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| Size | 31 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 19,250 items) |
| Abstract | Helen Maynor Scheirbeck (1935-2010) was a Lumbee Indian political scientist, educator, and community organizer born in Lumberton, N.C. Scheirbeck both led and served as a consultant to governmental and non-governmental organizations related to American Indian tribal recognition, education, and community development, including the National Congress of American Indians; the Rural and Indian Divisions of the Wisconsin Community Action Programs; the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; the John Hay Whitney Foundation; the American Indian Policy Review Commission; the National Commission for the International Year of the Child; the White House Conference on Children and Youth; the associated Lumbee Regional Development Association, Indian Information Program, and United Indians of America; the Save the Children Federation; the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center; Head Start programs serving American Indian and Alaskan Natives; and the National Museum of the American Indian. Scheirbeck's father, Judge Lacy W. Maynor (1904-1972), was one of the first American Indian judges in North Carolina, and was an advocate for Lumbee Indian rights, education, and federal recognition, a leader in the National Congress of American Indians, and a public opponent of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina. The collection consists chiefly of professional correspondence, research files, administrative files, grant proposals, legislative reports, clippings, speeches, and academic writings created or collected by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck during her career with governmental and non-governmental organizations dedicated to American Indian interests. Materials document American Indian education and social welfare policy development, cultural institutions and organizations, and community development, as well as federal recognition of the Lumbee, Menominee and other tribes. There are also correspondence, clippings, printed items, speech notes, drafts, and an audio recording of Scheirbeck's father, Judge Lacy W. Maynor, that document his judicial career and civic activities. |
| Creator | Scheirbeck, Helen Maynor, 1935-2010. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Helen Thomas and Virginia Ferris, June 2014
Encoded by: Virginia Ferris, June 2014
Updated by: Rebecca Stubbs and Laura Smith, June 2023
Conscious Editing Work by: Nancy Kaiser, July 2023 (added statement about "Croatan")
NOTE: "Croatan" (or "Croatoan") is an identity term that was used by the Indigenous peoples of the Hatteras and Roanoke Islands in the late 16th century. In subsequent centuries, the Indigenous peoples of Sampson, Craven, Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke and Scotland counties in North Carolina were thought to be the descendants of the Croatan Indians and were so called by North Carolina state officials; however, many tribal nations existed and exist now in this area who prefer to use their own identity terms, including the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina, and others.
In 2023, archivists examined the use of "Croatan" in Wilson Library archival collections and decided to leave this term in places where it refers to the Indigenous peoples of the Hatteras and Roanoke Islands, is part of a title, or is the proper name of a geographic feature or location. We have replaced "Croatan" with the appropriate identity term for materials that refer specifically to the groups noted above. When we are unable to make a determination, we use "Indigenous peoples." We recognize the complexity of this issue and welcome feedback on this decision at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.
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Biographical Information
Helen Maynor Scheirbeck (1935-2010), born in Lumberton, N.C., was a political scientist, educator, and community organizer. Scheirbeck was a member of the Lumbee tribe, and was involved as a national leader and consultant in many organizations and projects related to American Indian tribal recognition, education, and community development. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Berea College and a Doctorate of Educational Administration with a public policy emphasis from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009. Scheirbeck was known for her work training young American Indians to work with the United States Congress and other federal agencies to promote policies that help American Indian communities.
From 1959 to 1964 Scheirbeck worked as an intern for the National Congress of American Indians and as a staff member for Senator Sam Ervin on the United States Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights in Washington, D.C. From 1965 to 1966 she served as a Congressional fellow through the American Political Science Association, with a special project in Keshena, Wisc., to study the effects of termination of tribal recognition and withdrawal of federal program services on the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin. Scheirbeck then worked as consultant to the Rural and Indian Divisions of the Wisconsin Community Action Programs, organized anti-proverty programs in Great Lakes Region, and developed strategies for bringing smaller communities of Indians together for an inter-tribal community. From 1966 to 1968 she served as special assistant for federal programs in the Office of the Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin, where she was the University Extension's liaison with the federal government for program development and grantsmanship.
From 1968 to 1973 Scheirbeck was a program specialist in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. She directed the Office of Indian Affairs within the United States Commissioner of Education's office, co-directed task forces for implementing the Indian Education Act, stimulated development of a community-based self-help organization for non-reservation Indians, and coordinated and assisted in planning financing of several national Indian organizations focused on advocacy for rights and educational opportunities of Indian children. In 1972 Scheirbeck helped establish the Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards. She also developed strategies in 1973 to enable tribal colleges and universities to obtain start-up funds as developing institutions through Title III of the Higher Education Act. President Jimmy Carter appointed her chair of the Indian Education Task Force, which helped define the Indian controlled schools movement.
From 1973 to 1975 Scheirbeck was a project director and Washington liaison at the John Hay Whitney Foundation with a special project on history, financing, and administration of Indian education. She conducted historical research and analysis of primary source and public documents on the history of policies affecting American Indian education and control of such education; coordinated the Washington, D.C. office to monitor executive and legislative activities affecting American Indian education; arranged special training sessions for rural colleges with experts on higher education administration; directed analysis of American Indian education laws; and drafted legislation concerning financing of rural underdeveloped American Indian community colleges.
From 1975 to 1976 Scheirbeck was program director and chair of the Indian Education Task Force at the American Indian Policy Review Commission. She organized and directed the review of executive and legislative policies affecting education of American Indians; surveyed state and local educational conditions through national field hearings; supervised special studies on admininistrative policies and school financing; and produced a special report filed with the American Indian Policy Review Commission and with the United States Congress.
From 1978 to 1980 Scheirbeck was program director of the National Commission for the International Year of the Child and from 1980 to 1981 she was program director for the White House Conference on Children and Youth. She also served as a consultant for the First National Directory of Indian Women; stimulated the development of a School of the Arts for the second largest American Indian tribe in the country; and served as a resource to the national "definition of an Indian" study on eligibility for education programs conducted for Secretary of Education.
From 1981 to 1982 Scheirbeck was project advisor and director of the associated Lumbee Regional Development Association, the Indian Information Program, and the United Indians of America in Pembroke, N.C.. From 1982 to 1987 she served as regional director of the Save the Children Federation in Westport, Conn., and from 1987 to 1990 she was the development director of the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center in Pembroke, N.C.
From 1990 to 1995 Scheirbeck worked as national director for Head Start programs serving American Indian and Alaskan Natives. She was a trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian from 1987 to 1995, and served as director for public programs at the museum from 1995 to 2007.
Her father, Judge Lacy W. Maynor (1904-1972), was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and served eight years as Judge of the Recorder's Court in the Maxton District, Robeson County, N.C. He was recognized as an advocate for Lumbee rights, education, and federal recognition, and was involved in the National Congress of American Indians. Maynor was also a tobacco farmer, deacon in Berea Baptist Church, and a Sunday school teacher and officer in the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association of North Carolina. He was a public opponent of the Ku Klux Klan and was recognized in local newspapers for helping to "run the Klan out of North Carolina" at a 1958 Ku Klux Klan rally in Robeson County, N.C.
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The Helen Maynor Scheirbeck Collection consists chiefly of professional papers created or collected by political scientist, educator, and community organizer Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. Scheirbeck was a member of the Lumbee tribe and was involved as a national leader and consultant in many governmental and non-governmental organizations and projects related to American Indian education and community development. Professional papers include research files, administrative files, grant proposals, correspondence, legislative reports, clippings, speeches, and academic writings created or collected by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. The collection also includes personal papers of Scheirbeck's father, Judge Lacy W. Maynor.
Series 1. Menominee and Wisconsin Indian Files contains correspondence, printed items, clippings, research notes, grant proposals, meeting minutes, and other administrative materials regarding the Menominee and other American Indian tribes in Wisconsin and the Great Plains region. Materials relate to Scheirbeck's work as a Congressional fellow through the American Political Science Association with a special project in Keshena, Wisc., 1965-1966, where she studied the effects of termination of tribal recognition and withdrawal of federal program services on the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin, and to her work as special assistant for federal programs in the Office of the Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin, 1966-1968.
Series 2. American Indian Education Policy Files contains materials relating to Scheirbeck's work with the American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force on Indian Education, the Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards, the John Hay Whitney Foundation, the National Commission for the International Year of the Child, the White House Conference on Children and Youth, the Save the Children Foundation, Head Start, and other organizations and projects concerned with American Indian education and social welfare policies. Materials include research notes, clippings, printed items, correspondence, publications, reports, hearing transcriptions, and surveys.
Series 3. Lumbee and Eastern American Indian Files contains research materials, correspondence, administrative reports, and other materials related to efforts to develop education programs and to gain federal recognition for the Lumbee Indian tribe in North Carolina and for other tribes east of the Mississippi River. Administrative materials and correspondence document the evolution of the Lumbee Regional Development Association, the Indian Information Project, the United Indians of America, and the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center.
Series 4. National Museum of the American Indian contains materials related to the planning, development, and opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Scheirbeck served as a trustee and then as director of public programs, 1989-2007.
Series 5. Writings, Speeches, and Other Materials consists of correspondence; clippings; research materials, including audiocassettes containing interviews with American Indian leaders, presumably conducted as part of dissertation research; notebooks; drafts of writings, including speeches, articles, and poetry; genealogical files; isolated financial papers; and other assorted personal and professional materials of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck.
Series 6. Judge Lacy W. Maynor Papers include correspondence; speech notes, drafts and an audio recording; clippings; financial materials; and printed items. Materials document Maynor as judge of the Recorder's Court in the Maxton District, Robeson County, N.C.; as an advocate for Lumbee rights, education, and federal recognition; as a leader in the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association of North Carolina and the National Congress of American Indians; and as a public opponent of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina. Maynor was recognized for helping to run the Klan out of North Carolina at a 1958 Ku Klux Klan rally in Robeson County, N.C.
Series 7. Photographs chiefly consists of snapshots of various events in the professional career of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. There are also some scattered family photographs, portraits of Scheirbeck, and archival prints of American Indian schools collected in the course of research.
Series 8A. Papers and Reports, 1957-1973 (Addition of February 2023): The Addition of 2023 contains press releases, articles, newspaper clippings, research notes, and Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Subcommittee reports. Subcommittee report topics include: Constitutional Rights; Wiretapping and Eavesdropping; Constitutional Rights of the Amercian Indian and amendments to the Indian Bill of Rights. These materials were primarily assembled by Scheirbeck during her service on the staff of Senator Sam Ervin’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights while working on the Bill of Rights for the American Indian (Title II, Civil Rights Act of 1968). Research files are from Scheirbeck's file of background material for a speech at Pembroke State College, Senator Sam Ervin's Cherokee speech, and other matters.
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Series 1. Menominee and Wisconsin Indian Files, 1953-1974.
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Correspondence, printed items, clippings, research notes, grant proposals, meeting minutes, scholarly articles, legislative documents, and administrative reports concerning American Indian tribes in Wisconsin and the Great Plains region, especially the Menominee tribe, as well as American Indian tribes nationally and to Lumbee and Cherokee Indian tribes in North Carolina. There is also a draft of a manuscript about the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin. Topics include evaluation of Christian churches' policies and needs in working with Indian populations; health, welfare, and education of Menominee and Lumbee Indians; community action programs for Qalla Indians of the Eastern Band of Cherokee; Indian studies at Navajo Community College; and economic development plans and reports of the National Indian Training and Research Center and the Menominee Indian Study Committee of the Wisconsin Legislative Council. Materials were created or collected by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck during her work as a Congressional Fellow through the American Political Science Association with a special project in Keshena, Wisc., 1965-1966, where she studied the effects of termination of tribal recognition and withdrawal of Federal program services in the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin, and her work as a special assistant for federal programs in the Office of the Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin, 1966-1968, where she was the University Extension's Federal Program Development liaison.
