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.

Scope and Content This collection of work by Hiester and other photographers includes work proofs and glass wet-plate negatives but is comprised mostly of stereoscopic views of New Mexico scenes, Pueblos, and portraits of Native Americans. Many of these images have not been seen or used in the photo archives prior to the compilation of this finding aid in May of 2010, although there are some duplicates by Nicholas Brown, Melander Brothers and others.Due to the lack of accession records or...

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This collection is a series of handwritten manuscripts on Indians of the Southwest. Most pages are written in English, although some are in French (Salpointe's native language) and one essay is in Spanish. Topics covered include: dances, mythology, traits, and Indian wars. He focuses on the Apache, Navajo, Papago, Zuni, and Pueblo Indian tribes.

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The collection contains Native American music from San Juan, San Felipe, Laguna, Taos and Zuni Pueblos, as well as the Navajo and Hopi. The songs were recorded in the 1940s by Manuel Archuleta, of San Juan Pueblo.

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Typescript copy of My Adventure in Zuni was written by Frank H. Cushing.

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MS013 consists of materials originating from the New Mexico Indian Education Association's administrative and publication activities.

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Diary contains descriptions and daily observations of Southwest Indians and landscape, the Grand Canyon, and other related topics. Nicholas Roosevelt, a cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, accompanied the U.S. President on this tour of the Southwest in the summer of 1913.

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A message from the Office of Indian Affairs encouraging Native Americans not to neglect agricultural tasks over religious and cultural tribal events. Message was prepared and signed by Commissioner Charles H. Burke, February 24, 1923. Document was printed at the Indian Print Shop, Chilocco, OK, 2-17-1923

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Collection consists of the typescript of Alice Marriott's book These are the People for the Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 1947.

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The Yeffe Kimball Collection is a unique, one-of-a-kind cultural treasure consisting of roughly 7,000 color transparencies, 35mm slides, film strips, and mounted 3-D stereographic images of Native American and Meso-American themes and tribes.