This collection contains professional teaching materials, field work notes, research
materials documenting American Indian artists in the Southwest and their traditional arts and crafts techniques,
journal articles, correspondence, diaries, book manuscripts, including the final manuscript for Clara Tanner's
unpublished book on prehistoric Southwestern basketry.
Identification:
MS 11
Language:
Material in English
Repository:
Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona.
P.O. Box 210026
Tucson, AZ 85721-0026
Phone: 520 621-3647
Fax: 520 621-2976
URL: http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/library/
Biographical Note
Clara Lee Frapps Tanner (1905-1997) was born in Biscoe, North Carolina, but moved to Tucson when she was two years
old. She graduated from Tucson High School in 1923 and entered the University of Arizona where she earned a double
bachelor’s degree in archaeology and English. After studying with Byron Cummings, Tanner became one of the first
graduates in the anthropology program, receiving her master’s degree in 1928. She did additional post-graduate work
with Alfonso Caso at the National University of Mexico in 1949 and was a visiting professor at Denver University in
1949 and at Colorado College in 1980.
Tanner began teaching in the anthropology department at the University of
Arizona in 1928. She continued guiding students for the next fifty years, retiring in 1978. During these years, Tanner
became an authority on the arts and crafts of Southwestern American Indians. Her interests encompassed almost every
art form imaginable, but her best-known books, published in the 1950s to 1970s, focused on painting, pottery, jewelry,
and baskets. Her extensive research resulted in influential publications, exhibitions, and voluminous research files.
Clara Lee married John Frederic Tanner (191-2010) in 1938, and they had one child, Sandra Lee Elers. The Tanner
home was in Tucson where John had a business selling fine American Indian arts and crafts at the Yucca House and the
Desert House Crafts (later known as Kaibab Shops). He and his wife were important agents in increasing the visibility
of Indian artists and building a knowledgeable audience for appreciating tribal arts and crafts.
Scope and Content
The Clara Lee Tanner Papers, 1924-1997, include the professional, research, and teaching files of this authority on
Southwest Indian arts and crafts. Tanner’s fifty year career as a professor at the University of Arizona is well
documented as are her numerous books, lectures, and journal articles and her participation as a judge in the Gallup
Ceremonial events. Her papers include correspondence, diaries, book manuscripts, and extensive files of unique primary
resources collected during research on living Indian artists and traditional arts and crafts techniques. Of special
note are the research notes and final manuscript for Tanner’s unpublished book on prehistoric Southwest basketry. A
small amount of information exists about her field work as an archaeologist in the 1920s and 1930s. There is very
little about her husband John Tanner’s Indian crafts businesses, or her family life. Posthumously, a bibliography of
her writings and a summary of her lifetime achievements were assembled and these are included in the final box of the
collection. This collection consists of 107 boxes and is organized into seven series.
Student records in the Tanner Papers are covered under confidentiality rules and are restricted from access.
Additional materials may be covered by privacy and confidentiality issues. See archivist for more detail.
The Arizona State Museum Library and Archives staff reserve the right to examine materials prior to providing access.
Access to specific information about the nature and location of archaeological resources may be restricted pursuant
to the United States Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA) and Arizona Revised Statues, Title
39-125. ARPA includes a specific exemption from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requirements for information
about the nature and location of archaeological resources (16 U.S. Code 470hh: Confidentiality of information
concerning the nature and location of archaeological resources.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner
of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its
officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person
asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Clara Lee Tanner’s journal of notes on the Pascua Yaqui, handwritten in ink in 1930, is part of a small manuscript
collection A-474.
Six boxes of 35 mm color slides were transferred to the ASM Photography Department in 2013. Tanner used these
slides for teaching and as documentation of Indian arts and crafts. Most of them are well identified and dated.
Controlled Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Tanner, Clara Lee
Corporate Name(s)
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
Heard Museum
Southwest Indian Art Fair
Geographic Name(s)
Chihuahua (Chihuahua, Mexico)
Gallup (N.M.)
Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation of Arizona
MS 11: Clara Lee Tanner Papers, Arizona State Museum Library and Archives.
Acquisition Information
The Clara Lee Tanner collection was donated in increments to the Arizona State Museum by her husband John Tanner,
and Karl and Sandy Elers between 1988 and 2011.
Processing Information
Processing of the collection was completed in October 2013.
