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HELEN SLOAN DANIELS PAPERS

The Helen Sloan Daniels Collection includes an assortment of hundreds of printed materials that include scholarly journals, legal documents, and newspaper clippings, as well as scrapbooks addressing issues pertaining to the various Native American groups in the Southwest (primarily the Apaches, the Hopi, the Navajo, the various Pueblos and the Utes) and local archaeological interests. One of the more unusual items in this collection is the Southern Ute Agency Special U.S. Indian Agent's letterpress copybook of outgoing correspondence to the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, March 5-July 26, 1899.  Also of interest to our researchers are the 290 photoprints, postcards, and drawings that add to the richness of the Helen Sloan Daniels papers.

Added entry terms:
Indians of North America
Archaeology--Colorado--Durango
Archaeologists--Colorado--Durango
Women archaeologists--Colorado--Durango
Apache Indians
Hopi Indians
Navajo Indians
Pueblo Indians
Ute Indians
Zuni Indians

Biographical note

Helen Sloan Daniels, a third generation Durangoan, was born on December 21, 1899, in Durango, Colorado. Coming from a family that was noted for being very active in community service, she carried on this tradition through her work as a trustee for the Durango Public Library and as an officer for the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society.  With the exception of attending four years of college at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Mrs. Daniels spent her entire life in Durango until her death in May of 1979.

Administrative information

Acquisition information:  This collection is constituted of accessions 1968:05001, 1994:01007, 2000:06008A, and 2002:03044.

Processing information:  Alexia Lopez, student in the introductory archives class at Fort Lewis College, initially processed most of the collection in the fall 1993 trimester, under the supervision of Todd Ellison, Certified Archivist at the Center of Southwest Studies, who produced this inventory in October of 1998 (last revised July 2007).  From June through July of 2007, Professional Archival Intern Jerrid Lee Miller arranged the collection into its present form, created the folder-level container list, and otherwise expanded the collection descriptions.  A slim folder of newspaper clippings not pertaining to the scope of this collection was deaccessioned, as was a Pikes Peak region mini-postcard booklet and Denver Post rotagravure color picture of Pikes Peak page that were transferred to the Pioneers Museum in Colorado Springs.

Series descriptions

Record groups (RGs), shown in boldface, are numbered consecutively.  The lower levels of organization, following the RG numbers are subgroups (SGs) and series. Box numbers start with 1 in each record group, or sub-group in each series.

Listing of Record Groups and Series--

Record Group 1: Archaeological related materials

Series 1.1:   Archaeological related printed materials, 1908-1983. 12 folders in boxes 1 and 2.

Series 1.2:   Archaeological related correspondence, 1937-1986. 2 folders in box 2.

Series 1.3:   Archaeological related newspaper clippings, 1939-1983. 6 folders in box 2.

Series 1.4:   Other archaeological relevant materials, circa 1922-1963. 10 folders in boxes 3 and 4.
 

Record Group 2: Native American related materials  

Series 2.1:   Native American related printed materials, 1922-1978. 5 folders in box 5.

Series 2.2:   Native American related newspaper clippings, 1953 July 24-1961. 6 folders in box 5.

Series 2.3:   Other Native American related materials, circa 1941-1965. 6 folders in boxes 5 and 6.
 

Record Group 3: Apache related materials

Series 3.1:   Apache related printed materials, undated. 2 folders in box 6.

Series 3.2:   Apache related scrapbook, undated. 1 folder in box 6.
 

Record Group 4: Hopi related materials

Series 4.1:   Hopi related printed materials, 1964-1977. 2 folders in box 6.

Series 4.2:   Hopi related newspaper clippings, 1946 August 16-1975 July 25. 1 folder in box 6.

Series 4.3:   Hopi related scrapbook, undated. 1 folder in box 7.
 

Record Group 5: Navajo related materials

Series 5.1:   Navajo related printed materials, 1934-1978. 13 folders in boxes 7 and 8.

Series 5.2:   Navajo related newspaper clippings, 1937 November 3-1983 April 3. 7 folders in box 8.

Series 5.3:   Other Navajo related materials, circa 1935-1987. 3 folders in box 8.
 

Record Group 6:  Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related materials

Series 6.1:   Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related materials, circa 1935-1964. 3 folders in box 8.

Series 6.2:   Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related newspaper clippings, circa 1940-1979. 3 folders in box 8.

Series 6.3:   Other ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related materials, circa 1930s-1950s. 2 folders in box 8.
 

Record Group 7:  Ute related materials

Series 7.1: Ute related federal government materials, 1890-1960. 4 folders in box 9.

Series 7.2:   Ute related records and printed materials, 1873-1963. 12 folders in boxes 10 and 11.

Series 7.3:   Ute related newspaper clippings, 1936 May 8-1983 April 1. 6 folders in box 11.

Series 7.4:   Ute related scrapbook, circa 1940s-1960s. 1 folder in box 11.

Series 7.5    Other Ute related materials, circa1889-1978.  9 folders in box 12.
 

