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A Navajo legacy : the life and teachings of John Holiday / John Holiday and Robert S. McPherson

Author:
Holiday, John 1919-  Search this
McPherson, Robert S. 1947-  Search this
Subject:
Holiday, John 1919-  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 394 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah)
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Navajo Indians  Search this
Healers  Search this
Religion  Search this
Navajo philosophy  Search this
Blessingway (Navajo rite)  Search this
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_969724

A history of the Navajos : the reservation years / Garrick Bailey and Roberta Glenn Bailey ; with a new preface by Garrick Bailey

Author:
Bailey, Garrick Alan  Search this
Bailey, Roberta Glenn  Search this
Subject:
Navajo Tribe History  Search this
Navajo Tribe Social life and customs  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi 358 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1999
[1999], c1986
Topic:
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Government relations  Search this
Call number:
E99.N3 B177 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_604569

A return home

Author:
Emerson, Ramona  Search this
Emerson Kitsman, B  Search this
Byars, Kelly  Search this
Cultee, Roger  Search this
Reel Indian Pictures  Search this
Subject:
Emerson Kitsman, B  Search this
Emerson Kitsman, B Homes and haunts  Search this
Physical description:
1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer discussion guide (5 pages on 1 CD-ROM : color illustrations ; 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Video recordings
Documentary films
Place:
New Mexico
Tohatchi
Date:
2009
2009, ©2007
21st century
Topic:
Navajo Indians--Social life and customs  Search this
Navajo artists  Search this
Navajo painting  Search this
Call number:
video 001496
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084499

Along Navajo trails : recollections of a trader, 1898-1948 / by Will Evans ; edited by Susan E. Woods and Robert S. McPherson ; foreword by Charles S. Peterson

Author:
Evans, Will 1877-1954  Search this
Woods, Susan E (Susan Evans) 1952-  Search this
McPherson, Robert S. 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 263 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New Mexico
Shiprock Region
Shiprock Region (N.M.)
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Navajo Indians--History  Search this
Navajo Indians--Social life and customs  Search this
Navajo weavers--History  Search this
Trading posts--History  Search this
Indian traders--History  Search this
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1010524

An Oral history of the Lake Valley and Whiterock communities = Béakíd Halgaii Dóó Tséłgaii Baa Hané / stories collected and recorded by Juan Etcitty, general editor Patty Chee

Author:
Etcitty, Juan  Search this
Chee, Patty  Search this
Physical description:
59 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1981
Topic:
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E99.N3 O63
E99.N3O63
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_166459

Beauty beside me : stories of my grandmother's skirts = Shimá sání bitł'aakał noot'ishígíí : nizhónígo nidaashch'ąą'go baa hane' / written by Seraphine G. Yazzie ; illustrated by Baje Whitethorne, Sr

Title:
Shimá sání bitł'aakał noot'ishígíí
Author:
Yazzie, Seraphine G  Search this
Ill:
Whitethorne, Baje  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (unpaged ) : col. ill. ; 24 x 31 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Folklore
Juvenile literature
Picture books for children
Date:
2011
C2011
Topic:
Grandmothers  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_993234

Bighorse the warrior / Tiana Bighorse ; edited by Noël Bennett foreword by Barry Lopez

Author:
Bighorse, Tiana 1917-  Search this
Bighorse, Gus 1846?-1939  Search this
Bennett, Noël 1939-  Search this
Subject:
Bighorse, Gus 1846?-1939  Search this
Physical description:
xxvii, 113 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E99.N3B5333 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_400102

Both sides of the bullpen : Navajo trade and posts / Robert S. McPherson

Title:
Navajo trade and posts
Author:
McPherson, Robert S. 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 353 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Utah
Colorado
Four Corners Region
Date:
2017
Topic:
Commerce  Search this
Trading posts--History  Search this
Indian traders--History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Navajo Indians--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1107257

Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material

Creator:
Rosenak, Chuck  Search this
Names:
Rosenak, Jan  Search this
Extent:
17.6 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Photographs
Interviews
Slides (photographs)
Date:
circa 1938-2008
Summary:
The Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material dates from circa 1938-2008 and measures 17.6 linear feet. The collection contains research files for four books by the Rosenaks and includes letters, writings, notes, printed matter, tape-recorded interviews with artists, and photographic material.
Scope and Content Note:
The Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material dates from circa 1938-2008 and measures 17.6 linear feet. The collection contains correspondence, writings, notes, printed matter, tape-recorded interviews of artists, and photographs and slides of artists and artwork. The records document the Rosenak's research and collecting trips in the United States, often to isolated locales, in pursuit of new art and insights for their writing projects. The collection relates primarily to their research for Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists, The People Speak: Navajo Folk Art, Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector's Guide, The Saint Makers: Contemporary Santeras y Santeros, and are an important source of information on twentieth-century folk art.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 5 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Research Files, circa 1938-1999 (Boxes 1-9, 19; 9.2 linear ft.)

Series 2: Loans to Exhibitions, circa 1991-1997, undated (Box 10; 0.4 linear ft.)

