Richard E. Barthelemy Photograph Collection on the Tarascan Indians of Michoacán
Scope and Contents Note
Photographic prints and negatives, slides, transparencies, notes, audiocassettes relating to the Tarascan Indians of Michoacán. The culture of the Tarascan Indians is recorded through images of their people, places, arts, crafts and customs in 25,000 photographic prints, 25,000 negatives, 132 black-and-white 35-millimeter slides, 87 oversized exhibition photographs, and seven transparencies, made during the years 1975-1978. Supporting materials include written notes and eight audiotapes dictated by Barthelemy that provide date and location information for the photographs.
The collection is organized into two series: I. Photographic material, and II. Supporting material. Items are arranged numerically. No item description of the photographs is currently available. Contact the Benson Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room for more information.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-1978
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Sketch
Photographer Richard (Ricardo) Barthelemy was born in 1916 in Minnesota. Prior to beginning his photographic record of Tarascan Indian culture, Barthelemy worked as a furrier in Minnesota; spent three years as a wartime army glider pilot; was a science teacher, writer, and inventor of high school laboratory equipment; and was Public Education Coordinator for the Minnesota Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota. In 1973 he moved to the Mexican village of San Juan Nuevo Parangaricutiro, Michoacán, located some 300 kilometers west of Mexico City. In 1975 he took up photography and spent the next three years photographing the area's inhabitants, the Tarascan Indians. Barthelemy died in 1988.
Full Extent
50000 items
Abstract
Photographs and supporting material documenting the Tarascan Indians of Michoacán, Mexico.
Acquisition Information
Information of acquisition method not available.
Accession numbers: 1991-02
Additions
No further materials are expected for this collection.
Processing Information
Processing information not available.
- Title
- Richard E. Barthelemy Photograph Collection on the Tarascan Indians of Michoacán
- Status
- Edited Partial Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 June: Edited by Dylan Joy to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu