| | 4 | 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 |
| 8 | Author: | Leighton, Dorothea Cross | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Dorothea C. Leighton and Alexander H. Leighton,
1938-1982. ead | | | | Date(s): | 1938-1982. | | | | Abstract: | Dorothea Cross Leighton (1908-1989) and Alexander H. Leighton
(1908-2007), both physicians, were in training in psychiatry when they set out to
collect information concerning life problems of Native Americans and Native means of
dealing with such problems. They spent January to May, 1940 with a Navajo family south
of Gallup, New Mexico. This collection contains: five handwritten field journals from
the Navajo study; original manuscript materials with some carbon copies; a few Rorschach
tests; carbon copies of life stories, related by eight individuals, which were extracted
from the 1940 field journals; and approximately 200 black and white photographs, a few
negatives, colored slides, and tapes of an English language program. | | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Department. | | | | Subjects: | Navajo Indians--Social conditions. | Navajo Indians--Social life and customs. | Navajo Indians--Economic conditions. | Navajo Indians--History--20th century. | Navajo Indians--Interviews. | Navajo Indians--Psychological testing. | Navajo language. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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