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Photograph Album Depicting the Bandelier, Laguna, San Ildefonso, and Acoma Pueblos, circa 1915
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists of a travel photograph album including over fifty silver print photographs of the Bandelier (Anasazi), Laguna (Kawaika), San Ildefonso (P'ohwhóge Owingeh), and Acoma Pueblos in New Mexico. The album includes views of the Pond Ranch in Frijoles Canyon (precursor to Bandelier National Monument), Katzimo (Enchanted Mesa), and the nearby Pueblos of San Ildefonso, Laguna, and Acoma. Photographs also include images of people from the Indigenous Pueblo, Laguna, Tewa, and Acoma communities, as well as white settlers and tourists. Many of the pictures show the architecture in the Pueblos as it was at the beginning of the twentieth century. There are also two views from the Dominican Republic on the final page. The photographer and compiler of the album are unknown.
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the creator or by the date of acquisition.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchased from Michael Vinson Americana in 2021 (AM 2022-080).
- Appraisal
No material was separated during processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Lisa Yankowitz during the summer and fall of 2010 . The finding aid was written by Lisa Yankowitz in January 2011 and was regularly updated with new acquisitions by Faith Charlton, Kelly Bolding, Armando Suárez, Amy C. Vo, Kalliopi Balatsouka, and Lauren Williams.
Collection-level notes were revised by Faith Charlton in 2024 to more accurately describe the nature of this collection.
No additions will be made to this collection. Single item acquisitions will be added to Princeton University Library Single Item Acquisitions (C1771).
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Photograph Album Depicting the Bandelier, Laguna, San Ildefonso, and Acoma Pueblos; General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, C0140, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box B-001748
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- Existence and Location of Copies
Parts of this collection are available on microfilm, cataloged separately as RCPXM-7497696.
- Subject Terms:
- Acoma Indians -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Laguna Indians -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Pueblo Indians -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Pueblos -- New Mexico. -- photographs
Tewa Indians -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Tourists -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century -- Sources - Genre Terms:
- Photograph albums -- 20th century.
- Places:
- Acoma Pueblo (N.M.)
Bandelier National Monument (N.M.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
New Mexico -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico
San Ildefonso Pueblo (N.M.)