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Introduction | 1930s



1930
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Vol. I No. 1
October 1930

Mesa Verde Notes

Mesa Verde (C. Marshall Finnan)

Autumn on the Mesa Verde (Paul R. Franke)

Yebitchai (Paul R. Franke)

Hints for the Wild Flower Garden (R.M. Senior)

Covey of Tame Grouse (Paul R. Franke)

Park Notes

1931
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Vol. II No. 1
July 1931

Mesa Verde Notes

The Fire Ceremony (C. Marshall Finnan)

The Pentstemons (Paul R. Franke)

The White Throated Swift (Don Watson)

Roads to Roam (Jack Vandermayer)

Talkative Tree Rings May Reveal Mesa's Secret (Paul R. Franke)

Park Notes

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Vol. II No. 2
September 1931

Mesa Verde Notes

Evergreens of Mesa Verde (Chester Biesen)

Primitive Man's Diet in the Mesa Verde Area (Dwight W. Rife, M.D.)

An Unannounced Flag Pole Sitter Visits the Park (R. A. Devlin)

Ten Sixty-Six to Thirteen Hundred (Nancy M. Pinkley)

Are You Bug Conscious? (Paul R. Franke)

Preservation of Natural Beauty (Robert Coates)

Artistic Development in the Southwest (Margaret Nowell Finnan)

Wood Prints (Navajo School Children)

1932
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Vol. III No. 1
June 1932

Mesa Verde Notes

Foreword

Museum Acquisitions for 1932 (Paul R. Franke)

Hymn of the Pueblos (Lilian White Spencer)

A Cliff Dweller Returns? (Don Watson)

The Scelopori (Swifts) of Mesa Verde (Lewis T. Barry)

Mesa Verde Airways, Inc. (Don Watson)

More Evergreens of Mesa Verde (Paul R. Franke)

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Vol. III No. 2
August 1932

Mesa Verde Notes

The Probable Stature of the Cliff Dweller (Everette B. Laybourne)

The Archaeologist (A Poem) (Edna Davis Romig)

Collared Lizards and Utas of Mesa Verde (Lewis T. Barry)

Limonite Concretions (Herbert Alberding)

The Tree Rings, Nature's Timekeeper (Harry T. Getty)

Diseases Among Prehistoric Pueblo Peoples (Robert Burgh)

Our Contributors

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Vol. III No. 3
October 1932

Mesa Verde Notes

Incised Pottery Designs on Building Blocks of Mesa Verde Masonry (Paul R. Franke)

Archaeological Methods (Robert Burgh)

The Horned and other Lizards of Mesa Verde (Lewis T. Barry)

Key to Mesa Verde Lizards (Paul R. Franke)

Exterior Ornamentation on Mesa Verde Bowls (Caroline Thompson)

Navaho Blankets (Donald Watson)

Our Contributors

1933
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Vol. IV No. 1
July 1933

Mesa Verde Notes

Museum Acquisition for 1933 (Paul R. Franke)

Mesa Verde and Europe (Dr. E.B. Renaud)

The Navaho Blanket, Part II (Don Watson)

Snakes of Mesa Verde (Lewis T. Barry)

New Dates for Mesa Verde Ruins (Paul R. Franke)

Our Contributors

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Vol. IV No. 2
September 1933

Mesa Verde Notes

The C. C. C. (Robert Coates, 1-2)

The Moving Mountain (Herbert Alberding, 3-4)

Cliff Dweller Burial Customs (Robert Burgh, 5-7)

Snakes of the Mesa Verde (Louis T. Barry, 8-11)

Scratches Under the Surface of the Mesa Verde (James T. Dennison, 12-13)

Pursuing the Elusive Tree Ring (Harry T. Getty, 14-16)

Navaho vs. Navajo (Paul R. Franke, 17-18)

Air Travelers Crash in Mesa Verde (Don Watson, 19-20)

Our Contributors

1934
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Vol. V No. 1
July 1934

Mesa Verde Notes

Greetings to the Readers of Mesa Verde Notes (Ernest P. Leavitt)

Museum Acquisition for 1934 (Don Watson)

Speaker Chief's House (Earl H. Morris)

Sun Symbol Markings (Paul R. Franke)

Pueblo Rain (A Poem) (Edna Romig)

One Thousand Photographs of Cliff Palace (Stanley Morse)

Unusual Weather (Don Watson)

Around the Mesa

Our Contributors

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Vol. V No. 2
December 1934

Mesa Verde Notes

Mesa Verde Sandals (Louis R. Caywood)

Cacti of the Mesa Verde (Herbert Alberding)

The Navahos as Fire Fighters (Don Watson)

The Far View Group of Ruins (Robert Burgh)

Mountain Lion Action (Carlisle Crouch)

A Unique Pot from Mesa Verde (Paul R. Franke)

Around the Mesa>

Our Contributors

Greetings

1935
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Vol. VI No. 1
August 1935

Mesa Verde Notes

Museum Acquisitions for 1935 (Don Watson)

Premeditated Discovery (Paul R. Franke)

Some Place Names of the Mesa Verde (Platt Cline)

Skull Deformities of the Cliff Dweller (Betty Yelm)

Cacti of the Mesa Verde - Part II (Herbert Alberding)

The Origin of the Mud Dance (as told by Sam Akeah to Paul R. Franke)

Our Contributors

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Vol. VI No. 2
September 1935

Mesa Verde Notes

Important Anniversaries in 1936 (Paul R. Franke)

Ask Me Another (Don Watson)

Mesa Verde (A poem) (Edna Davis Romig)

How Old is the American Indian (Virginia Sutton)

The Seed of Seeds (blatt Cline)

Faces of the Mesa Verde People (Betty Yelm)

Around the Mesa

Our Contributors

1936
1937
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Vol. VII No. 1
March 1937

Mesa Verde Notes

Sutures of the Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellers (Virginia Sutton)

Our Navaho Neighbors (Betty Franke)

The Cliff Dwellers Visit the Dentist (Don Watson)

Excavation (Poem) (Lucy S. More)

A Tree Looks at Life (Kenneth Ross)

The Passing of a Pioneer (Lynn Harrison)

Navahos Pray for the Good of the World (Don Watson)

Fourth Anniversary of the C. C. C.>

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Vol. VII No. 2
August 1937

Mesa Verde Notes

Blood Groups of the Ancient Americans (Dr. Leland C. Wyman)

Rheumatic Cliff Dwellers (T. Alan Casey)

Mesa Verde Coiled Basketry (Robert Burgh)

A Thousand Year Old Murder Mystery (Don Watson)

Folsom Man Hunts Again>

Standards for Indian Silverwork

1938
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Vol. VIII No. 1
September 1938

Mesa Verde Notes

Wilderness Aspects of National Parks (Jesse L. Nusbaum)

The Story of Pueblo Weaving (Frederic H. Douglas)

Types of Stone Used for Tools by the Mesa Verde Indians (H.B. Wood)

The Spruce Tree House Diorama (Don Watson)

Around the Mesa

1939
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Vol. IX No. 1
December 1939

Mesa Verde Notes

Changes of Personnel

Fire! Fire! Fire! (Frank J. Faha)

"Esther" (Jean McWhirt)

The Developmental Pueblo Diorama (Dean Moorhead)

Susie, Harry and Oscar (Don Watson)

Another Travel Record

Excavation



Introduction | 1930s

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