Peter Nabokov Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-093
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photographs taken at the time of the "Courthouse Raid" in Tierra Amarilla, NM. Included are photographs of principals in these events, including land grant activist Reies Lopez Tijerina and other members of the Alianza Federal de Mercedes, as well as law enforcement, and National Forest Service employees.
A 2014 addition (folder 12) contains slides taken in 1977 of Reies Lopez Tijerina, Ubaldo Velasquez, Emilio Naranjo, Moises Morales, Pedro Archuleta, and Tony Anaya. In this folder the slides show some of the men revisiting old sites, such as where the secret meeting was held, a clinical, and a mural of Morty Simon and Tony Lopez.
A 2018 addition to the collection contains photographs and slides accumulated by Nabokov from the Hunt family and other sources, while researching his publications, Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo and How the world moves: the odyssey of an American Indian family (2015). The majority of the images focus on the Hunt family: Edward P. (Chief Day Break) Hunt, Clyde (Chief Sunny Skies) Hunt, Henry Wayne (Wolf Robe) Hunt, and Wilbert (Blue Sky Eagle) Hunt, and Acoma Pueblo. There are also 2 folders relating to Nabokov's earlier publication, Indian running (1981). The collection consists of original photographs, copy prints, post cards, slides, and photographic images on DVD.
A 2014 addition (folder 12) contains slides taken in 1977 of Reies Lopez Tijerina, Ubaldo Velasquez, Emilio Naranjo, Moises Morales, Pedro Archuleta, and Tony Anaya. In this folder the slides show some of the men revisiting old sites, such as where the secret meeting was held, a clinical, and a mural of Morty Simon and Tony Lopez.
A 2018 addition to the collection contains photographs and slides accumulated by Nabokov from the Hunt family and other sources, while researching his publications, Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo and How the world moves: the odyssey of an American Indian family (2015). The majority of the images focus on the Hunt family: Edward P. (Chief Day Break) Hunt, Clyde (Chief Sunny Skies) Hunt, Henry Wayne (Wolf Robe) Hunt, and Wilbert (Blue Sky Eagle) Hunt, and Acoma Pueblo. There are also 2 folders relating to Nabokov's earlier publication, Indian running (1981). The collection consists of original photographs, copy prints, post cards, slides, and photographic images on DVD.
Dates
- 1879-2015
Creator
- Nabokov, Peter (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Photographs may be copyrighted. For information, contact Peter Nabokov at the UCLA World Arts and Cultures department. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
Peter Francis Nabokov was born on October 11, 1940, in Auburn, N.Y. He received his B.S. from Columbia University in 1965, and his M.S. from Goddard College in 1973. Nabokov worked on the Navajo, Sioux, and Crow reservations in 1962. He was a reporter for the Santa Fe New Mexican from 1967-1968. Nabokov has held many teaching positions, including instructor in American Indian Studies at Peninsula College, Monterey, Ca. in the 1970s, instructor at University of California, Berkeley from 1979-1982 and 1984-1985, co-instructor at the Native American Educational Services College, Chicago in 1987, lecturer at University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987-88. Other lecturer positions include the Center for the Study of Indian History, Haskell Indian Junior College, University of California, Santa Barbara, College of the Virgin Islands, Colorado College, University of North Dakota, University of Montana, and University of Colorado. Nabokov has received numerous awards and honors, as well as research fellowships.
Extent
uncounted items (3 boxes) : uncounted photographs
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of photographs taken at the time of the "Courthouse Raid" incident in Tierra Amarilla, NM. As well as photographs taken in 1977 of Reies Lopez Tijerina, Ubaldo Velasquez, Emilio Naranjo, Moises Morales, Pedro Archuleta, and Tony Anaya. A 2018 addition contains photographs and slides primarily related to the Hunt family and Acoma Pueblo.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
Photographs separated from the Peter Nabokov Papers.
- Acoma Indians -- Pictorial works
- Acoma Pueblo (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Alianza Federal de las Mercedes
- Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Hunt family
- Hunt, Edward Proctor, 1861-1948
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Land tenure -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Law enforcement -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Nabokov, Peter (Title of work: Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo.)
- Nabokov, Peter. (Title of work: Indian Running.)
- Peter Nabokov. How the world moves: the odyssey of an American Indian family
- Photographs
- Pueblo Indians -- History -- Pictorial works
- Rio Arriba County (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Slides
- Tierra Amarilla (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Tijerina, Reies
Creator
- Nabokov, Peter (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Peter Nabokov Photograph Collection, 1879-2015
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- ©2006, 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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