Title Info Day Family Collection
Name Aquifer submitter UIUC lee185@illinois.edu Jooho Lee
Associated Project Aquifer American Social History Online http://www.diglib.org/aquifer/
Contributor ctb State museum agency Museum of Northern Arizona Arizona, 86001-8348, United States
Type Of Resource still image
Genre Photographs / slides / negatives
image
Origin Info Daily
Arizona 85007 United States Arizona State Library [State library agency]
Physical Description image/jpeg
Dublin Core (simple or qualified)
25
Abstract The Day Family became known in the Colorado Plateau region for their activities as traders on the Navajo Reservation. During their time on the Reservation, they served as agents, and became close with the Navajo. This collection includes images of Sam Day, Sr., his wife Anna, and their children Sam Day, Jr. and Charlie Day. Samuel Day, Sr. (1845-1925) was born in Canton, Ohio, attended university in New Jersey, and lived in Iowa, where he married Anna Burbridge. In 1883, the couple relocated to northeastern Arizona, where Day served as a trader and agent on the Navajo Reservation. While in Arizona, he and Anna raised their three children, Charles, Sam Jr., and William. Day passed away in 1925 at the age of 80. Charles Day (1879-1918), the eldest son, followed in his father’s footsteps and became a trader on the Navajo Reservation. While working as a trader, “Charlie” Day also became custodian at the ruins at Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. Day, a trader at Chinle, Bill Meadows, and later St. Michael’s, was often cited as a friend and ally of the Navajo people. He was raised on Navajo land from the age of one, attended ceremonies, and spoke the language fluently. Charlie Day operated the Bill Meadows Trading Post until 1918, when he was killed in an automobile accident. Sam Day, Jr. (1882-1963) also operated a trading post, and served as a U.S. deputy marshal. Like his brother, he spoke Navajo fluently. In 1912, he married Kate Roanhorse, whose father was Navajo chief Manuelito. Sam Jr., along with brother William and Father Sam Sr., was instrumental in founding the famous Thunderbird Trading Post.
Subject North America (continent)
United States (nation)
Early 20th Century (1901-1933)
Late 19th Century (1868-1900)
Social Studies
Identifier http://dlf.grainger.uiuc.edu/DLFCollectionsRegistry/Collection/71134
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Location http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cgi-bin/oai.exe
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Record Info Records originated with the DLF Newsletter, 2000-2005, from which they were converted into a FileMaker database. The FileMaker DB was imported into a database system currently maintained by the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Records for collections added after 2005 were created in this database as part of the Aquifer American Social History Online project. This database is currently being maintained as part of the Aquifer American Social History Online project. 2009-12-17 eng English Digital Library Federation (DLF) oai:dlfcollectionsregistry.grainger.uiuc.edu:71134
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