| | 21 | Author: | Adams, Ramon F. (Ramon Frederick),
1889-1976 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Ramon F. Adams
papers,
1941-1969 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1941-1969 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes correspondence and
manuscripts chiefly concerning Western history and literature; it includes
letters from friends, authors, editors, and publishers. Also included are
original typescripts with holograph corrections of revised editions of his
works
Western Words: A Dictionary of the American
West, 1968, and
Six-Guns and Saddle Leather, 1969, both
published by University of Oklahoma Press. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) | Outlaws -- Bibliography | Criminology -- West (U.S.) -- Bibliography | English language -- Dialects -- West (U.S.) -- Glossaries,
vocabularies, etc. | Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Language --
Dictionaries | Americanisms -- West (U.S.) -- Dictionaries | Popular culture -- West (U.S.) --
Dictionaries | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 25 | Author: | Acosta, Vicente S., 1918-1983 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers of Vicente S. Acosta, 1947-1983 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1947-1983 | | | | Abstract: | The Papers of Vicente S. Acosta contains professional correspondence,
manuscripts and essays, research materials, and audio tapes documenting
Acosta's interests in the Spanish language, folk songs and folklore and
Southwestern United States and Mexican culture. This collection was previously titled SWF 006. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | Folklorists -- Arizona -- Tucson --
Archives | Folklore -- Mexico | Folklore -- Southwest, New | Herbs -- Folklore | Herbs -- Therapeutic use | Corridos | Folk songs, Spanish -- Southwest, New | Names, Personal -- Arizona -- Tucson | Names, Spanish -- Arizona -- Tucson | Spanish language -- Glossaries, vocabularies,
etc. | Spanish language -- Slang | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 26 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Agnese N. Lindley Foundation Records ead | | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | | Abstract: | Collection contains the administrative files of the Agnese N. Lindley Foundation including, its incorporation and dissolution papers, Bylaws and amendments, other legal documents, IRS returns, Board of Trustee Annual and Special meetings’ minutes and supporting documentation, and descriptions and supporting materials for Project Proposals (Nos. 1-196) funded by the Foundation between 1982 and 1991. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State Museum Library and
Archives | | | | Subjects: | Tree-rings | Dendrochronology--China | Dendrochronology--Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey) | Dendrochronology--New Mexico--Acoma Pueblo | Mimbres culture | Dendrochronology--Arizona--Kaibab National Forest | Yak--Breeding | Yaqui language | Coast Salish Indians--Language | Indians of North America--Arizona--Legal status, laws, etc | Indians of North America--Arizona--Politics and government | Cliff-dwellings--Arizona--Sierra Ancha Wilderness Area | Pygmy hippopotamus--Cyprus | Hohokam culture | Seri Indians--Mexico--San Esteban Island | Pottery, Prehistoric--Southwest, New--Analysis | Pottery, Prehistoric--Arizona--Point of Pines Site | Prisons. California--Social conditions | Court interpreting and translating | Choctaw language | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 27 | Author: | Haile, Berard,
1874-1961 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Berard
Haile papers,
1893-1961 (bulk
1925-1961) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1893-1961 (bulk
1925-1961) | | | | Abstract: | Correspondence, manuscripts of published and
unpublished works, notes, drawings, notebooks, sermons, prayers, and historical
accounts relate to Haile's study of Navajo ceremonials and the Navajo language.
Includes correspondence with church officials and anthropologists; manuscripts,
notes, and drawings related to Navajo language, culture and ceremonials;
interlinear Navajo-English notebooks; accounts of the founding and early
history of the Lukachukai and St. Michaels Missions; and sermons, prayers, etc.
from Haile's teaching in these missions. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections | | | | Subjects: | Navajo Indians -- Religion | Navajo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Missionaries -- Arizona -- Archives | Navajo language -- Texts | Zuni Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Apache Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Missions -- Arizona -- History | Sandpaintings | Navajo Indians -- Government relations | Catholic Church -- Missions -- Arizona | Navajo language -- Dictionaries -- English | Navajo Indians -- Folklore | Navajo Indians -- Missions | Navajo mythology | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 28 | Author: | Shantz, H.L. (Homer LeRoy), 1876-1958 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Homer Leroy Shantz
papers,
1903-1958 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1903-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Field notebooks, reprint articles, speeches,
survey abstracts, photographs, diaries, and correspondence pertaining to
Shantz's interests in worldwide agriculture and botany. Shantz's various trips
to Africa resulted in extensive field notes, including those for the
Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919 to 1920, and the African Education
Commission, 1923 to 1924. Background material he collected about Africa
encompasses maps; postcards; dictionaries and primers on languages, including
Swahili; also, articles on the people, the areas they inhabited, and specific
problems, such as the tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, forced labor, and race
relations. Photographs of his travels from the Cape to Cairo depict the Nile,
Egyptian ruins, wild and domestic animals, vegetation and the landscape,
villages and cities, and people in tribal dress. Communal activities documented
include cultivation, thatching roofs, building a road, and weaving a large
bamboo mat to cover a bridge walkway. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Plant ecology -- Africa | Plant ecology -- United States | Vegetation surveys -- South America | Vegetation surveys -- Colorado | Vegetation surveys -- Africa | Swahili language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Swahili | Agriculture -- Africa | Soils -- Africa | Agriculture -- United States | Soils -- United States | Africa -- Description and travel | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 31 | Author: | Johnston,
Philip, approximately 1892-1978 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Philip Johnston Papers 1896-1982 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1896-1982 | | | | Abstract: | The Philip Johnston Papers include correspondence, stories
and articles written by Johnston, reference files, photographs, and audio recordings and
transcripts of oral histories related to Johnston's life as a non-Native American
growing up on the Navajo Nation (formerly the Navajo Indian Reservation) in the early
1900s. Topics covered include Johnston's father, Reverend William Riley Johnston, and
his missionary activities on the Navajo Nation; Philip Johnston's knowledge of issues
pertinent to the Navajo Nation among other Native American communities; Johnston's
involvement with the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II; his opinions as to problems
with the Glen Canyon Dam (near Page, Arizona); and other topics related to Arizona,
Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, and California. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and
Archives | | | | Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography. | Navajo code talkers | Navajo language. | Dams--Arizona. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 32 | Author: | Uplegger, Francis J.,
1867-1964 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Francis J.
