Frank C. Churchill Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-990-004
Scope and Content
Collection contains photographic and print portraits of Frank C. Churchill, a group of civil engineers, and unidentified others, including Pueblo Indians. The majority of the photographs are of various pueblos in New Mexico, focusing on views and structures, including the mission churches. There are also photos of people, including young men at Isleta Pueblo playing a game with stones arranged on the ground; a woman at Isleta with a painted pot, and women at San Juan Pueblo making pottery. Photos taken at Zuni Pueblo include a man making beads, a woman holding an infant in a cradleboard, and a view of the stones marking the Zunis' spiritual center of the world. There are several views of donkeys loaded with firewood in Santa Fe, one of the mission at Aguas Frias, views of La Bajada and the cliff dwellings at Puye. Dates taken from backs of photographs.
Dates
- 1900-1930
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.
Extent
54 items (2 folders) : 54 photographic prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains photographic and print portraits of Frank C. Churchill, a group of civil engineers, and unidentified others, including Pueblo Indians. The majority of the photographs are of various pueblos in New Mexico, focusing on views and structures, including the mission churches.
Physical Location
B2. Small Collections box 7. Filed by Pictorial Number.
- Acoma (N.M.) -- Photographs
- Cochiti (N.M.) -- Photographs
- Indian art -- North America -- Photographs
- Indians of North America -- Photographs
- Indians of North America -- Religion -- Photographs
- Isleta Pueblo (N.M.) -- Photographs
- Missions -- New Mexico -- Photographs
- Photographs
- Pueblo Indians -- Photographs
- Pueblos -- New Mexico -- Photographs
- Puye (N.M.) -- Photographs
- San Juan Pueblo (N.M.) -- Photographs
- Taos (N.M.) -- Photographs
- Zuni (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Frank C. Churchill Photograph Collection, 1900-1930
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
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