Frank C. Churchill Papers, 1906-1909
Indian inspector and Special Disbursing agent, U.S. Dept. of the Interior; resident of Washington, D.C. Letters and papers relating for the most part to the taking of a census of the eastern band of Cherokee Indians, 1907-1908. Includes one complete and two partial census rolls. A census he took of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in December, 1907 asked for the English name, the Indian name, an ancestor's name, sex, age, post office, and remarks.
Josiah William Bailey Papers, 1833-1967
Bailey was the Senator for North Carolina between 1930 and 1946. The Senatorial Series on the Interior, 1931-1946 (Boxes 310-314), contains material on the policies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Wheeler-Howard Bill of 1934, the Indians in Robeson County (Lumbees) (1932-36), and the Cherokee Indians (especially in 1937).
Graham Arthur Barden Papers, 1933-1960
Barden, from North Carolina, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1934, where he served from 1935-1960. Information on Indian Affairs in 1935-1936 is in Box 165, folder 11 of the General Legislation Series. Material on the Indian Schools Project of 1940-1942 is kept in Box 16, folder 97 in the Subject Files. Indian Reservation Schools are discussed in Box 117, folder 302 in the Education and Labor Series. There may also be material pertaining to Native Americans in the annual "Interior" folders.
Clyde Roark Hoey Papers, 1943-1954
Hoey was a U.S. Senator of North Carolina between 1944-1954. Indian Affairs constitute part of the papers for the years 1947, 1949-1950, and 1954. Box 142 has material on Civil Rights; Box 150 pertains to the selling of Indian land to the Methodist Church, the Eastern band of the Cherokee Indians, and the Cherokee Historical Association; Box 160 has material on the Cherokee reservation; Box 211 contains a speech on race relations in North Carolina.
George Adams Shuford Papers, 1952-1959
Shuford was a lawyer, jurist, and state legislator from North Carolina. He was a U.S. Representative in Congress, 1953-1959. His papers from Congress include material on Indians, especially the Cherokee: Boxes 29, 41, 42 contain papers pertaining to the Cherokee; Boxes 55, 56, 57 discuss Native American Affairs and include general correspondence and legislation.
United States Commission on Civil Rights, North Carolina Advisory Committee Papers, 1949-1962
The United States Commission on Civil Rights North Carolina Advisory Committee was a fact-finding body formed by Civil Rights Act of 1957. The research particularly focuses on racial discrimination against and the civil rights of African Americans, but they also looked at Native American rights in North Carolina. The Committee requested statistical information on African Americans and Native Americans from public libraries, high schools, lending agencies, health care facilities, employers and county boards of election. Completed questionnaire forms exist for the Public Libraries, Administration of Justice, Education, Employment, and Voting studies.
Robert Stanley Rankin Papers, 1956-1976.
Rankin was a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1960-1973. His Civil Rights Files, 1957-1973, contain reports and hearings from the 1960s and 1970s on the legal status of Native Americans.
Milo Guthrie Papers, 1966-1987
The Milo Guthrie Papers consist mainly of periodicals and printed materials produced by American politically left organizations. There is a small amount of material from Native American groups and allies. Organizations represented include NASC News (Native American Solidarity Committee), Hopi Indian Nation, Kentucky Native American Solidariy Committee, Lakota Treaty Council, Leonard Peltier Defense Committe, National Indian Youth Council Program, and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
Jesse J. Cornplanter. Iroquis Indian Games and Dances. 1903.
Curtis was an ethnologist and photographer who undertook this decade long project, in partnership with other white Americans, to document American Indians in words and pictures. Curtis deliberately wanted to document "the old time Indian" and thought of Native Americans as a "vanishing race," and this bias is reflected throughout the twenty volumes.
