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Campbell W. Pennington Papers
Prepared by the Mexican Archives Project
July 1995
Introduction
The Campbell W. Pennington Papers were donated to the Benson Latin
American Collection by Campbell W. Pennington in 1993. The diaries of
Pennington's great-uncle, Gordon Campbell White, were donated by
Dr.Pennington in 1969. The papers were described by the Benson's Mexican
Archives Project during May-July of 1995.
The physical extent of the papers was reduced by processing from
approximately 13 linear feet to 8.6 linear feet (many duplicates were
discarded and items suitable for individual cataloging were separated).
The materials are in English and Spanish.
The suggested citation is "Campbell W. Pennington Papers, 1872-, Benson
Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at
Austin."
Table of
Contents
Introduction
Biographical Sketches
Scope and Contents Note
Arrangement Note
List of Subgroups and Series
Container List, Boxes 1-10
Container List, Boxes 11-23
Indexes to the Manuscript Notebooks from
the Parral Archives
Biographical
Sketches
Campbell White Pennington
Born February 2, 1918, in Campbell's Station, Tennessee. B.A. 1947 and
M.A. 1949, The University of Texas; Ph.D. 1959, University of California,
Berkeley. Assistant professor of geography, Georgia State College,
1956-1957; Assistant professor, 1957-1960, and associate professor,
1960-1964, University of Utah; and professor of geography, Southern
Illinois University, 1964-1974. Pennington's publications include The
Tarahumar of Mexico and The Tepehuan of Chihuahua. He edited
The Pima Bajo of Central Sonora, Mexico; Arte y vocabulario de
la lengua dohema, heve, o eudeva; and La cultura de los Eudeve del
Noroeste de Mexico.
Gordon Campbell White
Gordon Campbell White, great-uncle of Campbell White Pennington, was born
at Campbell's Station, Tennessee on August 26, 1872; he died in
Washington, D.C. on January 16, 1923. Mr. White attended Vanderbilt
University and taught at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
Mr. White moved to El Paso, Texas, where he became an employee of the
Southern Pacific Railroad. From 1899 until 1913 he worked as a freight
clerk, freight inspector, rate clerk, chief clerk, claim adjuster, chief
rate clerk, tariff compiler, station tariff inspector, and industrial
agent, ending his career with Southern Pacific as assistant to the
general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific in Arizona
and Mexico.
Mr. White was employed in Washington, D.C. as Specialist in Charge of
Transportation, Bureau of Markets, United States Department of
Agriculture, from December 1, 1913, until his death in 1923.
Scope and
Contents Note
Reproductions and transcriptions from various archives and publications;
writings by Pennington; microfilm; and personal diaries comprise two
subgroups, one consisting of materials generated by Pennington and the
other of the diaries of his great-uncle, Gordon Campbell White.
Materials from the Pennington subgroup pertain to northern Mexico in the
colonial period, focusing on its missions; its inhabitants, including the
Tepehuan, Tarahumare, and Pima Indians, and their languages; and its
topography. Reproductions and transcriptions consist largely of
photocopies and typescripts in Spanish and English of the "Relaciones
topográficas de pueblos de México," the originals of which
are in the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid and the Parral Archives; nine
notebooks contain handwritten transcriptions from materials in the Parral
Archives. Other reproductions and transcriptions are of various
materials from the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
(primarily the H.E. Bolton Collection), the Archivo General de la
Nación (Mexico), and a few other repositories, as well as of
published articles and extracts from monographs.
Pennington's writings include the monograph, The Tepehuan of Chihuahua
: their material culture, and the typescripts, "Bosquejo
grammática y vocabulario de la lengua Ópata," "The kickball
game among the Tarahumar of Mexico," and "A vocabulary made at
Ónavas, Sonora, among the Pima Bajo." Seven reels of microfilmed
research materials complete the subgroup.
The diaries (1872-1923) of Gordon Campbell White relate to his personal
life and career with the Southern Pacific Railroad in Texas, Arizona, and
Mexico. They also provide a U.S. expatriate's view of events associated
with the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
Arrangement
Note
Every effort was made to respect original order insofar as it was
determined to exist, resulting in the maintenance as discrete entities of
binders and volumes compiled by Dr. Pennington. Other materials, found
loose in a number of boxes and cartons, possessed no apparent significant
order. Binders and volumes were disbound and rehoused in materials
appropriate for their preservation, but the units, many of which had
tables of contents, were maintained largely intact. Exceptions resulted
where photocopies of entire publications were removed for separate
cataloging, and where items apparently had been removed/relocated before
the collection arrived at the Benson Latin American Collection. A list
of items removed from the collection for individual cataloging appears at
the end of this inventory.
