Finding Aid for Doris Duke Indian Oral History Program Archives, 1908-1995 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Doris Duke Indian Oral History Program Archives, 1908-1995

ID: 15/2/32

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

Other Creators: 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, 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, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, Rocke, Donald, Scullin, Michael, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation, Coast Salish), Stó:lō Nation (Coast Salish), Ts’elxwéyeqw Nation (Coast Salish), Tsoyaha (Yuchi), Umatilla Tribe (Coast Salish), Wilson, Barbara, Yakama Nation (Coast Salish)

Extent: 16.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Alphabetical by researcher

Subjects: Anthropology, Arts and Crafts, Dance, Government, Health, History, Interviews, Maps, Music, Oral History, Religion, Songs, Traditions

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

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.

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.

Anthropology
Arts and Crafts
Dance
Government
Health
History
Interviews
Maps
Music
Oral History
Religion
Songs
Traditions

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 11/13/2002

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.

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

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