Finding Aid to the Earl Waggoner Photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley
Bancroft Library staff
The Bancroft Library
2016
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: [Earl Waggoner photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley]
Creator:
Waggoner, Earl
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2003.081--PIC
Physical Description:
121 photographs
in 1 box
: color prints
; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1958
Abstract: Includes scenes of everyday Navajo life and views of Monument Valley.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Biography
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Earl Waggoner photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley, BANC PIC 2003.081, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
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.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Navajo Indians -- Photographs
Sandpaintings -- Photographs
Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) -- Pictorial works
Waggoner, Earl
item 1
Earl Waggoner at Goulding’s Lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:01--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 2
Navajo woman in cornfield southeast of the junction between Kayenta and Oljato roads. (Published in Four Corners, a book by
Northland publishing, 2003.)
BANC PIC 2003.081:02--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 3
Herders tend their flock below the silhouettes of Yei Bi Chai and Totem Pole in Monument Valley. (Published in Four Corners,
a book by Northland publishing, 2003.)
BANC PIC 2003.081:03--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 4
Suzie Black at an unidentified spring BANC PIC 2003.081:04--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 5
Billy Yellow and Hite Chee singing for an unidentified girl in Monument Valley BANC PIC 2003.081:05--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 6
Tallis Holliday sand painting at an unidentified location in Monument Valley BANC PIC 2003.081:06--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 7
Tallis Holliday sand painting at an unidentified location in Monument Valley BANC PIC 2003.081:07--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 8
Couple in wagon near Oljato BANC PIC 2003.081:08--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 9
Woman with child on cradle board in shade house BANC PIC 2003.081:09--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 10
Herders on the Dunes BANC PIC 2003.081:10--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 11
Happy Cly at waterhole near the Dunes BANC PIC 2003.081:11--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 12
Woman grinding clay for sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:12--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 13
Rosie Yazzie at her loom BANC PIC 2003.081:13--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 14
Woman with child on cradle board sitting on Mexican blanket BANC PIC 2003.081:14--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 15
Woman making fry bread BANC PIC 2003.081:15--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 16
Two men on Hunt's Mesa looking east to Farmington, NM BANC PIC 2003.081:16--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 17
John Cly on horse back in Monument Valley BANC PIC 2003.081:17--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 18
Yei Bi Chai and Totem Pole. Rooster Rock at far left BANC PIC 2003.081:18--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 19
Man and woman on horse back beneath Totem Pole rock BANC PIC 2003.081:19--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 20
Back of the King's Throne BANC PIC 2003.081:20--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 21
Rainbow Bridge near Navajo Mountain southwest of Monument Valley BANC PIC 2003.081:21--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 22
View from Hunt's Mesa BANC PIC 2003.081:22--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 23
Rainbow from Goulding's Lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:23--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 24
Billy Yellow and Hite Chee with unidentified young girl. [Monument Valley.] BANC PIC 2003.081:24--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 25
Billy Yellow and Hite Chee with unidentified young girl. [Monument Valley.] BANC PIC 2003.081:25--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 26
Young girl at healing ceremony BANC PIC 2003.081:26--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 27
Young girl at healing ceremony drinking from shell BANC PIC 2003.081:27--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 28
Hite Chee and Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:28--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 29
Hite Chee preparing sand for sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:29--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 30
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:30--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 31
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:31--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 32
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:32--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 33
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:33--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 34
Woman watching Billy Yellow and Hite Chee sand paint BANC PIC 2003.081:34--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 35
Hite Chee watching Billy Yellow sand paint BANC PIC 2003.081:35--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 36
Hite Chee watching Billy Yellow sand paint BANC PIC 2003.081:35--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 37
Hite Chee watching Billy Yellow sand paint BANC PIC 2003.081:37--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 38
Hite Chee and Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:38--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 39
Hite Chee and Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:39--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 40
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:40--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 41
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:41--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 42
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:42--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 43
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:43--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 44
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:44--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 45
Hite Chee and Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:45--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 46
Billy Yellow sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:46--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 47
Finished sand painting of Horned Toad beneath the "Rabbit and the Bear" formation BANC PIC 2003.081:47--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 48
Finished sand painting of Horned Toad beneath unidentified monument BANC PIC 2003.081:48--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 49
Finished sand painting of Horned Toad beneath the "Rabbit and the Bear" formation BANC PIC 2003.081:49--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 50
Sand painting after ceremony BANC PIC 2003.081:50--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 51
Hite Chee preparing hot rocks for sweat lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:51--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 52
Men stripping to enter sweat lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:52--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 53
