Massachusetts Indian Association. Stockbridge Auxiliary Records 1886-1909

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Massachusetts Indian Association. Stockbridge Auxiliary Records 1886-1909

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Organization formed by prominent local women who sought to aid in educational and missionary work for and among Indians, and to "abolish all oppression of Indians within our national limits." Records include minutes that document the group's committees, meetings, dues, and contributions to Indians on reservations nation-wide, accounts, membership lists, and a letter.

1 box; (0.25 linear ft.)

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

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Massachusetts Indian Association. Stockbridge Auxiliary

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Organization formed by prominent local women who sought to aid in educational and missionary work for and among Indians, and to "abolish all oppression of Indians within our national limits." It grew out of the work of Mary Bonney and Amelia Quinton, and included such names as Lawrence, Bidwell, Fields, Byington, Brewer, Williams, Sedgewick, Goodrich, and Averill. From the description of Massachusetts Indian Association, Stockbridge Auxiliary records, 1886-1925 (bulk 1886-1909). (Uni...

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Massachusetts Indian Association

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The Stockbridge Auxiliary of the Massachusetts Indian Association was formed in 1886 by prominent local women in an effort to harness growing interest in the national Indian reform movement at that time. Both state and local Indian associations were outgrowths of the Women's National Indian Association, founded in 1879 by Mary Bonney, and expanded through the work of Amelia Quinton. They generally operated with the same purpose and under the same guidelines, "to awaken, by every means in its pow...