Doris Duke Indian Oral History Program Archives

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Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Administrative Files

Community and Field Worker Materials

Doris Duke Music Archives


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Collection Overview

Title: Doris Duke Indian Oral History Program Archives, 1908-1995View associated digital content.

ID: 15/2/32

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Anthropology

Other Creators: Alaska Native Communities, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, Baltaxe, James, Berman, Allen, Blackfeet, Braroe, Niels, Cheyenne, Clemmer, Richard, Conklin, Elizabeth, Cowichan Tribes (Coast Salish), Cree, Crow, Dewhirst, John, Diaz, Sonia, Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Ervin, A. M., Eyde, David, Foltin, Bela, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Fowler, Loretta, Garbarino, Merwyn, Havasupai, Hemphill, Joseph, Hicks, George, Hinton, Leanne, Hopi, Jacobs, Sue Ellen, Johnson, Nels, Johnson, Thomas, Kauffman, Lynn, Kettel, Bonnie, Kettel, David, Kwakwaka'wakw, Linton, Norma, Lowenthal, Richard, Lummi Nation (Coast Salish), Maack, Stephen, Makah Tribe (Coast Salish), Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (Sahnish) Nation (Fort Borthold), ʼNa̱mg̱is First Nation (Coast Salish), Narragansett, Nettl, Bruno (1930-2020), Neuman, Michele DeRiso, Northern Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne, Ojibwe, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, Rocke, Donald, Scullin, Michael, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation, Coast Salish), Stó:lō Nation (Coast Salish), Tanana Athabaskan, Tlingit and Haida, Ts’elxwéyeqw Nation (Coast Salish), Tsoyaha (Yuchi), Umatilla Tribe (Coast Salish), We Wai Kai First Nation, Wilson, Barbara, Yakama Nation (Coast Salish)

Extent: 19.4 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical by researcher

Subjects: Anthropology, Arts and Crafts, Dance, Government, Health, History, Indigenous Peoples, Interviews, Music, Music -- Native American, Native American, Oral History, Religion, Songs, Traditions

Formats/Genres: Maps, Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Doris Duke Indian Oral History Program Archives (1908-95) directed by Edward M. Bruner (1924- ), professor of anthropology (1961- ), including correspondence, microfilmed and photocopied documents, news clippings, publications, field notes and diaries, photographs, maps, oral history and interview tapes, recorded events, and transcriptions, relating to U.S., Canada, and Alaska Indigenous peoples’ customs, history, music, politics, and religion. Represented Indigenous peoples include Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, Athabascan, Blackfeet, Cheyenne--Northern, Coast Salish (Cowichan Tribes, Lummi Nation, Makah Tribe, 'Na̱mg̱is First Nation, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), Stó:lō Nation—including Ts’elxwéyeqw Nation, Umatilla Tribe, and Yakama Nation), Cree, Crow, Eastern Shoshone, Fort Mojave, Haida, Havasupai, Hopi, Kwakwaka’wakw, Makah, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (Sahnish) Nation, Menominee, Narragansett, Navajo, Northern Arapaho, Ojibwe, Pasamaquoddy, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, Tlingit, and Tsoyaha (Yuchi). The archives also contain an extensive collection of Indigenous peoples' music.

Biographical Note

The Board of Trustees established the Department of Anthropology in 1959, separating it from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.1 In 1961 the Illinois Archaeological Survey was presented to the Department of Anthropology for research.2 In August 1976 the Department of Anthropology became part of the School of Social Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.3

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 50th Report, May 16, 1959, p. 406.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 51st Report, December 19, 1961, p. 1238.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 58th Report, February 18, 1976, p. 523.

Subject/Index Terms

Anthropology
Arts and Crafts
Dance
Government
Health
History
Indigenous Peoples
Interviews
Music
Music -- Native American
Native American
Oral History
Religion
Songs
Traditions

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 11/13/2002; 08/2025

Access Restrictions: This record series is currently under review and requires approval to access by the Native communities represented in the materials. Please contact the University Archives for questions.

Acquisition Source: University of Illinois Department of Anthropology

Related Materials: Edward M. Bruner Papers, 1859-2017 (RS 15/2/29) For more information please see https://archon.library.illinois.edu/archives/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=11493&q=bruner.

PDF Box/Folder List

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1502032.pdf

PDF finding aid for Doris Duke Indian Oral History Program Archives (15/2/32)

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Series 1: Administrative Files
The contents of the Doris Duke Administrative Files (Box 1-2) contain: the University of Illinois’s proposal to Doris Duke’s foundation; an overview/summary of Illinois’s Program and the contents of the collection; correspondence to and from Edward Bruner, field workers, and Anthropology Department and University of Illinois administrators; and copies of the field workers’ research reports and inventories of their collected materials. The correspondence files largely concern the logistics of transferring research materials from field workers to the Anthropology Department, as well as the collection’s transfer to University Archives in 2002. With respect to the need to protect consultants’ privacy, we have removed the original copies of the field workers’ reports and indices that contain sensitive information and replaced them with redacted copies for public access (Box 1 Folders 6-8 and Box 2 Folder 1). The originals are restricted and stored in Box 50.  
Box 1
Folder 1: Doris Duke Obituary, New York Times, 21 May, 1995
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1968-1973
Folder 3: Norma Linton (Original File Name) - Correspondence, 1970-1973
Folder 4: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1973-1991
Folder 5: Contact Sheet - Researchers (1995) - Correspondence Re: Access, 1991-1995
Folder 6: Original Fieldworker Report/Indices
Contains redacted copies.
Folder 7: Indices (Unbound & 2 Binders)
Contains redacted copies.
Folder 8: Field Worker Reports - Indices
Contains duplicates of the contents of Folder 7; see this folder for redacted copies.
Box 50
Folder 1: Original Copies: Box 1 Folder 6 "Original Fieldworker Reports/Indices" Containing Sensitive Information
Restricted
Folder 2: Original Copies: Box 1 Folder 7 "Indices" Containing Sensitive Information
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Folder 3: Original Copies: Box 1 Folder 8 "Field Worker Reports - Indices" Containing Sensitive Information
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Folder 4: Original Copies: Box 2 Folder 1 "Table of Contents - Field Worker Reports" Containing Sensitive Information
Restricted
Box 2
Folder 1: Table of Contents - Field Worker Reports
Contains redacted copies.

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