Ireland, Tibet, Mongolia, Mexico, Jivaro, Bali, Australia, Peru, China, 1963-1969
File — Box: 16, 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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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
- 1963-1969
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: O'Gorman Chapultepec Castle murals, Rivera, Teatro de los insurgentes, educational murals in MNA. Several slides numbered for lecture order. 3/1965.
Sheet 2: Educational murals in MNA. 3/1965, 4/1969.
Sheet 3: Educational murals in MNA, Mexico City University murals and architecture. Several slides numbered for lecture order. 3/1965, 4/1969.
Sheet 4: Peruvian Ancon textile, figural sculpture of textile, diamond of yarn from Tibet, Ancon, Huichol, and Jivaro. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1963, 7/1968, 8/1968, 8/1969.
Sheet 5: Two slides discolored (pink). Diamond of yarn from Brazil, China, Bali, Mongolia, Tibet, and Australia. Diamond made of snake bodies from China. A few slides marked with dimensions. 7/1968, 8/1968.
Sheet 6: Ireland: St. Bridget cross, diamond of yarn from Australia, Peru, Tibet, and Thailand. A few slides marked with dimensions. 7/1968, 8/1968.
Sheet 7: Educational murals in MNA. 4/1969.
Sheet 8: Mexico City University murals. Yarn diamonds from Peru. Lit candles at San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico. 8/1963.
Sheet 2: Educational murals in MNA. 3/1965, 4/1969.
Sheet 3: Educational murals in MNA, Mexico City University murals and architecture. Several slides numbered for lecture order. 3/1965, 4/1969.
Sheet 4: Peruvian Ancon textile, figural sculpture of textile, diamond of yarn from Tibet, Ancon, Huichol, and Jivaro. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1963, 7/1968, 8/1968, 8/1969.
Sheet 5: Two slides discolored (pink). Diamond of yarn from Brazil, China, Bali, Mongolia, Tibet, and Australia. Diamond made of snake bodies from China. A few slides marked with dimensions. 7/1968, 8/1968.
Sheet 6: Ireland: St. Bridget cross, diamond of yarn from Australia, Peru, Tibet, and Thailand. A few slides marked with dimensions. 7/1968, 8/1968.
Sheet 7: Educational murals in MNA. 4/1969.
Sheet 8: Mexico City University murals. Yarn diamonds from Peru. Lit candles at San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico. 8/1963.
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