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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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Notes on Mrs. A. H. R. and Mr. H. R. n.d., ca. 1938
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Notes on numbering of photographs and description of photo subjects. n.d., n.d.
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Notes on photo subjects, council members. n.d., n.d.
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Notes on photo subjects. n.d., n.d.
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Notes on photos of Indians in films. n.d., n.d.
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Notes on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. n.d., n.d.
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Notes on talk with Aschi Mike. n.d., n.d.
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Notes on Tribal Council meetings, houses. n.d., n.d.
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Notes on weavers photographs. n.d., n.d.
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Office of Indian Affairs press release on annual treaty payment to New York Indians. November 11, 1939., November 11, 1939
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Office of Indian Affairs press release on Seneca claim on Niagara River. November 30, 1939., November 30, 1939
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Otto Kallir, Galerie St. Etienne, Inc., New York, New York, to John Collier. November 11, 1940., November 11, 1940
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Paul F. Fickinger, Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., to Helen M. Post. July 10, 1939., July 10, 1939
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Paul L. Fickinger, Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., to Helen M. Post. August 6, 1941., August 6, 1941
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Paul L. Fickinger, Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., to Helen M. Post. February 21, 1941., February 21, 1941
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Paul L. Fickinger, Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., to Helen M. Post. October 10, 1940., October 10, 1940
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Paul L. Fickinger, Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., to Helen M. Post. October 5, 1940., October 5, 1940
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People gathered around a microscope. "Ells 15 P.M" handwritten on back., n.d.
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People looking at a student's work. (1), n.d.
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People looking at a student's work. (2) Permission agreement on back., n.d.
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