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| Title: | Day Family Collection, 1841-1977 (bulk 1870-1940) ead | ||
| Date(s): | 1841-1977 (bulk 1870-1940) | ||
| 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. | ||
| Repository: | Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department. | ||
| Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona (Territory) | Indian traders. | Navajo Indians--Economic conditions. | Navajo Indians--Politics and government. | Tourism--Arizona. | ||
| Matches: 7 hit(s) | ...USDAFS: Improvements needed in District I.... ...I. Goldsmith: letter regarding cartridges, 1916.... ...Section, Signal Corps, U.S. War Department, DCA: letter... | ||
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