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Menominee research materials: Background, 1953-1965Research notes, printed items, articles, reports, and legislative documents related to the Menominee tribe in Wisconsin. Includes March and October 1965 issues of the Journal of the Wisconsin Indians Research Institute, and a booklet about the Menominee language, compiled by the Menominee Community Action Program. |
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Menominee research materials: Termination, 1955-1965Correspondence, research notes, printed items, articles, reports, and legislative documents related to the termination of the Menominee tribe in 1961, and to community development efforts following termination. Printed items include Senate and Assembly bills, map, and report of the Menominee Indian Study Committee at the University of Wisconsin. |
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Bureau of Indian Affairs file on Menominee tribe, 1957-1966Correspondence, reports, clippings, and legislative documents related to the termination of federal recognition of the Menominee tribe, and to the passing of H.R. 8034, also known as the Menominee County Aid bill, in 1966, granting government support for the Menominee tribe following termination of federal trusteeship. Materials originally collected and filed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
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News clippings, Menominee County, 1962-1964Clippings related to Menominee County, Wisc. |
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Wisconsin Legislative Council Report, 1963-1965Official report from the Wisconsil Legislative Council, including a section on the "Menominee Indian Study." |
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Transcripts of Menominee County hearings, 1964Transcripts of hearings held in Menominee County as part of the Menominee Action Program. |
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Administrative reports regarding Menominee County, 1964-1966Reports on health and medical issues, youth programs, and other information related to the Menominee community. |
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Wisconsin Indians background materialsCorrespondence, clippings, scholarly articles, reports, printed items, and other research materials related to American Indian tribes in Wisconsin. |
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Wisconsin Indians, 1964-1966Correspondence, reports, and other materials related to the social and economic development of tribes in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. |
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Winnebago research materials, 1964-1966Printed materials related to the Winnebago tribe in Wisconsin. |
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Legislative reports regarding Menominee County, 1965Economic development plan prepared by the Rural Area Development Committee, and other reports from the Wisconsin Legislative Council Menominee Indian Study Committee. |
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Proposal Guide for a Tri-Indian Arts and Crafts Cooperative, 1965Correspondence and drafts of a proposal to form a Midwest or Tri-State Indian Arts and Crafts Cooperative to include Indian tribes from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. Also includes printed items and other materials related to public programming featuring American Indian art. |
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General materials regarding public welfare in Menominee County, 1965Research notes and related research materials. |
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Menominee County and Tribal Community, 1965-1967Reports and correspondence related to community development efforts in Menominee County. |
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Indian Goals Study, 1965-1966Correspondence and project documentation related to an Indian Goals Study by the National Council of Churches, including different questionnaires circulated for the study to evaluate churches and Christian workers' policies and needs in working with Indian populations. Also contains internal administrative materials, including schedules and meeting minutes, for the study, and papers and speeches prepared related to the study and its findings. |
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General correspondence, 1965-1968Professional correspondence regarding planning and executing various grant projects and research studies focusing on organizing and development in American Indian communities. |
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Institute on Indian Affairs, University of Wisconsin, 1966Meeting notes, copies of a proposal for the creation of an Institute for American Indian Studies and Indian Advisory Organization, and correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and others regarding the planning of an Indian Center at the University of Wisconsin. |
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Lumbee Indians, 1966-1969Correspondence, printed items, clippings, and research notes related to the Lumbee Indian tribe, collected by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck while working at the University of Wisconsin. Includes a 1969 booklet, The Education of American Indians: A Survey of the Literature , prepared for the Special Subcommittee on Indian Education of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and correspondence between Scheirbeck and individuals related to the Lumbee tribe, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and the North Carolina Council of Churches, regarding her involvement with Lumbee welfare and education efforts in North Carolina. |
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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, 1967Reports, proposals, by-laws, meeting minutes, notes, grant application forms, correspondence, and other materials related to the Qalla Indian Boundary Projects Community Action Program for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Also includes a program for Unto These Hills, a "drama of the Cherokee Indian" in Cherokee, N.C. |
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A Study of the Termination Policy, 1967Report prepared by Gary Orfield of the University of Chicago, printed by the National Congress of American Indians. |
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Menominee Prints, 1967-1968Newsletter printed by the Community Action Program of Menominee County. |
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National Indian Training and Research Center (NITRC) Proposal Files, 1967-1969Reports, proposals, by-laws, correspondence, printed items, meeting minutes, notes, grant application forms, and other materials related to the National Indian Training and Research Center. Printed items include 1965 and 1967 issues of Smoke Signals magazine; brochures for various regional American Indian museums; fliers, booklets and pamphlets produced by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board; and newsletters of the Association on American Indian Affairs. Other materials include report recommendations of the Task Force on American Indians, a proposal for NITRC, and reports to the board of directors and reports from workgroups. |
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American Indian Resource Consultants Inc.: Training activities, 1968Training materials created through the Center for Community Leadership Development at the University of Wisconsin. |
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The Menominee Restoration Act: Legal Analysis, 1973Analysis of the Menominee Restoration Act, prepared by lawyers for the Menominee people, Charles F. Wilkinson, Yvonne T. Knight, and Joseph F. Preloznik. |
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American Indian Resource Consultants Inc., 1973-1974Correspondence and administrative papers related to a grant proposal submitted by Navajo Community College to the National Indian Education Association to "upgrade the effectiveness of Indian Studies program staff." Also includes materials related to the Position Papers Project, a subcontract for American Indian Resources Consultants Inc. to produce position papers for Navajo Community College regarding the Office of Education's administration of the Title IV Indian Education Act. |
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Menominee Indian Study Committee: Materials and interview scheduleResearch notes and interview questions for Wisconsin Legislative Council study of the Menominee tribe. |
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Menominee book notesNotes and scattered research materials on the Menominee tribe. |
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Manuscript draft on Menominee tribePhotocopy of manuscript draft about the Menominee tribe. Author is unidentified. |
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Series 2. American Indian Education Policy Files, 1961-2007.
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Research notes, clippings, printed items, correspondence, publications, reports, hearing transcriptions, and other materials related to education, community development, and social welfare policies for American Indian communities. Materials were created or collected by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck during her work with various governmental and non-governmental organizations, including the American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force on Indian Education, the Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards, the John Hay Whitney Foundation, the National Commission for the International Year of the Child, the White House Conference on Children and Youth, the Save the Children Foundation, and Head Start.
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Subseries 2.1 American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force on Indian Education,
1961-1977 (bulk 1975-1977).
