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Clara Falls postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-PC Falls

Scope and Content of the Collection

Collection of real photo postcards, photographs, and 1 letter collected by Clara Falls, who attended the Sac and Fox Indian School near Stroud, Oklahoma. Many images depict members of the Sac and Fox Nation. Items have been grouped in general categories including images related to the Sac and Fox Indian School, snapshots of groups and individuals, studio photographs and postcards, and buildings and views.

Items include a view of the Pawnee Indian Agency, a portrait of "Hiskocot, Sauk Indian" [or Niskocot] of Stroud in traditional dress, a group of students in traditional dress holding a modern “Sac and Fox” pennant, and a uniformed American Indian baseball team. Several items show groups of students at the Sac and Fox Indian School, and many identify Clara Falls along with dozens of friends and family members. Two postcards apparently date from World War One: a pair of named uniformed soldiers in Ellenz, Germany; and an unnamed American Indian soldier in uniform "taken at Hempstead, L.I."

The notes on verso range from identifications of the sitter to a few complete messages; some are unmarked. One is addressed in an American Indian language. Many are addressed "Clara Falls, Stroud" or “Clara Falls, Avery,” although they did not go through the mail. A few postcard images are credited to photographer C.F. York of Stroud in the negative.

The non-postcard photographs include cropped cabinet cards and unmounted snapshots. One shows five young men, most armed with guns. Most are uncaptioned, although one is dated September 1933 at the Sac and Fox Agency. The lone manuscript is a transfer letter for two women from the Chilocco Indian Baptist Church to the Only Way Baptist Church, 1927.

Names of those identified or mentioned include: William Barnett, Josie Bass, Esther Bigwalker, Lela Bigwalker, Lucy Bland, Mary Brown, Mamie Buffalohorn, Bertha Carter, Charley Carter, Laura Carter, Florence Conger, Mabel Coutem [?], John Crane, John Cross, Irene Davenport, Addie Falls, Annie Falls, Clara Falls, Edna Falls, Robert Falls, Samuel Falls, William Falls, Maud Figg, Edna Foster, Rosetta Gokey, Alice Grant, Austin Grant, Bessie Grant, Fred Grant, Mary Grant, Myrtle Grant, Nona Grant, Rev. Robert Hamilton, Hiskocot (or Niskocot), Myrtle Jacobs, Viola Johnson, Pheobe Kent, Arthur Labelle, Edith Labelle, Mrs. Libb, Theresa Logan, Charlie Mack, Ellen Mason, Mary McKosito, John Mitchell, Albert Moore, Ella Moore, Aurelia Moran, Orphie Byrd Morton, Fannie Peeknuck, John Peeknuck, Ella Shaquequot, Katie Shaquequot, Esther Soocey, Dottie Springstead, Carl Tuell, Mrs. Tuell, Evelyn Twoguns, Bessie Wakolee, William Wakolee, Elmer Walker, Joseph Washington, Marie Washington, Willie Washington, Charlie Wiles, Frank Wyman, Irene Wyman, Jacob Wyman, and Mary Wyman.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1900-1933

Creator

Language

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The Clara Falls postcard collection is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Clara Falls postcard collection is the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections at reference@newberry.org.

Biography of Clara Falls

Clara Falls was born in Avery, Oklahoma on Jun. 24, 1898 to Samuel and Edney Falls. Also referred to as “Caddo,” Clara attended the Sac and Fox Indian School near Stroud, Oklahoma. Falls married Grover Kenneth Morris (ca. 1888-1936) in 1916. She died in Wanette, Oklahoma on Jan. 15, 1975.

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (104 items in 1 box)

Abstract

Collection of real photo postcards, photographs, and 1 letter collected by Clara Falls, who attended the Sac and Fox Indian School near Stroud, Oklahoma. Many images depict members of the Sac and Fox Nation. Items have been grouped in general categories including images related to the Sac and Fox Indian School, snapshots of groups and individuals, studio photographs and postcards, and buildings and views.

Organization

Materials are arranged in general categories.

Collection Stack Location

B 22A 2

Provenance

Purchase, Swann Auction Galleries, 2023.

Processed by

Catherine Grandgeorge, 2023.

Title
Clara Falls postcard collection, approximately 1900-1933
Status
In Progress
Date
©2023.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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