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Billie Yost Collection, 1891-1940 NAU.MS.23.NAU.PH.90.44

NAU.MS.23.NAU.PH.90.44

Biographical Note

Born Bernetta Williams, on February 27, 1907, Billie Williams Yost was the youngest of four children of Bill and Gertrude Williams who operated Red Lake Trading Post on the Navajo  Reservation for many years. Mrs. Yost began her journalistic career with the Winslow Mail, and later became a newspaper reporter for Flagstaff's Arizona Daily Sun. In 1966, she became Coconino County Clerk of the Superior Court, an office she held until her retirement in 1975. In 1987, she was voted into the Democratic Party Hall of Fame for her contributions, dedication, and service.

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy of the inquest into the death of Sam Dittenhoffer, which occurred at Red Lake, Coconino County, Arizona in 1891.

Photo collection contains photographs of various people and places in Northern Arizona, 1894-1959.

Restrictions

Restrictions

In November of 2022, staff reviewed this collection and determined that a number of items were culturally sensitive. These are noted under the individual descriptions below. Permission for use of these items will need to be obtained by the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at 928-523-5551 for more information.

Copyright

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Administrative Information

Credit Line

Billie Yost Collection, NAU.MS.23, Northern Arizona University. Special Collections and Archives Dept.

Billie Yost Collection, NAU.PH.90.44, Northern Arizona University. Special Collections and Archives Dept.

