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Guide to the Edward H. Davis Collection MS 75
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Series I: Notebooks and Field Notes

Box-folder 1:1, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 1

"Trip to California," 1884, 1902

Scope and Content

Trip from the East Coast through the Panama Canal to San Francisco, with visits to Mexican West Coast cities and towns. Desert trip to Borrego and map (1902). (Fragile)
Box-folder 1:2, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 2

"1893 World's Fair, Fight at Warners & Coyote 1899," 1893, 1899

Scope and Content

1893-World’s Fair. Fight at Warners & Coyote 1899. Fight at Warners and Coyote of 1850 as told by Marco, March 1899.
Box-folder 1:2B, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 2B (no cover)

"Nov 28 to Jan 30, To Tijuana and back to Mesa Grande, then to Yuma, Indians there, River trip down to Colorado to Col. Lerdo, Hardy River, El Mayor, Cocopa," 1896, 1897

Scope and Content

November 28 to January 30. Trip to Tijuana and back to Mesa Grande, then to Yuma, Indians there. River trip down Colorado to Col. Lerdo, Hardy River, El Mayor, Cocopa. (No cover)
Box-folder 1:3, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 3

(no title), 1902, 1903, 1930

Scope and Content

Clothing to Indians at La Joya and Rincon. (Four loose pages at beginning of notebook – different paper)
Philosophizing on the desert. Description of Desert. Assault of Indian policeman Salvador Duro of Mesa Grande. Attempted robbery of James A. Gadney (Jan 5, 1893) Diegueno Rain Dance. “Tragedy of the boarding school” Indian Funeral. Diegueno Indian Tradition. Eagles, rattlesnakes. Notes on Indian tradition of Capitan Grande. Manner of poisoning arrows. Removal of San Felipe Indians. Fiesta de Los Muertos. Salvador Duro charged with attempted murder. El Dia de los Muertos (Nov 2, 1903)
Box-folder 1:4, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 4

"Vocabulary - Diegueno," 1903

Scope and Content

Vocabulary – Diegueno. Artifact drawings. (Very Fragile)
Box-folder 2:5, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 5 (no cover)

(no title), 1903

Scope and Content

Accounts. Languages. Lithia Mine. Natural foodstuffs of Indians. Loco weed. "My Trip to Coyote Assessing and Collecting." Drawings of artifacts. John Joe Adams comments on Indian events. Agua Caliente Indian Removal. Indianapolis - comments. Cattle, people - comments. Morton Smith's house - drawing. Indian place names near Mesa Grande. Story of the mythical being's footprint. Indian medicine. Toloache fiesta. Wildcat Dance - drawing. Peon game (gesture drawings).
Box-folder 2:6, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 6

"Trip to relieve Campo Indians," 1904

Scope and Content

Trip to relieve Campo Indians.
Box-folder 2:7, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 7

"Frank Fox killed - 1890," 1904

Scope and Content

Story of Frank Fox killing in 1890, with drawing of burial stones. Indian basketry story. Indian financial and mathematical problems.
Box-folder 2:8, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 8

"Expenses," 1906

Scope and Content

Expenses, lists, drawings and diagrams, artifacts mentioned.
Box-folder 2:9, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 9

"Trip through Arizona - East Grand Canyon," 1906

Scope and Content

Trip through Arizona - East Grand Canyon. Narrative of Grace G. Harvy, photographer in S.F. Earthquake. Landscape drawings. Acoma.
Box-folder 2:10, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 10

"Image Ceremony Koo-Rook at Wee-a pipa Aug 24-30, 1908. Death Dance Holsh-roy Ne Mulp. Mesa Grande Nov 13-18, 1908," 1908

Scope and Content

Image Ceremony Koo-Rook at Wee-a pipa Aug 24-30, 1908. Death Dance Holsh-roy Ne Mulp. Mesa Grande Nov 13-18, 1908. Description and drawings of image manufacture and ceremonial place. Descriptions of trip to Inaja Rancheria with Marion. Information on Indian foods and counting. “Yellow Sky” – description of dance ceremony.
Box-folder 2:11, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 11

"San Francisco Trip, Redwoods, Santa Cruz," 1909

Scope and Content

San Francisco Trip, Redwoods, Santa Cruz, Lotario Duro counting, house plans
Box-folder 2:12, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 12

