1899—Ethnolgical collections. 2. Books—Private collections—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia. 3. University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Library—Ethnological collections. 4. Libraries—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia x Special collections. I. Weeks, John M. II. Suplee, Andree. III. Title. GN36.U62 P487 2002b 018'.2--dc21 2002152502 John M. Weeks is Museum Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. His other bibliographic publications include Middle American Indians: A Guide to the Manuscript Collec- tion at Tozzer Library, Harvard University (Garland, 1985), Maya Ethnohistory: A Guide to Spanish Colonial Documents at Tozzer Library, Harvard University (Vanderbilt University Publications in Anthropology, 1987), Mesoamerican Ethnohistory in United States Libraries: Reconstruction of the William E. Gates Collection of Historical and Linguistic Manuscripts (Labyrinthos, 1990), Maya Civilization (Garland, 1992; Labyrinthos, 1997, 2002), and Introduction to Library Re- search in Anthropology (Westview Press, 1991, 1998). Since 1972 he has conducted exca- vations in Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. Andree Suplee received a BA in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania; Larissa M. Kopytoff received a BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania; and Kerry Moore received a BA in Classics from the University of Wisconsin. ∞ Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. Contents Illustrations . vii Preface and Acknowledgments. ix Introduction. 1 Daniel Garrison Brinton . 3 Karl Herman Berendt . 7 Library of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . 14 Organization of the Catalog . 17 Appendix:Titles of Serials in the Brinton Library . 19 Notes . 31 References . 33 Catalog . 37 Index . 393 Illustrations Daniel Garrison Brinton. 4 Karl Herman Berendt. 7 Map of Karl H. Berendt’s journey across the Yucatan peninsula . 9 Interior of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Library . 15 Title page from Notes on the Floridian Peninsula . 38 Title page from American Hero-Myths . 50 Francisco Belmar . 65 Title page from The Maya Chronicles. 75 Lorenzo Boturini Benaducci . 84 Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg . 89 Daniel G. Brinton . 97 Title page from Aboriginal American Authors . 108 Désiré Charnay. 120 John W.Dawson . 137 Title page from Güegüence . 149 Joaquín García Icazbalceta. 168 Title page from The Annals of the Cakchiquels. 173 Samuel F.Haven . 189 Title page from The Lenâpé and Their Legends. 197 Title page from Ancient Nahuatl Poetry . 210 Increase A. Lapham . 221 Nicolás León . 226 John Lubbock. 233 Clements R. Markham . 241 Title page from Essays of an Americanist . 256 Title page from Races and Peoples . 268 Adolf E. Nordenskjöld . 277 Miguel T.Palma. 283 Antonio Peñafiel. 287 Oscar Peschel. 290 John W.Powell . 299 Karl C. Rafn . 305 H. Johannes Rink . 314 Cecilio A. Robelo . 317 Agustin de la Rosa . 319 Léon Louis Lucien Prunol de Rosny . 320 Bernardino de Sahagún . 326 Title page from Rig Veda Americanus . 337 Title page from A Primer of Maya Hieroglyphics . 350 Title page from . 362 Theodor Waitz . 379 Daniel Wilson . 385 Jeffries Wyman . 389 viii Preface and Acknowledgments he compilation of the catalog of usually only author,title, and pagina- Tthe Daniel Garrison Brinton Li- tion. Andree Suplee spent almost a brary at the University of Pennsylva- year resolving inconsistencies be- nia Museum of Archaeology and tween different editions, and cor- Anthropology was begun in 1998 recting inaccuracies and omissions. and completed in 2001.Much of the The bibliographic information has work was undertaken by student been verified or expanded by exam- workers in the Museum Library as ination of the original work or from time from other tasks permitted. standard reliable library catalogs, in- The contents of individual shelf list cluding the National Union Cata- cards for the entire collection were log, the published catalogs of the entered into a single bibliographic Peabody Museum of Archaeology database arranged by Dewey Deci- and Ethnology at Harvard Universi- mal classification number. Larissa ty, and electronic catalogs, such as Kopytoff checked the existing hold- WorldCat and RLIN. Unfortunately, ings within the collection against there were many unique items not the shelf list. The information pre- found in standard