Milton Snow photographs of Window Rock, Arizona
Content Description
Contains 11 black and white photographs of Window Rock, Arizona taken by Milton Snow. They were taken between 1937 and 1957, when Snow was hired by the Navajo Service to create a photographic department, and to document U.S.—Navajo relations.
Dates
- approximately 1937-1957
Creator
- Snow, Milton (photographer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research; Kept in Cold storage requires 24 hour advanced notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Milton Snow photographs of Window Rock, Arizona must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Milton Snow is an early 1900's photographer from Alabama.
Milton Snow (1905-1986) was born on April 9, 1905 to Maud and Joseph Snow. He attended Riverside Junior College, where he studied photography, English, zoology, and geology. He began his career as an archaeological photographer, working in Arizona, California, and Utah. In his later career, he was employed to create a Navajo Service photograph department. He built his own dark room. It was in the basement of the Navajo Service Employee's Club in Window Rock Arizona. He worked there for 20 years. Snow retired in 1957. He passed away in March of 1986 in Bernalillo, New Mexico.
Extent
1 folder (0.05 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection purchased from Ron Lerner on March 29, 2016.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
General
Title control number: a6670137.
Source
- Lerner, Ron (Person)
- Title
- Register of Milton Snow photographs of Window Rock, Arizona
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Deven Hunsaker
- Date
- 2018 October 22
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States