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Boundary Fieldwork - Memos, reports, notes, 1952

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Memorandum to expert witnesses; Letter to Norman M. Littell (parties to the letters: VanValkenburg, Hammon, Farmer, Sleight, Vogt, Father Bernard Haile); Memo to Littell from Vogt on "Definition of the Navajo" from the St. Michaels Conference; Conference on future work; Research Plans; Vogt May 1952 Report on the Territorial Boundaries of the Navajo; Boundary Line of Former Navajo Lands; Navajo Tradition Geography Studies, Part One - by Frederick Sleight, Oct 1951 and Part Two, Dec. 1951. Appendix IV includes an interesting "A definition of Navajo Sacred Places"; Notes on the Territories of the Indian Tribes Adjacent to the Navajo, with map; Navajo Population Notes 1680 -1950, 20 pp, misc. handwritten notes and charts; Legal descriptions of boundaries involved in the land claims.

Dates

  • 1952

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 5 boxes (5 cu. ft.), plus 1 extra oversized folder

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451