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De Grazia paints the Papago Indian legends

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Description: "The Papago Indians live in southern Arizona--south toward the Mexican border, and across the border into northern Mexico. A long time ago there was no border. Now there is a fence, and it divides the Papagos. ... In the cool of the evening, the people relax and enjoy the sunset. They talk and watch the stars. ... Because this land belongs to the people, because they have lived here forever, many stories have evolved. Some are myths, some are legends, telling of events that took place in the mountains and villages--stories of creation, the gods, heroes, witches, monsters, and animals with supernatural powers. ... The stories have many variations and variegations and innuendos. They are very personal and sincere. They are numerous. I have chosen a few"--From introduction.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1975.
Call number: 636415
Creator: De Grazia (1909-1982)(Opens in new tab)

Legend of the Lost Indians

Manuscripts

The collection constitutes the literary archive of New Mexico author N. Howard (Nathan Howard) "Jack" Thorp. It includes original manuscripts of Thorp's stories, as well as songs, correspondence, a diary, photographs and related publications.

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Apache Indians and baskets; Tohono O'Odham (Papago) school girls; Hualapai (Walapai) Indians; basket-weavers

Visual Materials

A collection of photographs and postcards focusing on Navajo and Hopi Indians and various Indian schools and schoolchildren throughout Arizona, mostly in ca. 1927. There are views of Peach Springs Trading Post, the Cameron Suspension Bridge trading post, missions at Chinle and Lukachukai (Arizona), Navajo family groups, Navajo schools at Tuba City and Oraibi (Arizona), and Navajo school crafts fairs and exhibits. Acoma, Apache, Tohono O'Odham (Papago), and Hualapai Indians are also represented. The photographs were taken from 1890 to 1927, but the bulk of the collection was created during the 1920s. Includes some photographs by George Wharton James, E.E. Hall, and Burton Frasher (Frasher Fotos). These images of Indians were taken as both posed and candid field photographs, in particular of young Navajo schoolchildren during class time and outside of school. Other subjects pictured are L.H. McSparron, owner of Thunderbird Ranch and acting custodian of Canyon de Chelly; Father Leopold Ostermann, the founder of the mission at Chinle; possibly John Lorenzo Hubbell Jr., of the Hubbell trading family; an Indian all-boys track-and-field team at an unidentified school; Indian schoolchildren; and nature views throughout Arizona. The photographs have been arranged by Indian tribe, starting with the tribe with the most photographs and/or postcards. Navajo Indians appear first in the arrangement, followed by Hopi, Apache, and other Southwestern tribes with fewer photographs. Within each tribe, photographs and postcards have been further organized by individual tribe members, activities, crafts, associated communities, and schools. Images of Caucasian people involved in Indian trade, trading posts, and unidentified Indian schools and students are placed at the end of this collection. Russell also collected postcards with images of Southwest Indians, with some cards having correspondence from Russell, addressed to Beatrice Madelleine, Mrs. George R. Simmons, and Madeleine Touchaux (Russell's wife), describing how travel conditions were as well as opinions on the Indians that were encountered.

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De Grazia, Tim. 1 letter (1941, Apr. 26) to Frank M. (Frank Marion) King, b. 1863

Manuscripts

Drafts of King's book, Long horn trail drivers, make up the majority of the manuscript material. There is a copy of the manuscript that King sent to the publisher in 1940 and one incomplete draft of the book. In addition, there are a variety of manuscripts written by King relating his memories and stories about the American West and cattle drives, some of which were used in his books or printed in his column "Mavericks." Many of these items are untitled short stories, folklore, and biographies. Other book materials include King's handwritten inscriptions, an incomplete set of chapter drafts from Pioneer western empire builders, and the image proofs. Other items in the manuscript series are short stories, memoirs, and nonfiction writings of King's cowboy friends and associates, which King often quoted for use in his books and articles. There are also nine sketches by R. S. Carroll. The majority of the correspondence expresses interest in King's life in the West, requests, praise, and questions about King's books, praise for his writing and activism on American Indian welfare issues in his "Mavericks" column for the Western Livestock Journal, and submissions of personal stories about life in the American West. The correspondence also includes Kings letters responding to requests for information on his book and the Western Livestock Journal. Prominent correspondents include many of the individuals who King included in his books and articles such as E. A. Brininstool, Chuck Martin, Jeff Milton,Tex Moore and Loraine M. Reynolds. Much of the correspondence provides insight into King's work regarding American Indian rights and welfare issues. In particular, the Loraine M. Reynolds letters highlight her work with the Navajo Indians on the Alamo Indian Reservation and her critique of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Some of the correspondence includes drawings and illustrations of cowboy and trail herding images.

