Carolyn O'Bagy Davis

Documents the story of the cross-cultural friendship between wealthy New Englander Maud Melville and Hopi potter Ethel Muchvo, who shared years of personal triumphs and sorrows as well as a traditional "Hopi summer" before tragic changes were inflicted on Pueblo culture, in an account based on diaries, letters, and personal photos.

Edited by noted quilt scholars Carolyn O'Bagy Davis and Helen Young Frost, this book documents the exhibit of quilts created for the celebration of Arizona's 100 years of statehood. Quilters from around the state, ranging from 11 to 87 years of age, responded to the call for quilts. Their entries depict all aspects of the state: from cattle ranching to cotton farming; desert landscapes to the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley; Navajo rug weavings...

Some of these photographs, taken on the Hopi mesas between 1927 and 1935, were combined with letters which resulted in the book titled Hopi Summer : Letters From Ethel To Maud, written by Carolyn O'Bagy Davis.

Contains captioned, archival photographs that provide insights into the history and unique culture of the Hopi people.