The decision to maintain groupings established by Dr. Pennington left
various copies and derivatives of the "Relaciones topográficas de
pueblos de México" dispersed throughout the papers. The
relaciones constitute a significant portion of the papers, and are
comprised of photocopies of the original manuscripts as well as
typescripts in Spanish and English. All versions of a given
relacion are sometimes found together, but more often are not.
They can be located by reference to lists within this finding aid.
Subgroups and
Series
The Campbell W. Pennington Papers were arranged by the staff of the
Mexican Archives Project into the subgroups and series listed below. The
project staff completed the processing of the collection in July 1995.
I. Subgroup, Campbell White Pennington.
- Series, Reproductions and transcriptions from archives and
publications, 6.4 linear ft.
| a. | Subseries, Materials from the
Parral Archives, 1.2 linear ft. |
| | Nine volumes of handwritten notes
made from materials in the Parral Archives, and eight inches of
transcriptions made from the notebooks. The transcriptions were bound by
Pennington and formed volumes 1-12 of his numbering system. (Please see
the index to the Parral Archives notebooks, reproduced later in this
inventory.) |
| b. | Subseries, Copies and
transcriptions of the "Relaciones topográficas de los pueblos de
México," from the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid and the Archivo
General de la Nación (Mexico), 1 linear ft. |
| | These materials constituted volumes
13-15 and 21 in Pennington's numbering system, as well as copies of
relaciones found unbound in several containers. Volume 13 consists of
copies of manuscripts from the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid; Volume 14 of
Spanish transcriptions of the items in Volume 13, and Volume 15 of
typescripts, primarily in English, of the items in Volume 13.
Pennington's original binders for Volumes 13 and 14 were dated 1956.
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| | Volume 21 is composed mostly of
different relaciones than those in Volume 13, in varying formats. The
unbound relaciones are primarily photocopies of manuscripts, rather than
transcriptions. (Please see the Container List for a listing of titles
and subjects of the relaciones.) |
| c. | Subseries, Other photocopies,
transcriptions, extracts, and notes, 4.2 linear ft. |
| | This subseries is composed of items
found in notebooks, as well as unbound materials. The bound items
comprised Volumes 16-20 of Pennington's numbering system, an unnumbered
volume of Cartas Anuas, and five unlabeled binders, designated A-E by
project staff. |
| | The materials consist of photocopies
of archival documents and published articles, typescripts of extracts
from books and archival materials, and notes relating to research.
Note: Not all items listed on original tables of contents were
found to be present at the time of processing. The Container List
reflects what is present. |
| | Many of the unbound items are
photocopies of materials from the H. E. Bolton Papers, at the Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley. Others are photocopies of
items held by the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico. A few
items copied from the holdings of the Benson Latin American Collection
(primarily the W. B. Stephens Collection) have been retained in the
Pennington Papers because information was added to them by Pennington;
others were discarded. |
- Series, Pennington's publications and writings, 11 inches.
- The series contains the following works written or edited by
Pennington: The Tepehuan of Chihuahua : their material culture;
"Bosquejo grammática y vocabulario de la lengua Ópata"; "The
Ópata"; "The kickball game among the Tarahumar of Mexico, a problem
in diffusion"; and "A vocabulary made at Ónavas, Sonora among the
Pima Bajo (1968-1969)."
- Series, Microfilm and maps.
- Seven reels of microfilmed research materials or publications
used by Pennington. The reels are titled, "Buckingham Smith papers.
'Arte y vocabulario de la lengua dohema heve o eudeva.'"; "Tarahumar/
Ratkay/ Neumann"; "Vocabulario en lengua Nevome [Pima Bajo of Sonora,
Mexico]. A part of the Buckingham Smith papers at the New York
Historical Society Library"; "Dunnigan's thesis on Maicoba Pima";
"Miscellaneous Pima Bajo materials"; "Misc. Jesuit material, northwest
Mexico"; and "Maggs." Three maps depict northern Mexico, Texas, and the
United States.
II. Subgroup, Gordon Campbell White.
- Series, Diaries, 1872-1923, 11 volumes (8.5 inches).
- The diaries relate to White's personal life and his career with
the Southern Pacific Railroad in Texas, Arizona, and Mexico. They
provide a U.S. expatriate's view of events associated with the Mexican
Revolution of 1910.
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