Scope and Content Note
The Charles Newton Collection consists of 35 handwritten letters that Newton wrote to his wife and five other individuals from the Western Navajo Training School at Algert, Arizona. The bulk of the letters date from 1902 and 1903. Newton writes about the school, some of his patients, and various medical problems that he deals with. He also describes the living conditions at the school, various activities, and the surrounding landscape on the reservation.
Dates
- Creation: 1901-1903
Creator
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
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Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Biographical Note
Charles William Newton was born on November 29, 1867. He married Elsie Jane Eaton (1871-1941) in 1893 and the couple had two daughters, Janet (Newton) Dawes (1897-1993) and Mary Alice (1899-). Charles Newton served as an Assistant Surgeon in the 10th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. After the war ended, the family settled in Arizona, where Charles Newton worked at the Western Navajo Training School in Algert, Arizona. In 1903, he he transferred to Tuba City. Charles Newton died in Phoenix of tuberculosis on February 2, 1904. His widow went on to work as Inspector of Arizona Indian Reservations, as Assistant Dean of Women at Cornell University (1919-1922), and as Dean of Women at Marietta (Ohio) College (1924-1931).
Full extent
1 Box(es)
Full extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Charles Newton Collection consists of 35 handwritten letters that Newton wrote to his wife and five other individuals from the Western Navajo Training School at Algert, Arizona. The bulk of the letters date from 1902 and 1903.
Arrangement
This collection consists of one box.
Provenance
The Charles Newton Collection was purchased from Charles Apfelbaum Rare Manuscripts and Archives on September 18, 1996 (ACC# 1996-01772).
Subject
- Newton, Charles (Charles William), 1867-1904 (Person)
- Newton, Elsie E. (Person)
- Sells, Cato, 1859-1948 (Person)
- Western Navajo Training School (Organization)
- Title
- Charles Newton Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Patricia A. Etter in January of 1998; machine-readable finding guide created by Michael Lotstein in July of 2004.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Labriola National American Indian Data Center Repository