Earl Y. Henderson papers
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Scope and content
Correspondence to and from Henderson, Indian reports written and collected by Henderson. Folder one contains correspondence between Henderson and Malcolm McDowell while Henderson was stationed at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama. The reports are mostly typescript copies. Those in folder two are published documents and include documents pertaining to the Havasupai Indian Agency, Arizona, Supai Trail, reorganization of the Indian service. Folder three has all handwritten items regarding the State of Washington Indian treaties, including notes titled "Washington Notes", map of Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho, unbound manuscript titled "Lands of Indians in the State of Washington West of the Cascade Mountains." Folder four contains typed notes by Henderson titled "Notes on Acoma Pueblo", 1919. Folder five contains Board of Indian Commissioners' reports regarding the Crow Creek, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations, South Dakota, Cherokee Indian Reservation, North Carolina, Choctaw Indians of Mississippi, and a history of the Indian Bureau from 1824 to 1924.
Folder six, typed reports regarding Cherokee Indians of North Carolina and Choctaw Indians of Mississippi, 1927. Also correspondence from Charles H. Burke to McDowell discussing Henderson's work with the Cherokees. Folder seven, reports regarding the Havasupai, Truxton, and Colorado River, Indian Agencies in Arizona, and the Fort Yuma Indian Agency in California, also the Fort Mojave Indian School. Folder eight, reports regarding Neah Bay, and Tahola, Indian Agencies. Folder nine, reports on Tulalip Indian Agencies in Washington and the Nonreservation Indians at the Carson Agency in Nevada. Folder ten, reports regarding the Walker River Indian Agency and Western Shoshone Indian Reservation in Nevada. Folder eleven, reports regarding the Paiute Indian Agency in Utah and the Sells Indian Agency in Arizona. Multiple copies of most of the reports.
Dates
- 1916-1931.
Creator
- Henderson, Earl Y. (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Henderson was the Assistant Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners. McDowell was Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners. Burke was commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs.
Extent
11 folders. (11 folders.)
Abstract
Correspondence to and from Henderson, Indian reports written and collected by Henderson.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT
Original Huntington Free Library box numbers have been retained. Box contains multiple unrelated collections. Folder numbers pertain to this specific collection only and are not folder order for the entire box.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Correspondence Folder 1:
Series II. Publications Folder 2
Series III. Notes, Manuscripts, Map Folders 3, 4
Series IV. Reports Folders 5-11:
PROVENANCE
Huntington Free Library purchase. Gift to HFL from Marc Fleisher.
Physical Description
Correspondence, typescripts.
- Acoma (N.M.)
- Acoma Indians.
- Burke, Charles H.
- Camp Sheridan (Ala.)
- Cherokee Indians.
- Choctaw Indians.
- Colorado River Indian Reservation (Ariz. and Calif.)
- Crow Creek Indian Reservation (S.D.)
- Crow Indians.
- Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)
- Fort Mojave Indian Reservation.
- Fort Yuma Reservation (Ariz. and Calif.)
- Havasupai Indians.
- Havasupai Reservation (Ariz.)
- Henderson, Earl Y.
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- Arizona
- Indians of North America -- Education
- Indians of North America -- Government relations
- Indians of North America -- Missions
- Indians of North America -- Mississippi
- Indians of North America -- New Mexico
- Indians of North America -- Religion
- Indians of North America -- South Dakota
- Indians of North America -- Washington (State)
- McDowell, Malcolm.
- Neah Bay (Wash.)
- Paiute Indians.
- Shoshoni Indians.
- Supai (Ariz.)
- United States. Board of Indian Commissioners
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Cherokee Indian Agency (N.C.)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Crow Indian Agency
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Lower Brulé Agency
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Taholah Indian Agency
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Tulalip Agency
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Western Shoshone Agency
- Walker River Reservation (Nev.)
- Yuma Indians.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Evan Fay Earle
- Date
- February 8, 2006
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
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Cornell University
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