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Resources at the Center of Southwest Studies for research on the Jicarilla Apache (draft)


The following is a brief overview of some sources available at the Center of Southwest Studies that contain historical information relevant to the study of the Jicarilla Apache.  This list is organized in the following categories: books, oral histories, microfilms, natural resources, and artifacts.  This draft guide prints out onto __ pages.

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Books at the Center of Southwest Studies pertaining to the Jicarilla Apache:

These titles are all located in the book collection at the Delaney Southwest Research Library. 
To search for items, use the Talon database. 
A keyword search of Talon for the word Jicarilla on 6/3/2005 yields 35 entries.
 

Author:       Bender, Averam B.
Title:         A study of the Jicarilla Apache Indians, 1846-1887.
Imprint:       New York: Garland Pub. Inc., 1974
Call#:        
E99.A6 A54 no.9
ISBN:       0824007115
 
            
U. S. Indian Claims Commission

Author:       Cozzens, Samuel Woodworth
Title:         The Marvelous Country: Explorations and adventures in Arizona and New Mexico
Imprint:       Boston: Lee and Shepard
Call#:         F801 .C882 
Description:    A traveler’s account of encounters with several bands of Apaches in the early 1800s
and description of areas once inhabited by the Jicarilla by other accounts, although not specifically named. 

Author:       Goddard, Pliny Earle, 1911
Title:         Jicarilla Apache Texts
Imprint:       New York: The Trustees, 1911
Call#:        
GN2 .A27 Vol.8 
Description:   Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History. A study of the
language of the Southern Athapascan people with traditional narratives, personal experiences and
translations taken from Jicarilla elders. 

Author:       Gordon, Burton LeRoy, 1920
Title:         Environment, settlement, and land use in Jicarilla Apache claim area.
Imprint:       New York: Garland Pub. Inc., 1974
Call#:        
E99.A6 A54 no.6
ISBN:       0824007085

Author:       Gunnerson, Dolores A.
Title:         The Jicarilla Apaches
Imprint:       Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press
Call#:        
E99.J5 G86
ISBN:       0-87580-033-5
Description:    Gunnerson spent three summers studying the archeological sites of the Dismal River site,
where she became interested in the plight of the Cuartelejos.  Gunnerson makes reference to Alfred
Barnaby Thomas’s work to have inspired her study.  This is a valuable resource on the beginning historical
events that led to the present bands of the Jicarilla Apache people.

Author:       Gunnerson, James H.
Title:         An Introduction To Plains Apache Archeology: The Dismal River Aspect
Imprint:       Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1960

Call #:       E51 .U61 no.58 
Description:   Archeological papers of the Dismal River Aspect, description of artifacts discovered
in the region known to be once inhabited by Athabascans around 1525, a territory traced to the early
occupation of Jicarilla Apache.

Author:       Kelley, Jane Holden
Title:        The Archaeology of the Sierra Blanca Region of the Southeastern New Mexico:
            Anthropological Papers.

Imprint:      Ann Arbor : Regents of The University of Michigan, 1984
Call#:       
E78.N65 K32 1984 
ISBN:        0-932206-96-4
Description:   Describes the area known as Sierra Blanca (formerly called Jicarilla) region and
archaeological discoveries, artifacts, known sites in the region.  Contains descriptions of structures,
pottery, tools, ceremonial, ornamental, and other tools.  A list of excavations and holders of collections
of artifacts.

