Nabor Feliz Netzahualt Papers, 1920-1929

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Summary

Creators:
Leland, James E., Leland, C. E., Mrs., Leland, C. E., Hobart, John S., and Netzahualt, Nabor Feliz
Abstract:
Nabor Feliz Netzahualt (1877-1972) was a Pueblo Indian sculptor who made clay sculptures as a sideshow for many circuses from the 1920s to the 1950s, including the Al G. Barnes Circus. This collection of papers from 1920-1929 includes correspondence, legal papers, theosophical literature, newspaper clippings, and ephemera.
Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Nabor Feliz Netzahualt Papers, 1920-1929, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.639; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence from friends and family, correspondence regarding Feliz's court case in 1926, correspondence regarding Feliz's land in San Diego, California, tax papers, Theosophical Society and Young Theosophists of Los Angeles correspondence and papers, newspaper clippings, notes, and papers. This collection also includes a Mexican feather picture of a bird. Materials are dated 1920-1929.

Biographical / historical:

Nabor Feliz Netzahualt (1877-1972), also known as Felix Nabor, was a Pueblo Indian and "lightening sculpture." From the 1920s to the 1950s, he made clay sculptures as a sideshow act for circuses such as Al G. Barnes Circus and the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus based in Miami County, Indiana.

Netzahualt worked all through the continental United States and Hawaii. He traveled to Canada, India, and China. Netzahualt was a close friend of James E. Leland and his family in Highland Park (a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California), and often sent the family gifts and postcards. Netzahualt was also a member of the Theosophical Society and the Tampa Showmen's Association.

Source: The Masterkey, volume 32, number 6, 1958.

Acquisition information:
Donated by James Leland, 1958 June 3.
Processing information:

Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 25, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Nabor Feliz Netzahualt Papers, 1920-1929, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.639; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448
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