Cambridge Branch of the Massachusetts Indian Association records, 1886-1923.

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Cambridge Branch of the Massachusetts Indian Association records, 1886-1923.

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Records document the political, missionary, and charitable work of the organization in the betterment of Native Americans of the Southwest, particularly the Navajo. The bulk of Series I, Records, consists of six volumes (1886-1923) kept by the recording secretary. It includes minutes of annual meetings, monthly executive committee meetings, and of other special and public meetings. Printed annual reports, membership lists, press accounts, and printed leaflets were frequently pasted into the volumes by the recording secretary. The sixth volume (1913-1923) is interleaved with a large amount of loose material (treasurer's reports, correspondence, lists of officers, etc.). Series II, Other printed materials, includes a reprint of "The clear sunshine of the Gospel breaking forth upon the Indians of New-England", which reflects the Cambridge Branch's historical sense that they were carrying on the work of the early Puritan missionary, John Eliot. Also includes information on the local chapter of the Indian Rights Association and an essay on the history of the Cambridge Branch, which was prepared by Ellen S. Bulfinch and published with the annual report for 1911, as well as the "Report to the Governor and Council, concerning the Indians of the Commonwealth, under the Act of April 6, 1859," written by J.M. Earle, commissioner.

2 document boxes (0.625 cubic ft.)

Cambridge Historical Society

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Eliot, John, 1604-1690

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Indian Rights Association. Cambridge Branch (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Earle, John Milton, 1794-1874

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Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649

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Massachusetts Indian Association. Cambridge Branch

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Bulfinch, Ellen Susan

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