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Photographer Helen Post is best known for her images of Indigenous Americans of the Southwest—Jicarilla Apache, Diné (Navajo), Hopi, and others—during her travels in the 1940s. The Helen Post Papers cover the years 1938 to 1975 but are primarily from the 1940s. The collection consists of:
- Native American materials: includes documentation of Indigenous customs and rituals, sizes and locations of reservations, and the health conditions of those living on the reservations, four short stories by Eugene Wounded Horse and typed manuscripts for Brave-Against-the-Enemy
- Professional materials: commissions for portraiture and advertising that are documented through negatives and prints
Artworks
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"Articles in Indians At Work on New York Indians." n.d., n.d.
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"False Faces and Fast Footwork." Articles on festivals. n.d., n.d.
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"Model.", n.d.
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"Party time." Permission agreement on back., n.d.
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"Ted Drier.", n.d.
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"Ted." Permission agreement on back., n.d.
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"The Rector and the Finance specialist in a moment of concentration." Permission agreement on back., n.d.
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"The regular farmer and anxious willing and strong help." Permission agreement on back., n.d.
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487 Pine Ridge (C.C.H.S.) Senior boy, Allan Cottier, works on dehorning. n.d., n.d.
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A man's face., n.d.
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Acknowledgment of Trude Fleischmann. n.d., n.d.
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Address label to Helen Modley from Farb-Foto-Frank. n.d., n.d.
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Annotation of photographs. n.d., n.d.
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Arthur C. Parker, Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, Rochester, New York, to Helen M. Post. n.d., n.d.
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Article. "New York Mohawks Request Independent Sovereignty." n.d., n.d.
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Arts and Crafts feature for Denver Post. n.d., n.d.
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Autobiographical notes. n.d., n.d.
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Black Mountain College Notebook North Carolina. Scrapbook with photos., n.d.
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Book dedication. n.d., n.d.
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Book jacket flap about D'Arcy McNickle. n.d., n.d.
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