"Mt. San Jacinto Trip, July," 1911

Scope and Content

Mt. San Jacinto Trip- July. Drawings of: Warner's Ranch Old Store, cabin, Maria’s house, San Ygnacio, Sunrise Peaks, acorn storage baskets, Lost Valley, rock formations at top of pass to Chihuahua, rock art in Hemet Valley, Cahuilla Valley, Strawberry Valley, San Jacinto, old pine, cabin, San Jacinto, trees, camp, Hidden Valley. Rough map of trip.
Box-folder 2:13, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 13

"Trip to Stonewall Peak. Some vocabulary words," 1911-1912

Scope and Content

Trip to Stonewall Park. Household notes and expense list. Information about Locario Chavish of Rincon. Description of Juan Sotelo Trip to Cuyamaca for Indian things with Jose Agua. Trip to Los Conejos Reservation.
Box-folder 2:14, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 14

"Indian Customs, Words," 1912, 1916

Scope and Content

Image in the cave ceremony. Joe Watch, Stonewall Mountain. Word list. Diary of the Great Storm, Jan 14-30, 1916.
Box-folder 3:15, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 15

"Original Indian Catalog, No. 2," 1913

Scope and Content

Original Indian Catalog, No. 2. Numbers, drawings and descriptions of many artifacts and their origins. (Fragile)
Box-folder 3:16, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 16

"Desert Notes Oct-Nov 1917, Collecting Trip, Martinez - Toro, Palm Springs, Martinez, Cahuillas," 1917

Scope and Content

October Desert Trip. Description of collecting, people, a death ceremony. List of expenditures. Palm Springs, Coachella, Banning, Image Burning ceremony. Lists and catalogue of artifacts. Fig Tree John
Box-folder 3:16A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 16A (No number / consecutive to Notebook 16)

"Banning - 1917, Palm Springs, Martinez Cahuillas," 1917

Scope and Content

Banning, Palm Springs, Martinez Cahuillas. List of purchases, Cahuilla vocabulary.
Box-folder 3:17, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 17

"Trip to Salton Sea," 1912

Scope and Content

Trip to Salton Sea. Vocabulary. Trip to find ollas near San Felipe Cañon. Drawings of ollas, and of palm leaf skirt. Burial ollas, description of cremation.
Box-folder 3:17A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 17A (No number / consecutive to Notebook 17)

"Banning, Sobaba, Cahuilla, Willie Boy, Nov 1917," 1917

Scope and Content

Banning, Sobaba, Cahuilla, Willie Boy, People, stories, shipping artifacts to Heye.
Box-folder 3:18, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 18

"Arizona Collecting Trip," 1918

Scope and Content

Arizona Collecting Trip- Dec. 26, 1918. Cocopah, Yuma, Pima, Papago.
Box-folder 3:18A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 18A (No number / consecutive to Notebook 18)

"Arizona Trip Dec 1918," 1918

Scope and Content

Arizona trip, December expenses. Catalog.
Box-folder 3:19, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 19

"July 1918 Image Ceremony Wa Koo-Rook, Campo-Yuma, Cremation-Yuma," 1918

Scope and Content

Image Ceremony Wa Koo-Rook, Campo-Yuma, Cremation-Yuma. Drawings of: mourning people, images, diagrams of ceremony, "shield man", "bow man", "carrying the image", "end view of funeral pyre", man chanting and playing a box-drum and rhythm stick.
Box-folder 3:20, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 20

"Dec. 1918 Notes on Arizona Trip," 1918

Scope and Content

Notes on Arizona Trip. Cocopah. Description of Frank Tehana, of Yuma/Cocopah living conditions. Drawings of: fishing with net, cradleboard, Somerton, collecting, trip to Casa Grande, mixing bowl and basket, metates, baskets, Pima chin stripes, Casa Grande ruins, Sacaton Flats collecting, Blackwater, Papago village, graves, Swastika on baskets. Pima villages, rock art, history. Casa Blanca.
Box-folder 4:21, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 21

"Campo Ollas. Mar. 1918 Desert Mortuary Ollas. May 1918," 1918

Scope and Content

Campo Ollas. Desert + Mortuary Ollas. Drawings of ollas and other artifacts.
Box-folder 4:22, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 22

"Yuma - July 1918. Koo-Rook Ceremony," 1918

Scope and Content

Yuma – July 1918. Koo-Rook Ceremony. List of expenditures, list of photos, few notes on Yuma.
Box-folder 4:22A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 22A (no cover) (No number / consecutive to Notebook 22)

"Locario Chavish July 2-3-4 1918 Blind Indian," 1918

Scope and Content

Blind Indian, Locario Chavish, Rincon. Description of his efficiency in easily gathering wood and known for many other accomplishments.
Box-folder 4:23, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 23

