Helen C. Rountree papers
name: label: Creator
content: Rountree, Helen C., 1944-
label: Names
content: Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe
place: label: Place
content: Virginia
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk songs, Shoshoni
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Helen C. Rountree in 2005.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rountree, Helen C., 1944-
culture: label: Culture
content: Pamunkey
label: Culture
content: Nansemond
label: Culture
content: Upper Mattaponi
label: Culture
content: Mattaponi
label: Culture
content: Chickahominy
label: Culture
content: Rappahannock
label: Culture
content: Algonquin (Algonkin)
label: Culture
content: Shoshone
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content: Helen C. Rountree papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Helen C. Rountree is emeritus professor of anthropology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She studied the history of the Virginia Tribes from the 17th century to the 21st century and is considered a leading expert on Pocahontas. The Helen C. Rountree papers include field notes, correspondence, and sound recordings relating to her field work among the Pamunkey, Mattaponi, Nansemond, Rappahannock, Chickahominy, Monacan, as well as the area around Nottoway Reservation and Gingaskin Reservation.
bioghist: label: Biographical note
content: Helen C. Rountree earned an A.B. in Sociology & Anthropology from the College of William and Mary, an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She joined the faculty of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia as an Instructor in 1968 and retired as a full Professor in 1999. Dr. Rountree worked initially with the Shoshone in Nevada, then began research on the Algonquian-speaking Native Americans of eastern Virginia, becoming an honorary member of the Nansemond and Upper Mattaponi tribes in Virginia. She is acknowledged as a leading researcher and writer on Virginia Indians from the 17th century to the present and is considered an expert on Pocahontas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 27 Sound recordings (1/4" reels and cassettes)
label: Extent
content: 2.4 Linear feet (4 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2005-22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Field notes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection contains: Correspondence, 1969-1985; Field notes, 1969-1988; Cook Books, 1981, 1983; Audio Ephemera, undated; Sound Recordings, 1969-1990.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The sound recordings were described by Mary Kenney in 2008. 

Processed and encoded by Adam Fielding, 2014.
bibliography: label: Selected Bibliography
content: 1973.  -- Indian Land Loss in Virginia: A Prototype of U.S. Federal Indian Policy -- . Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

1989.  -- The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture -- . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press.

1990.  -- Pocahontas's People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries -- . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

1993.  -- Powhatan Foreign Relations, 1500-1722 -- . Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Field notes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Helen C Rountree papers contain correspondence, field notes, and sound recordings relating to her field work primarily among Virginian tribes including the Pamunkey, Mattaponi, Nansemond, Rappahannock, Chickahominy, Monacan, as well as the area around Nottoway Reservation and Gingaskin Reservation. Correspondents include Robert Y. Barham, Christian F. Feest, Samuel Proctor, C.G. Holland, Frank Porter, Marshall Becker, and Nancy Oestreich Lurie. 

The sound recordings relate to Rountree's fieldwork and contain recordings of the Chickahominy Fall Festivals, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1981-1986 and a Chickahominy tribal meeting 1987; Nansemond Tribe Spring Festival, 1984, and Homecoming, 1988. Also included are recordings among the Pamumkey; Mattaponi; Shoshoni; Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; meetings; public events, and some lectures by Helen Rountree and others. There is one unidentified sound cassette.