Dr. H. K. Wilson collection of photographs and manuscript material from Tuba City
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 81-20
name: label: Collector
content: Wilson, H. K. (Henry Kirke), 1874-1947
label: Names
content: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
place: label: Place
content: Arizona
label: Place
content: Tuba City (Ariz.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Hopi dance
creator: label: Collector
content: Wilson, H. K. (Henry Kirke), 1874-1947
culture: label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: Apache
label: Culture
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Dr. Henry Kirke Wilson (1874-1947) was appointed by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as the physician for the Western Navajo Agency located in Tuba City, Arizona.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 56 Prints (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 16 Pages (Manuscript material :)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1913-1916
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Rachel Wilson Smith, H. K. Wilson's daughter, in 1981. The photographs and captions were originally in a photo album; they were removed from the album by the National Anthropological Archives, though captions are still associated. Photocopies of some pages from the album as it was donated are also available in the collection.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.81-20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting Bureau of Indian Affairs employees and their families, Agency and Reservation buildings, and Navajo students at the Tuba City Indian School.  The collection also includes an image of Theodore Roosevelt in Tuba City and images of Apache people, Moencopi Hopi village, and Hopi dances, including the Butterfly, Corn, and Snake Dance.  Photographs were originally mounted on black paper in a photo album; they were later removed and placed in a "magnetic" album with added captions, possibly by the donor.

The collection also includes an account by Dr. Wilson describing fears of a Navajo uprising against the agency following the shooting of a Navajo suspect by two white policemen in 1916. There are also are eight issues of "The Tuba Times," a "newspaper" published by Dr. Wilson's daughter Rachel and two friends, Norine and Hugh Williams, in 1914.  Additionally, there is a segment of a map from 1969.