Carleton Archives: HIST 301 - Indigenous Histories at Carleton, Fall 2024
In addition to the digital materials listed on the Course Research Guide, materials below may relate to your research needs for this class. This is not an exhaustive list of related materials held in the Carleton College Archives. While a few of the items below are available online and are linked here, the majority are not.
To view the materials not available online, an appointment will need to be made to visit the Carleton Archives. Our hours are Mon-Fri 8-5. We also have several classes using the Archives this term, so appointments should be made as soon as appropriate for your research. We cannot guarantee your first choice of an appointment time due to space restrictions. When contacting the Archives for an appointment, please be prepared with a few different options for appointment times.
Appointments can be made by contacting archives@carleton.edu. You can also contact Tom Lamb, College Archivist, directly at tlamb@carleton.edu to discuss any questions you have about materials listed here, using the archives generally, or to help determine if the Carleton Archives holds materials appropriate for your research topic.
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Carleton College Archives: History of BIPOC Student Organizations at Carleton.
The Carleton College Archives contains an incomplete record of student organizations created to support, represent, or give voice to BIPOC students. The quality and depth of the materials vary from student group to student group. For some student groups, information is only available from published articles or accounts in publications such as the Carletonian student newspaper or the Algol yearbook. For other groups, records of the groups and activities may be found in a variety of collections such as the Dean of the College or the President’s Office records, manuscript collections of personal papers, or in unprocessed accessions.
This guide is an attempt to provide an outline or overview of materials held in the Carleton Archives and where they can be found. It is likely that this is an incomplete list that will be updated should additional materials be uncovered.
Many of these are one-off folders or items found in larger collections that have potential to uncover additional resources.
Central Records: A Better Chance (ABC) Program
Folder: Indian Student Program, 1968
May indicate additional related materials in other ABC files.
William B. Dunham Papers, 1951-1979
Folder: Special Programs of Study (On-Campus)--American Indians, 1969; 1970
Miscellaneous files of William Dunham, Vice President for Planning and Development.
Office of Multicultural Affairs Records
Office records for the Intercultural Affairs Office. Previously known as Third World Affairs through the 1970s and 1980s, later as Multicultural Affairs. Office of Intercultural and International Life, and Office of Intercultural Life.
Contains materials related to ANPO (American Native Peoples Organization), Native American Day, and American Indian Science and Engineering Society.
Associate Dean of the College 1, 1989-2002, 18F.1
Box 20, Folder 707: Native American Faculty Seminar, 1991
Dean for Budget and Planning Office Records, 074
Box 10, Folder 1: American Native Peoples Organization (ANPO)
Box 1, Folder 6: Native North America (Sociology-Anthropology 47), 1980
Riesman was Professor of Anthropology, 1970-1988. Papers contain materials related to courses taught including student evaluations of some courses. Student evaluations may be restricted under FERPA.
Catherine Anderson Boyd Papers, 107
Books and manuscripts, primarily for young readers, written by Boyd on the subject of various North American Indigenous Peoples as well as Indigenous Peoples of the northern polar regions. Includes personal correspondence.
Boyd is Carleton class of 1942.
Misc. Events Publications (Exhibitions, Concerts, Symposia, Lectureships, Conferences, etc.), 048
Miscellaneous brochures, programs, posters, and announcements of campus events including exhibits, concerts, symposia, lectureships, performances, dance exhibitions, and conferences from various venues including the Art Gallery.
May Fete Collection, 1915-1975, 084
Poster for 1926 performance “Ki-Tchi-Mak-Wa: An Indian Legend”
Harvey Stork Photographs collection: General, 1869-1928 008e (4)
Sub-Series 7.6: 1926 May Fete - 'Ki-Tchi-Mak-Wa: An Indian Legend'
Theatrical Production Files and Posters, 070
Materials produced for or related to the production of plays and stage productions at Carleton College at its theaters and other venues. Includes programs, scripts, source material, reviews, posters, etc. Includes productions by a variety of campus groups and individuals (including Carleton Players, Uninvited Company (UNCO), Experimental Theater Board, Comps Presentations, etc.) as well as groups outside Carleton that performed on campus.
Board of Trustees Minutes, 031
Some sample passages from the minutes:
From an 1886 Trustee meeting: Upon the question of receiving Indian Students after some discussion as to the effects in lowering the standard of scholarship at least upon entering, on motion of Mr. Williams the following minute was adopted.
Recognizing the justice, patriotism and wisdom of the efforts now making in behalf of the Indians of our country, this Board will rejoice to have Carleton bear its part in the work and will welcome all suitable candidates from that race.
And from a 1911 meeting:The Mondamin Club is an honorary organization of the college men which has been introduced here by members of the present faculty. The name is an Indian word signifying Maize, which was the college color first chosen by the student body. The club aims to recognize and thereby foster superior service rendered to general college enterprises such as oratory, debate, athletics, glee club and college publications
Related materials can also be found scattered in many places including President, Dean, EPC/ECC, Treasurer, Development, and Registrar office records; Institutional Research and Assessment reports; Topical Files
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Archives collects publications by students, faculty, staff, and alums. The items below are a part of that collection. Again, this is not exhaustive, and based solely on keyword searching. There are possibly other relevant publications in this collection:
https://archive.carleton.edu/Detail/collections/556
Item 145: The Indian Pathway Through the Carleton Arboretum / Paul Jensen and Charles Umbanhowar, Jr., Circa 1998
Jensen, Paul (faculty); Umbanhowar, Charles E., Jr. (Class of 1985)
Item 519: Indian-Related Records in the National Archives and Their Use: Observations over a Third of a Century / Oliver W. Holmes
Holmes, Oliver W. (Class of 1922)
Item 604: Indian Bead-Weaving Patterns / Horace R. Goodhue, 1989
Goodhue, Horace R. (Class of 1926)
Item 728: Something at Last: Dakota Poetry and Sketches / Jerome Freeman; sketches by Jean Bailey, 1993
Note: Illustrator is Carleton Class of 1940
Wilson, Jean S. (Class of 1940)
Item 753: Indian Chiefs of Southern Minnesota / Thomas Hughes L., 1969
Note: 2nd ed. Originally published 1927; Introduction to the Second Edition by Thomas L. Hughes:
Hughes, Thomas J. (Class of 1880)
Hughes, Thomas L. (Class of 1947)
Item 950: Edward Fitzgerald Beale and the Indian Peace Commissioners in California, 1851-1854. / Richard E. Crouter and Andrew F. Rolle, 1960
In The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, Vo. 42, No. 2, pp. 107-131.
Crouter, Richard E. (Faculty)
Item 1782: The Indian Policy of Henry Hamilton: a Re-Valuation / Nelson Vance Russell, 1930. In The Canadian Historical Review, March, 1930
Note: Photocopy
Russell, Nelson V. (Faculty)
Item 1919: A Tale of Indian Hill / Phebe Estelle Spalding, 1895
Pomona College, Student Life Print
Spalding, Phebe E. (Class of 1889)
Item 2353: Can the Indian be Educated? / Elizabeth R. Gutch
Note: Author, Elizabeth R. Gutch, was part of the Minnesota Congregationalists who founded the college. Includes information related to George Bassett, a Carleton preparatory student in the 19th century, and the first Native American student.
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Similar to the publications listed above, these were found with simple keyword searching and are not meant to be an exhaustive list of potentially relevant materials in our collection of recordings found here:
https://archive.carleton.edu/Browse/collections/facet/classification_facet/id/472
For undigitized items, audio and videocassettes can be digitized relatively quickly by PEPS. Reel-to-reel audio can be digitized by an outside vendor and could take 2-4 weeks.
Item [167]: Social Responsibility: Laws and the Blackfeet Indians, 1978
Hagen, John ; 11/3/1978
Physical Description: Audio cassette
Note: There are two John Hagen alums classes of 1943 and 1971.
