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Parker and Hildegard Hamilton Collection, 1946-1977

NAU.PH.2003.17

Biographical Note

Parker and Hildegard Hamilton moved to Flagstaff, Arizona in 1956 after Parker retired from teaching mathematics at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Parker (known as Ham to his friends) managed the photography department at the Museum of Northern Arizona between 1958 and 1962. In the early 1960s, Parker studied photography with Ansel Adams and as a result left his position at the museum to devote his full attention to photographing the Colorado Plateau. Hildegard (known to her friends as Dilly) worked at the museum's annual Hopi and Navajo shows. Parker Hamilton died in 1977, Hildegard in 1979. [Museum Notes, Volume 7, Number 2, Museum of Northern Arizona]

Scope and Content

Collection consists of several thousand images on a wide variety of topics, such as Peru; Baja California; Alaska; Arizona strip; Hopi and Navajo Reservations; Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Colorado River; Canyonlands; Capital Reef National Park; Capulin Mountain; Cedar Breaks; Chaco Canyon National Monument; Great Sand Dunes; Hovenweap; Lake Mead National Recreation Area; Mesa Verde; Montezuma Castle; Arches National Monument; Aztec; Bandelier; Big Bend; Grand Canyon; Natural Bridges; Organ Pipe Cactus; Petrified Forest; Pipe Spring; Rainbow Bridge; Saguaro; Sunset Crater; Timponogos Cave; Tonto; Tumacacori; Tuzigoot; Walnut Canyon; White Sands; Wupatki; Yellowstone; Yosemite; Chiricahua; Custer Battlefield; Death Valley; El Morro; Fort Laramie; Fort Union; Gila Cliff Dwellings; Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Bryce Canyon; Canyon de Chelly; Navajo Tribal Parks; Zion; Grand Tetons; San Juan River; Land's End; Robber's Roos; Henry Mountains.

Restrictions

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Controlled Access Terms

Administrative Information

Alternative Form Available

Digital versions of parts of this collection are available online herehere.

Preferred Citation

Parker & Hildegard Hamilton Collection, NAU.PH.2003.17. Special Collections and Archives. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Flagstaff, Arizona.

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