Oneida Tribe of Indians Subject Bibliography
A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS PERTAINING TO THE ONEIDA INDIAN TRIBE OF WISCONSIN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY AREA RESEARCH CENTER AND THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
compiled by Debra Anderson June 13, 1996
AUTHOR Archiquette, John.
TITLE Papers, 1868-1874.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay Area Research Center. The microfilm portion
of this collection is also available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Green Bay Micro 13 and Green Bay SC 53
FORMAT 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
ABSTRACT Diary kept by Archiquette, an Oneida Indian, containing
information on tribal council decisions and discipline and on farming,
road building, religious services, and other aspects of life on the Oneida
Reservation near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Translated from the Oneida language
by Oscar H. Archiquette. The original diary is on microfilm; a typewritten
translation is on paper.
AUTHOR Bennett, Robert L.
TITLE Speech, 1967.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. SC 371
FORMAT 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
ABSTRACT Speech by Bennett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, concerning Indian-state relations in Wisconsin, written for the annual Founders Day banquet of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
AUTHOR Boyd, George, 1779?-1846.
TITLE Papers, 1797-1858.
LOCATION Wisconsin Historical Society. Archives Division. 816 State Street, Madison, Wis., 53706.
CALL NO. Wis Mss D
Micro 487
FORMAT 0.8 c.f. (8 volumes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT Papers consisting of letters received and copies of letters
sent by Boyd as Indian agent at Mackinac, Michigan,
from 1818-1832, and at Green Bay, Wisconsin, through the following decade.
His Indian papers consist of reports and
correspondence with his superiors and colleagues. The materials
discuss troubles with British traders; the use of whiskey in the fur trade;
the Black Haw War; Indian treaties, agreements, petitions, and accounts;
payments of annuities, food, and gifts to
Wisconsin Indians. Information on the Indian mission schools at
Green Bay and Duck Creek and Indian education and religion
in general may be found in correspondence with the Rev. Richard F. Cadle
and his associates.
NOTES Letterbook, 1832-1841 (Volume 8) also available on microfilm.
FINDING AIDS: Shelf list.
AUTHOR Boyer, Joshua.
TITLE Papers, 1832-1833.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. U.S. Mss BM Folder 5
FORMAT 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
ABSTRACT Typewritten copy of a report to the Department of State in the form of a journal kept by Boyer while secretary to George B. Porter, governor of the Michigan Territory and superintendent of Indian affairs on a trip to Green Bay. The report and accompanying letter to Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, describe the process of getting both the Menominee and New York Indians to agree to changes in treaty boundaries.
AUTHOR Bridgman, Frank E.
TITLE Indian Vocabularies, 1875-1879.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. US Mss 4F
FORMAT 0.2 c.f. (1 oversize volume)
ABSTRACT Menominee and Oneida Indian vocabularies, compiled by Frank
E. Bridgman.
AUTHOR Brown County. Clerk.
TITLE Plat Maps, ca. 1830-1928.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center.
CALL NO. Brown Series 63
ABSTRACT Original surveyor's maps for cities, towns, and villages. Includes maps for William's Grant (undated) and the Fort Howard Military Reserve (1863).
AUTHOR Brown County. Clerk of Circuit Court.
TITLE Original Court Documents, 1818-1953.
LOCATION These collections are at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center.
CALL NO. Brown Series 72 (Index); Brown Series 65 (Case Files); Other call numbers exist for volumes.
ABSTRACT Records relating to civil and criminal cases tried before
the Territorial District Court (Michigan and Wisconsin
Territories) and the Circuit Court. Case files may include briefs,
petitions, arguments, trial transcripts, judgments, and other
documents. There are additional volumes that pertain to court proceedings.
AUTHOR Brown County. County Superintendent of Schools.
TITLE Clerk's Annual Reports, 1919-1965.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center.
CALL NO. Brown Series 123
FORMAT 11.0 c.f. (54 volumes and 1 archives box)
ABSTRACT Annual reports by the clerk of school districts within
Brown County. Indicates the number of children taught in
each school, number of graduates, experience of the teachers, financial
statistics, curriculum, and other data regarding the
operation of the school. Includes school censuses. Chronological
arrangement and there under approximate alphabetical order by name of
school district.
