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Years this material was created: 1880s-2000s (bulk 1996-1999)
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Introduction/ Scope and contents |
Biographical note | Series descriptions |
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| Container list | Other collection inventories | Center of Southwest Studies | |
M 191
Andrew Gulliford papers
collection dates:
1988-2005 (bulk 1996-1999)
20 linear shelf feet (in 45 document cases, 2 flat lidded boxes, 2
videotape boxes, and oversize materials in a flat
file drawer folder)
This collection contains the historically significant records resulting from research conducted by Dr. Andrew Gulliford while he was preparing several historical works for publication in the 1990s, most especially his book (published in 2000 by the University Press of Colorado) entitled Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions. These records, donated in 21 boxes (most of them records boxes, 2 of which were returned to the donor, and a few of them smaller in size), were compiled and maintained by Professor Gulliford between the years and 1990 and 2000. The materials pertaining to the Sacred Objects and Sacred Places book were shipped in 12-15 banker's boxes.
The collection is comprised predominantly (85-90%) of research materials. Much of the material is articles, newspapers, and other printed materials (or duplicates thereof); their value to the Fort Lewis College students and others who do research at the Center of Southwest Studies is that the materials have been carefully assembled together into one collection. The collection also includes a small quantity of other materials not related to that book but also pertaining to the collecting scope of the Center of Southwest Studies. These include approximately twenty books (to be cataloged for the Center's Southwest Research Library if they are not already in that collection) including several first-edition rare books, and several posters. Also donated was a small banker's box on the Storm King Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, with notes, photos, books, etc.; and materials used in Dr. Gulliford's research on the Ute Trail on the Western Slope of Colorado. The collection also includes approximately 40 oral history interviews and 18 videotapes-- both pertaining to the same topics as the research materials already described.
These materials are especially useful to persons studying a broad variety of mostly contemporary issues relating to Native Americans in the United States and especially in the Southwest.
Dr. Gulliford has donated other (earlier) portions of his research materials to the Denver Public Library and the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming, Laramie. Research materials pertaining to his book, Boomtown Blues: Colorado Oil Shale, 1885-1985 (Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1989), are in Special Collections at the Colorado School of Mines (Golden). Gulliford’s research materials pertaining to his book, America’s Country Schools (Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1984) are in Special Collections at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Andrew Gulliford, a professor at Fort Lewis College, was formerly the director of the Center of Southwest Studies. Gulliford completed his bachelor's degree in American History and his master's degree in teaching at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. He obtained his doctorate in American culture and history at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He was a fourth-grade teacher in Silt, Colo., and also taught American History courses at the Rifle branch of Colorado Mountain College for seven years prior to obtaining his doctorate. A public historian with extensive experience in museum work, historic preservation and cultural resource management, he practices and teaches on aspects of that work as well as Western history, Indian history, and environmental history. (Click here to view his vita; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader freeware.)
Dr. Gulliford joined the staff of the Center of Southwest Studies in July of 2000 and served as the Center's director until April of 2005. As a faculty member, he taught in the Department of Southwest Studies. For the decade prior to July of 2000, he was a professor and director of the Public History and Historic Preservation Program at Middle Tennessee State University. Prior to that, Gulliford served three years as director of the Western New Mexico University Museum in Silver City, where he worked with Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Hispano students as interns and museum staff; helped develop an interagency organization to prevent theft of cultural artifacts from federal lands; and consulted on tribal museum and repatriation issues associated with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
Gulliford, who grew up and attended high school in Lamar, Colorado, had a long-term professional goal to "return to the West to help preserve Western heritage and to train Native Americans to conserve and curate their own cultural resources." His donation of this collection was one means toward achieving that goal.
Administrative information
Arrangement note: The series are numbered consecutively. The lower level of organization is by folder titles (only for the container listing, next section). Because we expect to add to this collection, the numbering scheme for the boxes starts with 1 for each series. Items within each series (e.g., subject files, committee files) are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically. Personal folders are the exception; they are often undated, so files of daily schedules, invitations, notes for speeches and editorials are separated by years where possible.
Acquisition information: The deed of gift for this collection was signed at the first meeting of the Center's new Accessions / Deaccessions Committee on September 20, 2000. The collection has grown through numerous accessions received from Dr. Gulliford since then.
