Paul Radin went to Oaxaca to collect its folklore, and Ramón Violant y Simorra wrote down the life and customs of the Spanish Pyrenees in 1949. Elsie Clews Parsons gathered accounts of Native American communities in 1922, with colour artwork by C. Grant La Farge. In 1886 the Marquis de Nadaillac wrote on the cup-marked stones of prehistory, and in 1962 Sylvia L. Thrupp edited essays comparing millenarian movements across cultures. And for the clergy of New Orleans in 1908, a liturgical directory set out the prayers of each day.
Published by Aurelio M. Espinosa.
Ramón Violant y Simorra’s 1949 study of life, customs and beliefs.
Accounts gathered by Elsie Clews Parsons in 1922, with colour artwork by C. Grant La Farge.
The Marquis de Nadaillac’s 1886 article on prehistoric cup-marked stones.
Essays comparing millenarian movements across cultures, edited by Sylvia L. Thrupp in 1962.
A 1908 Catholic liturgical directory.
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