Cummings archaeology photographs, ca. 1850-1940 (bulk 1915-1930).

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Cummings archaeology photographs, ca. 1850-1940 (bulk 1915-1930).

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Summary: Photographs from Cummings' work at archaeological sites in Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah including Chichen Itza, Cuicuilco, and Cholula Puebla in Mexico and Kinishba and Canyon de Chelly in Arizona, mostly from 1915 to 1930. Highlights include images of the Silverbell Artifacts, Casa Grande ruins, Mesa Verde National Park, Elden Pueblo, Monument Valley, University Ruin, and Nitsie Canyon. There are images of Apache Indians including Crown dancers, Kinishba work crews, the Cedar Creek School Board, and a Fort Apache girls puberty ceremony; most individuals are indentified. There are also images of a Hopi flute ceremony and snake dance, and a group of Pima Indians at the Presbyterian Church at Sacaton. Other people in photographs include Clara Lee Fraps, Rosemary Drachman Taylor, Helen Campbell Land, Ralph Ellinwood, Emil Haury, and Chuck Abbott. A photograph of attendees of the 1931 Pecos Conference includes Neil Judd, A.V. Kidder, Arthur Woodward, Emil Haury, and Ruth Benedict. There are also images of the Wetherill Trading Post, Guevavi Mission, Tumacacori Mission before restoration, the Kinisba Museum at Fort Apache, and numerous natural bridges. One family album contains cartes-de-visite, tintypes and cabinet cards of unidentifed people from about 1850 to 1880. One photograph, about 1900, shows men using pickaxes to dig while women in flowered hats look on, titled "excavating near Willard City, Utah". Photographers include Esther Henderson, Chuck Abbott, and Sam Levitz.

6 linear ft. (15 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7631528

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Cummings, Byron, 1860-1954

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Archaeologist, professor and University of Arizona president; Cummings joined the U of A about 1915 as professor of archaeology and director of the Arizona State Museum. He served as U of A president from 1927 to 1928. From the description of Cummings papers, 1887-1960. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 38150070 Biographical note: Archaeologist, Cummings joined the University of Arizona about 1915 as professor of archaeology and dir...

Wetherill, John

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Henderson, Esther Lee Cherry, 1910-

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Professional photographer, came to Arizona in 1935, married Charles Abbott in 1940, and the couple photographed the West for various travel publications. "Way Out West with Esther Henderson" was a regular weekly feature of the Tucson Daily Citizen newspaper. From the description of Henderson photographs, 1954-1958. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 41322829 ...

Haury, Emil W. (Emil Walter), 1904-1992

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Professor of Anthropology, University of Arizona. From the description of Oral history interview, 1967 Feb. 5 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 35770057 Anthropologist; University of Arizona Anthropology Dept. head and Director of Arizona State Museum. From the description of Oral history interview, 1980 Dec. 10 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record...

Abbott, Chuck,

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Levitz, Sam,

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