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1. Canyon Dechell, Arizona
- Creator:
- Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2609
- Collection Title:
- Richard Erdoes papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 13
- Image Count:
- 2
- Subject (Geographic):
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)
- Subject (Name):
- Navajo shepherds
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America --Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Domestic animals--Pictorial works, and Shepherds--Southwest, New
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Canyon Dechell, Arizona
2. Cliff dwellings, pueblo ruins, & Indian life in the South West / Photographs by Sumner W. Matteson, Denver.
- Creator:
- Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920.
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1899-1903.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 204
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- 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:
- 157 of the photographs are platinum prints., 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.", Album and copy prints in 2 boxes., Captions for digitized photographs taken from original typescript., Individual photographs are 12 x 17 cm. and smaller., Purchased from Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1996., and 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Abiquiu (N.M.)--Pictorial works., Acoma (N.M.)--Pictorial works., Arizona--Pictorial works., Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Colorado--Pictorial works., Isleta (N.M.)--Pictorial works., Mancos Site (Colo.), Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works., Moenkopi Pueblo (Ariz.), Montana--Pictorial works., New Mexico--Religious life and customs--Pictorial works., and West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
- Subject (Name):
- Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works., Klepetko, Frank., and Matteson, Sumner W.,--1867-1920.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cliff-dwellings--Pictorial works., Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies--Pictorial works., Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Pictorial works., Kivas--Southwest, New--Pictorial works., Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Pictorial works., Navajo Indians--Pictorial works., Pueblo Indians--Pictorial works., Sheep ranches--Montana--Pictorial works., Snake dance--Pictorial works., Ute Indians--Pictorial works., and Wool industry--Montana--Pictorial works.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cliff dwellings, pueblo ruins, & Indian life in the South West / Photographs by Sumner W. Matteson, Denver.
3. Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of 1871, 1872, a
- Creator:
- Bell, William
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
OSullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905 - Published / Created:
- 1871-73?]
- Call Number:
- Wa Photos Folio 55
- Image Count:
- 68
- Abstract:
- The photographs prints are arranged into three consecutive series, "Explorations in Nevada and Arizona - Expedition of 1871," with photographs by OSullivan; "Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian - Expedition of 1872," with photographs by Bell
- Description:
- Album of mounted photographs created by Timonthy H. OSullivan and William Bell that document the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian led by George Montague Wheeler, 1871-1873. The album was compiled by the War Department, ca. 1873-1874.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Arizona., Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.), Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Nevada., New Mexico., Southwest, New., Utah., West (U.S.), and Zuni (N.M.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Apache Indians., Canyons., Discoveries in geography., Landscape photography., Navajo Indians., Paiute Indians., and Pueblos
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of 1871, 1872, a
4. [The ruins in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, called ""Casa Blanca""]
- Creator:
- Hillers, John K
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 271
- Collection Title:
- Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh collection of photographs and drawings of the Colorado River region.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2 | Folder 71
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, a member of John Wesley Powells second expedition down the Colorado River (1871-1873); author of the Romance of the Colorado River and A Canyon Voyage, and numerous other books.
- Description:
- Photographs from the second Powell Expedition. From p. 152 of ""Romance of the Colorado River. and Some of photographic contact sheets and prints from original negatives not included in Beinecke Library Digital Images Online.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.), and West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cliff-dwellings--Arizona
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [The ruins in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, called ""Casa Blanca""]
