Title: Nancy Oestreich Lurie Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1947-1988

Creator:

• Lurie, Nancy Oestreich

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 50

Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Personal papers of a former chair of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Anthropology which includes extensive field notes, professional and personal correspondence, and photographs. The majority of the collection is field notes dealing primarily with Lurie's research of the Winnebago Indians of Wisconsin, particularly as a board member of the United Indians of Milwaukee (UIM), work with the Consolidated Tribes (a predecessor of UIM), and the Haylushka Society, an organization formed by non-Indians interested in Indian culture and life. Also included are proposals and field notes for the Milwaukee Urban Indian Research Project focusing on the effect of the urban plight of Native Americans children in Milwaukee. The field notes are detailed observations of encounters with Native Americans, such as board and general meetings of the United Indians of Milwaukee, American Indian Information and Action Group meetings, powwows, and informal gatherings. Several copies of the Moccasin Telegraph, a newsletter published by the United Indians of Milwaukee, edited by Lurie, also are included.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0050

Nancy Oestreich Lurie was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on January 29, 1924. She received her bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin in 1945, master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1947, and doctorate from Northwestern University in 1952. Lurie began her teaching career in 1947 at the University of Wisconsin Extension in Milwaukee. From 1950 to 1961 she taught at the University of Colorado and the University of Michigan, returning to teach at UWM from 1951 to 1953. Lurie was also a research associate in North American Indian Studies at Harvard University's Peabody Museum from 1954 to 1956 and served as a researcher and expert witness for law firms representing tribal clients before the United States Indian Claims Commission in Boston, Massachusetts, as well as before Michigan and Wisconsin courts from 1954 to 1975.

Lurie returned to UWM in 1963 as an associate professor, becoming a full professor in 1966. Taking a leave from UWM, she was a Fulbright-Hays Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Aarhua, Denmark, in 1965 and 1966. After her return to UWM, Lurie served as the Anthropology Department chair from 1967 to 1970. She remained as an adjunct professor at UWM from 1972 until her retirement in 1994. In 1972, Lurie became the curator and section head of Anthropology at the Milwaukee Public Museum. In 1992 she became the Museum's curator emerita and retired in 1994.

Lurie has conducted numerous research projects and other scholarly activities, including an appointment by the governor to the State of Wisconsin Historic Preservation Review Board and serving on several National Endowment for the Humanities committees and panels. Lurie has been awarded more than twenty grants to conduct research by foundations such as Wenner-Gren (formerly Viking Fund), the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also the recipient of many awards and honors, including the Anisfield-Wolf Award sponsored by the Saturday Review, the William B. Hesseltine Award from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and an honorary doctorate of humanities from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has authored or co-authored more than 110 books, articles, and monographs, including Mountain Wolf Woman (1961) and, with co-author Stuart Levine, The American Indian Today (1968).

The files are organized alphabetically by personal name, name of organization, or by subject, then chronologically. Files may contain a variety of materials, including correspondence, field notes, and photographs.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The UWM Dept. of Anthropology transferred the collection to the Archives in 1986. Nancy Oestreich Lurie signed a deed of gift transferring ownership to the University on September 16, 1994.

Processing Information

Angela R. Cisco processed the collection at the Archives in July 1994. Donna McCrea processed the addition to the collection in October 1998.

Box   1 Folder   1	American Indian Information and Action Group, Incorporated, 1970-1971
Box   1 Folder   2	Apostle Islands Bill, 1970
Box   1 Folder   3	Biographical Information, 1969, 1988
Box   1 Folder   4	Canadian Lectures, 1967-1969
Box   1 Folder   5	Cardinal Stritch College Talk Transcripts, ca. 1970-1971
Box   1 Folder   6	Consolidated Tribes, 1968-1969
Box   1 Folder   7	Correspondence, 1953
Box   1 Folder   8	Correspondence, 1963-1970
Box   1 Folder   9	Field Notes, 1968-1970
Box   1 Folder   10	Haylushka Society, 1968-1969
Box   1 Folder   11	Milwaukee Urban Indian Research Project, 1965-1970
Box   1 Folder   12	Miss Indian Milwaukee, 1968-1970
Box   1 Folder   13	Moccasin Telegraph, 1968-1971
Box   1 Folder   14	Photographs, 1969
Box   1 Folder   15	Powwows, 1968-1970
Box   1 Folder   16	University of Wisconsin-Extension, Anthropology Course Syllabi and Bibliographies, 1947-1953
Box   2 Folder   1	United Indians of Milwaukee, Board Meeting Field Notes, 1968
Box   2 Folder   2	United Indians of Milwaukee, Board Meeting Field Notes, 1969
Box   2 Folder   3	United Indians of Milwaukee, Board Meeting Field Notes, 1970
Box   2 Folder   4	United Indians of Milwaukee, General Meeting Field Notes, 1968
Box   2 Folder   5	United Indians of Milwaukee, General Meeting Field Notes, 1969
Box   2 Folder   6	United Indians of Milwaukee, General Meeting Field Notes, 1970
Box   2 Folder   7	United Indians of Milwaukee, Planning Committee Meeting Field Notes, 1968