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1Author:  Bourke, John Gregory, 1846-1896Requires cookie*
 Title:  Journal of John Gregory Bourke, 1881 ead 
 Date(s):  1881 
 Abstract:  John Gregory Bourke, 1846-1896, was a U.S. Army soldier, author, and ethnologist. The collection contains a holograph journal, with sketches; kept by Bourke while a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, 3rd cavalry. Bourke describes visits to the Bannock Indians, Zuni villages, Navajo, Sioux, and various western military forts from May to June 1881. Includes descriptive index prepared by James Officer. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Bannock Indians -- Social life and customs. | Dakota Indians -- Social life and customs. | Indians of North America -- Arizona. | Indians of North America -- New Mexico. | Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs. | Zuni Indians -- Social life and customs. 
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2Author:  Delano, Annita (1894-1979)Requires cookie*
 Title:  The Annita Delano Photograph Collection 1930-1940 ead 
 Date(s):  1930-1940 
 Abstract:  Photographs, postcards and newspaper clippings, circa 1930-1940. This collection is comprised of photographs, photographic postcards and newspaper clippings collected by California artist and UCLA professor of art Annita Delano. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Indian dance -- Arizona. | Indian dance -- New Mexico.. | Apache Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. | Apache Indians -- Social life and customs. | Hopi Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. | Hopi Indians -- Social life and customs. | Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs. | Navajo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. | Navajo Indians -- Dwellings. | Navajo rugs. | Pueblo Indians -- Social life and customs. | Pueblo Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. | Pueblo Indians -- Dwellings. | Zuni Indians -- Social life and customs. | Zuni Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.. | Desert plants -- Arizona. 
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3Author:  Ronstadt familyRequires cookie*
 Title:  Ronstadt family collection, 1802-1993 (bulk 1880-1960) ead 
 Date(s):  1802-1993 
 Abstract:  The Ronstadt family collection contains family papers and material relating to the F. Ronstadt Co. hardware store. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Mexican Americans -- Social life and customs -- Arizona -- Tucson 
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4Author:  Gillmor, Frances, 1903-1993.Requires cookie*
 Title:  The Flute of the Smoking Mirror 1949-1968 ead 
 Date(s):  1949-1968 
 Abstract:  Original typescript of The Flute of the Smoking Mirror by Frances Gillmor, with holographic corrections and notes. This historical novel relates the social customs of the Aztec people in the area of Lake Texcoco, and the biography of their fifteenth century king, Nezahualcoyotl. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Aztecs -- Kings and rulers. | Aztecs -- Social life and customs. 
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5Author:  Southwest Folklore CenterRequires cookie*
 Title:  Southwest Folklore Center Video Recordings Collection, 1977-ongoing ead 
 Date(s):  1977-ongoing 
 Abstract:  Videorecordings produced and recorded locally by various collectors, depicting Native American poetry readings, dance, music and storytelling performances, chiefly in Tucson and southern Arizona; Mexican-American music; Ukrainian folk art; oral histories of Tucson residents; and interviews with cowboy poets, singers, and storytellers. 75 videocassettes. This collection was previously titled SWF 010. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Yaqui Indians -- Arizona -- Folklore. | Yaqui poetry -- Arizona. | Tohono O'Odham Indians -- Music. | American literature -- Indian authors. | Mexican Americans -- Music. | Cowboys -- Arizona. | Cowboys' writings, American. | Indians of North America. | Tucson (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs. | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Social life and customs. | Easter eggs -- Ukraine. 
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6Author:  Sheldon, Charles, 1867-1928Requires cookie*
 Title:  Charles Sheldon collection, 1912-1922 ead 
 Date(s):  1912-1922 
 Abstract:  This collection consists chiefly of two journals and photographic materials documenting Charles Sheldon's desert bighorn sheep collecting expeditions from 1912 to 1916. The second journal also documents his studies of the Seri Indians and Tiburon Island, 1921-1922. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Bighorn sheep hunting -- Arizona | Bighorn sheep hunting -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Seri Indians -- Social life and customs | Hunters -- Diaries 
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7Author:  UnknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Chihuahua, Mexico Photograph Album, 1906-1909 ead 
 Date(s):  1906-1909 
 Abstract:  A family album of photos of places and people in Mexico, Colorado, and New England from 1906 to 1909. Notes by field historian Bernard L. Fontana, as well by the original compiler of the album, are quoted in the finding aid. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Tarahumara Indians -- Photographs. | Spanish mission buildings -- Mexico -- Chihuahua -- Photographs. | Chihuahua (Mexico : State) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | Mine buildings -- Mexico -- Santa Eulalia (Chihuahua) -- Photographs. 
