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Series 2, Alabama Milner safety film negatives and prints of Karl Moon's work, (circa 1918-1955)

 File — Box: 6 - 8

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The Collection contains approximately 450 glass plate negatives, glass plate positives, safety film negatives, cellulose nitrate film negatives and prints. Images are frequently represented in multiple formats. The vast majority of the collection depicts New Mexico Native Americans. The inclusive dates for the collection are from 1904-1950. The collection does not contain any contemporary prints by Moon; however, there are many contemporary prints by Milner included with the negatives. The Moon images are believed to be unique. The identification of subjects in the images were determined by comparing the Moon's glass plates with identification information found on contemporary prints in the Moon collections at the Huntington Library and the University of Arizona Library.

Dates

  • (circa 1918-1955)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is available for research via digital scans on New Mexico Digital Collections or DVDs. Access to glass plates, safety film negatives, and prints is restricted for preservation purposes and allowed with advance permission by the Pictorial Archivist. Cellulose nitrate film negatives are stored at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and are not available to the public.

Extent

From the Collection: 450 items (13 boxes) : Approximately 450 glass plate negatives, glass plate positives, safety film negatives, cellulose nitrate film negatives, and prints

General

Alabama Milner prints of Karl Moon's photographs of Native American subjects including cliff ruins, Jemez ruins, Santo Domingo women with pots, weaving, Raymond Raincloud, portraits of men in headdress, man with tomahawk, Martineztown church, bull fight (Mexico), Mexico street scene, John (Piuiro?) of Tesuque, older man with violin, group of girls with bows and arrows, displays of baskets and rug, chart of Native American motifs, Isleta woman, Milner’s Walton Studio, Isleta children group, Isleta women, Isleta woman with cat and dogs, Isleta dance group, Santo Domingo Corn dance, Santo Domingo Board dance, Santo Domingo children with a covered wagon, Antelope Priest, Hopi Indian Dance, Snake Dance at Sipaulovi Hopi, Acoma Village, street scene at Laguna, Santa Ana, landscape of dry river bed, rock formation, Sandia Mountains, view of Manzano mountains, road through desert, valleys, adobe house with well, drying chile, hornos, Isleta church, Chimayo church, San Felipe boy, Santo Domingo Indian horse race, Santo Domingo boy, man with a hoe in a field, Rio Grande river in flood stage, Navajo Indian baby in cradle, Navajo hogan, Navajo hogan with child in front, Navajo sheep, sheep grazing, Pueblo cowboy watering his horse, Victoria Gallegos with dog, sandstone monolith in desert, canyon gorge, Oldest House in USA, Mexico scenes (buildings, cathedral, bull fight, stone bridge) street scene with burro and wood

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