Author:       Opler, Morris Edward
Title:          Childhood and Youth in Jicarilla Apache Society
Imprint:       Los Angeles [The Southwest Museum], 1946
Call#:        
 E99.J5 O7 

Author:       Opler, Morris Edward, 1907
Title:         Myths and tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians.
Imprint:       Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994
Call#:        
 GR1 .A5  Vol.31  c.2 

Author:       Prucha, Francis Paul
Title:         American Indian Policy in the Formative Years: The Indian Trade and Intercourse
             Acts, 1790-1894

Imprint:      Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1962
Call#:       
E93 .P965 1970 
Description:    In the early 1800s the United States had determined a set of principles that became
the standard base lines of American Indian policy.  The Indian policy of the government was expressed
in formal treaties made with particular Indian tribes, but it was primarily put into effect by a series of
federal laws “to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the
frontier.”  Included among these regulations were the:

  • 1) Protection of Indian rights to their lands by establishing boundaries,

  • 2) Control of the disposition of Indian lands…,

  • 3) Regulation of Indian trade…,

  • 4) Control of liquor traffic and prohibition…,

  • 5) Provision for the punishment of crimes…., and,

  • 6) Promotion of civilization and education among the Indians… 

Author:       Thomas, Alfred Barnaby
Title:         After Coronado
Imprint:       Norman: University of Oklahoma Press
Call#:       
F799 .T45 1966 
Description:    Barnaby presents the record of Spanish exploration and colonization Northeast of
New Mexico from 1696-1727.  He tells of the arrival of the Comanche Indians in the Southwest
and the early divisions of the Apache people.  This book chronicles the struggle between France
and Spain to occupy the Arkansas Valley.

Author:       Tiller, Veronica E. Velarde
Title:          The Jicarilla Apache Tribe: a history, 1846-1970.
Imprint:       Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983
Call#:        
 E99.J5 T54 1983  
ISBN:       0803244096

Author:       Anonymous
Title:         Jicarilla Apache Tribe: historical materials, 1540-1887
Imprint:       New York: Garland Pub. Inc., 1974
Call#:        
E99.A6 A54 no.7 
ISBN:       0824007093
            U.S. Indian Claims Commission


Microfilm collections at the Center of Southwest Studies pertaining to the Jicarilla Apache:
(arrangement is by collection number) 

To locate the microfilm at the Delaney Library: The National Archives microfilm is filed by the
National Archives' M- and T- publication numbers in microfilm cabinet drawers 5.2 through 7.7.

NEW IN 2005!  Researchers using microfilm at the Delaney Southwest Research Library: now you may save digitally scanned images from microfilm for use electronically.  Copy straight from the roll of microfilm on the reader to your computer file!  The thumbnail image on the right is a Fourth of July illustration from The Creede Candle (Creede, Colo.), July 1, 1892.  Click on the image for a larger view.  Fair use provisions apply.  You, the researcher, can only create these images for personal use.


Records created by Office of Indian Affairs field agencies having jurisdiction over the Pueblo
Indians, 1874-1900. 
National Archives publication number M 1304.  32 rolls, in microfilm cabinet
drawer 7.5.  See printed guide in collection M 129.  In particular, see:
Rolls 1–9     Miscellaneous 1891-1900
Roll 11        Re the Cimarron Agency, Oct. 1876- Mar. 1899
            Re the Jicarilla Agency, Oct. 1876- Nov. 1879
            Re the 10th Decennial, Nov. 1880- July 1881
Roll 12        Re the Abiquiu Agency, Sept. 1878- Sept. 1880
Roll 13        Re the Jicarilla Subagency, July 1898-Aug. 1900
Rolls 14-17   Re Day Schools, July 1898-1900
Rolls 18-32   Re Letters received and records, Dec. 1874-1900

Historical note: In 1891 the Office of Indian Affairs consolidated the Pueblo Agency at Santa Fe
with the Jicarilla Subagency.  This agency was abolished in 1900.  The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
established in 1947, was the successor to the Office of Indian Affairs which was created in the War
Department in 1824 and transferred to the Department of the Interior at the time of its establishment
in 1849.  "The BIA is the principal bureau responsible for the administration of federal programs for
federally recognized Indian tribes, and for promoting Indian self-determination.  In addition, the Bureau
has a trust responsibility emanating from treaties and other agreements with Native groups of Indian
tribes and Alaska Natives.  The Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs administers policy for the BIA. 
The BIA traditionally has been directed by a Commissioner who was appointed by the President;
that position has not been filled since the Assistant Secretary position was established in 1977. 
The BIA web site is at: http://www.doi.gov/bia/. "  (Source of this note: Florida State University Libraries at http://www.fsu.edu/library/search/toolkits/indiares.shtml viewed on 6/3/2005.)
 __________________________________________

Reports of inspection of field jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs (OIA), 1873-1900. 
National Archives publication number M 1070.
60 rolls, in microfilm cabinet drawer 7.1.