AUTHOR Brown County. County Superintendent of Schools.
TITLE Teachers' Monthly Reports, 1937-1964.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center.
CALL NO. Brown Series 124
FORMAT 14.0 c.f. (73 volumes)
ABSTRACT Monthly reports by teachers in schools in Brown County indicating the names of teachers and pupils, attendance, subjects studied, certification of teachers, and other data regarding the operation of the school. Chronological arrangement.
AUTHOR Brown County. Treasurer.
TITLE Tax Rolls, 1841-1975.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center.
CALL NO. Brown Series 4 and Brown Micro Series 6
FORMAT 103.8 c.f. (110 archives boxes and 310 volumes) and 156 reels of microfilm (16 mm)
ABSTRACT Annual tax rolls showing date, town, owner, legal land description,
acreage, valuation of real and personal property, amount of taxes, total
taxes, and individual who paid taxes. Alphabetical arrangement by
municipality and thereunder
chronological.
AUTHOR Christ Episcopal Church (Green Bay, Wis.)
TITLE Records, 1829-1973 [microform]
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay Area Research Center. This collection is also
available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Green Bay Micro 12
FORMAT 9 reels of microfilm (35mm)
ABSTRACT Records of the congregation and related institutions, including
correspondence, minutes, governing documents,
financial records and sacramental records. Also includes historical
materials concerning the parish, its related institutions, and
Green Bay. Includes correspondence, reports, and financial records,
1869-1915, of the Cadle Home and Hospital in Green Bay; programs and clippings'
of the Oneida Indian Mission School, Oneida, Wisconsin; and materials,
1836-1838, pertaining to the founding of the Wisconsin University at Green
Bay, an Indian Episcopal boarding school.
FINDING AIDS: Register.
RESTRICTION: Vital records contained in the Church Registers, 1829-1961 are closed to research except by permission of the Rector or Wardens of Christ Episcopal Church, Green Bay, Wis.
AUTHOR Colman, Henry Root, 1800-1895.
TITLE Papers, 1817-1894.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Wis Mss IH
FORMAT 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
ABSTRACT Correspondence of the Rev. Mr. Colman, who took charge
of the Oneida Methodist mission near Green Bay,
Wisconsin in 1840, consisting of letters received from members of the
Colman and Spier families in western New York; from
his daughter Julia, who was active in Woman's Christian Temperance Union
work in New York City; his son Henry, while
attending Lawrence University, teaching at Evansville Seminary, 1863-1867,
and serving as pastor in various Methodist
churches in the state; his son Elihu, while attending Lawrence University,
1858-1864, and practicing law in Fond du Lac; and his son Charles L. of
La Crosse, Wisconsin. There are also some small memorandum books kept
by Colman during his first years in Wisconsin; copies of diaries kept
by Charles L. Colman, 1854-1857, describing operation of a shingle machine
and the beginnings of the Colman Lumber Company of La Crosse; and genealogical
material.
FINDING AIDS: Register.
AUTHOR Davis, Calvin.
TITLE Letter, 1856.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. File 1856 March 10
FORMAT 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
ABSTRACT Letter from Calvin [Davis], De Pere, Wisconsin, describing
land and crops in the area and making reference to the Oneida and Menominee
Indians.
AUTHOR Dean, Thomas, 1783-ca. 1843.
TITLE Papers, 1796-1844.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Micro 22
FORMAT 1 reel of microfilm (35mm); plus 0.4 c.f. of unprocessed
additions.
ABSTRACT Papers of the Indian agent at Brotherton, New York, including
an account book and diary with a description of a survey expedition on
the Fox River, 1824, and of journeys to Green Bay in 1830, to Washington,
D.C. in 1831, and along the Lake Huron coastline starting on the Saint
Clair River in 1834; deeds for Indian lands; copies of petitions to President
Andrew Jackson, 1830, and to Enos Throop, governor of New York, 1831;
and a number of letters from other Indian agents and federal officials
for Indian affairs. Papers primarily concern negotiations on behalf of
the Brotherton Indians for lands held by the Delaware, Miami, and Shawano
Indians in Indiana, and the Fox, Menominee, Ojibwa, Stockbridge, and Winnebago
Indians in Michigan and Wisconsin. Papers also include some information
on several New England Indian tribes and on the Oneida Indians of New
York.