"Arizona Notes. Sept 6-Nov 24 1919," 1919

Scope and Content

Yuma Koo-Rook ceremony, with drawings. Mojave Indian Buckeye, Globe, Tempe Mesa, Prairie Schooner by the Salt River. Rice. White River Agency. Cibique, Grasshopper and Oak Creek, Apache, Malpais Mesa Pictographs.
Box-folder 4:23A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 23A (No number / consecutive to Notebook 23)

"Papago catalogue (1918-1919). Apache catalogue (1918-1919). San Carlos. Rice, Bylos, Geronimo," 1919

Scope and Content

Papago catalogue (1918-1919). Apache catalogue (1918-1919). San Carlos. Rice, Bylos, Geronimo.
Box-folder 4:23B, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 23B (No number / consecutive to Notebook 23A)

"1920 Mojave, Maricopa," 1920

Scope and Content

Mojave, Maricopa. List of purchases and expenses.
Box-folder 4:24, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 24

"July-Aug 1920 Papago Ceremony, Sonoma, Quito Vaca." (very fragile), 1920

Scope and Content

Papago Ceremony - Sonora Quito Vaca. Menager store and its surroundings. Ajo. Legend of Quitovaca Ceremony. Ka o ho ta (Rainbow, storyteller). Diagrams of ceremony, drawings of costume, people, paraphernalia, structure for Saguaro fruit harvest.
Box-folder 4:25, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 25 (no cover)

(no title), 1920

Scope and Content

Dec 30, 1920 Maricopa - Pima Reservation
Box-folder 4:25A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 25A (No number / consecutive to Notebook 25)

"Arizona 1920-1921. 'Chimehueva'. Mojave - Hualapai. Mojave - Apache. Maricopa," 1920

Scope and Content

Arizona notes
Box-folder 5:26, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 26 (no number / displayed last)

"Vol. I Yuma ceremony Oct 13-19 1921," 1921

Scope and Content

Yuma ceremony Oct 13-19 1921. Koo-Rook Ceremony, description of participants. Killing of the war eagles. Long hair. Images. Mourning procedure.
Box-folder 5:26A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 26A (no number / displayed consecutive to 26B)

"Vol. II Oct 1921 Yuma Ceremony," 1921

Scope and Content

Yuma Koo-Rook Ceremony: Description and Drawings
Box-folder 5:26B, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 26B (no number / displayed first)

"Vol. III Yaqui Indians Tucson, Arizona March-April 1921," 1921

Scope and Content

Yaqui ceremonies at Tucson. Matachina, Coyote dance masks.
Box-folder 5:27, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 27 (no number / displayed last)

"Seri and Yaqui words," 1922

Scope and Content

Seri and Yaqui words.
Structure of Yuma images and their design. Illustrations. Purchases and expenditures. Notes on Tepehuanes, arahumares, Cora.
Box-folder 5:27A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 27A (no number displayed first)

"Vol. II Dec, 1922 Indian Notes. Chemehuevas - Calif and Nevada. Cocopahs - Calif and Sonora," 1922

Scope and Content

Chemehuevas - California and Nevada. Cocopahs - California and Sonora. Notes on customs.
Box-folder 5:28, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 28

"Campo trip. Dec. 1923-Fall 1924," 1923-1924

Scope and Content

Campo Trip. Word lists. Rosa preparing acorn meal. Campo people: Hilschmeup. December and Fall.
Box-folder 5:28A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 28A

"Seri Indians. Yaqui Indians," 1924

Scope and Content

Drawings. Vocabulary. Harpooning sea turtles. Seri dress and undress. Tiburon Island. Dwellings. Artifacts. Driving off killer whales, foods. Threshing seaweed. Chief Coyote Iguana. Kids sliding on inverted turtle shells. Pithaya and Saguaro harvest, (some drawings)
Box-folder 5:28B, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 28B (no number / consecutive to Notebook 28A)

(no title), 1926

Scope and Content

Expenses. Indian place names. Photo list. Paipai and Kil-ewa.
Box-folder 5:29, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 29

"Pima. Story of Lewis Nelson (1924), Diegueno Indian words, Place Names, Cameo of Mesa Grande," 1924

Scope and Content

Pima Blackwater, December. Story of Lewis Nelson. Paul Jones, 97 years old. Diegueno Indian words. San Diego County place names.
Box-folder 5:30, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 30

