Zuni (N.M.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George Wharton James Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-993-003
Abstract
Photographs from the collection of California writer and promoter of the West, George Wharton James. Among these photographs of Native American subjects are views of Southwestern pueblos (Isleta, Laguna, Zuni, Hopi), feasts (St. Stephen's Day at Acoma) and ceremonies (Hopi Snake Dance), and various Navajo subjects (weaving, baskets, dwellings, death). Several photographs show interactions between Native American and Hispanic American or Anglo American peoples on feast days, at ceremonies, and...
Dates:
1890-1909
"Legend of Salt Lake – Catron County” (1 page). Collector– Clay W. Vaden, 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 6-78-8
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Collection consists of typed documents produced by employees of the W.P.A. and its subdivision the Federal Writer's Project in New Mexico. Most of the collection is made up of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with New Mexicans, and folklore and stories about New Mexico and Hispanic culture in particular.
Dates:
1936-1940