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Correspondence, printed items, research notes, meeting minutes, memoranda, administrative reports, clippings, hearing transcriptions, survey materials, needs statements, and other materials related to a national research study conducted by the American Indian Policy Review Commission's Task Force on Indian Education and chaired by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck.
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Administrative files: "Report of the Task Force on Indian Education: An Issue Paper and Recommendations," 1971 |
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Administrative files: Correspondence, 1975Includes memoranda and handwritten meeting notes and letter drafts. |
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Administrative files: Outline of work, 1975Drafts, memoranda, and final copies of "Plan of Operation for Task Force Number 5: Indian Education." |
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Administrative files: Task Force on Indian Education, 1976Correspondence, research notes, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, and other administrative and research materials related to Helen Maynor Scheirbeck's term as chair of the American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force on Indian Education. There are isolated printed items, including the report "Catholic Education and the Indian" (1942) by Mother M. Agatha. |
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Administrative files: Third quarterly report, 1976Report on operations and finances of the Task Force on Indian Education. |
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Administrative files: Miscellaneous materials, August-September 1976Assorted correspondence and reports related to the American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force on Indian Education. |
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Research materials: North Carolina attorney general opinions regarding Indian education, 1909-1977Research notes, correspondence, and copies of archival materials, chiefly clippings, documenting the opinions of the attorney general of the State of North Carolina concerning American Indians and public education. |
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Research materials: Special reports on American Indians, 1934-1977Reports, proposals, clippings, and printed items related to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and to the American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force on Education. Also includes research notes and copies of archival materials, chiefly clipppings, regarding the "Indian New Deal," circa 1934-1939, and correspondence and drafts of a 1975 bill presented by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck to "authorize grants to the Indian Postsecondary Institutions." |
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Research materials: American Indian education, 1961-1973Printed items, clippings, correspondence, reports, bibliographies, and publications related to the history of education, constitutional rights, and federal policy toward American Indians. Includes a collection of academic essays in A Report of the Institute on the American Indian Student in Higher Education (1972), edited by Robert N. Wells Jr.; children's book Indian Children of America: A Book to Begin On (1964) by Margaret C. Farquhar; and The United States Indian Service: A Sketch of the Development of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and of Indian Policy (1962), printed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior. |
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Research materials: American Indian education abstracts journal, 1977Journal of research abstracts related to American Indian educational planning and policy, printed by the National Institute of Education in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. |
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Research materials: History of American educationCopied excerpts from book titled Salient Dates in American Education. |
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Research materials: History of Indian education policyCopies of an unidentified manuscript on the evolution of policy and legislation toward American Indian education in the United States. |
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Research materials: Welfare and education, 1973Copy of hearing, "Maine State Advisory Committee United States Commission on Civil Rights," 7 February 1973. |
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Research materials: Dissertations on American Indians, 1975Bound indexes and order forms for doctoral dissertations in different academic disciplines including history, sociology, anthropology, and folklore. |
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Research materials: Indian Library Service, 1975Series of booklets prepared by the National Indian Education Association, focused on issues related to providing library services to American Indian communities. Guides include Establishing Indian Library Service, Staffing for Indian Library Services, Alternatives to Classification, Urban Indian Library Services, Adult Education in Indian Libraries, Promoting Indian Library Use, Generating Information in Indian Libraries, Assessing Indian Needs, Materials Selection, and In-Service Training. |
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Research materials: Atoka agreement, 1897-1929Copied excerpts of books and legislative documents related to the Atoka Agreement and a copy of the 1897 agreement between the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. |
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Research materials: Law Review articles |
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Research materials: Rosenfelt articleDraft of 1972 article on American Indian education by Daniel Rosenfelt. |
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Research materials: Legislative history documents (copies), 1927-1931 |
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Research materials: Case Law regarding public education of American Indians, 1975Summary of legislative cases and policy decisions concerning American Indian education, prepared by Dick Shipman and presented to Gil Hall and Helen Maynor Scheirbeck as part of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. Also includes isolated correspondence and research notes. |
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Research materials: Indian education bibliographyLoose research notes, copies of articles, printed items, and other research materials related to the development of a bibliography of American Indian education. |
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Research materials: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1973Reports and research data related to the development of higher education initiatives, including United Scholarship Services Inc., through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
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Research materials: Bureau of Indian Affairs: General information, 1976Correspondence, reports, research notes, and other materials related to American Indian education, chiefly created or distributed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
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Research materials: Bureau of Indian Affairs: Vocational training, 1973-1976Correspondence, printed items, and reports related to vocational training for American Indians, and particularly to the Adult Vocational Training Program sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
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Research materials: Notes on American Indian education, 1976Chiefly handwritten research notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, as well as isolated correspondence. |
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Research materials: North Carolina public instruction, 1975Research notes, copied articles, and reports related to research on the North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
