Walter Taylor papers, 1854-1968 bulk 1959-1968.

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Walter Taylor papers, 1854-1968 bulk 1959-1968.

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Papers relate to Walter Taylor's work for the American Friends Service Committee's American Indian Program and specifically assisting the Seneca Nation of NY state following construction of the Kinzua Dam in Pennsylvania. Included in the papers is correspondence with: American Friends Service Committee, Brooks Atkinson, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Indian Committee for the Kinzua Project of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends including Robert Haines, Theodore Hetzel, Lawrence Lindley, Edith Solenberger and George Vaux; Arthur Lazarus, Arthur Morgan, Archer Taylor, Seneca Nation. In addition, there are minutes, maps, reports, speeches by Taylor and other records relating to the Kinzua Dam project. Taylor also kept a subject file relating to relevant issues including on various Native American tribes, legislation re Seneca Nation finances of Kinzua Dam Project and others.

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

Hetzel, Theodore Brinton, 1906-1978.

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Lindley, Lawrence E.

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee

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The Indian Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting [PYMIC] began in 1795 and continues at the present time. The committee worked primarily with the Seneca on the Allegany and Cattaraugus Reservations (N.Y.); work was centered at Quaker Bridge ("Tunesassa"). The Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures was active as a formal organization from ca. 1756-1764. From the description of Records, ca. 1502-1983. (Haverford College Library)....

Lazarus, Arthur

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Arthur Lazarus is an attorney who specializes in American Indian Law. After graduating from Yale Law School in 1949, he worked with Felix Cohen in Washington D.C. until Cohen's death in 1953. Lazarus represented American Indian tribes in their claims against State and Federal governments, including several claims before the federal Indian Claims Commission. His clients included the Blackfeet Tribe, the Menominee Tribe, the Papago Tribe, the Seneca Nation, the Sioux Nation, and the Tuscarora Nati...

Taylor, Walter W. 1913-1997

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American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Solenberger, Edith R. (Edith Reeves), 1886-1976

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Quaker peace activist and author Edith Reeves Solenberger graduated from Radcliffe College (A.B. 1907, A.M. 1910) and lived for most of her life in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She married Edwin Solenberger in 1913; a son, Robert, was born in 1916. From the description of Papers, 1916-1918 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009570 Edith R. Solenberger (1886-1976) was a Quaker activist fromDelaware County, PA. In the early 1960's, the Army Corps of En...

Vaux, George

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Epithet: Captain Under-Housekeeper at Whitehall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0003c3 Epithet: 2nd son of Lord Vaux British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000563.0x0001b4 ...

Haines, Robert.

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Taylor, Archer.

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Morgan, Arthur E. (Arthur Ernest), 1878-1975

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Arthur Ernest Morgan (1878-1975) is best known for being the first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority engineering projects from 1933-1938. Morgan also led the Miami (Ohio) Conservancy District in a reconstruction program after the disastrous flood of 1913. He went on to become the President of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, serving from 1920-1936 while still working actively on engineering projects around the country (including Florida). From the description of Arth...

Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984

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Drama critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Justin Brooks Atkinson : lecture, [195-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631692 American drama critic educated at Harvard University, Atkinson became a literary editor of the New York Times in 1922 and served as the paper's dramatic critic from 1926 to 1960. From the description of Brooks Atkinson papers, 1925-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612378941 ...