Unprocessed Collections

(as of December 8, 2013)

Field Museum/Simms Material

Donor: Tim Bernardis
Linear Feet: 1
Historical Description: Copies of slides of Crow Indians; copies of black and white photos of Crow Indians; copies of Crow grammar by missionaries, correspondence, catalog cards, subject index, ethnology
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet

Date Received: 8/98
Donor: National Archives, Department of Anthropology
Accession Number: 110981
Linear Feet: 4
Restrictions: Personal and research aid only. Not for publication.
Historical Description: Copies of Robert Lowie notebooks on the Crow Indians (1005 pages); Copies of land documents, documents of early Crow reservation life (railroad documents, land leases). Copies of correspondence between Agency and Washington. Lowie was an early ethnographer from Washington. Notebooks are from 1907 through the 1910's.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet, Box List

Date Received: 11/3/98
Donor: W.P. Patrick/M. Doss
Accession Number: 1103931
Linear Feet: 28
Historical Description: Plat books of land allotments from early 1900's; books of maps of Crow Reservation; cash books 1877-92; early U.S. code books; 11 linear feet of papers on issues ranging from coal to construction of new hospital; items related to congressional testimony from 1877-1987
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet

Donor: Crow Tribe
Linear Feet: 51
Historical Description: Tribal organizational records of various tribal programs. For example, court reports to the chairperson listing types of crimes committed and convicted, game warden reports, commodity distributions, and branding information, from 1962 to 1990.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet, Box List

Date Received: 1995
Donor: Little Big Horn College
Linear Feet: 71
Historical Description: College records ranging from fiscal and student data to programs and flyers from 1980 to 1990.

Date Received: 6/1/93
Donor: St. Xavier Mission
Accession Number: 610931
Linear Feet: 2
Historical Description: Collection of 65 reel to reel video tapes of elderly people taken in the early 1970's by the school. Includes cultural stories as well as older songs and music.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet, Box List

Date Received: 8/6/90
Donor: Smithsonian Institute
Accession Number: 1107911
Linear Feet: 0.5
Restrictions: Permission of the Smithsonian required to publish these materials
Historical Description: Black and white photos (slides) of Crow delegations. Also excellent pictures of Medicine Crow and Plenty Coups. Print photos of Crow Fair and other older photos of tipis. From 1900-1992.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet, Box List

Date Received: 3/8/89
Donor: Douglas C. McChristian, Chief Historian, Battlefield
Accession Number: 308891
Linear Feet: 0.5
Historical Description: 178 photos of Crow Indians, 1913. Many tipi shots; few “people” shots. These are copies of photos held by the Little Big Horn Battlefield archives.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet, Box List

Donor: Connie Poten
Linear Feet: 42
Restrictions: Library use only
Historical Description: 557 reels of 16 mm film made as pre-production for the movie Contrary Warriors (1992). Films are primarily interviews with Crow Tribal members used by the director to paint a historical picture of the Crow Nation. Also paper transcripts of some of the reels. Subject matter varies but provides good description of Crow life and customs From 1983-84 (?)
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet, Box List, Conservation Assessment

Date Received: 10/26/91
Donor: Charles C. Bradley, Jr.
Accession Number: 1026911
Linear Feet: 1
Historical Description: Manuscript copies of Bradley’s doctoral dissertation, concerning education on the Crow Reservation 1900-1950s, and master’s thesis on the history of the Crow; books.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet

Date Received: 11/30/89
Donor: Dewett Dillon
Accession Number: 110891
Linear Feet: 5
Historical Description: Papers of Forrest Horn’s administration. This is a varied collection of materials ranging from program and dept. memorandum to budgets and accounting information. These are not are not complete papers, but those taken from Mr. Horn’s office after he lost the election. From 1964.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet

Donor: BIA Crow Agency
Linear Feet: 26
Historical Description: Materials regarding Abasaloke Mine, Big Horn County, MT, Westmoreland Resource Inc. Includes photos, mining reports, land reclamation files, and other mine related reports. From 1960 to 1984.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet, Box List

Date Received: 2/19/97
Donor: Willie Stewart
Accession Number: 19971
Linear Feet: 6
Historical Description: Working papers of Little Big Horn College Bilingual Education program, including stories and materials concerning the state of bilingual education on the Crow Reservation, from 1988-1994.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet, Box List

Date Received: 2/23/98
Donor: Angela Russell
Accession Number: 0223981, 611991 (legislation)
Linear Feet: 7
Historical Description: Materials, mostly published, collected by attorney Russell during her work as a Big Horn County legislator. Also includes correspondence files and photos. From 1978 to 1997.
Folder Contents: Collection Data sheet, Box List