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  Title

  Records, 1911-1916

  Author

  Society of American Indians.  

  Pages:

  10

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Manuscripts and Special Collections.
  

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• MARC Record

  Records, 1911-1916
  Society of American Indians.
  

  Control Number:

  (OCoLC)122314901

  Local call number:

  SC19156

  Corp/Agency author:

  Society of American Indians.

  Title:

  Records, 1911-1916.

  Quantity:

  10 boxes (3.0 cubic ft.)

  Arrangement:

  Organized into two series : I. Correspondence, 1911-1916. II. Subject files. Correspondence arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Subject files in original order.

  Additional phys form:

  Also available on microfilm.

  Historical/biog note:

  Organized in 1911 as the "Association of Indians in America," and renamed the "Society of American Indians" in 1912, the organization admitted full or part-blooded aboriginal Americans to active membership and other persons interested in the welfare of Indians as associate members. The organization's goal was "to advance American Indians in enlightenment, in material culture, in spiritual progress, and development," by holding an annual conference, preserving records of Indian culture, promoting citizenship for American Indians, and investigating "the legal and other wrongs to the American Indian in order to have equity and justice done to him".

  Review:

  Maintained originally as part of the New York State Archaeologist's correspondence files, these records are actually the files of the private Society of American Indians. The files contain information on the conditions of American Indians in New York and the United States as a whole, on pending state and federal legislation, on the operations of the U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, and on the debates and dissension within the society itself. The records consist of correspondence (incoming and outgoing), arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent; subject files containing the constitution, member lists, financial accounts, copies of petitions, and other papers. The files have been retained in their original order.

  Finding aids:

  Unpublished guide available in repository.

  Personal subject:

  Zitkala-*Sa, 1876-1938.

  Personal subject:

  McKenzie, Fayette Avery, 1872-

  Personal subject:

  Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924.

  Personal subject:

  Sells, Cato, 1859-1948.

  Personal subject:

  Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1881-1955 Correspondence.

  Corporate subject:

  Society of American Indians Records and correspondence.

  Corporate subject:

  United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

  Subject:

  Indians of North America--Societies, etc.

  Subject:

  Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--History--20th century Sources.

  Subject:

  Indians of North America--Government relations--1869-1934 Sources.

  Subject:

  Indians of North America--New York (State)--History.

  Subject:

  Indians of North America--United States--History--20th century.

  Personal author:

  Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1881-1955.