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1 Inside this issue: Spring 2016 TIMELINES From the Director About Shelby J. Tisdale Featured Volunteer New Staff Doctoral Fellows Student Spotlight Delaney Library News Archival Treasures Exhibits Parks, People, Preservation Center Members/Acquisitions Solstice Event Hand colored lantern slide of woman at Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, circa 1930 s, from the Nina Heald Webber Southwest Photographs Collection at the Center of Southwest Studies, P056LS009. The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College connects individuals and communities with opportunities to explore, study, and experience the Southwest s dynamic heritage Rim Drive Durango, Colorado

2 FROM THE DIRECTOR Welcome to the Center of Southwest Studies! As the new director of the Center I would like to take this opportunity to say what a thrill it is to be back in the Southwest, in particular southwest Colorado. It has been several years since I worked on the Dolores Archaeological Project and at Yellow Jacket when I was cutting my teeth in anthropology and archaeology as an undergraduate at the University of Colorado. I have since had a huge place in my heart for this area and an ongoing interest in its deep-rooted history and dynamic cultural heritage. Upon my arrival at the Center on February 1st I received the warmest of welcomes from the Center s staff, volunteers and supporters. With the departure of Jay Harrison last summer the Center s dedicated staff has kept things running smoothly. I am honored to be joining such a talented professional team in ensuring that the Center continues to fulfill its ongoing role as the steward of a broad range of collections representing the Greater Southwest and its legacy of service to students and faculty, as well as the Durango community, and scholars and visitors from afar. Thank you to all! Since the publication of the Center s fiftieth anniversary issue of Timelines there have been some staff changes along with the presentation of several inspiring educational programs, and exciting exhibitions in the main gallery and the archives over the past year. In this issue of Timelines you will meet our newest staff members, our two academic fellows, and some of the student interns. We are also featuring one of our longtime and valuable volunteers. You will also learn about our new exhibitions for Through the generosity of several donors we have added important objects, art and archival materials to our collections, many of which are acknowledged as well. The Center is at a pivotal point in its history and as the new director I would like to take this opportunity to share with you my vision for the next five years what I refer to as Vision 20/20 for the Center of Southwest Studies. The Center is unique among its peer institutions in the Southwest and I want to build on its strengths and increase its identity and visibility regionally and nationally. My vision for the Center of Southwest Studies is that it is known as the regional leader of a wide community of life-long learners that embraces and celebrates the dynamic historical and cultural heritage of the Greater Southwest through a deeper understanding of, and respect for, its diverse peoples and cultures. This will be accomplished through high quality scholarly research, stewardship of the collections, and public outreach. I envision the Center of Southwest Studies as a warm and vibrant place of ideas where the interpretation of human history and issues of cultural and environmental preservation are debated and discussed in a safe environment that is respectful of both ideological and cultural differences. I see the Center as perfectly poised to take on an even greater role as the Gateway to the Greater Southwest beyond the Fort Lewis College campus and to broaden its intellectual reach to the national level and beyond. By 2020 the Center of Southwest Studies will be nationally recognized for its integrity and excellence in leadership, scholarship, collaboration, and preservation. I look forward to seeing and working with you as we travel along this trail of discovery together that will in turn ensure the Center s future growth in new and exciting ways. Cordially, ly Shelby J. Tisdale. Ph.D. Director

