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Letters to George and Thea Heye from Lorenzo Chavez and other Zuni Pueblo Indians

 Collection — huntington box: 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9062

Scope and content

Includes letters from Lorenzo Chavez, Natusey, Tom Kawaya, Harry Shusta, Herman Fryling, Bessie C. Boomshe, and others. Typed diary of a visit to New York City by Lorenzo Chavez and Waihusiwa, who stayed with Mr. and Mrs. George Heye, January to February 1923, includes description of places visited, including the Mauretania. Newspaper clippings covering the visit and a treatment of Chavez's blindness. Correspondence from Zuni Mission Station Day School from Herman Fryling.

Dates

  • 1916-1930.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

George Heye was the President of the Museum of the American Indian.

Extent

1 folders. (1 folder.)

Language of Materials

English

Ownership and Custodial History

Provenance: Huntington Free Library. Notes on the visit of Zuni Indians to New York City found among Mrs. Heye's effects and turned over to the HFL by Mr. Burnett, October 1935.

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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