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Anne M. Smith papers, 1936-1980
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Smith, Anne M. (Anne Milne), 1900-1981
- Title
- Anne M. Smith papers
- Dates
- 1936-1980 (inclusive)19361980
- Quantity
- 6.25 linear feet, (13 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2829
- Summary
- The Anne M. Smith papers (1936-1980) primarily stem from material gathered by Dr. Smith in 1936 and 1937 in the course of field work conducted among the Native American peoples of the Great Basin, the Ute Tribe in particular.
- Repository
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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
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Anne "Nan" Millspaugh Smith (1900-1981) was born in New York City and was educated at Cornell University (B.A., 1922) and Yale University (M.A., 1937; Ph.D., 1940) where she pursued a doctorate in anthropology under the tutelage of Edward Sapir and Leslie Spier. In 1936 and 1937, as part of her studies, she traveled to the Intermountain West where she conducted interviews with the elder members of local Native American Tribes, the Ute of the Uinta and Ouray Reservation in particular. Along with her secondary research--record of which is included in this collection--Dr. Smith's findings from this period form the basis both of her master's thesis, The material Culture of the Northern Ute and her doctoral dissertation, An Analysis of Basin Mythology. In preparation of this work, Dr. Smith compiled the tales she had collected in an unpublished multi-volume manuscript (c.f. boxes twelve and thirteen). In the years that followed, two separate publications would make more widely available the valuable information gathered by Smith in this period: Ethnography of the Northern Utes in 1974 and an abridged collection of myths, Ute Tales in 1992.
After receiving her Ph.D., Dr. Smith joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico Field School, staying on as a special lecturer until 1941. In 1939 she married Eastburn Smith. Early in World War II, the couple directed the local War Relocation Authority, but resigned after only a year in protest of the treatment of Japanese internees. From 1957-1960 and from 1962 until her retirement in 1965 Dr. Smith worked as curator at the Museum of New Mexico.
Throughout a varied career both in and outside academia, Dr. Smith's commitment to various causes affecting Native Americans was a constant. In the 1950s, she was an expert witness in the Uinta and Ouray Reservation's Land Claims lawsuit against the Federal Government. She worked with numerous state and non-profit organizations treating issues that affected New Mexico's Native American populations.
References:
Marilyn Ogilvie and Joy Harvey, eds., The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science (New York: Routledge, 2000), 1201-1202.
Joseph Jorgensen, Forward to Ute Tales, Anne M. Smith and Alden Hayes, Collectors. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1992.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Anne M. Smith papers consist of field notebooks, manuscripts, subject files and tales organized by tribe and region.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Don D. Fowler in 2014.
Processing Note
Processed by Matthew Weathered in 2015.
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Separated Materials
Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Archives in Special Collections.
Related Materials
Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
General materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence |
1936-1978 |
| 1 | 2 | Nevada diary |
1939 |
| 1 | 3 | "Cultural Differences and Similarities Between Uintah and White River" |
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| 1 | 4 | Untitled Ute ethnographic sketch and clipping |
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| 1 | 5 | Laboratory of Anthropology, Ute specimens |
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| 1 | 6 | Linguistic and kinship system material |
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| 1 | 7 | Maps |
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| 1 | 8 | Notes on Beals' "The Comparative Ethnology of Northern Mexico Before 1750" |
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| 1 | 9 | "The Northern Ute"
Paper read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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| 1 | 10 | Navajo Education Conference |
1965 |
| 1 | 11 | Pueblo-Apache population materials |
1964-1965 |
| 1 | 12 | J. Alden Hayes correspondence and ethnographic notes |
1938 |
| 1 | 13 | University of Utah Press correspondence |
1972-1980 |
| 1 | 14 | First draft introduction |
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| 1 | 15 | Ute vocabulary |
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| 1 | 16 | Miscellaneous ethnographic material |
Field notebooks, 1936-1937Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1-3 | Volumes 1-11 |
1936 |
| 2 | 4-5 | Volumes 1-6 |
1937 |
| 3 | 1-2 | Volumes 7-12 |
1937 |
| 3 | 3 | Volumes 14-19 |
1937 |
| 3 | 4 | Volumes 20-21 and 23-25 |
1937 |
| 3 | 5 | Assorted notebooks |
Subject filesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Bands |
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| 4 | 2 | Southwestern basketry |
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| 4 | 3 | Baskets, pottery, containers |
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| 4 | 4 | Clothing |
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| 4 | 5 | Dances |
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| 4 | 6 | Food/cooking |
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| 4 | 7 | Games |
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| 4 | 8 | Genealogies |
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| 4 | 9 | Hunting and fishing |
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| 4 | 10 | Manufactures |
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| 4 | 11 | Marriage |
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| 4 | 12 | Peyote |
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| 4 | 13 | Pregnancy and birth |
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| 5 | 1 | Shamanism |
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| 5 | 2 | Shelter |
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| 5 | 3 | Social organization |
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| 5 | 4 | Sun dance |
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| 5 | 5 | War |
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| 5 | 6 | Weapons |
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| 5 | 7-11 | Assorted notes by subject |
1936-1937 |
Tales organized by tribe and regionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 6 | 1 | Tales by tribe and region
Headings include: Paviotso, Uncompahgre and Ute.
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| 6 | 2 | Tales by tribe and region
Headings include: Southern Ute, Uintah Ute and White River Ute.
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| 6 | 3 | Tales by tribe and region
Headings include: Southern Paiute, Owens Valley Paiute and Western Shoshone.
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| 6 | 4 | Tales by tribe and region
Headings include: Panamint, Goshute, Northern Paiute, Kawaiisu and Walapai.
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| 6 | 5 | Tales by tribe and region
Headings include: Northern Shoshone, Wind River Shoshone, Washo, Chemehuevi and Arapaho.
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| 7 | 1 | Tales by tribe
Headings include: Blackfeet and Thompson.
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| 7 | 2 | Tales by tribe
Headings include: Zuni and Apache.
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| 7 | 3 | Tales by tribe
Headings include: Kutenai, Pomo and Yokuts.
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| 7 | 4 | Assorted reading notes |
Bibliographies, reading notes and sketchesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | Ute bibliography |
1952-1959 |
| 8 | 2 | J.W. Powell microfilm |
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| 8 | 3 | Notes and sketches |
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| 8 | 4-5 | Reading notes |
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| 8 | 6-7 | Peter Gottfredson, Indian Depredations in Utah reading notes |
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| 8 | 8-9 | Notes from reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and other material |
1860-1961 |
| 8 | 10 | Field notes of Edward Sapir |
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| 8 | 11-12 | Newspaper clippings |
1966 |
Citations on notecardsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 9 | 1-2 | Citations |
| 10 | 1-6 | Citations |
Uintah Ute Indians of Utah v. The United States of America, trial materials, 1949-1957Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1-3 | Briefs |
1949-1957 |
| 11 | 4 | Bound brief |
1954 |
| 11 | 5 | Uintah Ute trial notes |
1952 |
| 11 | 6 | Summaries, notes and correspondence |
1951-1957 |
Manuscript materials, 1949-1957Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1-2 |
Great Basin Myths, manuscript |
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| 12 | 3 |
Northern Ute Myths, volume 1 |
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| 12 | 4 |
Northern Ute Myths, volume 2 |
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| 12 | 5-6 | Assorted myths |
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| 12 | 7 | Shoshone myths, Owhyee |
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| 13 | 1-3 | "Great Basin Myths" |
General materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Box | |
| 14 | Maps
Contains maps of various regions in Utah and New Mexico.
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Apache Indians--Folklore
- Arapaho Indians--Folklore
- Chemehuevi Indians--Folklore
- Gosiute Indians--Folklore
- Hualapai Indians--Folklore
- Indians of North America--Great Basin--Folklore
- Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Folklore
- Kawaiisu Indians--Folklore
- Kootenai Indians--Folklore
- Northern Paiute Indians--Folklore
- Ntlakyapamuk Indians--Folklore
- Paiute Indians--Folklore
- Panamint Indians--Folklore
- Pomo Indians--Folklore
- Shoshoni Indians--Folklore
- Sihasapa Indians--Folklore
- Southern Paiute Indians--Folklore
- Tabeguache Indians--Folklore
- Uinta Indians--Folklore
- Ute Indians
- Ute Indians--Folklore
- Washoe Indians--Folklore
- Women anthropologists--United States--Archives
- Women college teachers--United States--Archives
- Women folklorists--United States--Archives
- Yokuts Indians--Folklore
- Zuni Indians--Folklore
Personal Names
- Smith, Anne M. (Anne Milne), 1900-1981--Archives
Geographical Names
- Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah)--Trials, litigation, etc.--Sources
- Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah
Form or Genre Terms
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Field notes
- Folk tales
- Law Materials
- Maps
- Records and briefs
- Trial and arbitral proceedings
Finding aid created by Matthew Weathered
2015 (last modified: 2018)
