Diaries
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: 1881-1922
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4558, Subseries 1.9
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The material is arranged chronologically.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This material consists of Fletcher's field diaries of 1881, as well as her personal diaries and address books. 

In 1881, Fletcher ventured into the field for the first time, traveling to the Omaha and Rosebud reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota. Her field diaries from this trip contain scant ethnographic material but are rich in personal insights and include many passages relevant to Fletcher's interest in the plight of Native Americans. Field diaries include sketches Fletcher drew along her trip; drawings which were removed from the notebooks have been filed directly behind them. Francis La Flesche copied the majority of the field diaries and this subseries includes two copies of his transcripts. 

Alice Fletcher kept a small daily record of her activities when home from the field. These items provide a comprehensive account of Fletcher's affairs throughout her career. Newspaper clippings which Fletcher kept in personal diaries have been removed, photocopied and placed in a separate folder with their original location noted. 
Other field diaries may be found in series 3, filed according to tribe.