Papers, 1889-1955.

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Papers, 1889-1955.

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Papers of Unitarian minister Samuel A. Eliot, mostly relating to his work on the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners, a non-partisan group of citizens whose function was to visit and report on Indian reservations and schools across the country, and to serve the Secretary of the Interior in an advisory capacity regarding Indian affairs. Papers consist of reports to the Secretary, annual reports, annual meeting minutes, some correspondence, press releases, some material regarding legislation, and reports by commissioners on various reservations and schools. Among the commissioners were Walter George Smith, Malcolm McDowell, Flora Warren Seymour, F.H. Abbott, and George Vaux Jr. Also, a draft of a paper Eliot presented to the Mass. Historical Society (1941) and a typescript biography of Eliot by Charles W. Eliot.

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Eliot, Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins), 1862-1950

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Samuel Atkins Eliot earned his Harvard AB 1884. He served as secretary to the President of Harvard from 1884-1885 and as Preacher to the University 1906-1909. He was the son of Harvard President Charles W. Eliot. From the description of Harvard memorabilia of Samuel Atkins Eliot, Class of 1884, 1876-1909 (inclusive), 1876-1885 (bulk) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77063916 American Unitarian clergyman and historian. From the description of Samuel A. El...

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Eliot, Charles W. (Charles William), 1899-1993

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Abbott, Frederick H., 1872-1932

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