United States. Board of Indian Commissioners
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Henry Grierson papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-3039
Abstract
Volunteer military officer during the Civil War, organizer of the U.S. Army Tenth Cavalry in 1866, commander of various Western army posts and active in opening the Western frontier until retirement in 1890. Grierson’s papers consist of correspondence (including over a hundred letters to his wife, Alice Kirk Grierson), documents such as orders, reports and maps and other military material, as well as personal miscellany relating to his service in the Western Territories. Microfilm copy...
Dates:
1865-1890
Edward E. Ayer U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners files
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ayer-MS-911
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, reports, memoranda, bulletins, 1912-1922, relating to Edward E. Ayer's work as a commissioner. Dating primarily from Ayer's period of active service, 1912-1917, there is both incoming and outgoing correspondence with commission members and officials (H.C. Phillips, W.K. Moorehead, G. Vaux, F.H. Abbott, M. McDowell, W.H. Ketchum), the secretary of the interior (F.K. Lane), the commissioner of Indian affairs (C. Sells), the foreman of the Menominee sawmill (A.S....
Dates:
1912-1922
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- Federal aid to Indians -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
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- Fort Davis (Tex. : Fort) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- Sources 1
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 1
- Menominee Indian Reservation (Wis.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
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- Menominee Indians -- Government relations -- Sources 1
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