Box 1

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Handwritten and typescript descriptions, drawings, and measurements of earthenware vessels.

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Handwritten description of materials used in house construction.

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Handwritten and typescript notes regarding a Paaayat, a rattle made of land turtle shell.

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Handwritten list of plants pertaining to their use in the creation of tools: lines, canoes, ceremony.

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Handwritten and typescript notes and drawings regarding tools made from rock, including descriptions for mortar, pestle, and bowls.

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Handwritten notes regarding tools made primarily from wood, including musical instruments and bows and arrows. Documentation on bows and arrows also contains information on animal and plant parts used in bow making, fletching, and quivers.

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Handwritten notes regarding Luiseño vocabulary, consisting of Luiseño words with some English translation and context.

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Handwritten list of stories drafted by Henry Rodriguez. List contains columns for Status of stories, draft date, whether the story has been submitted for typing, and whether a final has been completed. File also contains notes about a children's book and story starts.

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Handwritten story draft and notes for story "Pine Tree" by Henry Rodriguez. Story is about being thankful for everything that nature gives us. Good earth, wild animals, food, a place to sleep, protection, happiness. Story synopsis provided by the family of Henry Rodriguez.

Scope and Contents Handwritten story draft and notes for story "Frog & Cricket" by Henry Rodriguez. In the story, a frog visits his friend cricket. When it starts to drizzle and rain, even though cricket's house is small, he moves things around to make room for his frog's aching body. Frog is inside cricket's house and cricket is outside. Cricket goes up the mountain to find more rocks and shelter where frog would not be able to climb the rocks and the door is narrow. Story synopsis provided by the family...