 Later, in the interest of her research she traveled extensively throughout the Southwest; besides conducting archaeological studies she visited Native American craftspeople to observe them at work.From 1938 to 1949 Tanner served as the editor of "Kiva", the journal of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (affiliated with the Arizona State Museum), devoted to Southwestern archaeology, anthropology and history.Clara and John Tanner had one child, a daughter, Sandra Lee (married