Robert W. Young Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-672
Scope and Content
The bulk of the collection is made up of material related to the Navajo Indians. It documents Navajo people, reservations, and various projects and programs related to education, health, industrial and resource development, and construction. The collection consists of photographs, transparencies, slides, a photograph album, and negatives. The first box contains the photographs and transparencies. The majority of the photographs are from Robert W. Young's A Political History of the Navajo Indians, including photographs by Benjamin Wittick and Milton Snow. There are negative or positive transparencies for some of the photographs. The remaining transparencies have been organized thematically according to the following subjects: Schools; Cultural Events and Representations; Farming; and Location Specific. The second box contains the slides. The slides have also been organized thematically according to the photographer when noted, and subjects similar to the transparencies. A series of slides by John Adair contains a number of photographs of Many Farms and various activities there. In addition to the above mentioned transparency subjects, the slides also depict Navajo people and dwellings; Southwestern landscapes; and buildings, on and off the reservation. The photograph album in the third box contains the original photos used for the election of 1955, including a ballot and a copy of the regulations that governed the 1955 elections. Photographic prints are 8 x 10 in. or smaller, transparencies are 5 x 6.75 in. or smaller, slides are 2 x 2 in., and the photograph album is 15 x 11.25 in.
Dates
- 1898-1970
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of materials allowed for research purposes in most cases. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist
Biography
Robert W. Young, linguist, was born on May 18, 1912 in Chicago. He earned his BA from the University of Illinois in 1935, then enrolled in anthropology at the University of New Mexico (UNM) where he began a career working with the Navajo language. He was employed by the BIA as a Specialist in Indian Languages, and then in Navajo Tribal Relations. He taught classes in Navajo linguistics at UNM. Young and William Morgan Sr. compiled The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, published in 1980. An Analytical Lexicon of Navajo by Young, Morgan, and Sally Midgette was published in 1992. Young compiled The Navajo Yearbook which was published annually during the 1950s. In 1989, Young wrote A Political History of the Navajo Tribe. Young's, The Navajo Verb System was published in 2000.
Extent
705 plus items (3 boxes) : 59 photographic prints, 122 transparencies, 524 slides, 1 photograph album with uncounted photographs ; photographic prints: 8 x 10 in. and smaller; transparencies: 5 x 6.75 in. or smaller; slides: 2 x 2 in.; album: 15 x 11.25 in.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The bulk of the collection is made up of material related to the Navajo Indians. It documents Navajo people, reservations, and various projects and programs related to education, health, industrial and resource development, and construction.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
Pictorial material was separated from the Robert W. Young Papers.
General
Contact Information
- University of New Mexico
- MSC05 3020, 1, University of New Mexico
- Center for Southwest Research
- Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
- Phone: 505-277-7173
- Fax:
- Email: cswrref@unm.edu
- URL: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr
- Adair, John, 1913-1997
- Cattle -- Marking -- Pictorial works
- Clinics -- Arizona -- Many Farms -- Pictorial works
- Color separation negatives
- Elections -- Arizona -- Pictorial works
- Film negatives
- Hopi women -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Education
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Politics and government
- Landscape photographs
- Livestock -- Arizona -- Many Farms -- Pictorial works
- Mural painting and decoration
- Navajo Indian Reservation -- Pictorial works
- Navajo Indians -- Pictorial works
- Photograph albums
- Pueblo Indians -- Clothing -- Pictorial works
- Recreation -- Arizona -- Pictorial works
- Schools -- Arizona -- Fort Defiance -- Pictorial works
- Schools -- Arizona -- Shiprock -- Pictorial works
- Schools -- Arizona -- Tuba City -- Pictorial works
- Slides
- Strip mining -- Arizona -- Window Rock -- Pictorial works
- Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Robert W. Young Pictorial Collection, 1898-1970
- Status
- Approved
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2006
- 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