Rodriguez, Henry Nichols, 1919-2002

Handwritten notes on songs, chiefs and their wives, and Luiseño vocabulary.

Handwritten list of two water spirits.

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.

File consists of notes and story drafts. Some materials handwritten, some are typescript. Two story drafts are labeled recorded stories of local individuals: "Frank Cuevas, son of Not, Vernal Cuevas Luisenos" and "The Albert Patencio[?] Story and his Tribe." Additional pages in file contain story ideas, information about places and people, and information about songs (Serrano, Luiseño, Yana [possibly], Cahuilla.

Index listing subjects and attaching to them numbers and letters.

Song number 1, wáahaatiʃ I wiyoonaa. Document consists of typescript transcription of song, and additional context written by Henry Rodriguez.

Song number 2, yatʃeekenéehee ha-yatʃeyawéenee. Document consists of typescript transcription of song, and additional context written by Henry Rodriguez.

Song number 3, ho-yóokoo yóokoo. Document consists of typescript transcription of song, and additional context written by Henry Rodriguez.

Song number 4, aahaanáa hu-méeno keenóo. Document consists of typescript transcription of song, and additional context written by Henry Rodriguez.

Song number 5, ha-méenu keenu méenu wáy'ówyowna. Document consists of typescript transcription of song, and additional context written by Henry Rodriguez.