Dr. John Graffin collection, circa 1910-1921

NAU.PH.2003.16



Creator:	Graffin, John.
Title:	Dr. John Graffin collection
Inclusive Dates:	circa 1910 to 1921
Quantity:	87 Photographic prints
Abstract:	Images of Dr. John Graffin and his time spent with members of Navajo Nation.
Identification:	NAU.PH.2003.16
Language:	Material in English
Repository:	Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Northern Arizona University Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523-5551 Fax: 928 523-3770 Email: special.collections@nau.edu

Historical Note

Dr. John C. Graffin was born in 1883. In the early 1900s he married Edna Lamb. He served in World War I as Captain. Before and after the war, he worked as the Reservation physician for the Navajo Tribe in Shiprock, New Mexico, until his death from typhoid pneumonia in 1921.

Scope and Contents

Images are of Dr. Graffin and his family living on the Navajo Reservation in Shiprock in the 1910s and early 1920s.

Restrictions

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access and use of the Dr. John Graffin collection onsite in the Miriam Lemont Reading Room.

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 Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Dr. John Graffin Collection, NAU.PH.2003.16. Special Collections and Archives. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Flagstaff, Arizona.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquired from an online eBay auction in 2003.

Container List


Photographs circa 1910 to 1921 87 Photographic prints