Record Group 8: Photographs

Series 8.1:   Archaeological related photographs, 1880-1976. 14 folders in boxes 12 and 13.

Series 8.2:   Native American related photographs, circa 1950s. 1 folder in box 13.

Series 8.3:   Apache related photographs, undated. 1 folder in box 13.

Series 8.4:   Hopi related photographs, undated. 1 folder in box 13.

Series 8.5:   Navajo related photographs, circa 1974. 2 folders in box 13.

Series 8.6:   Ancient and contemporary Puebloan related photographs, circa 1904-1968. 3 folders in box 13.

Series 8.7:   Ute related photographs, undated. 1 folder in box 13.

Series 8.8:   Other images,1956. 1 folder in box 13.

Record Group 9: Oversize printed materials

Series 9.1:   Oversize printed materials, circa 1955-1970s. 7 folders in boxes 14 and 15.

Container list: folder-level description of contents

Box 1:   Series 1.1 -- Archaeological related printed materials, folders 1-7: 

Folder 1     Archaeological related printed materials, 1908-1928.  Contains 9 different printed materials (and several copies) including Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Description Book to the Yellowstone Park (1908), several writings from Art and Archaeology Magazine (1920-1921) and The Prehistoric Ruins of Chaco Canyon (1928).

Folder 2     Archaeological related printed materials, 1936-1937.  Contains 3 different printed materials (and several copies) including Digging Sticks by Cornelius Temple (1936), "The Cultural Pueblo Chronology," by A. E. Douglass (c.1937) and Study Sketch of Mesa Mountain Sandals by an unknown author (1937).    

Folder 3    Archaeological related printed materials, 1937.  Contains 2 different printed materials including Study Sketch of Mesa Mountain Sandals by an unknown author (1937) and Collection of Temple Cornelius' Sandals from Mesa Mountain by an unknown author (1937).

Folder 4     Archaeological related printed materials, 1938.  Contains 3 different printed materials (and several copies) including Basketmaker III Culture Bulletin I by Durango Public Library (1938), "Was Minnesota Girl buried in a gully," by Ernst Antevs (Apr-May 1938) and Western Colorado and Eastern Utah Magazine (1938).

Folder 5    Archaeological related printed materials, 1939.  Contains 3 different printed materials (and several copies) including Ignacio 7-2A by an unknown author (1939), Temple Cornelius' Digging Stick Collection by L. E. and Helen Daniels (1939) and Dating Prehistoric Ruins by Tree Rings by W. S. Stallings, Jr. (1939). 

Folder 6     Archaeological related printed materials,1939-1940.  Contains 1 printed copy of The Notebook printed by the Society for American Archaeology (1939-1940).

Folder 7     Archaeological related printed materials, 1939-1940.  Contains 1 printed copy of the bibliography that accompanies The Notebook printed by the Society for American Archaeology (1939-1940).

Box 2:   Series 1.1 -- Archaeological related printed materials, folders 1-5:

Folder 1     Archaeological related printed materials, 1940.  Contains 3 different printed materials (and several copies) including Artifacts Secured by the NYA Project from Dove Creek by Helen Daniels (1940), Reconstructed Sherds East Junction Creek Ignacio 12:8 by Helen Daniels (1940) and Sherds and Points: Durango Amateur Archaeology Story by I. F. "Zeke" Flora and Helen Daniels. (1940).

Folder 2     Archaeological related printed materials, 1940-1941.  Contains 1 printed copy (and 1 duplicate) of Sherds and Points: Durango Amateur Archaeology Story by I. F. "Zeke" Flora and Helen Daniels (1940-1941).

Folder 3     Archaeological related printed materials, 1957-1974.  Contains 3 different printed materials including "Diggers and Digging in Colorado," by Robert H. Lister (1957), Western Gateways Magazine (Winter 1965) and various pottery descriptions that came out of a single unidentified article in August of 1974.

Folder 4     Archaeological related printed materials, 1980-1983.  Contains 3 different printed materials including Odyssey Magazine (1980), Archaeological Investigations at the Pigge Site: A Pilot Study by P. G. Duke (Aug. 1983) and "The Phenomenon of Chaco Canyon," by Al Statts (May-June 1983).

Folder 5     Archaeological related printed materials, undated.  Contains 12 different printed materials including 4 pamphlets from Chaco Canyon National Monument and Bandelier National Monument, 1 undated article from the UNM Alumnus relating to Chaco Canyon National Monument, Prehistoric Cultures of the Durango, Colorado District, a typed notebook by I. F. "Zeke" Flora describing various archaeological artifacts as well as other related material.

Series 1.2 -- Archaeological related correspondence, folders 6-7:

Folder 6     Archaeological related correspondence, 1937-1986.  Contains 82 letters written between Helen Sloan Daniels and other parties that document the formation of the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society, the publication of her works, findings from archaeological sites as well as other topics.  

