| 1 | Author: | Day family | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Day Family Collection, 1858-1977 (bulk 1870-1940). ead | | | Date(s): | 1858-1977 (bulk 1870-1940). | | | 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. | | | Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
Department. | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona
(Territory) | Indian traders. | Navajo Indians--Economic conditions. | Navajo Indians--Politics and government. | Tourism--Arizona. | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
2 | 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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