FINDING AIDS Register.
UNPROCESSED ACCESSIONS: M94-178: Papers previously microfilmed,
plus four additional travel diaries (1824-1827),
and other business papers such as account books, contracts, bonds, and
letters. Also included is a copy of the 1796 "Act for the Relief
of Indians who are Entitled to Lands in Brothertown." See box
list with accession form. Qty: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box).
TITLE Draper Manuscripts : Border Forays Manuscript, 1875-1876.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Draper Mss D (Subseries 2D)
FORMAT 0.8 c.f. (5 volumes)
ABSTRACT Draft, written in collaboration with Consul Butterfield,
of an unpublished work concerning Indian-White conflict
on the frontier from 1538 to 1876, but primarily from 1750 to 1782. Includes
speech of Skenando, Oneida chief.
FINDING AIDS: "Guide to the Draper Manuscripts" by Josephine
Harper (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society,
1983).
TITLE Draper Manuscripts : Frontier Wars Papers, 1754-1885.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Draper Mss U (Subseries 11U)
FORMAT 5.6 c.f. (24 volumes)
ABSTRACT Papers collected and arranged by Lyman Draper preparatory
to writing a series of sketches on border warfare.
Though the earlier Indian wars are briefly considered, the larger portion
of the material deals with wars waged in the Northwest
(1788-1795) and with Western operations during the War of 1812. The papers
include several significant series of original
documents and journals of participants in the campaigns. The
portion pertaining to the Oneida Indians is composed of
correspondence, interviews, and notes on the Oneida. Most of the
material was gathered by Draper from residents of the
reservation in Wisconsin. These papers deal primarily with participation
in the Revolution in New York, their allegiance to the
Americans, and biographical data on New York Indian leaders of that era:
Joseph Brant, Johannes Crine, Captain John
Deserontyou, members of the Doxtator family, Good Peter, Paul Powless,
and Skenando. Letters of two ministers, Methodist
S.W. Ford and Episcopalian A.E. Goodnough, describe the social and economic
conditions of the Oneida and their mission
churches and schools in Wisconsin in the late 1870s. A synopsis
of a census of the Oneida tribe taken in October 1877 gives
statistics on population, livestock, and agricultural production.
FINDING AIDS: "Guide to the Draper Manuscripts" by Josephine
Harper (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society,
1983).
TITLE Draper Manuscripts : Joseph Brant Papers, 1710-1879.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Draper Mss F (Subseries 19F)
FORMAT 4.4 c.f. (22 volumes)
ABSTRACT Papers concerning Brant, a Mohawk chief who served as a
British officer during the American Revolution,
including material on that war and Indian-White conflicts, Brant's life,
and relatives and descendants. Includes an 1878 letter by
Albert G. Ellis which contains recollections and comments about
Eleazer Williams, the Oneida who claimed to be the "lost
Dauphin."
FINDING AIDS: "Guide to the Draper Manuscripts" by Josephine
Harper (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society,
1983).
TITLE Draper Manuscripts: Samuel Brady and Lewis Wetzel Papers.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Draper Mss E (Subseries 1E)
FORMAT 16 volumes
ABSTRACT Papers gathered by Draper on Bradel and Wetzel who were
noted scouts, spies and Indian fighters in southwestern Pennsylvania and
northwestern Virginia during the Revolution and postwar Indian conflicts.
Includes draft of book on Brady which contains appendices of sketches
of Indian leaders in the Upper Ohio valley. The latter includes
a biographical sketch of the Oneida chief Tanacharison (spelled by Draper
as Senacharison), known as Half King (ca.1700-1754).
FINDING AIDS: "Guide to the Draper Manuscripts" by Josephine
Harper (Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society,
1983).
TITLE Green Bay and Prairie du Chien Papers.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Wis Mss C
Micro 591
FORMAT 13.9 c.f. (17 archives boxes, 1 card file box, 2 flat boxes, 49 volumes) and 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT Papers relating to the fur trade in Wisconsin and the
Northwest collected by the State Historical Society of
Wisconsin from a variety of sources and bound together in 1906.
Includes nine volumes of papers concerning Indian affairs.
