Native American subject vertical file

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Identifier: 9205

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This collection contains ephemera covering a broad variety of topics. Brochures, correspondence, programs from events, theses manuscripts, monographs, maps, music, photographs, plays, postcards, reprints, publications, small books, and government bills and statements, are included organized by subject. Collection was established as a catch all for items pertaining to Indians that were collected by staff of the Huntington Free Library. Collection contains a vast range of reference material, that covers anthropology, archaeology, culture, education, politics, and many other Native American topics. Collection also provides history on various locations and cities. Many unique, author signed and annotated, and privately printed items. In some cases the collection contains information about the aquisition of objects that now may reside at the National Museum of the American Indian.

Dates

[ca.1850-2000.]

Creator

Huntington Free Library (Compiler, Organization)
Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

129 cubic feet. (129 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains ephemera covering a broad variety of topics relating to Native Americans.

Physical Description

Printed materials, Publications

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Evan Earle
Date completed:: December 2008
EAD encoding:: Evan Earle, December 2014
Date modified:: RMC Staff, December 2014

NOTES

Only a fraction of the actual subject headings are given in the record; see the guide for the complete listing.

Forms part of the Native American Collection. (NAC)

See also the Native American artist vertical file, #9241, Native American biography vertical file, #9242, and Native American publications vertical file, #9246.