3 ABOUT SHELBY J. TISDALE Dr. Shelby Tisdale has over thirty-five years of combined experience in museums; university teaching; and anthropological, tribal museum and cultural resource management consulting. Dr. Tisdale is the former director of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/ Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos. More recently she served as vice president of curatorial and exhibitions at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. Dr. Tisdale received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Arizona, her M.A. from the University of Washington in social anthropology and museum studies; and, her B.A. from the University of Colorado-Boulder where she studied anthropology and southwestern archaeology. She has published forty articles and book chapters relating to American Indian art and culture, repatriation, and women in the West. She contributed to and directed the publication of the Oklahoma Book Award winning Woven Worlds: Basketry from the Clark Field Collection, for the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her book, Fine Indian Jewelry of the Southwest: The Millicent Rogers Museum Collection (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2006) received the Ralph Emerson Twitchell Book Award from the Historical Society of New Mexico and the Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association. Her latest book, Pablita Velarde: In Her Own Words (Little Standing Spruce Publishing, 2012), is a full-length biography of this famous American Indian painter. Dr. Tisdale became interested in repatriation in the early 1980s while working on her master s thesis, which resulted in a proposed repatriation policy for the School of American Research (now the School for Advanced Research). She reported on this at the Sacred Materials Conference held at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in 1985 and has been actively involved in repatriation since. She currently serves on the Smithsonian Institution s Repatriation Review Committee for the National Museum of Natural History. She has also served on the boards of the Society for Applied Anthropology and the Mountain-Plains Museum Association. FEATURED VOLUNTEER Peggy Morris Teacher. Nurturer. Awesome. These few adjectives describe Peggy Morris, but the list could go on and on. Peggy has been a constant at the Center for several years now, volunteering her time sometimes equaling hours approximate to a full time job. It gives us pleasure to highlight what she does for the Center. Essentially, she is the right hand woman to curator Jeanne Brako, and is the student supervisor in the museum area. Managing upward of 10 interns and work study employees each semester, Peggy takes the students under her wing. Not only can she teach them the ways of handling artifacts and rolling textiles, but she deeply cares for these young people, and often relays life lessons and lends an ear to them as they move through their college experience. She s even provided a Thanksgiving meal to a student who couldn t go home for the holidays! And soup to the sick, stuck in their dorm rooms! As proficient as she is in working with the museum collections, it is her passion for the students and their experience in getting hands-on training to take into the real world that really drives her. She is a successful fundraiser through the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society providing two paid internships per semester to students through the John W. Sanders Scholarship Fund. Through her efforts and the support of the SJBAS members, the Center has been able to fund more than 10 paid interns. The students gain knowledge and experience that they can put on their resumes, meet people in their field of study, and move confidently into the work force. That is the end goal, Peggy Morris and intern Matt Metrulas at work with museum collections. and is one that is quite rewarding for the students and for Peggy. It doesn t stop there. Peggy also volunteers for the 9 Health Fair and is an active beekeeper and gardener with her husband Dennis Lopez (also an awesome guy!). The next time you see Peggy, give her a hug. She is invaluable to us in so many ways, and has really touched the lives of our students. Bravo!

4 NEW STAFF AT THE CENTER Elizabeth Quinn Collections Manager/ Registrar Liz joined the Center of Southwest Studies staff as collections manager/ registrar in early February. She comes to the Center with over seven years of collections management experience. Her most recent position was as the collections manager at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, NM. While at the Wheelwright, she had the honor of being part of the opening of the museum s first permanent exhibit gallery which is dedicated to the study of southwestern Native American jewelry. Prior to that position, she worked at the Bureau of Land Management s Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, CO. She holds an M.A. in public history from Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois and a B.A. in history from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. In her spare time she likes to get outside and explore the Four Corners and spend time with family and friends. Liz is very excited to be part of such a dynamic team and to work with the Center s diverse collections, which help preserve and educate the public about the history of the Southwest. Michael Long Library and Archives Technician Michael joined the Delaney Library in May 2014, transitioning from intern to part-time staff to full-time by summer He is a long time resident of the area and attended Fort Lewis College, receiving a B.A. in world history. He has continued his love of history by applying it to the library and research field. In his passion for history, Michael is dedicated to helping students and assisting patrons with whatever questions they might have and finding answers to the wide array of inquiries presented from our researchers. Michael s service in the United States Army from 1999 to 2006 brings additional depth and experience to the Center s team and he is often involved in Veterans Affairs and speaking events in the area and on campus as a personal resource about Veterans topics and issues.

