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1940 University of New Mexico Field School Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 0051

Scope and Contents

This collection is made up of 135 black and white prints. The locations that occur most often are BC 52, Chetro Ketl, Jemez and Mesa Verde. The school is thought to have been in Mesa Verde on a field trip. Photographs depict excavations, landscapes, and students.

Prints: 93085 - 93219

Dates

  • 1940

Biographical / Historical

This photo collection documents the 1940 University of New Mexico (UNM) Field School in Chaco Canyon with a few pictures of Mesa Verde included. These photos are of indeterminate provenance. Dr. Joan Mathien believes they might have belonged to Bill Mulloy, who appears in some of the images. They might have been donated at the time of the 1990 Old Timer’s Reunion, however there is no record in that collection of a transaction such as this (the collection would have had to be donated by his wife as Mulloy died in 1978.)

In April 2008, Joan Mathien and Joyce Raab conducted an interview with Armand G. Winfield at his home. He was asked to comment on the collection and the individual photographs - the document created from that interview is included in the collection. Many of the prints have information about people, place and year on the back; all have been numbered.

Extent

135 items

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Following original order, arranged by negative number.

Provenance

Found In Collection. These photos are of indeterminate provenance. Joan Mathien thinks they might have belonged to Bill Mulloy, who appears in some of the images. They might have been donated at the time of the 1990 Old Timer’s Reunion, however there is no record in that collection of a transaction such as this (the collection would have had to be donated by his wife as Mulloy died in 1978.)
Title
Finding Aid for 1940 UNM Field School Photograph Collection
Subtitle
Collection 0051
Author
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, National Park Service
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the NPS Chaco Culture National Historical Park Repository

Contact:
Chaco Culture NHP & Aztec Ruins NM Museum & Archives Program
Hibben Center Rm 307 - MSC01 1050
450 University Blvd NE
Albuquerque NM 87106 USA