Bibliography
Archaeological Survey of Arizona MS, master's thesis, Department of Archaeology, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1928
Southwest Indian painting. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1957
Crafts of Arizona Indians. Phoenix, Ariz.: Arizona Development Board, 1960
The James T. Bialac collection of Southwest Indian paintings. Photographs by Helga Teiwes. Tucson: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, 1968
Southwest Indian craft arts. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1968
Southwest Indian painting : a changing art. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1973
Ray Manley's portraits and turquoise of Southwest Indians. Tucson: Ray Manley Photography, 1975
Indian arts and crafts. Phoenix, Ariz : Arizona Highways, 1976
Prehistoric southwestern craft arts. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1976
Ray Manley's Indian lands. [Tucson: R. Manley Photography], 1978
Apache Indian baskets. Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1982
Indian baskets of the Southwest. Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1983
The vanishing Indian: Ray Manley, a portfolio. [S.l. : s.n.], 1983
Arizona Annual Pageant, Casa Grande Ruins, 1929 [photocopy of program]
1
2
Arizona Highways, 1986, “Tribute” issue signed by artists
1
3
Articles about CLT, 1940s-1960s
1
4
Articles about CLT, 1970s
1
5
Articles about CLT, 1980s -1990s
1
6
Articles about CLT (obituaries), 1998
1
7
Articles about CLT, no date
1
8
Award certificates [see also oversize boxes]
1
9
Award, Arizona Press Women “Woman of the Year,” 1971
1
10
Award, Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame, 2004
1
11
Award, Sharlot Hall Women’s Hall of Fame, 1985
1
12
Award, University of Arizona, Centennial Medallion Award, 1989
1
13
Awards, University of Arizona, 1960s-2002
1
14
Awards, various
1
15
Bibliography, 1937
1
16
Bibliography, 1991
1
17
Bibliography, 1998, Kiva, volume 64, number 1
1
18
Biographical clippings, ephemera, and notes
1
18A
Biographical photographs from archaeological excavations in northern
Arizona, Tonto Ruins, and miscellaneous locations
1
19
Biographical essays
1
20
Biographical photographs and ephemera
1
21
Christmas letters 1976, 1978, and 1981
1
22
Family
1
23
Family clippings from newspapers, ca. 1930s to 1960s
box
folder
2
1
Daughters of the Desert Conference and Exhibit, 1986-1989
2
2
Indian Fashion Show, Tucson Festival and Denver Art Museum, 1951-1955
2
3
Indian Fashion Show, Tucson Women’s Club, 1968
2
4
Memorabilia, arts and crafts judge, 1959-1991
2
5
Memorabilia, miscellaneous
2
5A
Photographs made by unknown persons showing archaeology and architecture
in India and the Middle East, undated: India (38 photos with captions); Mohenjo Daro
(4 photos); Persepolis (postcards and 34 photos); Naqsh-e-Rustam (13 photos)
2
6
Poem, 1953, “Thus a Fossil”
2
7
Poetry and creative writing, 1920s-1930s
2
8
Tanner home
2
9
John Tanner, ASM reception and award, 2005
2
10
John Tanner, Desert House Crafts
2
11
University of Arizona, American Anthropological Association, presentation,
1953
2
12
University of Arizona, autobiographical notes
2
13
University of Arizona, Centennial Exhibit of University of Arizona Women,
1985
2
14
University of Arizona, Class of 1927
2
15
University of Arizona, Honorary LLD Degree, 1983
2
16
University of Arizona, Honorary LLD Degree, Program Booklet, 1983
2
17
University of Arizona, Notices of Appointment and salary information,
1928-1965
2
18
University of Arizona, Retirement, 1978
2
19
University of Arizona, Retirement Letters and Congratulations, 1978
2
20
University of Arizona, Tree-ring class notes, 1930
2
21
University of Arizona Tree-ring class of 1930 reunion, 1985
2
22
Univ. of New Mexico, Honorary Doctorate, support letters, 1982
2
23
Vita, Nominee Woman of Achievement, 1972
2
24
Vitae, 1950s-1990s
2
25
Who’s Who notes, various, 1970s-1980s
Box 3: Diaries, 1927-1949
box
folder
3
1
Diary and notes, 1927 and 1928, trip to France and Italy
3
2
Diary and notes, 1929, trip to Mexico
3
3
Blackstone Ruin, 1930
3
3A
Blackstone Ruin, photographs
3
4
Field notes, southern Arizona, 1929-1930
3
5
Diary of 1930 summer trip, field notes, lecture notes
3
6
Mexico summer school, 1930
3
7
Diary, January 1933
3
8
Dr. Cummings’ trip to Chihuahua, 1934
3
9
Trip to Santa Fe, 1935
3
10
Trip to Kinishba, August 1935 (Apache girls’ puberty ceremony)
3
11
Class field trip, 1935
3
12
Diary notes (brief), 1937
3
13
Summer trip, 1938
3
14
Diary notes (brief), 1939
3
15
Day Book, 1941
3
16
Day book, 1945
3
17
Day book and diary, 1944-1947
3
18
Diary and brief notes, 1944-1946
3
19
Day book and diary, 1948, trip to Santa Fe
3
20
Day books, 1949
Box 4: Diaries, 1950-1969
box
folder
4
1
Undated diary page (Mexico?), 1950?
4
2
Day books, 1950-1953
4
3
Diaries and day book, 1954
4
4
Day books, 1955
4
5
Diary and day book, 1956
4
6
Day book, 1957
4
7
Diary and day book, 1958, “Trip East” and California trip
Tanner’s research files contain her notes, draft manuscripts, photographs and other
illustrations, analysis sheets, and small note cards arranged by subject. The note
cards are grouped at the end of the series.
Box 16: Research, Southwest ethnology, miscellaneous and bibliographies
box
folder
16
1
Apache Devil Dancers and masks, n.d.
16
2
Arizona Indians, miscellaneous notes, n.d.
16
3
Indian prayer, n.d.
16
4
Masks, miscellaneous correspondence, 1973-1976
16
5
Myths and stories, n.d.
16
6
Navajo, Navajo crafts and miscellaneous notes, n.d
16
6A
Four texts by Louisa Wade Wetherill, ca. 1920: “Some Navaho recipes”;
“Creation of Burro”; “The story of the first lie”; and “The woman whose nose was cut
off twelve times….”