5 THE CENTER WELCOMES DOCTORAL FELLOWS Joshua Salyers University of Arizona This year s doctoral fellowship in southwest history is Joshua Salyers. He comes by way of a collaborative effort between the Center and the graduate program in history at the University of Arizona. Josh is spending the academic year in residence at the Center conducting dissertation research and writing, in addition to teaching in the College s Department of History. For his dissertation, Josh continues to research and use Computer-Aided Design, Building Information Modeling, and gaming software to create 3D interactive historical environments, in this case a Mexico City tenement. This research is based on a community featured in The Children of Sanchez by Oscar Lewis. Zachary Adams Southern Methodist University In collaboration with the Fort Lewis College Department of History, Zachary Adams is our spring teaching fellow by way of SMU. Originally from New England, Zak has since relocated to Dallas, Texas, where he is currently writing his Ph. D. dissertation, a comparative work looking into the complex national identities brought forth by the Mexican Revolution and Irish fight for independence, set within the backdrop of American nationalism during and after World War I. While at Fort Lewis College, Zak is teaching U.S. History, 1877-present, capturing much of the period that he is most interested in. The second course, U.S. Environmental History, follows a more personal interest not directly related to his research. He has also taken advantage of his connection with the Center to conduct research on Mexican and Mexican American people at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection in Austin, Texas, and will be reviewing the newspaper holdings of the Center s archives by the end of spring semester.

6 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Our students here at the Center of Southwest Studies are indispensable in accomplishing all of the museum s projects and day-to-day activities. This past semester in the museum has been no exception. The semester began with the opening of a new exhibit, Thunder in Our Voices, and with the return of the Durango Collection show from the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Other projects have included ongoing cataloging and database work, photography of collections, measuring prehistoric ceramics, a much needed cleanup project in the workroom, and more. Jeanne Brako with Jed Smith and Cheyenne Caraway at graduation, December 2015 New interns, Abby Kinder, Matt Metrulas, and Kami Richter along with new work study students Izzy Mc Tighe and Geremiah Skeet worked with longtime volunteer, Peggy Morris, to document the returning items from the Fowler Museum as well as rolling and cycling the incoming textiles through the freezer. They have also taken on the process of measuring prehistoric ceramic collections to complete our database records, continued a project to create custom storage for the Tupper ceramics collections, and built shelves and shelf liners for our new, more organized, workroom system. Returning work study students, Genna Novodvorsky, Ryan Mullen, and Cassidy Ransom continued their work on the database and with the collection records. They ve made sure that incoming loans and accessions were documented and entered into the database, the collection files are in good working order, and the digital photographs are organized and added to the database. Andrew Kendziorski has continued his work scanning the Homer Root ledgers. Patrick Burtt has helped keep the gallery doors open to visitors with the help of the other students who stepped in as gallery attendants. Riley Burchill is wrapping up a long standing project she began as a San Juan Basin Archaeological Society paid intern. She, along with the help of our Animas High School intern, Kate Hallin, have been getting the North McElmo lithics collection prepared to return to the Bureau of Land Management s Anasazi Heritage Center. This has involved locating items throughout the collections, gathering them together, matching them to AHC records, and packing them for return. Student volunteer, Georgiana Pongyesva, has been working with the contemporary art collections creating artist files as a reference for potential researchers. Finally, we d like to take a moment to say thank you and express our well wishes to our students who recently graduated, Jed Smith and Cheyenne Caraway. Jed was with us from his freshman year to graduation day. His craft and skills grew remarkably well, and he became a wonderful student leader. Special thanks to you Jed! And a HUGE thank you to all of our students and amazing volunteers! We couldn t do it without you! MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS, INTERNS AND WORK STUDY STUDENTS Work study Patrick Burtt Genna Novodvorsky Isabella Mc Tighe Cassidy Ransom Ryan Mullen Geremiah Skeet Andrew Kendziorski Emily Librock Brie Banowetz Interns Matt Metrulas Abby Kinder Kami Richter Riley Burchell Kate Hallin, Animas High Jed Smith Cheyenne Caraway Volunteers Georgiana Pongyesva Peggy Morris Doug Ramsey Peggy Lynch Kelly Ritter John Edens Phil Settles Photos: CSWS student field trip to the Anasazi Heritage Center this March.