"Trip to Santa Rosalie, La Paz, and Cabo San Lucas," 1926

Scope and Content

Trip to Santa Rosalie, La Paz, and Cabo San Lucas. List of photos, expenditures. Cochimi. Addresses. Inventory.
Box-folder 5:30A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 30A

"Stone Tubes," 1927

Scope and Content

Drawings of stone tubes found near Julian.
Box-folder 6:31, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 31

"Acomita Track July 1928. (Acct with Geo Heye), Listing of Lots (with acres, number of trees, and prices)," 1928-1929, 1948

Scope and Content

Acomita Track July 1928. Listing of Lots (with acres, number of trees, and prices). Notes on materials and photos sent to Geo. Heye in New York.
Box-folder 6:32, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 32 Large version of drawing of Steatite stone tube also at end of Reel 2 (Consecutive to E.H. Davis Drawings)

(no title), 1908, 1930

Scope and Content

Expenses, descriptions of artifacts, drawing of (steatite) stone tube. List of old Indians at Rincon reservation. Comments on old things at Pechanga. Use of cahon for fire dance.
Box-folder 6:32B, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 32B

"Nate Harrison, Joshua Smith, Bill Nelson. Image ceremony at Palm Springs. Personalities. Palomar 1932," 1930-1932

Scope and Content

Image ceremony at Palm Springs. Personalities. Palomar. Nate Harrison, Joshua Smith, Bill Nelson.
Box-folder 6:33, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 33 (no number / displayed last)

"1931 A to Nuck (Puberty ceremony)," 1931

Scope and Content

Puberty ceremony. Accounts. Campo trip. Diegueno words.
Box-folder 6:33A, Reel Reel 1, Notebook 33A (no number / displayed first)

"Vol. II Trip to Arizona," 1931

Scope and Content

Trip to Arizona, June. Includes trip to the Shrine of the Martyred Children.
Box-folder 6:34, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 34

"Poway. Trip to Long Island. Poem 'Repose,'" 1932

Scope and Content

Trip to Long Island. Place drawings. Diegueno words. Addresses. Poem “Repose”
Box-folder 6:35, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 35

"Blair Valley rock art. Painted Gorge. Yuha desert. Alverson Canyon. Carriso Gorge. Portrait of Davis by Ivan. Campo Indians. Mission Indian Federation. Spanish shipwreck. Julian. Borrego Palm Canyon. 'My Philosophy.' Stoneybrook-Calif. Texas-Phoenix-Long Beach." 1932-1933

Scope and Content

Expenses. Addresses. Blair Valley rock art. Painted Gorge. Yuha desert. Alverson Canyon. Carriso Gorge. Portrait of Davis by Ivan. Campo Indians. Barona. Mission Indian Federation. Palomar Mountain. Spanish shipwreck. Julian. Borrego Palm Canyon. "My Philosophy." Trip from Stony Brook, NY, back to CA, by way of DC and other historic locales. Texas-Phoenix-Long Beach.
Box-folder 6:35A, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 35A

"Camera Book. Stony Brook & L.I. - 1932, Mesa Grande- Campo - 1933-34, Hermosillo & Seris - 1934, 1936, Cahuilla -1935," 1932-1936

Scope and Content

Camera Book. Listing of photos taken. Stony Brook and Long Island 1932. Mesa Grande and Campo 1933-34. Hermosillo and Seris 1934, 1936. Cahuilla 1935.
Box-folder 6:36, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 36

"Koo-Rook ceremony, Yuma," 1933, 1934

Scope and Content

Koo-Rook ceremony at Yuma, (with pencil drawings of ceremony) Inquiry about stolen San Diego Mission Bells. Mr. Gedney, the Italian, and the Monkey. Mountain lion. Rain. Moosa Cañon tragedy. Mesa Grande episode.
Box-folder 6:37, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 37

"Trip to Cahuilla with Jim (July 1934). Moosa Canon tragedy. Palomar telescope. Santa Ysabel bells. Peon Game," 1934, 1936

Scope and Content

Trip to Cahuilla with Jim. Moosa Canon tragedy. Palomar telescope. Santa Ysabel bells. Peon Game. Word list. Drawing of rock formation.
Box-folder 6:38, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 38 (no number of title / consecutive to Notebook 37)

(no title) (contents description does not appear on any notebook envelope on microfilm copy), 1934-1935

Scope and Content

Fight at Campo. Santa Ysabel. Accounts. California Institute of Technology Telescope. Visit to Exposition. Various short excursions around Southern California. Fiesta at Barona. Hermosillo, Kino Bay, Tucson. Addresses.
Box-folder 6:39, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 39

"Death Ceremony - Roncon (sic), Frank Fox killing. Palomar. Chas Cameron. Campo-July 1940," 1938, 1940

Scope and Content

Death Ceremony for Juan Sotelo Callac of Rincon. Palomar. Frank Fox killing. Campo. Charles A. Cameron story. Drawings of ceremony and sand painting.
Box-folder 7:40, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 40

"Feb 26 - Nov 1 1938," 1938

Scope and Content

Expenses. Local diary. Palomar with drawings of equipment details. Oakland, San Francisco, and Berkeley. Trip to Yuma, Tucson, and Yaqui village of Pascua. Roscoe Hazard trucks transporting heavy telescope parts.
Mr. Harrington's 600-mile trek over the camino real to visit old missions.
Box-folder 7:40A, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 40A

"July 26, 1939-March 17, 1940, Nicolas Chuparosa dance. EHD life at Mesa Grande + nearby trips. Cal Tech observatory notes," 1939, 1940

Scope and Content

Nicolas Chuparosa dance. EHD's life at Mesa Grande and nearby trips. California Institute of Technology observatory notes.
Box-folder 7:41, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 41

"Capt. Chas. Sanford. Bowers museum lecture," 1940

Scope and Content

Capt. Charles Sanford. Fort Worth to El Paso. Bisbee. Pascua. Picking apples. Mesa Grande. San Diego Zoo and Belle Benchly. Julian Melodrama.
Box-folder 7:42, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 42

"Aug 1941 Trip to Arizona. Snake Dance," 1941

Scope and Content

Trip to Arizona. Poems about Arizona. Prescott. Oak Creek. Mishonganon Snake Dance. Oraibe. "The largest Navajo Rug ever made." Bryce. A few accounts. Addresses. Pencil drawings of rug and of "Rim".
Box-folder 7:43, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 43

"Feb 10-Jul 10 1942, Diary," 1942

Scope and Content

February 10-July 10, 1942. Accounts. Diary. Pruning trees and milking cows. Trip to Arizona, Pascua and the Matachines. Shrine of the martyred children. Back in Mesa Grande, picking cherries and painting ladders. Cherry Season 1942.
Box-folder 7:44, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 44 (no numbers / consecutive to Notebook 43), Part I

Loose Pages (6), 1903

Scope and Content

Drawings of: wampum, Cahuilla, Chicero sword inlaid with abaloni pearl and finished with rattlesnake rattle, arrow straightener, toloache mortar, and old tortoise shell rattle, perforated stone Aguanga and stone doughnut from Cajon Pass, old clay pipe from Aguanga, rock art figures and map of painted rocks.
Box-folder 7:44A, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 44A, Part II

Loose Pages (6), 1903

Scope and Content

Notes on ceremonies, uses of shell, colors, and rock art. Diegueno mountain for dancing. San Pascual and San Bernardo Indians.
Box-folder 7:44B, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 44B, Part III

Loose Pages (6), 1903

Scope and Content

Trip to San Pascual, Oct 9-10, 1903. Drawing of rock from which a San Pascual Indian would call to an Indian from painted rock to come and dance. Drawing of gossiping place and mortars. Santa Ysabel ruins. Drawing of Cienega grass house. Drawing and description of domed house.
Box-folder 7:44C, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 44C, Part IV

Loose Pages (3), 1903

Scope and Content

Volcan Mountains. Division of Indian languages and dialects (San Luiseno, Cahuilla, Cupaños, Serraños, and Dieguenos).
Box-folder 7:45, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 45 (no number / consecutive to "Loose Pages")

"Eagle Story, probably Mesa Grande," undated

Scope and Content

Eagle Story (probably Mesa Grande). (Fragile)
Box-folder 7:46, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 46 (no number / consecutive to "Eagle Story")

"S.D.C. Indians," undated

Scope and Content

33 loose sheets (66 pages). A treatise on San Diego County Indians written by Edward H. Davis.
Box-folder 7:47, Reel Reel 2, Notebook 47 (no number / consecutive to "S.D.C. Indians")

"E.H. Davis Drawings July 31, 1930," 1890, 1936, 1937

Scope and Content

Pencil drawings. Tepee, Tiburon Isle, San Jacinto, Salton Sea, Cambria, Smithtown (Long Island), Zarbuoso Cactus, Kinot Bay.
 

Series II: Transcriptions and Photocopies of Notebooks and Field Notes

Box-folder 8:1

Photocopy of original notebook from microfilm (see Envelope 2B),

Box-folder 8:2

Photocopy of original notebook from microfilm (see Envelope 3)

Box-folder 8:3

Photocopy of original notebook from microfilm (see Envelope 13)

Box-folder 8:4

Photocopy of original notebook from microfilm (see Envelope 15)

Box-folder 8:5

Photocopy of original notebook from microfilm (see Envelope 18)

Box-folder 8:6

Photocopy of original notebook from microfilm (see Envelope 19)

Box-folder 8:7

Photocopy of original notebook from microfilm (see Envelope 20)

Box-folder 8:8

Photocopy of original notebook from microfilm (see Envelope 21)

Box-folder 9:1

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 1 (State Parks Transcription Project, SPTP),

Box-folder 9:2

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 1 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:3

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 2 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:4

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 2B (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:5

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 3 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:6

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 4 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:7

Photocopy of notebook in Envelope 4 (SPTP) – drawings only

Box-folder 9:8

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 5 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:9

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 6 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:10

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 7 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:11

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 8 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:12

Photocopy of notebook in Envelope 8 (SPTP) – drawings only

Box-folder 9:13

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 9 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:14

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 10 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:15

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 11 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:16

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 12 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:17

Photocopy of notebook in Envelope 12 (SPTP) – drawings only

Box-folder 9:18

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 13 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:19

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 14 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:20

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 15 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:21

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 16 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:22

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 16A (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:23

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 17 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:24

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 17A (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:25

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 18A (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:26

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 19 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:27

Photocopy of notebook in Envelope 19 (SPTP) – drawings only

Box-folder 9:28

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 21 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:29

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 28 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:30

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 30A (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:31

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 32 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:32

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 32B (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:33

Photocopy of notebook in Envelope 32B (SPTP) – drawings only

Box-folder 9:34

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 33 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:35

Photocopy of notebook in Envelope 33 (SPTP) – drawings only

Box-folder 9:36

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 35 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:37

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 36 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:38

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 37 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:39

Photocopy of notebook in Envelope 37 (SPTP) – drawings only

Box-folder 9:40

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 38 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:41

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 39 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:42

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 40 (SPTP)

Box-folder 9:43

Miscellaneous transcriptions and photocopies of drawings of notebook from Envelopes 44 + 44B (SPTP)

Box-folder 10:1

Alphabetical list of names from notebooks – completed as part of State Parks Transcription Project (SPTP)

Box-folder 10:2

2 x CD-R of transcriptions from State Parks Transcription Project (SPTP)

Box-folder 10:3

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 1 (Anita Williams transcription, AW)

Box-folder 10:4

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 1 (AW)

Box-folder 10:5

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 1 (not transcribed in order) (AW)

Box-folder 10:6

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 1 (not transcribed in order) (AW)

Box-folder 10:7

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 2 (AW)

Box-folder 10:8

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 2B (AW)

Box-folder 10:9

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 23 (AW)

Box-folder 10:10

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 24 (AW)

Box-folder 10:11

Transcription of notebook from Envelope 25A (AW)

Box-folder 10:12

Transcription of part of notebook from Envelope 39 (AW)

 

Series III: Essays, Articles, Notes and Poetry

Box-folder 11:1

Cora, Papago, and Pima Indians, undated

Box-folder 11:2

Touring Topics, October 1931. "The Pursuits of a Museum Collector" by Edward H. Davis, 1931

Box-folder 11:3

"The Boy Sacrifice"

Box-folder 11:4

"Mr. And Mrs. Newlin and little girl lived..."

Box-folder 11:5

"Funeral Services for Sotario Duro," 1941 January 20

Box-folder 11:6

"The Death of Santo"

Box-folder 11:7

"The Men Before the Mast" (poem)

Box-folder 11:8

"Comeyi Indians"

Box-folder 11:9

"Candles"

Box-folder 11:10

"Image Ceremony for the Dead at Yuma"

Box-folder 11:11

"The Concert Musician and the Gestago Agents"

Box-folder 11:12

"Incident at Old Yuma Penitentiary"

Box-folder 11:13

"Secrets of the Desert."

Box-folder 11:14

"Aw' Aw Tan - Pima Indian Tale," 1920 December

Box-folder 11:15

"The Sacrifice."

Box-folder 11:16

"Notes from a collector."

Box-folder 11:17

"William Tillman, Cook."

Box-folder 11:18

"A Forgotten Tragedy."

Box-folder 11:19

"A Yaqui Raid in 1915." 1915

Box-folder 11:20

"Last of the Old Desert Cowmen."

