| | Abstract: | The Day Family were anglo Indian traders, on the Navajo
Reservation in eastern Arizona. The collection includes the personal and business papers
of Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) surveyor, Indian trader, legislator and United States Indian
Commissioner; Anna Day, Sam Sr.'s wife (1872-1932); and of their children, Charles L.
Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), United States deputy Marshall. The
collection includes information on Navajo culture, stories and legends; the looting of
Canyon del Muerta, and the Frank Dugan murder. The collection also contains 91
photographs depicting trading posts and eastern Arizona scenes. | |
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