NOT ONLINE
Item [282]: A Primal Mind: Vision and Reality in Indian America, 1983
Highwater, Jamake
Additional Date Information: 1/7/1983
Available here:
Item [482]: Lakota Indian Spirituality, 1988
Hand, Floyd
Additional Date Information: 1/23/1988
Physical Description: Audio cassette
NOT ONLINE
Item R5.04.12: American Indian Policy: Beating Around the Bush, 1989
Deloria, Vine
Additional Date Information: 5/19/1989
Physical Description: Video cassette
NOT ONLINE
Item 201: Advocacy, Activism, and Action: Your Agenda for Tomorrow / Ada E. Deer, 2007
Convocation: Ada E. Deer, former director of the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Additional Date Information: 2007-11-02
Item 55: Race and Citizenship Inside and Outside the Cherokee Nation / Steve Russell, 2011
Convocation: Steve Russell, Cherokee Indian; former elected trial judge, Texas; associate professor of criminal justice, Indiana University
Additional Date Information: 2011-11-04
Item 854: Lecture / Vernon Bellecourt, 1992
Vernon Bellecourt, Native American leader.
Additional Date Information: 1992-09-29
Compact Disc
NOT ONLINE
Item 827: Reflections of the Reservation / George Horsecapture, 1993Edit This
George Horsecapture, scholar of Native American History.
Additional Date Information: 1993-04-09
Event Type: Convocation
CD and VHS
NOT ONLINE
Item 829: Continuum of Native American Art ... Southwest ... / Evan Maurer, 1993
Dr. Evan Maurer, director, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts.
Additional Date Information: 1993-04-02
VHS and CD
NOT ONLINE
Item 719: Living in Two Worlds: Contemporary Native Issues / Thunderchief, 1995
Thunderchief (Francis Steindorf), singer, wongwriter, guitarist, consultant in multicultural education, and member of the Hochungra (Wisconsin Winnebago) Nation
Additional Date Information: 1995-04-07
Event Type: Native American Peoples Organization Convocation
CD, VHS, and S-VHS
NOT ONLINE
Item 431: Convocation / Winona LaDuke, 2002
Winona LaDuke, Native American activist
Additional Date Information: 2002-04-12
Event Type: Convocation
CD
NOT ONLINE
Item 622: Convocation / Winona LaDuke, 1997
Winona LaDuke, Native American activist
Additional Date Information: 1997-04-04
NOT ONLINE
Item 275: How We Became Human: A Performance / Joy Harjo, 2005
Convocation
Joy Harjo, Native American poet and musician, and professor of creative writing at the University of New Mexico.
Additional Date Information: 2005-11-04
Item 298: America in a Different Mirror: Re-Visioning Our History / Ronald Takaki, 2005
Convocation: Ronald Takaki, professor of ethnic studies, University of California, Berkeley and founder of the UCLA Centers for African-American, Asian-American, Chicano, and Native-American Studies
Item 237: Warrior Words / John Trudell, 2006
Convocation
John Trudell, Santee Sioux poet, musician, actor, and leader for Native American rights.
Additional Date Information: 2006-11-03
Item 167: If Not You, Then Who? / Charlene Teters
Convocation
Charlene Teters, Native American artist, teacher, writer and activist.
Additional Date Information: 2008-10-31
Item 382: "Black Elk Speaks" / Wallace Black Elk, 1994
Convocation by Wallace Black Elk, a Lakota elder and medicine man, descendent of Nicholas Black Elk. The lecture speaks on what it means to be a Lakota in today's world. Sponsored by Carleton's American Native Peoples Organization.
Additional Date Information: 1994-04-15
Reel-to-reel audiotape
NOT ONLNE
Item R5.07.11: Native American Traditions and Cultural Rights, 1991
Recording of Harjo, Suzan Shown
Additional Date Information: 4/5/1991
Physical Description: Video cassette
NOT ONLINE
Item 87: Treaties and Other Promises: Words Matter and Keeping One's Word Matters More / Suzan Harjo, 2010
Convocation
Suzan Harjo, poet, writer, lecturer, curator, policy advocate, and president of The Morning Star Institute.
Item 319: Why Identity, Policy, Politics and Visions Matter / Suzan Harjo, 2004
Suzan Harjo, Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee poet, writer, lecturer, curator and policy advocate.
Additional Date Information: 2004-11-05
Event Type: Convocation
Promotional Videos for Carleton from different time periods. Online. Provides a view of how the College was marketing itself at the time the videos were created. These were created for prospective students, for alumni outreach, and/or for general marketing.