Allied and Rural Health Programs - Primary Resources
Try searching the Colorado Plateau Archives for
online access to photographs, documents, and oral histories. Sample searches: public health nurses,
hospitals, Indians of North America--Medical care. See also the Library catalog for forestry materials housed in Cline
Library.
The resources listed below represent a mix of online and physical collections
located in Cline Library's Special Collections. See also Arizona Archives Online for collection inventories related a variety of topics held by Northern Arizona University, Arizona State University, and the University of Arizona
Oral History Collections
Photographic Collections
- Barker, Florence Collection, NAU.PH.226
- Life as a Plymouth Brethern Missionary Nurse for the Navajo Reservation, Emanuel Mission, AZ, 1911-1914; Valentine, AZ, Hualapai Reservaton, 1922-1932; Supai, AZ, Havasupai Reservation, 1932-1939; Acoma and Laguna Reservations, New Mexico, 1938-1960. See also Florence Barker Manuscript Collection.
- Brown, Bahl, and Watson Collection, NAU.PH.92.14
- collection offers insights into some facets of Public Health Nursing and life on Native American Reservations. The bulk of this collection pertains to the Navajo tribe and dates from the 1950s and 1960s. Brown, Bahl, and Watson Collectin Guide is available online. See also Brown, Bahl, and Watson Manuscript Collection.
- Evaneshko, Veronica Collection, NAU.PH.2003.19
- Veronica Evaneshko Collection Guide is available online. See also Veronica Evaneshko Manuscript Collection.
Manuscript Collections
- Barker, Florence Collection, NAU manuscript collection #10
- Missionary nurse who had contact with the Navajo, Havasupai, Acoma, and Laguna Reservations. Diaries, 1922-1927 (Immanuel Mission, Navajo Reservation), also contains some copied textual material of interest concerning the Immanuel Mission during the 1920s. See also Florence Barker Photograph Collection.
- Brown, Bahl, and Watson Collection, NAU manuscript collection #269
- Indian Health Service concerned with public health issues among the Native American peoples, with emphasis on the Navajo Tribe. Correspondence, manuscript, questionnaires, personal reminiscences, articles, essays, government doucments. Brown, Bahl, and Watson Collectin Guide is available online. See also Brown, Bahl, and Watson Photograph Collection.
- Evaneshko, Veronica Collection, NAU manuscript collection #344
- Collection consists of numerous published resources on diabetes, especially related to the Navajo, Medical reports on other tribes are also included. There is data on all aspects of American Indian health, such as culture mores and sanctions, and strategies and programs on how to introduce Western medicine gradually by mixing the traditional and the "comtemporary." The bulk of the materials contain teaching tutorials and weight management guides for communities. Veronica Evaneshko Collection Guide is available online. See also Veronica Evaneshko Photograph Collection.
- A.F. Whiting Collection, NAU manuscript collection #25
- The Whiting Collection consists of over 55,000 pages of field notes and papers on many Native American tribes of the Southwest. Much of the information and field notes relate to botony, medicine, and health care. Tribes represented in the collection include the Hopi, Navajo and Apache, and Havasupai. The materials represent a treasure trove of original information on several southwestern Native American groups. The A.F. Whiting Collection Guide is available online.
- Navajo Environmental Issues Collection, NAU manuscript collection #282
- The Navajo Environmental Issues Collection pertains to environmental issues important to the Navajo Nation. The collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, and articles on topics ranging from asbestos dumps to water issues. Navajo Environemntal Issues Collection Guide available online.
- Camp Navajo Environmental Restoration Collection, NAU manuscript collection #304
- Reports consist of environmental impact assessment and analysis of past land use and constructions at Camp Navajo. Studies prepared by the Army Corps of Engineers and Tetra Tech. Specific reports include remedial investigation, geophysical and environmental surveys, contamination risk assessments, feasibility studies, and site closure decisions pertaining to landfills, ground water, ammunition and drum burial sites, and open burn areas. Camp Navajo Environmental Restoration Collection is available online.
- Babbitt, George Collection, NAU manuscript collection #255
- Includes handwritten recipe book from the late 1800s containing many recipes fur cures, often for farm animals. George Babbitt Collection Guide available online.
- Coconino County Records, AHS-NAD manuscript collection #50
- Includes extensive records of the 1918 flu epidemic. Coconino County Collection Guide available online.
Published Resources
- Tuberculosis among certain Indian tribes of the United States,by Ales Hrdlicka. Government Printing Office, 1909.
- The Indian's secret of health : or, What the white race may learn from the Indian / by George Wharton James. Pasedena, Calif. : The Radiant Life Press, c1917.
- Risk-taking, decision-making, health knowledge, cultural involvement, and cultural identity in Native American adolescents by Julieann Pankey.
- IHS introduction to type 2 diabetes : a guide for health care providers. U.S. Government Document.
- Native foods and herbs to reduce diabetes : prickly pear, a sweet treat safe for people with diabetes / [editors Gary Nabhan, Tony Joe, Jeremy McClain ; contributors Ron Redsteer, Louella Holter].
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