Skip to main content

Lena Heath Pictorial Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-2015-007

Scope and Content

The Lena Heath Pictorial Collection contains photographs taken by Heath when she first arrived in New Mexico. The photographs are of Taos Pueblo, Bandelier National Monument, Frijoles Canyon, Shiprock, Navajo girl herding sheep, the Sandia Mountains Heath's home, trees, petroglyphs, mission churches, and miscellanous New Mexico landscapes. Also included is one portrait of Heath.

Dates

  • 1947

Creator

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

Lena Laura Heath was born on 06 December 1896 in Haywood, Tennessee to Jarvis and Minnie Heath. After WWII she transferred from United Charities in Chicago where she worked as a social worker to Albuquerque where she worked as the district child welfare supervisor. She died June 18, 1968 in Albuquerque.

Extent

23 items (1 folder) : 23 photographic prints

Language of Materials

English

Expand All