Oneida Indians.
Subject
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Tamarin papers
Collection — Huntington box 1: [Barcode: 31924092111024]
Identifier: 9070
Scope and content
Correspondence, notes, photography permissions, and documents accumulated during research for the publication of his book We Have Not Vanished: Eastern Indians of the United States. Folder one contains copy of a draft of the publication titled "American Indians Today on the Atlantic Seaboard." Has the original photos that were to be used for the publication taped or laid into the pages. Folder two, list of George Catlin slides. Folder three, edits, revisions, additions, other historical...
Dates:
1968-1975.
Correspondence to Jedidiah Morse
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9086
Scope and content
Collection contains original letters, Photostats of letters, and typed transcripts of the letters pertaining to the missionary work and government relations of the Indians. Letters are almost entirely to Jedidiah Morse. Folder 1: Handwritten guide to letters. Letters to Jedidiah Morse from: James Stacy, sent from Savannah, April 16, 1794; John Sergeant, sent from New Stockbridge, October 28, 1796, discussing the Oneida Indians; John Campbell, sent from Edinburgh, May 28, 1806, discussing...
Dates:
1794-1824.
Documents pertaining to the Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act
Collection — Huntington box 26
Identifier: 9182
Scope and content
Collection contains transcripts and proceedings of testimony and hearings, meeting minutes, copies of bills, and a letter to Frederick A. Blossom from Will Rogers, chairman of the Committee. Contents include: Readjustment of Indian affairs, Hearings before the Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, 73d Congress, 9 parts; Bills H. R. 7902 and S.2755; The purpose and operation of the Wheeler-Howard Indian rights bill; Amendments to Wheeler-Howard bill; Testimony taken at ...
Dates:
1934.
Joel Benson collection
Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9026
Scope and content
Includes one page titled "The prophet of the Allegheny," which is a description of meeting Red Jacket. A hymn in Mohawk, signed by Daniel Bread, dated February 13, 1829. Another letter in Mohawk signed by Daniel Bread. Also included is a Cherokee hymn book published by the American Baptist Publication Society, 1896. The items come with a letter explaining their provenance from Mary Benson Mann Adams, the great grand daughter of Joel Benson, dated February 20, 1944.
Dates:
1829.
Letters concerning Seneca and Mohawk affairs
Collection — Manuscript box 40 - folder 1
Identifier: 9010
Scope and content
Letter from Eleazer Williams, dated Oneida December 21, 1817 to David A. Ogden discussing a meeting regarding the subject of the late Council Fort Meigs. Includes references to Mr. Parish, western Indians, and the Six Nations. The second is from individuals at St. Regis, including Lewis Cook, William Gray, and Potter Late Gaienton, to David A. and Thomas L. Ogden, dated St. Regis May 7, 1803. The letter disagrees with the selling of some land called Rapid Plan Island to another individual....
Dates:
1803-1819.
Stockbridge Indian papers
Collection
Identifier: 9185
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence, government publications, bills and acts related to the Stockbridge Indians. Includes copies of treaties; petitions to New York State and the federal governments; tribal rolls; lists of payments to Stockbridge and Munsee individuals; powers of attorney from Stockbridge leaders to particular individuals; government documents; and annuity claims. The documents range from correspondence about relocating to sites in Indiana and Wisconsin to receipts for small...
Dates:
1739-1915.