Documents were produced or acquired by Morgan L. Martin, Henry S. Baird,
George Boyd, George W. Lawe, Albert G. Ellis, and others in their capacities
as agents or sub-agents for the Indian departments or as attorneys in
cases involving Indians. These materials consist of statements of
accounts with the government, memoranda on lawsuits, petitions, memorials,
claims, minutes of council meetings, censuses, records of disbursements,
and correspondence concerning the Menominee, Stockbridge, Oneida, and
Winnebago Indians.
AUTHOR Hall, Chauncey.
TITLE Letter, 1834.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. File 1834 July 2
FORMAT 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
ABSTRACT Typewritten copy of a letter, dated Statesburgh (near
Green Bay, Wis.) from Hall to Edmund F. Fly, concerning
his missionary labors, and thoughts on the Indian tribes in the area.
AUTHOR Holy Apostles Episcopal Church (Oneida, Wis.).
TITLE Records, 1829-1979 [microform].
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay Area Research Center. Reel 1 of this collection is
also available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Green Bay Micro 16
FORMAT 2 reels of microfilm (35mm)
ABSTRACT Records of an Oneida Indian mission church, originally
the Hobart Church, which was the first Episcopal Church
in Wisconsin. Includes records of church finances, 1854-1894; records
of baptisms, confirmations, communicants, marriages,
and deaths and burials; accounts of missionary E. A. Goodnough, 1862-1870;
names of Oneidas who served in the Civil War,
1860-1865; names of Oneidas taken away to school by the Indian Agent,
1884; Oneida Indian Mission Cemetery Association
plot book, 1902-1953; and articles, clippings, and booklets concerning
the mission.
NOTES Restricted: Baptismal records after 1954 are closed to research for 30 years after date of entry, except by permission of the pastor of Holy Apostles Episcopal Church.
FINDING AIDS: Register.
AUTHOR Horner, John S., 1802-1883.
TITLE Communications, 1836-1841.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. SC 2204
FORMAT 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
ABSTRACT Miscellaneous papers of Horner as secretary and acting
governor of Michigan and Wisconsin territories and
register at the Green Bay Land Office. Included are petitions received
from Wisconsin citizens, an 1839 letter to Horner from an Oneida chief,
and a transcription of a published statement by Horner addressing rumors
about his exchange of offices with
William B. Slaughter. The later items are addressed to Horner's successors
in territorial office, James D. Doty and A. P. Field.
AUTHOR Illinois-Wisconsin Friends Committee for American Indians.
TITLE Records, 1941-1960.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Mss 124
FORMAT 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
ABSTRACT Records of a standing committee established by the Illinois
Yearly Meeting of Friends in 1959 to study the welfare of Indians, particularly
the Menominee, Oneida, and Winnebago tribes, and to support legislation
to aid the Menominees in adjusting to termination. Included are correspondence,
annotated copies of relevant state and federal legislation, minutes of
I-WFCAI and related groups, and newsletters, clippings, and other research
material on the Menominees. The collection was compiled by chairman Paxton
Hart.
FINDING AIDS: Register.
AUTHOR Martin, M. L. (Morgan Lewis), 1805-1887.
TITLE Papers, 1645-1931.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay Area Research Center. The microfilm portion is also
available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Green Bay Micro 50
Green Bay Micro 51
Wis Mss J
FORMAT 4.0 c.f. (14 archives boxes and 27 volumes) and 20
reels of microfilm (35mm)
ABSTRACT Papers of a Wisconsin pioneer and land speculator who served
in the Wisconsin Territorial Council, as
Washington representative for Wisconsin Territory, president of the state
constitutional convention, member of the state
legislature, United States Army paymaster, Indian agent, and Brown County
judge, including correspondence, diaries, accounts, land patents and other
legal and business records, reminiscent articles by Martin, and reminiscences
and a brief diary by Mrs. Martin. Business and personal correspondence,
which forms the bulk of the collection, largely concerns legal problems,
land grants and purchases, Indian affairs, the fur trade, governmental
activities, and personal news.
Letters after the Civil War deal with his problems as Indian agent for
the Menominee, Stockbridge, and Oneida Indians and
include comments on claims, annuities, and treaties. References
to Indian affairs are found in traders' claims, in a letter by
George Boyd in 1841, and in some Stockbridge correspondence in the 1870s.