16
7
Pima and Papago, miscellaneous notes, n.d.
16
7A
“Talk by Richard Hendricks…Papago Indian, given at the Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society, November 16, 1942.” [published in Kiva, volume
8, number 1, November 1942]
16
7B
Papago permanent water wells drilled or improved, 1915-1942.
[Copies of three hand drawn maps with place names, ranches, and wells indicated on
the Papago Reservation]
16
8
Shields, notes, n.d.
16
9
Use of native plants, n.d.
16
10
Use of native plants, medicine, n.d.
16
11
Yaqui, miscellaneous notes, n.d.
16
12
Zuni, 1664-1992
16
13
Arts and crafts, bibliographies (1 of 2), n.d.
16
14
Arts and crafts, bibliographies (2 of 2), n.d.
Box 17: Research, Southwest ethnology photographs
box
folder
17
1
Photographs (11 b/w), Apache costume and “other” costume
17
2
Photographs (18 b/w), historic southwest images
17
3
Photographs, Rainbow Bridge, Augusta Bridge, 21 b/w photos
17
4
Photographs, dolls and figurines, 9 b/w photos, n.d.
Research: Archaeology, “History of Excavation in the Southwest” handwritten
manuscript [1935 by F.H.H. Roberts?], outline of manuscript, and research notes by
Tanner, n.d.
Prehistoric Pottery, Casas Grandes (colored pencil drawings sent by A.V.
Kidder), 1956
34
2
Prehistoric Pottery, Hohokam and Salado, students’ illustrations
34
3
Prehistoric Pottery, Mimbres, published illustrations
34
4
Prehistoric Pottery, Mimbres, Students’ illustrations (1 of 2)
34
5
Prehistoric Pottery, Mimbres, Students’ illustrations (2 of 2)
34
6
Prehistoric Pottery, Mogollon, miscellaneous pencil and ink illustrations
34
7
Prehistoric Pottery, photos and illustrations (Prehistoric Southwestern
craft arts, 1976)
34
8
Prehistoric Pottery, published illustrations (Cummings, Hough, Fewkes)
Box 35: Research, jewelry (Box 1)
box
folder
35
1
Jewelry, Apache (modern), jewelry and beadwork, notes and illustrations
35
2
Jewelry, artists and galleries
35
3
Jewelry book, correspondence, 1974
35
4
Jewelry Book, Correspondence, Notes, and Manuscript, 1970s
35
5
Jewelry, Buyer’s Guide, Catalogs
35
6
Jewelry, coral and spiny oyster, notes and correspondence, 1945-1947.
[Specimens of coral and other beads were transferred to the ASM Ethnography Collection]
35
7
Jewelry, correspondence, 1954-1993
35
8
Jewelry, court case, definition of jewelry, Thelma Clark Riggs, 1977-1979
35
9
Jewelry, Farmer, Malcolm, notes on Navajo jewelry and belts, 1936 and correspondence, 1951
35
10
Jewelry, glass beads
35
11
Jewelry, gold
35
12
Jewelry, gold, notes, and “Southwestern Indian Gold Jewelry” manuscript,
1985
Jewelry, source materials, magazines, ephemera, and other miscellaneous
items
37
5
Jewelry, various forms: silver buttons, canteens, hat bands, tweezers,
etc., notes
37
6
Jewelry, various forms: “little known now” bridles, canteens, combs,
barettes, etc.
37
7
Jewelry, Zuni
37
8
Jewelry, beadwork, photos, illustrations, notes
37
9
Jewelry, Navajo silver, illustrations
37
10
Jewelry, Santo Domingo, photos and illustrations
37
11
Jewelry, illustrations, including watercolors by Nancy Wagner
37
12
Jewelry, b/w and color photos used to illustrate Southwest Indian craft
arts (1968)
Box 38: Research, textiles[Note: some of these folders
contain student papers submitted to Tanner. Privacy restrictions may apply. Questions
about use should be directed to the archivist.]
box
folder
38
1
Textiles, Misc. notes
38
2
Textiles, Navajo
38
3
Textiles, Navajo, correspondence
38
4
Textiles, Navajo, George Rummage Collection, saddle blanket weaves
Pottery, Arizona Highways, illustrations and pages cut from the magazine
40
2
Pottery, correspondence, 1947-1988
40
3
Pottery, design motifs (1 of 2), pencil sketches
40
4
Pottery, design motifs (2 of 2), pencil sketches
40
5
Pottery, Heather Foundation, Mata Ortiz pottery
40
6
Pottery, Maria Martinez
40
7
Pottery, misc. notes
40
8
Pottery, Acoma
40
9
Pottery, Hopi, including b/w photos
40
10
Pottery, Maricopa, including b/w photos
40
11
Pottery, Mohave, including b/w photos
40
12
Pottery, Navajo, including b/w photos
40
13
Pottery, Navajo, notes and correspondence
40
14
Pottery, Papago, including b/w photos miscellaneous articles and
illustrations
40
15
Pottery, Pueblo
40
16
Pottery, Rio Grande Pueblo, including b/w photos
40
17
Pottery, Zuni, including b/w photos
Box 41: Research, Kachinas
box
folder
41
1
Kachinas, ASM “Hopi Kachina Doll Show,” 1989
41
2
Kachinas, notes
41
3
Kachinas, notes and correspondence
41
4
Kachinas, photos [Note: includes four b/w photographs from Byron Cummings]
41
5
Kachinas, photos, reproduction prints used in Southwest Indian craft arts(1968)
41
6
Kachinas, slides and catalog Information
41
7
Kachinas, Zuni, notes
Box 42: Research, prehistoric basketry book (unpublished),
correspondence and manuscript chapters
box
folder
42
1
Correspondence, 1981-1992
42
2
Grant for student illustrator, 1985
42
3
Volunteer help
42
4
MS, Chapters 1-2
42
5
MS, Chapters 3-5, Archaic, Hohokam, Mogollon
42
6
MS, Chapter 6, Anasazi
42
7
MS, Chapter 6, annotated with additional material
42
8
MS, Chapter 7, summary
42
9
Chapter and draft, “Old Mss.”
