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MSN Encarta - Literature Guide - Waterless Mountain Laura Adams Armer was born on January 12, 1874, in Sacramento, California. Her family moved to San Francisco when Armer was young, and she attended public and private schools there until the age of 16, when she was forced to continue her schooling at home because of ill health. Because San Francisco was an ethnic melting pot, Armer became infatuated at a young age with the various customs and traditions to which she was exposed. encarta.msn.com /sidebar_701712216/Waterless_Mountain.html   (137 words)

Laura Adams Armer - Footnotes Armer was an exhibitor at the San Francisco Photographic Salons of 1901,1902, and 1903, and active in numerous salons in the early 1920s. Laura Armer to Eugene L. Conrotto, December 27, 1859, quoted in Eugene L. Conrotto, "Armer: Letters," MA thesis (Stanislaus: California State College, 1978), p. Laura Adams Armer to Lorenzo Hubbell, October 18, 1928, Manuscript Division, University of Arizona, Tucson. www.cla.purdue.edu /WAAW/palmquist/Photographers/Armerfn.htm   (496 words)

Laura Adams Armer - Waterless Mountain The Navajo called Laura Adams Armer "the woman who wears the turquoise" and "hard-working woman." She was the first white woman to have a sand painting prepared in her honor and the first permitted to film the sacred Mountain Chant ceremony (1928) for distribution as a feature-length movie. As a child, Laura was considered "puny" and "dreamy" and was doted on by her mother. Laura doted on Austin, and he became the nude child pictured in many of her art photographs until, at age sixteen, he finally rebelled. www.cla.purdue.edu /WAAW/Palmquist/Photographers/ArmerEssay2.htm   (2003 words)

Expert About ar:Armer Armer, Laura Adams "A Navajo Sand Painting," University of California Chronicle (July 1925), pp. ARMER is designed to provide statewide radio coverage to state, county, city public safety officers, and government workers. Armer was appointed Chief Fingerprint Officer for Cumbria. www.expertsite.biz /dir/ar/armer.htm   (854 words)

Additional references about Nyro, Laura (from Nyro, Laura) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia Laura has traditionally been identified as Laura de Noves of Avignon (now in France), a married woman and a mother; but since Petrarch gives no clues as to who she was, several other Lauras have also... U.S. poet, critic, and prose writer Laura Riding was influential among the literary avant-garde during the 1920s and 1930s. When she was in her 60s, Laura Ingalls Wilder took her daughter's advice and began writing about her life as a pioneer child. www.britannica.com /ebi/article-213222   (750 words)

Armer, Laura Adams --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia Laura Adams was born on Jan. 12, 1874, in Sacramento, Calif. After studying art at the California School of Design in the 1890s, she married in 1902 and spent the next 20 years caring for her family. The town of North Adams is 5 miles (8 kilometers) to the north. During his life Henry Adams was known chiefly as a historian and as a member of a great American family (see Adams Family). www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9309925?&query=circle&ct=ebi   (698 words)

Through Our Parents' Eyes Armer, which concludes, "Many readers will question the high religious ideas, the constant talk of beauty, the mysticism, that she ascribes to Younger Brother and his priestly Uncle; one can only say that, contrary to the general idea, many Indians are so." Armer wrote this moving story of the "Long Walk" in 1862, when the Navajos were herded into the Canyon de Chelly by Kit Carson, then transported into four years of exile before they were assigned to their present reservation in northern Arizona and New Mexico. Mostly a narrative of characters and experiences met during trips through the mountains of New Mexico, trailing down the story of the Lost Adams Diggings, illuminated by the alchemical magic of Dobie's feeling for places and people of the Southwest. parentseyes.arizona.edu /hswbib.html   (5956 words)

BetterPhoto Premium Gallery: Kenneth J . Gimmi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Laura Adams (California-based photographer, film director, artist and author, Laura Adams Armer (1874-1963)) wrote, "The unthinking photographer presses the button and leaves the rest to fate; and fate was ever a poor manager." It is the eye behind the lens that must see what the mind of the artist envisions and translate it in the medium of a captured moment. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer. www.betterphoto.com /gallery/gallery.asp?mem=17524   (88 words)

