Nez Percé Indian Reservation (Idaho)-History-Sources.

Summary Material relating to the missionary work of the McBeth sisters, Susan Law and Kate C., and their nieces, Elizabeth and Mary Crawford, among the Nez Perce Indians at Kamiah, Mount Idaho, and Lapwai, Idaho. Includes correspondence of the McBeths (1853-1915) and of the Crawfords (1901-1936); manuscript drafts of Kate McBeth's book, The Nez Perce since Lewis and Clark; diaries and journals of Kate and Sue McBeth; biographical sketches of Kate, Sue, and Mary Crawford; scrapbooks; a copy of an...

Content Description

The collection includes Nez Perce Sketch Book (Nez Perce Cash Book); Nez Perce stories as told by Nez Perce to Captain Warner; one letter to President Arthur from John B. Neil (copy).

Summary

Correspondence (1889-1906); diaries (1875, 1877); autobiography (1888); scrapbook and newspaper clippings (1892-1915); also includes photographs; journals; notebooks; and manuscript, "Trail of a Gold Seeker, 1863."

Summary

Six letterpress volumes and typescript copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the administration of the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho, and to the Nez Perce Indians. Includes letters of agents Charles E. Monteith, John B. Monteith, and Charles D. Warner.

Summary

Off-prints of House executive documents and reports from the 42nd to 49th Congress. Subjects include Nez Perce Reservation; Boise Basin Bed-Rock Fluming Co.; Bannock Indian Treaty; Fort Hall and Lemhi Reservations and annexation of a part of Idaho Territory to Washington Territory.

Scope and Contents This collection contains research materials collected by Zoa Swayne and used as sources for her writings. Materials include correspondence, interviews, clippings, manuscripts, and copies of published books and articles. Also included are slides, photographs, maps and drawings. The collection includes tapes of interviews with Nez Perce Tribal members and others relating local history. Zoa Swayne did extensive research with Nez Perce Tribal members so she could incorporate their...