Photograph album created by Sumner Matteson from a selection of his photographs of the Southwest, Montana, and Colorado. The photographs, which are captioned in a typed list that accompanies the album, date from 1899 to 1902, and depict a variety of places and events. The majority of the photographs are of the Hopi Indians, their Snake, Antelope, and Flute ceremonies, kiva interiors, as well as weaving, grinding corn, courting, working in fields, making pottery, and marketing at the Moenkopi, Mishongnovi, Shipolovi and Shongopovi Pueblos. There are also photographs of cliff-dwellings at Mesa Verde and Mancos Canyon, Colorado; Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; Pueblo Indians at Isleta and Acoma, New Mexico; Navajo and Ute Indians in New Mexico and Colorado; Penitentes in Abiquiu, New Mexico; and views of wagon trains, Indian encampments, mines, and sheepherding in Montana
Description:
Sumner Matteson, a bicycle salesman in Denver who became a photographer, traveled around the West between 1899 and 1903, photographing the Mesa Verde and Pueblo Bonito cliff-dwellings, Navajo Indians, Penitentes in New Mexico, Hopi Snake and Flute ceremonies in Arizona, the Pueblo villages of Acoma and Isleta, Montana wagon trains, and cattle and sheep roundups. He sold his own photographs, wrote articles and provided illustrations for popular magazines, and provided photographs for several books on Southwestern Indians written by others., Accompanied by a contemporary typescript containing captions and often explanatory background for almost all of the photographs in the album. Typescript titled "Index to the Frank Klepetko Album. Photos and Data by Sumner W. Matteson" and signed "Sumner W. Matteson, D.A.C. [Denver Athletic Club] Denver, Colo. Jan. 1903.", Individual photographs are 12 x 17 cm. and smaller., 157 of the photographs are platinum prints., Album and copy prints in 2 boxes., and Copy prints available for every page except the first.
Subject (Geographic):
Southwest, New, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Abiquiu (N.M.), Acoma (N.M.), Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Colorado, Isleta (N.M.), Mancos Site (Colo.), Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.), Moenkopi Pueblo (Ariz.), and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Klepetko, Frank., Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920., and Hermanos Penitentes
Subject (Topic):
Hopi Indians, Rites and ceremonies, Indians of North America, Cliff-dwellings, Kivas, Navajo Indians, Pueblo Indians, Snake dance, Mines and mineral resources, Sheep ranches, Wool industry, and Religious life and customs
Manuscript volume, in the hand of an unidentified nun at the monastery of Scala Coeli in Genoa, containing copies of Italian translations from the Revelationes, Sermo Angelicus, and other texts from the Liber Caelestis of Saint Bridget. On the colophon, the scribe identifies herself as a professed nun of the Order of Saint Bridget, and states that the work was completed on July 26, 1626. The manuscript also includes circa 27 contemporary devotional engravings placed throughout the text, many with identifiable artists and publishers from Italy, France, the Netherlands, and elsewhere. The engravings depict Christian figures, including the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, the archangel Michael, and various saints; and scenes from the New Testament, including from the lives of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
Description:
Bridget of Sweden (approximately 1303-1373) was a mystic and saint. She experienced visions beginning in childhood, the records of which were gathered and translated into Latin. They are collectively known as the Revelationes and Liber Caelestis., The Birgittine convent known as Scala Coeli was founded in Genoa, Italy, circa 1406. Nuns at the convent translated the writings of Saint Bridget into Italian., In Italian; colophon in Latin., Title from first leaf., Includes table of contents on six leaves at end., Colophon, leaf 317r., and Binding: Contemporary red leather over wooden boards; front and back covers have blind tooled rules and rolls, with a central figure of a female saint and the letters "M S B G" tooled in gold; spine with raised bands and a blind tooled flower in each compartment; front edge originally had two leather straps with brass clasps, and is now lacking one strap and clasp. Later (19th century?) paper spine label with manuscript inscription: "[illegible] S. Brigid. Cavate dei libri delle sue rivela[tion]. Opera di una monaca della ordine stisso[?] per comodite delle Sorelle 1626".
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Italy, and Sweden
Subject (Name):
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373., Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373, Jesus Christ, John, the Baptist, Saint, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, and Michael (Archangel)
Subject (Topic):
Devotion to, Devotion, Nuns, Saints, and Religious life and customs
