Construction at St. Anne's at Acomita, New Mexico, 1940
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2002-001-0001-2002-001-0007
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Father Lammert documented his restoration projects with photographs of the Laguna and Acoma peoples at work. This collection contains photographs of three of the churches, St. Anne's, Santa Maria de Acoma and St. Mary Margaret Chapel. There are photographs of church construction, church interiors, church models, religious processions and ceremonies, Native Americans and priests as well as unidentified individuals.
The collection contains one folder of documents, including Carol Sullivan's essays on Father Lammert, history of San Fidel, correspondence, and descriptions of some of the photographs.
Video consists of commercial productions such as cartoons, Charlie Chaplin film, rodeo footage and a Bethlehem and Gethsemane short which were probably shown to the children of the parish for entertainment. All of the films are in black and white except for the last scene of a priest standing in front of a church. Film originally in 16mm format cover various topics such as W. R. Willis documenting the search for the site of the Transcontinental Air Transport plane crash in 1929 on Mt. Taylor (NM), films of a Navajo woman weaving, dances, California missions, priests and school children in Gallup (NM), and various shots of Mesa Verde including one of a tour group.
Box 2 contains twelve zinc halftone blocks with images of churches, priests, ceremonies and Native Americans.
An unprocessed 2019 edition includes five 16 mm films labeled "McCarthy's Santa Maria Mission," "St. Margaret Mary Paraje," "Acomita," "Old Laguna," and one unlabeled canister. This material is unavailable until reformatting is complete. Please contact Pictorial Archivist for more information.
The collection contains one folder of documents, including Carol Sullivan's essays on Father Lammert, history of San Fidel, correspondence, and descriptions of some of the photographs.
Video consists of commercial productions such as cartoons, Charlie Chaplin film, rodeo footage and a Bethlehem and Gethsemane short which were probably shown to the children of the parish for entertainment. All of the films are in black and white except for the last scene of a priest standing in front of a church. Film originally in 16mm format cover various topics such as W. R. Willis documenting the search for the site of the Transcontinental Air Transport plane crash in 1929 on Mt. Taylor (NM), films of a Navajo woman weaving, dances, California missions, priests and school children in Gallup (NM), and various shots of Mesa Verde including one of a tour group.
Box 2 contains twelve zinc halftone blocks with images of churches, priests, ceremonies and Native Americans.
An unprocessed 2019 edition includes five 16 mm films labeled "McCarthy's Santa Maria Mission," "St. Margaret Mary Paraje," "Acomita," "Old Laguna," and one unlabeled canister. This material is unavailable until reformatting is complete. Please contact Pictorial Archivist for more information.
Dates
- 1940
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research. Contact the Pictorial Archivist in advance to view zinc halftone blocks, or for inquiries about the 16 mm films.
Extent
From the Collection: 142 items (2 boxes, plus unprocessed items) : 123 prints, 2 DVDs, documents, 12 zinc halftone blocks, and 5 unprocessed 16 mm films
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu