Indians of North America
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew Amundsen journal
John Law Blythe papers
Institute of American Indian Services and Research audio-visual materials, 1960-1986
Institute of American Indian Services and Research subject files, 1941-1991
Contains documents and research files about program organization and management as well as events, conferences, and various groups related to the program. Includes articles and clippings about Native American education and Native American culture. Also includes materials from programs, conferences, and workshops for Native Americans. Some materials emphasize doctrine of and administrative contact with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Materials dated 1941 to 1991.
Little Colorado Stake minutes
Photocopy of typescript. Contains a short history of the Mormon Church's mission to the Navajo Indians in Arizona from 1876 to 1878 and the creation of the Little Colorado Stake. The history of the stake is then continued up to 1887. Includes history of the settlements making up the stake, activities of the members, minutes of meetings, and accounts of missionary work among the Indians.
Mormon difficulties at Tuba City in the Hopi country, Arizona
Photocopy of typescript. Correspondence and related documents exchanged between various Indian agents and other government officials relating to problems between the Mormons and the Navajo Indians concerning water rights along the Little Colorado River in northeastern Arizona.
Oral history interview with Irving W. Poulsen
Contains the thirty-six page transcript of the interview conducted by Zane C. Calderwood with Poulsen. Irving W. Poulsen describes his family, early home life, relations with the Indians, his exeprience in World War I all in relation to being a Mormon. The oral history is thirty-six pages long. Zane M. Calderwood's purpose of interviewing is to pass on Irving Poulsen's personal views on the religous philosiphies that brought his ancestors to America and to the west.
S. Lyman Tyler professional papers, 1949-1979
Contains research and reference files, notes, drafts, minutes, correspondence, and other materials produced by Tyler during his career at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. Includes information on Native American tribes, environmental issues, historiography, and Utah history. Also includes administrative records related to Utah educational and historical institutions. Materials date from between 1949 and 1979.
William Henry Solomon's diary of the Arizona mission
William Wilson Sterrett journal
Handwritten journal accompanied by its photocopy, along with Simeon R. Sterrett's typewritten missionary blessing and its photocopy. The journal describes W. W. Sterrett's mission, how an Indian chief, Black Pine, saved his life, and also contains his family's genealogy, a record of temple ordinances, and copies of patriarchal blessings.