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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

The experiences of a young man while traveling with a wagon train from Omaha, Nebraska to Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, 1860-1865

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233949]
Identifier: MSS SC 119
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a journal, written in retrospect, which describes Bross' personal experiences and observations as he worked and traveled in the West. He describes life in the West, outlaw atrocities, cruelties by the Indians, and Mormons in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1860-1865

Ellen Hundley diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332279]
Identifier: MSS SC 3264
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Hundley writes about her trip from Utah to Texas starting in the spring of 1856. She travels from Salt Lake City, Utah, across Wyoming and then to Texas. She enounters Indians on the way and returns to Bents Fort where she witnessed and Indian dance. She travels until October of 1856. Little is known of Hundley. She might have been a Mormon woman.

Dates: 1856

Indian Affairs in California papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197235233993]
Identifier: MSS 8512
Scope and Contents

Reports, proposals, maps, letters and clippings regarding American Indian affairs in California. Includes correspondence of California senator John Harmer on governmental intervention in Indian affairs, drafts of the proposed Indian Resources Development Act and other government reports on the economic status of Native Americans in California. Materials dated approximately 1950-1970.

Dates: 1950-1970

Institute of American Indian Services and Research administrative files, 1973-1989

 Series
Identifier: UA 1011 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative files such as reports, conference proceedings, and minutes. Materials pertain to programs, conferences, and workshops for Native Americans. Includes materials and forms related to Native American education and outreach as well as program administrative organization. Materials dated 1973 to 1989.

Dates: 1973-1989

Institute of American Indian Services and Research assistant director records, 1956-1972

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 623 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contains project files, proposals, agreements, news clippings, correspondence, maps, budgets, minutes, etc.; files on alcoholism, educations, crafts, housing, various local tribes, Indian education and health, Kaibab and Kanosh projects, the Kellogg Foundation, the Lamanite Development Project, the Francis Mannie Poultry Project, and farm co-ops.

Dates: 1956-1972

Institute of American Indian Services and Research audio-visual materials, 1960-1986

 Series
Identifier: UA 1011 Series 9
Scope and Contents Contains audio-visual materials such as audiocassettes, videocassettes, audiotape reels, and filmstrips produced by Native American Educational Outreach Programs. Includes sound and video recordings regarding material from programs, conferences, and workshops for Native Americans. Also includes externally produced material used by the program in these various activities. Material emphasizes Native American cultural history with some material pertaining to the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Dates: 1960-1986

Institute of American Indian Services and Research chronological files, 1980-1984

 Series
Identifier: UA 1011 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains files regarding programs, conferences, and workshops for Native Americans. Materials dated 1980 to 1984.

Dates: 1980-1984

Institute of American Indian Services and Research correspondence, 1968-1978

 Sub-Series — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231239622]
Identifier: UA 623 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains check deposits, purchase receipts, budgets, hiring notices, miscellaneous receipts, Lamanite Program brochure statements, and Native American Studies brochures.

Dates: 1968-1978

Institute of American Indian Services and Research correspondence, 1966-1977

 Series
Identifier: UA 623 Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains office information, financial files, correspondence, missionary files, project files, personal files, and other miscellaneous materials associated with the collection.

Dates: 1966-1977

Institute of American Indian Services and Research correspondence, 1972-1974

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 623 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains alphabetical files for 1972, chronological files for 1972, and alphabetical files for 1974.

Dates: 1972-1974