- Local call number
- nm67g000s000b001f0012
- Media type
- Text
- Creator
- Hanks, James J.
- Title
- Letters from James Hanks to Mrs. Stanley Hanks [constructed title], 1928.
- Original creation date
- 1928
- Repository
- Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
- Use
- Digital surrogates are the property of the repository. Reproduction requires permission.
- Collection name
- Hanks, James J.
- Content Summary
- Letter dated June 20, 1928 provides instructions about forwarding his mail and managing other business in his absence and provides reassurance as to his safety; letter dated June 22, 1928 describes Hanks excitement about being included in the expedition, including schedule for mail and post offices, and gratitude for "Pepy's" Diary; letter dated July 3, 1928 describes Clyde Kluckhohn's experience in the Southwest and discusses Navajo rugs and silver spoons, as well as changes in expedition's itinerary;
letter dated August 8, 1928 briefly lists titles of Hanks' pictures due from the photographer. Letters mention Eldon Cassoday, Ben Wetherill, Mrs. Sharp, and Mrs. Bowmen.
- Biography/History
- During 1927 and 1928, Clyde Kluckhohn led several of his young college friends on expeditions to explore the area around Wild Horse Mesa in the Navajo Indian Reservation. He later described the groups' adventures in a book entitled Beyond the Rainbow. James Judge Hanks, who acted as the primary photographer, was a member of both expeditions. The James J. Hanks Collection provides a personal and local glimpse of contemporary reports of these expeditions, including such examples as a colorful account by Hanks of a meal shared on the trail with a Navajo family, and a detailed account book containing fascinating information about expedition expenditures. Other highlights of the collection include descriptions of Hanks' expedition photographs, maps of the area (one with the route traveled marked on it by hand), Hanks' own sketched maps of the route, and a series of letters from Hanks to his mother providing a uniquely personal picture of the expedition and many of its most exciting moments.
- Finding Aid
- http://aao.lib.asu.edu/ViewRecordFrame.jsp?record=0000000846
- Other Contributors
- Hanks, Stanley, Mrs.
- Subjects
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Navajo rugs
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Navajo silverwork
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Ethnological expeditions--Southwest, New
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Navajo Indians
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Cliff-dwellings--Navajo Indian Reservation
- Places
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Forbidding Canyon (Utah)
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Navajo Mountain (Utah and Ariz.)
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Rainbow Lodge (Ariz.)
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San Juan Canyon (Utah)
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Surprise Valley (Utah)
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Navajo Indian Reservation
- People
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Cassoday, Eldon
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Wetherill, Ben
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Kluckhohn, Clyde, 1905-1960
- Organizations
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Garwood Foundation
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Kaiparowitz Plateau Reconnaissance Expedition
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American Museum of Natural History
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New Mexico Archaeological Society
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Milwaukee Journal
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