In Center of SW Studies Collection # I 064      Creator: U.S.  Department of the Interior

U.S. Office of Indian Affairs field jurisdictions inspections reports
(NARA
Record Groups 48 and 75) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1873‑1900                         Volume: 60 rolls

Description: Click here for further description of this microfilm publication.

Alphabetical list of the names of the inspectors:

George B. Anderson Clinton C. Duncan James McLaughlin William J. Pollock
Frank C. Armstrong Paul F. Faison John McNeil John B. Riley
(Supt. of Schools)
Eli D. Bannister Robert S. Gardner Isaac L. Mahan
Matthew R. Barr Walter H. Graves Edmund Mallet James C. Saunders
Cyrus Beede John H. Hammond Thomas D. Marcum Thomas P. Smith
Samuel S. Benedict James M. Haworth Benjamin H. Miller Morris A. Thomas
J. D. Bevier Charles H. Howard Charles F. Nesler Arthur M. Tinker
John W. Cadman William W. Junkin William A. Newell William Vandever
George M. Chapman E. C. Kemble John H. Oberly 
(Supt. of Schools)
Henry Ward
James H. Cisney John Lane E. C. Watkins
J. W. Daniels William J. McConnell J. C. O'Conner J. George Wright
Andrew J. Duncan Province McCormick George R. Pearsons J. W. Zevely
(special inspector)

 __________________________________________

 Letters sent 1849-1903 to Office of the Secretary of Interior. 
National Archives publication number M 606 (?).
127 rolls.
 __________________________________________

Collection # I  002                    Creator: U.S.  Bureau of Indian Affairs

U.S. Indian census rolls (RG 75) on microfilm:
N
ational Archives publication number M 595.
Description:
Indian census rolls, 1884‑1940 (M595, 692 rolls). 
Click here for the itemized list of all of the 692 rolls.   The U.S. National Archives (NARA) notes that
"These census rolls were usually submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian
reservations, as required by an act of July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. 98).  The data on the rolls vary to some
extent, but usually given are the English and/or Indian name of the person, roll number, age or date of
birth, sex, and relationship to head of family.  Beginning in 1930, the rolls also show the degree of
Indian blood, marital status, ward status, place of residence, and sometimes other information.  For
certain years--including 1935, 1936, 1938, and 1939--only supplemental rolls of additions and
deletions were compiled. ... There is not a census for every reservation or group of Indians for every
year.  Only persons who maintained a formal affiliation with a tribe under federal supervision are listed
on these census rolls."

Roll 196, in microfilm cabinet drawer 3.11
                  Hualapai (Walapai or Hualapai & Yavasupai Indians), 1896-99
                  Jicarilla: 1900-1915

Roll 197, in microfilm cabinet drawer 3.11
                  Jicarilla: 1916-1929

Roll 198, in microfilm cabinet drawer 3.11
                  Jicarilla: 1930-1939

Roll 399, in microfilm cabinet drawer 4.1
                  Pueblo: 1898-1899
                  Jicarilla Apache: 1893-1895 and 1897-1999

Roll 400, in microfilm cabinet drawer 4.1
                  Pueblo: 1891-1892
                  Jicarilla Apache Indians, 1892

Roll 543, in microfilm cabinet drawer 4.2
                  Southern Utah: (Shivwits or Shebits & Kaibab Indians)
                  Southern Ute (Ute & Jicarilla Apache Indians), 1885-1892
 __________________________________________

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. 
National Archives publication number M 234
, in microfilm cabinet drawer 6.1. 
Descriptive note:
These rolls contain manuscripts, letters and transactions between the Indian
Agents within the jurisdiction of New Mexico and the Superintendent of Indian Affairs.  Activities
of the tribes within this region can be traced through the study of these reports.  Reports describe
such topics as location, removal, relocation, depredations, encounters with the War Department,
and treaties.  Activities of the Jicarilla are mentioned throughout these reports.

