Maureen Trudelle Schwarz papers, 1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Schwarz, Maureen Trudelle, 1952-
Title
Maureen Trudelle Schwarz papers
Dates
1992 (inclusive)
Quantity
.42 cu. ft. (1 box containing 18 audio cassettes (90 min. each); 18 transcripts)
Collection Number
2696-112 (Accession No. 2696-112-01)
Summary
Interview audiotapes and transcripts done for an anthropologist's research on Navajo views of Kinaalda, the female puberty ceremony
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
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Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Maureen Trudelle Schwarz (Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University) is a cultural anthropologist who studies medical and religious forms of identity. Her most current cluster of research and writing projects focus on how indigenous people accommodate biomedical technologies within the context of medical and religious pluralism. More specifically, she looks at how Native Americans use notions about the body to reinforce collective identity. Schwarz's dissertation "Molded in the Image of Changing Woman: Navajo Views on the Human Body and Personhood" was published by the University of Arizona Press in 1997 and focuses on how oral history informs Navajo conceptions of the body and personhood, showing how these conceptions are central to an ongoing Navajo identity.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Interview audiotapes and transcripts from Maureen Trudelle Schwarz’s research on Navajo views of Kinaaldá, the female puberty ceremony; 1992. Also includes a typed list audio tapes and transcriptions, and entries of her journal of the research period; summer 1992. This collection of interviews connects to Schwarz’s past work with the Navajo tribe, where she previously interviewed Navajo women about the role of traditional attire in contemporary ceremonial life the year prior. For her 1992 research involving the Kinaaldá ceremony, Schwarz interviews these same women, centering their remembrances and attitudes toward their own experiences with the ceremony. The researcher spent six weeks in Dinétah (the traditional homeland of the Navajo tribe), where she was also involved in helping with the preparation of the ceremony. Aiming to develop a historical perspective on the changes in the role of the Kinaaldá over the last 50 to 70 years, Schwarz included two to three generations of women from each Navajo family involved in her research project.

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1 Interview with Mae Charley
1 audio cassette
Tape #17; Location: Rock Point, Arizona
July 15, 1992
1 Interview with Oscar and Opal Tso
1 audio cassette
Tape #18; Location: White Valley
July 18, 1992
1 Interview with Irene Kee
3 audio cassettes
Tapes #19-21; Location: Crystal, New Mexico
August 3-4, 1992
1 Interview with Mae Bekis
1 audio cassette
Tape #22; Location: Lukachukai, Arizona
August 5, 1992
1 Interview with Naakai Tso
2 audio cassettes
Tapes #23-24; Location: Tsaile, Arizona
August 8, 1992
1 Interview with Oscar Tso
1 audio cassette
Tape #25; Location: Many Farms, Arizona
August 9, 1992
1 Interview with Ursula Knoki-Wilson
1 audio cassette
Tape #26; Location: Hinle, Arizona
August 10, 1992
1 Interview with Raymond Sorrell
1 audio cassette
Tape #27; Location: Upper Greasewood, Arizona
August 13, 1992
1 Interview with Harry Walters
1 audio cassette
Tape #28; Location: Tsaile, Arizona
August 18, 1992
1 Interview with David Harrison and Steven Billie
1 audio cassette
Tape #29; Location: Tsaile, Arizona
August 18, 1992
1 Interview with Sunny Dooley
3 audio cassettes
Tapes #31-33; Location: Gallup, New Mexico
August 19-21, 1992
1 Interview with Sadie Billie
1 audio cassette
Tape #34; Location: Tsaile, Arizona
August 24, 1992
Box/Folder
1/1 Schwarz's Journal
1 document
Typed entries of Maureen Schwarz's daily field notes (June 28 - July 2, 1992)
1992
1/2 List of audio tapes and transcriptions
1 document
List of materials submitted to the University of Washington's Library Division of Archives
1/3 Transcriptions of tapes #17-19
3 documents
1/4 Transcriptions of tapes #20-23
4 documents
1/5 Transcriptions of tapes #24-29
6 documents
1/6 Transcriptions of tapes #30-34
5 documents

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Schwarz, Maureen Trudelle, 1952- (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • Jacobs Research Fund (creator)