Folder 7     Archaeological related correspondence, undated.  Contains 8 undated letters between Helen Sloan Daniels and other parties relating to archaeological topics.

Series 1.3 -- Archaeological related newspaper clippings, folders 8-13:

Folder 8     Archaeological related newspaper clippings, 1939 July 28-1949 February 11.  Includes numerous articles relating to local archaeological sites in the Four Corners area.

Folder 9     Archaeological related newspaper clippings, 1950 July 12-1959 August  23.  Includes numerous articles discussing archaeological related topics in the Four Corners area.

Folder 10    Archaeological related newspaper clippings, 1960 May 15-1969 June 12.  Includes numerous articles discussing local archaeological finds in the Durango, Colorado area as well as other sites in the Four Corners area.

Folder 11   Archaeological related newspaper clippings, 1971 July 18-1979 July 8.  Includes numerous articles discussing archaeological sites in the Four Corners area.

Folder 12   Archaeological related newspaper clippings, 1980 June 23-1983 May 22.  Includes numerous articles discussing relic hunters (also known as looters, grave robbers and pothunters) and other related material in the Four Corners area.  

Folder 13   Archaeological related newspaper clippings, undated. Arranged by subject.  The bulk of the articles contain information about archaeological topics in and around Colorado.

Box 3:   Series 1.4 -- Other archaeological related materials, folders 1-3 and 1-8 (in Box 4) :

Folder 1     Archaeology notebook, circa 1936.  Includes information on wooden implements and woven sandals found by Cornelius Templeton around the vicinity of  Durango, Colorado.

Folder 2     Art and Archaeology notebook, circa 1922-1936.  Includes numerous articles from the Art and Archaeology Magazine, other scholarly works and a hand drawn map of an archaeological site somewhere in the vicinity of Bug Point, Colorado.

Folder 3     Aztec Ruins notebook, circa 1960s.  Includes numerous pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photos and other material relating to Aztec Ruins in New Mexico.

Box 4:

Folder 1     Durango Public Library, 1936-1947.  Includes invoices, indexes, brief descriptions and labels from previously held artifacts in the Durango Public Library Collection.

Folder 2     Other scholarly works, circa 1930s. Arranged by author.  Includes "A reconnaissance of the Guadalupe Mountains, N. M.," by R. M. P. Burnett, "Pottery findings," by Helen S. Daniels, "The Central Pueblo Chronology," by A. E. Douglass and "Record of Findings at La Plata Site," by E. H. Partridge.

Folder 3     Other writings, undated.  Includes a personal notebook of Helen S. Daniels, a biography on Ann Axtell Morris, a transcribed radio interview with I. F. "Zeke" Flora, archaeological songs and an address list.

Folder 4     San Juan Basin Archaeological Society, 1937-1963.  Includes a decal form the group, chapter notes from a 1937 meeting, two invitations to a meeting, a membership card and a special notice bulletin.

Folder 5     Coronado Congress, 1940 August.  Contains a 23 page paper detailing the Albuquerque and Chaco Anthropological Conferences during August of 1940.

Folder 6     Student reports, 1955-1957.  Contains 4 reports done by Helen Sloan Daniels' students.

Folder 7     Chaco Canyon related material, undated.  Contains general information about Chaco Canyon, the Chettro Kettle Trail and "The Chaco Phenomenon," published by The Denver Post.

Folder 8     Wall posters, c.mid-20th century.  Includes a prehistoric peoples of the Southwest chart, 2 magazine pages and several posters depicting dinosaurs.

Box 5:   Series 2.1 -- Native American related printed materials, folders 1-5 :

Folder 1     General Native American related printed materials, 1922-1963.  Alphabetical order.  Contains the American Indian Soundchief's music catalog for 1952-1953, Art and Archaeology (March 1922), Canyon Records music pamphlet (circa 1950s), the April 1947 issue of The Colorado Club Woman (with an article written by Helen Sloan Daniels entitled "Colorado Indians," issues of Indian Ceremonial Magazine (August 1956), Indian Life (August 1959) and Indian News: the Newsletter of the New Mexico Commission on Indian Affairs (August 1963 and September 1963)  

Folder 2     General Native American related printed materials, 1945-1976.  Alphabetical order.  Contains issues of Indian News: the Newsletter of the New Mexico Commission on Indian Affairs (February 1964 and March 1964), two programs for the Intertribal Indian Ceremonial (for the years 1944 and 1945), a pamphlet for the 1961 Intertribal Indian Ceremonial, Sun Tracks (Fall 1976) and a Tom-Tom Records music catalog (c. late 1950s).

Folder 3     Indian Claims Commission related printed materials, 1977.  Contains over 148 pages of legal material relating to the Western Shoshone case in the Indian Claims Commission docket.

Folder 4     Indian Claims Commission related printed materials, 1977-1978.  Organized by docket number.  Contains legal material relating to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and Mohave Tribe cases brought to the Indian Claims Commission.

