Albert Lamborn Green Papers
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the correspondence in this collection is comprised of letters written to Green from Philadelphia Friends in regard to gifts in suppport of humanitarian efforts by Quakers in Native American Communities. Later letters written by Green describe from memory the social life and customs of the Otoe-Missouria tribe. The collection has information on the Otoe language, vocabulary, etc., and also correspondence in 1934-1935 with J. Russell Hayes giving an account from memory of life among the Otoes in the 1870s. Some drawings are included in the collection. Correspondents include William Dorsey, Benjamin Hallowell, J. Russell Hayes, Samuel M. Janney, Samuel Jeanes, John Saunders.
Dates
- Creation: 1869-1935
Creator
- Green, Albert Lamborn, 1845-1947 (Person)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Otoe Agency (Contributor, Organization)
- Janney, Samuel M. (Samuel Mcpherson), 1801-1880 (Contributor, Person)
- Saunders, John, 1814-1891 (Contributor, Person)
- Jeanes, Samuel, d.1894 (Contributor, Person)
- Dorsey, William, 1811-1874 (Contributor, Person)
- Hayes, John Russell, 1866-1945 (Contributor, Person)
- Hallowell, Benjamin, 1799-1877 (Contributor, Person)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite: 1827- 1955). Sub-committee on Indian Concerns (Contributor, Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Joint Committee on Indian Affairs (1869-1892) (Contributor, 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
Albert Lamborn Green (1845-1947) was a Quaker Indian Agent for the Otoe Agency in Nebraska during the period of President Grant's "peace policy," 1869-1872.
He was the son of Sarah Sharpless and William Lamborn Green of Chester Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. In 1869 he was appointed by President Grant as Indian Agent to the Confederated Otoe and Missouri tribes in Nebraska. In 1871, he married Sarah Cadwallader Lightfoot of Horsham Monthly Meeting who was the daughter of Thomas Lightfoot, also an Indian Agent. The family settled in Beatrice, Nebraska. After the death of his first wife, he married a second time, in 1921, to Emma Crothers of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
Extent
0.25 linear ft. (1 box ( 29 folders))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Albert Lamborn Green (1845-1947) was a Quaker Indian Agent for the Otoe Agency in Nebraska during the period of President Grant's "peace policy," 1869-1872. The bulk of the correspondence in this collection is comprised of letters written to Green from Philadelphia Friends in regard to gifts in support of Indian work. Later letters written by Green describe from memory the social life and customs of the Otoe Indians. The collection has information on the Otoe language, vocabulary, etc., and also correspondence in 1934-1935 with J. Russell Hayes giving an account from memory of life among the Otoes in the 1870s. Some drawings are included in the collection. Correspondents include William Dorsey, Thomas Garrigues, Benjamin Hallowell, J. Russell Hayes, Samuel M. Janney, Samuel Jeanes, Joseph Powell, John Saunders, George Smith, and Benjamin Stratton.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into four groups:
- Biographical information
- Otoe Indians
- Correspondence received
- Correspondence sent
- Writings by A.L. Green and newsclippings
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession information:
Donor: Albert Lamborn Green, 1935
Donor: Mary Bloodgood, 1990
The collection was given by Albert L. Green in 1935. Additional papers (photocopies) were given in 1990 by his granddaughter, Mary Bloodgood.
General
- "The Otoe Indians," by Major A. L. Green, Publications of the Nebraska State Historical Society, Vol. XXI, 1930.
Processing Information
Formerly cited as Green Manuscripts. Catalogued completely before 1950 in Manuscript Card Index (FHL Reading Room). Circa 1985, transferred to Record Group 5. In 1990, photocopies of documents and publications by Albert L. Green and newsclippings about him received from his granddaughter were added to the collection.
Topical
- Church Work with Indians -- Society of Friends
- Church work with the Poor -- Society of Friends
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934
- Indians of North America -- Missions
- Indians of North America -- Nebraska
- Oto Indians
- Quakers -- Nebraska
- Quakers -- Social service -- United States
- Society of Friends -- Indian Affairs
- Society of Friends -- Nebraska
- Title
- Albert Lamborn Green Papers, 1869-1935
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- Before 1950
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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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