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Call Number:

PH-82121

Collection Name:

Erma Mae Diswood Bitsui Battese Photography Collection

Creator:

Battese, Erma Mae Diswood Bitsui

No. of Items:

42 photographs

Span Dates:

1941-1961

Description:

Forty-two small photographs collected by Erma Mae Diswood Bitsui Battese. Battese is the subject of several of the photographs; many are pictures from photobooths, a few were taken in a studio. Some are identified and dated on the versos in pen or pencil. Two have applied color. All appear to be friends and family of Battese and are indigenous people in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

Erma Mae Diswood was born in 1935 to Larin and Eva Diswood in Fruitland, New Mexico. She attended the Albuquerque Indian School in Albuquerque, NM before moving with her family to Brigham City, Utah. She married Nelson Bitsui in 1956 and worked in several Native American boarding schools in Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. She and Bitsui eventually divorced after having several children, and Erma's second marriage was to Stanley Battese, a Navajo-American painter and printmaker.

Accession No(s):

Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography

Location(s):

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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Junnia
Date	1947
Medium	Gelatin silver print with applied color
Dimensions	5 x 3.7 cm; 2 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0001

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Photobooth picture of a woman]
Date	ca. 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	5 x 3.9 cm; 2 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0002

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Photobooth picture of a young woman]
Date	ca. 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print with applied color
Dimensions	4.6 x 2.9 cm; 1 4/5 x 1 1/10 in (arched top)
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0003

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Hatathley Bitsui
Date	1950s
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.8 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0004

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	E[illegible] and Nagline[?]
Date	1941 or 1942
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.8 x 3.7 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0005

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Portrait of a child]
Date	16 September 1948
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	6.8 x 5 cm; 2 7/10 x 2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0006

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Portrait of a young woman]
Date	ca. 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	8 x 5.8 cm; 3 1/10 x 2 3/10 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0007

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma M Bitsui
Date	September 1957
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	7.7 x 6.3 cm; 3 x 2 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0008

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	LaRay Phillip
Date	7 July 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	8.7 x 6.1 cm; 3 2/5 x 2 2/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0009

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[A mother and two children]
Date	ca. 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	8.1 x 6.2 cm; 3 1/5 x 2 2/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0010

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma
Date	3 October 1957
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	9.8 x 7.6 cm; 3 9/10 x 3 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0011

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[A baby and an older child]
Date	ca. 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	10 x 8 cm; 3 9/10 x 3 1/10 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0012

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[The Smith Family]
Date	ca. 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	10 x 7.5 cm; 3 9/10 x 3 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0013

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma Mae Diswood
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	9.9 x 7.5 cm; 3 9/10 x 3 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0014

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Erma Mae Diswood]
Date	25 December 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.9 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0015

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma Mae Diswood
Date	25 December 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	5 x 4 cm; 2 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0016

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Erma Mae Diswood]
Date	25 December 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	5 x 4 cm; 2 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0017

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma Mae Diswood
Date	25 December 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.9 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0018

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma Mae Diswood
Date	29 December 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.9 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0019

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma Diswood
Date	29 December 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	5 x 4 cm; 2 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0020

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma Mae Diswood
Date	29 December 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.7 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0021

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma Mae Diswood
Date	22 January 1956
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.8 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0022

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Erma Mae Diswood
Date	22 January 1956
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.8 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0023

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Katherine Ann Yazzie Grisham
Date	22 January 1956
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.6 x 4 cm; 1 4/5 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0024

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Hilda Jane Yazzie
Date	22 January 1956
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.7 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0025

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Hilda Jane Yazzie
Date	22 January 1956
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.8 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0026

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Erma Mae Diswood]
Date	1954
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	5.5 x 4.4 cm; 2 1/5 x 1 7/10 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0027

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Erma Mae Diswood]
Date	1954
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	5.6 x 4.4 cm; 2 1/5 x 1 7/10 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0028

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Erma Mae Diswood Bitsui]
Date	4 April 1960
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	7.5 x 5.9 cm; 3 x 2 3/10 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0030

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Nelson Bitsui]
Date	18 October 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	5.8 x 4.3 cm; 2 3/10 x 1 7/10 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0031

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Nelson Bitsui]
Date	1955?
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.7 x 3.9 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0032

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Julia Mae Tom
Date	22 January 1956
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	5 x 3.9 cm; 2 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0033

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Portrait of a young woman]
Date	ca. 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.6 x 3.3 cm; 1 4/5 x 1 3/10 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0034

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Portrait of a young woman]
Date	ca. 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.6 x 3.9 cm; 1 4/5 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0035

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	M[illegible]cal Mark and Daddy Diswood
Date	ca. 1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4 x 3.4 cm; 1 3/5 x 1 3/10 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0036

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Verlin Lorin Diswood
Date	December 1960
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.9 x 3.9 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0037

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Alfreda K. Diswood
Date	1960
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.9 x 3.9 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0038

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	Nelson, Robert, and Christopher [Diswood]
Date	December 1961
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.9 x 3.9 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0039

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Nelson Diswood and son]
Date	December 1961
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.8 x 4 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 3/5 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0040

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Nelson Diswood and son]
Date	December 1961
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.9 x 3.9 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0041

Artist/Maker	Unidentified photographer
Title	[Nelson Diswood and son]
Date	December 1961
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	4.9 x 3.9 cm; 1 9/10 x 1 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Endowment in Photography
Accession Number	2023:0012:0042

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