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8Author:  Chanin, Abraham S., 1921-Requires cookie*
 Title:  Abraham Chanin Oral History audio cassettes, 1974-1977 ead 
 Date(s):  1974-1977 
 Abstract:  Abraham (Abe) Chanin was an author, historian, former publisher of the Arizona Jewish Post, sports editor at the Arizona Daily Star, and professor at the University of Arizona School of Journalism from 1976-1988. From 1988 to 1994, Chanin was director of the Bloom Southwest Jewish Archive at the University of Arizona. This collection contains interviews created by Abraham Chanin dating 1974-1977 with prominent Arizona settlers, politicians, University of Arizona faculty, and members of Native American communities on 30 audio cassettes. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Oral history -- Arizona | Hopi Indians | Hopi Indians -- Social life and customs | Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 | Navajo Indians -- Arizona | Chinese -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History 
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9Author:  Hopi TraditionalistsRequires cookie*
 Title:  Hopi Traditionalist Movement papers, 1949-1972 ead 
 Date(s):  1949-1972 
 Abstract:  This collection consists of correspondence, transcripts of meetings, clippings, legal papers, and printed material published by members of the movement. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Hopi Indians -- Social life and customs | Hopi Indians -- Government relations | Hopi Indians -- Land tenure | Coal mines and mining -- Arizona -- Black Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County) | Strip mining -- Environmental aspects -- Southwest, New 
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10Author:  McGee, W. J. 1853-1912 Dinwiddie, WilliamRequires cookie*
 Title:  W.J. McGee Photograph Collection 1894-1895 ead 
 Date(s):  1894-1895 
 Abstract:  Photographs, 1894-1895, originals and copy prints, mostly taken by William Dinwiddie (1894-1895), with some taken by J. W. Mitchell (1895) of two expeditions, led by W. J. McGee, to study the Tohono O’odham Indians of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, and the Seri Indians of Mexico. The images document homes, people, and household and work activities including pottery and basket making. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Tohono O’odham Indians – Photographs – 19th century | Seri Indians – Photographs – 19th century | Tohono O’odham women – Photographs – 19th century | Tohono O’odham Indians – Social life and customs – Photographs – 19th century | Tohono O’odham Indians – Games - Photographs 
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11Author:  Preciado Martin, PatriciaRequires cookie*
 Title:  Patricia Preciado Martin papers 1959-2015 ead 
 Date(s):  1959-2015 
 Abstract:  Papers of Arizona author Patricia Preciado Martin. Contains research files including awards, book review clippings and other press, correspondence, genealogical material, photographs, oral histories on audio cassette, and media appearances by Preciado Martin on VHS, DVD, and CD. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Oral history -- Arizona | Mexican literature -- Mexican-American Border Region. | Mines and mineral resources | Ranches -- Arizona | Ranch life -- Arizona -- History | Mexican Americans -- Arizona | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Social life and customs. | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Folklore. 
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12Author:  Barrio Anita Neighborhood AssociationRequires cookie*
 Title:  Barrio Anita oral histories 1997-2008 , ead 
 Date(s):  1997-2008 
 Abstract:  Barrio Anita is a neighborhood in west Tucson known for its pueblo-style architecture and unique Hispanic cultural heritage. This collections consists of oral interviews and videos about the history of and life in Barrio Anita from individuals who grew up in the neighborhood. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Hispanic American neighborhoods -- Arizona -- Tucson | Historic districts -- Arizona -- Tucson | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Ethnic identity | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Social life and customs | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Interviews | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Social conditions 
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13Author:  Club Filarmónico TucsonenseRequires cookie*
 Title:  Club Filarmónico Tucsonense records 1890 -1899 ead 
 Date(s):  1890 -1899 
 Abstract:  Sheet music, both original and previously published, playbooks, music books, music industry publications, poster, and articles and two photographs associated with the Club Filarmónico Tucsonese, led by Fred Ronstadt. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Band music, Arranged -- Scores and parts | Orchestral music, Arranged -- Scores and parts | Dance music, Arranged -- Scores and parts | Band musicians -- Arizona -- Tucson -- 19th Century | Dance musicians -- Arizona -- Tucson -- 19th Century | Orchestral musicians -- Arizona -- Tucson -- 19th Century | Mexican Americans -- Social life and customs -- Arizona -- Tucson | Music -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 
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14Author:  Julian D. HaydenRequires cookie*
 Title:  Julian D. Hayden Photograph Collection 1934-1942 ead 
 Date(s):  1934-1942 
