Folder 1

Scope and Content From the Collection: The core of this small collection is a photocopy of the first draft of Mary Cabot Wheelwright's unpublished autobiography, "Journey Towards Understanding." In this manuscript, Wheelwright details how she gained her knowledge of Navajo religion and offers an analysis of the religion. She tells of her travels through the Navajo Reservation and the Grand Canyon, describing the landscape, people, attitudes, and "quality of the West." She speaks of her relationship with Hasteen Klah, the Newcombs,...