Ute Indian Tribe papers of John S. Boyden
Scope and Contents
Collection contains blueprints, correspondence, and other business papers related to Boyden's work with the Ute Indian Tribe, which includes materials relating to a court case presented by Boyden before the U.S. Indian Claims Commission. Also included are items relating to anthropological and archaeological findings on the Hopis and Navajos, clinical and death records, memoranda, congressional reports, published articles, maps, and other materials relating to the Hopi and Navajo nations, their history, and their culture. Dated 1952-1980.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-1980
Creator
- United States. Indian Claims Commission (Organization)
- Boyden, John S. (John Sterling), 1906-1980 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted; permission to use materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Ute Indian Tribe papers of John S. Boyden must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
John S. Boyden (1906-1980) was a lawyer in Utah. He was the former partner of John Paul Kennedy, and oversaw the legal affairs of the Ute Indian Tribe.
Boyden was born on April 14, 1906, to Walter Mitchell and Ann Thomas Boyden of Coalville, Utah. He married the only daughter of George Gillis and Sara Evans Sweeten and fathered four children.
Extent
1 oversize box (0.75 linear ft.)
54 boxes (27 linear ft.)
3 volumes (1.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains blueprints, correspondence, and other business papers related to Boyden's work with the Ute Indian Tribe, 1952-1980.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS343.xml
Custodial History
Donated by John L. Boyden in 1964.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; John L. Boyden; 1964.
Appraisal
Western American business and labor history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.II, 2007).
Processing Information
Processed; Amanda Clark; July 2007.
Subject
- United States. Indian Claims Commission (Organization)
- Ute Indian Tribe (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Register of Ute Indian Tribe papers of John S. Boyden
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karen Glenn and Amanda Clark, student processors, and John Murphy, curator
- Date
- 2009
- 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.
- Volume: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 49 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 54 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 52 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 53 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 32 (Mixed Materials)
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- oversize: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: B49-B53 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 43 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 37 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 35 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 36 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States