mssKing papers

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Notebook #104

Manuscripts

Does not appear to contain a 'contents list', nor any material on Greek myths under letters 'G' or 'M'. The REVERSE of the book lists (in Arundell Esdaile's hand?) a series of Greek coins (?), photographs, including some pasted into the book and others torn out. Katharine Esdaile used the book as another alphabetical sculptors directory notebook, probably at an intermediate stage, since the notes are more detailed in some cases. It would appear that Esdaile kept a series of these notebooks with jottings at different times. They do not seem to be cross-related and presumably she must have consulted each of them when pulling together material for articles and books.

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The Soldier Painting Book

Visual Materials

One painting book entitled The Soldier Painting Book, published by Stecher Lith. Co., Rochester, New York, 1917. This book is comprised of 12 pages of chromolithograph and outline drawings of soldiers and medals of honor from various countries. On the inside of the back cover credits are given: "Pictures by W.F. Stacher, Verses by Carolyn S. Hodgman." The front cover is a chromolithograph image of two United States soldiers, labeled "U.S.A. Marine" and "U.S.A. Infantry." One is holding an American flag, the other a rifle. "No. 43" is printed in the lower right-hand corner. The back cover, too, is a chromolithograph; this image is of a naval battle scene within a decorative border, centered on the page. The title is repeated on the inside of the front cover; instructions are given in verse. "Made in USA" and "Copyright, 1917 by Stecher Lith. Co., Rochester, N.Y." are printed at the bottom of the inside front cover. Each page of the painting book contains an image or images of military men from various countries and their medals of honor. Some pages feature a single chromolithograph, others an outline image, while still others contain both. Some of the images have been colored with watercolor or crayon.

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Manuscripts, Attanasio, A. A, The Last Legends of Earth. SIL 4a-4f

Manuscripts

The Manuscripts series is arranged alphabetically by author and title. The manuscripts include a selection of Silverberg's literary works, mostly dating from 1973-1995. Included in this series are: novels, anthologies, short stories, novellas, essays, articles, book reviews, interviews, pilot scripts, galley proofs, page proofs, and confirmation proofs. Most of the manuscripts in this series are typed and appear to be close too, if not, the final revision. Some of Silverberg's works found within this series include: Born with the dead, Capricorn games, Galactic dreamers, Gilgamesh the king, How they pass the time in Pelpel, The Nebula awards, New dimensions 2, 6, 7, and 8, Nightwings, Revolt on Alpha C, Sundance and other science fiction stories, and Time gate volume two: Dangerous interfaces. This series also includes manuscripts by other authors, most notably Isaac Asimov, A.A. Attanasio, Gregory Benford, Orson Scott Card, C.J. Cherryh, Ellen Datlow, Tom DeHaven, Samuel R. Delany, Gordon R. Dickson, L. Ron Hubbard, Wolfgang Jeschke, Marc Laidlaw, H.P. Lovecraft, Janet Morris, Larry Niven, Kim Stanley Robinson, Charles Sheffield, S.P. Somtow, Bruce Sterling, Theodore Sturgeon, Harry Turtledove, Jack Vance, and Dave Wolverton. There is also a biography of Philip K. Dick and a copy of his last interview. Some of the manuscripts are too large to be stored with this series and have been placed in oversize boxes 80-89.

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