Elizabeth Compton Hegemann Photograph Collection of Navajo Indians and the Southwest : Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Michelle Sanchez and updated by Diann Benti. The list of addenda photographs was prepared by Jenny Watts in 1995.
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Overview of the Collection

Title: Elizabeth Compton Hegemann Photograph Collection of Navajo Indians and the Southwest
Dates (inclusive): 1922-1934
Collection Number: photCL 125
Creator: Hegemann, Elizabeth Compton, 1897-1962
Extent: 729 photographs in 2 boxes; prints 9 x 14 cm. (3.5 x 5.5 in.) and smaller.
Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains 729 photographs of the travels of Elizabeth Compton Hegemann (1897-1962) through the Navajo Indian Reservation and the Grand Canyon from 1922 to 1934. The images chiefly document Southwest Indian life, particularly of Navajo and Hopi Indians, trading posts, and archaeological monuments during Hegemann’s career based at the Shonto Trading Post on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. Many of the photographs were published in Hegemann's 1963 book Navaho Trading Days.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on December 28, 2015.

Access

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Administrative Information

Publication Rights

The photographs which appeared in Navaho Trading Days are under copyright to the University of New Mexico Press. While the Huntington will provide copy prints for this material, permission to publish the photographs must be requested in writing from the Press itself. However, not all of the material in the Hegemann Collection is copyrighted by UNM Press. Hegemann arranged the photographs so that those images which appear in the book, and are hence under copyright, come first, followed by the uncopyrighted material. The images which are copyrighted are separated by those that are not by white paper dividers within the collection, and the status of the material is noted on the transcript. None of the photographs acquired in 1965 are copyrighted. At some point the status of this copyright needs to be investigated, since in several instances UNM Press has been unaware of the copyright status when approached by researchers for permission.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Elizabeth Compton Hegemann Photograph Collection of Navajo Indians and the Southwest, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

The Hegemann Collection of 729 prints came to the Huntington as two separate gifts. The first and largest part of the collection was donated by Elizabeth Hegemann in 1962. This portion (photographs numbered 1 through 539) was accompanied by copy negatives, the original negatives having been lost in the 1938 fire which claimed the Shonto Trading Post. The second group of photographs (numbered 540-729) came to the Library in 1965, three years after Hegemann’s death. Copy negatives were made for a sprinkling of this second group.

Biographical Note

Elizabeth Compton Hegemann (1897-1962), a native of Ohio, began traveling in Arizona and Southern California at a young age. With her first husband, Michael Harrison, a National Park Service employee, she developed ties with Native American tribes in the Southwest and began documenting their culture. She and Harry Rorick, her second husband, ran the Shonto Trading Post west of Tsegi Canyon on the Navajo Reservation for ten years from 1929 until it burned down around 1938. Hegemann later married Anton Hegemann, and she died on April 8, 1962. In 1963, Hegemann's book Navaho Trading Days was published posthumously.

Scope and Content

This collection contains 729 photographs of Elizabeth Compton Hegemann’s travels through the Navajo Indian Reservation and the Grand Canyon from 1922 to 1934. It also documents Southwest Indian life and archaeological monuments during Hegemann’s career based at the Shonto Trading Post on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. The most notable images depict Hegemann; United States National Park Service rangers; Fred Harvey Trading Company sites and employees; Navajo and Hopi Indians; trading posts; Charles F. Lummis; the Grand Canyon; various ruins of Indian pueblos; Hopi ceremonies; Navajo horse races; and natural rock formations scattered throughout Arizona. Many of the photographs were published in Hegemann's 1963 book Navaho Trading Days.
The subject of the first batch of this collection centers around Hegemann’s experiences from 1922 to 1926 at the Grand Canyon and on the Navajo Reservation, as narrated in her book, Navaho Trading Days. The second batch of photographs contains more candid moments from Hegemann’s travels through Arizona, Southern California, and New Mexico during the same time period as the first group of photographs. The second batch of photographs do not appear in "Navaho Trading Days." Photographs that are not published in "Navaho Trading Days" include Huntington call numbers (40-47), (84-85), (95), (119-142), (167), (170), (172-185), (257-271), (293-313), (340-361), (382-402), and (416-426).