FINDING AIDS Register.
AUTHOR McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
TITLE Papers, 1911-1918.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Wis Mss PG
FORMAT 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)
ABSTRACT Papers of an inspector in the Office of Indian Affairs,
including typewritten copies of reports and correspondence pertaining
to conditions in the La Pointe and the Oneida Indian schools in 1911;
investigations made in 1915 of claims for land allotments to the Bad River
band of Chippewa; transcripts of the hearing held at Oneida in 1917 shortly
before the trust period on the Oneida land allotments expired; and miscellaneous
items about tribes in other states, including the Choctaw and Colville
Indians.
TITLE Oneida Singers Project
LOCATION University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Cofrin Library, University Archives.
CALL NO. Accession 178
FORMAT 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)
ABSTRACT The Oneida Singers tape series and transcriptions were made between the summer of 1984 and January 1986 with the majority of the interviews taking place in early 1985. The purpose of the study was to document the history of the Oneida Singers in particular and the history of the singing society tradition in the Oneida community in general. To this end, a number of the members of the Oneida Singers were interviewed along with other community members knowledgeable about the tradition. Interviews were conducted by UWGB professor Terence O'Grady. Includes sound recording copies of performances by the Oneida Singers from the mid-1940s through the 1980s. Also included are copies of revisions of the Oneida Hymnal which serves as the basis for the Oneida Singers' repertoire.
AUTHOR Outagamie County. Clerk of Circuit Court.
TITLE Original Court Documents, ca. 1820s-1940s.
LOCATION These collections are at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center.
CALL NO. Unprocessed
ABSTRACT Records relating to civil and criminal cases tried before the Circuit Court. Case files may include briefs, petitions, arguments, trial transcripts, judgments, and other documents.
AUTHOR Outagamie County. Treasurer.
TITLE Tax Rolls, 1855-1975.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center.
CALL NO. Outagamie Series 4
FORMAT 170 c.f. (97 archives boxes and 881 volumes)
ABSTRACT Contains assessment rolls (1855-1867) and tax rolls (1868-1975).
The assessment rolls record name of town,
village, city; date; name of owner; legal description of property; valuation
assessed; and the various state, county, and local
district taxes for each piece of property. The tax rolls indicate
name of owner; legal land description; acreage; total valuation;
amount of tax; date of payment; and payor. Alphabetical arrangement
by municipality and thereunder chronological.
AUTHOR Powless, Joseph O.
TITLE Papers, 1817-1880.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center.
CALL NO. Green Bay SC 54.
FORMAT 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
ABSTRACT Transcribed diary kept by Joseph O. Powless, clerk of
the Oneida Nation, and continued by John Archiquette,
recording deaths among the Oneidas (1817-1880), births (1868-1875), and
occasional other items about life on the Oneida
Reservation near Green Bay. Translated by Oscar H. Archiquette.
AUTHOR Respecting American Indian Identity : a Perspective from History and Culture (1991 : Green Bay, Wis.)
TITLE Papers, 1991.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. M93-103
FORMAT 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)
ABSTRACT Papers on Wisconsin-related topics presented at the conference
on November 7-9, 1991, sponsored by the Wisconsin Historical Society and
the University of Wisconsin System. Topics include various aspects of
treaty rights,
Winnebago removal, a history of the Lac Courte Oreilles, a biographical
piece on an Oneida chief, tribal reorganization of the
Stockbridge-Munsee, and the Hayward Indian Congress.
FINDING AIDS: Case file.
AUTHOR Rogow, Sally.
TITLE Biography.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center.
FORMAT .1 c.f. (1 folder)
ABSTRACT Biography of Rosa Minoka Hill (1876-1852), an American
Indian woman who served the Oneida Indians of
Wisconsin, written by Sally Rogow.
AUTHOR Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity (Fond du Lac, Wis.).
TITLE Records, 1882-1976 [microform].
