Letters and reports concerning Quakers work with Native Americans in Nebraska
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains letters and reports concerning Friends work with Native Americans in Nebraska during the era of Grant's Peace Policy.
Dates
- Creation: 1793, 1867-1885 and undated
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1867 - 1888
Creator
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 (Correspondent, Person)
- Lightner, Isaiah (Correspondent, Person)
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1828-1968). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) (Correspondent, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Ulysses S. Grant announced a Peace Policy towards Native Americans in his Inaugural Address on March 4, 1869, and Congress created the Board of Indian Commissioners in April. Grant sought to implement his plan by involving religious denomination. Hicksite Quakers were assigned the Northern Superintendency which covered most of the present state of Nebraska. Quakers gradually withdrew from participation, and by 1885, Quaker assistance and oversight was limited to the Santee Sioux Agency.
Extent
13 items (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This small collection contains letters and reports concerning Friends work with Native Americans in Nebraska during the era of Grant's Peace Policy.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Bliss Forbush, 1964
Processing Information
Transferred from Miscellaneous Manuscripts in 2019. Formerly filed as MSS 004, 1793-1885
Source
- Forbush, Bliss, 1896-1990 (Donor, Person)
Subject
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Santee Sioux Agency (Organization)
Topical
- Title
- Letters and reports concerning Quaker's work with Native Americans in Nebraska,
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Susanna Morikawa
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2024: This finding aid was reviewed in order to change or contextualize any outdated, harmful terminology related to Indigenous Peoples, except where it appears in a title, quotation, or subject heading.
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