 Abstract:  This collection is comprised of personal and professional photographs of Julian D. Hayden. Much of this material relates to his work as an archaeologist, including excavations of Snaketown, Ventana Cave, Pueblo Grande and other excavations. Other photos include Pima Indian ethnographic material, 19th century Arizona ruins and Spanish missions in Arizona and Mexico. Personal photographs include images of Irwin Hayden (Julian D. Hayden’s father,) Emil Haury and other contemporaries of Hayden. There are also some photographs of Julian Hayden’s jewelry work. All images are available in negative format or contact sheets. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Tohono O'odham Indians--Arizona | Tohono O'odham Indians--Social life and customs | Hohokham | Excavations (Archaeology)--Arizona | Indians of North American--Arizona--Antiquities | Archaeologists--Arizona | Indian baskets--Southwest | Missions--Spanish--United States | Hohokham culture--Arizona--Phoenix | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona -- Phoenix | Architecture -- Mexico -- Hermosillo | Photography—Applied | Tohono O'Odham art | Archaeology—Arizona | Hohokam culture 
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15Author:  Frank O. SotomayorRequires cookie*
 Title:  Frank O. Sotomayor Collection 1943-2004 ead 
 Date(s):  1943-2004 
 Abstract:  This collection includes University of Arizona materials, photographs from Sotomayor’s time as a Arizona Daily Wildcat journalist, materials related to the Maynard Institute, newspaper clippings, copies of The Verde Independent independently run by students from Cottonwood, Arizona, and other student run newspapers. Materials also include some of Mr. Sotomayor’s awards, his scholastic endeavors, and other publications. Included is a copy of Southern California’s Latino Community: A Series of Articles Reprinted from the Los Angeles Times, the series of articles that won his team the Pulitzer Prize in 1984. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Journalism. | College student newspapers and periodicals. | Pulitzer Prizes. | Mexican Americans -- Education . | Hispanic Americans -- California, Southern -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | Hispanic Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | Mexican Americans -- California, Southern -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- 20th century. | California, Southern -- Social life and customs. 
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16Author:  George C. BarkerRequires cookie*
 Title:  Papers of George C. Barker 1903-1958 (bulk 1943-1957) ead 
 Date(s):  1903-1958 
 Abstract:  Correspondence, research materials, published and unpublished manuscripts and articles, slides, photographs, and one audio tape, primarily from 1943 to 1957, of anthropologist George C. Barker. The collection documents Barker's anthropological research into folk drama and ritual, the social functions of language, the Pachuco language of Hispanic youths, and Yaqui Indian culture and customs. A 1964 gift to the Southwest Folklore Archives from George C. Barker, Sr. Deaccessioned from the collection in 1993 were approximately 0.2 feet of duplicates and items of a personal nature. In 1996 two 11 x 14 black-and-white photographs by Alfred A. Cohn were transferred to the L. Marguerite Collier Collection, Southwest Folklore Center Manuscripts Collection MS 611. This collection was previously titled SWF 004. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Folk drama, Spanish American. | Christmas plays. | Prodigal son (Parable) -- Drama. | Spanish language -- Dialects -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Spanish language -- Social aspects -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Spanish language -- Slang. | Bilingualism -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Languages. | Gangs -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Tucson (Ariz.) --Social life and customs. | Yaqui Indians -- Mexico -- Hermosillo -- Rites and Ceremonies -- Photographs. | Audio tapes. | Correspondence. | Manuscripts for publication. | Photographs. | Slides (Photographs). 
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17Author:  Smith, William Neil, 1920-Requires cookie*
 Title:  William N. Smith papers, 1829-1975 (bulk 1944-1970) ead 
 Date(s):  1829-1975 
 Abstract:  This collection is divided into seven series: Biographical Information, General Correspondence, Writings and Publisher Correspondence, Field Notebooks and Logs, Research Files, Audio-Visual Media, and Supplemental Material. The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, writings, publications, field notebooks, field research data sheets, subject files, bibliography cards, photographs, negatives, color slides, motion picture film, and sound recordings, chiefly from 1944-1970, of William Neil Smith, relating to his anthropological field work amongst the Seri Indians of Tiburon Island and the northwest coast of Sonora, Mexico. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Ethnohistory -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Face painting -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Indian baskets -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Puberty rites -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Seri Indians | Seri Indians -- Census | Seri Indians -- Cultural assimilation | Seri Indians -- Genealogy | Seri Indians -- Kinship | Seri Indians -- Music | Seri Indians -- Religion | Seri language | Bow and arrow making -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Firemaking | Indian wood-carving -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Indians of Mexico -- Social life and customs | Seri Indians -- Boats | Seri Indians -- Bone carving | Seri Indians -- Games | Seri Indians -- Pottery | Seri Indians -- Rites and Ceremonies | Yuman Indians 
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