Call numbers of photographs published in Navaho Trading Days

Photo Number in Navaho Trading Days Huntington Call Number
1 (p. ii) photCL 125 (28)
2 (p. 19) photCL 125 (4)
3 (p. 20) photCL 125 (3)
4 (p. 20) photCL 125 (2)
5 (p. 21) photCL 125 (1)
6 (p. 21) photCL 125 (7)
7 (p. 22) photCL 125 (10)
8 (p. 23) photCL 125 (39)
9 (p. 24) photCL 125 (22)
10 (p. 24) photCL 125 (17)
11 (p. 25) photCL 125 (18)
12 (p. 25) photCL 125 (19)
13 (p. 26) photCL 125 (14)
14 (p. 27) photCL 125 (13)
15 (p. 27) photCL 125 (15)
16 (p. 28) photCL 125 (16)
17 (p. 29) photCL 125 (20)
18 (p. 30) photCL 125 (38)
19 (p. 30) photCL 125 (8)
20 (p. 31) photCL 125 (9)
21 (p. 32) photCL 125 (12)
22 (p. 43) photCL 125 (23)
23 (p. 44) photCL 125 (6)
24 (p. 44) photCL 125 (11)
25 (p. 45) photCL 125 (5)
26 (p. 26) photCL 125 (25)
27 (p. 47) photCL 125 (24)
28 (p. 48) photCL 125 (21)
29 (p. 48) photCL 125 (27)
30 (p. 49) photCL 125 (26)
31 (p. 50) photCL 125 (29)
32 (p. 50) photCL 125 (30)
33 (p. 51) photCL 125 (31)
34 (p. 52) photCL 125 (35)
35 (p. 53) photCL 125 (32)
36 (p. 53) photCL 125 (34)
37 (p. 54) photCL 125 (33)
38 (p. 54) photCL 125 (36)
39 (p. 55) photCL 125 (37)
40 (p. 65) photCL 125 (80)
41 (p. 66) photCL 125 (75)
42 (p. 66) photCL 125 (76)
43 (p. 67) photCL 125 (78)
44 (p. 67) photCL 125 (77)
45 (p. 68) photCL 125 (79)
46 (p. 68) photCL 125 (81)
47 (p. 69) photCL 125 (83)
48 (p. 70) photCL 125 (86)
49 (p. 70) photCL 125 (87)
50 (p. 71) photCL 125 (92)
51 (p. 72) photCL 125 (88)
52 (p. 72) photCL 125 (89)
53 (p. 73) photCL 125 (90)
54 (p. 73) photCL 125 (91)
55 (p. 75) photCL 125 (94)
56 (p. 76) photCL 125 (82)
57 (p. 76) photCL 125 (93)
58 (p. 77) photCL 125 (98)
59 (p. 77) photCL 125 (99)
60 (p. 78) photCL 125 (100)
61 (p. 78) photCL 125 (101)
62 (p. 79) photCL 125 (96)
63 (p. 79) photCL 125 (97)
64 (p. 80) photCL 125 (104)
65 (p. 81) photCL 125 (108)
66 (p. 81) photCL 125 (109)
67 (p. 82) photCL 125 (110)
68 (p. 82) photCL 125 (111)
69 (p. 83) photCL 125 (112)
70 (p. 84) photCL 125 (113)
71 (p. 85) photCL 125 (114)
72 (p. 85) photCL 125 (115)
73 (p. 86) photCL 125 (116)
74 (p. 87) photCL 125 (117)
75 (p. 87) photCL 125 (118)
76 (p. 94) photCL 125 (143)
77 (p. 95) photCL 125 (146)
78 (p. 96) photCL 125 (145)
79 (p. 96) photCL 125 (146)
80 (p. 97) photCL 125 (148)
81 (p. 97) photCL 125 (149)
82 (p. 98) photCL 125 (150)
83 (p. 98) photCL 125 (151)
84 (p. 99) photCL 125 (152)
85 (p. 99) photCL 125 (153)
86 (p. 100) photCL 125 (156)
87 (p. 101) photCL 125 (154)
88 (p. 101) photCL 125 (155)
89 (p. 102) photCL 125 (157)
90 (p. 102) photCL 125 (158)
91 (p. 103) photCL 125 (159)
92 (p. 104) photCL 125 (144)
93 (p. 105) photCL 125 (160)
94 (p. 105) photCL 125 (161)
95 (p. 106) photCL 125 (162)
96 (p. 106) photCL 125 (163)
97 (p. 107) photCL 125 (164)
98 (p. 107) photCL 125 (166)
99 (p. 108) photCL 125 (165)
100 (p. 109) photCL 125 (168)
101 (p. 109) photCL 125 (169)
102 (p. 110) photCL 125 (171)
103 (p. 119) photCL 125 (196)
104 (p. 120) photCL 125 (186)
105 (p. 120) photCL 125 (187)
106 (p. 121) photCL 125 (188)
107 (p. 121) photCL 125 (189)
108 (p. 122) photCL 125 (190)
109 (p. 122) photCL 125 (191)
110 (p. 123) photCL 125 (192)
111 (p. 124) photCL 125 (193)
112 (p. 124) photCL 125 (194)
113 (p. 125) photCL 125 (197)
114 (p. 126) photCL 125 (195)
115 (p. 126) photCL 125 (202)
116 (p. 128) photCL 125 (198)
117 (p. 128) photCL 125 (199)
118 (p. 129) photCL 125 (200)
119 (p. 129) photCL 125 (201)
120 (p. 130) photCL 125 (204)
121 (p. 130) photCL 125 (203)
122 (p. 131) photCL 125 (205)
123 (p. 132) photCL 125 (206)
124 (p. 132) photCL 125 (207)
125 (p. 133) photCL 125 (209)
126 (p. 134) photCL 125 (208)
127 (p. 134) photCL 125 (210)
128 (p. 135) photCL 125 (211)
129 (p. 135) photCL 125 (212)
130 (p. 136) photCL 125 (213)
131 (p. 136) photCL 125 (222)
132 (p. 137) photCL 125 (221)
133 (p. 138) photCL 125 (214)
134 (p. 138) photCL 125 (215)
135 (p. 139) photCL 125 (216)
136 (p. 139) photCL 125 (217)
137 (p. 140) photCL 125 (218)
138 (p. 140) photCL 125 (220)
139 (p. 141) photCL 125 (219)
140 (p. 142) photCL 125 (224)
141 (p. 143) photCL 125 (225)
142 (p. 143) photCL 125 (226)
143 (p. 144) photCL 125 (227)
144 (p. 144) photCL 125 (228)
145 (p. 145) photCL 125 (223)
146 (p. 146) photCL 125 (230)
147 (p. 147) photCL 125 (229)
148 (p. 148) photCL 125 (231)
149 (p. 149) photCL 125 (232)
150 (p. 150) photCL 125 (234)
151 (p. 151) photCL 125 (233)
152 (p. 155) photCL 125 (236)
153 (p. 156) photCL 125 (235)
154 (p. 157) photCL 125 (237)
155 (p. 158) photCL 125 (238)
156 (p. 159) photCL 125 (239)
157 (p. 160) photCL 125 (240)
158 (p. 161) photCL 125 (241)
159 (p. 162) photCL 125 (242)
160 (p. 162) photCL 125 (243)
161 (p. 163) photCL 125 (244)
