The Annita Delano photograph collection

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The Annita Delano photograph collection

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Photographs, postcards and newspaper clippings, most mounted on album pages, circa 1930-1940. The photographs and postcards focus on the Southwest, consisting principally of images of Native American people of Arizona and New Mexico. Many photographs document the festivities at annual Intertribal Indian Ceremonial gatherings in Gallup, New Mexico in the 1930's. Images of landscapes, buildings, archaeological remains and desert vegetation are also included. Also contains personal photographs of Annita Delano and friends, including well-known dance photographer Barbara Morgan. Some photographs in the collection are identified by photographer - these include Annita Delano, Milton Snow, Marge Butler, Barbara and Willard Morgan, and Elizabeth Forrest. The bulk of the material was collected during Ms. Delano's annual camping trips to Arizona and New Mexico during which she painted and visited Native American villages, gatherings and archeological ruins.

1.5 linear ft.

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Delano, Annita 1894-1979.

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Annita Delano was born October 2, 1894 in Hueneme, California. She attended elementary school in Los Angeles and graduated from Porterville Union High School in 1914. She then enrolled in the art program at the Los Angeles Normal School, which in 1919 became University of California Southern Branch. She studied art and art history and began her career as Professor of Art at the University in 1920. She also received training in art and art history from Columbia University, University...