Letters, May-December 1912

(ca. 106 items: letters) Letters addressed to Edward M. Wistar. correspondents include: F.H. Abbott; Philander Blackledge; Samuel M. Brosius; Ivey C. Clark; Isaiah Douglas; Robert W. Douglas; William B. Evans; Myra E. Frye; Hetty B. Garrett; William L. and L.S. George; Robert D. Hall; George N. Hartley; Henry S. Haskins; Austin Hatcher; Abigail Haworth; William P. Haworth; Hubert C. Herring; Allen D. Hole; Rayner W. Kelsey; Rachel Kirk; Edgar B. Meritt; Authur C. Parker; H.C. Phillips; Thomas Ryan; Walter Smedley; Ralph P. Stanion; Jonathan M. Steere; Charles Stelzle; Charles L. Thompson; George D. Weeks; Charles L. White; Miles White; Daniel A. and Hattie A. Williams; James Wood; Charles N. and Mattie Wooten; J.G. Wright

Topics discussed include: in general, news of the various missions and the people running them, especially in the letters of William P. Haworth; ruling on the wearing of sectarian clothing in Government Schools for Native Americans; getting title to the disputed land at Skiatook mission, (Hillside property) and patents for land at other missions as well; letters from various representatives of the Y.M.C.A. re: schools for Native Americans; news of mission [to the Iowa Tribe (Bah Kho-Je)] (Perkins, Okla.) from Charles Wooten; Georges living in and leaving Wyandotte, Okla.; possibility of transferring work with Native Americans to care of Five Years Meeting; news of mission to the Absentee Shawnee Tribe from Austin Hatcher, Native Americans hungry; possible decrease in financial support for work with Native Americans from New England Yearly Mtg. and other meetings; letters from Home Mission Council re: Home Mission Week; Philander Blackledge wishes to resign work at Seneca, Mo.; Edgar Meritt thanks Wistar for endorsement of him to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs and feels confident that he will be named successor to Valentine; John Haworth now at Wyandotte mission, the Giffords now at Hillside mission, Philander and Carrie Blackledge resigned work mission to the Modoc Nation; Rayner W. Kelsey at work on his book "Friends and the Indians"; Ivey C. Clark interested in mission work, will be sent to mission to the Modoc Nation; Skiatook mission land conveyed to Assoc. Ex. Com. by govt.; illness and death of John P. Haworth also letters addressed to: []from: E.M. Wistar (circular letter) Samuel M. Brosius, from: F.H. Abbott re: patent in fee for Ottawa Tribal land used by mission (2 letters) Mary King Carey, from: [Matthew K. Sniffen?] re: Seminole people Horace B. Durant, from: Thomas Ryan re: Hillside property (typed copy) Hetty B. Garrett, from: Wm. J. Harrison re: can`t attend meeting of Ex. Com. William P. Haworth, from: Horace B. Durant re: Hillside property; [] re: Hillside property (typed copy); J.A. Griffitts re: going to Skiatook; Ivey C. Clark re: his expenses in getting to Seneca; F.H. Abbott re: Hillside land; J.G. Wright re: Hillside land; J.L. Mayo re: expenses at mission (Red Rock, Okla.); Charles and Florence B. Gifford re: wants a minister for Hillside; Isaac and Laura Fra[zier] re: work at a mission Walter Smedley, from: George N. Hartley re: talking to various Yearly Meetings and decreasing funding for work with Native Americans Jonathan M. Steere, from: Mary A. Gove re: lessening of funds from New England Yearly Mtg for work with Native Americans and concerns about the work with the Kickapoo Tribe which they are supporting (typed copy); William P. Haworth re: financial