162 (p. 164) photCL 125 (245)
163 (p. 164) photCL 125 (246)
164 (p. 165) photCL 125 (247)
165 (p. 166) photCL 125 (248)
166 (p. 167) photCL 125 (249)
167 (p. 167) photCL 125 (250)
168 (p. 168) photCL 125 (251)
169 (p. 169) photCL 125 (252)
170 (p. 169) photCL 125 (253)
171 (p. 170) photCL 125 (254)
172 (p. 171) photCL 125 (255)
173 (p. 172) photCL 125 (256)
174 (p. 177) photCL 125 (107)
175 (p. 178) photCL 125 (102)
176 (p. 178) photCL 125 (105)
177 (p. 179) photCL 125 (106)
178 (p. 180) photCL 125 (103)
179 (p. 181) photCL 125 (272)
180 (p. 182) photCL 125 (273)
181 (p. 182) photCL 125 (274)
182 (p. 183) photCL 125 (275)
183 (p. 184) photCL 125 (276)
184 (p. 185) photCL 125 (280)
185 (p. 186) photCL 125 (277)
186 (p. 187) photCL 125 (278)
187 (p. 188) photCL 125 (279)
188 (p. 189) photCL 125 (281)
189 (p. 190) photCL 125 (282)
190 (p. 190) photCL 125 (283)
191 (p. 191) photCL 125 (284)
192 (p. 192) photCL 125 (285)
193 (p. 193) photCL 125 (286)
194 (p. 194) photCL 125 (287)
195 (p. 194) photCL 125 (288)
196 (p. 195) photCL 125 (289)
197 (p. 196) photCL 125 (290)
198 (p. 197) photCL 125 (291)
199 (p. 197) photCL 125 (292)
200 (p. 206) photCL 125 (314)
201 (p. 207) photCL 125 (315)
202 (p. 207) photCL 125 (316)
203 (p. 208) photCL 125 (317)
204 (p. 208) photCL 125 (318)
205 (p. 209) photCL 125 (319)
206 (p. 210) photCL 125 (320)
207 (p. 210) photCL 125 (321)
208 (p. 211) photCL 125 (322)
209 (p. 212) photCL 125 (323)
210 (p. 213) photCL 125 (324)
211 (p. 214) photCL 125 (325)
212 (p. 215) photCL 125 (326)
213 (p. 215) photCL 125 (327)
214 (p. 216) photCL 125 (328)
215 (p. 217) photCL 125 (329)
216 (p. 218) photCL 125 (330)
217 (p. 218) photCL 125 (331)
218 (p. 219) photCL 125 (332)
219 (p. 220) photCL 125 (333)
220 (p. 220) photCL 125 (334)
221 (p. 221) photCL 125 (335)
222 (p. 221) photCL 125 (336)
223 (p. 222) photCL 125 (337)
224 (p. 223) photCL 125 (338)
225 (p. 223) photCL 125 (339)
226 (p. 235) photCL 125 (362)
227 (p. 236) photCL 125 (363)
228 (p. 237) photCL 125 (364)
229 (p. 238) photCL 125 (365)
230 (p. 238) photCL 125 (366)
231 (p. 239) photCL 125 (367)
232 (p. 240) photCL 125 (368)
233 (p. 240) photCL 125 (369)
234 (p. 241) photCL 125 (370)
235 (p. 242) photCL 125 (371)
236 (p. 243) photCL 125 (372)
237 (p. 243) photCL 125 (373)
238 (p. 244) photCL 125 (374)
239 (p. 245) photCL 125 (375)
240 (p. 246) photCL 125 (376)
241 (p. 246) photCL 125 (377)
242 (p. 247) photCL 125 (378)
243 (p. 247) photCL 125 (379)
244 (p. 248) photCL 125 (380)
245 (p. 249) photCL 125 (381)
246 (p. 255) photCL 125 (405)
247 (p. 256) photCL 125 (403)
248 (p. 256) photCL 125 (404)
249 (p. 257) photCL 125 (406)
250 (p. 257) photCL 125 (407)
251 (p. 258) photCL 125 (415)
252 (p. 258) photCL 125 (408)
253 (p. 259) photCL 125 (409)
254 (p. 260) photCL 125 (410)
255 (p. 261) photCL 125 (411)
256 (p. 262) photCL 125 (412)
257 (p. 263) photCL 125 (413)
258 (p. 264) photCL 125 (414)
259 (p. 279) photCL 125 (445)
260 (p. 280) photCL 125 (428)
261 (p. 281) photCL 125 (427)
262 (p. 281) photCL 125 (429)
263 (p. 282) photCL 125 (430)
264 (p. 282) photCL 125 (431)
265 (p. 283) photCL 125 (432)
266 (p. 283) photCL 125 (433)
267 (p. 284) photCL 125 (434)
268 (p. 285) photCL 125 (435)
269 (p. 285) photCL 125 (436)
270 (p. 286) photCL 125 (437)
271 (p. 286) photCL 125 (438)
272 (p. 287) photCL 125 (439)
273 (p. 288) photCL 125 (440)
274 (p. 289) photCL 125 (441)
275 (p. 290) photCL 125 (442)
276 (p. 291) photCL 125 (443)
277 (p. 291) photCL 125 (444)
278 (p. 303) photCL 125 (446)
279 (p. 304) photCL 125 (447)
280 (p. 305) photCL 125 (448)
281 (p. 306) photCL 125 (449)
282 (p. 307) photCL 125 (450)
283 (p. 308) photCL 125 (451)
284 (p. 308) photCL 125 (452)
285 (p. 309) photCL 125 (455)
286 (p. 310) photCL 125 (454)
287 (p. 324) photCL 125 (453)
288 (p. 325) photCL 125 (456)
289 (p. 325) photCL 125 (457)
290 (p. 326) photCL 125 (458)
291 (p. 327) photCL 125 (459)
292 (p. 328) photCL 125 (461)
293 (p. 329) photCL 125 (460)
294 (p. 329) photCL 125 (471)
295 (p. 330) photCL 125 (462)
296 (p. 331) photCL 125 (467)
297 (p. 332) photCL 125 (464)
298 (p. 332) photCL 125 (465)
299 (p. 333) photCL 125 (466)
300 (p. 334) photCL 125 (463)
301 (p. 335) photCL 125 (468)
302 (p. 336) photCL 125 (469)
303 (p. 337) photCL 125 (470)
304 (p. 353) photCL 125 (473)
305 (p. 354) photCL 125 (474)
306 (p. 355) photCL 125 (475)
307 (p. 356) photCL 125 (472)
308 (p. 357) photCL 125 (476)
309 (p. 358) photCL 125 (477)
310 (p. 372) photCL 125 (478)
311 (p. 373) photCL 125 (479)
312 (p. 374) photCL 125 (480)
313 (p. 375) photCL 125 (481)
314 (p. 375) photCL 125 (482)
315 (p. 385) photCL 125 (483)
316 (p. 386) photCL 125 (484)
317 (p. 387) photCL 125 (485)

