Papers, 1892-1970, (bulk 1950-1968).

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Papers, 1892-1970, (bulk 1950-1968).

Correspondence, reports, financial statements, memoranda, photographs, publications. A significant portion of the collection deals with the administration and policy of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Topics include tribal governance, agriculture, funds, tribal relations, land, constitutions/charters, claims, tribal operations, and legislation. Also included is the correspondence of K.A. Marmon, Seminole Agency Superintendent in the 1950s; Billie Osceola of the Seminole Tribe; and Virgil Harrington, Seminole Agency Superintendent from 1958 to 1963.

18 boxes (6.75 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7668209

University of Florida

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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...

Quinn, Rex (Reginald W.)

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Reginald "Rex" W. Quinn served as Superintendent of the Seminole Agency in Hollywood, Florida, from 1965 until his retirement in 1968. A Sissiton Sioux, he was born April 27, 1913 in South Dakota and spent the majority of his adult life working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, beginning in 1935. His field work with the BIA took him around the country to locations such as Nevada, South Dakota, North Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C. Quinn served in several po...

Seminole Tribe of Florida.

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