E. Richard Hart audio-visual collection, 1930-2003

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Hart, E. Richard
Title
E. Richard Hart audio-visual collection
Dates
1930-2003 (inclusive)
bulk 1982-1990 (bulk)
Quantity
66 audiocassettes, 8 VHS videocassettes, 13 U-matic videocassettes, 1 phonograph record, and 1 compact disc
Collection Number
A0377
Summary
The E. Richard Hart audio-visual collection (1970-2003) consists of audio and video recordings relating to the history Native Americans and the American West. Hart is an author and researcher associated with the American West Center (Salt Lake City, Utah), the Institute of the American West (Sun Valley, Idaho) and the Institute of the North American West (Seattle, Washington). He has served as an expect witness in several federal court cases involving land claims by the Zuni, some of which are represented in this collection.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

E. Richard Hart is an historian of the American West. He was associated with the American West Center at the University of Utah from 1969 to 1975. From 1979 to 1984, he was director of the Institute of the American West at Sun Valley, Idaho. He was editor for several publications resulting from conferences held by the Institute. In 1984, Hart helped to establish the Institute of the North American West in Seattle, Washington. He has also served as an expect witness in several federal court cases involving land claims by the Zuni Indians.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The E. Richard Hart audio-visual collection (1970-2003) consists largely of audio and video recordings relating to the history Native Americans in the American West, including documentaries, songs and several items pertain to Zuni land claims.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The materials are arranged by format type. Audiocassettes, videocassettes and phonograph records are followed by an addendum of 4 items added in 2002.

Related Materials

See also the E. Richard Hart papers (Accn 1251) and the Doris Duke Indian oral history project audio recordings (A0001) and transcripts (Ms 417), which were compiled by the American West Center.

Processing Note

Processed by Summer Zemp in 1995.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Audiocassettes, 1970-1988Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
cassette
1-3
Indian self-rule: fifty years under the Indian Reorganization Act

Audiocassette
Produced by Western Media Concepts.
undated
4
American originals

Audiocassette
Produced by the National Humanities Center.
undated
5-6
Westroots 2: agriculture

Audiocassette
Produced by Western Media Concepts.
1984 September 07
7-9
Walpi 300 years of change

Audiocassette
Side 1 Walpi restoration project Side 2 Dr. Fred Eggan, cultural relationship Dr. Chuck Adams project Side 3 Dr. Chuck Adams Bill Fields, project engineer Emery Sekaquaptewa Side 4 Emery Sekaquaptewa (continued) Side 5 Alvin Dashee, Hopi Housing Authority
undated
10
John Gray

Audiocassette
1988 April 05
11-13
Zuni Tribal Council

Audiocassette
1986 January 22
14-16
Kotuwala:Wa

Audiocassette
undated
17
Tlep to Zuni

Audiocassette
1981 May
18
Zuni Ceremony

Audiocassette
1985 November 11
19
Alex Seowtewa

Audiocassette
April 01
20
Notes

Audiocassette
1986 February 13
21
First person radio

Audiocassette
KUER radio audition tape
1983 February 10
22
Zuni

Audiocassette
1986 October 27
23
Zuni comments, politics

Audiocassette
1985 June 17
24
Zuni SK ceremony

Audiocassette
1985 November 11
25
Wesley Hall

Audiocassette
1981 September 04
26
Dave McKenney: boar dance songs and round range songs

Audiocassette
undated
27
Great Basin Indians

Audiocassette
undated
28
Northern Rockies Folk Festival (NRFF) songs

Audiocassette
August 06
29-30
Governor Lewis

Audiocassette
1982 March 16
31-35
Seowtewa

Audiocassette
1970 October 07; 1980 October 08
36-37
Weskema Eriako, Gabriel Pinto

Audiocassette
undated
38-58
Zuni History Conference

Audiocassette
Master copies and duplicates.
undated
59-60
Zuni tapes 1-2

Audiocassette
1984 April 03
61-62
Zuni tapes 3-4

Audiocassette
Kothliwalawa
1984 April 03
63-65
Zuni statements

Audiocassette
Tape 1: Statement from religious leaders Tape 2: Zuni statements Tape 3: Statements
1984 April 03

Videocassettes, 1982-1990Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
cassette
1
Winds of change

VHS videocassette
1988 March 09
2
From stump to stump

VHS videocassette
A 1930 logging film with transcript.
1930
3
A request for the return of the Zuni war gods from the Brooklyn Museum

VHS videocassette
1990 September 28
4
GIS Language System

VHS videocassette
undated
5
Zuni Settlement Act

VHS videocassette
1990 February 09
6
A strand in the web

VHS videocassette
Directed by Valerie Weaver (professional name Madeleine Muir).
undated
7-8
Duck Valley: harvest of hope

U-matic videocassette
KAID-TV, Boise, Idaho
undated
9
Next year country

U-matic videocassette
1982 January 08
10-11
That awesome space

U-matic videocassette
Produced by the Institute of the American West.
undated
12-13
Future of agriculture in the Rocky Mountains

U-matic videocassette
Produced by the Institute of the American West.
undated
14-15
Western songs

U-matic videocassette
Northern Rockies Folk Festival series on KBGL-TV
undated
16
Women performing folk songs

U-matic videocassette
Northern Rockies Folk Festival series on KBGL-TV
undated
17
Traditional songs

U-matic videocassette
Northern Rockies Folk Festival series on KBGL-TV
undated
18
Southern folk songs

U-matic videocassette
Northern Rockies Folk Festival series on KBGL-TV
undated
19
Duck Valley

U-matic videocassette
Broadcast master
undated

Phonograph recordsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
disc
1
Soy Mexicano: traditional Mexican-American music from Southern Idaho

Phonograph record
Side A: Hasta Garras Dejenme Llorar Nampa Corrido de Santos Hernandez Hace un Ano Rio Rebelde Las Gaviotas Side B: Flor del Campo Palomito Orgulloso El Becerro Cruz de Olvido Soy Mexicano Cien Ovejas Hasta Garras
undated

Addendum, 2002Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
cassette
1
False promises: the lost land of the Wenatchi

VHS videocassetste
A film by Rustin Thompson narrated by Jackie O'Ryan. Story based on historical research by E. Richard Hart. Running time 56:40.
2001
2
False promises: the lost land of the Wenatchi (short version)

VHS videocassette
Running time 13:30.
2001
disc
3
False promises: the lost land of the Wenatchi (soundtrack)

Compact disc
All compositions copyright of Salamander Music.
2001
cassette
4
E. Richard Hart interview with Laura Lee Northcott

Audiocassette
Hart discusses his book Pedro Pino: Governor of Zuni Pueblo 1830-1878. Broadcast on KVLR-FM, Twisp, Washington.
2003 November 08

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Zuni Indians--Claims
  • Zuni Indians--History
  • Zuni Indians--Land tenure

Corporate Names

  • Institute of the American West
  • Institute of the North American West

Geographical Names

  • Duck Valley Indian Reservation (Idaho and Nev.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Moving images
  • Sound recordings