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Collier (John) Collection
MS.656  
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  • Biographical Note
  • Scope and Contents
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing History
  • Acquisition
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Inventory

  • Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
    Title: John Collier Collection
    Creator: Collier, John
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.656
    Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (14 folders)
    Date (inclusive): 1924-1954
    Abstract: John Collier (1884-1968) was the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1933-1945. This collection includes correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and speeches by or about Collier from 1924-1954.
    Language of Material: English .

    Biographical Note

    John Collier (1884-1968) was the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1933-1945.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection includes correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and speeches by or about John Collier from 1924-1954.

    Preferred Citation

    John Collier Collection, 1924-1954, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.656; [folder number] [folder title][date].

    Processing History

    Processed by Library staff after 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 30, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

    Acquisition

    Donations from Charles Fletcher Lummis, 1924 June; the Office of Indian Affairs, 1935 November; Frederick Webb Hodge, 1933 June-1945 December; and Library staff.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives  and fill out the Researcher Application Form.

    Inventory

    Inventory

    1. Address Nat'l Conf Social Work Detroit 1933 2cc
    2. Newsclipping Indian Families in the Emergrency Conservation Act
    3. Newsrelease Libel suit Collett vs Collier dismissed
    4. Magazine clipping biographic
    5. Address "Leadership is the controlling need in democracies" 1937
    6. Statement "Wheeler-Howard Indian Land & Home Rule Bill"
    7. Magazine article "We stand indicted..." re John Collier by Kyle D Palmer
    8. Letter Collier to A L Kroeber re the Zuni 1924
    9. Letter Status of civil & criminal jurisdiction of bills… 1926
    10. Pamphlet US Indian Administration as a Laboratory of Ethnic Relations 1945
    11. Magazine article "The Fate of the Navajos" 1924
    12. Remarks "Man can Half Control his Doom" Seminar Santa Fe, 1942

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    United States. American Indian Religious Freedom Act
    Zuni Indians
    Clippings
    Navajo Indians
    Speeches
    Indians of North America -- Education
    Pamphlets
    Correspondence
    Indians of North America -- Government relations
    Indians of North America
    United States. Office of Indian Affairs
    United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
    American Indian Defense Association
    Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis)