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Indian Rights Association records

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
1523
Repository:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Extent:
185.5 linear feet (476 boxes; 38 volumes; 1 flat file)
Language:
English
Date:
1830-1986, undated (inclusive)
Creator:
Indian Rights Association.
Abstract:
Beginning in 1882 the Indian Rights Association was one of the most important organizations establishing and influencing American Indian policy in the 20th century. The records of the organization span from its origins to the 1980s and include correspondence, research papers, administrative files, photographs, publications, and papers of Herbert Welsh, one of its founders.

Part of this collection is available on microfilm [Mfilm E 93 .I 418 1-13].

People
Organization
Subject

Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Willhem Echevarria, Jenna Marrone, and Darcy White.
Finding Aid Date
, 2011.
Sponsor
This collection was processed as part of the Civic Engagement Collections Project. Funding for this project was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) and the Laura Allen Trust.

Collection Inventory

Scope & Contents

This series includes letters, letter copy books, and a box with all envelopes found in the collection. Some of these envelopes, in keeping with Minimal Processing guidelines, still contain documents. All major figures associated with the IRA (Herbert Welsh, Matthew Sniffen, Lawrence E. Lindley, Charles C. Painter, Samuel M. Brosius, among others) are represented here.

Physical Description

189 boxes

Incoming Correspondence, (1864-1968, undated).
Box 1-148
Supplementary Incoming Correspondence, (1930-1967, undated).
Box 149-151
Letterpress Copy Books, (1886-1943).
Box 152-182
Correspondence, (1882-1909).
Box 252
Correspondence, (1900-1929).
Box 253
Correspondence, (1920-1959).
Box 254
Correspondence, (1950-1969).
Box 255
Correspondence, (1980-1989, undated).
Box 256
Correspondence; Miscellaneous Items Found With Correspondence, (undated).
Box 257
Correspondence--Envelopes, (1882-1989, undated).
Box 258

Scope & Contents

This series is divided in two main sections: Administrative Files and Subject Files. The administrative portion features minutes for the meetings of the IRA Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, financial records, and office reports. By-laws, former IRA Executive Director Sandra L. Cadwalader’s correspondence, legal briefs, court filings, notes from field trips (some of them written in shorthand), tax information, and membership papers can also be found in this section. The subject files portion is composed of folders kept by the IRA from the 1950s to the early 1980s with the bulk of the material spanning from 1971 to 1983. These are single-subject files of materials selected by IRA staff. Although the original system used by the IRA was maintained, the distinction between administrative and subject files is not always clear resulting in some overlap between the two sections.

Physical Description

75 boxes

Minutes of the Executive Committee, (1882-1917).
Box 183-184
Minutes of the Board of Directors, (1917-1967).
Box 184
Minutes of the Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and Annual Business Meeting (Supplementary Set), (1894-1968).
Box 185
Financial Records, (1903-1968).
Box 185
Arrangement note

Treasurer’s reports, financial statements, budgets, and miscellaneous, 1903-1968

Auditor’s reports, 1923-1947

Office reports--Philadelphia Office, (1893-1967).
Box 186-187
Office reports--Washington Office, (1888-1939).
Box 188-189
Administrative Files, (1800s-1980s).
Box 259-293
1783 Proclamation by the Continental Congress--Tai Chang (1980).
Box 259 Folder 1
95th Congress--Correspondence (1977-1978).
Box 259 Folder 2-3
96th Congress--Correspondence (1979-1989).
Box 259 Folder 4
96th Congress--BIA--Hearings Schedule, Legislative Reports (1979).
Box 259 Folder 5
Accounts--Angelo Neri (1985).
Box 259 Folder 6
Accounts--Annual Meeting Dinner (1984-1985).
Box 259 Folder 7
Accounts--Books Subsciptions (1983-1985).
Box 259 Folder 8
Accounts--Closing Entries (1985).
Box 259 Folder 9
Accounts--Educational Workshop, Indian Truth, Professional Services, Fundraising, Postage & Mailing (1985-1986).
Box 259 Folder 10
Accounts--For Deposit (1985-1986).
Box 259 Folder 11
Accounts--Petty Cash (1985-1986).
Box 259 Folder 12
Accounts--Purchase Orders (1986).
Box 259 Folder 13
Accounts--Receipts (1881-1965).
Box 259 Folder 14-16
Accounts--Receipts (1966).
Box 260 Folder 1
Accounts--Receipts (1967).
Box 260 Folder 2
Accounts--Rent (1974-1986).
Box 260 Folder 3
Accounts--Miscellaneous Receipts and Expense Reports (1882-1921).
Box 260 Folder 4-5
Accounts--Miscellaneous Receipts and Expense Reports (1922-1987).
Box 260 Folder 6-7
Hank Adams (1983).
Box 261 Folder 1
American Express (1983-1986).
Box 261 Folder 2
Annual Meetings (1940-1949).
Box 261 Folder 3
Annual Meetings (1950-1959).
Box 261 Folder 4
Annual Meetings (1960-1967).
Box 261 Folder 5-7
Annual Reports--Corporate--American Express (1984).
Box 261 Folder 8
Appeal Requests and Letters (1978-1986).
Box 262 Folder 1
Association of Aroostook Indians--Terry Polchies (1980-1981).
Box 262 Folder 2
Assorted Actions Taken (1984-1986).
Box 262 Folder 3
Awaiting Reponses (1985-1986).
Box 262 Folder 4
Backlash Bills (1977-1978).
Box 262 Folder 5
Bequests (1945-1964).
Box 262 Folder 6
Better Business Bureau--Complaints (1984).
Box 262 Folder 7
Better Business Bureau--Philanthropic Advisory Service (1978-1979).
Box 262 Folder 8
Blue Cross--Group Plan (1984-1986).
Box 262 Folder 9-10
Board--Ad Hoc Members (1986).
Box 262 Folder 11
Board--Business Memos (1986).
Box 263 Folder 1
Board--Correspondence (1985).
Box 263 Folder 2
Board--Information for New Members (1953-1985).
Box 263 Folder 3
Board--Meetings--Agendas (1966-1967).
Box 263 Folder 4
Board--Meeting--April 30 (1963).
Box 263 Folder 5
Board Minutes (1948-1967) [incomplete].
Box 263 Folder 6
Board Minutes (1961-1964).
Box 263 Folder 7
Board Minutes (1966-1967).
Box 263 Folder 8
Board Minutes (1968-1969).
Box 263 Folder 9
Board Minutes (1970-1971).
Box 264 Folder 1
Board Minutes (1972-1973).
Box 264 Folder 2
Board Minutes (1974-1976).
Box 264 Folder 3
Board Minutes (1977).
Box 264 Folder 4
Board Minutes (1978).
Box 264 Folder 5
Board Minutes (1979-1980).
Box 264 Folder 6
Board Minutes (1981-1982).
Box 264 Folder 7
Board Minutes (1983).
Box 265 Folder 1
Board Minutes (1984).
Box 265 Folder 2
Board Minutes (1985-1986).
Box 265 Folder 3
Board--Members List with Addresses (1988).
Box 265 Folder 4
Board--Resumes, Committees (1980s).
Box 265 Folder 5
Greg Buesing--Russell Barsh--Frank Bonamie (1985-1986).
Box 265 Folder 6
By-Laws & Charter (1966-1980).
Box 265 Folder 7
Sandra L. Cadwalader--Correspondence (1983).
Box 265 Folder 8-9
Sandra L. Cadwalader--Correspondence (1984).
Box 266 Folder 1-2
Sandra L. Cadwalader--Note About Missing Correspondence (1977-1982).
Box 266 Folder 3
Sandra L. Cadwalader--Reports (1978-1980).
Box 266 Folder 4
Jack Campisi--Chris Vecsey (Colgate University)--Bobo Dean (1985-1986).
Box 266 Folder 5
Census--US Department of Commerce (1982).
Box 266 Folder 6
Centennial Papers (1981-1983).
Box 266 Folder 7-10
Checking Account (1985-1986).
Box 267 Folder 1-2
Child Welfare Bill (1977-1978).
Box 267 Folder 3
Colville Cigarette Tax Case (1980).
Box 267 Folder 4
Computer (1986).
Box 267 Folder 5
Computers--IBM (1984-1986).
Box 267 Folder 6
Conference--Assorted (1986).
Box 267 Folder 7
Conferences--Upcoming (1986).
Box 267 Folder 8
Constitutional Symposium (1986).
Box 267 Folder 9
Constitutional Issues in Indian Country--Survey (1986).
Box 267 Folder 10
Constitutional Issues in Indian Country--Survey (1986).
Box 268 Folder 1-4
The Degradation of Tribal Sovereignty--Alvin J. Sarter (1980).
Box 268 Folder 5
Deposits (1985-1986).
Box 268 Folder 6-7
Dinners--Facilities & Catering (1984).
Box 269 Folder 1
District Unemployment Compensation Board (1938).
Box 269 Folder 2
Donations--Bromley (1967).
Box 269 Folder 3
Employees--Resumes, Job Descriptions, Agreements (1979-1986).
Box 269 Folder 4
Episcopal Church (1986).
Box 269 Folder 5
Etlymaqagamug--Alcoholism Program--Pleasant Point Reservation (1981-1982).
Box 269 Folder 6
Fact Sheet (undated).
Box 269 Folder 7
Federal Acknowledgement Project (1978-1984).
Box 269 Folder 8-12
Federal Acknowledgement Project (1978-1984).
Box 270 Folder 1-2
Federal Income Tax/FICA (1985).
Box 270 Folder 3
Federal Indian Law Conference (1979,1980,1983).
Box 270 Folder 4-6
Field Trips--Lawrence E. Lindley (1938-1941).
Box 270 Folder 7
Field Trips--M.K. Sniffen (1924-1929).
Box 270 Folder 8-9
Field Trips--M.K. Sniffen (1934-1935).
Box 271 Folder 1
Field Trips--Notes--Chippewas (1925).
Box 271 Folder 2
Field Trips--Notes, Pitman Shorthand--Water Rights Case--Yuma, CA (1925-1926).
Box 271 Folder 3
Films & Brochures (1977-1985).
Box 271 Folder 4
Financial Reports--Trial Balances (1985-1986).
Box 271 Folder 5
Form Letters (1985-1986, undated).
Box 271 Folder 6
Forms: Leases, Agreements, etc. (1955-1958, undated).
Box 271 Folder 7
Foundations--Dolfinger/McMahon; Commonwealth Fund; Philadelphia Foundation; Newman's Own (1985-1986).
Box 271 Folder 8
Foundations--William Penn; Dietrich; Field; S.S. Fields Fund (1986).
Box 271 Folder 9
Everret Frank--Needs Assesment (1986).
Box 271 Folder 10
Friends of IRA--Non-members and Requesters List (1985, undated).
Box 271 Folder 11
Fund Drive (1986).
Box 271 Folder 12
Kim R. Gardner (1985).
Box 271 Folder 13
Suzy Glazer (1985).
Box 271 Folder 14
Government Officials (US) (1985).
Box 272 Folder 1
Grants & Awards (1980-1986).
Box 272 Folder 2
Grant Proposals--Denied (1986).
Box 272 Folder 3
Bob Gruner--IRA Brochure (1985).
Box 272 Folder 4
Grants to Tribally-Controled Community Colleges--Legislation (1977).
Box 272 Folder 5
Guest Book (1980).
Box 272 Folder 6
Guest Book (1982).
Box 272 Folder 7
William (Tom) Hagan--Larry Hauptmann--Norbert S. Hill (1984-1986).
Box 272 Folder 8
Theodore B. Hetzel (1962-1964).
Box 272 Folder 9
Theodore B. Hetzel--Larry Hauptmann--Interview (1984-1985).
Box 272 Folder 10
Theodore B. Hetzel--Testimony--Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (1966).
Box 272 Folder 11
House Interior Committee--Testimony (1979).
Box 272 Folder 12
Income Tax--Philadelphia (1923-1939).
Box 273 Folder 1
Income & Investments (1966-1968).
Box 273 Folder 2-4
Index Cards--Books and IRA Publications (undated).
Box 289
Index Cards--Indian Truth Index (undated).
Box 290
Index Cards--Paid Members; Contacts [Rolodex cards] (undated).
Box 291
Index Cards--Zip Codes; Yearly Drops; Complimentary; Institutions; Miscellaneous (undated).
Box 292
Indian Bureau--Scrapbook--April 1929 to September 1932.
Box 273 Folder 5
Insurance--Blue Cross/Blue Shield; Others (1985-1986).
Box 273 Folder 6
Insurance--Liberty Mutual (1959-1985).
Box 273 Folder 7
Investments (1983-1986).
Box 273 Folder 8-9
IRA--PAFA--Temple (1985).
Box 274 Folder 1
IRS (1983-1987).
Box 274 Folder 2
Derril Jordan--Stanley Katz--Larry Krasner (1985-1986).
Box 274 Folder 3
Judicial--Miscellaneous (1977-1978, 1980-1984).
Box 274 Folder 4-5
Laura Allen Trust Fund (1940-1967).
Box 274 Folder 6
Laura Allen Trust Fund (1973-1987).
Box 274 Folder 7
Lawrence E. Lindley--Bank Directions (undated).
Box 274 Folder 8
Legacies & Bequests (1986).
Box 274 Folder 9
Legislation--Miscellaneous (1977-1982).
Box 274 Folder 10
Legislation--Miscellaneous (1977-1982).
Box 275 Folder 1-2
Letters of Support (1986).
Box 275 Folder 3
Lobbying Regulations (circa 1977).
Box 275 Folder 4
Log of Inquiries (1986).
Box 275 Folder 5
June Lowery--Oren Lyons--N. Scott Momaday--Al Ortiz (1985-1986).
Box 275 Folder 6
Mailing--Postage, Bulk, etc. (1978-1982).
Box 275 Folder 7
Main Hardman--Financial Statements (1978-1980).
Box 275 Folder 8
Main Hardman--Financial Statements (1981-1982).
Box 275 Folder 9
Main Hardman--Financial Statements (1983-1984).
Box 275 Folder 10
Main Hardman--Financial Statements (1985-1986).
Box 275 Folder 11
Map--Indian Communities (circa 1985).
Box 275 Folder 12
Melcher's Bill on Oil and Gas Leases (1982).
Box 275 Folder 13
1883 Members/Appeals (1985).
Box 275 Folder 14
Memberships and Pending Business--Miscellaneous (1984-1988).
Box 276 Folder 1
Membership--Complimentary and Exchanges (1985-1986).
Box 276 Folder 2
Membership--Large Donations and Contributions (1984-1986).
Box 276 Folder 3
Membership--Lists--New Members, Expiration Dates, Change of Address, Delete (1986).
Box 276 Folder 4
Membership/Promotion (1985-1986).
Box 276 Folder 5
Membership--Master Letters (1986-1988).
Box 276 Folder 6
Memory Books of Metlakatla, Alaska (1932-1936).
Box 288
Microfilming (1980-1982).
Box 276 Folder 7
Mohegan Court Briefs (1979).
Box 276 Folder 8-10
Narragansetts (1978).
Box 277 Folder 1
IRA Narrative (undated).
Box 277 Folder 2
National Charities Information Bureau (1955-1985).
Box 277 Folder 3
National Coalition to Support Indian Treaties--Backlash (1978).
Box 277 Folder 4
National Coalition to Support Indian Treaties--Energy Resources and Development (1978).
Box 277 Folder 5
National Coalition to Support Indian Treaties--Fishing Rights (1978-1979).
Box 277 Folder 6
National Coalition to Support Indian Treaties--Jurisdiction (1978).
Box 277 Folder 7
National Coalition to Support Indian Treaties--Land Claims (1978-1979).
Box 277 Folder 8
Non-Profit Organization Management (1982-1986).
Box 277 Folder 9
Office Decorations--Rugs, Vase, etc. (1975-1980).
Box 277 Folder 10
Office Supplies & Equipment (1946-1986).
Box 277 Folder 11
Office Procedures (circa 1980s).
Box 277 Folder 12
Melanie Beth Oliviero--IRA General Correspondence (1984-1986).
Box 277 Folder 13-14
Melanie Beth Oliviero--Photographs (1985).
Box 277 Folder 15
Omnibus Jurisdiction--Act of 1977 (1977).
Box 278 Folder 1
Gilbert Ortiz--Research--Pueblo Land (1982).
Box 278 Folder 2
Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Fund (1980-1986).
Box 278 Folder 3
Philadelphia National Bank (1984-1985).
Box 278 Folder 4
Philadelphia Organizations--Balch Institute; GPCA; Philadelphia Region Social Services (1985-1986).
Box 278 Folder 5
Philadelphia Organizations--Philadelphia Ethical Society; CADME Gallery; Fellowship Commission (1985-1986).
Box 278 Folder 6
Philadelphia Organizations--Rosenbach; Philadelphia Region Galleries (1984-1986).
Box 278 Folder 7
Philadelphia Organizations--Big Small Theater; Bread & Roses Community Fund; Miscellaneous (1984-1986).
Box 278 Folder 8
Philadelphia Organizations--Delaware Valley Council of Agencies (1986).
Box 278 Folder 9
Policy Statement (1971-1986).
Box 278 Folder 10
Presidential Mandate [Pasqua Yaqui] (1978).
Box 278 Folder 11
Prison Referral Information (1977-1986).
Box 278 Folder 12
Publications Inventory (1984-1985).
Box 278 Folder 13
Publicity--Press Coverage, Press Releases, Public Service, Announcements, Invites (1967-1985).
Box 278 Folder 14
Publicity--Press Coverage, Press Releases, Public Service, Announcements, Invites (1967-1985).
Box 279 Folder 1
Publishers/Printers (1958-1986).
Box 279 Folder 2
Reconciliation Act #100 (1986).
Box 279 Folder 3
Recognition Issues (1977-1978).
Box 279 Folder 4
Recognition--Pequot (1981-1983).
Box 279 Folder 5
Recognition Project (1984-1986).
Box 279 Folder 6
Registrations--Charitable Organizations--New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania (1977-1986).
Box 279 Folder 7
Reference--Individuals (1986).
Box 279 Folder 8
Resource Guide--Requests (1985).
Box 279 Folder 9
Anthony Rivera (1985-1986).
Box 279 Folder 10
Santa Clara Pueblo vs. Martinez (1978).
Box 279 Folder 11
School Lists (undated).
Box 279 Folder 12
Suzan Shown Harjo (NCAI)--Marguerite Smith--Ruth Thompson (1985-1986).
Box 279 Folder 13
Jack Smith--Film Rights (1986).
Box 279 Folder 14
State Income Tax/City Wage Tax (1985-1986).
Box 279 Folder 15
Statements to Government Officials (1978-1984).
Box 280 Folder 1
Statements to Government Officials (1978-1984).
Box 280 Folder 2
Subscription Inquiries (1984-1986).
Box 280 Folder 3
Supreme Court Cases (1978).
Box 280 Folder 4
Survival Strategies--Alliance/Merger Possibilities; Merger Alternatives (1985-1986).
Box 280 Folder 5
Survival Strategies--American for Indian Opportunity; American Indian Bank; Haverford College; Mark Roy [UN Indian Rights Foundation] (1985-1986).
Box 280 Folder 6
Survival Strategies--Board Development Organizational Strategies (1985-1986).
Box 280 Folder 7
Survival Strategies--Indiana University; Louis Bruce; Smithsonian Native American Program; Senate Select Committee (1985-1986).
Box 280 Folder 8
Survival Strategies--Individual Contributions; Aid & Advice (1985-1986).
Box 280 Folder 9
Tax Forms--Payroll (1985-1987).
Box 280 Folder 10
Temporary Help (1980).
Box 280 Folder 11
Tax Exempt Status Pemission--Pennsylvania (1978-1985).
Box 280 Folder 12
Telephone Info (1984-1986).
Box 280 Folder 13
Telephone Info (1984-1986).
Box 281 Folder 1-2
Temple University Press--Final Contract (1983-1986).
Box 281 Folder 3
Tribal State Compact Act (1978).
Box 281 Folder 4
Unemployment (1983-1986).
Box 281 Folder 5
United Way (1985-1986).
Box 281 Folder 6
UPENN Museum (1979-1985).
Box 281 Folder 7
Voided Checks (1985-1986).
Box 281 Folder 8
Volunteers/Consultants (1977-1985).
Box 281 Folder 9
W.W. Washburn--George Waters--Gerry Wilkinson (NIYC) (1984-1985).
Box 281 Folder 10
Miscellaneous--Alaska (1932).
Box 282 Folder 1
Miscellaneous--Assorted Papers (undated).
Box 282 Folder 2
Miscellaneous--Assorted Papers (1911-1985, undated).
Box 282 Folder 3A-3B
Miscellaneous--Assorted Papers (1921-1964, undated).
Box 282 Folder 4
Miscellaneous--Books and Audio-Visual Materials--Catalogs, Lists, etc. (1980s).
Box 282 Folder 5-6
Miscellaneous--Invitations & Programs (1941-1956, undated).
Box 283 Folder 1
Miscellaneous--Lists (undated).
Box 283 Folder 2
Miscellaneous--Notes--Handwritten (1930s, undated).
Box 283 Folder 3-4
Miscellaneous--Notes--Handwritten (1887-1909, undated).
Box 283 Folder 5
Miscellaneous--Notes--Handwritten (1951, undated).
Box 283 Folder 6
Miscellaneous--Notes--Handwritten (1938, undated).
Box 284 Folder 1
Miscellaneous--Notes--Shorthand (1907-1932, undated).
Box 284 Folder 2
Miscellaneous--Notes--Shorthand (1925, undated).
Box 284 Folder 3
Miscellaneous--Notes--Typewritten (1928-1943, undated).
Box 284 Folder 4
Miscellaneous--Papers re: American Indians--Prepared by Miss Coles' Bible Class (1892-1893, undated).
Box 284 Folder 5
Miscellaneous--Photographs & Prints (undated).
Box 284 Folder 6
Miscellaneous--Printed Matter--Newsletters, Pamphlets, Leaflets (1900-1979).
Box 284 Folder 7
Miscellaneous--Printed Matter--Newsletters, Pamphlets, Leaflets (1980s).
Box 284 Folder 8
Miscellaneous--Printed Matter--Newsletters, Pamphlets, Leaflets (1980s).
Box 285 Folder 1-2
Miscellaneous--Printed Matter--Newsletters, Pamphlets, Leaflets (1960s-1980s, undated).
Box 285 Folder 3
Miscellaneous--Printed Matter--Newsletters, Pamphlets, Leaflets (undated).
Box 285 Folder 4-5
Miscellaneous--Printed Matter--Congressional Research Report for the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs--Federal Programs of Assistance to American Indians (1985).
Box 285 Folder 6
Miscellaneous--Certificate of Registration Under Solicitation Law (1932-1960).
Box 285 Folder 7
Miscellaneous--Loose Papers--Funding (1985-1986).
Box 285 Folder 8
Miscellaneous--Loose Papers--Serials and Publications (1980-1985).
Box 285 Folder 9
Miscellaneous--Writings--The Sioux Indians, Bishop Hare's Work Among Them (1892).
Box 286 Folder 1
Miscellaneous--Writings--Proposed Land Transfer Would Help Navajos; Personal Recollections of General Nelson A. Miles; Thomas Quick, Indian Killer (undated).
Box 286 Folder 2
Miscellaneous--Writings--Excerpts from Red Patriots, by Charles H. Coe (1898).
Box 286 Folder 3
Miscellaneous--Writings--Charitable Volunteer Firemen's and Religious Organizations; Talk from Edward E. O'Neill, Attorney for the Seneca Nation; Wanted, an Indian Name (1953, 1959).
Box 286 Folder 4
Miscellaneous--Writings--Bennington Battle Memorial Dedicatory Poem; Education; Report Committee to Walapi (1931, undated).
Box 286 Folder 5
Miscellaneous--Writings--The Ute's Last Stand; Save the Yosemite Sugar Pines; Kappler's Laws & Treaties [Index] (undated).
Box 286 Folder 6
Miscellaneous--Writings--Statement of Senator Daniel K. Inouye [Indian Development Finance Corp. Act]; Justice Going Awry for Alaska Natives (undated).
Box 286 Folder 7
Miscellaneous--Writings--Indian Schools in the Eastern States; Some Indian Service Conditions Under Mr. Sells; A Visit to Rosebud Sioux and Several Others Indian Groups (1956, undated).
Box 286 Folder 8
Miscellaneous--Writings--A Guide to American Indian Resource Material for Classroom Instruction (1985).
Box 286 Folder 9
Miscellaneous--Writings--American Friends Service Committee--Southern California, A Study (1953).
Box 286 Folder 10
Miscellaneous--Writings--National Indian Law Library--A Bibliography of Selected Areas of Indian Law (1977).
Box 286 Folder 11
Miscellaneous--Writings--National Indian Law Library--A Bibliography of Selected Areas of Indian Law (1980).
Box 286 Folder 12
Miscellaneous--Writings--Students of Little Wound School-Pine Ridge Indian Reservation--Upside and Sideways [essays] (1980).
Box 286 Folder 13
Miscellaneous--Writings--Reports of the Proceedings of the Indian Rights Association Convention--Atlantic City, NJ (1928).
Box 286 Folder 14
Miscellaneous--Writings--Assorted Papers (undated).
Box 286 Folder 15
Miscellaneous--Books About Indians--Catalogs (1980s).
Box 287 Folder 1
Miscellaneous--Contributions, Business Cards (1888-1934).
Box 287 Folder 2
Miscellaneous--Lantern Slides--Inventories & Notes (undated).
Box 287 Folder 3
Miscellaneous--Matthew K. Sniffen, Herbert Welsh, S.M. Brosius--Assorted Papers (1921-1922).
Box 287 Folder 4
Miscellaneous--Envelopes of Discarded Items [flower petals, hair locks] (undated).
Box 287 Folder 5
Miscellaneous--Pencil Drawings (undated).
Box 287 Folder 6
Miscellaneous--Membership Cards, Subscriptions, Small Receipts, etc. (1918, undated).
Box 287 Folder 7
Miscellaneous--Certificate Honoring Lawrence E. Lidney (undated); Engraving--William Penn's Treaty with the Indians (undated); Proclamation for Indian Rights Association Week (1982).
Box 293 Folder 1
Miscellaneous--Mailing to Libraries (1986, undated).
Box 293 Folder 2
Miscellaneous--Name's Master List (undated).
Box 293 Folder 3-4
Miscellaneous--Label with Addresses (1985, undated).
Box 293 Folder 5
Miscellaneous--File Maintenance Report (1985).
Box 293 Folder 6
Subject files.
Box 294-326
Abenaki (Vermont, Quebec) (1979).
Box 294 Folder 1
Abourezk (1978).
Box 294 Folder 2
Acoma Pueblo (1984).
Box 294 Folder 3
Affirmative Action (1977).
Box 294 Folder 4
Aging (1966-1980).
Box 294 Folder 5
AICC--Haverford (1961).
Box 294 Folder 6
Ak Chin (Papago) (1978).
Box 294 Folder 7
Akwesasne (1980).
Box 294 Folder 8
Alaske Native Claims Settlement Act (1967-1984).
Box 294 Folder 9
Alaska--D-2 Lands (1976-1981).
Box 294 Folder 10
Alaska (1960s).
Box 294 Folder 11
Alaska (1970s).
Box 294 Folder 12
Alaska (1980s).
Box 294 Folder 13
Alaska (1980s).
Box 295 Folder 1
Alaska--Rowan Group Report (1977).
Box 295 Folder 2
Alaska--United States vs. Shuyak (1977).
Box 295 Folder 3
Alcatraz (1969).
Box 295 Folder 4
Alcohol/Alcoholism (1979-1980).
Box 295 Folder 5
American Friends Service Committee (1961).
Box 295 Folder 6
American Indian Chicago Conference (1961).
Box 295 Folder 7
American Indian Movement (A.I.M) (1976-1983).
Box 295 Folder 8-9
American Indian Policy Review Commission (1976-1977).
Box 295 Folder 10-11
Ancient Indian Land Claims Bill (1982).
Box 296 Folder 1
Anthropology (1978-1981).
Box 296 Folder 2
Apache (1972-1980).
Box 296 Folder 3
Apostle Islands (1970).
Box 296 Folder 4
Aquash, Anna Mae (1976).
Box 296 Folder 5
Acrosanti (1978).
Box 296 Folder 6
Arizona (1965-1981).
Box 296 Folder 7
Athletic/Sports (1973-1981).
Box 296 Folder 8
Backlash--Articles, Publications, etc. (1977-1980).
Box 296 Folder 9-10
Backlash--Western Attorney Generals' Meeting (1977).
Box 296 Folder 11
Backlash--Countering Backlash (1978-1980).
Box 296 Folder 12
Baldeagle Land Transferral [assisted by Bette Crouse Mele] )1977).
Box 296 Folder 13
Bannock-Shoshone (1959-1965).
Box 296 Folder 14
Bear Butte (1982).
Box 297 Folder 1
Bicentennial [American Revolution] (1976).
Box 297 Folder 2
Big Mountain Diné [Traditional Navajo] (1979).
Box 297 Folder 3
Black Hills (1978-1987).
Box 297 Folder 4-6
Black Hills Alliance (1978-1980).
Box 297 Folder 7
Black Mesa (1971).
Box 297 Folder 8
Blackfeet Tribe (1977-1983).
Box 297 Folder 9
Bootstrap Bill (1980).
Box 297 Folder 10
Bowhead Whale (1977-1980).
Box 297 Folder 11
Bowhead Whale (1977-1980).
Box 298 Folder 1
Brazil (1979-1984).
Box 298 Folder 2-3
Burke, Alice M. (1965, undated).
Box 298 Folder 4
Business--Indian-run (1964-1978, undated).
Box 298 Folder 5
California Native Peoples (1983).
Box 298 Folder 6
Canadian Native People (1978-1981).
Box 298 Folder 7-8
Canada--Pre 1980s.
Box 299 Folder 1-2
Richard B. Carter Trust (1987).
Box 299 Folder 3
Catawba [North Carolina] (1959-1980).
Box 299 Folder 4
Cayugas (1973-1982).
Box 299 Folder 5
Chugah (1981).
Box 299 Folder 6
Cherokee (1979-1982).
Box 299 Folder 7
Cheyenne--Arapaho (1975-1980).
Box 299 Folder 8-9
Cheyenne--Arapaho (1975-1980).
Box 300 Folder 1
Child Abuse (1976-1980).
Box 300 Folder 2
Child Welfare (1976-1979).
Box 300 Folder 3-4
Chippewa (1978-1980).
Box 300 Folder 5
Choctaw (1969-1980).
Box 300 Folder 6
Connecticut Indians (1980-1983).
Box 300 Folder 7
Civil Rights Commission (1977-1981).
Box 301 Folder 1
Civil Service Commission (1966-1968).
Box 301 Folder 2
Colorado River Indian Reservation (1979-1981).
Box 301 Folder 3
Commerce, Department of [releases] (1970-1978).
Box 301 Folder 4
Community Development: Coops Land Trusts (1980).
Box 301 Folder 5
Congressional Directory (1985-1986).
Box 301 Folder 6
Constitutional Rights (1973-1978).
Box 301 Folder 7
Costo, Raphael (1977).
Box 301 Folder 8
Creek Nation (1977-1980).
Box 301 Folder 9
Criminal Code Bill (1978).
Box 301 Folder 10
Crow (1977-1981).
Box 301 Folder 11
Crow Dog, Leonard (1975-1977).
Box 301 Folder 12
Dartmouth (1965).
Box 301 Folder 13
Dakotas (undated).
Box 301 Folder 14
Dawes Act--Historical Material (1980).
Box 301 Folder 15
Dawes Act (1978, undated).
Box 301 Folder 16
Definition--Indian (1980).
Box 301 Folder 17
Delawares (1980).
Box 301 Folder 18
Dene Nation (1976-1982).
Box 301 Folder 19
Discrimination (1979).
Box 302 Folder 1
Dietz, Lone Star (1958).
Box 302 Folder 2
Doyle, John B. (1962).
Box 302 Folder 3
Duck Valley (1979).
Box 302 Folder 4
Eckert, Bertha M. (1961).
Box 302 Folder 5
Economic Development (1978-1983).
Box 302 Folder 6
Education (1961-1983).
Box 302 Folder 7
Education--Boarding Schools (1978-1982).
Box 302 Folder 8
Education--Bilingual (1976-1981).
Box 302 Folder 9
Education--Educators Index (1951-1958).
Box 302 Folder 10
Education--Mt. Edgecumbe (Alaska) School (1980).
Box 302 Folder 11
Education--News Releases, Reports, etc. (1971-1979).
Box 302 Folder 12-13
Education--Survival Schools (1975-1979).
Box 303 Folder 1
Elections--Presidential, Congressional (1980-1984).
Box 303 Folder 2
Energy Development (1977-1982).
Box 303 Folder 3-4
Faris, C.E. (1955-1956).
Box 303 Folder 5
F.B.I. (1977-1979).
Box 303 Folder 6
Feathers (1958-1963).
Box 303 Folder 7
Fishing Rights (1977-1981).
Box 303 Folder 8-9
Food Stamp Act (1978-1980).
Box 304 Folder 1
Florida (1971-1973).
Box 304 Folder 2
Fort Sill Apache (1982).
Box 304 Folder 3
Fort Lewis College (1971).
Box 304 Folder 4
Friends of the Indian Conference (1929-1938).
Box 304 Folder 5
Foundations (1957-1965).
Box 304 Folder 6
Funke & Associates (1980).
Box 304 Folder 7
Ganado, College of (1977-1978).
Box 304 Folder 8
Ganienkeh (1974-1978).
Box 304 Folder 9
Gansworth, Raymond (1946-1947).
Box 304 Folder 10
Gay Head Wampanoags (1977-1984).
Box 304 Folder 11-12
Forrest Gerard (1977-1979).
Box 304 Folder 13
Gila River Indian Reservation (1974).
Box 304 Folder 14
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa (1980).
Box 305 Folder 1
Guatemala (1982-1983).
Box 305 Folder 2
Hanta Yo [Ruth Beebe Hill] (1980-1981).
Box 305 Folder 3
HHS--Directory, Public Affairs Personnel (1985).
Box 305 Folder 4
Havasupai (1965-1979).
Box 305 Folder 5
Hawaiian Natives (1978-1980).
Box 305 Folder 6
Hawk, Thomas James White (1968-1969).
Box 305 Folder 7
Health (1975-1985).
Box 305 Folder 8
Health Care Improvement Act (1975-1980).
Box 305 Folder 9
Hensley, Willie (1980).
Box 305 Folder 10
Highwater, Jamake (1984).
Box 305 Folder 11
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1938-1942).
Box 305 Folder 12
Hoopa Valley Indians (1978-1985).
Box 305 Folder 13
Hoopes, Donelson W. (1962-1965).
Box 306 Folder 1
Hopi (1959-1980).
Box 306 Folder 2
Housing (1976-1980).
Box 306 Folder 3
Houtton Band of Maliseet Indians (1980-1981).
Box 306 Folder 4-5
Indians--General (1930-1981).
Box 306 Folder 6
Indian Art (1985).
Box 306 Folder 7
Indian Dances--Pueblo, Hopi (1915-1924, 1980).
Box 306 Folder 8
Indian Dances--Pueblo, Hopi (1915-1924, 1980).
Box 307 Folder 1
Indian Defense League (1960).
Box 307 Folder 2
Indian Reorganization Act (1983).
Box 307 Folder 3
Indian Rights Association--History (1955-1982).
Box 307 Folder 4-5
Indian Organizations--Directory (1985).
Box 307 Folder 6
Indigenous--Other (1978, undated).
Box 307 Folder 7
Inuit [Circumpolar Conference] (undated).
Box 307 Folder 8
Iroquois (1948-1969).
Box 307 Folder 9
Institute of American Indian Art (1984, undated).
Box 308 Folder 1
Peter S. James Committee (1980).
Box 308 Folder 2
James Bay (1972-1973).
Box 308 Folder 3
Jay Treaty Rights (1972-1980).
Box 308 Folder 4
Jojoba (1977).
Box 308 Folder 5
Johnson, William (1920).
Box 308 Folder 6
Jurisdiction [Oliphant Decision] (1963-1980).
Box 308 Folder 7
Justice Department (1977-1980).
Box 308 Folder 8
Kateri Tekakwitha (1980).
Box 308 Folder 9
Kickapoo of Texas (1978-1983).
Box 308 Folder 10
Kinney's "Continent Lost" (undated).
Box 308 Folder 11
Kinzua Dam (1957-1961).
Box 308 Folder 12
Klamath Settlement (1980).
Box 308 Folder 13
Ku Klux Klan (1926).
Box 308 Folder 14
Lakota Treaty Council (1978).
Box 309 Folder 1
Land (1978-1982).
Box 309 Folder 2
Land--Claim Cases; Forum (1976-1983).
Box 309 Folder 3
La Verne Madigan (1962).
Box 309 Folder 4
Lenape (1971-1982).
Box 309 Folder 5
Library Program [Bureau of Indian Affairs] (1977-1978).
Box 309 Folder 6
Loescher, Frank (1962).
Box 309 Folder 7
Longest Walk (1978).
Box 309 Folder 8
Long Walk for Survival (1980).
Box 309 Folder 9
Lumi (1970-1979).
Box 309 Folder 10
Louisiana (1979).
Box 309 Folder 11
Lumbee (1974-1987).
Box 309 Folder 12
Maine (1960-1979).
Box 310 Folder 1-5
Maine--Land Claim Case (1980-1981).
Box 311 Folder 1
D'Arcy McNickle (1957-1977).
Box 311 Folder 2
Marshall Trust (1958).
Box 311 Folder 3
Martinez vs. Santa Clara Pueblo (1978-1980).
Box 311 Folder 4
Mattheisen, Peter--Reviews of his In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983).
Box 311 Folder 5
Means, Russell (1976-1980).
Box 311 Folder 6
Media--Television, Radio (1974-1982).
Box 311 Folder 7
Meeds, Congressman Lloyd (1978, undated).
Box 311 Folder 8
Menominee--Restoration (1970-1974).
Box 31 Folder 9
Menominee--Termination (1959-1975).
Box 311 Folder 10
Mesquakie of Iowa (1968).
Box 312 Folder 1
Mexico--Indian News (1978-1983).
Box 312 Folder 2
Michigan (1975-1981).
Box 312 Folder 3
Micmacs of Restigouche (1981-1982).
Box 312 Folder 4-5
Sidney Mills (1980).
Box 312 Folder 6
Minnesota (1967-1981).
Box 312 Folder 7
Miss Indian America Pageant (1985).
Box 312 Folder 8
Missions School Orphanage (1971-1976).
Box 312 Folder 9
Mohawk (1976-1979).
Box 312 Folder 10
Mohegans [see also Connecticut Indians] (1984-1985).
Box 312 Folder 11
Montana/Wyoming (1960-1981).
Box 312 Folder 12
Montgomery, Estella (1914-1919).
Box 312 Folder 13
Ed Nakawatase (1987).
Box 312 Folder 14
Narragansett Indians (1978-1983).
Box 313 Folder 1
Native American Rights Fund--Bibliography [NARF] (undated).
Box 313 Folder 2
Navajo (1944-1983, undated).
Box 313 Folder 3-6
Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute (1980-1986).
Box 313 Folder 7-8
Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute (1980-1986).
Box 314 Folder 1
New York Reservations--Land Claims [Cayuga, Seneca, St. Regis, Oneida] (1953-1980).
Box 314 Folder 2
Nez Perce [Colville] (1966-1980).
Box 314 Folder 3
Nipmuc Tribal Council (1979, undated).
Box 314 Folder 4
North Carolina (1960-1973).
Box 314 Folder 5
Northern Cheyenne (1959-1980).
Box 314 Folder 6
Northwest (1965-1970).
Box 314 Folder 7
Nutrition (1981-1982).
Box 314 Folder 8
Oglala Sioux [Pine Ridge] (1974-1979).
Box 314 Folder 9
Oil (Includes Windfall Profits Tax) (1980).
Box 315 Folder 1
Oklahoma Indians (1954-1978).
Box 315 Folder 2
Oliphan vs. Suquamish Tribe (1978).
Box 315 Folder 3
Oneida (1976).
Box 315 Folder 4
Onondaga (1969-1982).
Box 315 Folder 5
Oregon Indians (1983).
Box 315 Folder 6
Otitis Media [Middle Ear Disease] (1970).
Box 315 Folder 7
Paiutes (1957-1981).
Box 315 Folder 8
Papago (1955-1979).
Box 315 Folder 9
Passamaquoddy (1966-1982, undated).
Box 315 Folder 10-1
Passamaquoddy (1966-1982, undated).
Box 316 Folder 1
Pawnee (1978).
Box 316 Folder 2
Peltier, Leonard (1975-1984).
Box 316 Folder 3
Penn's Treaty (undated).
Box 316 Folder 4
Pequot--History (1977-1981).
Box 316 Folder 5-6
Pequot--Petition (1976-1982, undated).
Box 316 Folder 7-8
Pequot--Petition (1976-1982, undated).
Box 317 Folder 1
Pequot--Clippings (1975-1983, undated).
Box 317 Folder 2-3
Poarch Band of Creeks--Petition (1983).
Box 317 Folder 4
Pima (1910-1980, undated).
Box 317 Folder 5
Poetry (1979, undated).
Box 317 Folder 6
Pomo Indians (1984).
Box 317 Folder 7
Potowatomi (1973-1978).
Box 317 Folder 8
Powhatan, Rappahannock, and Piscataway (1972-1982).
Box 317 Folder 9
Poverty (undated).
Box 317 Folder 10
Prisoners (1977-1980).
Box 318 Folder 1
Publications on Indian Issues (1979-1985).
Box 318 Folder 2
Pueblo (1970-1985, undated).
Box 318 Folder 3
Pyramid Lake (1970-1978).
Box 318 Folder 4
Reading Lists (1957, undated).
Box 318 Folder 5
Reagan Administration (1982-1983).
Box 318 Folder 6
Recognition--Tribes/Legislation (1980).
Box 318 Folder 7
Red Lake--Chippewa (1982).
Box 318 Folder 8
Religion (1964-1980, undated).
Box 318 Folder 9
Resources/Development (1976-1983, undated).
Box 318 Folder 10
Rolling Thunder (1982).
Box 318 Folder 11
E. Rosenthal--Indian Network/Indian Interest Organizations (1982).
Box 318 Folder 12
Dr. Everett R. Rhoades--Indian Health Service (1985).
Box 319 Folder 1
Ralph Roanhorse--Navajo--Art (1936, undated).
Box 319 Folder 2
Saint Michaels/House of All Angels (1930-1935, undated).
Box 319 Folder 3
Samish/Snohomish--Washington State (1982-1983).
Box 319 Folder 4-6
Sandoz, Mari--Reviews of Children's Books (1963).
Box 319 Folder 7
San Juan County--Navajo/El Paso Consolidation Coal Lease & Mining Plan (1977).
Box 319 Folder 8
Schrepel, Mrs. [Cheyenne Agency, North Dakota] (1926-1942, undated).
Box 319 Folder 9
Schofield, Grace M. (1966, undated).
Box 319 Folder 10
Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs (1977-1980).
Box 319 Folder 11
Self-determination & Education Assistance (1975-1981).
Box 320 Folder 1
Seneca (1954-1980).
Box 320 Folder 2
Leroy Shenandoah (1972-1975).
Box 320 Folder 3
Skagit System Cooperative (1981, undated).
Box 320 Folder 4
Sioux (1970-192, undated).
Box 320 Folder 5
Skyhorse, Mohawk (1977-1978).
Box 320 Folder 6
South America (1980-1983).
Box 320 Folder 7
South Carolina (1980).
Box 320 Folder 8
South Dakota--Rosebud & Pine Ridge (1936-1980).
Box 320 Folder 9
Sovereignty (1975-1976, undated).
Box 321 Folder 1
Statute of Limitations (1977).
Box 321 Folder 2
Steere, J.M. (1947-1960, undated).
Box 321 Folder 3
Sterilization (1976-1982).
Box 321 Folder 4
Stockbridge--Munsee (1982, undated).
Box 321 Folder 5
Supreme Court (1982-1983).
Box 321 Folder 6
Survival Gathering (1980).
Box 321 Folder 7
Sutton, J. Aubrey (1954-1958, undated).
Box 321 Folder 8
Tama [Iowa] School (1968).
Box 321 Folder 9
Taxation--Indian Taxes (1978).
Box 321 Folder 10
Te Ata (1963-1964).
Box 321 Folder 11
Tellico Dam [Cherokee] (1978-1980).
Box 321 Folder 12
Termination (1958-1971).
Box 321 Folder 13-14
Thompson, Ruth (1965-1967).
Box 321 Folder 15
Title IV (1977-1981).
Box 321 Folder 16
Tiwas--Guadalupe Pueblo [Tortugas] (1957-1968).
Box 321 Folder 17
Tourism (1973-1979, undated).
Box 322 Folder 1-2
Town Hall--Program Request (1947).
Box 322 Folder 3
Trail of Broken Treaties (1972-1975).
Box 322 Folder 4
Treaty and Treaty Right (1977-1979).
Box 322 Folder 5
Tribal Government (1977-1981, undated).
Box 322 Folder 6
Tribal Literature (1960s).
Box 322 Folder 7
Tribal-State Relations (1978, undated).
Box 322 Folder 8
Trust Responsibility (1969-1979, undated).
Box 322 Folder 9
Tuscarora (1981, undated).
Box 322 Folder 10
United Nations (1980).
Box 322 Folder 11
Utah [Uintah and Ouray] (1955-1975).
Box 323 Folder 1
US Census Info Kit (1980).
Box 323 Folder 2
United Effort Trust (1978).
Box 323 Folder 3
United World of College of the America West (1985).
Box 323 Folder 4
Uranium [see also Black Hills; Energy] (1979-1981).
Box 323 Folder 5
Urban (1956-1983).
Box 323 Folder 6
Ute (1976-1979).
Box 323 Folder 7-8
Valentine, R. G.--Memorial Invitation & Newsclippings (1916-1917).
Box 323 Folder 9
Volunteer Help (1960).
Box 324 Folder 1
Virginia Indians (1972-1983).
Box 324 Folder 2
Wampanoags--Land Claim (1976-1979).
Box 324 Folder 3
Wanamaker Tee Club (1951, undated).
Box 324 Folder 4
Warne, William (1948).
Box 324 Folder 5
Washington State (1978-1981, undated).
Box 324 Folder 6
Wanrow, Yvonne (1977-1979).
Box 324 Folder 7
Wilcomb Washburn (1982).
Box 324 Folder 8
Water Rights (1971-1983, undated).
Box 324 Folder 9-11
Watt, James G. (1980-1983, undated).
Box 324 Folder 12
Welsh, Herbert (1939-1941).
Box 325 Folder 1
Western Shoshone (1980-1981).
Box 325 Folder 2
White House (1971-1983).
Box 325 Folder 3
Dale Williams (1956-1967).
Box 325 Folder 4
Windwalker (1980-1981).
Box 325 Folder 5
Women--Activists & Leaders (1976-1981).
Box 325 Folder 6
Wounded Knee (1973-1974).
Box 325 Folder 7-8
Wounded Knee (1973-1974).
Box 326 Folder 1
Yakima (1971, undated).
Box 326 Folder 2
Yankton Sioux (1976).
Box 326 Folder 3
Youth (1971-1981).
Box 326 Folder 4
Zuni (1984).
Box 326 Folder 5

Scope & Contents

The Newsclippings contains articles removed from newspapers and magazines by the Indian Rights Association staff and their affiliates. These newspaper articles focus predominantly on Native American rights issues and represent the development of public opinion on the subject throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many of these articles were written by IRA staff, including Herbert Welsh and Matthew K. Sniffen. Newspapers included in this series hail from all over the country, though they predominantly represent Alaska, Arizona, New York, New Mexico, and South Dakota. A few of the newsclippings in this series were sent to the IRA from other sources; these clippings can be found in their original envelopes.

The files are arranged chronologically, though researchers will find that some were previously organized under subject headings. Researchers should also note that there might be some overlap between the newsclippings and the publications series.

IRA publications contain annual reports, newsletters, and pamphlets printed by the IRA. The charter and by-laws of the Indian Rights Association can be found in this subseries. A complete run of the IRA publication Indian Truth can also be found here.

The Non-IRA publications represent the bulk of the Publications series. This subseries contains newspapers printed by Native American tribes, as well as printed material from other Indian rights advocacy groups. While the bulk of this section is comprised of Native American newspapers, there is a substantial amount of pamphlets, newsletters, and press releases from both national and international organizations.

The material is arranged alphabetically. An effort was made to retain the original folder titles; for the most part, newspapers are listed under the publication name, while public relations material, newsletters, and printed material produced by other organizations can be found under the organization name. In a few cases, the IRA staff had collected publications under subject headings, and these titles were maintained. Any material produced by a federal government agency can be found under the “United States” heading. Single publications and pages removed from other printed material can be found under “Miscellaneous” alphabetical files at the end of the section.

Physical Description

119 boxes

IRA publications.
Box 190A-193, 250, 327-330
Indian Affairs, Vol. I (1883).
Box 190A
Indian Affairs, Vol. III (1886).
Box 190B
Publications of the Indian Rights Association, Vol. IV (1888-1890).
Box 191A
Publications of the Indian Rights Association, Vol. I (1882-1884).
Box 191B
Publications of the Indian Rights Association, Vol. V (1890-1891).
Box 191C
Publications of the Indian Rights Association, Vol. VII (1895-1898).
Box 191D
Publications of the Indian Rights Association, Vol. IX (1907-1912).
Box 191E
Publications of the Indian Rights Association, Vol. X (1912-1916).
Box 191F
Annual Reports (1884-1935).
Box 192-193
Indian Truth, Vol. 1 no. 4 – Vol. 50 no. 211 [non-consecutive run] (1924-1953, 1955-1967, 1970, 1973).
Box 250
Allotment; Atlantic City Conference; Branches of IRA (circa 1885, 1904, 1928).
Box 327 Folder 1
Annual Meeting; Bulletins (1909-1924).
Box 327 Folder 2
Annual Reports (1887-1909).
Box 327 Folder 3
Annual Reports (1916-1935, 1986).
Box 327 Folder 4
Articles written by Matthew Sniffen & Herbert Welsh (1882-925, undated).
Box 327 Folder 5
Charter (1916).
Box 327 Folder 6
Cheyenne River Agency; Citizenship; Civil Service Reform (1889-1901, undated).
Box 327 Folder 7
Financial Statement Report (1985).
Box 327 Folder 8
The Fort Hall Story: An Interpretation; The Indians of te Yukon & Tanana Valleys, Alaska (1914, 1959).
Box 327 Folder 9
Guide to American Indian Materials for the Classroom (1985).
Box 327 Folder 10
Indian Agents; Liquor Laws; Membership (1893, 1913).
Box 327 Folder 11
Indian Training Schools (1886).
Box 327 Folder 12
Indian Truth (1924-1926) [incomplete 1924].
Box 328 Folder 1
Indian Truth (1927-1930).
Box 328 Folder 2
Indian Truth (1931-1934).
Box 328 Folder 3
Indian Truth (1935-1938).
Box 328 Folder 4
Indian Truth (1939-1942).
Box 328 Folder 5
Indian Truth (1943-1948).
Box 328 Folder 6
Indian Truth (1949-1954).
Box 328 Folder 7
Indian Truth (1955-1959).
Box 328 Folder 8
Indian Truth (1960-1965).
Box 328 Folder 9
Indian Truth (1966-1971) [incomplete 1969].
Box 329 Folder 1
Indian Truth (1972 March-1980 October).
Box 329 Folder 2
Indian Truth (1980 December-1983 February).
Box 329 Folder 3
Indian Truth (1983 April-1984 June).
Box 329 Folder 4
Indian Truth (1984 August-1986 January, undated).
Box 329 Folder 5
Indian Truth, Publication Guides (1924-1967).
Box 329 Folder 6
Indians: Apache; California Indians; Chippewa; Crow (1884-1919).
Box 329 Folder 7
Indians: Millie Lac; Navajo; Pima; Pueblos (1834-1923).
Box 329 Folder 8
Indians: Seminole; Sioux-Sisseton Crow Creek; Sioux-Standing Rock (circa 1885-1917).
Box 329 Folder 9
Indians: Sioux; Cheyenne River (1882-1906, 1961).
Box 329 Folder 10
Indians: Southern Ute; Southwest Indians; Zuni (1890-1897).
Box 330 Folder 1
Moravian Indian Work; Peyote-An Insidious Evil (1897, 1918).
Box 330 Folder 2
Oklahoma (1896-1919, 1978).
Box 330 Folder 3
Pamphlets (1919, 1923, 1925).
Box 330 Folder 4
Pamphlets & Donation Requests (1968, undated).
Box 330 Folder 5
Publications; Progress; Vote (1880, 1914, 1931).
Box 330 Folder 6
Statement of Purpose (1884-1912).
Box 330 Folder 7
Statements Regarding Legislation (1880s, 1900-1916).
Box 330 Folder 8
Statements Regarding Legislation (1890-1899).
Box 330 Folder 9
Miscellaneous Publications (1892-1977).
Box 330 Folder 10
Government Documents (1830-1969).
Box 194-212
21st, 43rd, 49th, 50th, 52nd, 54th, 55th Congresses (1830-1899).
Box 194
56th-90th Congresses (1899-1969).
Box 195-207
United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Claims (1900-1959).
Box 208
State and Local Courts; Federal Agencies (1893-1968).
Box 209
Press Releases (1924-1968, undated).
Box 210
Circular Letters; Memos; Orders (1902-1959, undated).
Box 211
Speeches; Bulletins; Reports; Directories (1912-1967, undated).
Box 212
Research Publications (1900-1962).
Box 213-217
Done for and by the Department of Indian Affairs and the Bureau/Office of Indian Affairs (1911-1962).
Box 213
Alaska (1900-1949).
Box 214
California; Education; Health; Arizona Land and Population (1900-1949, undated).
Box 215
Navajo; Oregon (1934-1955, undated).
Box 216
Research Reports; State and Local Government Documents (1924-1953, undated).
Box 217
Pamphlets [arranged alphabetically by author] (1867-1961).
Box 218-221
Indian Organizations [arranged alphabetically by name of organization] (1879-1967).
Box 221-225
Non-IRA Publications.
Box 331-405
Administration for Native Americans (1979-1980, undated).
Box 331 Folder 1
The Ahkimal Awawtom (1930).
Box 331 Folder 2
Ashkwa (1982-1986).
Box 331 Folder 3
Akwekon (1985).
Box 331 Folder 4
Alaska Native (1983-1987).
Box 331 Folder 5-10
Alaska Native Brotherhood (1930-1932).
Box 332 Folder 1
All Saints School, South Dakota (circa 1899-1909).
Box 332 Folder 2
Amerindian (1974-1986).
Box 332 Folder 3-9
American Academy of Political & Social Science (1978).
Box 332 Folder 10
American Advance (1911).
Box 332 Folder 11
American Anti-Imperialist League (1899-1900).
Box 332 Folder 12
American Civil Liberties Union (1932-1934, 1985).
Box 332 Folder 13
American Field Service (1986).
Box 332 Folder 14
American Forests (1953, 1958).
Box 332 Folder 15
American Friends Service Committee, Women's Program (1985-1986).
Box 332 Folder 16
American Indian Advocate (1922).
Box 333 Folder 1
American Indian Archeological Institute (1977-1979, undated).
Box 333 Folder 2
American Indian Center of Omaha (1986).
Box 333 Folder 3
American Indian Defense Association (1925-1935).
Box 333 Folder 4
American Indian Heritage Foundation [Princess Pale Moon] (1983-1985).
Box 333 Folder 5
American Indian Heritage Foundation (1985-1986).
Box 333 Folder 6
American Indian Historical Society (1971, 1977).
Box 333 Folder 7
The American Indian Institute (1926-1931).
Box 333 Folder 8
American Indian Law Center (1968-1973).
Box 333 Folder 9-13
American Indian Law Center (1973-1976).
Box 334 Folder 1-11
American Indian Law Center (1977-1986).
Box 335 Folder 1-4
American Indian Liberation Crusade (1985-1986).
Box 335 Folder 5
American Indian National Bank (1981-1984).
Box 335 Folder 6
American Indian Nurses Association (1978).
Box 335 Folder 7
American Indian Program at Cornell University (1984-1986).
Box 335 Folder 8
American Indian Registry for the Performing Arts (1985-1986).
Box 335 Folder 9
American Indian School of Medicine (AISOM) (1977).
Box 335 Folder 10
American Indian Science & Engineering Society (circa 1981, 1986-1987).
Box 335 Folder 11
American Indian Workshop Newsletter (1981-1985).
Box 335 Folder 12
American Indian Y.M.C.A. Bulletin (1915-1925).
Box 335 Folder 13
American Indians for Development (circa 1977).
Box 335 Folder 14
American Native Press (1985).
Box 336 Folder 1
The American Patriot (1913-1915).
Box 336 Folder 2
The American Proportional Representation League (1893-1894).
Box 336 Folder 3
American Before Columbus (1980-1986, undated).
Box 336 Folder 4-7
Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO) (1970-1981).
Box 336 Folder 8-12
Amerindian (1953-1970).
Box 337 Folder 1-4
Animal Rights Network (1985-1986).
Box 337 Folder 5
Anthropology Resource Center (1977-1983).
Box 337 Folder 6
Artisans Order of Mutual Protection (1920).
Box 337 Folder 7
Association on American Indian Affairs (1943-1960, 1957-1974, 1985-1986).
Box 337 Folder 8-9
Association on American Indian Affairs (1958, 1965, 1971-1986).
Box 338 Folder 1
Association of American Indian Physicians (1974-1986).
Box 338 Folder 2-4
Association Trends (1985-1986).
Box 338 Folder 5
The Atlantic Monthly Company (1925).
Box 338 Folder 6
ATLATL (1983).
Box 338 Folder 7
The Baccone Indian (1929-1932, 1946).
Box 338 Folder 8
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (1915, 1952-1954).
Box 338 Folder 9
Bayou LaRose (circa 1980s).
Box 338 Folder 10
Black Hills PAHA SAPA Report (1976-1982).
Box 338 Folder 11
Blue Cloud Quarterly (1967, 1975-1986).
Box 339 Folder 1-3
Boy Scouts/American Indian Scouting Outreach (1980-1985).
Box 339 Folder 4
Brotherton Messenger (1983-1986).
Box 339 Folder 5
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (1984-1986).
Box 339 Folder 6-7
Buffalo North American Indian Culture Center (circa 1983-1986).
Box 339 Folder 8
Caddo Tribal Times (1984-1985).
Box 339 Folder 9
California Indian Association (undated).
Box 339 Folder 10
Calvin Forum (1938).
Box 339 Folder 10
Camp Crier (1985-1986).
Box 339 Folder 11
Canadian Association in Support of Native Peoples (1976-1978).
Box 339 Folder 12
Canadian Government (1931).
Box 339 Folder 13
Canadian Government, Minutes of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate & House of Commons (1946).
Box 339 Folder 14
Canadian Government, Minutes of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate & House of Commons (1946).
Box 340 Folder 1
Canadian Office of Indian Affairs (1906-1935).
Box 340 Folder 2
Carlisle Indian School (1897-1918).
Box 340 Folder 3-5
Carolina Indian Voice (1986).
Box 340 Folder 6
Central American News Agency Acen-Siag (1985-1986).
Box 340 Folder 7-8
Central American News Agency Acen-Siag (1986).
Box 341 Folder 1
Central Illinois Tribal Council (1985-1986).
Box 341 Folder 2
Cherokee Boys Club (1985-1986).
Box 341 Folder 3
Cherokee Indian Fair Association/Cherokee Historical Association (1950-1964).
Box 341 Folder 4
Choctaw Community News (1982-1986).
Box 341 Folder 5-7
Christian Century (1920s-1960s).
Box 341 Folder 8
Chugach Natives (1982-1984).
Box 341 Folder 9
Churches (Miscellaneous) (1973-1984).
Box 341 Folder 10
Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazadous Wastes (1985-1986).
Box 341 Folder 11
Citizen's Committee of Fifty for a New Philadelphia (1892-1893).
Box 341 Folder 12
Civil Service Reform Association of Missouri (1891-1892).
Box 341 Folder 13
The Circle (Boston Indian Council) (1981-1982).
Box 341 Folder 14
The Circle (Boston Indian Council) (1983-1986).
Box 342 Folder 1-3
The Circle (Minneapolis Native American Center) (1983-1987).
Box 342 Folder 4-6
Clary Institute (1979-1981).
Box 342 Folder 7-8
Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards (circa 1972-1981).
Box 342 Folder 9
John Collier--Miscellaneous Publications (1922-1939).
Box 342 Folder 10
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) (1982-1986).
Box 343 Folder 1
Common Cause (1985-1986).
Box 343 Folder 2-3
Consortium of Social Science Associations (1985-1986).
Box 343 Folder 4
Council of Energy Resource Tribes (1979-1985).
Box 343 Folder 5-9)
Crazy Horse Spirit (1985).
Box 344 Folder 1
Cultural Survival (1978-1985).
Box 344 Folder 2-7
Cultural Survival (1985-1986).
Box 345 Folder 1
The Daybreak (1909-1933).
Box 345 Folder 2
Dene Nation Newsletter (1982-1985).
Box 345 Folder 3-4
The Detroit Institute of Arts (1985).
Box 345 Folder 5
Eagle's Eye (1982-1985).
Box 345 Folder 6
Echo (1983-1986).
Box 345 Folder 7-10
ENFOPRENSA (1983-1984).
Box 345 Folder 11
ENFOPRENSA (1984-1985).
Box 346 Folder 1-3
Episcopal Church (1973-1986).
Box 346 Folder 4
The Eskimo (1936-1947).
Box 346 Folder 5
The Falmouth Institute (1986).
Box 346 Folder 6
Federal Bar Association, Indian Law (1979).
Box 346 Folder 7
Federal Council of the Churches in America (1920).
Box 346 Folder 8
Flathead Indian Progress (1917-1920).
Box 346 Folder 9
Forgotten People (circa 1978-1981).
Box 346 Folder 10-11
Fort Apache Scout (1982-1986).
Box 347 Folder 1-7
Fort Apache Scout (1985-1986).
Box 348 Folder 1-2
Fort Berthold Agency News Bulletin (1959, 1961).
Box 348 Folder 3
Fort Berthold Press--Ahead of the Herd (1986-1987).
Box 348 Folder 4
Forum (1924, 1931).
Box 348 Folder 5
L. Webster Fox, M.D. (1924-1928).
Box 348 Folder 6
The Friend (1922-1952).
Box 348 Folder 7
Friends Committee on National Legislation (1959-1986).
Box 348 Folder 8-12
Friends Committee on National Legislation (1985-1986).
Box 349 Folder 1
Friends of the Earth (1985-1986).
Box 349 Folder 2
Friends on Indian Affairs (1898-1923).
Box 349 Folder 23
Friends' Intelligencer (1922-1947).
Box 349 Folder 4
Good Housekeeping (1923-1934).
Box 349 Folder 5
Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute (1902-1937).
Box 349 Folder 6-8
Harper's Magazine (1956).
Box 349 Folder 9
Harveycars (1928).
Box 349 Folder 10
Haskell Institute (1914-1927, 1943).
Box 349 Folder 11
John L. Havemeyer (undated).
Box 349 Folder 12
Home Mission Monthly (1907, 1922).
Box 349 Folder 13
Home Missions Council (1894-1955).
Box 349 Folder 14
Home & School (1929).
Box 350 Folder 1
Hopi Tribe Newsletter (1983-1986).
Box 350 Folder 2-3
Housing Assistance Council (1984-1986).
Box 350 Folder 4
Indian Forerunner (1979).
Box 350 Folder 5
Indian Historical Society of the Americas (1986).
Box 350 Folder 6
Indian Industries League (1907-1910).
Box 350 Folder 7
Indian Council Fire (1947-1952, undated).
Box 350 Folder 8
Indian Industrial School (1901, 1913).
Box 350 Folder 9
Indian Information Project (1981-1982).
Box 350 Folder 10
Indian Law Resource Center (1982-1985).
Box 350 Folder 11
Indian Leader (1915-1939).
Box 350 Folder 12-15
Indian Leader (1984-1986).
Box 351 Folder 1
Indian Legal Information Development Service (circa 1972).
Box 351 Folder 2
Indian Liahona (1965-1966).
Box 351 Folder 3
Indian News (1978-1981).
Box 351 Folder 4-7
The Indian Orphan (1913, 1926-1927).
Box 351 Folder 8
Indian Outlook (1925-1932).
Box 351 Folder 9
Indian Progress (1967-1967).
Box 351 Folder 10
Indian Residential School Commission of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (undated).
Box 351 Folder 11
Indian School Journal (1911-1940).
Box 352 Folder 1-3
Indian Self-Rule (1983).
Box 352 Folder 4
Indian Time (1984-1985).
Box 352 Folder 5-8
Indian Time (1985).
Box 353 Folder 1-2
Indian Voice (1977-1983).
Box 353 Folder 3-4
Indigena (1976).
Box 353 Folder 5
Indigenous Press Network (1985-1986).
Box 353 Folder 6
Indigenous World (1982-1983).
Box 353 Folder 7
Institute of American Indian Arts (circa 1978-1982).
Box 353 Folder 8
Institute of the American West (1983-1984).
Box 353 Folder 9
Institute of Indian Studies at the University of South Dakota (1984-1985).
Box 353 Folder 10
Instituto Indigenista Interamericano (1946-1947, 1961, 1966, 1981-1985).
Box 353 Folder 11-12
Intercom (1983).
Box 353 Folder 13
International Foundation for Development Alternatives (1986).
Box 354 Folder 1
International House of Philadelphia (1986).
Box 354 Folder 2
International Indian Treaty Council (1976-1984).
Box 354 Folder 3
Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association (1959-1960).
Box 354 Folder 4
Intertribal Voice (1983-1984).
Box 354 Folder 5
Kui Tatk (1985-1986).
Box 354 Folder 6
Joseph W. Latimer (Miscellaneous Publications) (1924-1930).
Box 354 Folder 7
Lawyer's Digest (1985-1986).
Box 354 Folder 8
Legislative Hearings & Reports (1984-1985).
Box 354 Folder 9
Legislative Review (1971-1973).
Box 354 Folder 10-11
Legislative Review (1975, undated).
Box 355 Folder 1
Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern (1985-1986).
Box 355 Folder 2
Liason (1978-1986).
Box 355 Folder 3-5
The Library of Congress (Reference Material) (1984).
Box 355 Folder 6
Life Magazine (1948, 1962, undated).
Box 355 Folder 7
Linkages, For Indian Child Welfare Programs (1986).
Box 355 Folder 8
Listening Post (1979-1985).
Box 355 Folder 9-11
Literary Digest (1911-1929).
Box 356 Folder 1
Little Wound School (1985-1986).
Box 356 Folder 2
Masterkey (Anthropology of the Americas) (1938, 1980-1986).
Box 356 Folder 3-5
The Massachusetts Indian Association (1892-1922).
Box 356 Folder 6
Manassas Industrial School (1917-1920).
Box 356 Folder 7
Medicine Bundle (1981-1983).
Box 356 Folder 8
Menominee Tribal News (1979).
Box 356 Folder 9
Miccosukee Everglades News (1983-1984).
Box 356 Folder 10-11
Miccosukee Everglades News (1985).
Box 357 Folder 1
Minnesota Historical Society (1955, 1986).
Box 357 Folder 2
The Mirror (1893-1894).
Box 357 Folder 3
The Mission Echoes (1938-1950).
Box 357 Folder 4
Misurasata Republica de Nicaragua (1985).
Box 357 Folder 5
Warren K. Moorhead (1902-1926).
Box 357 Folder 6
Municipal League of Philadelphia (1893).
Box 357 Folder 7
Muscogee Nation News (1979).
Box 357 Folder 8
Museum of the American Indian (1936, 1972-1981, undated).
Box 357 Folder 9
The Nation (1920-1933, 1966, 1983, 1986).
Box 357 Folder 10
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (1985-1986).
Box 357 Folder 11
National Advisory Council on Indian Education (1985-1986).
Box 357 Folder 12
National American Indian Court Judges Association (1975-1978).
Box 357 Folder 13
National Association on Indian Affairs (1936-1937).
Box 357 Folder 14
National Civil Liberties Bureau (1918).
Box 357 Folder 15
The National Civil-Service Reform League (1892-1918).
Box 357 Folder 16
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (1985-1986).
Box 357 Folder 17
National Coalition to Support Indian Treaties (1979-1983).
Box 357 Folder 18
National Commission on the Indian Canadian (1959).
Box 357 Folder 19
National Conference of Social Work (1932-1943).
Box 357 Folder 20
National Congress of American Indians (1944, 1947-1977, 1979-1985).
Box 358 Folder 1-9
The National Divorce Reform League (1893).
Box 359 Folder 1
The National Gallery of the American Indian (undated).
Box 359 Folder 2
National Indian Association (1919-1948).
Box 359 Folder 3
National Indian Child Abuse & Neglect Resource Center (1979-1981).
Box 359 Folder 4
National Indian Contractors Association (1984).
Box 359 Folder 5
National Council on Aging (1977-1983).
Box 359 Folder 6-8
National Indian Education Association (circa 1977-1981).
Box 359 Folder 9
National Indian Health Board (1977-1982).
Box 359 Folder 10-13
National Indian Health Board (1983-1986).
Box 360 Folder 1-2
National Indian Lutheran Board (circa 1982).
Box 360 Folder 3
National Indian Social Workers Association (1985).
Box 360 Folder 4
National Indian Workshop (1985-1986).
Box 360 Folder 5
National Indian Youth Council (circa 1976-1986).
Box 360 Folder 6
National Lawyers Guild (1980).
Box 360 Folder 7
National Parks Association (1929-1930).
Box 360 Folder 8
National Research Council (1985).
Box 360 Folder 9
National Science Foundation (1985-1986).
Box 360 Folder 10
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (1920-1921).
Box 360 Folder 11
National Tribal Chairman's Association (1975-1985).
Box 360 Folder 12
National Urban Council (1985-1986).
Box 360 Folder 13
Nations (circa 1981).
Box 360 Folder 14
The Native American (1911-1931).
Box 360 Folder 15-16
Native American Archives Project (1982).
Box 360 Folder 17
Native American Natural Resources Development Federation (1979-1980).
Box 360 Folder 18
Native American Rights Fund (1972-1973).
Box 360 Folder 19
Native American Rights Fund (1975-1986).
Box 361 Folder 1-6
Native American Science Education Association (1986).
Box 361 Folder 7
Native American Studies Center, Department of Multicultural Education, Brigham Young University (1985-1986).
Box 361 Folder 8
Native Arts/West (1980-1981).
Box 361 Folder 9-10
Native Nevadan (1982-1986).
Box 362 Folder 1-7
Native Perspective (1975-1976).
Box 363 Folder 1
Native Times (1986).
Box 363 Folder 2
Native Writer's Ink (1983-1984).
Box 363 Folder 3
Navajo Times Today (1983-1984).
Box 363 Folder 4-6
Navajo Times Today (1984).
Box 364 Folder 1-5
Navajo Times Today (1984).
Box 365 Folder 1-5
Navajo Times Today (1984-1985).
Box 366 Folder 1-5
Navajo Times Today (1985).
Box 367 Folder 1-4
Navajo Times Today (1985-1986).
Box 368 Folder 1-5
Navajo Times Today (1986).
Box 369 Folder 1-5
Navajo Times Today (1986).
Box 370 Folder 1-5
Navajo Times Today (1986).
Box 371 Folder 1-5
Navajo Times Today (1986-1987).
Box 372 Folder 1-4
Navajo Times Today (1985).
Box 373 Folder 1-8
Navajo Times Today (1985).
Box 374 Folder 1-6
Navajo Times Today (1985).
Box 375 Folder 1-8
Navajo Times Today (1985).
Box 376 Folder 1-7
Navajo Times Today (1985-1986).
Box 377 Folder 1-2
Navajo Times (1966).
Box 377 Folder 3
A Neglected People (1903-1912).
Box 377 Folder 4
Newberry Library (1978-1986).
Box 377 Folder 5
New Jersey American Indians (1982-1985).
Box 377 Folder 6
New Mexico Association of Indian Affairs (1923-1958).
Box 377 Folder 7
New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs (1985-1986).
Box 377 Folder 8
New Republic (1922-1923).
Box 377 Folder 9
Newsweek (1937, 1985).
Box 377 Folder 10
Nishaube News (1977).
Box 377 Folder 11
Nish Nau Bah (1976, 1982).
Box 377 Folder 12
Nishnawbe News (1980-1982).
Box 377 Folder 13
The Northern California Indian Association (1903-1910).
Box 377 Folder 14
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (1978-1980).
Box 377 Folder 15
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (circa 1979-1982).
Box 378 Folder 1
Norhwest Indian News (1977).
Box 378 Folder 2
Northwest Indian Women's Circle (1985-1986).
Box 378 Folder 3
Not Man Apart (1981-1982, 1985).
Box 378 Folder 4-5
Nuevo Instituto de Centroamerica (1985-1986).
Box 378 Folder 6
Oglala Light (1905-1917).
Box 378 Folder 7
The Ohio Archeological & Historical Society (1920, 1934).
Box 378 Folder 8
OHOYO Resource Center (1977-1983).
Box 378 Folder 9
Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity (1980-1985).
Box 378 Folder 10
Ontario Indian (1980).
Box 378 Folder 11
Ontario Indian (1980-1982).
Box 379 Folder 1-5
Outdoors News Bulletin (1981-1985).
Box 379 Folder 6
The Outlook (1902-1911).
Box 379 Folder 7
Oyate Wicaho (1985).
Box 379 Folder 8
The Padre's Trail (1953).
Box 379 Folder 9
The Pemmican Journal (1981-1983).
Box 379 Folder 10
Pennsylvania Ethic Heritage Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh (1985-1986).
Box 379 Folder 11
The Pennsylvania State University (1985-1986).
Box 379 Folder 12
Phelps-Stokes Fund, Native American Philanthropic News Sercvice (1939, 1976-1982).
Box 379 Folder 13
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (1918-1921).
Box 380 Folder 1
Philadelphia Inquirer (1985).
Box 380 Folder 2
Philadelphia Rescue Band (1909-1920).
Box 380 Folder 3
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends, Kinzua Project (1963-1964).
Box 380 Folder 4
The Phoenix Redskin (1931, 1947).
Box 380 Folder 5
Prima-Maricopa Echo (1978).
Box 380 Folder 6
Pioneer Mission Agency (1925).
Box 380 Folder 7
Powhatan-Renape Nation (circa 1972, 1985-1986_.
Box 380 Folder 8
The Progressive (1948, 1951).
Box 380 Folder 9
Project North (1981-1986).
Box 380 Folder 10
Pueblo News (1982-1984).
Box 380 Folder 11-13
Quechan News (1940).
Box 380 Folder 14
RAIN, Journal of Appropriate Technology (1981-1982).
Box 381 Folder 1-2
Reader's Digest (1945-1958).
Box 381 Folder 3
The Red Cross (1923-1924, 1945-1946).
Box 381 Folder 4
Red Letter (1982-1984).
Box 381 Folder 5
The Red Man (1891, 1916).
Box 381 Folder 6
Red Times (1977-1981).
Box 381 Folder 7
Resource & Education Center II (1983-1984).
Box 381 Folder 8
The Returned Student Bulletin (1932).
Box 381 Folder 9
Rochester Museum of Arts & Sciences (1941-1966).
Box 381 Folder 10
Rocky Mountain Oil Reporter (1962).
Box 381 Folder 11
Roe Indian Institute, Kansas (undated).
Box 381 Folder 12
Rosebud Monthly Review (1916).
Box 381 Folder 13
Rosebud Sioux Herald (1965-1967).
Box 381 Folder 14
The Rotarian (1938, 1942).
Box 382 Folder 1
Rural Coalition (1985-1986).
Box 382 Folder 2
Russell Sage Foundation (1928-1930, undated).
Box 382 Folder 3
St. Kate's (1986).
Box 382 Folder 4
Saint Michael's Mission (1924-1938).
Box 382 Folder 5
Saturday Evening Post (1929-1939).
Box 382 Folder 6
Save the Children/National Indian Child Conference (1978-1983).
Box 382 Folder 7
Seneca Nation of Indians (1964-1967).
Box 382 Folder 8
Sheldon Jackson School (1932-1947, undated).
Box 382 Folder 9
Sherman Institute (1919-1920, 1946).
Box 382 Folder 10
Sinte Glecka College News (1982-1985).
Box 382 Folder 11-12
Skoek Oi-Dak Chick-Pa N (1935).
Box 382 Folder 13
Smoke Signals (1965-1968).
Box 382 Folder 14
The Society of American Indians (1915-1918).
Box 382 Folder 15
South Carolina Affairs Commission (1985-1986).
Box 382 Folder 16
South Dakota Churchman (1914-1947).
Box 382 Folder 17-18
South Dakota Episcopal Church News (1985-1986).
Box 383 Folder 1
Southern Industrial Institute (1920-1930).
Box 383 Folder 2
Southern Ute Drum (1986).
Box 383 Folder 3
Spirit of Missions (1867-1931).
Box 383 Folder 4
Spiritual Cultural Council of Native Nations, Lewisburg Prison (1979-1980).
Box 383 Folder 5
The Suquamish News (1986).
Box 383 Folder 6
The Survey (1922-1932).
Box 383 Folder 7-8
Survey Graphic (1940-1941).
Box 389 Folder 9
Survival International Review (1980).
Box 383 Folder 10
Survival International Review (1981).
Box 384 Folder 1-2
Survival International USA (circa 1981-1986).
Box 384 Folder 3
Sweetgrass (1984).
Box 384 Folder 4
Tacoma Indian News (1980-1982).
Box 384 Folder 5
Talking Leaf (1976-1977, 1980, 1984).
Box 384 Folder 7-8
Talking Leaf (1981-1982).
Box 385 Folder 1
Three Feathers Associates (1986).
Box 385 Folder 2
The Three Tribes Herald (circa 1964-1965).
Box 385 Folder 3
Tilakum Wawa (1931-1932).
Box 385 Folder 4
Time Magazine (1930s-1950s).
Box 385 Folder 5
Tlingit & Haida News (1980-1984).
Box 385 Folder 6
Transnational Network for Appropriate/Alternative Technologies (1984).
Box 385 Folder 7
Treaty Council News (1977-1978).
Box 385 Folder 8
Tribal Spokesman (1981).
Box 385 Folder 9
Tundra Times (1966, 1977, 1981-1982).
Box 385 Folder 10-15
Tundra Times (1982-1983).
Box 386 Folder 1-5
Turtle (1979-1983).
Box 386 Folder 6
United Indian Planners Association (1976-1977).
Box 386 Folder 7
United Indian Planners Association (1978-1979).
Box 387 Folder 1-2
United Scholarship Service (1967).
Box 387 Folder 3
United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota (1984-1985).
Box 387 Folder 4
United South & Eastern Tribes (1973-1986).
Box 387 Folder 5-8
US Commission on Civil Rights (1973-1986).
Box 388 Folder 1
United States Committee on Public Information (1918).
Box 388 Folder 2
United States Congressional Record (1963-1986).
Box 388 Folder 3
United States Department of Agriculture (1919-1934).
Box 388 Folder 4
United States Department of Commerce (1931-1976).
Box 388 Folder 5
United States Department of Health, Education & Welfare (1958-1968).
Box 388 Folder 6
United States Department of Health & Human Services (1985-1986).
Box 388 Folder 7
United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (1985-1986).
Box 388 Folder 8
United States Department of the Interior (1914-1986).
Box 389 Folder 1
United States Department of the Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs (1891-1987).
Box 389 Folder 2-5
United States Department of the Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs--Education Division--Office of Indian Affairs (1940-1966).
Box 390 Folder 1
United States Department of the Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs--Indian News Notes (1977-1979, 1982-1985).
Box 390 Folder 2-6
United States Department of the Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs--Indian News Notes (1985-1986).
Box 391 Folder 1
United States Department of the Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs--Office of Indian Affairs--Indian Record (1972-1978).
Box 391 Folder 2
United States Department of the Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs--News Releases (1957, 1963-1986).
Box 391 Folder 3-4
United States Department of the Interior--Bureau of Indian Affairs (1876-1949).
Box 391 Folder 5-8
United States Department of the Interior--Bureau of Land Management (1912, 1957).
Box 391 Folder 9
United States Department of the Interior--Indian Arts & Crafts Board (1934-1987).
Box 392 Folder 1
United States Department of the Interior--Mineral Management Service (1985-1986).
Box 392 Folder 2
United States Department of the Interior--National Park Service (1922-1957).
Box 392 Folder 3
United States Department of Justice (1905, 1983-1986).
Box 392 Folder 4
United States Department of Labor (1925, 1941, 1963).
Box 392 Folder 5
United States General Accounting Office (1985-1986).
Box 392 Folder 6
United Stated Government (1886-1986).
Box 392 Folder 7
United States Indian Training School (1911-1929).
Box 392 Folder 8
United States Office of Economic Opportunity (1964-1965).
Box 392 Folder 9
United State Senate (1894, 1985-1986).
Box 392 Folder 10
Unity (1915-1917).
Box 392 Folder 11
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (undated).
Box 393 Folder 1
University of Arizona (1918, 1958, 1976, 1986).
Box 393 Folder 2
University of Oklahoma [including American Indian Institute] (1985-1986).
Box 393 Folder 3
United Tribes News (1971, 1981-1986).
Box 393 Folder 4-8
Walam-a-Wagan--Passamaquoddy Tribe (1965).
Box 393 Folder 9
Walker River Indian Reservation (1938-1939).
Box 393 Folder 10
Walpole Island Band Council (1986).
Box 393 Folder 11
The Washington Law Reporter (1902).
Box 393 Folder 12
Washington Interreligious Staff Council (1982).
Box 393 Folder 13
Wassaja (1918-1922, 1976-1977).
Box 393 Folder 14-15
Wassaja (1977-1980, 1982-1983).
Box 394 Folder 1-7
Wellesley Indian Association (1892-1893).
Box 394 Folder 8
Western Network (1983).
Box 394 Folder 9
Western Shoshone Sacred Lands Association (1980-1981).
Box 394 Folder 10
White Cloud Quarterly (1978-1980).
Box 394 Folder 11
White Cloud Quarterly (1981-1982).
Box 395 Folder 1
Wildlife Management Institute (1960-1964, 1985-1986).
Box 395 Folder 2
Win Awenen Nisitotung (1983-1986.
Box 395 Folder 3-7
Winnebago Indian News (1980).
Box 395 Folder 8
Women of All Red Nations (1980-1981).
Box 395 Folder 9
Woman's Auxiliary (1893-1916).
Box 395 Folder 10
The World Carrier of Santee Training School (1909-1934).
Box 395 Folder 11
Workshop on American Indian Affairs (1961-1964).
Box 395 Folder 12
World's Work (circa 1913-193).
Box 396 Folder 1
Yakima Nation Review (1977, 1980.
Box 396 Folder 2-4
Yankton Sioux Messenger (1980-1986).
Box 396 Folder 5-6
Zuni History (1983).
Box 396 Folder 7
Miscellaneous Publications: Letter A (1890s-1980s).
Box 397 Folder 1-5
Miscellaneous Publications: Letter B-C (1890s-1980s).
Box 398 Folder 1-4
Miscellaneous Publications: Letter C-F (1890s-1980s).
Box 399 Folder 1-6
Miscellaneous Publications: Letter F-I (1880s-1980s).
Box 400 Folder 1-5
Miscellaneous Publications: Letter I-M (1880s-1980s).
Box 401 Folder 1-6
Miscellaneous Publications: Letter M-N (1880s-1980s, undated).
Box 402 Folder 1-7
Miscellaneous Publications: Letter O-R (1880s-1980s, undated).
Box 403 Folder 1-5
Miscellaneous Publications: Letter S-T (1890s-1980s).
Box 404 Folder 1-6
Miscellaneous Publications: Letter U-Y (1880s-1980s, undated)/Prints Found with Publications (undated).
Box 405 Folder 1-7
Newsclippings (1870-1980s, undated).
Box 406-417
Newsclippings (1870-1899).
Box 406 Folder 1-6
Newsclippings (1900-1909).
Box 407 Folder 1-5
Newsclippings (1900-1909).
Box 408 Folder 1-6
Newsclippings (1910-1919).
Box 409 Folder 1-5
Newsclippings (1910-1929).
Box 410 Folder 1-8
Newsclippings (1920-1929).
Box 411 Folder 1-6
Newsclippings (1920-1961).
Box 412 Folder 1-8
Newsclippings (1930-1939).
Box 413 Folder 1-6
Newsclippings (1930-1963).
Box 414 Folder 1-7
Newsclippings (1940-1963).
Box 415 Folder 1-10
Newsclippings (1960-1969, 1980s, undated).
Box 416 Folder 1-10
Newsclippings (undated).
Box 417 Folder 4
Newsclippings--Public Ledger--The First Thanksgiving (1930).
Oversize Flat file 1
IV. Herbert Welsh papers, 1877-1934, undated. 6 boxes.
Box 226-231
Scope & Contents

Documents in this series were separated from other IRA records in 1928 apparently with the intention to add them to Welsh's personal papers, but this was never done. The series is composed of incoming and outgoing correspondence, monthly office reports, and reports on investigations done by the IRA. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Physical Description

6 boxes

Scope & Contents

This series includes field and research notes by the IRA. Most of the material included here was produced by Matthew Sniffen and deals with legal issues and controversies about the legitimacy of certain Indian dances.

Physical Description

8 boxes

Maps.
Box 240-242
American Indian Survey; Sniffen's Notes of Government, School and Churches (1920-1921, undated).
Box 245-246
Pueblo Land Legislation; Pueblo “Dances,” Progressive vs. Reactionary Indians; American Indian Defense Association; Haskill Institute (1923-1924, undated).
Box 247
Matters Relating to Probate; Pueblo “Dances” (undated).
Box 248
Oklahoma Dance Controversy; Oklahoma Legal Problems (1924-1925, undated).
Box 249

Scope & Contents

Material in this series is composed of photographs, negatives, contact sheets, lantern slides, audio reels, audio cassettes, and two film reels. Most of the early photographs were taken by IRA staff members on field trips and a number of them are labeled. Photographs from the 1980s include IRA-sponsored activities and snapshots of staff members.

There are approximately 10,000 photographic items (photographs and negatives) ranging from 1877 to 1982. Several boxes are organized by state; these photographs represent nearly 30 states, with about half of those taken in Arizona, New Mexico and Alaska. Other boxes were organized alphabetically by subject including individuals, locations, and topics of interest to the IRA (such as dam sites, Navajo, and Indian schools), as well as images taken by Theodore Hetzel (organized by date). Negatives appear to correspond to the photographic groupvorganized by state. There appeared to be images in the negatives which were not in the photographs so there are unique items in this material. Most of these items are cellulose nitrate negatives, with some cellulose acetate, some glass plate negatives, and one roll of color film. It should be noted that unidentified photographs might be compared to the negatives as these materials may provide information regarding locations, and vice versa.

Folder 5 of Box 234B contains an image labeled Crazy Horse but its authenticity has not been confirmed.

Although the majority of the lantern slides are not labeled, Box 287 of the Organization files series contains an inventory of them. The audio cassettes, audio reels, and the film reels are not available to researchers unless reformatted.

Physical Description

39 boxes

Photographs--Alaska-Arizona (1913-1929, undated).
Box 232A
Photographs--Arizona-Colorado (1912-1928, undated).
Box 232B
Photographs--Delaware-New Mexico (1912-1928, undated).
Box 233A
Photographs--New Mexico-South Dakota (1917-1928, undated).
Box 233B
Photographs--South Dakota-Wyoming (1926-1932, undated).
Box 234A
Photographs--Unidentified Persons (1926-1932, undated).
Box 234A
Photographs--Locations (1926-1932, undated).
Box 234A
Photographs--Locations (1878-1982, undated).
Box 235A
Photographs--Locations (1878-1982, undated).
Box 235B
Photographs--Subjectss (1877-1929, undated).
Box 234B
Photographs--Subjects and Locations (1886).
Box 236A
Photographs--By Theodore Herzel (1959-1965, undated).
Box 236B
Photographs: Pequoit; IRA Centennial Celebration and Dinner (circa 1980-1981, 1982).
Box 251
Photographs--Oyster Project of the Shinneecock; Poarch Band of Creeks (undated).
Box 418 Folder 1
Photographs--SLC Trip to Alaska (1981).
Box 418 Folder 2
Photographs--Law & Theology Conference, Princeton, NJ (1983).
Box 418 Folder 3
Photographs--Mashapee Wampanoag Pow-Wow (undated).
Box 418 Folder 4
Photographs--Restigouche (1982).
Box 418 Folder 5
Photographs--Towns & Tribes Conference, Albuquerque, NM (1983).
Box 418 Folder 6
Photographs--Black Hills International Survival Gathering (1980); Cayuga (undated); Jim Thorpe Longest Run (undated).
Box 418 Folder 7
Photographs--Unidentified (1970s).
Box 418 Folder 8
Photographs--Loose Photos Found in Box (undated).
Box 418 Folder 9
Photographs--Oren Lyons; V. Deloria Sr.; Sandra Spaulding; V.Deloria Jr.; Joe de la Cruz; others (undated).
Box 418 Folder 10
Photographs--Miscellaneous Items Found with Photos (1982-1984, undated).
Box 418 Folder 11
Photographs--Centennial Celebration (1982).
Box 418 Folder 12
Photographs--Episcopal Convocation, Pine Ridge, ND--From Vine Deloria (1917-1980).
Box 418 Folder 13
Photographs--Sandy's New England Trip (1980).
Box 418 Folder 14
Photographs--Sam Valley, Aspen Meeting (undated).
Box 418 Folder 15
Photographs--Rappahannocks (undated).
Box 418 Folder 16
Photographs--Contact Sheet & Photos--Native Awareness Day (1980).
Box 418 Folder 18
Photographs--NE Tribes--Energy Conference (1981).
Box 418 Folder 17
Photographs--Contact Sheet & Photos--Art--Institute of American Indian (1980).
Box 418 Folder 19
Photographs--Contact Sheet--Annual Meeting--Native American in the Arts--Hanay Geiogaman (1980).
Box 418 Folder 20
Photographs--Contact Sheet--NCAI Meeting (1980).
Box 418 Folder 21
Photographs--Urban Indians, Cathcart, Shenandoah (1982).
Box 418 Folder 22
Photographs--Boston Indian Council (1982).
Box 418 Folder 23
Photographs--Ingrid's Photos--Penobscot & Passmaquaddy (undated).
Box 418 Folder 24
Photographs--Negatives (1914-1960, undated).
Box 237A-239A
Photographs--Negatives (1980s, undated).
Box 418 Folder 27
Photographs--Glass Plates Negatives (1912-1932, undated).
Box 239B-239C
Photographs--Photocopies (undated).
Box 418 Folder 28
Photographs--Contact Sheets--Vine Deloria Jr. at HSP (1980); Gila River Reservation plus India Art Objects (1979); Black Hills Survival Gathering (1980); CERT Annual Meeting plus Irrigation Ditches at Ak Chin (1979); North American Delegation to the 4th Russell Tribunal in Rotterdam (1980).
Box 418 Folder 29
Photographs--Oversize Prints (undated).
Box 418 Folder 30
Photographs--Artists & Musicians (1980-1982, undated).
Box 419 Folder 1
Photographs--Before 1970.
Box 419 Folder 2
Photographs--Famous Folks (1982, undated).
Box 419 Folder 3
Photographs--From Theodore Brinton Hertzel (1961-1981).
Box 419 Folder 4
Photographs--IRA People & Meetings (1978-1983, undated).
Box 419 Folder 5
Photographs--Miscellaneous (1914, undated).
Box 236B
Photographs--Unidentified (undated).
Box 419 Folder 6-7
Slides--Indian Art Show in Conjunction with Centennial Celebration (1982).
Box 418 Folder 25
Slides--Edgar Heap of Birds--Exhibit at the Balch Institute (1978-1981)).
Box 418 Folder 26
Lantern Slides (undated).
Box 420-423
Audio Cassettes (1980s, undated).
Box 424-425
Audio Reels (1963, 1967, undated).
Box 426
Film Reels--Indian Rights, Indian Law (undated); More Than Bows & Arrows (undated).
Box 427-429
VII. Council on Indian Affairs, 1943-1968, undated. 2 boxes.
Box 243-244
Scope & Contents

This series contains minutes and correspondence related to the meetings of the Council on Indian Affairs (known earlier as the Coordinating Committee on Indian Affairs), a group composed of several organizations and established in New York City with the purpose of consolidating efforts to oppose Senate bills detrimental to Native Americans. The papers included here were part of the files of Lawrence E. Lindsey, general secretary of the IRA and chairman of the Council on Indian Affairs during the 1950s and 1960s. These files were kept at the IRA’s Philadelphia office and included in the papers donated by the association to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Besides the IRA, other organizations in the council were the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Association on Indian Affairs, the National Congress of American Indians, the Department of Indian Work of the National Council of Churches, the American Friends Service Committee, the Board of Homeland Missions of the United Church of Christ, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the Southwestern Association on American Indian Affairs, Arrow, Inc., the Unitarian Service Committee, the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, the American Missionary Association, the Department of Race Relations of the Congregational Christian Churches, the Home Missions Council, and the United Church Women of the National Council of Churches.

Physical Description

2 boxes

Scope & Contents

Items in this series contain administrative information including but not limited to financial matters and IRA membership records. Five clippings scrapbooks are also included here.

Physical Description

38 volumes

Clippings scrapbooks, #1-5 (1883-1893).
Volume 1-5
Members’ dues ledgers (1885-1929).
Volume 6-10
Index to members (circa 1892).
Volume 11
Ledgers (1887-1968).
Volume 12-31
Letterbooks (1888-1819; bulk 1889-1895).
Volume 32-33
Letterpress book (mostly blank) (1916).
Volume 34
Account book/”List of signers of the appeal” (1890-1891).
Volume 35
Check stub books (1895-1900).
Volume 36-37
Receipt book (1961-1962).
Volume 38
Coins--Commemorative Collection--Indian Tribal Series (1971-1977). 1 box.
Box 430
Physical Description

1 box

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