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Task Force on Indian Education hearings preparation, 1976Chiefly correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and officials in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, state departments of education, and in other American Indian organizations, relating to hearings conducted by the Indian Education Task Force of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. Also includes reports, notes, and isolated printed items. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Alaska, 1975-1976Hearing materials relate to the Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska, Washington Chapter. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Arizona, 1976Hearing materials relate to the Rough Rock Demonstration School in Chinle, Ariz., and to the Navajo Nation Health Symposium at Navajo Community College in Tsaile, Ariz. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: California, 1976Transcript of "Task Force on Terminated and Non-Federally Recognized Indians of the American Indian Policy Review Commission Hearing" in San Diego, Calif. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Colorado, 1976Transcript of public hearing in Denver, Col. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Maine, 1976Hearing materials relate to the Penobscot Reservation on Indian Island, Me., and to the Indian Township at Peter Dana Point, Passamaquoddy Reservation. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Maryland, 1976Hearing materials relate to relocated Lumbee Indians from Robeson County, N.C., living in Baltimore, Md. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Massachusetts, 1976Hearing materials relate chiefly to the Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head, Mass. Also includes transcript of "American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force #10 Hearing on Non-Federally Recognized and Terminated Indians" in Boston, Mass. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Montana, 1976Hearing materials relate to the Little Shell Band of the Chippewa tribe, the Hays/Lodge Pole School District in the Fort Belknap Reservation, Arlee School District in Arlee, Mt. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Nevada, 1976Hearing materials relate to the Mineral County School District and to the Walker River Indian Reservation of the Walker River Paiute tribe. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: New Mexico, 1976Hearing materials relate to relocated urban American Indian populations in Albuquerque, N.M., as well as to the Zuni Tribal Council, the North American Indian Women's Association, the Window Rock School District in the Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation, the Navajo Tribal Council, Crownpoint Boarding School, the Institute of American Indian Arts, Borrego Pass School in Crownpoint, N.M., and to library services on New Mexico Indian reservations. Also includes materials and lesson plans for teaching about Navajo language and culture. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: North Carolina, 1976Transcript and hearing materials relate to the Metrolina Native American Association of Charlotte, N.C., Sandhills Regional Indian Association, the Catawba tribe, the Santee Development Corporation of the Santee tribe, the Lumbee tribe, Cohamie tribe, Waccamaw Siouan tribe, and others. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: North Dakota, 1976Hearing materials relate to the McLaughlin Public School District, Standing Rock Community College, the Sioux tribe, the Wakpala Local Indian Education Board of the Standing Rock Reservation, the Bullhead School District, and others. Also includes some correspondence, clippings, and printed materials. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Oklahoma, 1976Hearing materials relate to the Ottawa Indian tribe; the Modoc tribe; the Seneca Indian School in Wyandotte, Okla.; Broken Arrow Schools in Broken Arrow, Okla.; and American Indian communities in the city of Tulsa, Okla. |
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Hearings and supporting documents: Oregon, 1971-1976Correspondence related to the Chemawa Indian School, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, and a "State Directory of Indian Education Programs, Organizations, and Agencies." Does not include hearing transcripts. |
Folder 140-145
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Hearings and supporting documents: South Dakota, 1972-1976Hearing materials relate to the Winner Independent School District, Standing Rock Sioux tribe, the Ogala Sioux tribe, the South Dakota Indian Education Association, the Title IV (A) Lakota Wawokiye Project of Rapid City, S.D., the Bullhead School Board, the Flandreau Indian School, and others. Also contains assorted materials from the Flandreau Indian School, a federally operated off-reservation boarding school in Flandreau, S.D., including a 1975 yearbook, student handbook, and other printed items, correspondence, administrative reports, and clippings. |
| Folder 146 |
Hearings and supporting documents: Virginia, 1976Photocopied clippings and written statement related to the Rappahannock tribe of the Powhatan Confederacy in Virginia. Does not contain hearing transcripts. |
Folder 147-155
Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155 |
Hearings and supporting documents: Washington, 1976Hearing materials relate to the Blackfeet, Sioux, Nez Perce, Steilacoom, Makah, Cowlitz, and Colville Confederated tribes, Advocates for Indian Education, the Spokane Native American Project, the State of Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction, the administration of Title IV in various school districts, the Pacific Northwest Reading and Language Development Program, the Native American Center of Spokane, Wash., and others. Also contains correspondence, written statements, printed items, and administrative memoranda and reports. |
Folder 156-158
Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158 |
Hearings and supporting documents: Washington, D.C., 1976Transcript of hearing by the Task Force on Indian Education of the American Indian Policy Review Commission, 21 June 1976. Includes statements from speakers involved in education policy and representatives of various Indian controlled schools. |
| Folder 159 |
Survey materials: Public school State Department survey, 1976Correspondence regarding a survey of public school superintendents and national groups that represent them, conducted by the Indian Education Task Force. |
Folder 160-166
Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166 |
Survey materials: Responses, 1976Correspondence and responses to surveys conducted by the Indian Education Task Force of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. Also includes scattered printed items and reports. |
Folder 167-170
Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170 |
Survey materials: Indian Education Advisory Committee responses, 1976Correspondence and responses to surveys conducted by the Indian Education Task Force of the American Indian Policy Review Commission and relating to various local area Indian Education Advisory Committees throughout the United States. |
| Folder 171 |
Field activities: Individual needs statements, 1976Handwritten notes regarding needs statements presented by representatives of different tribes throughout the United States testifying before various task forces. |
| Folder 172 |
Navajo education special report, circa 1976Notes and draft of a special report on Navajo education for the American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force on Education. |
| Folder 173 |
Task Force on Terminated and Non-federally Recognized Tribes, 3 June 1976Third Quarterly Report of Task Force #10. |
Folder 174-176
Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176 |
Task force review and analysis of field hearings, 1976Notes, charts, and drafts of reports reflecting analysis of field hearings conducted by the American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force on Indian Education, and a review of the task force. |
Folder 177-180
Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180 |
Final report, 1976Correspondence, drafts, and final report reflecting research conducted by the Task Force on Indian Education and submitted to the American Indian Policy Review Commission, 2 September 1976. |
| Folder 181 |
Final report of the Indian Education Task Force: Alaska, 1976Typed special report by Laurel L. Bland, Ph.D. |
| Folder 182 |
Report appendices, 1976Appendices to Final Report of the Indian Education Task Force #5 . |
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Subseries 2.2 Other Indian Education Policy Files, 1968-2007 (bulk 1968-1990).
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Research notes, clippings, printed items, correspondence, publications, reports, hearing transcriptions, and research materials related to education, community development, and social welfare policies for American Indian communities. Materials were created or collected by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck during her work with the National Indian Education Association, the Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards, the John Hay Whitney Foundation, the National Commission for the International Year of the Child, the White House Conference on Children and Youth, the Save the Children Foundation, and Head Start.
Folder 183-187
Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187 |
Commissioner of Indian Affairs annual reports, 1940-1968Copied annual reports from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Secretary of the Interior. |
Folder 188-189
Folder 188Folder 189 |
Meetings and policy statements, 1968-1970Correspondence, meeting announcements, and policy statements from the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; and the National Congress on American Indians. |
| Folder 190 |
Background materials on Louis R. Bruce, 1969Materials related to the hearing for the nomination of Louis R. Bruce as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, including clippings, writings by Bruce, and edited drafts of Bruce's hearing statement with notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
| Folder 191 |
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1969Press release and correspondence related to the hiring of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck in the Office of Programs for the Disadvantaged, as director of Education for American Indians Unit. |
| Folder 192 |
White House Conference on Children: Report to the President, 1970Bound report, submitted by Stephen Hess, National Chairman of the White House Conference on Children, to President Richard Nixon. Report is annotated by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
Folder 193-196
Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196 |
National Indian Education Association, 1972-1974Financial reports, meeting minutes, and other administrative documents. Also included are grant proposals and reports on education initiatives in American Indian communities around the United States, as well as isolated printed items. |
| Folder 197 |
Indian education, circa 1972Drafted pages and research notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. Also includes a printed report from the United Scholarship Service Inc. about American Indian education. |
Folder 198-200
Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200 |
Indian education: Research materials, 1973Copied articles, reports, and printed items, including the Education Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law; Famous Indians: A Collection of Short Biographies; and the Indian Legal Information Development Service . |
| Folder 201 |
Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University materials, 1973-1974Proposals, reports, and correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and others at the Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards and Karl T. Hereford, Dean of the College of Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and others regarding development of the Graduate Training Program for Native American School Directors. |
Folder 202-203
Folder 202Folder 203 |
"The Executive and Legislative Basis for Educating Indians," 1974Typed copy of "The Executive and Legislative Basis for Educating Indians: A Reference Document," by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
| Folder 204 |
Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards: Book, 1974Research notes, outlines, correspondence, clippings, printed items, and assorted research materials related to a book about "Education by Indian People" proposed by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
| Folder 205 |
Bureau of Indian Affairs Request for Proposals, 1974-1975Copied memo from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson to area directors of Indian education programs, inviting proposals to participate in the Concentrated Management Development Training Program for ten selected tribal governments. |
| Folder 206 |
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 1974Copies of S-1017, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and notes related to a statement Helen Maynor Scheirbeck made before the Senate Subcommittee on Indian Affairs. |
Folder 207-208
Folder 207Folder 208 |
Final reports to National Indian Education Association and Bureau of Indian AffairsLegislative analysis report on Public Law 93-638, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. |
Folder 209-210
Folder 209Folder 210 |
Indian Self-Determination Act: Scheirbeck Report, 1975Report written by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck in response to Public Law 93-638, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. |
| Folder 211 |
John Hay Whitney Foundation materials, 1974-1977Correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and Esther Raushenbush and other administrative personnel of the John Hay Whitney Foundation, regarding the planning, execution, and publishing of a report from an Indian Education Policy and Finance Inquiry. Also includes isolated meeting and research notes. |
Folder 212-213
Folder 212Folder 213 |
John Hay Whitney Foundation reports, 1975Correspondence and edited drafts of report by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, titled "The Educational System of the Five Civilized Tribes." |
| Folder 214 |
"The Educational System of the Five Civilized Tribes," 1975Report written by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and prepared for the John Hay Whitney Foundation. |
| Folder 215 |
Head Start, 1975Administrative materials, memoranda, and an annotated draft of report by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, "Report and Recommendations for a National Indian Education Commission." |
| Folder 216 |
"Report and Recommendations for a National Indian Education Commission," 1975Typed and handwritten drafts of report written by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
Folder 217-218
Folder 217Folder 218 |
History of American Indian Higher Education, 1975-1976Drafts of a report titled "A History of American Indian Higher Education." Also includes isolated correspondence and research materials. |
| Folder 219 |
Office of Native American Programs Proposal, 1976Proposal for the provision of an Indian legal curriculum and training project for ten tribes, prepared by the Office of Native American Programs and presented to the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. |
Folder 220-224
Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224 |
Indian education: Off-reservation boarding school study, 1976Drafted pages and research notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. Also includes a printed draft of "Off-Reservation Boarding School Survey," by Dr. George W. Underwood. |
| Folder 225 |
Directories of Indian organizations and programs, 1978 |
| Folder 226 |
Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards, 1978Reports, meeting agendas, and printed items. |
| Folder 227 |
National Indian Child Conference, 1978 |
| Folder 228 |
"Policy Making in a Crucible: The Federal Experience in Indian Education," 1979 |
Folder 229-231
Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231 |
International Year of the Child, 1979-1980Chiefly administrative correspondence, memoranda, and reports related to the work of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck with the United States National Commission on the International Year of the Child, particularly in relation to a working group on the needs of minority children. Also includes bound copy of 1980 Report to the President, United States National Commission on the International Year of the Child. |
Folder 232-236
Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236 |
Indian Definition Study, United States Department of Education, 1979-1980Correspondence, research materials, and drafts of a report on the Indian Definition Study by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, regarding the Indian Education Act and its definition of the term "Indian," as it pertains to efforts to gain federal recognition and to determine eligibility for federal assistance for Indian tribes. Includes work plan for the study, progress updates, and transcribed hearings, as well as correspondence and logistical materials related to a hearing in Raleigh, N.C., 4 January 1980. |
| Folder 237 |
Scheirbeck notes on the Indian Definition Study, 1979Bound notebook with research and meeting notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
| Folder 238 |
"Revised Report on the Definition of Indian," 1982Report compiled by Secretary of Education T.H. Bell and sent to Helen Maynor Scheirbeck with comments from Ruth Woods Dial. |
| Folder 239 |
Robert K. Thomas report to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, circa 1980-1981Typed report titled "Report on Indian Groups in Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Adjoining Areas." |