Folder 5     Specific tribal affiliation related printed material, 1948-1950.  Includes the booklets Seneca Songs from Coldspring Longhouse (1948) and Songs of the Chippewa (1950).

Series 2.2--Native American related newspaper clippings, folder 6-7:

Folder 6     Native American related newspaper clippings, 1949 August 21-1961 March 16.  Includes articles on Sun Dances, alcoholism, Boy Scout Indian hobbyists and economic changes within the Four Corners area tribes.

Folder 7     Native American related newspaper clippings, undated.  Includes articles relating to Native American themes in government and historic issues.

Series 2.3--Other Native American related materials, folders 7-8 and 1-4 (in Box 4):

Folder 8     H. S. Daniels' "Costume" scrapbook, undated.  Contains various newspaper clippings, notes, images and magazines depicting examples of what popular media perceives to be traditional clothing.

Folder 9     H. S. Daniels' Indian Art and Artist scrapbook, undated.  Contains various newspaper clippings, notes and images of several Native American artists and other related and unrelated material.

Box 6:

Folder 1    Other Native American related documents, 1948-1965.  Includes a catalog of phonograph records from the Library of Congress, "The Wichitas: Land of the Living Prairie," by M. Woodbridge Williams, an invitational letter from the Fort Lewis College Shalako Indian Club and a packet from the 6th Annual American Indian Education Conference.      

Folder 2     Various dance related materials, undated.  Includes a flier for a free, one hour "Indian show and dances" in Taos, two packets demonstrating how to do intertribal dances,

Folder 3     Albuquerque Indian School Yearbook, 1960.  Contains a yearbook from the 1960 Albuquerque Indian School.

Folder 4     Scrapbook material, circa 1941.  Contains several Asian tissue papers and Native American themed cards.

Series 3.1--Apache related printed materials, folders 5-6:

Folder 5     Apache related printed materials, undated.  Contains 45 pages of microfilm copies of newspaper excerpts that cover Apache related events from the perspective of sensational journalists during the 1880s.

Folder 6     Indian Claims Commission related printed materials, 1977. Organized by docket number.  Contains legal material relating to the Lipan Apache, the Mescalero Apache, Fort Sill Apache, Warm Springs Apache and the Chiricahua Apache.

Series 3.2-- Apache related scrapbook, folder 7:

Folder 7     Apache related scrapbook, undated.  Contains various newspaper clippings, photos and notes related to Apaches and other Southwestern peoples.

Series 4.1--Hopi related printed materials, folders 8-9:         

Folder 8     ARA case book, 1964 October.  Contains a case book published by the U.S. Department of Commerce for the purpose of surveying tourism potential on the Hopi reservation.

Folder 9     Indian Claims Commission related printed materials, 1977.Contains legal material relating to the Hopi Tribe's involvement with the Indian Claims Commission.

Series 4.2--Hopi related newspaper clippings, folder 10:

Folder 10    Hopi related newspaper clippings, 1946 August 16-1975 July 25.  Contains newspaper clippings that discuss the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, the Hopi Snake Dance and Eva G. Northrup, Hopi Tribal Secretary.

Box 7   Series 4.3--Hopi related scrapbook, folder 1:

Folder 1     Hopi related scrapbook, undated.  Contains various newspaper clippings, images and notes relating to the Hopi. 

Series 5.1--Navajo related printed materials, folder 2-9 and 1-4 (in Box 8):

Folder 2     Navajo-Hopi land dispute related printed materials, circa 1980s.  Contains newspaper clippings, news letters and copied government documents relating to the Navajo-Hopi land dispute.

Folder 3     Navajo-Hopi land dispute related printed materials, circa 1980s.  Contains newspaper clippings, pamphlets and other materials relating to the Navajo-Hopi land dispute.

Folder 4     Indian Claims Commission related printed materials, 1977-1978.  Contains legal material relating to the Navajo Nation's involvement with the Indian Claims Commission.

Folder 5     Diné/Navajo Community College related printed materials, circa 1970s.  Contains newsletters, a 1970-1971 Navajo Community College catalogue as well as other related materials.

Folder 6     Diné/Navajo Community College related printed materials, circa 1970s.  Contains statistics on enrollment, press releases as well as other related materials.

Folder 7     Diné/Navajo Community College related printed materials, 1974.  Contains a 1974 press packet for Navajo Community College (now Diné College).

Folder 7     Navajo Tribal Fair related printed materials, 1934-1958.  Contains programs for the Eleventh Annual Northern Navajo Indian Agency Fair, the Seventh Annual Navajo Tribal Fair and the Twelfth Annual Navajo Tribal Fair.

Folder 8     Navajo Tribal Fair related printed materials, 1959-1962.  Contains programs for the Thirteenth Annual Navajo Tribal Fair and the Sixteenth Annual Navajo Tribal Fair.

Folder 9     Navajo Tribal Fair related printed materials, 1963.  Contains the program for the Seventeenth Annual Navajo Tribal Fair.

Box 8:

Folder 1     Navajo culture related printed materials, 1942-1984.  Contains Navajo Blankets: from the collection of the Laboratory of Anthropology, a handout on the Navajo Sheep project update, a sample of Churro sheep wool as well as other relevant materials.

Folder 2     Navajo related printed materials, 1934-1952.  Contains Echoes From Navajo Land (a play written by Helen Sloan Daniels and Editha Berry), Field Museum Stories: Sand-Paintings of the Navajo Indians, The Navajo Indians in a Changing World by Orval Ricketts and John McPhee as well as several other bulletins and magazine pages relating to the Navajos.

Folder 3     Navajo related printed materials, 1955-1991.  Contains the April 1955 issue of Hometown, a 1957 address by Glenn L. Emmons, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the 66th Continental Congress as well as several other pamphlets and magazine articles relating to the Navajos.

Folder  4    Navajo related printed materials, undated. Alphabetical order.  Contains information about Navajo art in Durango, a booklet on English as a second language on the Navajo Reservation as well as other relevant materials.

Series 5.2--Navajo related newspaper clippings, folders 5-11:

Folder 5     Navajo related newspaper clippings, 1937 November 3-1949 November 27.  Contains newspaper clippings that discuss Navajo weavers, a Fire Dance, mission work, land issues, cultural topics and education related subjects.

Folder 6     Navajo related newspaper clippings, 1950 February 19-1958 September 10.  Contains newspaper clippings that discuss land disputes in San Juan County, Utah, various intertribal fairs, health care and volunteer related activities.

Folder 7     Navajo related newspaper clippings, 1960 May 22-1969 August 3.  Contains newspaper clippings that discuss the "Navajo Trail" highway, the origin and development of the contemporary Navajo tribal government, a Navajo calendar, potential economic plans for the tribe as well as other relevant material.   

Folder 8     Navajo related newspaper clippings,1970 May 17-1979 November 14.  Contains newspaper clippings that deal with the topics of Annie Wauneka, Peter McDonald, health care on the Navajo Reservation, the American Indian Movement (AIM) takeover of the Fairchild Plant in Shiprock, civil rights issues in Farmington, land issues (especially pertaining to the Navajo-Hopi land dispute) as well as other relevant material.

Folder 9     Navajo related newspaper clippings, 1980 April 6-1983 April 3.  Contains newspaper clippings that deal with the topics of Peter MacDonald delivering a commencement speech at Fort Lewis College, Father Lieber and the Hat Rock Springs Mission, the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, a history about the Navajo Code Talkers and the Navajo Bigfoot.

Folder 10   Navajo related newspaper clippings, undated. Arranged by subject.  The bulk of these newspaper clippings relate to agricultural, cultural, educational, government and trading post issues.

Folder 11   Navajo related newspaper photo clippings,1930 November 16-1965 April 27.  Contains newspaper clippings of photos taken by William Pennington and Leslie Updyke.

Series 5.3--Other Navajo related materials, folders 12-14:

Folder 12    Navajo related correspondence, 1947-1987.  Contains letters discussing clothing donations, issues on the Navajo Reservation, land issues and other relevant information.

Folder 13    Other Navajo related materials (manuscript), undated.  Contains a manuscript written by Nell McCartey and "Sarah Platt Decker" entitled The Indians of the San Juan Basin.

Folder 14    Other Navajo related materials, circa 1935-1957.  Contains a notebook and personal notes relating to the Navajo.

Series 6.1--Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related printed materials, folders 15-17:

Folder 15    Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related materials, 1935-1964.  Contains the pamphlets Official Guide: Old Santa Fe New Mexico, Friendly People the Zuni Indians and a handout from the New Mexico Commission of Indian Affairs that documents the historical outline of the Pueblo Indians.

Folder 16    Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related materials, undated. Alphabetical order.  Contains loose pages on the Anasazi, an unidentified bulletin on the Basket Maker III culture, a paper describing the Eagle Dance as well as several other pamphlets and scholarly papers.

Folder 17    Indian Claims Commission related printed materials, 1977-1978. Alphabetical order.  Contains legal material relating to the Pueblos of Santa Clara, Santo Domingo and Taos' involvement with the Indian Claims Commission.

Series 6.2--Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related newspaper clippings, folders 18-20:

Folder 18    Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related newspaper clippings, circa 1940-1979 November 11.  Contains articles relating to Zuni traditions, finding uranium at Laguna Pueblo and its impact as well as the reestablishment of a kiva by the Santa Clara Pueblo.

Folder 19    Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related newspaper clippings, undated.  Contains articles relating to the history of Acoma, the sculptor Kopta, the significance of Lincoln canes in relation to the Pueblo governors, the murder trial of the Felipe Brothers and "the Valley of the Pueblos".

Folder 20     Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related newspaper photo clippings, circa 1965.  Contains images (both in lithograph and newspaper quality print) of the Eagle Dance, Acoma Pueblo, Black Mesa (near Espanola, New Mexico) as well as numerous portraits and scenes from the Pueblos.

Series 6.3--Other ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related materials, folders 21-22:

Folder 21    Other ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related materials, circa 1930s-1950s.  Contains a pamphlet cover, drawings and descriptions of "Anasazi" artifacts found in the Four Corners Region.

Folder 22   Other ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related materials, undated.  Contains five pages of an index which was once used at the Durango Public Library for their "Anasazi" pottery collection.

Box 9:    Series 7.1-- Ute related federal government oversize materials, folders 1-4:

Folder 1     United States Congress hearing records, 1890.  Contains information regarding the Number Four Senate Joint Memorial which called for the removal of the Southern Utes from Colorado.

Folder 2     Southern Ute Agency Special U.S. Indian Agent's letterpress copybook,1899 March 5-1899 July 26.  Contains the outgoing correspondence of the Southern Ute Agent to the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Letters from March 5-July 26, 1899 are found on pages 1-137 and 442-498 of the book.  The preceding index pages and pages 138-441 of this volume are blank and unused.  Taped to the canvas cover of this volume is a note card printed "From the desk of Robert Delaney" which is labeled in Dr. Delaney's handwriting, "Southern Ute Agency/ March-July-1899."  Apparently, this book was among the items Ms. Daniels donated to the Center, and Dr. Delaney was simply using his office stationery to attach his descriptive note to it, probably in the 1960s or 1970s when he was managing the archival work of the Center of Southwest Studies.

Folder 3     Branch of Land Operations annual report, 1959.  Contains narrative highlights of the work done for the Consolidated Ute Agency by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Branch of Land Operations.

Folder 4     Branch of Land Operations annual report, 1960.  Contains narrative highlights of the work done for the Consolidated Ute Agency by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Branch of Land Operations.

Box 10:   Series 7.2 -- Ute related printed materials, folders 1-9 and (in Box 11) 1-2: 

Folder 1     Ute related printed materials, 1873-1895.  Contains a letter (in pamphlet form) from the acting Secretary of the Interior to the U.S. House of Representatives regarding negotiations with the Utes (1873), a pamphlet from the Secretary of the Interior to the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the concluded agreement with the Utes (1873 September 13), a U.S. House of Representatives pamphlet regarding the expenses of the Ute Commission (1882), two copies of the Ute Indian Bill from the Southwestern (1884), loose copies of printed letters from the Indian Rights Association (1892) and an article entitled "The Latest Phase of the Southern Ute Question," by Frances E. Leupp, Washington Agent for the Indian Rights Association (1895).

Folder 2     Ute related printed materials, 1910-1940.  Contains "Myths of the Uintah Utes," by J. Alden Mason (1910), an appendix on the text of the Southern Ute Treaty of 1888 (1913) and three copies of The Ute Medicine Man's Kit, compiled by Helen Sloan Daniels (1940).

Folder 3     Ute related printed materials, 1940.  Contains four copies of The Ute Medicine Man's Kit, compiled by Helen Sloan Daniels.

Folder 4     Ute related printed materials,1940.  Contains five copies of The Ute Medicine Man's Kit, compiled by Helen Sloan Daniels.

Folder 5     Ute related printed materials, 1941.  Contains two copies of The Ute Indians of Southwestern Colorado by Helen Sloan Daniels.

Folder 6     Ute related printed materials, 1941.  Contains two copies of a pamphlet from the Consolidated Ute Fair (1941) and a 1945-1946 yearbook from the Ute Vocational School in Ignacio, Colorado.

Folder 7     Ute related printed materials,1946-1947.  Contains a copy of the 1946-1947 yearbook for the Ute Vocational School in Ignacio, Colorado.

Folder 8     Ute related printed materials, 1951.  Contains a copy of the 1951 yearbook for the Ute Vocational School in Ignacio, Colorado.

Folder 9     Ute related printed materials, 1952-1963.  Contains an article entitled "Southern Ute Rehabilitation Planning: a study in Self-Determination," by Robert C. Euler and Harry L. Naylor (1952), The Story of the Southern Utes (1955), A Report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by the Southern Ute Tribe (1956) and a pamphlet from the State Historical Society of Colorado (1963).

Folder 10     A Colorado bill proposed by State Representative Arthur M. Wyatt for an Act relating to jurisdiction over Indians, correspondence, Feb.-March 1961.  Includes responses from Anthony Burch, Chairman of the Council of Southern Utes (3 pages); report of the Colorado Advisory Committee to Federal Civil Rights Commission on current civil rights problems in Colorado (8 pages); written comments to Art Wyatt from A. M. Camp; a memorandum in regard to House Bill No. 287 describing the history of movements and treaties and rights relating to Native Americans in Colorado (6 pages); correspondence from Lewis M. Perkins (8 pages) and other attorneys, et al.

Box 11:

Folder 1     Ute related printed materials, 1965-1967.  Contains a copy of Colorful Colorado and A Brief History of the Colorado Utes.

Folder 2     Ute related printed materials, circa 1970-1977.  Contains a copy of "A House Full of Children" (which lays out the day care program for the Ute Indian Tribe Day Care Center in Fort Duchesne, Utah during the year of 1970), a pamphlet from the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose, Colorado (c.1970) and a program for the Ute-Comanche Peace Treaty Ceremony and Powwow (1977).

Series 7.3--Ute related newspaper clippings, folders 1-8:

Folder 3     Ute related newspaper clippings, 1936 May 8-1948 October 28.  Contains articles relating to the death of Buckskin Charley, the proposal of Sleeping Ute Mountain as the new home for the United Nations, the acquisition of Ute lands by Durango for a municipal airport, a monument dedicated to four of the Ute chiefs in Ignacio, the integration of Ute students into the local public school system as well as several other articles.

Folder 4     Ute related newspaper clippings, 1951 April-1958 February 23.  Contains articles relating to how the town of Ouray got its name, the massacre at White River, the financial settlement between the Utes and the Indian Claims Commission,  goals for the Ute rehabilitation program as well as several other articles.

Folder 5     Ute related newspaper clippings, 1961 January 17-1969 May 25.  Contains articles relating to the death of Anthony Buck, voting rights of Utes in La Plata County, the election of Harriet Whyte to the Ute Mountain Ute tribal council as well as several other articles.

Folder 6     Ute related newspaper clippings, 1970 October 8-1979 November 23.  Contains articles relating to the usage of Johnson-O'Malley funds in the Re-1 School District in Cortez, Colorado, the death of Ute athlete Claude Hatch, the traveling of sixteen Ute dancers to Berlin, Germany, the death of Ute Chief Jack House, the opening of a Ute resort in Fort Duchesne, Utah, the construction of the Ute pottery plant, water rights, hunting rights as well as several other articles.

Folder 7     Ute related newspaper clippings, 1980 February 3-1983 April 1.  Contains articles relating to the Southern Utah Industries garment factory in Towaoc, a profile on Euterpe Taylor, oil and gas exploration, unemployment as well as several other articles.

Folder 8     Ute related newspaper clippings, undated. Arranged by subject.  The bulk of these newspaper clippings deal with Ute Agency, the Ignacio Ute Fair, government, history, land, obituary and revenue related subject materials.

Series 7.4--Ute related scrapbook, folder 9:

Folder 9     Ute related scrapbook, circa 1940s-1960s.  Contains various newspaper clippings related to the Utes. 

Box 12: Series 7.5--Other Ute related materials, folders 1-9:

Folder 1    Southern Ute Tribal Council meeting notes, 1961 February 3-1961 February 17.  Contains Southern Ute Tribal Council meeting notes for the meeting dates of February 3rd, February 7th and February 17th of 1961.

Folder 2     Ute language materials, 1961-1976.  Contains a short dictionary of the Ute language by James A. Goss (1961), some correspondence relating to establishing a linguistics field school among the Southern Utes, a proposal to the Southern Ute Tribal Council for a study of the Ute language and a Ute Language Project progress report. 

Folder 3     Ute related academic papers, undated. Alphabetical order.  Contains various academic papers relating to the Utes.

Folder 4    Ute related loose academic pages.  Contains an assortment of loose academic pages that contain scholarly information on the Utes.

Folder 5     Ute related correspondence,1889-1895.  Contains an assortment of copied letters written by various authors that include individuals from the Indian Rights Association, Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School and the Bureau of Indian Affairs relating to issues concerning Utes.

Folder 6     Ute related correspondence, 1933-1977.  Contains an assortment of letters that address issues relating to the Utes.

Folder 7     Assorted Ute notes, circa 1940s-1950s.  Contains various loose notes relating to the Utes.

Folder 8     Assorted Ute notes, undated.  Contains several notes contained in various books written by Helen Sloan Daniels about the Utes.

Folder 9    Other Ute related materials, undated.  Contains a bumper sticker and several crayon drawings done by Ute youth.

Series 8.1--Archaeological related photographs, folders 10-15 and 1-8 (in Box 13):

Folder 10     Aztec ruins related photoprints, 1880. Numeric order.  Contains 6 photoprints mounded on poster board depicting various scenes and times of the year at Aztec Ruins (in Aztec, New Mexico).

Folder 11     Hovenweep related photoprints, 1975-1976. Numeric order.  Contains 10 black and white  photoprints taken by Richard N. Sandlin of various sites in Hovenweep National Monument.

Folder 12     Hovenweep related photoprints, 1975-1976. Numeric order.  Contains 10 black and white photoprints taken by Richard N. Sandlin of various sites in Hovenweep National Monument.

Folder 13     Hovenweep related photoprints, 1975-1976. Numeric order.  Contains 6 black and white photoprints taken by Richard N. Sandlin of various sites in Hovenweep National Monument.

Folder 14     Hovenweep related photoprints, undated.  Contains 7 black and white photoprints taken by Vaughn Jones and A. F. Lyons of various sites in Hovenweep National Monument.

