| 1 | Author: | Johnston, Philip, approximately 1892-1978 | Requires cookie* |
| Title: | Philip Johnston Papers 1896-1982 ead | ||
| Date(s): | 1896-1982 | ||
| Abstract: | The Philip Johnston Papers include correspondence, stories and articles written by Johnston, reference files, photographs, and audio recordings and transcripts of oral histories related to Johnston's life as a non-Native American growing up on the Navajo Nation (formerly the Navajo Indian Reservation) in the early 1900s. Topics covered include Johnston's father, Reverend William Riley Johnston, and his missionary activities on the Navajo Nation; Philip Johnston's knowledge of issues pertinent to the Navajo Nation among other Native American communities; Johnston's involvement with the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II; his opinions as to problems with the Glen Canyon Dam (near Page, Arizona); and other topics related to Arizona, Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, and California. | ||
| Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives | ||
| Subjects: | World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography. | Navajo code talkers | Navajo language. | Dams--Arizona. | ||
| Matches: 6 hit(s) | ...Navajo Mountain; ruined pueblo... ...Natural Bridge, Gila Co. Arizona... ...in Oraibi, Moki Indian Pueblo, G. Wharton James, Photo. ,... | ||
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