California Missions, 1981
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Collection includes around 78,000 35mm slides and a small number of film negatives photographed by Furst. There are also commercially purchased slides and some taken by a few other photographers, including his wife, Dee Furst. Furst used this collection for his teaching and research. The image topics include: pre-Hispanic and colonial era Latin American art and architecture; pre-Columbian, colonial, modern, and contemporary Native American ceremonial, tourist, and functional art objects, fine art, and cultural photographs; Asian and Siberian art and cultural artifacts; and photographs of flora and fauna specimens. The collection includes Furst's visits to many pre-Hispanic archaeological sites, as well as his trips to Europe. Many of the photographs are from museum collections, as well as galleries and private collections, with a significant number of images from the pre-Columbian expert David Stuart's gallery collections in Los Angeles.
Collection was received as binders of slides labeled by Furst into groups believed to correspond to lecture and research groupings. Furst's binder arrangement is preserved in folders, with each folder or folder group corresponding to one of the original binders. Slide order within binders/folders has generally been preserved; but binders have been alphabetized by topic. Collection was first received by the Bunting Visual Resources Library at the University of New Mexico and was later transferred to the Center for Southwest Research in 2016 and was processed in 2019. Specific identifying information is recorded in "general" notes with the archival object file records. A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher. The proposed book would have been titled "Shamanism and Arts of Ecstasy" and proposal materials include slides, prints, correspondence and an incomplete manuscript.
Collection was received as binders of slides labeled by Furst into groups believed to correspond to lecture and research groupings. Furst's binder arrangement is preserved in folders, with each folder or folder group corresponding to one of the original binders. Slide order within binders/folders has generally been preserved; but binders have been alphabetized by topic. Collection was first received by the Bunting Visual Resources Library at the University of New Mexico and was later transferred to the Center for Southwest Research in 2016 and was processed in 2019. Specific identifying information is recorded in "general" notes with the archival object file records. A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher. The proposed book would have been titled "Shamanism and Arts of Ecstasy" and proposal materials include slides, prints, correspondence and an incomplete manuscript.
Dates
- 1981
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 78,000 items (31 boxes) : 78,000 film transparencies; 9 color prints ; 35 mm slides and negatives
General
Sheet 1: Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá, other missions, agave. Mission San Luis Rey, Misión La Purísima Concepción De María Santísima. 1981.
Sheet 2: Mission San Antonio de Padua photos. 1981.
Sheet 3: Interior photos of mission and exterior belfry. 1981.
Sheet 4: Shell and stone carved artifacts. Mission fountain. Undated.
Sheet 5: Saint sculptures, photos of horse, fountain, saint painting. June 1981.
Sheet 6: Shell and stone carved artifacts. Cross, saint sculptures, textiles. Undated.
Sheet 7: Stone crosses, flutes, graveyard, exterior, saints sculptures. Undated.
Sheet 8: Mission San Juan Bautista interior. Undated.
Sheet 9: California mission interior: saint painting, purisima concepcion, historical objects. Some info given. Undated.
Sheet 10: California mission interior and exterior: purisima concepcion, historical objects, saint sculptures. Some info given. June 1981.
Sheet 2: Mission San Antonio de Padua photos. 1981.
Sheet 3: Interior photos of mission and exterior belfry. 1981.
Sheet 4: Shell and stone carved artifacts. Mission fountain. Undated.
Sheet 5: Saint sculptures, photos of horse, fountain, saint painting. June 1981.
Sheet 6: Shell and stone carved artifacts. Cross, saint sculptures, textiles. Undated.
Sheet 7: Stone crosses, flutes, graveyard, exterior, saints sculptures. Undated.
Sheet 8: Mission San Juan Bautista interior. Undated.
Sheet 9: California mission interior: saint painting, purisima concepcion, historical objects. Some info given. Undated.
Sheet 10: California mission interior and exterior: purisima concepcion, historical objects, saint sculptures. Some info given. June 1981.
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
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