There are also materials that reflect her interest in social problems, particularly among the Chippewa. Some recordings reflect an interest in early days in Montana. The papers concerning the Ainu include material of Chiye Sano and Midori Yamaha, Sister Inez's assistants in Japan. The papers also include a very small amount of correspondence of Margaret Mead and Rhoda M traux. Most of Sister Inez's correspondence is at the College of St. Benedict.
Several photographs are of artisans and craftsmen.
Selected items show the preparation of fry bread, a lacrosse player, a corn-husk doll maker with some of her dolls, men in dance costume, a longhouse wedding party, a Seneca wood carver making a water drum, and a Seneca basket maker. There is also a portrait of a Seminole flute maker. The small albumen prints are the same as those normally mounted as stereoscopic views. The images were made in and near the Hopi village of Oraibi. Generally, the set includes both front and profile busts of the subjects.