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Area Research Center. Reels 1-4 of this collection are also at the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Area Research Center. The collection
is also at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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CALL NO. Green Bay Micro 23
Oshkosh Micro 14
FORMAT 11 reels of microfilm (35mm)
ABSTRACT Records of an Episcopal women's order based in Boston,
Mass., Providence, Rhode Island, and after 1905 in Fond du Lac, Wis.,
working primarily with parish education including Sunday school and parochial
school as well as with emergency and routine relief work. The records
include general correspondence from the first forty years of the order's
existence, pertaining to the founding of the order, relations with other
church bodies, activities of scattered missions, and rules and regulations;
corporate records pertaining to financial matters, election of officers,
admission of new novices, and promotions within the order; and yearbooks
containing financial information. The bulk of the collection is made up
of diaries with entries pertaining to the members' activities such as
attending mass, travel, routine chores, acceptance of new postulants,
matters of concern to friends and acquaintances of the sisters, and retreats.
A portion of the diaries contains similar information pertaining to activities
at the Mission House on the Oneida Indian Reservation in Brown and Outagamie
counties, Wis., 1926-1935, 1943-1944.
FINDING AIDS Register.
AUTHOR United States.
TITLE Ratified Indian Treaties, 1722-1869.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Cofrin Library, Special Collections Department.
CALL NO. Unprocessed
FORMAT 1 reel microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT Reproduces ratified Indian treaties (1722-1869), with
related papers; eight unperfected treaties (1854-1855);
chronological list of the treaties; and indexes by place and by tribe.
The list and indexes include few entries dated as late as
1883. Includes the presidential proclamation of the treaty, the
resolution of consent to ratification by the Senate, and printed
copies of the treaty. Sometimes there are copies of messages from
the President to the Senate, copies of messages or letters of instruction
to the treaty commissioners, and journals and correspondence concerning
the treaty. Arranged chronologically by treaty date.
AUTHOR United States.
TITLE Territorial Papers of the United States. Wisconsin, 1836-1848.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Cofrin Library, Special Collections Department.
CALL NO. Unprocessed
FORMAT 9 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT The Territorial Papers of the United States is a multi
volume documentary historical publication containing
archival materials selected from many record groups of the National Archives.
The objective of the series is to document the
administrative history of the US Territories with texts that are annotated,
exact, representative, and particularly significant. In
addition to governmental operations, the records relate to genealogy,
economic development, Indian affairs, geographical
features, and partisan politics. These reels contain
material relating to American Indians.
AUTHOR United States. Bureau of Census.
TITLE Population Census Rolls, 1820-1920.
LOCATION University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Cofrin Library, Special Collections Department
CALL NO. Unprocessed
FORMAT Microfilm
ABSTRACT Name-specific census data gathered by the federal government
for each year ending in zero. Beginning in 1900
there are separate listings for Native Americans. In the 1900 census
records, Oneida are listed in the village of Wrightstown,
Grand Chute, Freedom, and Kaukauna. The 1910 census contains listings
in city of De Pere, Hobard, Howard, Suamico,
Kaukauna, Seymour, and West Oneida. In the 1920 census there are
listings in Oneida township, Oneida town , and a listing for the Oneida
Indian School. Includes names, ages, relationship to head of household,
literacy, and occupation. Chronological arrangement by decade and
thereunder alphabetical by county and municipality.
AUTHOR United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
TITLE Records of the Wisconsin Superintendency of Indian Affairs,
1836-1848, and the Green
Bay Subagency, 1850.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Cofrin Library, Special Collections Department.
CALL NO. E78.W8 U96 951
FORMAT 4 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT Records of field offices. Superintendents of field
offices were responsible for intertribal relationships,
relationships between tribes and US citizens, and the agents who reported
to them. They attempted to preserve or restore peace and often tried
to induce Indians to cede lands and to move to areas less threatened by
white encroachment. They also distributed money and goods and carried
out other provisions of treaties with Indians. Gradually, as the
Indians were confined on reservations, the agents became more concerned
with educating, and "civilizing" them. The records relate
to all aspects of Indian administration in the field.
AUTHOR United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
TITLE Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Cofrin Library, Special Collections Department.
CALL NO. E78.W8 U92 595
FORMAT 17 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT These census rolls were usually submitted each year by
agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations. The data on
the rolls vary to some extent; but, usually given are the English and/or
Indian name of the person, roll number age or date of birth, sex, and
relationship to head of family. Beginning in 1930, the rolls also
show the degree of Indian blood, marital status, ward status, place of
residence, and sometimes other information. For certain years--including
1935, 1936, 1938, and 1939--only supplemental rolls of additions and deletions
were compiled. Most of the 1940 rolls are not included. There
is not a census for every reservation or group of Indians for every year.
