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Biographical NoteWilliam Wares served as the manager of the Soledad Sugar Mill near Cienfuegos, Cuba. For many years, Wares and the mill owner, William Claflin of Boston, embarked on a hunting, fishing, or exploring expedition together. After the Cuban revolution, the mill was nationalized, and Wares returned to the United States. Scope and Content NoteThis exceptional photo-journal chronicles a 1936 motor trip which began in Butte, Montana and covered much of the southwest. The author of the journal, William Wares, describes excavating a site at Awatobi, hunting mountain lions in Utah, and the beauty of numerous geographic landmarks such as the Grand Canyon and Goosenecks of the San Juan country. The journal also mentions Yellowstone National Park and the Teton mountains. An Anglo, Wares made cultural observations about the Navajo and Hopi as well as the inhabitants of Mormon towns. Some of the pages in this journal contain images of culturally sensitive material. Restrictions for duplicating selected culturally sensitive photographic images apply. OrganizationSingle volume arranged chronologically front to back with a starting date of August 4, 1936 and an ending date of September 15, 1936. Relevant photographs to the daily entries are located throughout the text.RestrictionsRestrictionsSome of the pages in this journal contain images of culturally sensitive material. Restrictions for duplicating selected culturally sensitive photographic images apply. CopyrightIt 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. Related Material
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Access PointsFamily Name(s) Claflin, Bill. Claflin, Kitty. Swigert, Ernie. Wares, William. Geographic Name(s) Southwest, New Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.) Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.) Subject(s) Archaeological surveying--Awatobi. Mormons--Utah. Southwest, New--Description and travel. Hopi Indians--Antiquities. Hopi Indians--Dwellings. Navajo Indians--Antiquities. Administrative InformationCredit LineWilliam "Wully" Wares Diary, NAU.MS. 35, Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Dept. Container List
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