Smiley family.

Albert Keith Smiley (1828-1912), was appointed to the United States Board of Indian Commissioners in 1879. He and half-brother Daniel Smiley (1855-1930), Quakers, sponsored the Lake Mohonk Conferences on the Indians at their resort hotel (Mohonk Mountain House, Ulster Co., N.Y.) beginning in 1883. The yearly conferences brought together leading national figures in Indian affairs and helped shape federal Indian policy. In 1900, the focus of the conferences expanded with the inclusion of the native peoples of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. No conferences were held in 1917-1928, they resumed for one year in 1929 and ended with the death of Daniel Smiley in 1930. The Lake Mohonk Conferences on the Negro Question were held in 1890 and 1891. Daniel Smiley was appointed to the Board of Indian Commissioners in 1913, following the death of Albert Smiley.

From the description of Papers, 1885-1930. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 28857531