Series 3: Miscellaneous Files, circa 1969-2003 (Boxes 10-12; 2.0 linear ft.)

Series 4: Interviews of Artists, circa 1990s (Box 12-13; 1.5 linear ft.)

Series 5: Photographs and Slides, circa 1990s (Boxes 13-18; 4.5 linear ft.)
Biographical Note:
Chuck and Jan Rosenak are widely regarded as authorities in the field of American folk art. They amassed one of the finest collections of contemporary folk art in the United States and authored four books: Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists (New York: Abbeville, 1990), The People Speak: Navajo Folk Art (Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1994), Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector's Guide (New York: Abbeville, 1996), and The Saint Makers: Contemporary Santeras y Santeros (Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 1998).
Provenance:
The collection was donated by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1998-1999.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Folk artists -- United States  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Navajo Indians -- Art  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs  Search this
Artists -- New Mexico -- Interviews  Search this
Santeros  Search this
Genre/Form:
Audiotapes
Photographs
Interviews
Slides (photographs)
Citation:
Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material, circa 1938-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.rosechuc
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9eebe4f0f-a4bf-441f-91a1-f8182d84d06e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-rosechuc
Online Media:

Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material, circa 1938-2008

Creator:
Rosenak, Chuck, 1927-  Search this
Subject:
Rosenak, Jan  Search this
Type:
Audiotapes
Photographs
Interviews
Slides (photographs)
Citation:
Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material, circa 1938-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Navajo Indians -- Art  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs  Search this
Artists -- New Mexico -- Interviews  Search this
Santeros  Search this
Theme:
Latino and Latin American  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5540
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216437
AAA_collcode_rosechuc
Theme:
Latino and Latin American
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216437
Online Media:

Crossing between worlds : the Navajo of Canyon de Chelly / Jeanne Simonelli ; with Lupita McClanahan ; photographs by Charles Winters

Author:
Simonelli, Jeanne M  Search this
Winters, Charles D. 1941-  Search this
McClanahan, Lupita  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 138 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Arizona
Chelly, Canyon de
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)
Date:
2008
C2008
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Government relations  Search this
Attitudes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_902532

Crossing between worlds : the Navajos of Canyon de Chelly / Jeanne M. Simonelli ; photographs by Charles D. Winters

Author:
Simonelli, Jeanne M  Search this
Winters, Charles D. 1941-  Search this
Physical description:
118 p. : ill., map ; 21 x 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)
Date:
1997
C1997
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Government relations  Search this
Attitudes  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_539820

Crow Man's people : three seasons with the Navajo / Nigel Pride

Author:
Pride, Nigel 1940-  Search this
Physical description:
222 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1982
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1020055

Cultural factors in the rehabilitation process proceedings of a short term training conference compiled and edited by J. Leonard Steinberg

Author:
Conference on Cultural Factors in Rehabilitation (1978 : Navajo Community College, Tsaile, Ariz)  Search this
Steinberg, J. Leonard (Jay Leonard) 1930-  Search this
United States Rehabilitation Services Administration  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 170 pages illustrations 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Southwestern States
Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
États-Unis (Sud-Ouest)
United States
Date:
1978
Topic:
Vocational rehabilitation  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Réadaptation professionnelle  Search this
Navajo (Indiens)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Navajo Indians--Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1118266

Denizens of the desert : a tale in word and picture of life among the Navaho Indians / Elizabeth W. Forster and Laura Gilpin ; edited and with an introduction by Martha A. Sandweiss

Author:
Forster, Elizabeth W  Search this
Gilpin, Laura  Search this
Sandweiss, Martha A  Search this
Subject:
Forster, Elizabeth W Correspondence  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 140 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Southwest, New
Date:
1988
C1988
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Public health nurses--Navajo Indian Reservation--Correspondence  Search this
Call number:
E99.N3F62 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_372478

Dezba, woman of the desert, by Gladys A. Reichard; with photographs by Lilian J. Reichard and the author

Author:
Reichard, Gladys Amanda 1893-1955  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 161 p. front., plates. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1939
[c1939]
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E99.N3R34X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_263680

Dezba: woman of the desert. With photos. by Lilian J. Reichard and the author

Author:
Reichard, Gladys Amanda 1893-1955  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 161 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1971
1939
[1971]
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Navajo women  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1098355

Diné Tah : my reservation days 1923-1939 / Alwin J. Girdner

Author:
Girdner, Alwin J. 1923-  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 356 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Navajo Indian Reservation
Date:
2011
C2011
Topic:
Missions  Search this
Religion  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Plymouth Brethren--Missions  Search this
Missionaries  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1011475

Dinéjí Na'nitin : Navajo traditional teachings and history / Robert S. McPherson

Author:
McPherson, Robert S. 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2012
©2012
Topic:
History  Search this
Navajo philosophy  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1081584

Dinétah : an early history of the Navajo people / Lawrence D. Sundberg ; with drawings by the author

Author:
Sundberg, Lawrence D. 1952-  Search this
Physical description:
94 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
1995
©1995
Topic:
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_477149

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