Karl Ruppert diary and photographs

Diary and photographs relating to Ruppert's archaeological work in Arizona and Mexico from about 1922 to 1936. Includes one five-year diary, dated 1922 to 1926, with brief entries written during Ruppert's years at the University of Arizona and as he began work for for the Carnegie Institution of Washington, concerning his excavation and Arizona State Museum work, campus and social activities, and mentioning Byron Cummings, Neil Judd, and other fellow archaeologist's activities.

There are a few photographs of Ruppert and his colleagues, Navajo, Hopi and Zuni individuals and children at Walpai and Oraibi from about 1922 to 1923, but chiefly photographs are of his work at Chichen Itza about 1928. The southwestern images are of Navajo children, a Hopi weaver and a potter, a Zuni mother and child, and a few others. A photograph of the archeological team at Chichen Itza, dated 1927, includes Earl Morris, Sylvester Morley, Karl Ruppert and others. Photographs of Chichen Itza show workers, equipment, excavations and stabilization work.

Also present is a small notebook with handwritten words and phrases translated in local dialects of central Mexico and a 1936 pamphlet.