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Call number	NAU.PH.120
Creator	Day family
Title	Day Family Collection
Date	1880-1945
Type	Image
Description	The Day Family had extensive ties to northeastern Arizona. These 88 images cover a wide array of subjects and people. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Samuel Edward Day (1845-1925) was born in Ohio. He married Anna Burbridge in 1878. Day was a civil engineer by trade and came to the southwest in 1879 surveying the first rail line to ascend Pikes Peak. In 1884 he moved to Arizona Territory, Apache County, homesteading a ranch in the area known as Cienega Amarilla, southwest of present day Window Rock. When St. Michael's Mission was established in the 1890's, Day persuaded the priests to school his children, while they, in exchange, taught the priests Navajo.In 1900 Charles Day, the oldest son, left the ranch to begin trading at the Bill Beaver Trading Post near Chinle. In 1901 Samuel Day sold the ranch to assist Charles, then built the trading post which still stands at Canyon de Chelly. Charles Day was appointed by the Department of the Interior in 1903 as custodian of the Canyon de Chelly and del Muerto to prevent unauthorized excavations. He served as Navajo guide, interpreter and educator to Edward S. Curtis, author and photographer of The North American, a 20 volume classic. Charles helped preserve Navajo culture by translating many important myths, chants, ceremonials and children's stories from Navajo into English. A U.S. Marshall, Day died in an automobile accident in 1918. Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), also a trader and later a Forest Service employee, was one of the first Anglos to reproduce Navajo sand paintings in a permanent form, on paper and wood using adhesives. He also served as adviser to the Fred Harvey Company on the use of Indian symbols and designs for the Harvey Hotels.
Collection name	Day family
Finding aid	http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/Day_family.xml
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	Digital surrogates are the property of the repository. Reproduction requires permission.
Subjects	Day, Andrew Van Patton Day, Anna, 1872-1932 Day, James R. Day, Samuel E. Tibbets, Lillian Wessentimer, Clyde Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company Cowboys--Arizona Farm tractors--Arizona Steam locomotives--Arizona
Places	Fort Defiance (Ariz.) Lukachukai (Ariz.) Navajo (Ariz.) St. Michaels (Ariz.)
Placement	0
Master compression	No Compression

Call number	NAU.PH.120.1
Item number	106896
Creator	Day family
Title	NAU.PH.120.1
Date	1880-1945
Type	Image
Collection name	Day Family
Finding aid	http://aao.lib.asu.edu/ViewRecordFrame.jsp?record=0000000347
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	Digital surrogates are the property of the repository. Reproduction requires permission.
Subjects	Day, Andrew Van Patton Day, Anna, 1872-1932 Day, James R. Day, Samuel E. Tibbets, Lillian Wessentimer, Clyde Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company Cowboys--Arizona Farm tractors--Arizona Steam locomotives--Arizona
Physical format	Gelatin Silver print (black and white)
Physical dimension	3x5 inches
Placement	1
Master file name	106896.tif
Master file creation date	2008-04-10
Master file size	26469760
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	1200
Master compression	No Compression
Master pixels horizontal	5805
Master pixels vertical	4556

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