Churches, Paintings, Sculptures, 1961-1996
File — Box: 14, Folder: 5-6
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1961-1996
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: Iglesia Templo del Carmen, San Luis Potosi: façade, doors, main altar, fountain. July 1996.
Sheet 2: Iglesia Templo del Carmen, San Luis Potosi and SLP town views, bench. July 1996.
Sheet 3: Landscape views and church of Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potosi July 1996.
Sheet 4: Seminario Conciliar de San Ildefonso, Puerto Rico: exterior, main altar, dome, Mary sculpture. Church of Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potosi. Some info given. July 1996.
Sheet 5: Some object dates given. Old San Juan Puerto Rico: San José Church, cathedral, Museo Pablo Casals, Ponce de Leon sculpture, Juan Ponce de Leon grave. Some info given. January 1992.
Sheet 6: Some object dates given. Old San Juan Puerto Rico: Saint José and Juan sculptures, Seminario Conciliar de San Ildefonso. San José cathedral: paintings, dome, sculpture, tilework. Some info given. Undated.
Sheet 7: Christ mask and crucifixion sculpture. Old San Juan Dominican convent, Ponce de Leon tomb. Some info given. 1989
Sheet 8: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin: murals. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 9: Sanctuary of Atotonilco: interior murals and sculpture. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 10: Sanctuary of Atotonilco: interior murals, glass painting, and Christ sculpture. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 11: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin: cloister. Sanctuary of Atotonilco exterior, interior sculpture. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 12: Sanctuary of Atotonilco interior sculpture and painting. Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin: façade and side portal. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 13: Yanhuitlan Christ and saint sculptures. Undated.
Sheet 14: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin façade details. Yanhuitlan Christ and saint sculptures, Christ painting. Some info given. August 1979.
Sheet 15: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin façade details and portal. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 16: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin façade details, bird drain spouts, columns from main altar wooden sculpture form main altar, painting of the Martyrdom of Bartolome Gutierrez. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 17: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin columns from main altar, stone relief. Guadalupe Church: outdoor cross, side portal, and façade, aqueduct. Sanctuary of Atotonilco interior. Illustration of Bishop Vasco de Quiroga. San Miguel de Allende feline building tenons. Some info given. 1961; 1964; 1979.
Sheet 18: San Miguel de Allende Church of the Immaculate Conception paintings. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 19: San Miguel de Allende Church of the Immaculate Conception: paintings, doors, main altar details, Saint Francis, Martin de Porres, and Joséph sculptures, Christ crucifixion.Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 20: San Miguel de Allende Church of the Immaculate Conception paintings: fountain, crucifixion, pulpit, door, plaza, main altar, dome, nave. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 2: Iglesia Templo del Carmen, San Luis Potosi and SLP town views, bench. July 1996.
Sheet 3: Landscape views and church of Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potosi July 1996.
Sheet 4: Seminario Conciliar de San Ildefonso, Puerto Rico: exterior, main altar, dome, Mary sculpture. Church of Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potosi. Some info given. July 1996.
Sheet 5: Some object dates given. Old San Juan Puerto Rico: San José Church, cathedral, Museo Pablo Casals, Ponce de Leon sculpture, Juan Ponce de Leon grave. Some info given. January 1992.
Sheet 6: Some object dates given. Old San Juan Puerto Rico: Saint José and Juan sculptures, Seminario Conciliar de San Ildefonso. San José cathedral: paintings, dome, sculpture, tilework. Some info given. Undated.
Sheet 7: Christ mask and crucifixion sculpture. Old San Juan Dominican convent, Ponce de Leon tomb. Some info given. 1989
Sheet 8: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin: murals. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 9: Sanctuary of Atotonilco: interior murals and sculpture. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 10: Sanctuary of Atotonilco: interior murals, glass painting, and Christ sculpture. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 11: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin: cloister. Sanctuary of Atotonilco exterior, interior sculpture. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 12: Sanctuary of Atotonilco interior sculpture and painting. Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin: façade and side portal. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 13: Yanhuitlan Christ and saint sculptures. Undated.
Sheet 14: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin façade details. Yanhuitlan Christ and saint sculptures, Christ painting. Some info given. August 1979.
Sheet 15: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin façade details and portal. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 16: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin façade details, bird drain spouts, columns from main altar wooden sculpture form main altar, painting of the Martyrdom of Bartolome Gutierrez. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 17: Yuriria Ex-convento of San Augustin columns from main altar, stone relief. Guadalupe Church: outdoor cross, side portal, and façade, aqueduct. Sanctuary of Atotonilco interior. Illustration of Bishop Vasco de Quiroga. San Miguel de Allende feline building tenons. Some info given. 1961; 1964; 1979.
Sheet 18: San Miguel de Allende Church of the Immaculate Conception paintings. Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 19: San Miguel de Allende Church of the Immaculate Conception: paintings, doors, main altar details, Saint Francis, Martin de Porres, and Joséph sculptures, Christ crucifixion.Info given. August 1979.
Sheet 20: San Miguel de Allende Church of the Immaculate Conception paintings: fountain, crucifixion, pulpit, door, plaza, main altar, dome, nave. Info given. August 1979.
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