Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker records
Scope and Contents
Additions to the Indian Litigation Files of the Wilkinson Law Firm, ca. 1949-1960. They are mostly files of the Ute Tribe and Menominee Tribe, plus some law office correspondence files.
The seventeen bound volumes contain legal documents of Indian Litigation Cases heard by the Indian Claims Commission, 1949-1970. Litigants include the Turtle Mountain Band of the Chippewa Indians, the Uinta Utes, the Spokane Tribe, the Coeur D'Alene Tribe, and the Southern Utes.
This collection contains files and legal documents from the law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun, and Barker.
Dates
- 1949-1979
Creator
- Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical history
Ernest L. Wilkinson (1899 1978), president of Brigham Young University from 1951-1971, was a partner in the law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun, and Barker, who handled the Indian Claims Commission cases during the 1950's-1980's. The firm broke up in 1982.
Extent
17 volumes
30 boxes (15 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Preliminary inventory in the case file.
Custodial History
These files were found by Gordon Daines while working with the Wilkinson papers.
Custodial History
Mat'l specified: Bound volumes. belonged to Glen A. Wilkinson, and were donated by Mark Wilkinson.
Appraisal
Western American business and labor history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.II, 2007).
- Civil Procedure and Courts
- Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho -- History -- Sources
- Indians of North America -- History -- 20th century
- Legal instruments
- Letters
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado -- History -- Sources
- Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation, Washington -- History -- Sources
- Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota -- History -- Sources
- United States. Indian Claims Commission -- History
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
- Title
- Register of Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lucy Brimhall
- Date
- 2013 April 4
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States