Object Details
- Collection Creator
- La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932
- Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923
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- MS 4558 Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers
- MS 4558 Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers / Series 1: Alice Cunningham Fletcher papers
- Date
- 1881-1925
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS4558, Subseries 1.3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Manuscript 4558 Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Arrangement
- The material is arranged chronologically by subject.
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- This subseries was created to encompass correspondence that was separated from the rest of Fletcher's letters. Materials have been divided into five subject headings, covering Fletcher's allotment work for the Omaha (1881-1884), Winnebago (1887-1889), and Nez Perce (1889-1894); the theft of the Omaha sacred buffalo hide; and the anthropology department at the University of California, Berkeley. Fletcher's allotment work consisted of distributing and assigning plots of reservation land, previously held communally, to private Native American individuals under the provisions of various Congressional bills. The bulk of the allotment correspondence is between Fletcher and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Included are her instructions, inquiries regarding spurious land claims, and updates on her work. There is no incoming correspondence for the Nez Perce allotment. Other materials relating to allotment, including record books of land claims, are included in this subseries. In 1898 the Omaha sacred hide was stolen from James Robinson. Francis La Flesche was involved in the search for item and is included in this correspondence. In 1901, Phoebe Apperson Hearst funded a new Anthropology museum and department at the University of California, Berkeley, and Fletcher was named a member of its Advisory Committee. This section reflects her brief involvement in the new department. Ethnographic materials are filed under series 3: for the Omaha, see subseries 3.21; for the Winnebago, see subseries 3.26; for the Nez Perce, see subseries 3.20.
- Collection Restrictions
- The Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers are open for research. Access to the Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562718027608-1562718027634-4