Roll 546 -   New Mexico Superintendency, 1849-1853
Roll 547 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1854-1855
Roll 549 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1858-1859
Roll 550 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1860-1861
Roll 551 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1862-1863
Roll 552 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1863-1864
Roll 553 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1866
Roll 554 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1867
Roll 555 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1868
Roll 556 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1869
Roll 557 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1870
Roll 558 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1871
Roll 559 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1872
Roll 560 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1872-1873
Roll 561 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1873
Roll 562 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1874
Roll 563 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1874
Roll 564 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1875
Roll 565 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1875
Roll 566 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1876
Roll 567 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1876
Roll 568 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1876
Roll 569 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1876
Roll 570 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1877
Roll 571 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1877
Roll 572 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1877
Roll 573 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1878
Roll 574 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1878
Roll 575 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1878
Roll 576 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1879
Roll 577 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1879
Roll 578 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1879
Roll 579 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1880
Roll 580 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1880
Roll 581 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1880
Roll 582 -  
New Mexico Superintendency, 1880 
 __________________________________________

Interior Department Territorial Papers of New Mexico, 1851–1914. 
National Archives publication number M 364, rolls 1–15,
in microfilm drawer 6.6. 
__________________________________________

Special Files of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1807-1904. 
National Archives publication number M 574, rolls 1–85,
in microfilm drawer 6.7.
 __________________________________________

Records of the New Mexico Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1849–1880. 
National Archives publication number T 21, rolls 1–30,
in microfilm drawer 7.6.


Other potentially useful microfilm collections at the Center of Southwest Studies:

Collection  # I  013                                    Creator: U.S.  War Department

U.S. Secretary of War letters relating to Indian affairs (RG 75) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1800‑1824                                  Volume: 10 rolls

Description: Correspondence to and from the Secretary of War pertaining to Indian affairs, prior to
establishment of the Bureau of Indian Affairs: outgoing correspondence, 1800‑1824 (M15, 6 rolls,
indexed) and incoming correspondence, 1800‑1823 (M271, 4 rolls).

Notes: The Secretary of War was responsible for the conduct of the government's relations with
Indian tribes until 1824 when the Bureau of Indian Affairs was established within the War Department. 
 
In 1849, responsibility transferred to the new Interior Department.


Collection # I 014                                         Creator: U.S. government

U.S. Indian treaties (ratified) documents (RG 11) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1722‑1869                               Volume: 16 rolls

Description: (M668, 16 rolls)  See printed guide in manuscript collection M 129, described in I 014
collection description.

Notes: See printed List of Documents Concerning the Negotiation of Ratified Indian Treaties
1801‑1869
(1 vol., 175 pages) in collection M 129.


Collection # I 015                            Creator: U.S.  Bureau of Indian Affairs

U.S. Indian treaties (negotiated) documents (RG 75) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1801‑1869                                  Volume: 10 rolls

Description: Records on microfilm of negotiations of ratified and unratified treaties with various Indian
tribes.  (
T494, 10 rolls)  See printed guide: List of Documents Concerning the Negotiation of Ratified
Indian Treaties 1801‑1869
(1 vol., 175 pages) in collection M 129.

Notes: The U.S. government's negotiation of formal treaties with Native Americans followed a custom
established by the British and colonial governments.  Until 1871 Senate ratification was required, and
had the same force as agreements with any sovereign nation.