42
10
“Old Mss.” (1 of 2)
42
11
“Old Mss.” (2 of 2)
42
12
Chapter 3, early man, research notes, “Old Mss.”
42
13
Chapter 3, draft, “Old Mss.”
box
42A
Copy of manuscript for prehistoric basketry book as sent to University of
Arizona Press
Box 43: Research, prehistoric basketry book (unpublished),
illustrations
box
folder
43
1
Illustrations in various media
43
2
Illustrations and notes on illustrations
43
3
Illustrations including photographs
43
4
Illustrations, Hohokam
43
5
Illustrations on Basket Maker II (includes Mimbres)
43
6
Illustrations, Basket Maker III
43
7
Illustrations, Pueblo I-Pueblo III
43
8
Miscellaneous illustrations
43
9
Illustrations, photographs
43
10
Prehistoric basketry and pottery designs
43
11
Prehistoric basketry and pottery design elements
Box 44: Research, prehistoric basketry book (unpublished),
notes
box
folder
44
1
Notes for each chapter
44
2
Notes on references
44
3
Notes on “sites and charts”
44
4
Miscellaneous notes and analysis forms
44
5
Notes, “General”
44
6
Miscellaneous notes (1 of 4)
44
7
Miscellaneous notes (2 of 4)
44
8
Miscellaneous notes (3 of 4)
44
9
Miscellaneous notes (4 of 4)
Box 45: Research, prehistoric basketry book (unpublished), research
organized by location and collection
box
folder
45
1
Aztec Ruin, notes
45
2
Antelope House, Canyon de Chelly, notes
45
3
“An evolution of Anasazi basketry: A view from Antelope House,” by J. M.
Adovasio, R.Carlisle, and R. Andrews in Journal of New World
Archaeology II:5 (1978), pp. 1-5 [photocopy]. “Archeological investigations at
Antelope House” by Don P. Morris, et al [copy of typescript].
45
4
Canyonlands, photo
45
5
Colorado Historical Museum, Wetherill Collection
45
6
Colorado University, Earl Morris Collection
45
7
Garfield Peak, Carlsbad Museum, New Mexico
45
8
Grants Basket Site, New Mexico, LA47818
45
9
Grass Mesa Site, Dolores, Colorado
45
10
Hazzard Collection, Pennsylvania
45
11
Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, analysis sheets, 1984
45
12
Mesa Verde coiled baskets, includes color 35 mm slides
45
13
Pratt Cave, New Mexico, Albert Schroeder articles with CLT notes
45
14
San Diego Museum of Man, analysis sheets, 1987
45
15
Southwest Museum, notes and color photographs, 1984
45
16
Red Rock State Park, Church Rock, NM, notes and slides, 1984
45
17
Various museum collections, notes
45
18
Annotated reports and articles
45
19
Anasazi, annotated reports and articles
45
20
“Anasazi basketry, Basket Maker II through Pueblo III: A study based on
specimens from the San Juan River country,” by Earl H. Morris and Robert F. Burgh
(Carnegie: 1941). Photocopies of pages with annotations by CLT. Her personal copy of
this book was sold at auction by ASM in 2001. Folder includes correspondence related
to the auction.
45
21
“Archaeological researches in the Northern Great Basin,” by L. S. Cressman
(Carnegie: 1942), 158 pages plus 102 figures, maps, and illustrations with extensive
annotations and marginalia by CLT.
