Paul Howard Ezell papers

The Papers in the first four series include Biographical Information; Ezell's Diaries and Record Books from 1939-1964, detailing events and information relevant to his activities with the United States Border Patrol, his pilot flight record and log book, his archaeological activities, and his work with the Pima-Maricopa Indian tribe; General Correspondence, chiefly between Ezell and his professional contemporaries, from 1958-1975; and Writings and Reviews written by Ezell and others, including published and unpublished manuscripts and journal articles from 1950-1987.

The fifth series, Project Files from 1951 to 1982, contains information on Organ Pipe National Monument and Painted Rock Reservoir, including material on Lower Colorado buff ware and pottery types by site locations as well as hand drawings of pottery designs, combinations, and elements; and information about a W.P.A. archaeological project in North Carolina for which Ezell served as a field supervisor in 1941.

The last series, Pima Land Claim Case Files from 1683-1974, contains extensive material on the Pima Land Claims Case for which Ezell served as an expert witness. Included are correspondence, both of a general nature and more specifically between Ezell and lawyers Z. Simpson Cox and Alfred S. Cox; transcripts of the court hearings; background materials which include information in support of Ezell's work to substantiate the land claims of the Pima-Maricopa tribe; reports containing photocopies of primary source materials which were used as exhibits in Ezell's efforts to describe a tract of land which he considered to have been used exclusively by the Pima-Maricopa Indians; and research files containing photocopies of primary source material from the Spanish, Mexican, and American periods concerning the Pima-Maricopa Indians in Arizona. These research files are followed by microfilms and audiotapes.

The bulk of the microfilm contains copies of original source materials from the Bancroft Library at the University of California, the Arizona Historical Society, the Library of Congress, the National Archives, Archivo General de la Nacion, the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia Biblioteca, the Biblioteca Nacional Archivo Franciscano, and the Archivo General y Publico. Ezell's indexes to the materials on microfilm are also included. Many of the photocopies and English translations in the research files were made from information contained on these microfilm rolls. The five reel-to-reel magnetic tapes contain Pima, Papago, Yaqui, and Mexican Indian music, an interview done by Ezell of Maricopa Indian Cyrus Sunn on 13 August 1957, and a word list given by Kisto Morago of Sacaton, Arizona, using the word list furnished by Roger Nedry in his work on the Papago. The cassette tape is primarily a discussion of the artifacts and aboriginal tribes of Australia with Norman Tindale.

The photographic materials include 14 black and white photographs, most of which were taken in 1957 at places occupied by the Pima-Maricopa Indians. Also included are twenty-seven miscellaneous negatives. The bulk of the fifty-two color slides document the burial site of Father Eusebio Kino and missions in Arizona and Sonora. The maps are primarily of southern Arizona and northern Sonora (Pimeria Alta) and contain historical and cultural information relevant to the Pima-Maricopa Indians.