bibliographic sented in the shelf list, usually con- sources and their listings remain in- sisting only of author,short title,and complete. Throughout the invento- date of publication, was corrected, rying of the Brinton Library Sara expanded, or modified to provide Rydell, then a student at Bryn Mawr more accurate and complete biblio- College,and Carole Linderman iden- graphic information. The inventory tified volumes in need of preserva- was then rearranged from call num- tion or special treatment, and ber to name of author. prepared customized archival-quali- Kerry Moore and Andree Suplee ty boxes for these items. inventoried the individual contents I wish to express my special ap- of more than 200 volumes of bound preciation for the financial assis- pamphlets and publishers’offprints. tance so generously given by the Many of these items possess only University of Pennsylvania Li- minimal bibliographic information, braries, Dr. Paul Mosher, Director, PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS and The Brinton Association of Buddy Gwin, Esq. (Mashantucket America,Inc.,Dr.Edward S.Brinton, Pequot tribe), Dr. Sandra Noble President.This volume would never (Foundation for the Advancement have been published without their of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.), timely support. Prof. Enrique Florescano (Universi- In addition to those responsible dad Nacional Autonoma de Mexi- for the preparation of the inventory, co), and Dr. Laura Caso Barrera we are also grateful to the following (Colegio de Mexico). Dr. George for their good will and support. Dr. Stuart,National Geographic Society, Jeremy A.Sabloff,The Williams Direc- generously donated a collection of tor,University of Pennsylvania Muse- correspondence from Phillip J. J. um of Archaeology and Anthro- Valentini to Karl H. Berendt. Finally, pology, and Dr. Paul Mosher, Vice for the last century Museum librari- Provost and Director of the Univer- ans Anne Fadil, Martha B. Thomp- sity of Pennsylvania Libraries, have son, Cynthia Griffin, and Jean Shaw consistently been solid supporters Adelman, as well as Museum and of the Museum Library and its col- University Library administrators lections.Dr.Mosher has created a cli- have recognized the importance of mate in which bibliographic and the collection and have maintained other kinds of scholarship by profes- its integrity as a distinct entity with- sional librarians are encouraged. Ms. in the Museum Library. Patricia Renfro, Associate University This volume was edited and de- Librarian at Columbia University, signed by University Museum Pub- was supportive of the project from lications under the direction of its inception. Dr. J. Dennis Hyde, Di- Walda Metcalf. I am deeply grateful rector of Collection Development to Jennifer Quick, Senior Editor, for for the University of Pennsylvania Li- her work in editing the original braries, arranged for a special fund- manuscript and guiding its devel- ing allocation for preservation box- opment to publication. It has been ing, and has remained enthusiastic my good fortune to benefit from about the project throughout its du- their editorial expertise and great ration.Dr.Michael Ryan,Head of Spe- sense of humor. Gregory Borgst- cial Collections, and John Pollard, ede, a graduate student in the De- Special Collections, have repeatedly partment of Anthropology,skillfully emphasized the importance of the created the map of Karl Berendt’s Brinton Library and the need to im- explorations. prove its accessibility to scholars All inquiries regarding restric- and students. tions or use of the Brinton Library Several visitors to the Museum should be addressed to the Museum Library have reemphasized the im- Librarian, University of Pennsylvania portance of the Brinton Library to Museum of Archaeology and Anthro- the history of Americanist anthro- pology, 3260 South Street, Philadel- pology. Some of these include L. phia, Pennsylvania 19104-6324. x Introduction he birth of American anthro- ceded ever more distantly into the Tpology took place during the past. Biblical chronology could no period between 1860 and 1890. longer contain the time required for The publication in 1859 of Charles the slow transformations that took Darwin’s On the Origin of Species place in the history of the earth. In- by Means of Natural Selection, or creasingly thinkers concluded that the Preservation of Favored Races the universe had been operating un- in the