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Verne Dusenberry Papers, circa 1885-1966

Title: Verne Dusenberry Papers circa 1885-1966

The Verne Dusenberry Papers provide a rich source of material about the Montana and Northern Plains Indians, in particular the Chippewa Cree (a.k.a./Metis, Landless Indians, Rocky Boy). They also offer some insights into the formative years of the Montana Institute of the Arts and Montana and Western authors of the 1950's and early 1960's. The materials consist of letters, personal papers, research work, and manuscripts collected or created by Verne Dusenberry. The papers also include teaching outlines, classroom aids, exams, and public addresses. The topics cover life ways, material culture, history, language, legends, religion including the Sun Dance and Peyote Cult, reservation concerns, land claims, and literature.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear feet

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Dusenberry, Verne, 1906-1966. Verne Dusenberry papers, ca. 1885-1966.

Title: Verne Dusenberry papers, ca. 1885-1966.

The collection is comprised in large part of research notes, interviews, manuscripts, rough drafts, and much collected information such as clippings, maps, copies of correspondence shared by others, several original historical documents (ca. 1885-1918), a set of taped interviews and journal articles about the Indian which was used for teaching, writing, his own anthropological course work, and public presentations. The papers proffer information about the Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Crow, Flathead, Dakota, Gros Ventre, Kutenai, Montana Cree, Northern Cheyenne, Pend d' Oreille, and Salish. The topics cover life ways, material culture, history, language, legends, religion including the Sun Dance and Peyote Cult, reservation concerns, land claims, and literature. Individuals with whom Dusenberry corresponded or on whom he gathered information in identifiable folders include Edmund Bradley, Joseph Kinsey Howard, James Kipp, Joseph Kipp, Norman A. Fox, Charles Kuhlman, Father Albert Lacombe, Emanual "Manny" Milstein, Angus McDonald, John McDougall, George M. Miles, Rodolphe Charles Petter, Dick "Chief Bull" Sanderville, Edgar I. Stewart, Guy Weidick and Robert Yellowtail. Reservation life is revealed in many files with specific folders for the Blackfeet, Colville, Crow, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck Northern Cheyenne, and Rocky Boy reservations. The Indian communities of Montana which have folders in the information files are Browning, Fort Belknap, Fort McKenzie, Fort Peck, Havre, Lodge Pole, and St. Labre Mission, though others may appear within related material. The papers also include teaching outlines, classroom aids, exams, and public addresses during his activities in the 1950s and 1960s. The largest body of material is an information and research file on various Indian tribes and subjects. A small part of the collection is personal documents such as contracts, resumes, and diplomas and correspondence which reveals his personal and professional struggles during his later years, his research endeavors, and his relationship with Indian peoples and other scholars.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft.

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