Folder 15     Hovenweep related photoprints, undated.  Contains 9 black and white photoprints of various sites in Hovenweep National Monument.

Box 13:

Folder 1     Navajo National Monument related photoprints, undated.  Contains 4 black and white photoprints of various scenes in Navajo National Monument.

Folder 2    Pueblo Bonito related photoprints, 1927. Numeric order.  Contains 29 black and white photoprints of various scenes in and around Pueblo Bonito mounted on 10 poster boards.

Folder 3     Manuscript related photoprints, undated.  Contains 29 archaeologically related photoprints which were part of an unpublished manuscript written by Helen Sloan Daniels.

Folder 4     Manuscript related photoprints, undated.  Contains 15 archaeologically related photoprints which were part of an unpublished manuscript written by Helen Sloan Daniels.

Folder 5     National Youth Administration museum project related photoprints, 1936.  Contains 54 black and white photoprints of archaeological related artifacts dug by several Durango area youth for a program funded by the National Youth Administration and supervised by Helen Sloan Daniels.

Folder 6     Unidentified archaeological dig related photoprints, undated.  Contains 43 black and white photoprints depicting an unidentified archaeological dig.

Folder 7     Arrowhead related photoprints, undated.  Contains 11 black and white photoprints of several arrowheads.

Folder 8     Archaeological related photographs, undated.  Contains 5 postcards depicting various archaeological sites including Frijoles Canyon and Mesa Verde.

Series 8.2-- Native American related photographs, folder 9:

Folder 9     Native American  related photoprints, circa 1950s.  Contains 2 postcards depicting scenes at Indian City, U.S.A. (near Anadarko, Oklahoma) and a Shoshone Sun Dance on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.

Series 8.3--Apache related photographs, folder 10:

Folder 10     Apache related photoprints, undated.  Contains 1 color print of an Apache Crown Dance (which is referred to as a Devil Dance). On the reverse side is a Sioux War Dance.

Series 8.4--Hopi related photographs, folder 11:

Folder 11     Hopi related photoprints, undated.  Contains 1 color print of a Hopi Snake Dance.

Series 8.5--Navajo related photographs, folders 12-13:

Folder 12   Diné College/Navajo Community College related photoprints, 1974.  Contains 8 black and white photoprints of Guy Gorman, Sr. (President of the NCC Board of Regents), John Tippeconnic (Vice President of Navajo Community College), Peter MacDonald and Thomas E. Atcitty (President of Navajo Community College).

Folder 13     Navajo related photoprints, undated.  Contains 10 black and white photoprints and 1 lithographic postcard depicting a woman and her child, woven rugs and a woman weaving a rug.

Series 8.6--Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related photographs, folders 14-18:

Folder 14     Taos Pueblo related photoprints, circa 1904.  Contains 8 photoprints that include several depicting events at the San Geronimo festival.

Folder 15     Santa Clara Pueblo related photoprints, circa 1968.  Contains 2 photoprints that include the day school and Santa Clara Pueblo Canyon.

Folder 16     Ancestral and contemporary Puebloan related photoprints, undated.  Contains 6 lithographic postcards, 2 lithographic prints and 2 hand drawn items depicting various related Puebloan related themes.

Series 8.7--Ute related photographs, folder 17:

Folder 17    Ute related photoprints, undated.  Contains 2 lithographic prints of Chief Ouray and a photo of the grave of Chipeta.

Series 8.8--Other images, folder 18:

Folder 18    Historic lithographic prints, 1956.  Contains 8 lithographic prints depicting historic New Mexico scenes including Fray Marcos gazing on Cibola, Coronado sighting the Rio Grande, the rebellion of the Pueblos as well as several other historic scenes.

Box 14: Series 9.1--Oversize printed materials, folders 1-5 and (in flat lidded Box 15) 1-2:

Folder 1     Other related materials scrapbook, circa 1970s.  Contains 1 oversized scrapbook with several hundred newspaper clippings.  The bulk of these newspaper clippings pertain to archaeological related topics.

Folder 2     Oversized printed materials, 1983.  Contains 2 newsprints about Zuni history and fifty years of the Indian Reorganization Act, published by the Institute of the American West.

Folder 3     Post card sheet, undated.  Contains 1 postcard sheet of  6 detachable postcards depicting Chaco Canyon related images.       

Folder 4     Pottery drawings, 1955.  Contains 2 19''x14'' Puebloan style pottery drawings done by Helen Sloan Daniels.

Folder 5     Pottery drawings, 1955.  Contains 2 19''x14'' Mesa Verde style pottery drawings done by Helen Sloan Daniels. 

Box 15 (flat lidded box):

Folder 1     Other related scrapbook, circa 1940s.  Contains 1 1938 Cortez High School yearbook whose contents have been covered over with newspaper clippings.

Folder 2     Other related scrapbook, circa 1930s.  Contains 1 red Carter, Rice and Carpenter book  whose contents are filled with several newspaper clippings.  

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