Arrangement

The collection is broadly separated between the initial 1962 acquisition (Items 1-539) from Hegemann, and the addenda received in 1965 (Items 540-729). Each image has been given a unique number by the Huntington, which follows the sequential order in which Hegemann arranged the material. All copy negative numbers correspond to the print numbers. The prints and negatives are filed according to the Huntington number.
Arrangement of the 1962 acquisition
Hegemann arranged the photographs in the 1962 acquisition before donating them to the Huntington, and the order which Hegemann imposed on the photographs was maintained where possible. Hegemann prepared a typewritten transcript of captions for the photographs which elucidates her organizational schema. She apparently arranged the images in groupings to correspond with the chapters of her book Navaho Trading Days, assigning letters such as “A” for Chapters 1-2, “B” for Chapter 3 and so forth. Within each lettered section, she made the distinction between those images which were published in the book and those which were not, placing the published material at the beginning of each group. In the margin of Hegemann's original typescript list, each image received a letter and a number (A2/1). In the left margin of the list, a former Huntington curator (Edwin H. Carpenter or “E.H.C.” in original correspondence) put a red number corresponding to the plate number of the photograph as it appeared in Navaho Trading Days. The list is included as supplemental PDFs for each section in the body of the finding aid.
Arrangement of the 1965 addenda
The material which came in after Hegemann’s death was divided into four groups. The first group (Items 540-603) had the same letters as the original group (A through I) and are directly related to the book. The rest of the material was geographically divided into Arizona, California, and New Mexico. No transcript accompanied this material, and item titles are based on the handwritten captions on the versos of the images.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

Subjects

Bass, William G., 1900- -- Photographs.
Hegemann, Elizabeth Compton, 1897-1962 -- Photographs.
Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928 -- Photographs.
Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956 -- Photographs.
Secakuku, Joseph, -1969 -- Photographs.
Walcott, Frederic Collin, 1869-1949 -- Photographs.
Wetherill, John -- Photographs.
Fred Harvey (Firm) -- Photographs.
Hotel El Tovar -- Photographs.
Hopi House (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara Mission -- Photographs.
Scenic Airways -- Photographs.
United States. National Park Service -- Photographs.
Adobe houses -- Photographs.
Cliff-dwellings -- Photographs.
Herding -- Photographs.
Hopi Indians -- Photographs.
Horse racing -- Photographs.
Indian dance -- Southwest, New -- Photographs.
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Photographs.
Inscription House Site (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Navajo blankets -- Photographs.
Navajo Indians -- Photographs.
Park rangers -- Photographs.
Petrified forests -- Arizona -- Photographs.
Pueblos -- Photographs.
Rock formations -- Photographs.
Sheep-dip -- Photographs.
Trading posts -- Arizona -- Photographs.
Women travelers -- Southwest, New -- Photographs.
Acoma (N.M.) -- Photographs.
Arizona -- Photographs.
Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Photographs.
Fire, Valley of (Nev.) -- Photographs.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (Ganado, Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Isleta Pueblo (N.M.) -- Photographs.
Kayenta (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Moenkopi Plateau (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) -- Photographs.
Navajo Mountain (Utah and Ariz.) -- Photographs.
New Mexico -- Photographs.
Oraibi (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico -- Photographs.
Second Mesa (Ariz. : Mesa) -- Photographs.
Shonto (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Shungopavi (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Tuba City (Ariz.) -- Photographs.

