But who was Beatien Yazz? Did his “great promise” come to pass? Given locally the Denver Art Museum’s considerable Native Arts Department holds several of his works and nationally the National Museum of the American Indian also has many paintings, textile samples, and pottery created by Yazz, the answer is probably yes. This correspondence was forwarded to the Southwest Area Office of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and today can be found in Record Group 435 – Records of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board at the National Archives at Denver. Ansel Adams to Willard Beatty,, Correspondence and Presentation Albums, 1935-1969 (NAID 1497229) Adams was so impressed by the young Yazz’s work when he passed through the Navajo Nation in 1944 that three years later he felt compelled to write the Bureau of Indian Affair’s head of education a series of letters stating as much. He is a young Navajo of considerable talent and great promise.” A heady compliment in itself but even more so that it was delivered by a titan of the photography world, Ansel Adams. “…I had the pleasure of seeing some of the paintings of Beatin Yazz. Today’s post is written by Cody White, National Archives at Denver, with special thanks to Gwen Granados National Archives at Riverside, John Seamans National Archives at San Francisco, and Theresa Fitzgerald National Archives at St.
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