Processing information: The collection (it was begun with accession 2000:05013) was initially (and roughly--only to the box level) processed at the Center of Southwest Studies by Todd Ellison in December/ January of 2000/01. Some of the students of Todd Ellison's SW 340 course in Archives arranged and described the following series during the Fall 2004 trimester: Susana Jones and Terry Gasdia (Series 1: Sacred Objects and Sacred Places research materials, partially processed), Robin Davis (Series 2: Ute Trail research materials), and Megan Martin (Series 9: Alaska, and Series 10: newsletters). This inventory was produced by Todd Ellison, begun October 2004 (last revised August 2006). Stephanie Harwood arranged and described all of the remaining series in September-November 2007.
Deaccessioning information: Nothing was deaccessioned during processing. The following 1.5 linear shelf feet of materials were not accessioned but rather were returned to Dr. Gulliford in January of 2001:
duplicates (of flyers, books, and other printed materials)
nine books that are outside of the collecting scope of the Center's Southwest Research Library
about a dozen folders of Gulliford's financial housekeeping records for grant-funded work on tribal preservation, ca. 1992-1999
.5 lsf of Gulliford's files re: MAP grants for which he was a consultant (the Center retained materials about the Poeh Cultural Center and Museum in New Mexico, but not the consultation report materials)
comprehensive historic protection plan for North Dakota (in a thick 3-ring binder)
Dr. Gulliford's daily planners from 1993 and 1994
the letter 'x" from a Scrabble™ game
The following items separated out from the Gulliford collection will be placed in the Delaney Library at the Center of Southwest Studies:
A run of issues of the Native Peoples quarterly magazine, 1992-1999 for the SW periodicals collection (to be bound if and when we obtain these three missing issues: Winter 1992, Winter 1993, and Fall 1998).
Approximately 20 books (to be listed and cataloged in TALON as mentioned previously).
Four oversize large posters etc., for a flat file ("map case") cabinet in the SW Library.
Two color post cards for the Southwest post card collection, folder 44; they are described as follows: on Union Pacific Railroad: Sioux Indians and Tepees, Frontier Days, Cheyenne, Wyo. (mailed on 3/25/1942 from Bill in Cheyenne, Wyo., to Mrs. E. Kuehne in Winona, Minn.) and #224 Cowboy race on wild bucking bronchos [sic]: rodeo scene in the Wild and Wooly West, 2491-30-N (much worn; mailed on 4/6/1945, again from Bill in Cheyenne, Wyo., to Mrs. E. Kuehne in Winona, Minn.).
Series number (and hyperlink to container list)
Series 1: Sacred Objects and Sacred Places research materials, 1986 -2005. 434 folders, in 19 document cases. Includes brochures, newspaper clippings, newsletters, periodicals, and correspondence. The arrangement approximately follows the order of the published book of the same title; each sub-series corresponds to a chapter of the book, for chapters 1 through 5.
Series 2: Ute Trail research materials, 1880s - 1999. 62 folders, in 2 document cases. Includes brochures, newspaper clippings, newsletters, periodicals, and correspondence. This material relates to Dr. Gulliford's work in the early 1990s on "The Ute Trail on Colorado’s Western Slope: Sacred Sites and the Concept of a Trail Preserve."
Series 3: Pot-hunting in the Southwest research materials, 1986 - 1994. 77 folders, in 5 document cases. Includes brochures, newspaper clippings, newsletters, periodicals, and correspondence. This material relates to Dr. Gulliford's work in the late 1980s and early 1990s on this topic.
Series 4: Storm King Fire research materials, circa 1992-1999. 28 folders, in 2 document cases. Includes research files on the wildland firefighter memorials and on the Storm King fire near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Series 5: Oral history materials, circa 1992-1998. 39 folders, in 1 document case. Records of oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Gulliford. The related audiotapes are in series 12 of this collection but are housed with the Center's other audiotapes, by collection number, which is U 018: Andrew Gulliford oral history collection. Approximately 50 interviews, of which this collection has 37 folders of paper documentation. Arrangement is alphabetical by name of person interviewed.
Series 6: Student research papers on Indian topics, circa 1992-1999. 3 folders, in 1 document case. Works by students whom Professor Gulliford advised or taught in class.
