John Collier papers, 1922-1968
Publisher: Microfilming Corporation of America
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Sanford, N.C
Language: eng
Format: [microform]
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Indians of North America; Government relations; Sources; United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Description: The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, writings, memoranda and reports, research materials, and miscellanea, documenting the personal life and professional career of John Collier. His service with the American Indian Defense Association (A.I.D.A.), as United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and as a teacher and author is detailed. Correspondence files include materials with leading political, literary, and social figures. Drafts of books, articles, essays, reviews, and poetry are supplemented with extensive subject files and research materials. Files relating to the Institute of Ethnic Affairs include substantive correspondence and memoranda. The papers of anthropologist Laura Thompson, Collier's second wife, are also arranged in the papers, and date from 1945-1956.
Notes: Accompanied by guide (107 p. ; 29 cm.) edited by Andrew M. Patterson and Maureen Brodoff.
Table of contents: title: Reel 1-10: Part I. 1922-1933: Series I. Correspondence of John Collier, 1922-1933. Series II. Correspondence and papers of others, 1907-1937. Series III. Subject file, 1914-1933. Series IV. Office File of the AIDA, 1922-1933. Series V. Writings and research materials, 1903-1933; title: Reel 11-32: Part II. 1933-1945: Series I. Correspondence, 1933-1945. Series II. Memoranda and reports, 1933-1945. Series III. Commissioner's subject file, 1933-1945. Series IV. Addresses and writings, 1933-1945; title: Reel 33-55: Part III. 1945-1960: Series I. Correspondence, 1944-1957. Series II. Programs and projects, 1937-1958. Series III. Office file, 1942-1960. Series IV. Addresses and writings, 1943-1957. Series V. Subject file; title: Reel 56-59: Part IV. 1957-1960: Series I. Correspondence, 1956-1966. Series II. Notes, writings, and personal papers, 1911-1965.