Nellie Mae Whitted photographs of Acomita and Native peoples of the American Southwest
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 98-75
name: label: Creator
content: Whitted, Nellie Mae
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: San Ildefonso
place: label: Place
content: Acoma (N.M.)
label: Place
content: Taos Pueblo (N.M.)
label: Place
content: Pueblo of Laguna (N.M.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Schools
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
label: Topic
content: Indian dance -- North America
creator: label: Creator
content: Whitted, Nellie Mae
culture: label: Culture
content: San Ildefonso Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Acoma Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: Laguna Indians
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: Taos Indians
label: Culture
content: Tewa Pueblos
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Nellie Mae Whitted taught at the Acomita Day School set up by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, circa 1938-1941.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 22 Items (22 prints, postcards and greeting cards, color halftone)
label: Extent
content: 36 Prints (silver gelatin (some on postcard stock))
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1938-1941
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Nellie Mae Whitted through Candace Greene, circa 1992.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.98-75
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by Nellie Mae Whitted in Paguote (1939) and Acomita, New Mexico. They include images of Acomita day school and its students and teachers, as well as houses and Eagle dancers. The collection also includes postcards and commercial prints relating to Navajo, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Santa Clara Pueblo, Ildefonso Pueblo, Taos Pueblo, and Laguna Pueblo. There are also Christmas cards with reproductions of paintings by Joni Falk and other artists and some correspondence to Whitted.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Pottery, dolls, baskets, and other artifacts given to Whitted by students in Acomita held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 390889.