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Indians of North America -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Bonnin-Wilkinson correspondence

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 2 Sub-Series 10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

(Including National Council of American Indians Material and other related documents).

Dates: 1906-1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal and business correspondence

David Chamberlin autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318104]
Identifier: MSS SC 1917
Scope and Contents

One handwritten autobiography by Chamberlin, one handwritten history of the early discoveries and settlement of California condensed from various authors, and miscellaneous items. Chamberlin talks about his youth, his various travels, and his encounters with Native Americans.

Dates: 1853-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Correspondence, 1926-1927

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

(Including National Council of American Indians Material and other related documents).

Dates: 1926-1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal and business correspondence

Correspondence, 1927-1928

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

(Including National Council of American Indians Material and other related documents).

Dates: 1927-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal and business correspondence

Correspondence, 1928-1930

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

(Including National Council of American Indians Material and other related documents).

Dates: 1928-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal and business correspondence

Correspondence, 1930-1931

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

(Including National Council of American Indians Material and other related documents).

Dates: 1930-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal and business correspondence

Correspondence, 1931-1933

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 2 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

(Including National Council of American Indians Material and other related documents).

Dates: 1931-1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal and business correspondence

Correspondence, 1933-1935

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 2 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

(Including National Council of American Indians Material and other related documents).

Dates: 1933-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal and business correspondence

Correspondence, 1936-1942

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 2 Sub-Series 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

(Including National Council of American Indians Material and other related documents).

Dates: 1936-1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal and business correspondence

Crossing the plains with ox teams in 1862

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320464]
Identifier: MSS SC 2203
Scope and Contents Typescript with handwritten corrections and photocopies of the item. Boquist writes of her journey from Mt. Sterling, Van Buren Co., Iowa to California in 1862. She travelled on the Oregon and California trails staying three days in Salt Lake City, Utah, "a beautiful little city." The local inhabitants came to buy what they had to sell at higher cost than the items were worth, and they were warned by a Mormon widow against the tyrannical rule of Brigham Young saying many "were kept there...
Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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