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Austin A. Sam Autobiography and Houck Chapter History,
Collection
Identifier: MSS-656-BC
Abstract
The collection contains a typescript photocopy of "Sam's Story: The Autobiography of Austin A. Sam" which details the life of a Navajo Indian living in a "white environment." The collection also contains descriptive materials about the Houck Chapter of the Navajo reservation and material related to Sam's schooling and military service.
Dates:
1952-2010; Majority of material found in 1983-1992
Charlotte Johnson Frisbie Collection of Navajo Music and Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: MU-10
Abstract
This is a copy of the field recordings made by Charlotte S. Johnson on the Navajo Reservation in 1963-1965. There are large segments of Navajo dialogue with English translations. The collection contains a wide range of songs and oral histories that provide an in depth view of Navajo religion, society and history.
Dates:
1963-1965
Frank Driver Reeve Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-158-BC
Abstract
The collection contains research, correspondence, and manuscripts of Frank Driver Reeve. Focuses of the collection include New Mexico history, the Navajo, and the University of New Mexico.
Dates:
1787-1968; Majority of material found in 1840-1967
George P. Hammond Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-55-BC
Abstract
This collection contains three volumes of a detailed manuscript written by George Peter Hammond entitled "Navajo-Hopi Relations," which addresses the history of these two tribes between 1540 and 1956. The subtext speaks to the role of the U.S. government and military, missionaries, and other tribes in those relations.
Dates:
1933-1956
Joseph K. F. Mansfield Report
Collection
Identifier: MSS-60-SC
Abstract
This collection is comprised of a typed copy and a photoprint of Joseph King Fenno Mansfield's report on local military posts and tribes in the New Mexico Territory and what is now Arizona and Texas, in 1853. It includes descriptions of present forts and their surrounding areas, maps and proposals for changes to be made to these, as well as proposals for new forts.
Dates:
1853
Reports and Papers Related to the Navajo Nation
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1121-BC
Abstract
The collection contains working papers and reports concerning the Navajo Nation.
Dates:
1937-1979; Majority of material found in 1972-1979
Ronald J. Kurtz Cañoncito Navajo research papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-758-BC
Abstract
The collection consists of Ronald Kurtz' field journal and field notes, as well as census data, court records, school records, drafts of unpublished papers, and historical research gathered for his dissertation, "Role Change and Cultural Change: The Cañoncito Navajo Case."
Dates:
1945-1963; Majority of material found in 1957
Sally McClain Collection of Navajo Code Talker Interviews
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1106-BC
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of audio interviews conducted with nine Navajo Code Talkers (and the widow of Jimmy Gleason) by author Sally McClain as part of the research for her book Navajo Weapon, published in 1994. The original sixteen audio cassette tapes have been reformatted to CDs for researcher use.
Dates:
1990 - 1992
William Dean Wilson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1085-BC
Abstract
William Dean Wilson was a Navajo Code Talker in World War II. The William Dean Wilson Collection contains papers; photographs and negatives; correspondence; pay stubs; government memoranda, circulars, and pamphlets; newspaper clippings; magazines; handwritten notes; military postcards; photographs, negatives, and slides; powwow dance regalia; Navajo dance regalia; rattles; cassette tapes; memorabilia; and military related pins and medals. The photographs include his early childhood, World War...
Dates:
1923 - 1999
William Denison Whipple Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-950-BC
Abstract
The collection contains military journals and account ledgers, maps, letters and other correspondence, photographs, an engraving and personal papers related to the military career and personal life of United States Army Major General William Denison Whipple.
Dates:
1853-1865; Majority of material found in 1853-1865
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