| Folder 240 |
Indian Health Legislation Comprehensive Care hearings, 1980 |
Folder 241-244
Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244 |
White House Conference for Children and Youth, 1981Report labeled "Briefing materials illustrating work to date of Program Development Office," from Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, Director of Program Development, to Richard Eyre, Executive Director of the White House Conference for Children and Youth. Report outlines the development of the program to address economic, educational, environmental, health, legal, employment, and other issues affecting children in the United States. |
| Folder 245 |
Navajo Academy, 1981-1982Correspondence and printed items related to the Navajo Mission Academy in Farmington, N.M. |
| Folder 246 |
North Carolina Indian education policy research, circa 1891-1928Photocopies of historic documents related to "Normal Schools" and the education of American Indians and African Americans in North Carolina. Includes correspondence and statements related to the Cherokee Indian Normal School, later referred to as the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. |
| Folder 247 |
North Carolina Indian education policy research: North Carolina Division of Indian Education, 1977-1978Assorted charts and a position paper as part of an assessment of educational benefits for Indian students in North Carolina conducted by the Division of Indian Education in the State Department of Public Instruction. |
| Folder 248 |
North Carolina Indian education policy research, circa 1981Notes and clippings related to education of American Indians in Cumberland County, N.C., schools. Also contains an outline of "State and Local Policy Affecting the Public Education of Indians in North Carolina: A Case Study." |
Folder 249-251
Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251 |
Save the Children memoranda, 1983-1986Internal office correspondence reflecting Helen Maynor Scheirbeck's work as regional director of the American Indian Nations Region for the Save the Children Foundation. |
| Folder 252 |
Director of Indian Education letters, 1984Correspondence related to Helen Maynor Scheirbeck's application for the position of director of Indian Education Programs in the United States Department of Education. Includes a letter from Strom Thurmond regarding his letter of recommendation for Scheirbeck. |
| Folder 253 |
Administration for Native Americans (ANA) financial reports, 1989-1992Annual financial reports outlining financial assistance grants awarded by the Administration for Native Americans to federally recognized and non-federally recognized American Indian tribes, as well as other loans and expenditures made by the ANA. Also includes isolated correspondence between Congressman Charlie Rose and Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Jo Anne B. Barnhart in the Department of Health and Human Services, regarding hiring and grant award practices in the ANA. |
| Folder 254 |
National Advisory Council on Indian Education, 1972-1986Correspondence, policy statements, and printed reports related to the work of the Advisory Council on Indian Education, a group appointed to oversee and advocate for Indian education as part of the Indian Education Act of 1972. |
Folder 255-258
Folder 255Folder 256Folder 257Folder 258 |
National Advisory Council on Indian Education, 1987-1991Meeting minutes, by-laws, reports, memoranda, and other administrative documents. |
Folder 259-262
Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262 |
National Advisory Council on Indian Education: General files, 1965-1992 (bulk 1988-1992)Clippings from various national newspapers, copies of legal files, correspondence, printed items, proposals, and reports regarding American Indian education and the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. Many clippings and correspondence relate to the termination of Lumbee Indian Jo Jo Hunt as executive director of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education in 1991. Also includes administrative documents and meeting minutes of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. |
Folder 263-264
Folder 263Folder 264 |
National Advisory Council on Indian Education: Full council meeting, 1991 and 1992Bound meeting minutes and reports from the full council meeting of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education in Washington, D.C., 21 January 1992. |
Folder 265-266
Folder 265Folder 266 |
Lumbee Regional Development Association Head Start program, 1993-1994Correspondence, memoranda, and administrative reports related to issues in the operation of the Lumbee Regional Development Association's Head Start program. Correspondence reflects Helen Maynor Scheirbeck's role as a staff member of the Office of Head Start, and the Lumbee Regional Development Association as a grantee of the Head Start Fund. Includes a management assessment of the program by an external reviewer. |
| Folder 267 |
Head Start grantees meeting, 2007Also includes a bound information packet for the 2007 Head Start Higher Education Grantees Meeting. |
Folder 268-269
Folder 268Folder 269 |
Ogala Sioux Culture CenterCurriculum materials resource unit titled Ehanni Ohunkakan, prepared by Ogala Sioux Culture Center at Red Cloud Indian School Inc. in Pine Ridge, S.D. Includes illustrations and folk stories. |
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Series 3. Lumbee and Eastern American Indians, 1975-2007.
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Correspondence, reports, clippings, grant proposals, and other administrative, financial, and research materials related to the work of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck in various non-governmental organizations concerned with the rights and needs of the Lumbee Indian tribe in North Carolina, and other American Indian tribes in North Carolina and the eastern United States.
Series 3.1 Lumbee Education and Federal Recognition Files contains materials related to efforts to develop education programs and to gain federal recognition for the Lumbee Indian tribe in North Carolina, including research files on education policy, legal issues, and past efforts to gain federal recognition for the Lumbee and other American Indian tribes who have sought federal recognition.
Series 3.2 Indian Information Project and Related Organizations contains materials relating to the evolution and activities of the Lumbee Regional Development Association, the Indian Information Project, and the United Indians of America. United Indians of America materials are focused on American Indian tribes in the eastern United States, particularly in Virginia.
Series 3.3 North Carolina Indian Cultural Center documents the planning, construction, fundraising, and operations of the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center (NCICC), a community center and cultural heritage site in Pembroke, N.C., where Helen Maynor Scheirbeck served as director, 1987-1990, and was involved in the development of the Pathways/Lifepath youth leadership program, 1993-1994, the planning and construction of the NCICC complex, 1994-1995, and the board of directors, 1993-2002.
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Subseries 3.1 Lumbee Education and Federal Recognition Files, 1975-2007.
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Research materials, correspondence, administrative reports, and other materials related to efforts to develop education programs and to gain federal recognition for the Lumbee Indian tribe in North Carolina. Research files document education policy and programs, segregation, language, tribal roll, legal issues, and past efforts to gain federal recognition for the Lumbee tribe, as well as relevant information from other American Indian tribes who have sought federal recognition. Education files contain materials related to the Robeson County Compensatory Indian Education Project, including project plans, reports, and correspondence with the project's director Ruth Dial Woods. Other correspondence and administrative files relate to organizations and projects connected to development and recognition efforts for the Lumbee tribe. Also included is a music album I'm Proud to be a Lumbee by Willie French Lowery, which was produced for the Lumbee Regional Development Association Inc.
Series includes photocopies of materials dating from 1837.