Only persons who maintained a formal affiliation with a tribe under federal
supervision are listed on these census rolls.
AUTHOR United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Great Lakes Consolidated Agency.
TITLE Records, 1869-1950 [microform].
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Micro 371
FORMAT 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)
ABSTRACT Shelf list of records gathered by the Agency in Ashland,
Wisconsin; including records from the Agency, and from predecessor agencies,
subagencies, and Indian schools in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Records listed include general correspondence, reports, and subject files,
1869-1950; general accounting record books, 1875-1950; account supporting
papers, 1875-1950; individual allotment and bank account records, 1883-1950;
and timber and land accounts and records, 1883-1950.
AUTHOR United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Green Bay Agency.
TITLE Letters Received, 1824-1881.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Cofrin Library, Special Collections Department.
CALL NO. E78.W8 U94 234
FORMAT 22 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT Contains incoming correspondence from all sources concerning
Indian lands, emigration, treaty negotiations,
subsistence, annuity payments, conflicts, depredations, claims, traders
and licenses, population, education, progress in
agriculture, health employees, buildings, supplies, accounts, other administrative
matters, and many other subjects relating to
Indians. The letters are arranged alphabetically by name of
agency or other subject heading, thereunder by year, and thereunder in
registry order. These reels are for the Green Bay Agency.
AUTHOR United States. Office of Indian Affairs.
TITLE Letters Received, 1824-1881.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Cofrin Library, Special Collections Department.
CALL NO. E78.W8 U94 234
FORMAT 22 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT Contains incoming correspondence from all sources concerning
Indian lands, emigration, treaty negotiations,
subsistence, annuity payments, conflicts, depredations, claims, traders
and licenses, population, education, progress in
agriculture, health employees, buildings, supplies, accounts, other administrative
matters, and many other subjects relating to
Indians. The letters are arranged alphabetically by name of agency
or other subject heading, thereunder by year, and thereunder in registry
order. These reels are for the Green Bay Agency.
AUTHOR United States. Office of Indian Affairs.
TITLE Records, 1910-1939 [microform]
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Micro 108
FORMAT 9 reels of microfilm (35mm)
ABSTRACT Annual reports from the Indian agencies in Wisconsin to
the Office of Indian Affairs regarding such concerns of
the Indian population as agency personnel, agriculture, alcohol, peyote,
and mescaline use, health, industries, land allotments, law and order,
living conditions, lumber mills, morals and mores, schools, social life
and customs, and trading facilities. Includes
narrative reports, 1910-1939, and statistical reports, 1920-1939, by the
superintendents of the agencies; and annual inspector's reports, 1909-1939.
Although the constituency served by the agencies changed occasionally,
records from the Keshena Agency generally concern the Menominee, Munsee,
Oneida, and Stockbridge Indians; records from the Oneida Agency concern
the Oneida Indians; and records from the Tomah Agency concern the Chippewa,
Munsee, Oneida, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Stockbridge, and Winnebago Indians.
FINDING AIDS: Inventory sheet filed with registers.
AUTHOR United States. Office of Indian Affairs.
TITLE Reports of Inspection of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office
of Indian Affairs,
1873-1900.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay, Cofrin Library, Special
Collections Department.
CALL NO. Unprocessed
FORMAT 4 reels microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT Inspectors examined matters pertaining to the conditions
of the Indians. They also examined the extent to which
the Indians adopted white civilization, reservation boundaries, the use
of reservation land, the state of industry, the character and abilities
of the agent and other employees, school conditions, the status of agency
fiscal records, and enforcement or violation of the law. Other topics
included the health of Indians; the receipt of rations; the removal and
treatment of Indians by agents and other officials; traders' dealing with
Indians; Indian courts; building repairs; conditions of dormitories; water
supply; fire protection; and sanitation and drainage. Arranged alphabetically
by Indian agency, superintendency, or school and thereunder chronologically.
AUTHOR United States. Office of Indian Affairs.
TITLE Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports
From Field Jurisdictions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
1907-1938.
LOCATION University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Special Collections Department, Cofrin Library.