Collection # I 020      Creator: U.S.  Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Superintendent of Indian Trade

U.S. Superintendent of Indian Trade records (RG 75) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1806‑1824                                 Volume: 7 rolls

Description: Letters received by the Superintendent, 1806‑1824 (T58, 1 roll); and copies of letters
sent, 1807‑1823 (M16, 6 rolls) to and from factories, purchasing agents and consuls regarding the
purchase, transmittal, receipt and storage of goods.

Notes: Congress created the Superintendency in 1806 to "purchase and take charge of all goods
intended for trade with the Indian nations, and to supervise the operation of Government trading
houses."  See inventory in collection M 129 for more description of contents and history.  See also
the National Archives' RG 75 inventory that accompanies collection I 011.


Collection # I 021                              Creator: U.S.  Office of Indian Affairs

U.S. Office of Indian Affairs records (RG 75) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1824‑1960                               Volume: 1,409 rolls

Description: Includes:
           -- letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824‑1881 (M234, 962 rolls);
           -- register to those letters received 1824‑1880 (
M18, 126 rolls);
           -- letters sent by the Office, 1824‑1881 (
M21, 166 rolls);
           -- procedural issuances of the Office: orders and circulars, 1854‑1960 (M1121, 17 rolls);
           -- special files of the Office, 1807‑1904 (M574, 85 rolls); and
           -- Office report books, 1838‑1885 (M348, 53 rolls).

Notes: The letters received are a rich source of information on: the Government's administration of
Indian Affairs; the relations of Indians with white traders, settlers and soldiers; and intertribal relation-
ships.  They are useful for the study of such topics as: the history of particular tribes; the advance of
white settlement, especially west of the Mississippi; Indian economy and culture as affected by white
encroachment; and regional and state history in many areas of the U.S.  The register of letters
received
is arranged under five subject headings: annuity goods, centennial exhibition, miscellaneous,
schools, and stocks.  The special files records relate mainly to claims of claims and investigations:
of traders for goods they furnished to Indians or the Government; of attorneys for legal fees; of both
Indians and whites for losses from depredations; and of Indians for losses resulting from their removal
from the Eastern U.S.  Also included in the special files are records of investigations of the conduct of
employees of the Office of Indian Affairs.  See also the inventories/guides for this collection in
collection M 129 for more description of contents and history.  See also the National Archives'
RG 75 inventory that accompanies collection I 011.

Historical note: "The Office of Indian Affairs was created in the War Department in 1824 and
transferred to the Department of the Interior at the time of its establishment in 1849.  It became the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1947." (Source of this note: Florida State University Libraries at http://www.fsu.edu/library/search/toolkits/indiares.shtml viewed on 6/3/2005.) 


Collection # I 023                             Creator: U.S.  Department of the Interior

U.S. Interior Department territorial papers (RG 48) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1850‑1914                                   Volume: 30 rolls

Description: Territorial documents re: such topics as movements for separate governments of what
became the Four Corners states.  Arizona, 1868‑1913 (M429, 8 rolls); Colorado, 1861‑1888 (M431,
1 roll); New Mexico, 1851‑1914 (M364, 15 rolls).


Collection # I 024                                Creator: U.S.  Department of State

U.S. State Department territorial papers (RG 59) on microfilm

Description: Includes general territorial government records for Arizona, 1864‑1872 (M342, 1 roll)
and New Mexico, 1851‑1872 (
T17, 4 rolls).


Collection # I 032                               Creator: Bourke, John Gregory

John Gregory Bourke diaries on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1872‑1896                              Volume: 10 rolls

Description: Diaries begun when Captain Bourke was aide‑de‑camp to General Crook; full of
information regarding Navajo, Pueblo, and Apache Indians and anthropological observations of
American Indians in Western and Southwestern U.S.  Includes a color sketch (on roll 10).

Notes: Arrangement is chronological.
Primary subject:
Indians of North America
Secondary subject:
Anthropology‑‑Southwest (U.S.)