Forms/Genres

Photographs.


Box 1

Photographs 1-402

 

Section A: Grand Canyon and the Navahopi Road (Items 1-74)

Scope and Content Note

 

Section A images used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 1-39)

Corresponds to Chapters 1-2 in Navaho Trading Days.
 

Section A images not used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 40-74)

 

Section B: Tuba City (Items 75-142)

 

Section B images used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 75-118)

Corresponds to Chapter 3 in Navaho Trading Days.
 

Section B images not used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 119-142)

 

Section C: The Entah (Items 143-185)

 

Section C images used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 143-171)

Corresponds to Chapter 4 in Navaho Trading Days.
 

Section C images not used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 172-185)

 

Section D: The Hopi Mesas (Items 186-271)

 

Section D images used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 186-256)

Corresponds to Chapter 5 in Navaho Trading Days.
 

Section D images not used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 257-271)

 

Section E: Navaho Mountain (Items 272-313)

 

Section E images used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 272-292)

Corresponds to Chapter 6 in Navaho Trading Days.
 

Section E images not used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 293-313)

 

Section F: Ganado and Chin Lee (Items 314-361)

 

Section F images used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 314-339)

Corresponds to Chapter 7 in Navaho Trading Days.
 

Section F images not used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 340-361)

 

Section G: Kayenta and the Wetherills (Items 362-402)

 

Section G images used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 362-381)

Corresponds to Chapter 8 in Navaho Trading Days.
 

Section G images not used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 382-402)

Box 2

Photographs 403-729

Scope and Content

Items 540-729 are a 1965 addendum to the earlier material acquired by the Huntington from Hegemann in 1962. Most of the images cover the same subjects and are approximately the same dates as the previously acquired material. These are not under University of New Mexico copyright. The titles below are transcribed from Hegemann's captions on the versos of the images and accompanied by the original lettered sequence (A-I) created by Hegemann.
 

Section H: Tsegi Canyon (Items 403-426)

 

Section H images used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 403-415)

Corresponds to Chapter 9 in Navaho Trading Days.
 

Section H images not used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 416-426)

 

Section I: Shonto (Items 427-539)

 

Section I images used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 427-485)

Corresponds to Chapter 10 in Navaho Trading Days.
 

Section I images not used in Navaho Trading Days (Items 486-539)

 

Navajo Territory (Items 540-603). 1922-1936

Item 540

Beth Harrison & Blackie, 1926.

Hegemann letter: A 6/1

Item 541

Tex Haught, Kitty Haught, Beth, Mike Harrison.

Hegemann letter: A 6

Item 542

Eliz. C. Harrison - 1927 - Grand Canyon, Arizon.

Hegemann letter: A 11/2

Item 543

Unusual condition of low clouds filling the Canyon under a bright blue sky - happens once about 20 years or more. December 1924.

Hegemann letter: A 17/2

Item 544

Grand Canyon, 1924.

Hegemann letter: A

Item 545

Gorge of Little Colorado - Navahopi Road, 1927. Spring. Senator & Mrs. Frederic C. Walcott of Connecticut and Mike Harrison of N.P.S.

Hegemann letter: A 30/1

Item 546

Gorge of Little Colorado, 1927. Mike and Beth Harrison.

Hegemann letter: A 33/2

Item 547

Coconino Basin. Navahos - on road into Flagstaff - with the family as usual in the back of the pickup.

Hegemann letter: A 37/2

Item 548

Coconino Basin. Navahos, 1926. The owner of the pickup with his brother and brother-in-law rode in the cab.

Hegemann letter: A 37/3

Item 549

Eiurind [?] Scoyer & Dr. Gilmore, curator of vertebrate paleo, Nat'l Mus. Grand Canyon, 1925.

Hegemann letter: A 38

Item 550

So-called bird tracks on Plateau. Hope to send you explanation of these after a speciman arrives. Dr. Brown, Field Museum. 1925.

Hegemann letter: A 39

Item 551

Bert Luzon (son-in-law of Wm. Bass), Al Smith at Grand Canyon, 1926.

Hegemann letter: A 41/5

Item 552

Al Smith at Grand Canyon below Pasture Wash, 1926.

Hegemann letter: A 41/5

Item 553

Unusual condition of cloud-filled Grand Canyon under blue sky, 1924.

Hegemann letter: A 41/6

Item 554

On a Fred Harvey "paint horse." Winter 1924-1925. Grand Canyon, before we married in Sept. 1925. [In another hand: "Mike Harrison's handwriting!"]

Hegemann letter: A 116

Item 555

Beth Harrison on Bert Luzon's mare and Deputy Marshall for Coconino City. Bert was son-in-law of Wm. Bass. Grand Canyon, 1925.

Hegemann letter: A 117

Item 556

Beth Compton on Yavapai trail. Grand Canyon, Dec. 1924.

Hegemann letter: A 118

Item 557

The $5.00 horse, Blackie, 1926, & E.C. Harrison in the N.P.S. corral. Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Hegemann letter: A 119

Item 558

Braided horse hair bridle and silver concha martingale [?] on the $5.00 horse! Elizabeth C. Harrison. Grand Canyon, 1927.

