The Legacy of a Tlamatini: H.B. Nicholson's Mesoamerican Archive

Summary

H.B. Nicholson was considered the Tlamatini of Aztec studies. He was also known as a warm and generous professor who dedicated his life to the study of Mesoamerican cultures. His legacy is highlighted by his remarkable collection of articles, books, photographs, and slides acquired over more than five decades. After his death in 2007, Nicholson’s family donated his entire private collection of books, articles, slides, and photographs to the University of California, Los Angeles. Five years ago, when that university was deaccessioning much of his collection, part of it was given to California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA). The gift included Nicholson’s entire slide archive of more than 10,000 slides of published and unpublished images. For the past years, a group of CSULA students has worked to digitize these slides to organize and preserve the valuable and sometimes rare information that they contain. This paper will report on the content of the digitized archive and the importance of H. B. Nicholson’s legacy to Mesoamerican studies.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)   •
• Ancient Mexico and the Legacy of Henry B. Nicholson

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Abstract Id(s): 17127