Senter, Donovan

Florence Hawley at Chaco Canyon, 1935. Pict 000-579-001

Florence Hawley Ellis was born on September 17, 1906 in Sonora, Mexico. She moved with her family to Los Angeles, California in 1913 and later to Miami, Arizona. A teacher, researcher and scholar interested in archaeology, dendrochronology, Pueblo and Spanish American studies as well as the American Southwest and its ties to Mesoamerica, Florence taught at the University of Arizona from the fall of 1928 until 1933. In the fall 1934 she joined the Anthropology Department at the University of New Mexico, where she taught until her retirement in 1971.

From the guide to the Florence Hawley Ellis and Donovan Senter Collection of Hispanic, Isleta, and Laguna Songs, 1940-1949, (University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research)