| Abstract: | The Day family were traders on the Navajo Nation (then the
Navajo Indian Reservation) in eastern Arizona. The collection includes the personal and
business papers of Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) surveyor, trader, legislator and United
States Indian Commissioner; Anna Day, Sam Sr.'s wife (1872-1932); and of their children,
Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), United States deputy Marshall.
The collection includes information on Navajo culture, stories and legends; the looting
of Canyon del Muerta, and the Frank Dugan murder. The collection also contains 91
photographs depicting trading posts and eastern Arizona scenes. | |