Hegemann letter: A 11l9/1

Item 559

Tomaso on running board of our red Buick, at Ganado 1926. The Navaho dog had stolen his supper, but Tomaso could only protest in vain.

Hegemann letter: A 120

Item 560

Tomaso inside living room window of NPS quarters, Grand Canyon, 1926. He was warmer than we were!

Hegemann letter: A 121

Item 561

Tomaso in Navaho blouse examines Kachina by Jason Quahongwa of Shungopovi, with olla by Lufena, wife of Chief Santiago of Santa Clara Pueblo. 1926.

Hegemann letter: A 124

Item 562

M.G. Compton and Beth Compton Harrison at one of earliest log cabins at Grand View. 1925.

Hegemann letter: A

Item 563

Minnie Gove Compton, Beth Compton Harrison, Gove Compton. Grand Canyon, 1925.

Hegemann letter: A 126

Item 564

Beth Compton Harrison. Grand Canyon, Arizona. 1927.

Hegemann letter: A 128

Item 565

Jason, Porter, Homer, Paul Nichols. Hopi House, 1925.

Hegemann letter: A 129

Item 566

Monroe Fredericks, Hopi Sam and Billy Joynt. Grand Canyon, 1924.

Hegemann letter: A 130

Item 567

Shirley and Franklin with their daughter from Chunopovi at Grand Canyon, 1926.

Hegemann letter: A 131

Item 568

Charlie Etsidie, Grand Canyon silversmith, 1927. His wife wears my old Lorenzo Hubbell, Jr. silver necklace.

Hegemann letter: A 132

Item 569

Tomaso Chilipepper in Navaho blouse at home in Grand Canyon, 1926. Hopi baskets were from 2nd Mesa, and Kachina had been made by Jason Quahongwa of Shungopovi as gift for us.

Hegemann letter: A 134/1

Item 570

Jason's wife, Norma, his daughter, Laverne, and Beth Compton Harrison. Christmas, 1925. Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Hegemann letter: A 149

Item 571

Beth Compton Harrison at our NPS quarters, Grand Canyon. 1927.

Hegemann letter: A 155

Item 572

Blackie and Beth Compton Harrison. Grand Canyon, 1926.

Hegemann letter: A 156

Item 573

Elizabeth C. Harrison and Tomas on Navaho Reservation, 1926.

Hegemann letter: B 4

Item 574

Rock near Tuba.

Hegemann letter: B 8

Item 575

Trading Post at Red Lake.

Hegemann letter: B 28

Item 576

[Extreme right: Mike Harrison. Painted Desert].

Hegemann letter: B 33

Item 577

Crossing at Lee's Ferry, 1928.

Hegemann letter: B 54

Item 578

Road through Blue Canyon, 1926.

Hegemann letter: D 2

Item 579

My new blue Buick Sedan in Blue Canyon. 1928.

Hegemann letter: D

Item 580

[At Burro Springs on the old road north from Leupp to Oraibi].

Hegemann letter: D 26

Item 581

[Cedar Springs, 1928].

Hegemann letter: D 28/1

Item 582

Mike Harrison, Joe Secakuku, Harry "Indian" Miller, at Joe's Canyon Diablo Curio Shop, 1925.

Hegemann letter: D 34/2

Item 583

In wash foreground is Blue Canyon Road, 1928.

Hegemann letter: D

Item 584

In Blue Canyon, 1928.

Hegemann letter: D

Item 585

[Sunrise wedding at Inscription House. May 1928. Preacher (back facing camera) "Shine" Smith. Ed Ford and Irby May Richardson are bride and groom.]

Hegemann letter: E 13/1

Item 586

Sunrise Wedding at Inscription House. May 1928. Preacher Smith, Ed Ford and Irby May Richardson (bride & groom), Bill Wilson, Mabel Richardson (Hubert's wife), Mrs. M.G. Compton, Beth Harrison (with camera).

Hegemann letter: E 13/2

Item 587

Looking down from the Toadlene Indian School toward the Two Gray Hills, where the most famous weaves of Navajo blankets are now made.

Hegemann letter: F 5

Item 588

Tom Fraser, trader, and wife, Mike Harrison & Tomas, 1926, at Fraser's Trading Post, north of Chin Lee (nothing remains of it today-1957).

Hegemann letter: F 7/3

Item 589

Ganado, Arizona, 1926. Tomaso Chilipepper guarding my red Buick.

Hegemann letter: F 7/4

Item 590

[Mike Harrison, Mrs. Sam Day (I), Sam Day(III), Sam Day(II). St. Michaels, ca. 1926-1928. Wearing genuine Navajo masks.]

Hegemann letter: F 10

Item 591

[Unidentified Navajo woman and children in front of dwelling. ca. 1928]

Hegemann letter: F 14

Item 592

North from Keams Canyon into Black Mesa country, 1928.

Hegemann letter: F 16/1

Item 593

[Unidentified group with Elizabeth Harrison @ extreme right].

Hegemann letter: F18

Item 594

Navajo lambs in a primitive corral. Owned by Hosteen Black Sheep in the Che Chizzi country north of Keams Canyon.

Hegemann letter: F 19

Item 595

Tomaso Chilipepper in Monument Valley, 1926.

Hegemann letter: G 24/1

Item 596

Betatakin Ruin from across the canyon, showing cliffside to top. October 1931.

Hegemann letter: H 111

Item 597

Betatakin, 1927.

