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Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

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  1. Original Drawings of Hazel McFeely Fontana

    Hazel McFeely Fontana (1931-2009) was an Arizona artist. She was talented in multiple art media: rendering detailed pencil drawings of missions, re-creating lush landscapes out of vibrant opaque watercolors, infusing ink-and-paper sketches with Asian ...

    castanoe - 2020-10-26 11:54

  2. Correspondence of Merrill Pingree Freeman

    Holograph and typescript letters, to and from Freeman, concerning personal matters, Apache Kid and various reminiscences of Apache attacks, camels in Arizona, and various incidents of law and order in frontier life, some of which were utilized by him in ...

    castanoe - 2020-10-26 11:58

  3. Papers of L.S.M. Curtin

    The papers of L.S.M Curtin document her professional and personal activities as an ethnobotanist in the southwest region. The collection contains material relating to the ethnobotanical fieldwork she pursued in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico as well as ...

    castanoe - 2020-12-11 13:12

  4. Blazer Family Papers

    Dr. Joseph Hoy Blazer was a New Mexican pioneer, dentist, merchant, and sawmill owner on the Tularosa River, within what became the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation. Blazers's daughter, Emma, married Dr. John Howard Thompson, who was a physician ...

    castanoe - 2021-01-11 11:42

  5. Willis A. Tingey Papers

    The collection contains mainly documents related to land management, area development and irrigation on the Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations of Arizona and New Mexico. Reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. The documents were created by Willis A. ...

    castanoe - 2021-06-07 09:46

  6. George H. Marshall Papers

    George H. Marshall was a teacher at the Havasupai Indian School in Arizona in 1903. This collection contains his diaries for 1899, 1903, and 1906; articles by Marshall; list of pupils, 1903; photographs of scenery and Havasupai; and other materials ...

    castanoe - 2021-06-07 10:18

  7. Manuscripts of John L. Riggs

    John L. Riggs was a local historian and author working in Mohave County, AZ. The collection includes holograph articles concerning Mohave County, its history, the Walapai Indians, turquoise mines, the Silver Hill Massacre, and the killing of the Luke ...

    castanoe - 2021-06-07 14:51

  8. George Lippitt Andrews Papers

    This collection consists of a 90-page manuscript diary for year of 1870, written by Colonel George Lippitt Andrews while superintendent of Indian Affairs for Arizona Territory at Fort Yuma. ...

    castanoe - 2021-07-16 09:59

  9. Karl Ruppert diary and photographs

    Archaeologist Karl Ruppert graduated from the University of Arizona and, from 1922-1924, assisted Byron Cummings with excavations, worked at the Arizona State Museum, taught archeology classes, and was on site with Neil Judd as principal assistant at ...

    Molly Stothert-... - 2021-07-16 10:08

  10. Burr Wilson Porter Papers

    Burr Wilson Porter (1878-1943), was a pioneer businessman, sheep rancher, and trading post operator in Apache County, AZ. This collection includes financial ledgers and legal records relating to operation of a general merchandise store and trading station ...

    castanoe - 2021-08-04 11:20

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