United States. Works Progress Administration: Chippewa Indian Historical Project Records, 1936-1942
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Title: United States. Works Progress Administration: Chippewa Indian Historical Project Records
Inclusive Dates: 1936-1942

Creator:
  • United States. Works Progress Administration
Call Number: Northland Micro 5; Micro 532

Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:
Housed at the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records of a WPA project to collect Chippewa Indian folklore sponsored by the Great Lakes Indian Agency and directed by Sister M. Macaria Murphy of St. Mary's Indian School, Odanah, Wisconsin. Included are narrative and statistical reports, interview outlines, and operational records; and essays concerning Chippewa religious beliefs and rituals, food, liquor, transportation, trade, clothing, games and dances, and history. Also includes copies of materials from the John A. Bardon collection concerning the Superior, Wisconsin region, La Pointe baptismal records, the family tree of Qui-ka-ba-no-kwe, and artwork of Peter Whitebird.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0532
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