Uplegger papers,
1867-1964 (bulk
1917-1960) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1867-1964 (bulk
1917-1960) | | | | Abstract: | Includes correspondence, writings, Bible
translations, sermons, reports, and audiotapes, chiefly from 1917-1960, of
Francis J. Uplegger, 1867-1964, and his son, Alfred Uplegger, relating to their
work as Lutheran missionaries on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in
Arizona. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Apache Indians -- Missions | Apache languages | Lutheran Church -- Missions -- Arizona | Missionaries -- Arizona -- Archives | Missions -- Arizona | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 35 | Author: | Arizona State University. Center for Indian Education. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Tribal Language Policies Collection
1984-2001 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1984-2001 | | | | Abstract: | The Tribal Language Policies Collection contains print and web published tribal council resolutions; policies on tribal language use and education; and primary-school language policies. The collection spans 1984-2001. Tribal language policies include Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Ute, Hualapai, Oneida, Salt River Pima-Maricopa, Tohono O'odham, Hawaiian, Navajo, Hopi, Arapaho, and Pascua Yaqui. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Labriola National American Indian Data Center | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Languages. | Indians of North America -- Education. | Indians of North America -- Politics and government. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 36 | Author: | Franciscans. Province of St. John the
Baptist | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Records of the
Province of St. John the Baptist Franciscans,
1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1868-1978 (bulk 1906-1965) | | | | Abstract: | The collection includes correspondence,
financial records, official documents, reports, maps, articles, publications,
photographs, postcards, and notes. The bulk of the collection is correspondence
and records relating to the establishment and operation of missions and
schools, primarily at St. Michaels. These document activity between Franciscan
friars, the Navajo population, Catholic organizations, the U. S. Government,
and the Land Commissioner of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company. Included
are materials on Navajo land allotments, education, language, social
conditions, government and church relations, tourism, and origins of the Navajo
Tribal Council. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Missions -- Southwest, New -- History --
Sources | Navajo Indians -- Education | Navajo Indians -- Government policy | Navajo Indians -- Missions | Navajo Indians -- Land tenure | Navajo language | Navajo Indians -- Photographs | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 37 | Author: | Griffen, William
B. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William B. Griffen
papers,
1955-1965 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1955-1965 | | | | Abstract: | Collection includes handwritten field notebooks and revised notes
of observations of the Seri Indians of Mexico. Most of the notebooks focus on
family organization and social customs of the Seri. Rites associated with
events such as birth, puberty, marriage, and death are recorded throughout the
notebooks. Collection also contains fifty four black and white photographs of
people and buildings taken in Desemboque, Sonora, Mexico, 1955; correspondence
and other materials relating to a paper written by Griffen and Ed Moser
entitled "A Spanish Transcription of Terms from a Native Indian language"; and
photocopies of two published works: "Notes on Seri Indian Culture Sonora,
Mexico," and "Seventeenth Century Seri." | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Seri Indians | Seri Indians -- Genealogy | Seri Indians -- Kinship | Seri Indians -- Pictorial works | Seri Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | Seri language | Anthropologists -- Archives | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 40 | Author: | Arizona State University Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Chicano/a Research Collection Small Manuscripts
1891-2010
1970-2010 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1891-2010 | | | | Abstract: | This guide describes all of the small manuscript collections held in ASC's Chicano/a Research Collection. These collections generally consist of 1-2 folders and document Mexican American history in Arizona from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. Manuscripts, personal papers, professional papers, and family history projects are included. All of these descriptions were originally entered into ASC's Special Materials Index between 1996 and 2014. | | | | Repository: | Arizona State University Library. Chicano Research Collection | | | | Subjects: | Mexican Americans -- Arizona. | Mexican Americans -- History. | Mexican Americans -- Political activity | Mexican Americans -- Civil rights | High school students -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Education, Bilingual | Agricultural laborers | Migrant labor | Housing -- Arizona | Mexican Americans--History | Minorities -- Study and teaching | Education | Communication | Mexico. Treaties, etc. United States, 1848 February 2 | Mexican War, 1846-1848 | Mexican Americans -- Civil rights | Mexican American families -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Mexican American families | Mexican American families | Education | Curriculum planning | Education, Elementary | Schools | Southwest, New -- History | Education, Bilingual | English language | Spanish language | Airlines -- United States | Mexican Americans -- Civil rights | Mexican Americans -- Social conditions | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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