MS-172
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Overview of the Collection | |
| Creator: | Luckert, Karl W., 1934- |
| Title: | Karl W. Luckert collection, |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1971-1974 |
| Quantity: | 2 7-inch reels, 13 audio cassettes, 4 color slides |
| Abstract: | Karl W. Luckert has written extensively on world religions and has taught at multiple universities throughout his career. This collection reflects his interest in Navajo healing ceremonies and includes sound recordings and slides from some of these ceremonies performed in the 1970s. |
| Identification: | MS-172 |
| Language: | Material in English and Navajo |
| Repository: |
Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 N. Fort Valley Rd. Flagstaff, AZ 86001 928-774-5211 ext. 256 or 269 library@mna.mus.az.us |
Karl W. Luckert (18 November 1934 – ) was born in Winnenden-Hoefen, Wuerttemberg, Germany. Bteween 1941-1952 he apprenticed in the Malerhandwerk (painting and decorating) Gewerbeschule. He immigrated to the United States in 1953 and was a soldier in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958. He received his B.A. in philosophy from the University of Kansas in 1963, attended the Evangelical Theological Seminary from 1963-1964, and received his M.A. in 1967 and Ph.D. in 1969 in the history of religions from the University of Chicago. Luckert has taught at North Central College (Naperville, IL), Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ), Southwest Missouri State University (Springfield, Missouri), Aarhus University (Denmark), and the University of Ningxia (China). He has also been a research fellow at the University of Oklahoma, the Museum of Northern Arizona, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Luckert has written extensively on world religions and has produced multiple documentaries on the same subject.
Luckert has been serving as professor emeritus at Southwest Missouri State University since 1999.
Collection contains sound recordings of “Navajo Coyoteway” given by Jesse James Begay (Man-with-Palomino-Horse) for Luke Cook, and “Navajo Deer Huntingway” given by Claus Chee Sonny. Collection also includes 4 color slides of Navajo sandpaintings by William Charlie.
This collection is under review for culturally sensitive materials. Some parts of the collection may be restricted.
Unpublished and published manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
There is further archival material related to Luckert in the Berard Haile collection at the University of Arizona (Tucson), at the Southwest Missouri State University, and the University of Chicago.
Copies of the Coyoteway cassette tapes exist at the Smithsonian Archives (Washington, D.C.) and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian (Santa Fe, NM).
Karl W. Luckert collection, MS-172 [Box Number]. Museum of Northern Arizona. Flagstaff, Arizona.
Donated by Karl W. Luckert in 1972 (Accession #MS-172) and 1975 (Accession #MS-212)
Processed in July of 2010.
Materials in the collection were used in the publications:
| Series 1: A Navajo Bringing-Home Ceremony 1971 2 7-inch reels, 1 audio cassette | |||||||||||
| This series contains 2 7-inch reel sound recordings of the Claus Chee Sonny version of the Deer Huntingway (Deerway AjiŁee) ceremony, and a cassette tape copy of the first reel. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Deer Huntingway recordings, 1971 2 7-inch reels | |||||||||
| 1 | Deer Huntingway recordings, 1971 1 cassette tape | ||||||||||
| Series 2: Coyoteway: A Navajo Holyway Healing Ceremonial 1974 12 audio cassettes, 4 color slides | |||||||||||
| This series contains 12 cassette tapes and 4 color slides of the 1974 Navajo Coyoteway ceremony. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 1 | Coyoteway recordings, 1974 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Sandpainting reproductions, 1974 | |||||||||