[Earl Waggoner photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley], approximately 1958

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Summary

Creators:
Waggoner, Earl
Abstract:
Includes scenes of everyday Navajo life and views of Monument Valley.
Extent:
121 photographs in 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Earl Waggoner photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley, BANC PIC 2003.081, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes scenes of everyday Navajo life and views of Monument Valley. Specific subjects include sand painting; blanket weaving; shepherding; a healing ceremony; food preparation; buttes and other rock formations; traditional attire; a sweat lodge; agriculture; clay grinding; horseback riding; shade houses, hogans and other structures; infants in cradleboards; and Monument Valley tour vehicles. Individuals depicted include Billy Yellow, Suzie Black, Hite Chee, Tallis Holliday, Happy Cly, Rosie Yazzie, and John Cly. Earl Waggoner is depicted in at least 2 photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Waggoner was an award-winning amateur photographer and a student of anthropology with a fond interest in the Navajo; born in 1916 in Oakland, Calif.; spent some of his youth in Arizona, where he first developed relationships with the Navajo; lived and worked as a banker in San Francisco until 1972, when he retired to Prescott, Arizona; died in 1990.

Acquisition information:
The Earl Waggoner photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley collection was purchased from Artseal Gallery in 2002.
Arrangement:

Arranged as received. Item list transcribed from descriptions provided by Brian Ahern, heir of the photographer.

Physical location:
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Physical facet:
: color prints
Dimensions:
; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Earl Waggoner photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley, BANC PIC 2003.081, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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