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Woodward, Arthur, 1898-1986. Woodward papers, 1860-1980 (bulk 1920-1969).

Title: Woodward papers, 1860-1980 (bulk 1920-1969).

Summary: Correspondence, publications, research notes and notecards including drawings, and a small amount of photographs received with correspondence. The collection chiefly consists of research notes and most of these are sketchy. Topics with greater coverage include trade goods especially trade beads and silverwork, California gold rush emigration, Spanish military uniforms, Fort Union, New Mexico, and La Purisima Mission. There are notes and reports from a Channel Island archaeological survey, 1939-1941, a sketchbook of Canyon de Chelly pictograph drawings, original 1889 documents about a lawsuit against Fort Huachuca for selling ice to the public, and a sale prospectus with photographs relating to Baca Float #3, Santa Cruz County, Arizona circa 1940. Also present are typescripts of David Weber's thesis, "Early New Mexico Fur Trade, 1821-1828," and Mormon Battalion journal of Henry Standage (1846-1847) and Army of the West journal of Dr. John J. Griffin (1846-1847), and Civil War letters of Sgt. W.S. Woodhead. Original letters of Dr. C.H. Alden relate his experiences at Fort Garland, N.M., 1860 to 1863. Correspondents are chiefly archaeologists and museum staff. Parks Service correspondence relates to exhibits, museum plans and excavations at the Petrified Forest, Tumacacori, and Bandelier. Richard Van Valkenburgh's correspondence is interesting for its coverage of Navajo research and his comments on fellow archaeologists. Correspondence with the Works Progress Administration concerns the authenticity of the Pauline Weaver inscription at the Casa Grande National Monument.

ArchivalResource: 56.8 linear ft. (94 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48066967 View

Van Valkenburgh, Richard F. Navajo photograph collection, 1910-1941 (bulk 1935-1941).

Title: Navajo photograph collection, 1910-1941 (bulk 1935-1941).

Summary: Photographs, many are 2 3/4" x 3 1/2" snapshots, of life on the Navajo Reservation, mostly between 1935 and 1941 although a few were taken about 1915. There are also a few photographs of the San Agustin Mission ruins and the area at the foot of Sentinel Peak taken in the 1940s. There are many full-length informal portraits of Navajo men and women, as well as images of homes, hogans, sheep, and pictographs and rock inscriptions. There are images of a fair displaying arts and crafts, Navajo rugs, jewelry, baskets, pottery and more, ca. 1940. There are images of a distribution of food, an Indian School band, a Navajo weaver, and sheep going through dipping chutes.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50814045 View

Van Ryder, Jack (Jackson), 1899-1967. Van Ryder papers, 1927-1969.

Title: Van Ryder papers, 1927-1969.

Correspondence, manuscripts, printed matter, legal documents, and art work relating to Van Ryder's interests in rodeo, western art, and Republican Party politics. Correspondences include rodeo personalities such as Guy Wedick, Foghorn Clancy, and Shorty Wallis; fellow artists Will James and Olaf Wieghorst; Richard Van Valkenburgh, publisher of the Arizona Nightingale; and Tucson residents Jane Ivancovich and William Hodgman. Hodgman provides a picture of post-war Tucson. Manuscripts are typescripts of editorials and articles for Arizona magazines and newspapers mostly concerning Van Ryder's opposition to President Franklin Roosevelt's policies. There are brochures from exhibits, divorce decrees, and business agreements. Also present are signed pen-and-ink drawings by Van Ryder.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41415801 View

Van Valkenburgh, Richard F. Van Valkenburgh papers, 1868-1950 (bulk 1928-1950).

Title: Van Valkenburgh papers, 1868-1950 (bulk 1928-1950).

Correspondence, manuscripts, business records, radio scripts, personal and printed materials chiefly relating to his study of the Navajo in the 1930s. The Richard Van Valkenburgh subgroup includes correspondence from many prominent anthropologists and manuscripts about Navajo individuals, history and place names. There are also typescripts from his radio program concerning law enforcement, crime and criminals in Pima County. His father, H.P. Van Valkenburgh's subgroup is a scrapbook about his career in the California state civil service. Navajo Agency materials include an 1884 letterbook of letters to the Office of Indian Affairs, later correspondence received from the Office concerning education and missions, an 1871 government census of the Navajo, and licenses for reservation traders, 1886-1899. Typescript extracts of letterbooks comprise the Moqui Agency subgroup.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (6 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37934191 View