Papers, 1860-1956 (bulk 1890-1920)

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Papers, 1860-1956 (bulk 1890-1920)

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Includes journals, correspondence, writings, notebooks, and photographs, chiefly 1890-1920, relating to his family and career with the Southwest Society, Southwest Museum, Sequoya League, Los Angeles Public Library, and other institutions. Selected correspondents include members of the Lummis family, Abeita family, Amado Chaves, Edgar Hewett, F.W. Hodge, Denis Riordan, and Mary Austin. Letters to his wife Eva Frances in 1892 are from Peru, where Lummis was a member of the Villard Expedition. Also present are drafts of Turbese Lummis Fiske's biography of her father. One of his notebooks chronicles his time as a reporter during the Apache campaign of 1886. Original photographs taken by Lummis include cyanotypes of antiquities, landscapes, pueblos, and Native Americans in New Mexico and Arizona.

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Moore, Dorothea, d.1942.

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Order of Panama.

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Sequoya League. Los Angeles Council

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Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956

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Frederick Webb Hodge was an ethnographer, archaeologist, editor and museum director. Hodge's first exposure to archaeology was as secretary of the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition. When the project was over he returned to work at the Bureau of American Ethnology as Librarian. His work as editor began with the revitalization of the American Anthropologist and carried through his 2 vol. set of the Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, to the famous 20 vol. set by Edward S. C...

Chaves, Amado.

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Loomis family

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Hewett, Edgar L. (Edgar Lee), 1865-1946

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Edgar L. Hewett was the founder and first director of the Museum of New Mexico and the School of American Archaeology (which later became the School of American Research), both in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the description of Edgar L. Hewett files, 1915-1940. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992690 From the description of Edgar L. Hewett notes on Quarai, 1913. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992649 Edgar L. Hewett was a pro...

Douglas, Frances, 1870-1969

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Southwest museum Los Angeles, Calif.

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Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusettts. He became an editor for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 1884, working for Harrison Gray Otis. He promoted interest in the American Southwest with his photography and articles. Lummis helped found the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the School of American Research in Santa Fe. The items from librarian Mary Sarber concern her research of Mr. Lummis' writings. From the guide to the Charles F. Lummis Collection, S27...

Archaeological Institute of America. Southwest Society

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Administrative History note The Southwest Society was an active branch of the Archaeological Institute of America from 1903-1917. The Society was founded by Charles F. Lummis with the intent of eventually opening a museum of artifacts of the Southwest. The Society succeeded in this goal in 1907, when the Southwest Museum was founded. At that point, the mission of the Southwest Society was entirely geared towards supporting the museum. The Soc...

Abeita family

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Austin, Mary Leman, 1956-

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Landmarks Club

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Fiske, Turbesé Lummis

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Dorothea Turbesé Lummis Fiske (1892-1968) was the daugther of Charles F. Lummis and his first wife, Dorothea Rhodes. She co-authored (with Keith Lummis) a biography of Charles Lummis entitled Charles F. Lummis: the man and his west (published 1975). Fiske also edited Lummis' book General Crook and the Apache wars (1966), and wrote works of fiction, including Peep o'day (1927) and Gentlemen, hush! (1933), co-authored with Henry Herbert Knibbs. From the description of Charles F. Lummi...

Riordan, Denise C. R.

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