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Call number	NAU.PH.2008.23.10
Item number	109781
Creator	Noble, Thomas
Title	Little Fellow-Called by the whites 'Two Pound Sammy'
Alternate title	Cozy McSparron's photo album containing portraits of Navajo men in the 1940's.
Date	1940-1949
Type	Image
Description	BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Leon Hugh (Cozy) McSparron was born in 1894 in Gallup, New Mexico. Growing up near the Navajo Reservation, Cozy became an early Navajo speaker. Former Thunderbird Ranch owner, Hartley Seymour, urged Cozy McSparron to move to Chinle to train Seymour to box. Cozy began working at Thunderbird Ranch and in the 1920's, bought out Hartley Seymour thus becoming the owner of the trading post. Thunderbird Ranch (now Thunderbird Lodge) is located 400 meters south of the mouth of Canyon de Chelly. Cozy and his wife, Inja McSparron, are credited for encouraging Navajo weavers at that time to return to the use of vegetable dyes in wool dying. They are also credited for influencing better quality weaving of Navajo rugs in the Chinle area. Cozy McSparron raised his family, which included his two daughters, Laramie and Marion McSparron in Chinle, Arizona. He retired from Thunderbird Ranch in 1956, selling the trading post to the Navajo Tribe. He died November 1, 1959. Dr. Thomas Noble, Jr. of Indianapolis, Indiana was a frequent visitor to Thunderbird Ranch in the 1920's. He was a medical doctor and the photographer of the portraits of the Navajo men. Later in Cozy's life, he became a patient of Dr. Noble.
Collection name	McSparron, Cozy
Language	English
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	ABOR
Subjects	Navajo Indians--Arizona Navajo Indians--Portraits
Physical format	Gelatin Silver print (black and white)
Physical dimension	11x14 inches
Master file size	56631516
Master mimetype	image/tiff
Master file format	tif
Hardware	Epson Expression 10000XL scanner
Software	Photoshop 9.0
Master color scheme	Grayscale
Master image bit depth	8-bit
Master resolution	600
Master pixels horizontal	6666
Master pixels vertical	8492

Little Fellow-Called by the whites 'Two Pound Sammy'

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