Copies of Elizabeth Compton Hegemann photographs of Southwest Indians
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot R81A
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy negatives made by Elizabeth Compton Hegemann.
name: label: Creator
content: Hegemann, Elizabeth Compton, 1897-1962
label: Depicted
content: Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928
label: Depicted
content: Morris, Earl Halstead, 1889-1956
label: Depicted
content: Wetherill, John
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Navaho
place: label: Place
content: Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
label: Place
content: Navajo Indian Reservation
label: Place
content: Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Handicraft
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Dance
creator: label: Creator
content: Hegemann, Elizabeth Compton, 1897-1962
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: Havasupai (Coconino)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Elizabeth Compton Hegemann (1897-1962) was born near Cincinatti, Ohio, though she spent many of her summers visiting her grandparents in Southern California. She married her first husband, Mike Harrison, in 1925 and moved with him to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, where he worked for the National Park Service. They developed strong relationships with the Navajo, Hopi, and Havasupai Indians in that region. Hegemann separated from Harrison in 1928 and moved to Tuba City. She married Harry Rorick in 1929 and the two co-owned the Shonto Trading Post near Tsegi Canyon on the Navajo Reservation from 1929-1938.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 396 Copy negatives (acetate, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1922-1934
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Elizabeth Compton Hegemann, circa 1962.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.R81A
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Negatives
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Photographs published in Elizabeth Compton Hegemann, Navaho Trading Days, Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1963.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Negatives
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals in the Huntington Library (photCL 125).
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory prepared by E. C. Hegemann available in repository. This covers some photographs not in this collection.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made during Elizabeth Compton Hegemann's trips to Hopi and Navajo reservations in the 1920s and early 1930s. They include images of Navajo, Hopi, and some Havasupai Indians, as well as the Grand Canyon and trading posts. Her photographs relating to Southwest Indians depict agriculture, crafts, and ceremonies, including a Navaho Squaw Dance and Hopi Niman Kachina ceremonies. There are also some images of Charles F. Lummis, Earl Halstead Morris, and John Wetherill.