Letters, January-June 1914

(ca. 64 items: letters) Letters addressed to Edward M. Wistar. Correspondents include: F.H. Abbott; Joshua L. Baily; Martha E. Barber; Samuel M. Brosius; Isaac and Laura Frazier; Mary H. Freeman; Carl E. Grammer; Robert D. Hall; George N. Hartley; Abigail C. Haworth; William P. Haworth; Allen D. Hole; Rayner W. Kelsey; Rachel Kirk; John L. Mayo; Thomas C. Moffett; Warren K. Moorhead; H.C. Olin; M.C. Scattergood; Cato Sells; Walter Smedley; Matthew K. Sniffen; Elizabeth Test; H.L. Wallace; Herbert Welsh; John W. Wood; Charles L. and Martha Wooten

Topics discussed include: in general, news of the various missions and the people running them, especially in the letters of William P. Haworth; letters from representatives of the Y.M.C.A. re: education of Native Americans; political atmosphere in Washington, Moorhead writes (2.16.1914) that there is a move to get rid of those who support Native American rights; new meeting house built at mission to the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; letters from Home Missions Council; news of Wyandotte mission from Isaac and Laura Frazier; circular letters from Cato Sells re: Native Americans and stopping the liquor traffic, Native Americans and farming; minutes of the Committee on Indian Work of the Home Missions Council, 1914; news of Iowa Tribe (Bah Kho-je) mission (Perkins, Okla.) from Charles and Martha Wooten; Bentley, W.S. Fields and scheme to defraud the Kickapoo people before Congress (see Elizabeth Test letter, 4.8.1914; Brosius, 5.1.1914); concern that missionaries not given enough financial support (M.E. Barber writes 4.24.1914, "People who would work here for $400 are not the kind who would do any good ..."); news of mission to the Otoe-Missouria Tribe from John L. Mayo, Red Rock, Okla.; situation of the Iowa Tribe (Bah Kho-je) (letter of Rachel Kirk, 6.17.1914) also letters addressed to: Joshua L. Baily, from: Ivey C. Clark re: thinks he can make money operating thrashing machine Pliny Fry, from: S.E. Nicholson re: publication of Native American reports in the American Friend George N. Hartley, from: Charles C. Haworth re: work at Shawnee Rayner W. Kelsey, from: Charles L. Wooten re: visit of Native Americans (Chief Dave Tohee of the Iowa Tribe (Bah Kho-je)) to Washington and they wish to meet with Wistar Marriott [C. Morris?], from: Charles J. Rhoads re: contributions to Indian Aid Society Hon. J.T. Robinson (Senate), from: Edward M. Wistar re: the Kickapoo people and Martin J. Bentley (Wistar first became aware of Bentley 17 years ago) (typed copy, signed) [Cato] Sells, from: Joseph H. Choate re: "curse of whiskey" (typed copy) Jonathan M. Steere, from: Pliny Fry re: publication of Native American reports in the American Friend; George N. Hartley re: Hartley's tour of the missions