Photograph album with photographs taken by an unidentified photographer of mining town Ajo, Arizona, 1917-1918. Depicted are copper mining operations at the New Cornelia mine, as well as identified men and women. 9 photographs are attributed to Hadsell Foto; "Hadsell" himself appears in multiple photographs
Description:
Captions in English., Title from front cover., and Place of creation and date from front cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona, Arizona., and Ajo (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Hadsell Foto.
Subject (Topic):
Copper miners, Copper mines and mining, and Mines and mineral resources
Correspondence, loose manuscript and typescript pages, a scrapbook, and two photograph albums related to Samuel M. McCowan’s time as superintendent of the Phoenix Indian School in Phoenix, Arizona, and efforts creating the “Model Indian School” exhibit as part of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri, 1894-1904 and Circa 118 photographs in 2 photograph albums show students of the Phoenix Indian School. A scrapbook with photographs, press releases, and newspaper clippings related to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition documents McCowan’s exhibit and the work completed by students of the Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma. Included is a draft of a speech by McCowan regarding Indigenous education, as well as “Asakeeta” and “A Tale of the Cataract” (essays likely relayed to McCowan by a Samuel Beecher).
Description:
Samuel M. McCowan (1863-1924) was superintendent of the Fort Mojave Industrial School from 1890 to 1896 and Phoenix Indian School from 1897 to 1902 (both in Arizona), as well as the Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma after 1902. In 1904, McCowan was responsible for the “Model Indian School” exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona., Oklahoma., Arizona, Phoenix (Ariz.), and Saint Louis (Mo.)
Subject (Name):
McCowan, Samuel M., Chilocco Indian School., Phoenix Indian School, and Louisiana Purchase Exposition
