Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project Photographs
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-622
Scope and Content
The collection contains photographs which depict former Navajo uranium miners from the Four Corners area and members of their families. These portraits were compiled for, and are reproduced in, Memories Come to Us in the Rain and the Wind: Oral Histories and Photographs of Navajo Uranium Miners and Their Families. Cassette tapes and transcripts of the oral histories are available in the manuscript collection.
Dates
- 1996
Creator
- Brugge, Doug (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Copyright held by the Navajo Uranium Miner Oral History Project. NO COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED.
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.
History
The purpose of this project was to document the lives of Navajo uranium miners. The ultimate goals were educating people, both Navajo and the general public, of injustices the miners faced and to hopefully promote further compensation for these miners and their families. The project coordinator was Douglas Brugge, Ph.D. with the assistance of Timothy Benally, a former uranium miner and Navajo College administrator. Interviews were conducted in the Shiprock area of the Navajo Reservation. By interviewing widows and children of miners, the project encompassed the broader health and social effects of uranium mining on the community. In order to further document the miners and their families, photographs were taken of each informant. Excerpts from the interviews and still, black and white photographs were compiled into a book entitled, Memories come to us in the rain and the wind: oral histories and photographs of Navajo uranium miners and their families. Funding for the project was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Ruth Mott Fund, the Ford Foundation, and other private donations.
Extent
67 items (1 box) : 33 photographic prints, 34 contact sheets
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains photographs which depict former Navajo uranium miners from the Four Corners area and members of their families.
Arrangement
Photographs arranged according to order in Memories Come to Us in the Rain and the Wind.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
Material separated from CSWR Manuscript collection: Oral History Interviews of the Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project.
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Miners -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Navajo Indians -- Employment -- Pictorial works
- Navajo Indians -- Health and hygiene -- Pictorial works
- Navajo Indians -- Health aspects -- Pictorial works
- Navajo Indians -- Social conditions -- Pictorial works
- Navajo Indians --Economic conditions -- Pictorial works
- Photographs
- Uranium industry--Environmental aspects--Navajo Indian Reservation
Creator
- Brugge, Doug (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project Photographs, 1996
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2007
- 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