45
22
Miscellaneous research notes
Box 46: Research, prehistoric basketry book (unpublished), files returned from the
University of Arizona Press in 2000
box
folder
46
1
Correspondence, 2000
46
2
Chapter 1: Country and people, text with rough edit and illustrations
46
3
Chapter 2: Technical background, with edits
46
4
Chapter 2: Figures for chapter 2, ink and b/w photography
46
5
Chapter 3: Basketry of desert culture groups, with edits
46
6
Chapter 4: Hohokam basketry, with edits and illustrations
46
7
Chapter 5: The Mogollon area, with edits and illustrations
46
8
Chapter 6: The Anasazi, with edits
46
9
Chapter 6: Figures for chapter 6, ink drawings, b/w photographs and color
35mm slides
46
10
Chapter 7: Summary, with rough edit and illustrations
46
11
References cited, with edits
Card file boxes containing research note cards
box
47
Research cards, small box, bibliographies: general, Hopi, Havasupai, Apache,
Maricopa, Navajo, Papago, Pima, Yuma, Opata, Seri, Tarahumara, Yaqui
box
48
Research cards, medium box, bibliographies: Southwest Indians, Yaqui,
Yavapai, Architecture
box
49
Research cards, medium box, bibliographies: general, environment,
architecture, baskets, ceremonies, fetishes, masks, painting, pottery, silver, songs,
weaving, use of nature/plants
box
50
Research cards, medium box, bibliographies: Southwest ethnology, non-pueblo,
pueblo
box
51
Research cards, medium box, bibliographies: Southwest ethnology, insects
and butterflies in Southwest art
box
52
Research cards, small box, bibliographies: Southwest prehistoric art
box
53
Research cards, small box, bibliographies: Southwest archaeology
box
54
Research cards, large box, Southwest Indian art: including postcards, short
letters, clippings, brochures, maps, snapshots, extensive notes, color transparencies
(4 x 5 in.) of jewelry, and bibliography cards
box
55
Research cards, large box, baskets and textiles: including a group of cards
with b/w contact photographic prints of miniature baskets, cards arranged by tribal
designations
box
56
Research cards, medium box, baskets: Chemehuevi baskets in b/w photographs,
no identification (box 1 of 2)
box
57
Research cards, medium box, baskets: Chemehuevi baskets in b/w photographs,
no identification (box 2 of 2)
box
58
Research cards, small box, painting: artist card file, arranged
alphabetically by artist and tribe, includes bibliographic cards
box
59
Research cards, large box, painting: includes exhibition announcements,
note and short letters, clippings, b/w contact photo prints, and extensive notes on
artists, schools, and collections arranged by location. (box 1 of 2)
box
60
Research cards, large box, painting: includes exhibition announcements,
note and short letters, clippings, b/w contact photo prints, and extensive notes on
artists, schools, and collections arranged by location (box 2 of 2)
box
61
Research cards, medium box, School of American Research book
(never published) “Basketry of Southwest Indians,” notes and b/w photographs.
[See also “Publications: Manuscripts by date, 1970-1980”]
box
62
Research cards, large box, prehistoric basketry, miscellaneous handwritten notes, not organized
Spirits Which Came Out of the Mountains, Arizona
Highways, 1947
77
47
Ancient Pottery, Arizona Highways, 1948
77
48
Indian Arts Fund Collection of Paintings, El Palacio,
1948 (with Anne Forbes)
77
49
Southwest Chronicle: SW Indian Arts and Crafts, Arizona
Quarterly, 1948
77
50
Use of Native Plants by Arizona Indians, Arizona
Daily Star, 1948
77
51
Pollen Blessing, Arizona Highways, 1948
77
52
Sandpaintings of the Indians of the Southwest, Kiva,
1948
77
53
Southwest Indian Painting, Southwest Review,
1949
Box 78: Publications, manuscripts by date, 1950-1965
box
folder
78
1
Contemporary Indian Art, Arizona Highways,
February 1950 (pp. 12-13, 26-29)
78
2
Coral among Southwest Indians, 1950. Typescript, 18pp.
78
3
Arizona Indians, Kiva, 1950. Typescript, 17 pp.
78
4
Dine, the People of the Southwest, Tucson Daily
Citizen, March 22, 1951. Typescript
78
5
Fred Kabotie Indian Artist, Arizona Highways,
1951. Typed and handwritten, 21 pp.
78
6
Cotton in the Native Southwest, Arizona Republic,
April 1953. Typescript,
4 pp.
78
7
Dance of the Winds, not published, 1953. Typescript, 5 pp.
78
8
Southwestern Indian Watercolors, paper read at AAA convention, Tucson,
December 1953. Typescript with indications of slides shown, 9 pp.
78
9
Byron Cummings, 1860-1954, Kiva 20:1
(October, 1954). Research notes, rough drafts, and photograph of Cummings
78
10
Byron Cummings: In Memorium, text to be included in the minutes of the
Society of Sigma Xi, December 1954 (with H. Getty). Typescript, 3 pp.
78
11
Navajo Silver Craft, Arizona Highways, 1954.
Typescript, 31 pp.
78
12
A Navajo Burial of about 1850, Panhandle-Plains
Historical Review XXVIII (1955) (with Charlie Steen). Typescript, 10 pp.
78
13
Untitled article about Indians, for UA Wildcat, March, 1955. Typescript,
3 pp.
78
14
Arizona Indians, for Arizona Highways, 1955
(not published?). Typescript, 127 pp. Plus research notes, list of illustrations,
and correspondence.
78
15
Indians of Arizona, Arizona Highways XXXIV:
8 (August 1958). Magazine, typescript, and rough draft
78
16
Bibliography of Arizona Indians (annotated), Arizona
Highways XXXV:7 (1959). Typescript, 16 pages, and research notes
78
17
Contemporary Southwest Indian Silver, Kiva,
1960. Rough draft, 36 pp.
78
18
Crafts of Arizona Indians, Arizona Highways,
July 1960. Magazine and rough drafts
78
19
The Influence of White Man on Southwest Indian Art, paper read at 6th
Annual Meeting of American Indian Ethnohistoric Conference, Smithsonian, November 18-19,
1960. Typescript, 16 pp, and rough draft.
78
20
Some Religious Beliefs of Arizona Indians, prepared for “Arizona: Its
people and resources”, University of Arizona, 1960. Correspondence, typescript, 5 pp.
