Biography and memorabilia
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: 1878-1925
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4558, Subseries 1.10
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The material is arranged by subject, chronologically therein. Dates are non-inclusive.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries encompasses materials Fletcher saved as memorabilia as well as those documents and items that reflect her life and scientific work. Few of the items in this subseries were produced by Fletcher; a short autobiographical sketch is included. 

Fletcher saved items from expositions and organizational meetings she attended, illustrating her various interests from women's organizations to social clubs and scientific societies. The majority of institutional records in this subseries encompasses the 1896 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which Fletcher attended as Vice-President, as well as the St. Louis Exposition of 1904. 

Reviews dominate the clippings about Fletcher's life and work, in particular those of Indian Story and Song. Unfortunately, many of the identifying papers for these articles were removed. They have been preserved in the folder labeled "Clippings Bureau." 

In 1907, Alice Fletcher met Leo Tolstoy and wrote an account of the experience. Other Tolstoy materials include correspondence with and articles by Tolstoy admirers. 

Alice Fletcher also collected and wrote poetry. Few of these items are dated. 

The folder labeled "Collected clippings" includes only materials that do not relate directly to Fletcher's life or work, including obituaries of friends, notices of women's organizational meetings, and articles about various exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. 

Miscellaneous materials include invitation cards from Phoebe Apperson Hearst, hotel bills from Fletcher's 1907 trip to Europe, sparse financial records, photographs, and a notebook outlining her filing system.