Men walking to sweat lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:53--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 54
Men entering sweat lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:54--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 55
Hite Chee exiting sweat lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:55--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 56
Men dusting off with sand after sweat lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:56--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 57
Men dusting off with sand after sweat lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:57--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 58
Tallis Holliday making sand painting of Corn Boy and Corn Girl BANC PIC 2003.081:58--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 59
Tallis Holliday making sand painting of Corn Boy and Corn Girl BANC PIC 2003.081:59--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 60
Tallis Holliday making sand painting of Corn Boy and Corn Girl BANC PIC 2003.081:60--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 61
Tallis Holliday making sand painting of Corn Boy and Corn Girl BANC PIC 2003.081:61--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 62
Finished sand painting of Corn Boy and Corn Girl BANC PIC 2003.081:62--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 63
Suzie Black in ceremonial blouse BANC PIC 2003.081:63--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 64
Suzie Black at spring BANC PIC 2003.081:64--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 65
Suzie Black at spring BANC PIC 2003.081:65--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 66
Suzie Black at spring BANC PIC 2003.081:66--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 67
Woman grinding clay for sand painting. BANC PIC 2003.081:67--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 68
Woman grinding clay for sand painting BANC PIC 2003.081:68--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 69
John Cly BANC PIC 2003.081:69--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 70
Unidentified man BANC PIC 2003.081:70--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 71
Hite Chee BANC PIC 2003.081:71--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 72
Hite Chee with squash BANC PIC 2003.081:72--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 73
Chee Black BANC PIC 2003.081:73--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 74
Chee Black BANC PIC 2003.081:74--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 75
Chee Black BANC PIC 2003.081:75--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 76
Chee Black BANC PIC 2003.081:76--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 77
Wagon on the road near Oljato BANC PIC 2003.081:77--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 78
Hite and Libby Chee on wagon with child in cradle board BANC PIC 2003.081:78--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 79
Wagon on the road near Oljato BANC PIC 2003.081:79--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 80
Wagon on the road near Oljato BANC PIC 2003.081:80--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 81
Hite and Libby Chee on wagon with child in cradle board BANC PIC 2003.081:81--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 82
Hite and Libby Chee on wagon with child in cradle board BANC PIC 2003.081:82--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 83
Sheep at waterhole near one of the Mittens BANC PIC 2003.081:83--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 84
Herders on the Dunes BANC PIC 2003.081:84--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 85
Horse back riders at Moccasin Rock BANC PIC 2003.081:85--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 86
Unidentified horseback riders BANC PIC 2003.081:86--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 87
Unidentified horseback riders BANC PIC 2003.081:87--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 88
Happy Cly cleaning wool BANC PIC 2003.081:88--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 89
Two women weaving. King's Throne at left in background BANC PIC 2003.081:89--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 90
Woman weaving BANC PIC 2003.081:90--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 91
Happy Cly brushing woman's hair BANC PIC 2003.081:91--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 92
Happy Cly cleaning wool BANC PIC 2003.081:92--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 93
Happy Cly BANC PIC 2003.081:93--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 94
Rosie Yazzie weaving with child BANC PIC 2003.081:94--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 95
Rosie Yazzie weaving BANC PIC 2003.081:95--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 96
Rosie Yazzie weaving BANC PIC 2003.081:96--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 97
Rosie Yazzie weaving BANC PIC 2003.081:97--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 98
Rosie Yazzie weaving BANC PIC 2003.081:98--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 99
Rosie Yazzie weaving BANC PIC 2003.081:99--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 100
Unidentified woman BANC PIC 2003.081:100--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 101
The Harvey Black family BANC PIC 2003.081:101--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 102
Drying peaches on the roof of a shade house BANC PIC 2003.081:102--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 103
Corral with the Three Sisters in background BANC PIC 2003.081:103--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 104
Shade house and hogan at Promise Rock BANC PIC 2003.081:104--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 105
Happy Cly setting up her loom near hogan and shade house. Three Sisters in background BANC PIC 2003.081:105--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 106
Ancient dwellings at Cove Run ruins BANC PIC 2003.081:106--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 107
Women at shade house BANC PIC 2003.081:107--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 108
Child in shade house BANC PIC 2003.081:108--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 109
Child in shade house BANC PIC 2003.081:109--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 110
Woman making fry bread BANC PIC 2003.081:110--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 111
Woman washing dishes BANC PIC 2003.081:111--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 112
Woman making "kneel down bread" BANC PIC 2003.081:112--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 113
Child with candy BANC PIC 2003.081:113--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 114
Young boy holding child in cradle board BANC PIC 2003.081:114--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 115
Child in cradle board BANC PIC 2003.081:115--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 116
Billy Yellow September 28, 2002 at his house in Shiprock, NM BANC PIC 2003.081:116--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 117
Natural beaches on the Colorado river before Glen Canyon Dam was built BANC PIC 2003.081:117--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 118
Sunrise at Monument Valley BANC PIC 2003.081:118--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 119
Digging out a tour vehicle on the Dunes BANC PIC 2003.081:119--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 120
Earl Waggoner from Goulding's Lodge BANC PIC 2003.081:120--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
item 121
Two young girls at the Monument Valley visitor center BANC PIC 2003.081:121--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photograph