78
21
The Teaching of Indian Art, paper read at Pacific Arts Association
Conference, Tempe, Arizona, April 13, 1960. Correspondence and typescript 15 pp.
78
22
Changing Culture of the Indian, Report of the 38th
Annual Conference of the Western Society for Physical Education of College Women,
1962. Typescript, 29 pp.
78
23
Pima Indian Crafts, published in program for the 2nd
Annual Gila River Mul-chu-tha, Sacaton, Arizona, 1964. Typescript, 8 pp,
correspondence, and program.
78
24
Regional Styles of Navajo Weaving, Arizona Highways
XL:9 (September 1964). Typescript, 16 pp.
78
25
Read Mullan Collection of Navajo Weaving, (unpublished?) 1964. Typescript,
2 pp.
78
26
Papago Burden Baskets, Kiva, 30:3 (1965).
Typescript, 21 pp.
78
27
Navajo Weaving, for exhibition at Tucson Art Center, August 1965. Rough
draft, 8 pp.
78
28
Prehistoric Visual Art, 1965(Unpublished ?). Publishing contract and
typescript, 25 pp.
Box 79: Publications, manuscripts by date, 1970-1980
box
folder
79
1
Text for Arizona Press Women Installation Ceremony, 1960s. Published in
Contemporary Indian Affairs 1:3 (1970). Correspondence,
rough drafts, final text on cards
79
2
Bernice Johnston, 1914-1971 (obituary), Kiva
37:3 (1972). Typescript, 4 pp.
79
3
Text for unpublished book Look to the Mountaintop,
1972. Promotional literature, typescript, 21 pp.
79
4
Papago Crafts, read at Arizona Historical Society, Nogales, May 5, 1972.
Typescript, 10 pp. and rough draft
79
5
Indian Art, presented at conference of Society for Applied Anthropology,
April 14, 1973. Conference program and typescript, 6 pp.
79
6
Women in Indian Life, Delta Kappa Gamma Society XXXIX:2 (winter 1973).
Typescript, 13 pp.
79
7
“Pottery from tape lecture to Esber’s [?] class, fall 1974.” Typescript, 11
pp.
79
8
Tony Begay, Arizona Highways L:3 (March 1974).
Typescript, 16 pp. and rough drafts
79
9
Southwest Indian Arts Series: Basketry volume (unpublished). Correspondence
with the School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, rough drafts, and other
documents 1974-1981. [Note: see also Series 3: Publications, small card file box
“S.A.R. book: Basketry of SW Indians”]
79
10
Plastic Arts of the Indians, 1965-1975, paper presented at the Symposium on
the Arts, Southwestern Anthropological Association, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 1975.
Correspondence, program, rough draft, and typescript (12 pp.)
79
11
Southwest Indian Painting,” for Ray Manley”, 1975. Typescript, 1 page
79
12
Southwest Indian Pottery, Phoenix Magazine,
10:5 (May 1975). Typescript, 16 pp.
79
13
Indian Arts and Crafts book edited by CLT for Arizona Highways, 1976.
Typescripts of chapers by various authors and promotional literature for the book.
79
14
Are There Good Indian Crafts Today?, sent to Susan Crowell, editor of
“Native Arts and Crafts,” volume 1, 1976.
79
15
Text read at the Zukowski 50th Wedding Anniversary, based on Navajo
ceremony, October 5, 1976 (or 1974?).
79
16
Navajo Arts and Crafts, text proposal for KAET-TV series on Navajo Nations,
1976. Correspondence and typescript, 16 pp.
79
17
Portraits and Turquoise of Southwest Indians book, 1976 (with Ray Manley).
Promotional literature.
79
18
Preface for unspecified Arizona Highways book , 1976. Three typescripts.
79
19
Untitled autobiographical text for Typewriter
(?), June 1976. Typescript, 3 pp.
79
20
Dedication to Byron Cummings, Arizona and the West,
winter 1978. Correspondence, research notes, typescript, and copy of publication.
79
21
Tracing Southwestern Indian Easel Art, USA Today,
November 1978. Typescript, 8 pp.
79
22
Helen Hardin (Tsa-sah-wee-ch), biographical note for exhibit, July 2, 1978.
Typescript, 1 page.
79
23
Bert Seabourn, published in Cherokee Artist by
Dick Fountain, 1979. Typescript, 4 pp.
79
24
Introduction, Genuine Navajo Rug: Are You Sure?,
by Noel Bennett, 1979. Correspondence and typescript, 2 pp.
79
25
Collecting Southwest Indian Arts and Crafts,
by Ray Manley, 1979. Research notes
79
26
Contemporary Hopi Crafts, Hopi Kachina: Spirit
of Life book, 1980 (1 of 2). Typescripts
79
27
Contemporary Hopi Crafts, Hopi Kachina: Spirit
of Life book, 1980 (2 of 2) Correspondence and typescripts, 1979-1980
Box 80: Publications, manuscripts by date, 1982-1990
box
folder
80
1
Text for Ray Manley’s Hopi Kachina dolls, 1980. Notes and rough drafts.
