Organizational records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932
label: Collection Creator
content: Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923
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content: MS 4558 Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers
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content: MS 4558 Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche papers / Series 1: Alice Cunningham Fletcher papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1904-1921
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4558, Subseries 1.6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The material is arranged chronologically by subject.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Materials have been divided into three subjects to encompass the act to preserve American antiquities, the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), and the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association. Materials include correspondence, committee proposals and Congressional documents.

Fletcher was actively involved in the business and development of the Archaeological Institute of America throughout her career. Of particular interest is rich information in the form of correspondence and newspaper clippings on the character defamation controversy between Edgar Hewett and Franz Boas in 1911. Related materials are located among Fletcher's incoming correspondence in 1911 (subseries 1.1). 

The formation of the School of American Archaeology (later the School of American Research), which Fletcher avidly supported, created friction between herself and F. W. Putnam. These issues are reflected in the folder relating to the formation of the school, the contents of which consist of drafts of letters from Fletcher to Putnam and Charles Bowditch. 

The Colorado Cliff Dwellings material may relate to Fletcher's work for the preservation of antiquities.