Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

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The Chilocco Indian School was a non-reservation boarding school established by the Office of Indian Affairs for the vocational education of Indian children. In operation for nearly a century (1884-1980), the school drew students from over 40 tribes. Enrollment ranged from slightly over 100 during the first year to well over 1,000 in 1931. It was closed in June 1980 by congressional mandate. Land for use of the school was set aside by President James A. Garfield in an Executive Order of July ...

Indian Rights Association

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The Indian Rights Association was organized in Philadelphia in 1882. The early leaders of the association, including Herbert Welsh, sought to protect the interests and general welfare of the Indians. Through its monitoring and lobbying activities with executive agencies and Congress, the association, in i...

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Indian Committee (1827-1948)

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Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs

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The Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs originated in 1869 in answer to President Grant's Peace Policy, officially giving management of Indians in the Central Superintendency (Kansas and Indian Territory) to Orthodox Friends. Friends withdrew from government-sponsored work in 1879. Edward Morris Wistar was chairman of the Committee from 1895-1919. From the description of Records, 1758-1929 (bulk 1892-1917). (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 2882...

Home Missions Council of North America

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Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836

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Cornplanter (born between 1732 and 1746–February 18, 1836), was a Seneca war chief and diplomat of the Wolf clan. As a chief warrior, Cornplanter fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In both wars, the Seneca and three other Iroquois nations were allied with the British. After the war Cornplanter led negotiations with the United States and was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784). He helped gain Iroquois neutrality during the Northwest Indian War. ...

Wistar, Edward Morris, 1852-1941

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Nicholson, John, 1833-1908

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Smedley, Walter, b. 1862.

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Steere, Jonathan M., 1870-1958

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Hartley, George N., 1844-1938

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Kirk, Rachel, 1840-1918

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Test, Elizabeth, 1840-1922

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Wistar, Thomas, 1798-1876

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Pemberton, Israel, 1715-1779

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Israel Pemberton was a Philadelphia Quaker merchant and philanthropist. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. From the description of Letterbook D, 1744-1747. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523459 Peter Collinson (1694 – 1768) was an English merchant and botanist. From the guide to the Peter Collinson papers, 1560-1811 (inclusive), 1713-1811 (bulk), Bulk, 1713-1811, 1560-1811, (American Philosophical Socie...

Brosius, Samuel M., 1851-1936

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Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures

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Bentley, Martin J.

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Sniffen, Matthew K.

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Haworth, William Perry, 1850-1933

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Kelsey, Rayner Wickersham, 1879-1934

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History professor and Quaker minister. Rayner W. Kelsey (1879-1934) was professor of history at Haverford College from 1909-1934. He served as president of Friends' Historical Association from 1913-1915 and edited the Bulletin of the association from 1922-1932. Kelsey was the author of "Friends and the Indians" (1917) and editor of the journal of Théophile Cazenove (1740-1811). From the description of Notes on American and agricultural history, 1919-1930. (Haverford College Library)...

Brown, Clark, 1856-1920

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Welsh, Herbert, 1851-1941

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Herbert Welsh established the Indian Rights Association in 1882, and served as the organization's corresponding secretary, president and president emeritus. The Association investigated and publicized conditions of Indians, and was particularly successful in arousing public interest and exposing frauds on reservations. Bishop William Hobart Hare (1839-1909), known as the "Apostle to the Sioux," was appointed in 1872 Bishop of Niobrara, which was expanded and renamed the ...