7 DELANEY LIBRARY NEWS Delaney Library is proud to be currently working on the maintenance of our collection. For years we took in everything we could as only a research library, and as of late we have become a circulating library. We are currently evaluating our entire collection for public circulation to local patrons beyond the campus body. In doing this thus far, we have reorganized our serials collections, discovering some special gems such as magazines dating back to the turn of the 20th century, providing primary resource insight into the Southwest s history. After processing the large Jim Ayers collection we received from Arizona, we now have many more sources on Arizona history and archaeology waiting to be discovered by our researchers, including many rare reports and unique, firsthand accounts of local histories and historiographies. Recently, we assisted Mountain Middle School 8th graders in researching Kit Carson in preparation for a mock trial, which they will conduct at the courthouse. They hope to determine whether Kit Carson was a condemnable character of the Southwest or not, a topic some historians have tackled previously, but have not received much support for due to the mindset of undermining American history and heroism, a complex and critical task for 8th graders. Delaney Library staff is elated that our resources are being used to create new outreach to our public and community patrons and we look forward to developing relationships with our patrons Students Abby Kinder and Emily Rickard process collections with Michael Long in the Library. in their future research. We encourage all researchers to come in as we house, not just biographies and monographs, but many special reports as well, ranging from environmental impact statements to archaeology and ethnography. Have little ones? Bring them in to peruse the growing children s collection. We have many items on diverse topics focusing on the Southwest, and encourage anyone wanting to do primary resource research to come in and delve into our stacks, and meet with our staff for additional research assistance. by Michael Long Mountain Middle School utilizes the resources of the Delaney Library for their Kit Carson mock trial assignment.

8 ARCHIVAL TREASURES The archives has received a number of great donations and we have been involved in a variety of interesting projects since the last newsletter. This year Purgatory Resort celebrated its 50th anniversary and the Center worked with current and former employees to start a collection of objects, photographs and oral histories to mark the occasion. A book, Close to Heaven: 50 Years of Purgatory, was also developed to highlight the anniversary utilizing numerous photos and oral histories to tell the story of Purgatory s history. Another significant collection in the process of being donated to the Center includes papers and photographs documenting the development of the Civilian Conservation Corp. Community member John Irish has been collecting and organizing material from the CCC and other Conservation Corp organizations to donate to the Center. The Four Corners had a number of CCC projects and this donation will help numerous researchers and students. During the summer of 2015, the archives supervised two graduate students, Claire Perrott and Osciel Salazar, on a project to document items in our Ansel Hall collection regarding the Rainbow Bridge/Monument Valley Expedition. This project is part of a larger project working with other institutions that have material from the expedition and the information gathered will be used to create a comprehensive database of material. This past fall, the archives worked with Dr. Michael Martin of the History Department to develop a collection for Dr. Martin s archival class to process. The class, HIST 345 Archival Theory and Practice, had 24 students who processed twenty-four boxes and created the initial finding aid for Collection M033, the Scott McInnis Papers. The congressman s collection contains approximately one hundred boxes of records and will provide enough work for several more of Dr. Martin s students to gain hands-on experience for their public history emphasis. Abby Kinder, a public history intern, sorts nitrate negatives for scanning. Currently, the Center of Southwest Studies is working in partnership with the college s main library, Reed Library, to create a digital archive with the assistance of the Marmot Library Network. The purpose of the Marmot Digital Archive is to provide access and context to the diverse digital collections of Marmot members alongside other library holdings such as books and scholarly journals. Preservation goals of the Marmot Digital Archive is to create and preserve geographically dispersed digital copies of rare, unique, and unstable items. Access goals of the repository are to provide online availability on a worldwide