Hegemann letter: I 88/5

Item 598

Left to right: Mike Goulding, Minnie Gove Compton, Beth Compton Rorick, Curly Ennis, Harry Goulding. Shonto, 1932.

Hegemann letter: I 95

Item 599

Harry Rorick. Shonto, 1936. Born, 1888, Ponca City, Oklahoma. Died, 1962, Prescott, Arizona.

Hegemann letter: I 95/3

Item 600

Beth Rorick in Austrian "dirndl" dress. Shonto, 1936.

Hegemann letter: I 95/4

Item 601

Beth Compton Rorick at Shonto (1939) walking past living room Hogan.

Hegemann letter: I 95/6

Item 602

Tsegi Canyon, 1931.

Hegemann letter: I 95/8

Item 603

One of our rugs at Grand Canyon, from Chin Lee valley, 1926, and used at Shonto until 1938.

Hegemann letter: I 100

 

New Mexico (Items 604-654). 1922-1928

Item 604

[Unidentified view of dirt road]

Hegemann letter: NM 1

Item 605

Old hotel at Las Vegas Hot Springs--deserted in October 1922.

Hegemann letter: NM 2

Item 606

[Unidentified landscape view].

Hegemann letter: NM 3

Item 607

[Unidentified adobe building].

Hegemann letter: NM 4

Item 608

[Rancho de Taos?]

Hegemann letter: NM 5

Item 609-618

[Various views of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, particularly the dwellings and architectural structures].

Hegemann letter: NM 6- 15

Item 619-620

[Unidentified landscape view, possibly the area surrounding Taos.]

Hegemann letter: NM 16-17

Item 621

Looking south from La Bagoda grade, 1922. Road to Albuquerque from Santa Fe, NM. Old wagon roads show below at left center.

Hegemann letter: NM 17/1

Item 622

[Group of people at Santa Clara Pueblo. Mike Harrison is second from left].

Hegemann letter: NM 18

Item 623

Adobe house near Espanola, 1926.

Hegemann letter: NM 18/1

Item 624

[Views of San Ildefonso Pueblo?]

Hegemann letter: NM 19

Item 625

[Church at Santa Clara].

Hegemann letter: NM 20

Item 626-627

[San Ildefonso Pueblo?]

Hegemann letter: NM 21-22

Item 628

[Maria & Julian Martinez, Elizabeth Compton Harrison in unidentified location].

Hegemann letter: NM 23

Item 629

[San Ildefonso Pueblo?]

Hegemann letter: NM 24

Item 630

[Church at Santo Domingo?]

Hegemann letter: NM 25

Item 632-633

[Exterior views of Church at San Felipe].

Hegemann letter: NM 27-28

Item 634-635

[Church at Zia?]

Hegemann letter: NM 29-30

Item 631,636-642

[Unidentified adobe buildings and landscape views].

Hegemann letter: NM 26, 31-37

Item 643

Church of St. Augustine. Isleta, 1922.

Hegemann letter: NM 38

Item 644

Facing St. Augustine Church. Isleta plaza, 1922.

Hegemann letter: NM 39

Item 645

Placita in rear of church. Isleta, 1922.

Hegemann letter: NM 40

Item 646

Buttress of St. Augustine Church. Fall of 1922.

Hegemann letter: NM 41

Item 647

Road to Acoma, 1928.

Hegemann letter: NM 42

Item 648

Spring-fed pool under north side of Acoma, 1928.

Hegemann letter: NM 43

Item 649

Southern side of Acoma, 1928.

Hegemann letter: NM 44

Item 650

Acoma Church, 1928.

Hegemann letter: NM 45

Item 651

Acoma Church and Atrio, 1928.

Hegemann letter: NM 46

Item 652

Acoma street, 1928.

Hegemann letter: NM 47

Item 653

Road into Chaco Canyon, New Mexico from North 19, 1926.

Hegemann letter: NM 48

Item 654

Highway 66 east of Gallup in New Mexico, 1922.

Hegemann letter: NM 49

 

Nevada (Items 655-657). 1925.

Item 655

Looking northeast from upper end of Valley of Fire. Our cars are parked behind the monument, in the shade, where we ate. Monument and ridge to left of solid pink strata - valley floor and ridges to right are the usual greyish color. Our road we came in on is in the foreground. 1925.

Hegemann letter: N 30

Item 656

Looking northwest - taken from the same place as #1 [N30/ photCL 125 (655) All the rocks and ranges in this are pink - rising from the grey sand. Valley of Fire. April, 1925.

Hegemann letter: N 31

Item 657

Looking west - it fits into #2 to give an idea of the way the valley "lies in relation to the pink strata. Valley of Fire, Nevada. 1925.

Hegemann letter: N 32

 

Arizona (Items 658-696). 1922-1926

Item 658

Goldorf near Oatman, Arizona on main road to Needles, California. 1922.

Hegemann letter: AC 6

Item 659

Bridge over Canyon Diablo on Highway 66. Our Model T Ford on bridge, 1922.

Hegemann letter: AA 1

Item 660

Canyon Diablo near old Highway 66 bridge and Joe Secakuku's store--looking north. 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 1/1

Item 661

"Bottomless Pit" south of Flagstaff. 1925.

Hegemann letter: AA 2

Item 662

Petrified Forest, 1925.

Hegemann letter: AA 3

Item 663

Petrified Forest, 1925.

Hegemann letter: AA 4

Item 664

Mike Harrison in Rainbow Forest. 1925.

