MS 226
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Ratkay, Juan María. |
| Collection Name: | An account of the Tarahumara missions: and a description of the tribe of the Tarahumaras and of their country |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1683 |
| Physical Description: | .1 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Photocopy of typed translation of Ratkay's 1683 report to religious officials back in Austria, written from the Carachic Mission. Most of the 69-page account describes the customs and beliefs of the Tarahumara Indians, but the last section contains historic information about the Jesuit missions in the region. |
| Collection Number: | MS 226 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
Austrian Jesuit missionary to the Jesús Cárichic Mission, Tarahumara, Mexico, in the late 17th century; his original name is signed on the document as Joannes Rattkey.
Photocopy of typed translation of Ratkay's 1683 report to religious officials back in Austria, written from the Carachic Mission. Most of the 69-page account describes the customs and beliefs of the Tarahumara Indians, but the last section contains historic information about the Jesuit missions in the region.
English translation is by Marion L. Reynolds.
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Original manuscript is Mexicana 17, Bolton Papers; Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
An account of the Tarahumara missions: and a description of the tribe of the Tarahumaras and of their country (MS 226). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Acquired as gift, 1980.
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