Box-folder 11:21

"The Pima Calendar Stick."

Box-folder 11:22

"Finding the Lost Diamond Ring"

Box-folder 11:23

"Palomar - the site of the great telescope"

Box-folder 11:24

"The Vanished Tribes of Lower California."

Box-folder 11:25

"Indian Girls at Boarding School"

Box-folder 11:26

"The Shrine of the Martyred Children."

Box-folder 11:27

"The Bisnaga or Barrel Cactus."

Box-folder 11:28

"Tatahuila Dance."

Box-folder 11:29

"A leaf from the LIfe of Ed. H. Davis."

Box-folder 11:30

"Legend of the Papagos in Sonora."

Box-folder 11:31

"Story of the Schooner S. J. Waring."

Box-folder 11:32

"Yellow Sky: Ami Qut a Qus."

Box-folder 11:33

"Port Jefferson"

Box-folder 11:34

"The Lost Painting of Lower California."

Box-folder 11:35

"The Painted Cave of Baja California."

Box-folder 11:36

"The Fight at Campo."

Box-folder 11:37

"Pancho Villa - The Scourge of Mexico." with rejection letter from Touring Topics magazine.

Box-folder 11:38

“The Gestapo”

Box-folder 11:39

"Unpaid Debt of Vengeance Bared by Once-Famous Pilot Left for 16 Days to Perish in Desert Wastes."

Box-folder 11:40

"La Noche de las Velas," 1934 September

Box-folder 11:41

"Bill Farre as a Tracker."

Box-folder 11:42

"Driving Loco Horses."

Box-folder 11:43

"Petra Cota of Mesa Grande," 1942 December 11

Box-folder 11:44

"An Incident of the Desert."

Box-folder 11:45

"Charles H. Cameron: Line Rider"

Box-folder 11:46

"Cattle Stealing at Mesa Grande."

Box-folder 11:47

“The Last Eviction”

Box-folder 11:48

(How to make) “Riatas” (lariats)

Box-folder 11:49

“Yellow Sky – Last of the Old Desert Indians”

Box-folder 11:50

“Diegueno Tradition of Coo-schle-muk at Capitan Grande, “Heart of the Wild”

Box-folder 11:51

“Old Jose Soliloquizes” plus submission letter to Editor of Sunset Magazine.

Box-folder 11:52

Moving Cattle in the Snow, 1934

Box-folder 11:53

Dr. H.L. Hildreth, 1933

Box-folder 11:54

‘Old Harness Cask’ sailors’ chanty, 1933

Box-folder 11:55

Snow Storm

Box-folder 11:56

Bells of Hermisillo

Box-folder 11:57

A Short History of the Life of Edward H. Davis as recounted by him, from the year 1884…

Box-folder 11:58

Unidentified essays

Box-folder 13:12

"Lost in the Desert"

Box-folder 13:13

"The Blind Bell Ringer of Onavas"

Box-folder 13:14

"The Frazier Sisters of Palomar Mt"

 

Series IV: Correspondence

Box-folder 12:1

Letter: Christine Davis (wife) to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:1

Letter: Irvine Davis (son) to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:1

Letter: Ed Davis (son) to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:1

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:1

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:1

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:2

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:2

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:2

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:2

Letter: Maude (niece) to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:2

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:2

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:3

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:3

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:3

Letter: EH Jones to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:3

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:3

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:4

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1898

Box-folder 12:4

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:4

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:4

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:4

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:4

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:4

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:5

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:5

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:5

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:5

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:5

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:5

Letter: Mame (daughter) Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1899

Box-folder 12:6

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:6

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:6

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:6

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:6

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:6

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:7

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:7

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:7

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:7

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:7

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:7

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:8

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:8

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:8

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:8

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:8

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:8

Letter: Mrs. L. Case to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:8

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1900

Box-folder 12:9

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:9

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:9

Letter: Charles Davis (brother) to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:9