80
2
The Naja, American Indian Art Magazine 7:2
(spring 1982). Correspondence, 1978-1981, rough drafts, and typescript, 14 pp.
80
3
Re: pics of a Moqui-style rug, 1982 (with John Tanner). Typescript,
2 pp.
80
4
Western Apache Baskets, Plateau Magazine, 1982.
Correspondence, rough drafts
80
5
Southwestern Indian Gold Jewelry, Kiva, 1985.
Notes and typescript, 32 pp.
80
6
Forward to Navajo Pottery: Traditions and Innovations
by Russell Hartman, 1987. Correspondence and typescript, 2 pp.
80
7
Southwest Indian Baskets Today, 1987 (not published). Correspondence and
typescript, 6 pp.
80
8
Chapter on Southwestern Indian basketry for North
American Indian Basketry book by Frank W. Porter, 1986-1989. Correspondence and
typescript, 38 pp.
80
9
Traditional Southwest Indian Painting, presentation at Heard Museum, 1987.
List of slides and typescript, 13 pp.
80
10
Introduction for Beyond Tradition: contemporary
Indian art and its evolution (with Jerry Jacka and Lois Jacka). Promotional
literature, typescript outline and drafts, 1988
80
11
Introduction for Beyond Tradition, 1988.
Correspondence, notes, rough drafts
80
12
Introduction for Patterns and Sources of Zuni
Kachinas, 1988 (with Barton Wright). Research material and typescript drafts
80
13
Byron Cummings, for International Dictionary of
Anthropologists, 1989. Correspondence and typescripts
80
14
Southwestern Indian Basketry, in The Art of Native
American Basketry, A Living Legend, 1990. Draft and final typescript, 38 pp.
1990
Annual reports, professional activities, 1946-1977
82
2
Anthropology class schedules, 1942-1978
82
3
Audiovisual materials
82
4
“Boners,” cartoons, jokes, and student bloopers
82
5
Bibliography and handouts, SW Archaeology
82
6
Bibliography and handouts, SW Indians
82
7
Bibliographies and handouts, SW Indian Crafts, other courses
82
8
Course outlines/syllabus, 1960s-1970s
82
9
Class Notes, Correspondence courses, Anthropology I and II
82
10
Class Notes, Correspondence course, Anthropology 1b-c
82
11
Class Notes, Correspondence course, Anthropology 1a-c, 1955
82
12
Class Notes, Correspondence courses, Egypt, Anthropology 115c, Anthropology
II
82
13
Class Notes, Correspondence courses, SW Archaeology
Box 83: Correspondence and letters of recommendation
(this box is RESTRICTED) [see also Series six: student papers]
box
folder
83
1
Class rosters
83
2
Correspondence about students, 1936-1975
83
3
Correspondence about students, 1977-1987
83
4
Correspondence from students, 1950s
83
5
Correspondence from students, 1969-1988
83
6
Correspondence from students, other colleges and schools, 1950-1991
83
7
Correspondence, Parezo, Nancy, 1978-1984
83
8
Graduate College, list of Indian students, 1981
83
9
Graduate student theses and dissertations, 1956-1969
83
10
Letters of recommendation, 1940s-1950s
83
11
Letters of recommendation, 1960s
83
12
Letters of recommendation, 1970s-1990s
Box 84: Teaching, classroom illustrations, original art, photographs
and printed materials
box
folder
84
1
Indian People, National Geographic pictures, North America
84
2
Moundbuilders, Upper Mississippi
84
3
Northwest Coast and Alaska
84
4
Plains Indians
84
5
Mesoamerica
84
6
Mexico, archaeology
84
7
South America, textiles and pottery
84
8
Old World, archaeology (Anthropology100)
84
9
Old World, archaeology, miscellaneous notes
84
10
Old World, archaeology and architecture including signed portraits of
Prentice Duell, 1938, by unknown photographer
84
11
“Ancient and European Architecture,” notes
Box 85: Teaching, classroom illustrations, original art,
photographs and printed materials
box
folder
85
1
Africa, various arts
85
2
Australia, various arts
85
3
Old World Art
85
4
India
85
5
Oceania, various arts
85
6
World, masks
85
7
World, rock art
Box 86: Teaching, class notes on Old World topics
box
folder
86
1
Class bibliographies, mostly undated
86
2
Class notes, Archaeology and life of the Hebrews, 1930s
86
3
Class notes, Asia, 1930s
86
4
Class notes, China
86
5
Class notes, comparative religion
86
6
Class notes, Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology, 1929, 1932
86
7
Class notes, Greece, Greek Archaeology
86
8
Class notes, India and Near East, 1930s
86
9
Class notes, Old World Archaeology
86
10
Class notes, Old World Archaeology and Various Topics
86
11
Class notes, Old World Prehistory
86
12
Class notes, Origin of Man
86
13
Class notes, Rome, Roman Archaeology, 1931- ?