[No title] Hester H. Adams & Kathrine A. Adell (C); 20Mar61; R272780-272781. Hester H. Adams & Kathrine A. Adell (C); 14Mar61; R272416. For works claimed by Laura Baker Cobb SEE this list under COBB, IRVIN S. Songs of the Redwoods, and other poems. www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/1/8/2/11823/11823-8.txt   (7305 words)

Southwestern Archaeology - Messages In 1930, she collaborated with Ansel Adams in Taos Pueblo. The photographs are featured in her 1968 book ``The Enduring Navaho.'' _ Anna O. Shepard: One of the first to undertake what is now called ethnoarchaeology, she studied pottery making in the Rio Grande pueblos, concentrating on firing techniques at San Ildefonso and Santa Clara pueblos. A handful of the women _ Mary Austin, Laura Gilpin, Erna Fergusson _ have become household names, synonymous with Southwest Indian culture. www.swanet.org /zarchives/gotcaliche/alldailyeditions/98apr/154.html   (1440 words)

Pacific Book Auction Galleries Sale 141 16 plates by Sidney Armer and Laura Adams Armer. from Rachel Field to Armer, "As the ninth winner of the Newbery Medal I want to send very special greetings to you, the eleventh winner, - from `Hitty,' too." Armer's leather bookplate on front pastedown, with slight offset from it to front free endpaper. Plates by Sidney Armer and Laura Adams Armer. www.pbagalleries.com /catalogs/curcat141-2.html   (2648 words)

LIT 221 Appendix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Illustrated by Sidney Armer and Laura Adams Armer. By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray. www.svcc.cc.il.us /academics/classes/pinterk/littext/appen.htm   (2029 words)

LAURA ADAMS ARMER - BOOK HELP WEB AUTHOR PROFILE Laura Adams Armer was an artist who wanted to change the way children looked at Native American people and cultures. Born in California in 1874, Armer was an author and illustrator of children’s books. She was also a photographer, film director, and artist. www.bookhelpweb.com /authors/armer/armer.htm   (93 words)

Laura Adams Armer - The Picture Possibilities of Photography Laura Adams Armer - The Picture Possibilities of Photography California-based photographer, film director, artist and author, Laura Adams Armer (1874-1963), opened her first studio little more than a year before this article was published. She later went on to become deeply involved in photographing the Navaho and Hopi Indians, including a motion picture, The Mountain Chant (1928), which was narrated in the native Indian tongue. www.sla.purdue.edu /WAAW/Palmquist/Photographers/ArmerEssay.htm   (1083 words)

[No title] ADAMS, ARTHUR B. Trend of business 1922-1932: Causes of the depression and economic reforms necessary to establish a business equilibrium. ADAMS, FRANKLIN P. Christopher Columbus and other patriotic verses. Edited with notes and vocabulary by N. Adams, with the collaboration of A. Adams. www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/1/8/2/11820/11820-8.txt   (5931 words)

Waterless Hand Sanitizer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Newbery Medal 19: * 1932 : Laura Adams Armer, ''Waterless Mountain'' Waste 24: educed and reused through use of greywater, waterless urinal s and humanure systems. List of books by title: W 40: *'' Waterless Mountain '' - Laura Adams Armer (1932 Ne Raymond III of Tripoli 9: not agree; instead, the Crusaders marched into a waterless plain, were surrounded by Saladin's army, and wer www.lottery-news.net /dust15600-waterless_hand_sanitizer.html   (574 words)

HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) 1932Waterless Mountain, Laura Adams Armer 1933Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, Elizabeth Foreman Lewis 1934Invincible Louisa, Cornelia Lynde Meigs 1935Dobry, Monica Shannon 1936Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink 1937Roller Skates, Ruth Sawyer 1938The White Stag... Coatsworth1932 Waterless Mountain, Laura Adams Armer1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, Elizabeth Foreman Lewis1934 Invincible Louisa, Cornelia Lynde Meigs1935 Dobry, Monica Shannon1936 Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink1937 Roller Skates, Ruth Sawyer1938 The White Stag... 1932 Waterless Mountain, Laura Adams Armer 1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, Elizabeth Foreman Lewis 1934 Invincible Louisa, Cornelia Lynde Meigs 1935 Dobry, Monica Shannon 1936 Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink 1937 Roller Skates, Ruth Sawyer 1938 The White... www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=AO&search_almanacs=on&refid=ency_refd&q=Cornelia   (468 words)

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925: Titles: 4 "Chinatown Archway": From GS-Photographers-SF: Laura Adams Armer photographs A Chinatown Bazaar: Where the wages paid the clerks are said to average better than those paid white clerks.: From The Wave: v. "Chinatown Scholar": From GS-Photographers-SF: Laura Adams Armer photographs lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/award99/cubhtml/cicTitles4.html   (1196 words)

Amazon.ca: Books: Waterless Mountain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) Laura Armer respected the Dine and, in turn, was respected by them. They called her "the woman who wears turquiose" (she wore turquiose long before it was popular to do so) and "hard-working woman." This story can be appreciated by children who have secret places and are in awe of the beauty and wonder of nature. These chapters were then published as "In Navajoland." She shared many mystical insights with me and a credo which I cherish: "I will walk with fate / And thus compel / The jade to go my way. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/067984502X   (831 words)

Newbery Medal Winners - Rangeview Library District 1943: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray The adventures of 11-year-old Adam as he travels roads of 13th century England searching for his father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick. Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much to heavy, Spanish gun his father gave him. www.adams.lib.co.us /Newbery_medal_winners.htm   (2120 words)

Object Detail photographer, San Francisco Art Institute, Laura Adams Armer, San Francisco, student Laura Adams Armer was a prominent San Francisco photographer at the the turn of the century with her own studio. She went to the San Francisco Art Institute in 1893, and photographed many famous men. collections.museumca.org /item_detail.jsp?id=251245   (154 words)

91.01.01: Between Aztlan and Quivira: Europeans and Indians in the Southwestern United States Though it takes place far to the south of our focus, it clearly depicts the destruction of Indian ways which came with the Europeans. Early 20th century Navajo life is well-chronicled in the novels of Oliver La Farge, Laughing Boy, and Laura Adams Armer, Waterless Mountain and Dark Circle of Branches. Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson is the story of a California Indian girl caught in the void between two cultures. www.yale.org /ynhti/curriculum/units/1991/1/91.01.01.x.html   (6253 words)

Waterless Mountain Summary Study Guide Waterless Mountain Short Guide consists of 9 pages of summaries and analysis on Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer. Get the Waterless Mountain Short Guide—9 pages in all. They include valuable resources to help motivate further learning, such as Ideas for Further Discussion and Related Titles. www.bookrags.com /shortguide-waterless-mountain   (84 words)

Andrew Smith Gallery Inventory Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) ©2005 Trustees of the Ansel Adams Publishing Right Trust Taos Pueblo, Grabhorn Press, 1930, 12 original prints by Adams For logged in users only - Be Sure To Add Checked Records To Your Gallery Before Moving To A Different Page! www.fotoinventory.com /asmith/index.cfm?OwnerID=12   (209 words)

Peter E. Palmquist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) When I wanted to pay him for the copies, he always replied, ?Just send whatever you want.? On numerous occasions, he asked me to contribute to his projects: his book, Women Photographers: A Selection of Images from the Women in Photography Archive 1852-1997, an essay on Anne Brigman?s book of poetry and photographs, an essay for an upcoming issue of Journal of the West, and a collaboration on Laura Adams Armer. Some of these are complete; others are not, but I always felt honored that he thought to ask me. www.carlmautz.com /palmquist.html   (7627 words)

ABAA Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America - Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) (Ansel Adams) 5 Associates Good 4to Wraps San Francisco 1959 Has the vote in congress for the presidency with the resu lts, as well as Washington's and Adams, inaugural speechs. (Sidney Armer) Longmans, Green and Co. Vg 4to Brown Cloth NY 1933 1st edition. www.abaa.org /dbp/catalogues.php?catnr=590&membernr=1957   (2044 words)

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