Hegemann letter: AA 5

Item 665

Petrified Forest, 1925.

Hegemann letter: AA 6

Item 666

[Elizabeth Comptom Harrison in Petrified Forest. 1925].

Hegemann letter: AA 7

Item 667

Painted Desert near Black Petrified Forest. 1925.

Hegemann letter: AA 8

Item 668

Black Forest near old road. Petrified Forest, 1925.

Hegemann letter: AA 9

Item 669

Walnut Creek, 1925. On trail to cliff dwellings.

Hegemann letter: AA 10

Item 670

Walnut Creek cliff dwellings, 1925.

Hegemann letter: AA 11

Item 671

Walnut Creek, Arizona. Cliff dwellings, 1925. Mike Harrison in N.P.S. uniform.

Hegemann letter: AA 12

Item 672

South Rim at Grand Canyon, 1925.

Hegemann letter: AA 13

Item 673

Birch and Aspens south of Flagstaff. South road to Stoneman Lake, 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 2

Item 674

End of Mormon Lake. San Francisco Peaks in distance, 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 14

Item 675

Stoneman Lake in mountains. 40 miles south of Flagstaff, 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 15

Item 676

Montezuma's Castle, 1926. The Castle at closer view.

Hegemann letter: AC 4

Item 677

Cliff dwelling at Montezuma's Castle. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 5

Item 678

Road leading out of Tonto Basin to north. North of Mogollen River - road via Stoneman Lake. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 3

Item 679

Upper end of Roosevelt Lake on road to Tonto Basin. 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 16

Item 680

Roosevelt Dam, 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 17

Item 681

Power houses in lower side of [Roosevelt] dam. 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 18

Item 682

Road to Tonto Basin from south, 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 20

Item 683

Copper smelters at Miami, 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 19

Item 684

Smelter at Superior. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 7

Item 685

Automobile road to Superior-Globe Highway. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 7/1

Item 686

Scene on Superior Highway, 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 21

Item 687

On Apache Trail. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 8

Item 688

Sahuaro [sic] Cactus east of Mesa, 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 22

Item 689

Sahuaro Cactus. East of Tempe. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 9

Item 690

Sahuaro cactus and Superstition Mountains in distance, east of Phoenix. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 10

Item 691

Near Dome, Arizona, fifty miles east of Yuma. 1926.

Hegemann letter: AA 23

Item 692

Colorado River in flood, 1925. Near Katter[?] City.

Hegemann letter: AA 24

Item 693

Looking up Colorado River from Yuma. Colorado River in flood. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 11

Item 694

River of Yuma showing R.R. bridge and part of town. Yuma Indian house in foreground. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 12

Item 695

On plank road between Holtville and Yuma. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 13

Item 696

Plank road across sand dunes west of Yuma. May 1926.

Hegemann letter: AC 14

 

California (Items 697-729). 1922-1926

Item 697

Sand dunes from Plank Road west of Yuma, 1925.

Hegemann letter: CC 26

Item 698

Sand dunes alongside old Plank Road west of Yuma, 1925.

Hegemann letter: CC 27

Item 699

Irrigation ditch in Imperial Valley.

Hegemann letter: CC 25

Item 700

California desert west from Victorville, 1922. [Old Baldy in distance].

Hegemann letter: CC 40

Item 701

Casa del Desierto, Harvey House at Barstow, California. 1922.

Hegemann letter: CC 25

Item 702

Mohave river bed, northeast from Barstow. 1922.

Hegemann letter: CC 29

Item 703

Northeast of Barstow, from bed of river. 1922.

Hegemann letter: CC 24

Item 704

Mohave River bed near Daggett, 1922.

Hegemann letter: CC 28

Item 705

Looking south from Funk's Ranch, east of Daggett, 1922. Taken from site of present highway.

Hegemann letter: CC 21

Item 706

Funk's Ranch, east of Daggett, California, 1922. Mrs. Funk was Helen Muir, daughter of John Muir.

Hegemann letter: CC 22

Item 707

Funk Ranch irrigation ditch. Daggett, Calif. 1922.

Hegemann letter: CC 33

Item 708

Calico Mts., northeast of Funk's Ranch. 1922.

Hegemann letter: CC 23

Item 709-712

Santa Barbara Mission. 1923.

Hegemann letter: CC 26-28

Item 713

Se[?] Valley, east of Ventura. 1923.

Hegemann letter: CC 41

Item 714

East of Oxnard and Ventura. 1923.

Hegemann letter: CC 42

Item 715

Near Cuyumaca Lake in Laguna Mountains. 1924.

Hegemann letter: CC 17

Item 716

Valley near Warner's Hot Springs. 1924.

Hegemann letter: CC 18

Item 717

Old adobe house at Warner's Hot Springs, San Diego Co. 1924.

Hegemann letter: CC 19

Item 718

Old adobe Catholic Church at Warner's Hot Springs. 1924.

Hegemann letter: CC 20

Item 719

Mountain Springs grade on present Highway 80. Our red Buick (sport model 1923) in foreground. 1924.

Hegemann letter: CC 15

Item 720

Near Mountain Springs grade, San Diego County. 1925.

Hegemann letter: CC 39

Item 721-728

[Unidentified desert scenes, probably in Imperial Valley area. ca. 1922-1926. Views of desert vegetation and dunes.]

Hegemann letter: CC 30-38

Item 729

Colorado River crossing by Ferry, 1924.

Hegemann letter: n/a