Box 87: Teaching, class notes on archaeology, ethnology,
physical anthropology
box
folder
87
1
Child’s Course in Archaeology, 1934-1935
87
2
Class notes, Anthro.101, Exploring Archaeology, 1981
87
3
Class notes, Background of Modern Archaeology
87
4
Class notes, Methods in Ethnology, 1935
87
5
Class notes, Mexico
87
6
Class notes, Physical Anthropology, 1930s (1 of 2)
87
7
Class notes, Physical Anthropology, 1930s (2 of 2)
87
8
Class notes, South America, 1930s
87
9
Class notes, South American Ethnology
87
10
Class notes, World Ethnography
Box 88: Teaching, class notes on Southwest topics
box
folder
88
1
Class notes, Southwest
88
2
Class notes, Southwest archaeology, 1930s-1950s
88
3
Class notes, Southwest ethnology
88
4
Class notes, Southwest Indians
88
5
Class notes, Southwest Indian art, “first given in 1940”
88
6
Class notes, Modern Southwest Indian art, spring 1940
88
7
Class notes, Origin of man in America
88
8
Class notes, Prehistoric Southwest craft arts
88
9
Indian poetry and prayers
Card file boxes containing teaching note cards
box
89
Teaching: Note cards on the archaeology of Rome, Old World, Asia
box
90
Teaching: Note cards on primitive art, religion, Oceania
box
91
Teaching: Note cards on methods in anthropology, world ethnology, Spicer at
Pascua, comparison of Aztecs and Tepoztan populations of Mexico, Old World, Panama,
Venezuela, Mexican archaeology
box
92
Teaching: Note cards on North American ethnology, Southwestern prehistoric
craft arts
box
93
Teaching: Note cards on Aztecs, Mayas, North American ethnology, Southwest
arts and culture
box
94
Teaching: Postcards (printed and photographic) of subjects and locations in
Rome, Greece, Babylon, India, Egypt, the Southwest, the Northwest coast, Mexico, and
Europe
box
95
Teaching: Class notes on Southwest Indian craft arts, pottery, Kachinas,
sandpaintings, musical instruments
box
96
Teaching: Class notes on North American ethnology and Hopi
“Los Juegos de Pelota en Arizona,” by Crosby Lee Gillan, Mexico, D. F. ,
undated carbon copy of thesis on the prehistoric ballparks of Arizona and Mexico with
black and white photographs by the author
Certificate “New York World’s Fair 1939 Incorporated has hereby appointed
Mrs. Clara Lee Tanner member of the National Advisory Committee on Women’s
Participation for the State of Arizona”
Oraibi Day School Portfolio, 1927. [This consists of an album of 55
tempera paintings done by the Hopi students at Oraibi Day School. A letter from J.
Preston Myers, Principal, transmits the album to Mrs. Charles Morgan Wood of Tucson,
Arizona, on January 14, 1927]
“Egyptian costumes” by Margaret Bott. Undated typed and hand-illustrated
manuscript in book format, possibly created by one of Tanner’s students
Posters announcing Tanner’s lectures, undated
“The use of the spiral in primitive art” by Scott Bivens. Undated semester
project containing 88 hand-illustrated plates in spiral binding created by student in
Tanner’s Art 114a class
“Sharp, Sharper, Sharpest, A Humorous Tale of Old Egypt penned down and
depicted in the year 1315 a. c. by C. My Seyppel court painter and poet laureate of
his majesty King Rhampsinit III” 40 pages, faux-Egyptian book, n.d.
Arabic (?) lithographic artwork
Pai basketry designs; Hohokam pottery illustrations; Designs from Fewkes;
Indian art painting (photo for publication?); Prehistoric textiles, ASM analysis forms;
Test tiles (2) for a study of painted decoration on pottery, 1962.
Illustrations for “How the Animals Made Rain” and other Pima Indian stories
by a student of Tanner
Drawings for children’s book by Charlie Lee [Navajo artist]
Magazines related to Native American arts and crafts
box
98
Oversize materials
Clippings and other types of newsprint related to the Gallup Ceremonial,
Indian Market, and articles on various Native American tribes and regions
box
99
Oversize materials
Drawings, paintings, and a variety of original artwork prepared for Tanner’s
books
box
100
Memorabilia and awards, (Box 1 of 3), Clara Lee Tanner Awards
Sharlot Hall Award, 1985
Ceremonial Basketry Judge plaque, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial
Association, 1986
Ceremonial Basketry Judge plaque, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial
Association, 1987
Victor R. Stoner Award, Arizona Archeological and Historical Society, 1988
Honorary Judge plaque, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association. 1988
Arts and Crafts Judge plaque, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial
Association, 1989
Ceremonial Basketry Judge plaque, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial
Association, 1987
Ceremonial Exhibits Judging certificate, 1990
Academic hood, possibly worn by Tanner, n.d.
box
100 (cont.)
John Tanner Awards
Chairman of Judges plaque, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, 1986
Exhibits Judge Chairman plaque, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association,
1987
Chairman of Exhibits Judge plaque, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial
Association, 1988
Arts and Crafts Judge plaque, Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association,
1989
Ceremonial Exhibits Judging certificate, 1990
box
101
Memorabilia and awards (Box 2 of 3)
Degree of Doctor of Letters certificate, University of Arizona, 1983
Degree of Doctor of Letters plaque, University of Arizona, [1983]
Byron S. Cummings Award, Arizona Archeological and Historical Society, 1987
YWCA award, 1988
Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Award, John and Clara Tanner, 1991
Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame induction plaque, Office of the Mayor, 2004
Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame Family Award, Office of the Mayor, [2004]
box
102
Memorabilia and awards, (Box 3 of 3) Clara Lee Tanner