Collection # I 035                               Creator: Indian Rights Association

Indian Rights Association papers on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1864‑1973                                   Volume: 162 rolls

Description: 136 rolls of microfilm and a printed guide (1975, 233 pages, filed in collection M 129). 
Also, a less comprehensive earlier filming of 26 rolls: 15 outgoing letterpress copybooks (1886‑1901,
roll #s 1‑10), early letters (1868‑1886, roll #12), and incoming correspondence (1887‑1901, rolls
12‑26).

Notes: The Indian Rights Association was a humanitarian group dedicated to influencing federal U.S.
Indian policy and protecting Indians of the U.S., especially in the 1880s and 1890s.  The originals of
these records are at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 


Collection # I 036                                 Creator: Society of American Indians

Society of American Indians papers on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1906‑1946                    Volume: 10 rolls, and 74 page guide

Description: Includes correspondence and archival records, papers, periodicals, and newspaper
coverage of the Society of American Indians.

Primary subject:  Indians of North America‑‑Societies, etc.
Secondary subject:
Indians of North America‑‑Government relations


Collection # I 038                                           Creator: Collier, John

John Collier papers on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1922‑1968                                  Volume: 59 rolls

Description: With printed guide (1 volume, 107 p., in M 129).  Microfilmed from the original papers
in the Yale University Library.

Notes: Collier (1884‑1964) was executive secretary of the American Indian Defense Association
from 1923 until he became
Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1933 (he served in this difficult position
through 1945 -- the longest record of tenure as Commissioner).  In 1945 he founded the Institute for
Ethnic Affairs.  He wrote prolifically during his last years, in Taos, N.M.

Primary subject: Indians of North America
Secondary subject:
U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs


Collection # I 039: North American Indians periodicals on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1923‑1981                             Volume: 82 rolls

Description: Periodicals by and about Native Americans.  With guide (18 unbound pages, in
collection M129, the Center's finding aids).  Arrangement of the whole is by date.


Collection # I 043                                            Creator: U.S.  Senate

Survey of conditions of the Indians in the United States on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1928‑1943                             Volume: 8 rolls

Description: Senate hearings reports.  See 8-page printed guide in collection M 129.

Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Economic conditions    Secondary subject: Hearings


Collection # I 055: American Indian tribes major council meetings on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1914‑1971                   Volume: 27 rolls and printed guides

Description: Includes Part 1, Section 1: 1914‑1956, and Part 2, Section 1: 1957‑1971. 
Arrangement is chronological.  See the two-pamphlet printed guide in collection M 129
(Center of Southwest Studies finding aids).

Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Secondary subject:
Indians of North America‑‑Tribal government


Collection # I 056             Creator: U.S.  Army.  Office of the Adjutant General

U.S. Office of the Adjutant General records (RG 94) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1859‑1889                        Volume: 257 rolls

Description: Letters received by the Office (Main Series/ incomplete): F 68‑G, 1859 (M567, 1 roll,
Roll #601); ca. 1861‑1870 (M619, 32 rolls, #s 195‑812); ca. 1871‑1880 (
M666, 123 rolls); and
circa 1881‑1889 (M689, 101 rolls).  Also, Gen. James Wilkinson's
order book, 1796 Dec. 31-1808
March 8 (
M654, 3 rolls; rolls 1-2 are 16 mm.).  The Center does not have a complete set of each of
these NARA microfilm publications, only a broad selection.  See also the Center's collection I 075 for
 U.S. Office of the Adjutant General returns from U.S. military posts.

Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Secondary subject:
U.S.  Army.  Office of the Adjutant General‑‑Records and correspondence


Collection # I 059                  Creator: U.S.  Army.  Continental Commands

U.S. Army commands (Army posts) records (RG 393) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1862‑1886                          Volume: 27 rolls

Description: Includes brief histories of posts and descriptions of their records, arranged
alphabetically by the name of the fort (
T912, 1 roll).  Also, with printed guides, selected
headquarters records.