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:9

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:9

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:10

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:10

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:10

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:10

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:10

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:10

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:10

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1901

Box-folder 12:11

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1902

Box-folder 12:11

Letter: CAP??? to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1902

Box-folder 12:11

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1902

Box-folder 12:11

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1902

Box-folder 12:11

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1902

Box-folder 12:11

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1902

Box-folder 12:12

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1903

Box-folder 12:12

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1903

Box-folder 12:12

Letter: Ed Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1903

Box-folder 12:12

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1904

Box-folder 12:12

Letter: Irving Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1904

Box-folder 12:12

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1904

Box-folder 12:12

Letter: BF Jayne to Capt. Lewis Davis, 1904

Box-folder 12:13

Letter: WB Gross to Ed Davis, 1919

Box-folder 12:13

Letter: Roberto to Ed Davis, 1925

Box-folder 12:13

Letter: Edward Davis to Senator Burton K Wheeler, 1933

Box-folder 12:13

Letter: EH Davis to 'The Misses Putnam,' 1936

Box-folder 12:13

Letter (partial): LD Corwin to 'Brother Lewis,' undated

Box-folder 12:13

Letter: Christine Davis to Capt. Lewis Davis, circa 1950s

Box-folder 12:13

Letter: LD Corwin to 'Brother Lewis,' undated

 

Series V: Miscellanea

Box-folder 13:1

Speech: Our Julian Hi School, undated

Box-folder 13:1

Speech: Monument Dedication, 1934

Box-folder 13:1

Speech: at Julian Hi Graduation, undated

Box-folder 13:2

Money receipt for shipment of 3 boxes of Indian ware to New York, 1921

Box-folder 13:2

Receipt for granite board and glass for Mr. and Mrs. Hewlett 'in account at Powam Lodge' with notes, 1933

Box-folder 13:2

Receipt of payment from Jonas Smith, Jr., Esq., to William C. Gilman, 1869 July 9

Box-folder 13:2

Letters (2) requesting payment from County Treasurer to Edward H. Davis, 1901

Box-folder 13:3

American Anthropologist Vol. 6 #1 Jan-March: "Notes on the Indians of Sonora, Mexico" by Alex Hrdlicka, 1904

Box-folder 13:4

Hand-drawn map of Nayarit, Mexico, undated

Box-folder 13:4

Drawing of Steatite tube, 1930 July 31

Box-folder 13:4

Sketch: Route traversed by the blind Indian Locario Chavas, 1918

Box-folder 13:4

Sketch: First view of Borrego Valley, 1892

Box-folder 13:4

Sketch: two five-pointed stars, undated

Box-folder 13:5

Newspaper article: "Sacred Festival of Yuma Indians Draws Big Crowd," Yuma (Arizona) Morning Star, 1918 July 23

Box-folder 13:5

Newspaper photo of Captain Ambrose Snow, undated

Box-folder 13:5

Newspaper article: "Beauty Spots of San Diego County Found by Fair Tourist From the East" San Diego Union, 1917 September 30

Box-folder 13:5

Newspaper article: "Capt. Lewis S. Davis' Career" Daily Times, 1901

Box-folder 13:5

Newspaper photo of "Recording the Tribal Songs of the White Indians: Dr. Joseph P. Harrington" New York Times, 1925 January 11

Box-folder 13:5

Map: Mission Indian Reservations, California, 1976

Box-folder 13:6

Miscellaneous expenses and calculations, undated

Box-folder 13:6

Miscellaneous notes re: buildings and places, undated

Box-folder 13:6

Miscellaneous notes including some Indian vocabulary, undated

Box-folder 13:6

Miscellaneous note of "The wildman emerges from his hideout..." undated

Box-folder 13:7

"Personal narrative of the Snake Dance of the Hopis" by Ernest V. Sutton as told to Ed. H. Davis (2 copies), 1937

Box-folder 13:8

Narrative: Visit to Mexico (further recollections of trip in Notebook 28A in Box 5), 1923

Box-folder 13:9

Narrative: Visit to Mexico (further recollections of trip in Notebook 28A in Box 5), 1924

Box-folder 13:10

Cover: The Pilgrim Initial, Illuminated Die Stamped Stationary, “Seris – March Dec 1936,” 1936

Box-folder 13:10

Cover: Typewriter Papers, “Diaries of E H Davis 1923,” 1923

Box-folder 13:11

Article: "The Pursuits of a Museum Collector" by Edward H. Davis as told to John Edwin Hogg, Touring Topics, 1931 October

 

Series VI: Preservation Copies of Notebook and Field Notes

Box CR

Microfilm: Reel 1 (49 notebooks)

Box CR

Microfilm: Reel 2 (13 notebooks)

Box 14

CD access copy: Notebooks 1-16

Box 14

CD access copy: Notebooks 16A-25A

Box 14

CD access copy: Notebooks 26-35

Box 14

CD access copy: Notebooks 35A-47

Box 14

CD archival copy: Notebooks 1-16

Box 14

CD archival copy: Notebooks 16A-25A

Box 14

CD archival copy: Notebooks 26-35

Box 14

CD archival copy: Notebooks 35A-47