Container List

NAU.PH.90.44 Photographs 1894-1959 42 Photographic images
	Scope and Contents
	Images in this collection consist of Flagstaff school children (1917), Flagstaff prohibition (1932), the Coconino County Jail (1937), Sheriff's office (1938), Mormon Lake (postcards, photographs), El Tovar Monument at Grand Canyon, Lake Mary, a lumber train, Canyon Padre (bridge), Leupp Indian School (1923), a coach and cook car (with locomotive, 1902), Blue Canyon, Moencopi Neck, the Hopi Reservation (1911-1959) and the snake dance RESTRICTED (1911-1912), a Navajo  Medicine Man (Red Hat) at Red Lake (1929), the San Juan River (1894), and Military personnel.
	Digital versions of parts of this collection are available online here.
NAU.PH.90.44.1			NAU.PH.90.44.1: Fifth grade May 25, 1917
			NAU.PH.90.44.2: A large still was captured south of Lake Mary by the Coconino County Sheriff''s Office - this was during Probition Days. From left, Dan Williams, night jailre; Wilbur Wolfington - court custodian; FBI Man; Forrest Willis, deputy sheriff; Ernest J. Yost - deputy sheriff; and another FBI Man who's name I don't recall., Flagstaff (Ariz.). Carson Studio, ca. 1932. Black-and-White Photograph, 11x16.
			NAU.PH.90.44.3: Wilbur Wolfington, D.L. McKinney, Coconino County Jail, 1937., Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1937. Black-and-White Photograph, 11x6.
			NAU.PH.90.44.4: Ernest Joseph Yost 1938 in front of Sheriffs office in downtown Flagstaff, before new jail was built - Didn't have uniforms then - He was a deputy Sheriff from 1933 to 1940 when Perry Francis became sheriff., Flagstaff (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1938. Black-and-White Photograph, 11x6.
			NAU.PH.90.44.5: Moonlight on Morman Lake., Mormon Lake (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Picture Postcard, 8x13.
			NAU.PH.90.44.6: Mormon Lake from Montezuma Lodge., Mormon Lake (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Picture Postcard, 13x8.
			NAU.PH.90.44.7: Mormon Lake from Mormon Mountain. Montezuma Lodge., Mormon Lake (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Picture Postcard, 8x13.
			NAU.PH.90.44.8: Monument at Hotel El Tovar on the very rim of the Canyon. [Actually located to the west of the El Tovar, on the West Rim: the John Wesley Powell Expedition Memorial plaque. ], Grand Canyon (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x10.
			NAU.PH.90.44.9: Just a view of the waves. Mormon Lk., Mormon Lake (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x11.
			NAU.PH.90.44.10: This is pretty little Lake Mary. It lies in the top of the mountains like a great bowl of water. Very quiet and restful. 1924., Lake Mary (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x10.
			NAU.PH.90.44.11: One end of Lake Mary., Lake Mary (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x11.
			NAU.PH.90.44.12: Returned to Mormon Lake. Water was very rough. The waves break as much as five feet on the shore., Mormon Lake (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1925. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x10.
			NAU.PH.90.44.13: Lake Mary., Lake Mary (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x10.
			NAU.PH.90.44.14: A lumber train. It carried about ten carloads of logs from the mountains to Flagstaff, Ariz., Coconino County (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x10.
			NAU.PH.90.44.15: Road from Flagstaff to Winslow., Coconino County (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x10.
			NAU.PH.90.44.16: This is one of the prettiest places on our trip. Canyon Padre. The road turns and twists its way down and up and makes some very dangerous turns., Padre Canyon (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1924. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x10.
			NAU.PH.90.44.17: Leupp Indian School., Leupp (Ariz.) // Navajo  Indian Reservation. Photographer unknown, ca. 1923. Black-and-White Photograph, 11x16.
			NAU.PH.90.44.18: To Kate and Andrew - Our coach and cook car and stock car and work engine. [ Winslow about 1902 when laying the heavy rail for the Santa Fe Railroad. Walter Williams (boy) standing beside his father Bill Williams and baby Roy Williams inside coach. Others are forman and Indians.], Winslow (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, ca. 1902. Black-and-White Photograph, 11x16.
			NAU.PH.90.44.19: Blue Canyon - remnants of old Trading Post building [circled in ink.], Blue Canyon (Ariz.) /// Navajo  Indian Reservation. Photographer unknown, date unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 12x8.
			NAU.PH.90.44.20: Blue Canyon., Blue Canyon (Ariz.) // Navajo  Indian Reservation. Photographer unknown, date unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 8x12.
			NAU.PH.90.44.21: Blue Canyon., Blue Canyon (Ariz.) // Navajo  Indian Reservation. Photographer unknown, date unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 8x12.
			NAU.PH.90.44.22: Blue Canyon country., Navajo  Indian Reservation. Photographer unknown, date unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 8x12.
			NAU.PH.90.44.23: Moencopi Wash., Moencopi Wash (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, date unknown. Black-and-White Photograph, 8x12.
			NAU.PH.90.44.24: You will note from the picture that many Hopis and Navajos attend the dance, as well as white people. This was taken before the dance began, while people were sitting atop the houses at Walpi in 1911. [ Spectators at Hopi Snake Dance.], Walpi (Ariz.) // Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1911. Black-and-White Photograph, 14x8.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.25: Note four men sitting atop Snake Rock at the left of the plaza at Walpi, first mesa. This picture taken at Snake Dance in 1911., Walpi (Ariz.) // Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1911. Black-and-White Photograph, 12x7.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.26: Antelope dancers entering the plaza at Walpi for the Hopi Snake Dance in 1911. Cameras were forbidden and no pictures have been taken legally since 1914. Snake Rock at end of plaza., Walpi (Ariz.) // Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1911. Black-and-White Photograph, 7x13.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.27: Fred B. Brown, a friend of my father's is riding a burro on top of the mesa at Walpi in 1911. While Ed Harbin and Mrs. Frank Hink both of Winlsow, and a little Navajo  boy look on. The burro belonged to the Navajo  lad., Walpi (Ariz.) // Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1911. Black-and-White Photograph, 7x13.
			NAU.PH.90.44.28: The Hopi Snake Priests are circling the plaza before the dance at Hotevilla in 1912. The Hopi in the lead will soon plunge his hand into the Snake Hole and bring out a writhing and objecting rattle snake to dance with., Hotevilla (Ariz.) /// Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1912. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x11.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.29: Here the Snake Priests and Antelope Priests are lined up facing each other, swaying back and forth to their guttural chant before the Hopi Snake Dance. Taken at Hotevilla in 1912. A law prohibiting cameras at the dance went into effect in 1914., Hotevilla (Ariz.) /// Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1912. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x11.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.30: Snake Dance, Hotevilla., Hotevilla (Ariz.) /// Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1912. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x11.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.31: Snake Dance, Walpi, 1911. [Back of photo says Walpi 1911 - but - matches others taken at Hotevilla, 1912.], Hotevilla (Ariz.) /// Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1912. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x11.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.32: [Snake Dance - Hotevilla, 1912.], Hotevilla (Ariz.) /// Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1912. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x11.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.33: [Snake Dance, Hotevilla, 1912.], Hotevilla (Ariz.) /// Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1912. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x11.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.34: [Spectators at Snake Dance, Hotevilla, 1912.], Hotevilla (Ariz.) /// Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1912. Black-and-White Photograph, 6x11.
					Restriction
					Identified as culturally sensitive in November 2022. Please contact Special Collections and Archives at (928)-523-5551 for more information about this image.
			NAU.PH.90.44.35: Hopi Indian Village, August 26, 1959., Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1959. Black-and-White Photograph, 10x7.
			NAU.PH.90.44.36: Hopi Village, August 26, 1959., Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1959. Black-and-White Photograph, 9x7.
			NAU.PH.90.44.37: Hopi Indian dwellings, August 26, 1959., Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1959. Black-and-White Photograph, 9x7.
			NAU.PH.90.44.38: View in Keams Canon, Arizona., Keams Canyon (Ariz.) // Hopi Indian Reservation. Wittick, Ben, ca. 1900. Black-and-White Photograph, 8x11.
			NAU.PH.90.44.39: Red Hat - Navajo Medicine Man at Red Lake, 1920., Red Lake (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1920. Black-and-White Photograph, 11x9.
			NAU.PH.90.44.40: Near the wagon shed in August 1911. My father W.F. Williams ran Keams Canyon .... [rest of caption is unreadable.], Keams Canyon (Ariz.) // Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.). Photographer unknown, 1911. Black-and-White Photograph, 8x29.
			NAU.PH.90.44.41: Johnathan P. Williams dredging for gold in foreground. The other two men King Henley and Charley Boston. 1894 on the San Juan River., San Juan River (Colo.-Utah). Photographer unknown, 1894. Black-and-White Photograph, 16x21.
			NAU.PH.90.44.42: [Group portrait of law enforcement officers, including Ernest Yost, front row, second from right. All names listed on separate sheet of paper.], Flagstaff (Ariz.). Fronske Studio, ca. 1940. Black-and-White Photograph, 18x23.