Subseries 2. Reference Files, 1919-1995, (bulk 1952-1995)

Subject files containing notes, manuscript music, essays by Paredes and others; clippings, postcards, periodicals, and other printed material; correspondence; photographs. Files contain material created and collected by Paredes, his family, students, and colleagues, including notes relating to Paredes's original research and field collections. Organizational heirarchy, division titles, and arrangement are Paredes's. Some loose items within Paredes's divisions were foldered and assigned titles, indicated by brackets. Paredes filed some pieces of correspondence similar to those in Series IV, General Correspondence, in this subseries.

Some of the files in this subseries contain Paredes's codes for his course files. See the description for Subseries 3, Course Files, for information on his labeling conventions. Appendix A lists titles of his courses.