Cuilapan, Tlacachahuaya, Mitla, Oaxaca, Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas, Tlacolula, Huejotzingo Murals, Nochistlan Cemetery, 1968-1992
File — Box: 22, Folder: 8-9
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 A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher.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.
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
- 1968-1992
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: Two object dates given. Tlacholula: St. Sebastian painting, St. Bartholomew sculpture, photos of market/ Wooden archangel sculpture detail. Tlacachahuaya church, paintings, organ, san Lucas painting. Oaxaca Valley tree. Monte Alban ceramic seated figurine. One slide marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with descriptions. 7/1968, 8/1974, 6/1976, 7/1979, 8/1990, 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 2: Cuilapa: landscape, architecture. Tlacolula: market, dome. Chalpulines in Oaxaca. Ixtepeji landscape and church. Mitla stone wall and people. Two slides marked with descriptions. 6/1976, 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 3: Cuilapa: Dominican Monastery architecture and murals. Tlacolula soledad chapel. Huejotzingo murals. One slide marked with description. 8/1992.
Sheet 4: Huejotzingo murals, atrium cross. Tlacachahuaya church San Jeronimo, St. John painting. Photos of people and buildings in Tlacolula. Oaxaca Valley and Nochistlan cemetery. Soledad Oaxaca church façade. Cuilapa Dominican monastery. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1990, 8/1992.
Sheet 5: Cuilapa church exterior and interior, sculptures. Cuilapa landscape. 8/1992.
Sheet 6: Santo Domingo Oaxaca ceiling and façade. Soledad Oaxaca church. Two slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979, 8/1992.
Sheet 7: Ex-convento Santo Domingo façade, interior paintings. Oaxaca Museum. San Agustin façade. Tlacolula, Oaxaca. Nochistlan cemetery. Oaxaca stone sculpture. Several slides marked with descriptions. 9/1974, 7/1979, 8/1992.
Sheet 8: Photos of people and architecture in Oaxaca and Mitla, Oaxaca. Two slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 9: Photos of people and architecture in Oaxaca. Ceramic figurines, head vessel, tripod vessel, cylindrical vessels. Most slides marked with dimensions. 8/1992.
Sheet 10: Frizzell and Tamayo Museum gardens. Mitla ceramic zoomorphic figurine, pedestal bowl, figurine. Photos of woman and child. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 11: Mitla: Mitla Rd., Hotel Presidente, church, saint sculptures, buildings. A few slides marked with descriptions. 1979, 8/1992.
Sheet 12: Mitla Rd. in Tlacolula, buildings, agave, mezcal. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 13: Nochistlan cemetery. Chapulines. Photos of Zocala, people and market. Pomegranate. Several slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 14: Huejotzingo murals. Nochistlan cemetery. 8/1992.
Sheet 15: Nochistlan cemetery. Zimatlan building, church, Christ sculpture. Cuilapa church atrium. 8/1992.
Sheet 16: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas atrium. 8/1992.
Sheet 17: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas interior murals and sculpture. 7/1992.
Sheet 18: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas courtyard, interior murals. 8/1992.
Sheet 19: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas exterior and interior murals. 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 20: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas exterior. 8/1992.
Sheet 21: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas exterior. Tlacolula town, market, and people. 8/1992.
Sheet 22: Tlacolula market. 8/1992.
Sheet 23: Tlacolula stone cross, market. 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 24: Tlacolula market. 8/1992.
Sheet 25: Tlacolula market. 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 26: VW bug in Santa Fe covered in plastic food and figurines. 8/1992.
Sheet 2: Cuilapa: landscape, architecture. Tlacolula: market, dome. Chalpulines in Oaxaca. Ixtepeji landscape and church. Mitla stone wall and people. Two slides marked with descriptions. 6/1976, 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 3: Cuilapa: Dominican Monastery architecture and murals. Tlacolula soledad chapel. Huejotzingo murals. One slide marked with description. 8/1992.
Sheet 4: Huejotzingo murals, atrium cross. Tlacachahuaya church San Jeronimo, St. John painting. Photos of people and buildings in Tlacolula. Oaxaca Valley and Nochistlan cemetery. Soledad Oaxaca church façade. Cuilapa Dominican monastery. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1990, 8/1992.
Sheet 5: Cuilapa church exterior and interior, sculptures. Cuilapa landscape. 8/1992.
Sheet 6: Santo Domingo Oaxaca ceiling and façade. Soledad Oaxaca church. Two slides marked with descriptions. 7/1979, 8/1992.
Sheet 7: Ex-convento Santo Domingo façade, interior paintings. Oaxaca Museum. San Agustin façade. Tlacolula, Oaxaca. Nochistlan cemetery. Oaxaca stone sculpture. Several slides marked with descriptions. 9/1974, 7/1979, 8/1992.
Sheet 8: Photos of people and architecture in Oaxaca and Mitla, Oaxaca. Two slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 9: Photos of people and architecture in Oaxaca. Ceramic figurines, head vessel, tripod vessel, cylindrical vessels. Most slides marked with dimensions. 8/1992.
Sheet 10: Frizzell and Tamayo Museum gardens. Mitla ceramic zoomorphic figurine, pedestal bowl, figurine. Photos of woman and child. Several slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 11: Mitla: Mitla Rd., Hotel Presidente, church, saint sculptures, buildings. A few slides marked with descriptions. 1979, 8/1992.
Sheet 12: Mitla Rd. in Tlacolula, buildings, agave, mezcal. A few slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 13: Nochistlan cemetery. Chapulines. Photos of Zocala, people and market. Pomegranate. Several slides marked with descriptions. 8/1992.
Sheet 14: Huejotzingo murals. Nochistlan cemetery. 8/1992.
Sheet 15: Nochistlan cemetery. Zimatlan building, church, Christ sculpture. Cuilapa church atrium. 8/1992.
Sheet 16: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas atrium. 8/1992.
Sheet 17: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas interior murals and sculpture. 7/1992.
Sheet 18: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas courtyard, interior murals. 8/1992.
Sheet 19: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas exterior and interior murals. 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 20: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas exterior. 8/1992.
Sheet 21: Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas exterior. Tlacolula town, market, and people. 8/1992.
Sheet 22: Tlacolula market. 8/1992.
Sheet 23: Tlacolula stone cross, market. 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 24: Tlacolula market. 8/1992.
Sheet 25: Tlacolula market. 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 26: VW bug in Santa Fe covered in plastic food and figurines. 8/1992.
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