Pavatea (Tom) Collection, 1933-1947

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Summary

Title:
Tom Pavatea Collection
Dates:
1933-1947
Creators:
Pavatea, Tom
Abstract:
Tom Pavatea was a Hopi Indian who was a trader on the Hopi reservation beginning in the late 1890s and running through the 1940s. This collection includes official correspondence and papers of Tom Pavatea from 1933 to 1947.
Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet (4 folders)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Tom Pavatea Collection, 1933-1947, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.881; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes official correspondence and papers of Tom Pavatea from 1933 to 1947. Materials include correspondence, bulletins of the United Indian Traders Association from the 1930s, correspondence to Superintendents from the Commissioners of the Department of the Interior, correspondence to reservation dealers and traders from the Internal Revenue Service, and for TMS and sales reports from 1933-1934.

Biographical / historical:

Tom Pavatea was a Hopi Indian who was a trader on the Hopi reservation. He started his store in the late 1890s and passed away circa 1947. The store lasted until 1965, under the management of Byron Hunter. In that year, the store burned down and was not rebuilt.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Byron Hunter, 1981 December 17.
Processing information:

Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December 13, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Holly Rose Larson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-06-15 20:18:54 +0000 .

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:

Tom Pavatea Collection, 1933-1947, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.881; [folder number] [folder title][date].

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