African American civic leaders, African American social workers, Civic leaders--United States, Civil Rights movements--United States--20th Century, and Social workers--United States
American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908 Foster, Charles, 1828-1904
Published / Created:
1880-1896
Call Number:
WA MSS S-903 (folio)
Image Count:
56
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters written for American Horse regarding early customs of the Sioux, their cultural advancement, and the tragedy at Wounded Knee Creek. Accompanied by a letter about Charles Foster's position on Indian affairs and a letter from Mrs. James Landy to Daniel E. Soper. There are 76 folio drawings depicting Sioux life and three photographs of American Horse.
Subject (Name):
American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908--Portraits, Foster, Charles, 1828-1904, Landy, Edwin F, and Landy, James
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works, Dakota Indians--Social life and customs, Indians of North America, and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Records related to the community government at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 34
Image Count:
20
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Records related to a community government formed by Japanese American internees at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1942-1945. Material includes reports from committees on health care, social welfare, and education, as well as a charter for the community government. The collection also includes memoranda about camp governance and other publications in English and Japanese distributed by the United States War Relocation Authority, as well as contemporary newspaper clippings about relocation centers and Japanese Americans.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2010. and The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
Subject (Geographic):
Poston (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) and United States. War Relocation Authority
Subject (Topic):
Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, and World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston