Final Edited Form Yumans: An Introduction by Kenneth Stewart

The Kenneth Stewart Papers contain his ethnographic research, research articles written by various authors, articles and manuscripts written by Stewart, correspondence, Arizona State University related files, maps, broadsides and audiovisual material. The bulk of the material dates from 1946 to 1981 and consists of his research and academic writing. The papers are arranged in seven series: Research; Research Articles by Various Authors; Articles and Manuscripts by Stewart; Correspondence; Arizona State University; Maps and Broadsides; and Audiovisual.

The Research papers include field notes, note cards, bibliographies, and informant interviews on a variety of aspects of Mohave and Yuman Indian life. This series includes nine field notebooks from Kenneth Stewart's 1970-1971 field work among the Mohave Indians.

Research Articles By Various Authors includes typescripts and published copies of work done by various authors on such subjects as the Mohave Indians, the Yuman Indians, Indians of the Southwest, and the Colorado River Indian Reservation.

Articles and Manuscripts by Stewart includes typescripts and bibliographies of the Mohave and Yumans: an Introduction chapters written for Volume 10 of the Handbook of North American Indians. This section contains Stewart's notes on typescripts of chapters written by various authors for the Handbook of North American Indians. This series also contains other academic writing by Stewart including typescript copies of his dissertation The Cultural Affiliations of the Gila and Colorado River Yumans and thesis, Spirit Possession in Native America. Typescripts and published copies of various academic articles on such topics as the Mohave Indians, Chemehuevi culture, and excavations at Mesa Grande are also included. This series contains the typescript of a manuscript entitled The Southwest Indians as well as photographs, reports, interview questions, and field notes from Stewart's excavation of Mesa Grande. In the 1950's Kenneth Stewart was head of the anthropology department at Arizona State College and directed the excavation at Mesa Grande. Finally, this series contains typescripts of creative writing by Stewart.

Correspondence includes letters to Stewart regarding his academic writing, Mesa Grande, the Arizona State University anthropology department, and correspondence from Stewart.

Arizona State University contains Kenneth Stewart's curriculum vitae from 1975 and 1976, sabbatical leave applications, Hayden library guides, and a master exam on Indians of the Southwest.

Maps and Broadsides includes maps of Indian land in the Southwest including prehistoric ruins and canals, the Mohave Valley, the Navajo reservation, and the Colorado River Indian Reservation. The broadside is from the movie Mohave Girl.

The audiovisual material includes 37 audiotapes of Mohave ethnographic and informant interviews and well as Mohave ethnographic material on reel-to-reel audiotape.