Series 7: Tribes of the United States research materials, circa 1992-1999. Arrangement is alphabetical by name of tribe or geographic location. 38 folders, in 2.5 document cases.
Series 8: Hawaii research materials, 1992-1999. 28 folders, in 1 document case.
Series 9: Alaska research materials, 1992-1999. 48 folders, in 2 document cases.
Series 10: Native American issues newsletters, circa 1982-1999. 13 folders, in 1 document case. Includes NARF (Native American Rights Fund), etc. Arrangement is alphabetical by title.
Series 11: Native American and Southwest issues videotapes, circa 1992-1999. 11 videocassettes in one box. Topics include Crow, Californian Indians, and Hawaiian Indians; firefighters; and The Five States of Colorado.
Series 12: Native American and Southwest issues oral history interview audiotapes, circa 1992-1999. 7 videocassettes in one box. Arrangement is by date of interview.
Series 13: Advisory board records and printed materials, circa 2002-2005. 15 folders, in 1 document case. Includes U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Advisory Council for Southwest Colorado printed materials, reports, and meeting info, 2002-2005, compiled by Andy Gulliford while he served on the Council.
Series 14: Camp Bird Mine road records and printed materials, circa 1877-2005. In 1.5 document cases and 1 flat lidded box. Mostly, photocopies, rather than originals. Accession 2003:07002. Pertaining to a legal case regarding roads and rights-of-ways in mining areas of Colorado, and in particular Ouray County. Dr. Gulliford has stated that he believes this will be a precedent-setting case in terms of how to apply federal law RS2477. Includes the judge's conclusion in the case: that the road is public and has been since at least 1877. Stephanie Harwood summarized his 48-page decision as follows: The court ruled in favor of the defendant, citing that the road in question is indeed a country road rather than a private one. This decision was made pertaining to the evidence presented by the dependent and the lack of evidence from the plaintiff. The basis of the decision came with the understanding that the road which had originally been a wagon trial was always public. The trail was originally used for the public access of a post office as well as the only way to maneuver in and out of the valley. This was used since 1877 as a public trial, and was eventually converted into a road once the mining companies moved into the valley. This changed how the road was used, but it still remained public, as to the fact that the taxpayer’s money was being used for up keep and snowplowing in the winter. Thus by all these factors the road was ruled as public rather than private. The Judge used some questionable defense and support though, and it would be no surprise if this case went on to the Colorado Supreme Court.
Series 15: Miscellaneous materials and ephemera. 86 folders, in 4 document cases and 1 flat lidded box.
Series 16: Wounded Knee notes, photographs, manuscripts, and printed materials. 4 folders, in 1 document case.
Series 17: Andrew Gulliford publications. Printed materials. 22 folders, 1 document case. Arrangement is chronological
Series 1: Sacred Objects and Sacred Places research materials
Boxes 1-3: (Sub-series 1.1) Preface and chapter 1: Repatriation of Native American Human Remains. Topics include the regulations of NAGPRA.
Boxes 4-5: (Sub-series 1.2) Chapter 2: Native Americans and Museums: Curation and repatriation of sacred and tribal objects. Topics include case studies of tribal museums, including the ancient Mimbres people, Blackfeet and Pawnee medicine bundles, and Apache and Crow objects.
Box 6: (Sub-series 1.3) Chapter 3: Sacred places and sacred landscapes. Topics include Hopi and Zuni views of land use.
(Sub-series 1.4) Chapter 4: Preservation of tribal sacred places.
Boxes 7-10: (Sub-series 1.4) Chapter 4, continued. Topics include protection of sites; and case studies.
Boxes 11-14: (Sub-series 1.5) Chapter 5: Living tribal cultures. Topics include contemporary issues.
Box 15: (Sub-series 1.6) Appendices, and (Sub-series 1.7) records and correspondence pertaining to grants that funded Dr. Gulliford's work on the book.
Box 16: (Sub-series 1.8) Book production files.
Boxes 17-18: (Sub-series 1.9) SHPO (State Historic Protection Officer) (correct?) records and correspondence by Dr. Gulliford. Alphabetical by name of state. Followed by other files.
Box 19: (Sub-series 1.10) Repatriation files. Includes records and correspondence by/with Mary Thieme (Cumberland Science Museum, Nashville, TN) and materials pertaining to land claims, etc.
