Susan Fanshel films of the Navajo
name: label: Creator
content: Fanshel, Susan
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Arizona
topic: label: Occupation
content: Silversmiths
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Weaving
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Navajo language
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Susan Fanshel in 1987 and 2011.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fanshel, Susan
culture: label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
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content: Susan Fanshel films of the Navajo
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 42,199 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1987.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of full film record and edited film based on anthropologist John Adair's 1938 work among the Navajo. The films explore Navajo life and culture through four generations of a Navajo family.  Collection also contains sound recordings and press and publicity materials.

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