Leland Clifton Wyman Papers on Navajo Myths and Sandpaintings, 1920-1981

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Leland Clifton Wyman Papers on Navajo Myths and Sandpaintings, 1920-1981

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The materials in this collection represent Leland Wyman's research on Navajo mythsand sandpaintings. It includes source material written by Gladys Reichard, BerardHaile, and Franc Newcomb, as well as illustrations of weavings by Hasteen Klah and slides of Native American arts and crafts.

3 boxes (3 cu. ft.)

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The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch

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Reichard, Gladys Amanda, 1893-1955

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Klah, Hasteen

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Wyman, Leland Clifton, 1897-1988

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Leland Clifton Wyman was born in 1897 Livermore Falls, Maine. He got his bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 1918 and his Ph. D. degree from Harvard in 1922. He taught experimental and theoretical physiology, sociology, anthropology, American Indian art, and Asiatic art at the Boston College of Liberal Arts. He also directed research work on Navajo ethnology at the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico. From 1942 to 1946 he served as chairman of the Division of Medical Scien...

Haile, Berard, 1874-1961

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Franciscan missionary, linguist, and anthropologist. Worked extensively with the Navajo at Lukachukai and St. Michaels Missions in Arizona and wrote several works on Navajo ceremonials, language and grammar. From the description of Papers, 1893-1961 (bulk 1925-1961). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 30482145 From the guide to the Berard Haile papers, 1893-1961 (bulk 1925-1961), (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) ...

Newcomb, Franc Johnson

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