Danza de los Voladores, Oaxaca Valley Festival, Guanajuato, Ixtaccihuatl, Puebla, Yanhuitlan, 1962-1990
File — Box: 15, Folder: 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1962-1990
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: Convento de Santo Domingo, Yanhuitlan. Yanhuitlan posed skeleton, crucifixion sculpture, wooden kayak. Photos of central Mexico landscape. Tarascan glaze plate. Two slides marked with descriptions. 9/1974, 3/1975.
Sheet 2: Some dates illegible. Otomi bird cage, textiles, ceramic plate. Mexican landscape photos. Guerrero feline mask. Cuna girl wearing gold jewelry. A few slides marked with descriptions. 4/1969, 9/1973.
Sheet 3: Danza de los Voladores at Papantla. Patamban ceramic polychrome jars. Photos of corn. Otomi house form. Metepec mermaid. Seri basketry trays and jars. Otomi bird cage. 9/1973, 8/1974.
Sheet 4: Photos of Guerrero, Taxco buildings. San Blas area landscape photos. Photos of Nayarit Amado Nervo bust. Papantla, Veracruz landscape. Danza de los Voladores at Papantla. 4/1969, 6/1969, 8/1970.
Sheet 5: Landscape photos of Puebla: Chohula/Oaxaca Rd. Yanhuitlan colonial building, landscape. Michoacán map. 8/1974.
Sheet 6: Photos of Oaxaca Valley Festival, cactus, and tree. Photos of Guanajuato buildings, mummies. Rio Balsas aerial photo. A few slides marked with descriptions. 1/1962, 8/1990.
Sheet 7: Photos of Lake Pátzcuaro, Statue of José Maria Morelos. Ixtaccihuatl Volcano photos. Puebla tiled bench. Photo of building in Las Penas, Michoacán. Rio Balsas aerial photos. 1/1962, 3/1962, 8/1964.
Sheet 2: Some dates illegible. Otomi bird cage, textiles, ceramic plate. Mexican landscape photos. Guerrero feline mask. Cuna girl wearing gold jewelry. A few slides marked with descriptions. 4/1969, 9/1973.
Sheet 3: Danza de los Voladores at Papantla. Patamban ceramic polychrome jars. Photos of corn. Otomi house form. Metepec mermaid. Seri basketry trays and jars. Otomi bird cage. 9/1973, 8/1974.
Sheet 4: Photos of Guerrero, Taxco buildings. San Blas area landscape photos. Photos of Nayarit Amado Nervo bust. Papantla, Veracruz landscape. Danza de los Voladores at Papantla. 4/1969, 6/1969, 8/1970.
Sheet 5: Landscape photos of Puebla: Chohula/Oaxaca Rd. Yanhuitlan colonial building, landscape. Michoacán map. 8/1974.
Sheet 6: Photos of Oaxaca Valley Festival, cactus, and tree. Photos of Guanajuato buildings, mummies. Rio Balsas aerial photo. A few slides marked with descriptions. 1/1962, 8/1990.
Sheet 7: Photos of Lake Pátzcuaro, Statue of José Maria Morelos. Ixtaccihuatl Volcano photos. Puebla tiled bench. Photo of building in Las Penas, Michoacán. Rio Balsas aerial photos. 1/1962, 3/1962, 8/1964.
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