9 scale, to make digitized items available in the library catalog (rather than on a separate website) which increases discoverability. Since the Center s archive is in partnership with libraries across Colorado, items will be available alongside contextually relevant materials from other archives and libraries. The archive plans to expand its audience in the next few years by exposing metadata to aggregators such as the Digital Public Library of America. The archives received a generous $5000 donation from Susan Dalton and the Dalton Family Foundation in Telluride in the past year to help preserve and organize collections. The Center also secured additional funds from the San Juan National Forest and their friends group, the San Juan Mountains Association, to continue scanning historical documents from the national forest. Graduate intern, Katelyn Weber, from Colorado State University worked at the Center during the summer of 2015 to start organizing the digitized items from the San Juan National Forest Scanning Project. Katelyn researched finding aids from other institutions and collections to develop a finding aid for the items in the San Juan National Forest collection. Finally, the archives was awarded a grant of $4,000 to begin digitizing over 4000 nitrate negatives from the Walker Art Studio photo collection. This grant is supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration. by Nik Kendziorski Long-time archives volunteer Bud Davis enjoys his work at the Center, and is always willing to share a joke and a laugh. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES VOLUNTEERS, INTERNS AND WORK-STUDY STUDENTS Volunteers Bud Davis Paula Wiseman Lew Matis Mike Todt Esther Greenfield Linda Daley Masters/Graduate Interns Katelyn Weber Jesus Osciel Salazar Claire Perrott Public History Program Interns Christian Sacoman George Usinowicz Dylan Sadler Abby Kinder Georgie Pongyesva Doctoral Fellow Josh Salyers Work-Study Students Amber Harwig Alva Claussen Madalyn Chamberlain Andy Barrish Brittney Stevens Rayna Henry Elaine Severson Lauren Traylor Emily Rickard Allie Boom

10 EXHIBITS 2015 was The Year of the Traveling Exhibit for the Museum at the Center of Southwest Studies. Exhibits were here, there and everywhere! Our Mountain Lion! exhibit prowled the West, visiting the ski mecca of Park City, and the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter, and then headed to the sunny California coast, landing at Muzeo, a prime venue in Anaheim. That s right; we competed with Disneyland! Also, California statutes decree mountain lions as specially protected animals making it unlawful to possess, transport, or import any mountain lion or any part or product thereof. Try telling that to our exhibit wranglers and design team! No laws were broken, and we succeeded in pulling together a great show. Well, The Durango Collection didn t want to be left out, so it too made the trek to California for a three month spot at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Their amazing crew customized the textile installation with hand-dyed rope loom warps for a peek-through look at Southwest weavings. I d like to say that the line-up of visitors outside the Fowler all came out for my textile talk, but it also happened to be Pie Day, which brought many people to the museum for a full day of events. Can we have a Pie Day, too? And, here at home, we were visited by Rare II, an exhibit of botanical illustration from the Society of Rocky Mountain Botanical Illustrators. This traveling exhibit was the second in their Rare series to show at the Center of Southwest Studies. We couldn t ask for a better exhibit partner. Currently we have two traveling exhibits on view in the Center s museum galleries. Time Exposures is from Isleta Pueblo, just south of Albuquerque, and Thunder in our Voices is visiting from Canada, and the Center is excited to be the first American venue for this show. These exhibitions are part of our second 50 years initiative to be highly inclusive of exhibits that are focused on the Native voice. What makes these exhibitions unique is that they are curated and travelled by the tribes. Please make the trip to the Center to visit these notable exhibitions. Top to Bottom: 1) Mountain Lion! display case at Muzeo 2) CSWS crew unloads Time Exposures 3) Swaner Eco Center exhibit crew with Jeanne Brako Durango Collection at the Fowler Museum.

11 Left to right: 1) Mountain Lion! install at Swaner Eco Center 2) Lions on the loose at Muzeo 3) Isleta Pueblo representatives at Time Exposures opening night Panoramic of Durango Collection at the Fowler Museum I thought I d give you a snapshot of what it s like to be a roadie for traveling exhibits. It s not the same view you see once the exhibit is installed in the galleries, and open to the public. It takes a lot of pushing, pulling and muscle, which we were happy to have on all of the crews that we worked with this year. Image from Thunder Photo Credit: Linda MacCannell Thanks to everyone for your help and support, and for all the heavy lifting! We re looking forward to future travel opportunities to promote the Center of Southwest Studies and its important collections. by Jeanne Brako A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO JACK TOWNES Jack is our exhibit prepator (he makes us looks good!). He works very diligently behind-the-scenes in pulling the fussy parts of our exhibitions together, all the while training our students in his specialized craft of exhibit design and installation. Cheers Jack! This is Jack. He enjoys good pizza and better beer. He is not afraid of lions.

