National Anthropological Archives

Neil Merton Judd photographs relating to Cummings expeditions to Utah and Arizona, 1907-1909

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.4757
Creators:
Judd, Neil Merton, 1887-1976
Dates:
1907-1909
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
46 Prints
silver gelatin
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs made by Neil Merton Judd documenting expeditions and sites in Utah and Arizona, including Augusta Bridge, Rainbow Bridge, Monument Valley, and Navajo Mountain. The photographs also include images of expedition parties from the University of Utah expedition to White Canyon in 1907 (including members Byron Cummings, Dr. E. L. Hewitt, Rev. F. F. Eddy, Fred Scranton, John C. Brown, Neil Judd, Dan Perkins, and Joseph Driggs); Dr. Alfred V. Kidder and "Old Mack" at the University of Utah excavations under Byron Cummings at Alkali Ridge; John Wetherill and Navajo people at his trading post in Oljeto, UT; and the Cummings-Douglass pack train making its way to Rainbow Bridge.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Neil Merton Judd (1887-1976) first studied archeology under his uncle, Byron Cummings, at the University of Utah in 1907. He participated in Cummings' expeditions to White Canyon, Utah (1907); Segi Valley, Arizona (1908); Montezuma Canyon, Utah (1908); and the Cummings-Douglass expedition to Rainbow Natural Bridge (1909). After graduating from the University of Utah (1911), Judd was hired as an aid in anthropology at the Smithsonian's United States National Museum, later becoming assistant curator (1918) and curator of American archeology (1930). Between 1915 and 1920, he conducted numerous archeological investigations in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico for the Bureau of American Ethnology and the United States National Museum. With the support of the National Geographic Society, from 1920 until the 1950s he worked at Pueblo Bonito and other Chaco Canyon sites.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Neil M. Judd in January 1966. Photographs were previously placed in albums with a composite list of titles for MS 4757 and MS 4758.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 4757, Neil Merton Judd photographs of expeditions in Utah and Arizona, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Related photographs from the Cummings expedition held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot R4758.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Anthropological Archives holds Neil Merton Judd's papers.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs by Judd held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 3, Photo Lot 93, and Photo Lot 24.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Other materials relating to Judd held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 7201, MS 2920, MS 4357, MS 7451, MS 4036, MS 7253, Science Service Records, and Records of the Department of Anthropology.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Judd held in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4821, Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Society for American Archaeology records, and collections of personal papers.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 4757

Other Finding Aids note

Other Finding Aids note
Joint inventory with Photo Lot R4758 available in repository.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Arizona Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Utah Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ute Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Basin Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Diné (Navajo) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cummings, Byron, 1860-1954 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hewett, Edgar L. (Edgar Lee), 1865-1946 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kidder, Alfred Vincent, 1885-1963 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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