Marion Grace Saunders Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2011-002
Scope and Content
The Marion Grace Saunders Pictorial Collection consists of photo albums, loose black and white photographs, hand-drawn maps and/or details of fountain facades, and slides from Marion Grace Saunders’ archeological travels in Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Arizona, and New Mexico between 1933 and 1945. Scenes depicted include New Mexico Pueblo Indian dances, architecture, archaeology, jewelry, and people (Pueblos depicted include San Felipe, Zuni, San Ildefonso, Jemez, Isleta, Laguna, Zia, Santo Domingo, Santa Clara, and Cochiti). Places pictured in Arizona include Canyon de Chelly, Santa Rosa, Yuma, Pascua, Tucson, and Flagstaff. Also pictured are Guatemalan, Mexican, and Peruvian market places, churches, architecture, and social life. Finally, the collection consists of photographs of archaeologists and students participated in various field schools in all of these places.
Series 1: Latin America (1934-1939)
Series 1 consists of two photo albums, one typed research report with substantial photographic attachments and hand-drawn plates, loose black and white photographs, and color slides. Subjects pictured include: Guatemalan, Mexican, Peruvian architecture and social life; jewelry, art, and pottery pieces from museum exhibits; landscapes. Also pictured are Saunders and fellow archaeologist/students participating in various field research projects.
Series 2: United States (1933-1942)
Series 2 consists of loose black and white photos of New Mexico Pueblo Indian dances, architecture, archaeology, jewelry, and people (pueblos depicted include San Felipe, Zuni, San Ildefonso, Jemez, Isleta, Laguna, Zia, Santo Domingo, Santa Clara, and Cochiti). Navajo jewelry and textiles from museum exhibits are also pictured. Other places depicted in New Mexico include Pecos, Puyé, Chaco Canyon, Frijoles Canyon, and Chimayo. Places pictured in Arizona include Canyon de Chelly, Santa Rosa, Yuma, Pascua, Tucson, and Flagstaff. This series also consists of a small handful of photographs from El Centro, CA. Archaeologists and students participating in field schools and other research activities in these various places are also pictured.
Series 1: Latin America (1934-1939)
Series 1 consists of two photo albums, one typed research report with substantial photographic attachments and hand-drawn plates, loose black and white photographs, and color slides. Subjects pictured include: Guatemalan, Mexican, Peruvian architecture and social life; jewelry, art, and pottery pieces from museum exhibits; landscapes. Also pictured are Saunders and fellow archaeologist/students participating in various field research projects.
Series 2: United States (1933-1942)
Series 2 consists of loose black and white photos of New Mexico Pueblo Indian dances, architecture, archaeology, jewelry, and people (pueblos depicted include San Felipe, Zuni, San Ildefonso, Jemez, Isleta, Laguna, Zia, Santo Domingo, Santa Clara, and Cochiti). Navajo jewelry and textiles from museum exhibits are also pictured. Other places depicted in New Mexico include Pecos, Puyé, Chaco Canyon, Frijoles Canyon, and Chimayo. Places pictured in Arizona include Canyon de Chelly, Santa Rosa, Yuma, Pascua, Tucson, and Flagstaff. This series also consists of a small handful of photographs from El Centro, CA. Archaeologists and students participating in field schools and other research activities in these various places are also pictured.
Dates
- 1933 - 1942
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
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
Marion Grace Hollenbach [Saunders] was born in Ohio in 1908. In 1934, at the age of 26 and under the guidance of Edgar Hewett, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico. During her time as an undergraduate, she worked on archeological excavations in the lower Rio Grande Valley and at the Chaco Canyon summer field school. Through the latter half of the 1930s Hollenbach remained affiliated with the School of American Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico while she was enrolled as a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California (USC). In 1940, Hollenbach received her Masters of Arts from USC. Her thesis was entitled “Dogs in Native American Culture.” While a graduate student, she also accepted the position of Curator at the Los Angeles County Museum. She worked there until 1945, focusing her energies on pre-Columbian art and the Pacific Islands. In 1946, she moved to Hawai‘i and married Allan Saunders, who was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. In Hawai‘i, she worked with students at the university’s East-West Center, earned her second Master of Arts degree with a thesis entitled “A Cross-cultural Study of Coalitions in the Triads,” helped found the League of Women Voters of Hawai‘i, and also served as an editor for the journal Human Organization. Marion Grace Saunders passed away in Hawai‘i in 1998.
David L. Browman, Cultural Negotiations: The Role of Women in the Founding of Americanist Archaeology, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013), 189-190.
David L. Browman, Cultural Negotiations: The Role of Women in the Founding of Americanist Archaeology, (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013), 189-190.
Extent
959 items (5 boxes) : Approximately 820 photos, 125 slides, and 14 hand-drawn maps and/or details of fountains
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Marion Grace Saunders Pictorial Collection consists of photo albums, loose black and white photographs, a typed research paper with attached photographs and hand-drawn details of fountains, and slides from Marion Grace Saunders archeological travels in Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Arizona, California and New Mexico.
Arrangement
The materials in the collection have been arranged into two (2) series by subject:
Series 1: Latin America
Series 2: United States
Series 1: Latin America
Series 2: United States
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
- Antigua (Guatemala) -- Architecture -- Pictorial works
- Architecture -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Guatemala -- Pictorial Works
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Navajo Indians -- Jewelry
- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Peru -- Pictorial works
- Photographs
- Women Archaeologists -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Marion Grace Saunders Pictorial Collection, 1933 - 1942
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- George Luna-Peña
- Date
- © 2014
- 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