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Manuscripts, American -- Oklahoma

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Gene Weltfish Pawnee field notes

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Weltfish
Abstract

Field notes (1935) of Franz Boas trained anthropologist and linguist Gene Weltfish, documenting her study of Pawnee lifeways and religion. These volumes of notes focus on the yearly economic lifecycle of the Pawnee as it would have been lived in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1935

Jane Richardson Hanks Kiowa papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Hanks
Abstract

Correspondence, field notes, and writings of anthropologist Jane Richardson Hanks, mainly documenting her 1935 graduate student field work with the Kiowa Indians in Oklahoma.

Dates: 1935-1968; Majority of material found within 1935-1940

Thomas Lee Ballenger papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Ballenger
Abstract

Correspondence and writings of author, educator, and historian Thomas Lee Ballenger; photographs, legal papers, and documents of the Cherokee Indians, their territory, and prominent individuals who contributed to Oklahoma's history; genealogical materials including detailed tables, charts, and diagrams of individual Cherokee families; and extensive collections of archaeological artifacts.

Dates: 1730-1968; Majority of material found within 1835 - 1968