Spruce Tree House, before excavation, three tiers of rooms. 1900: E41

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E41

Square Tower House, talus houses at foot: E75

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E75

Balcony House, as discovered. 1911: E76

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E76

Oak Tree House, formerly Willow House, detail of kiva. 1915: E66

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E66

Fire Temple, formerly Painted house. 1915: E64

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E64

Cliff Palace, view of Sun Temple across canyon. 1915: E56

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E56

Spruce Tree House, front of Balcony House after excavations: E45

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E45

Square Tower House, formerly Peabody: E73

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E73

Spruce Tree House, kivas. 1908: E43

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E43

Mesa and Canyon: E35

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E35

Cliff Palace, central and southern portions after excavation. 1911: E51

Southwestern Ruins, Villages, Pueblos and Missions, 1896-1940: E51

Cliff Palace, Decoration in third story of Square Tower: E55

This collection consists of 865 colored and black and white glass slides of New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona Native American ruins, pueblos, missions, artifacts, as well as general landscapes of the surroundings and portraits of individual residents. A large number of the slides are attributed to H.S. Poley, but it is not clear how many or which ones in particular are his work. The general category, "Missions of New Mexico," name him as a photographer on the index of Box A, but his name is not mentioned elsewhere in the collection. Most of the slides are not dated, but those that are indicate years and occasionally, months, from the late 1880s to the 1930s. These dates are noted on the index in the top of each slide box. There are nine boxes in all with spaces for 100 slides each. In November, 1974, Andrew Taylor, a Colorado Springs photographer, made black and white negatives, contact sheets and work prints of the collection. These are numbered according to his own system of organizing the images and are stored in an archival box with the collection.