UUM_P1647.xml Guide to the Laura May Adams Armer photograph collection Armer (Laura May Adams) photograph collection Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2022
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-20. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Laura May Adams Armer photograph collection Armer, Laura Adams, 1874-1963 P1647 1 items 1 box 1920s Laura Adams Armer (1874-1963) was an artist, photographer, and author from California who wrote about and photographed Hopi and Navajo people and culture. This collection contains 1 black-and-white photograph taken by Armer of a Navajo wagon. English .

Laura May Adams Armer was born on January 12, 1874 in Sacramento, California. Between 1893 and 1896, she studied painting and drawing at the California School of Design in San Francisco with Arthur Matthews. She also pursued photography, establishing a photography studio in 1899. In 1902, Laura Adams married Sidney Armer, a fellow artist. Following her marriage, Laura Adams Armer moved her photography studio to Berkeley, California. In the 1920s, Armer became interested in the Native Americans of the Southwest and began photographing and drawing members of the Hopi and Navajo nations on their territory. During this time, Armer began to write children's books about Native American culture which were illustrated with her photographs and art as well as illustrations by her husband, Sydney Armer. In 1932, Armer won the Newbery Medal for her novel Waterless Mountain. Laura Adams Armer died in Humboldt County, California, on March 16, 1963.

The Laura May Adams Armer photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 1 black-and-white photograph of a Navajo wagon. The photograph was taken by Armer in the 1920s.

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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Donated by San Joaquin Historical Society and Museum in 2010.

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 Wagons--West (U.S.)--Photographs Photographs Black-and-white prints (photographs) Navajo Wagon, 1920s 1 1