Arthur Chapman photographs of Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 87-2G
name: label: Creator
content: Chapman, Arthur, 1873-1935
place: label: Place
content: Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
label: Place
content: Colorado -- Antiquities
topic: label: Topic
content: Cliff-dwellings
creator: label: Creator
content: Chapman, Arthur, 1873-1935
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: Pueblo
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Arthur Chapman (1873-1935) was a cowboy, poet, and newspaper columnist who explored much of the Rocky Mountains, Mesa Verde National Park, and other scenic areas in Colorado and the West. He wrote his most famous poem, "Out Where the West Begins" (circa 1910), as an homage to the people and land of the frontier.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Stereographs (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 9 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1912
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: This collection was found in 1972, along with other collections in Photo Lot 87-2, as something which had been set aside as a "problem collection," though this may only reflect that it was unprocessed.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.87-2G
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Stereographs
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Stereographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting Spruce Tree House, Cliff Palace, and Balcony House in Mesa Verde. The collection includes one image of Balcony House before restoration.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: An additional photograph by Chapman can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Correspondence from Chapman can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4517.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Denver Public Library holds photographs of Chapman.