Notes:  Pamphlet guides for the headquarters records are in the Center's manuscript collection M 129, filed under collection I 059.  See also the Center's collection I 075.

Primary subject: Military posts‑‑United States‑‑Records and correspondence
Secondary subject:
Military posts‑‑United States‑‑History


Collection # I 065     
Creator:
U.S.  Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Superintendency of Indian Affairs

U.S. Superintendency of Indian Affairs records (RG 75) on microfilm

Year span of materials: 1813‑1880                                Volume: 309 rolls

Description: Records of the Central Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1813‑1878 (M856, 108 rolls)
and regional superintendencies, including Arizona, 1863‑1873 (M734, 8 rolls); Utah, 1853‑1873
(M834, 2 rolls), and New Mexico 1849‑1880 (T21, 30 rolls). 

Notes:  Indian agents on the reservations reported to these regional superintendents, whose field
jurisdiction was under the authority of the central office in Washington, D.C.

Primary subject: Indians of North America‑‑Government relations
Secondary subject:
Indian agents‑‑United States‑‑Records and correspondence


Manuscript collections at the Center of Southwest Studies pertaining to the Jicarilla Apache:
(arrangement is alphabetical by collection title)

Collection M 040: Helen Sloan Daniels collection.  Record Group 3 in this partially processed
collection is printed materials, newspaper clippings, and Daniels's scrapbooks pertaining to Apache
Indians.

Collection M 127: Myra Ellen Jenkins collection.  Includes records Jenkins compiled on Apache
topics on boxes 45 through 47, especially as a result of Dr. Jenkins' work as an expert witness on legal
cases.  The whole collection is a total of 56 linear shelf feet (in 113 document cases plus several oversize boxes).

Collection M 121: Theodore Hetzel papers. Includes thirty notebooks maintained by Theodore
Hetzel.  The notebooks (abstracted on the Center's web page) are primarily travel journals, which
describe notes from various meetings that Hetzel attended during the years of 1954 and 1985.  See also
subject files on Apache topics in Box 18.  Dr. Hetzel served as a member and director of the Indian Rights
Association, a humanitarian group dedicated to influencing federal Indian policy.  A prominent Indian
rights activist, Hetzel also served as chair of The American Friends Service Committee's Committee
on the American Indian. 


Oral history collections at the Center of Southwest Studies on Jicarilla Apache topics:

Collection U 004: Southwest oral history collection.  438 interviews, including an interview with
Jicarilla Apache Tribe Vice President Leonard Atole in  Dulce, New Mexico on Nov. 22, 1988.


Photograph collections at the Center of Southwest Studies pertaining to the Jicarilla Apache:

Collection P 003: Theodore Hetzel photograph collection See photos of Apache individuals in
Section B.5.1.  Related papers are in M 121.


Artifacts at the Center of Southwest Studies pertaining to the Jicarilla Apache:

Collection F 017: Miscellaneous Southwest artifacts (searchable on Talon).  Plates and personal items
that formerly belonged to Lafayette Head, long-time resident of New Mexico. Accession numbers 1970:03001
through 1970:03006 and 2002:03068.


See also this online guide produced by Marquette University:Guide to Catholic Related Records in the West about Native Americans.

This guide was produced by Noraleen Tafoya, Center of Southwest Studies archival intern May-June 2005; editing and Web page creation by Todd Ellison, Archivist, June 3, 2005.



Doing your own research:This description of a portion of the collections at the Fort Lewis College Center of Southwest Studies is provided to inform interested parties about the nature and depth of the repository's collections.  It cannot serve as a substitute for a visit to the repository for those with substantial research interests in the collections.

These collections arelocatedat the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College.  Interested researchers should phone the archivist at 970/247-7126 orsend electronic mailto the archivist at:archives@fortlewis.eduClick here to use our E-mail Reference Request Form.The Center does not have a budget for outgoing long-distance phone calls to answer reference requests, so please email if you wish to receive a response from the Center. To request reproductions/copies, click here for instructions.


 

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