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(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

Heye Foundation

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 Not for publication.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

W.P. Patrick/Dr. Mike Doss

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

Crow Tribe Collection #2

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

Little Big Horn College Collection

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.

Pretty Eagle School

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

Smithsonian

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

Wanamaker/Dixon Expedition

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

Rattle Snake Productions

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

Charles Bradley

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

Forrest Horn

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

Westmoreland

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

Bilingual

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

Angela Russell

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