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Chippewa, Sioux, Crow, Pueblos, 1980-1985

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 9

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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.

Dates

  • 1980-1985

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: One unlabeled slide is damaged, taped together. Adam Fortunate Eagle carvings (Chippewa), Sioux ledger art. Slides numbered for lecture order? undated Some dimensions given. Undated.

Sheet 2: Title of George Catlin manuscript, map of his western travels, Sioux Battle of Little Bighorn ledger art. Slides numbered, possibly for lecture order. 198.0

Sheet 3: Adam Fortunate Eagle carvings (Chippewa), Kevin Red Star (crow) paintings. Some info and dimensions given. 1985.

Sheet 4: Glen da Fontaine, T.C. Cannon, Fritz Scholder, Jaune Quick-to-see Smith, Oscar Howe, George Morrison, Mary Morey, Grey Cohoe, Antowine warrior, Patrick Des Jarlait, Mungo Martin, Jerry Ingram paintings, Cow skull covered in coral, Roger W. James silverwork. Undated.

Sheet 5: Helen Cordero storytellers, nativity scene, and other ceramic figurines, Helen Hardin, Kevin Red Star, Earl Bliss, Renata Goodman, Ben buffalo, Larry Golsh, Neil Parsons paintings, Hubert Guy and Doug Hyde sculpture. Some info and dimensions given. No slide dates; some do have object dates. Undated.

Sheet 6: David Chethlahe, Helen Hardin, Namingha, Ha-Do-Se, Millarde Lomakem, R.C. Gorman, Mike Kaboti, and Douglas Downs paintings, Charles Holoma silverwork jewelry, Nampeyo pottery. Some info and dimensions given. No slide dates; some do have object dates. Undated.

Sheet 7: Harrison Byay, Earl Biss, Fonseca, Fritz Scholder paintings, Earl Eder pipe, Roger W. James silverwork salt and pepper shakers, Adam Fortunate Eagle bronze sculpture, Nez Perce beaded vest. Some info and dimensions given. 1980.

Sheet 8: Saul Williams, Barry Peters, Goyce Kakegamic prints. No dimensions and info given. 1980.

Sheet 9: Josh Kakegamic, Saul Williams prints. Slides numbered for lecture order. 1980.

Sheet 10: Goyce, Robert, and Josh Kakegamic, Saul Williams, Barry Pitno, and Norval Morrisseau prints. Slides numbered for lecture order. April 1980.

Sheet 11: Alfred Walleto wood carvings, Puebloan paintings, Bill Reid carvings, Kevin Red Star paintings. Some slides numbered. Some dimensions and info given. 1980.

Sheet 12: Kevin Red Star Paintings, Prints from unknown Canadian artist. 1980; 1983; 1985.

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