CALL NO. Unprocessed
FORMAT 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)
ABSTRACT Includes annual narrative reports and statistical reports.
The reports document the operations and
accomplishments at the agencies, schools, hospitals, and other field jurisdictions.
The reports relate to law and order, health, land ownership, population, industries, forestry, allotments, land sales,
and other subjects.
AUTHOR Welsh, Rodney C.
TITLE Papers, 1965-1966.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay Area Research Center.
CALL NO. Green Bay SC 27
FORMAT 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
ABSTRACT Papers of a Green Bay, Wisconsin, attorney, concerning
his work for the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council; including incorporation papers, drafts of constitutions and by-laws, minutes,
and correspondence.
AUTHOR Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858.
TITLE Papers, 1634-1964.
LOCATION This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay Area Research Center. The microfilm portion of this
collection is also available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Green Bay Micro 19
Green Bay Mss 76
FORMAT 4.4 c.f. (11 archives boxes ) and 7 reels of microfilm
(35mm); plus unprocessed additions of 0.1 c.f.
ABSTRACT Papers of an Episcopal missionary to the Oneida Indians
in New York and Green Bay, Wisconsin, who was of
mixed English, French, and Indian lineage and claimed to be the "lost
dauphin" of France. Williams, who lived in or near Green
Bay from 1822 until 1850, was instrumental in encouraging some members
of the Oneida and Stockbridge Indian tribes to
immigrate to Wisconsin during the 1820s. The papers consist of materials
by Williams including correspondence, 1801-1856,
which pertains to his efforts to secure land for the New York Indians,
his connections with land companies and French fur
traders, his relationship with church and government officials, his repudiation
by the Oneida Indians in 1832, and the lost
dauphin controversy. Other materials written by Williams include autobiographies
covering his life to about 1833; notes about
Great Lakes geography and early exploration, fur trade, and missionary
activities among the Indians, especially the Six Iroquois
Nations; journals and journal fragments; sermons and notes; and a few
speeches. Materials about Williams include a scrapbook, clippings, pamphlets,
a small amount of correspondence to Lyman Draper from acquaintances of
Williams, and an article about Williams by Albert G. Ellis. Materials
in the collection collected by Williams include journals, narratives,
and sermons of several of Williams' ancestors; two diaries of Mrs. Williams,
1834-1839 and 1858-1878; journals of two acquaintances, Albert G. Ellis
and John Sargeant; dictionaries and documents in an Indian language, presumably
Mohawk or Iroquois; fur trade accounts of Grignon, Lawe, and Porlier,
1818-1832; and almanacs, pamphlets, and books from Williams' Library.
The processed portion of this series is described above and dates 1634-1964;
there are unprocessed additions, 1853 and 1913.
FINDING AIDS Register
AUTHOR Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction.
TITLE General Correspondence of the State Superintendent, 1851-1877.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Series 651
FORMAT 31.2 c.f. (78 archives boxes); plus 97.8 c.f. of unprocessed additions.
ABSTRACT Correspondence pertaining to the supervision of public
schools, city and county superintendents, teachers,
inspection of school buildings, equipment and improvements, attendance,
financing and bonds, health and hygiene, publicity,
complaints, interpretations of law, textbooks, transportation, appeals,
contests, educational policies and planning, curriculum,
state and federal aid, legislation, nursery schools, kindergartens, state
teachers colleges, state industrial homes for boys, girls,
and women, Indian schools, correspondence schools and business colleges
and general information.
NOTES No records exist for 1856-1915. Unprocessed additions date 1947-1977.
AUTHOR Wisconsin. State Dept. of Public Welfare.
TITLE Inspections of Charitable and Penal Institutions, 1891-1947.
LOCATION This collection is at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
CALL NO. Series 1359
FORMAT 12.4 c.f. (20 archives boxes, 4 card file cartons, 8 volumes)
ABSTRACT Inspection records of private, semi-private, and public
institutions including mental health hospitals, Indian
schools, orphanages, rescue missions, reformatories, county jails, prisons,
charities, and hospitals. The records include detailed
reports of the condition of the facilities and the quality of inmate care.
NOTES Arrangement is partially chronological and partially alphabetical by county, municipality, or institution.
FINDING AIDS Register
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