12 PARKS, PEOPLE, PRESERVATION: Celebrating the National Park Service in the Southwest Wallace Stegner, a writer and historian, once stated that national parks were the best idea we ever had. The act that created the National Park Service was authorized on August 25, 1916 and the country will be celebrating its centennial on August 25, The Center of Southwest Studies is developing an exhibit and juried photography show to celebrate the National Park Service s centennial. We will showcase some of our collections, such as photographs, postcards, books and artifacts that relate to the national parks, national monuments and national historical parks that are located in the Southwest, featuring the Four Corners states. The archives will highlight early glass plate negative images of Mesa Verde National Park and Hovenweep National Monument, postcards from Mesa Verde and Aztec Ruins National Monument and photographs from Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. Additionally, the Center will host a juried photography show within the exhibit, highlighting the talent of our regional photographers as well as the preservation and beauty of NPS sites in the Four Corners states. For more information please visit the Center s website swcenter.fortlewis.edu. Deadline for entries is June 2nd at 7 p.m. There will be a Members Only behind-the-scenes sneak peek of the exhibit as it is being installed on June 20th, immediately following our annual Summer Solstice Window Viewing event. The opening reception for the public will occur Thursday, June 23 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, from the Jack Cooper Photograph Collection. Top: Pen-Dike Studio postcard, 1906, Nina Heald Webber Southwest Colorado Collection, M Bottom: Glass plate negative of Hovenweep National Monument, circa early 1900 s, Walker Art Studio Collection, P

13 Hand colored lantern slide of Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, circa 1930 s, Nina Heald Webber Southwest Photographs Collection at the Center of Southwest Studies, P056LS026.

14 CSWS MEMBERSHIP Thank you to our CSWS Members. As we strive to expand our outreach to the community and plan exciting new initiatives designed to make the Center of Southwest Studies a vibrant and valued place of life-long learning we depend on the financial support of our valued members. CSWS memberships directly support new and inspiring educational programs and high quality exhibits. We could not present the exciting programs and exhibitions that we do without the generous ongoing support of our members and we want to take this opportunity to thank you for being part of the CSWS family. Thank you! $55 Basic Annual Membership enjoys free parking if you are not an employee or current student; advance notice of exhibit openings, programs, and events; invitation to special member events; subscription to our Timelines newsletter; 10% off retail items; 10% off archival reproductions; and special e-announcements of Center news. $150 Sustaining Annual Membership receives all of the benefits listed above, plus 20% discount on archival services; special behind-the-scene tours; and invitations to sustaining member events. Basic Business Membership of $500 offers all of the above, plus your business website linked to the Center s improved website; and free meeting space twice a year. Business Sponsorship of $1500 offers all of the above, plus free meeting space four times a year; and special tours by staff for your special guests. The Patron Circle Membership of $2000 or higher offers special benefits in addition to all the basics, including exclusive behind-the-scenes and gallery tours; use of the remodeled Lupien Reception Room for your special events; and personalized tours. CENTER OF SOUTHWEST STUDIES MEMBERSHIP FORM Name: Address: Membership Level: Payment: Check enclosed (Please make checks payable to Fort Lewis College Foundation, with Center of Southwest Studies in the memo line.) Bill me Charge my credit card # Exp: All membership levels are tax deductible. Please mail completed form and method of payment to: Center for Southwest Studies 1000 Rim Drive Durango, Colorado Questions? Call the CSWS office at

15 CENTER MEMBERS to publishing date Michael Long Jean L. Theobald Michael and Elaine Moravan Jan Blanchard Tom Towner Diane Skinner Peggy Lynch John and Laura Ninnemann Henry and Jeanne Hooper Dick and Foxie Mason Peter Norton and Judy Hodges Susan and Mark Dalton Peter and Deedee Decker Louann Ball Chuck and Cheryl Carson Sandy Jackson Frank Stapleton Jerry and Jennifer Carney Carol and David Grenoble Helen Ruth Aspaas Stephens and Geni Parker Carolyn Bowra Sarah and Ron Pretzer Mary Jane Clark Wayne Bedor Ellie Cline Jim Foster Ulys Gardella Maile Kane Susan Davies Barbara and Greg Martin Shawn Collins Ed Mead Susan Koonce and John Lyons Laura Mc Williams John and Eliane Viner Dr. Tom V David Craig Nettleton Harrold Shipps, Jr Randy and Kathy Falkenhagen Mark Franklin and Rose Chilcoat Thomas Person and Janet Kastner Peggy Zemach John and Cissy Anderson Paula Wiseman Carey and Christine Scheberle Elizabeth and Chap Petersen Steven and Jane Short Tom and Mary Ann Berry Mike Todt William and Jan Postler Shaila Van Sickle Laurel Rematore Carol Nokes Charles and Debra Lord Sandra and Don Maple Reese Miller Pat Blair Henry and Terry Stalker Ann Brown Dean Cox Marilyn McCord The Wells Group Meredith and Carlisle Page Pete and Tish Varney John Edens Mark Jastorff Dick and Gail Grossman James and Bernice Bowra Beth Green Margie and Will Gray Peter Goldman and Beverly Werber Eleanor Swent Robert Mc Daniel and Jill Seyfarth Janice Sheftel Shelly Mann and Joel Jones Kathy Fine and Byron Dare John Sylvester Frank Papovich The Ballantine Family Sally and Victor Bellerue MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS Since our last newsletter the Center has received many exciting new collections. Bill and Sue Hensler continue to donate contemporary Native art and other Native art related collections. We ve received an Indian Market prize winning sculpture and basket, as well as, three other sculptural works of art by Native artists from Ann Mullin. There have been two more scheduled annual donations of Mexican ceramics by Caroline Tupper. And most recently, the Center has been fortunate to be the recipient of two donations of Stanton Englehart paintings from Leo Brooks. Of course, all of the generous donations to the Center are greatly appreciated and go a long way in helping us meet our collecting and educational goals.

16 1000 Rim Drive Durango, Colorado Return Service Requested Center Staff Shelby Tisdale, Director Jeanne Brako, Curator Nik Kendziorski, Archives Manager Michael Long, Library and Archives Technician Liz Quinn, Collections Manager/ Registrar Julie Tapley-Booth, Business and PR Manager Zachary Adams, Doctoral Fellow Joshua Salyers, Doctoral Fellow Newsletter Spring 2016 Timelines Creative Edge Studio, Designer Center of Southwest Studies 1000 Rim Drive Durango, Colorado (970) The Center of Southwest Studies, a program of Fort Lewis College, was established in 1964 through the support of Arthur & Morley Ballantine. SOLSTICE EVENT The Center will celebrate the annual Summer Solstice Window Viewing on Monday, June 20. Doors will open at 6:00 a.m. At the dawn of the summer solstice, a spiral of sunlight makes its way across the gallery walls making for a dazzling display. In our annual celebration of summer, the Center of Southwest Studies will provide light refreshments. Admission and parking are free. This event is open to the public. Situated in the upper northeast corner of the exhibit gallery, the Solstice Window is recessed into the wall. Created by Denver artist Scott Parsons as a part of Colorado s Art in Public Places Program, the window was integrated into the building s architecture. Parsons designed the window in tribute to the solstice markers of the Ancestral Puebloans of Southwest Colorado. The spiral cast by the Solstice Window is visible for several weeks before and after the summer solstice, but it is sharpest on solstice morning. Moving with the motion of the earth and sun, the spiral makes its journey across the gallery wall, fading as the sun rises higher in the sky. The Center consistently provides engaging lectures, events and outings in the summer! Be sure to check our website for up-to-date information, coming soon!