The Institute of the American West photograph collection

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The Institute of the American West photograph collection

1886-1985

http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv49435

The Institute of the American West photograph collection contains portraits and photographs documenting the history of the West and of Native Americans. The collection includes photographs documenting trips to Indian reservations relating to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and activities on the Navajo reservation in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Also included are photographs used in several television documentaries on the West, and portraits of participants in several conferences related to Western history.

484 photographs

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University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658680

University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

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Costo, Rupert, 1906-1989

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