Oaxaca, Chiapas, Saltillo, Querétaro, 1974-1992
File — Box: 14, Folder: 3-4
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1974-1992
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: Several object dates given. Sculpture: San Francisco, San Nicholas de Tolentino, San Pedro Apostol, St. Paul Apostol. Relief sculpture: Evangelist. All slides marked wth descriptions. Several slides marked with dimensions. 7/1979.
Sheet 2: A few object dates given. Sculpture: virgin, San Pedro, San Francisco, San Pedro, St. Francis, San José. All slides marked wth descriptions. Several slides marked with dimensions. 7/1979.
Sheet 3: Several object dates given. Sculpture: St. Joséph, Santa Lucia, Ivory Christ, crucifixion, God the Father, San José. All slides marked with descriptions. Several slides marked with dimensions. 7/1979.
Sheet 4: Several object dates given. Sculpture: San José, Padre eterno, Santo Domingo, San Juan, San Nicolas, crucifix, Santa Lucia, St. John. Most slides marked with descriptions. Several slides marked with dimensions. 9/1974, 7/1979.
Sheet 5: A few object dates given. Sculpture: St. John, archangel, Santa Lucia. Relief sculpture: female, atlantid. San Cristobal de los Casas Santo Domingo façade. All slides marked with descriptions. A few slides marked with dimensions. 9/1974, 7/1979.
Sheet 6: A few object dates given. San Cristobal de los Casas Santo Domingo altarpiece, façade, pieta, animas. All slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 7: San Cristobal de los Casas Santo Domingo façade and details. Most slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 8: San Cristobal de los Casas Santo Domingo façade, cloister, tower, Ex-convento of Santa Clara entrance, La Caridad Church main altar. All slides marked with descriptions. 6/1979.
Sheet 9: San Cristobal de los Casas San Francisco sculpture and painting, Carmen bell tower, La Caridad Church main altar. All slides marked with descriptions. 6/1979.
Sheet 10: San Luis Potosi: music school, El Carmen. Saltillo cathedral retablo and façade. Several slides marked with descriptions. 5/1979.
Sheet 11: Three discolored slide (pink). Saltillo Cathedral pulpit, northern retablo. Birth of St. Francis painting. Solomonic columns. Querétaro architecture. A few slides marked with descriptions. 5/1979.
Sheet 12: Unlabeled church altar. 6/1979.
Sheet 13: A few object dates given. Querétaro altarpiece, piedad, San Luis Rey de Francia, niche with saint, Immaculada. Hidalgo Ixquimilpan murals, Zimpan courtyard. Taxco cathedral façade. 8/1970, 8/1992.
Sheet 14: Two object dates given. Ex-convento of Santo Domingo interior. Sculpture: San Francisco, Santo Domingo de Guzman. Two slides marked with dimensions. 7/1979.
Sheet 15: La Pila Hotel Presidente. San Agustin, La Defensa. Mezcal plant. Oaxaca art school. Mitla dental building. Most slides marked with descriptions. 1979, 8/1992.
Sheet 16: Santo Domingo interior architecture, Oaxaca. Oaxaca, Zocalo market. Several slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 17: Ex-convento of Santo Domingo Rosario Chapel, dome, chapel ceiling, mural, mezcal plants. All slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 18: Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude: façade, virgin, patio gate, sculpture. Santo Domingo façade. San Cristobal de las Casas Cathedral. All slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 19: Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude: Façade, St. Paul. San Cristobal de las Casas Santo Domingo, façade. All slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 20: Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude: façade details. Most slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 21: Three slides taped in back. Santo Domingo, altars and sculptures. Aguas calientes cathedral, Valenciana Guanajuato. 1/1986, 8/1992.
Sheet 22: Santo Domingo Oaxaca interior. 8/1992.
Sheet 23: Santo Domingo Oaxaca interior. Undated.
Sheet 24: Slide sheet marked with yellow not clarifying labels. Santo Domingo Oaxaca interior. Several slides marked with descriptions. Undated.
Sheet 2: A few object dates given. Sculpture: virgin, San Pedro, San Francisco, San Pedro, St. Francis, San José. All slides marked wth descriptions. Several slides marked with dimensions. 7/1979.
Sheet 3: Several object dates given. Sculpture: St. Joséph, Santa Lucia, Ivory Christ, crucifixion, God the Father, San José. All slides marked with descriptions. Several slides marked with dimensions. 7/1979.
Sheet 4: Several object dates given. Sculpture: San José, Padre eterno, Santo Domingo, San Juan, San Nicolas, crucifix, Santa Lucia, St. John. Most slides marked with descriptions. Several slides marked with dimensions. 9/1974, 7/1979.
Sheet 5: A few object dates given. Sculpture: St. John, archangel, Santa Lucia. Relief sculpture: female, atlantid. San Cristobal de los Casas Santo Domingo façade. All slides marked with descriptions. A few slides marked with dimensions. 9/1974, 7/1979.
Sheet 6: A few object dates given. San Cristobal de los Casas Santo Domingo altarpiece, façade, pieta, animas. All slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 7: San Cristobal de los Casas Santo Domingo façade and details. Most slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 8: San Cristobal de los Casas Santo Domingo façade, cloister, tower, Ex-convento of Santa Clara entrance, La Caridad Church main altar. All slides marked with descriptions. 6/1979.
Sheet 9: San Cristobal de los Casas San Francisco sculpture and painting, Carmen bell tower, La Caridad Church main altar. All slides marked with descriptions. 6/1979.
Sheet 10: San Luis Potosi: music school, El Carmen. Saltillo cathedral retablo and façade. Several slides marked with descriptions. 5/1979.
Sheet 11: Three discolored slide (pink). Saltillo Cathedral pulpit, northern retablo. Birth of St. Francis painting. Solomonic columns. Querétaro architecture. A few slides marked with descriptions. 5/1979.
Sheet 12: Unlabeled church altar. 6/1979.
Sheet 13: A few object dates given. Querétaro altarpiece, piedad, San Luis Rey de Francia, niche with saint, Immaculada. Hidalgo Ixquimilpan murals, Zimpan courtyard. Taxco cathedral façade. 8/1970, 8/1992.
Sheet 14: Two object dates given. Ex-convento of Santo Domingo interior. Sculpture: San Francisco, Santo Domingo de Guzman. Two slides marked with dimensions. 7/1979.
Sheet 15: La Pila Hotel Presidente. San Agustin, La Defensa. Mezcal plant. Oaxaca art school. Mitla dental building. Most slides marked with descriptions. 1979, 8/1992.
Sheet 16: Santo Domingo interior architecture, Oaxaca. Oaxaca, Zocalo market. Several slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 17: Ex-convento of Santo Domingo Rosario Chapel, dome, chapel ceiling, mural, mezcal plants. All slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 18: Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude: façade, virgin, patio gate, sculpture. Santo Domingo façade. San Cristobal de las Casas Cathedral. All slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 19: Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude: Façade, St. Paul. San Cristobal de las Casas Santo Domingo, façade. All slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 20: Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude: façade details. Most slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979.
Sheet 21: Three slides taped in back. Santo Domingo, altars and sculptures. Aguas calientes cathedral, Valenciana Guanajuato. 1/1986, 8/1992.
Sheet 22: Santo Domingo Oaxaca interior. 8/1992.
Sheet 23: Santo Domingo Oaxaca interior. Undated.
Sheet 24: Slide sheet marked with yellow not clarifying labels. Santo Domingo Oaxaca interior. Several slides marked with descriptions. Undated.
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