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Ute Indians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

William F. Hanson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 299
Scope and Contents

Indian opera productions composed by Hanson, musical scores, research material, and scrapbooks and photos based on ceremonies and music of the Ute Indians of Colorado and Utah. Operas included are: "Sun Dance," produced in New York City, 1938, "Bear Dance," and "The Bleeding Heart," a white man's fantasy of an imaginary Indian people who lived at the base of Mount Timpanogos in Utah.

Dates: 1913-1962
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William F. Hanson papers

William F. Hanson photographs

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232592367]
Identifier: MSS 5983
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 65 photographs and 102 negatives (and prints from those negatives) from William F. Hanson. Most of the photographs and negatives are duplicates of material found in the William F. Hanson Papers (MSS 229) and the William F. Hanson Collection (MSS 3340). The images are mainly of Indian opera productions composed by Hanson and of the Ute Indians of Colorado and Utah, as well as several photographs of William F. Hanson himself.

Dates: approximately 1913-1962
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William F. Hanson photographs

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