Miami Indians collection MSS.004 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit August 23, 2012 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Alexander M. Bracken Library 2000 W. University Avenue Muncie, Indiana, 47306 765-285-5078 libarchives@bsu.edu
Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Historical Note...4 Scope and Contents... 4 Arrangement...4 Administrative Information...5 Related Materials... 5 Controlled Access Headings...6 Collection Inventory... 7 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Title Miami Indians collection Date 1790-1971 Extent 1.0 Cubic feet 1 box Language English Preferred Citation Miami Indians collection, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries - Page 3 -
Historical Note The Miami Indians were one of the small groups of tribes comprising the Illinois division of the Algonquian linguistic family. Primarily located in present day Indiana, the Miamis emerged as a pivotal tribe during the French and British imperial wars of the seventeenth century. The Miamis reached their peak of political power in the Indiana confederacies that blocked expansion into the Northwest Territory in the 1790s and later during the War of 1812. Their claim to large amounts of Indiana territory enabled them to conclude several advantageous treaties with the U.S. government and delayed emigration until the late 1840s. The tribe`s emigration in 1846-47 produced two branches: the Indiana group and the Kansas- Oklahoma group. Both branches have managed to maintain political cooperation despite deep seated cultural antipathies. Scope and Contents The collection was donated by Dr. Bert Anson, a professor of history at Ball State University who wrote a history of the tribe titled, The Miami Indians (1970). Much of the collection consists of items used by Dr. Anson for research of the book and includes notes, photocopies of treaties and legal proceedings, tribal genealogies, correspondence, and other materials relating to the Miami Indian tribe. A separate photo collection, P.002, contains approximately forty items and includes photographs of groups and individuals, as well as photos of areas once inhabited by the Miamis. OVB.002 contains four oversize items, all photo-reproductions: a 1778 map of western Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, by Thomas Hutchins; an undated War Department map of lands assigned to emigrant Indians west of Arkansas and Missouri; letters received of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fort Wayne agency, 1842-46; and the La Cygne Journal, 1871. The collection also includes three maps: MAPS.068, the Mitchell Map of the British and French Dominions in North America, 1755; MAPS.069, Ottawa County Oklahoma, Allotment Map, undated; MAPS.070, Location of Historic and Prehistoric Tribes in Indiana, drawn by Larry Vizard, undated. Arrangement This collection is arranged by subject. - Page 4 -
Administrative Information Publication Information Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections. Custodial History This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation on 1979/08/06 and 1979/12/12. Accruals No further additions are expected. Processing Information Collection processing completed 1996/01/30 by M. Seelinger. EAD finding aid created 2011/06/22 by Bethany Fiechter. Related Materials Related Archival Materials Materials relating to this collection may be found in the following collections in Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie IN: P.002: Miami Indians photographs, undated - Page 5 -
OVB.002: Miami Indians oversize materials, undated MAPS.068: Miami Indians maps, undated Controlled Access Headings Genre(s) Correspondence Documents Maps Newspapers Photographs Geographic Name(s) Indiana Indiana--History--19th century--sources Indiana--History--20th century--sources Subject(s) Genealogy Legal documents Miami Indians Stoeckel Archives of Local History - Page 6 -
Collection Inventory Box Folder Miami Indians bibliographies, undated 1 1 Correspondence, 1949, 1959, 1963-1968 1 2 Bowie, John B. genealogy, 1966 1 3 Cassman, Samuel genealogy, circa 1971 1 4 Genealogy correspondence, 1966-1971 1 5 Genealogy resource sheets, undated 1 6 Badin correspondence, 1834 1 7 Kinzie, J. to Forsyth, T. correspondence, 1822-1824 1 8 St. Clair, Governor to Knox, Secretary War correspondence, 1790 1 9 Godfrey Reserve correspondence, 1959 1 10 Mississinewa expedition correspondence, undated 1 11 Miami Indians notes, circa 1829-1831 1 12 - Page 7 -
Miami Indians notes, 1834-1836 1 13 Treaty of 1818/10/06 amended petition, circa 1951 1 14 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1954/03/26 1 15 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1957 1 16 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1958/04/14 1 17 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1960 June 1 18 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1961 April 1 19 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1961/11/21 1 20 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1965/01/15 1 21 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1967 1 22 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, circa 1967-1969 1 23 Indian Claims Commission payment rolls documents, 1969/06/25 1 24 Indian Claims Commission legal documents, 1959/07/13 1 25 Linguistics word lists, undated 1 26 - Page 8 -
Miami Chiefs documents, circa 1747-1858 1 27 Miami Tibes of Indiana reference materials, undated 1 28 Miami Tribes of Kansas reference materials, undated 1 29 Miami Tribe of Oklahoma constitution, by-laws, and corporate charter, 1939-1940 1 30 Miami Tribe of Oklahoma reference materials, undated 1 31 Miami Indians paintings notes, undated 1 32 American Fur Company research notes, circa 1839-1840 1 33 Chicago Agency notes, 1824-1847 1 34 Fort Wayne Agency notes, 1824-1850 1 35 Indiana Agency notes, 1824-1850 1 36 Leavenworth Agency notes, circa 1846-1850 1 37 Miami Agency notes, 1824-1853 1 38 St. Louis Superintendency notes, 1824-1851 1 39 - Page 9 -
Mohr Federal Indian Relations notes, circa 1774-1788 1 40 Royce notes, circa 1803-1840 1 41 Indian Affairs notes, circa 1846-1894 1 42 Schools documents, circa 1839-1840 1 43 Treaties documents, circa 1752-1873 1 44 Miami Indians clippings, undated 1 45 - Page 10 -