Folder 270-271
Folder 270Folder 271 |
Lumbee research materials: Education, 1876-1957Printed copies of correspondence and reports from the superintendent of public instruction of North Carolina. |
Folder 272-273
Folder 272Folder 273 |
Lumbee research materials: American Indian Policy Review Commission, 1976Copies of materials gathered from various Indian groups in North Carolina, mostly related to Indian education, economic development, and tribal histories, to present to the American Indian Policy Review Commission. Includes transcript of a hearing before the American Indian Policy Review Commission, 1976. |
| Folder 274 |
Lumbee research materials: Segregation, 1954 and 1976Correspondence regarding exclusion of American Indians in the "minority presence" scholarship program at the University of North Carolina. Also includes bound 1954 copy of Brown v. Board of Education. |
| Folder 275 |
Lumbee research materials: Pembroke State College for IndiansCopies of correspondence and archival records regarding the Pembroke State College for Indians, now known as the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. |
Folder 276-279
Folder 276Folder 277Folder 278Folder 279 |
Lumbee research materials: Cherokee Indian Normal SchoolCopies of correspondence and archival records regarding the Cherokee Indian Normal School of Robeson County, now known as the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. |
| Folder 280 |
Lumbee research materials: Education writings and clippings, 1964-1974Photocopied news clippings and isolated essays about education in Lumbee and other North Carolina and American Indian communities. |
| Folder 281 |
Lumbee research materials: North Carolina Indian education lawsCopies of laws regulating education of Indians in North Carolina. |
| Folder 282 |
Lumbee research materials: Legal status, 1915-1971Copies of correspondence and legislative documents related to the legal status of Lumbee Indians. |
| Folder 283 |
Lumbee research materials: "Legal History of Lumbee Indians, the State of North Carolina, and the United States Congress," circa 1975 |
| Folder 284 |
Lumbee research materials: Testimony for American Indian Policy Review Commission by Waccamaw Siouan Indian tribe, Bolton, N.C., 1976Typed, annotated statement for American Indian Policy Review Commission Task Force on Indian Education hearings. |
| Folder 285 |
Lumbee research materials: Court documents, 1837-1972Copies of court records relating to Lumbee Indians. |
Folder 286-287
Folder 286Folder 287 |
Lumbee research materials: Legislation, July 1977-June 1978Correspondence and copies of legislation sent from Attorney General Rufus Edmisten and Assistant Attorney General Jo Anne Sanford, regarding recognition of Indian tribes in North Carolina. Also includes clipping of "An Open Letter on N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs" by Ruth Dial Woods, and other materials related to the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs. |
Folder 288-290
Folder 288Folder 289Folder 290 |
Lumbee research materials: Indians of Robeson County, 1885-1953Chiefly copies of legislative documents related to the treatment and legal status of Indian Americans in Robeson County, N.C. |
Folder 291-292
Folder 291Folder 292 |
Lumbee research materials: Origins, 1978-1979Correspondence and research materials regarding the origins of Lumbee Indians. |
| Folder 293 |
Lumbee research materials: Lost Colony, circa 1907-1976Photocopied book excerpts and writings about the Lost Colony and Croatan Indians of Roanoke Island, N.C. |
| Folder 294 |
Lumbee research materials: Clippings, 1980s |
Folder 295-300
Folder 295Folder 296Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299Folder 300 |
Lumbee research materials: General, 1982Photocopied archival records and drafts of a bibliography and literature review created by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
Folder 301-304
Folder 301Folder 302Folder 303Folder 304 |
Lumbee research materials: Lumbee languageDraft of a report on the Lumbee language. |
| Folder 305 |
Lumbee research materials: Michigan Indian education, 1980Clippings, correspondence, and a legal brief related to the recognition of Lumbee Indians living in Michigan, for the purpose of receiving free college tuition. |
| Folder 306 |
Lumbee research materials: Haliwa Indians, 1982Notes, copies of archival documents and census records and other research materials and documents related to efforts to gain federal recognition of Haliwa tribe of North Carolina. |
| Folder 307 |
Lumbee research materials: Meherrin Indians, 1983Correspondence related to the Meherrin tribe's efforts to gain recognition from the state of North Carolina. |
Folder 308-309
Folder 308Folder 309 |
Lumbee Indian Education Program, 1973-1979Chiefly grant proposals and project progress updates from the Lumbee Regional Development Association regarding the Lumbee Indian Education Program, which was associated with the Robeson County Compensatory Indian Education Project and funded by the Office of Indian Education in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Also includes materials related to the music album I'm Proud to be a Lumbee by Willie French Lowery, including a blank order form and booklet with song lyrics and descriptions. |
| Audiodisc D-05526/1 |
Willie French Lowery, Proud to Be A Lumbee, circa 1979LP record Produced for the Lumbee Regional Development Association Inc. as part of the Lumbee Indian Education Program. |
| Folder 310 |
Robeson County Compensatory Indian Education Project: Indian Parent Committees, 1977-1978Correspondence and related materials documenting Helen Maynor Scheirbeck's work as a consultant for various Indian Parent Committees concerned with the work of the Robeson County Compensatory Indian Education Project. |
Folder 311-312
Folder 311Folder 312 |
Robeson County Compensatory Indian Education Project, 1978-1979Book of collected materials developed by Linda Skinner for Robeson County Schools from an American Indian culture curriculum workshop, and an issue of education magazine, Phi Delta Kappan. |
| Folder 313 |
Robeson County Compensatory Indian Education Project: Evaluation report and related materials, 1978-1979Reports on the Lumbee Indian Education Program and other Lumbee education issues in Robeson County, N.C. Includes a bound final report and project evaluation from the Robeson County Compensatory Indian Education Project, and copies of correspondence from its director Ruth Dial Woods. |
| Folder 314 |
Robeson County Compensatory Indian Education Project: Ruth Dial Woods correspondence, 1978-1982Correspondence with the director of Robeson County Compensatory Indian Education Project. |
Folder 315-316
Folder 315Folder 316 |
Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1971-1976Correspondence and administrative documents, including incorporation papers, by-laws, and board of directors meeting agendas. |
Folder 317-318
Folder 317Folder 318 |
Coalition of Eastern Native Americans, 1974Financial, mission, functional, and organizational statements; also includes conference information, isolated correspondence, and completed surveys related to the needs of American Indians east of the Mississippi River. |
| Folder 319 |
Old Main study, 1974Bound feasability study for renovation of "Old Main," a historic building of importance to the Lumbee community at Pembroke State University, also known as the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The study was conducted by the Community Development Group at the North Carolina State University School of Design, August 1974, and funded by a grant from the Old Main Commission, in cooperation with the Lumbee Regional Development Association and the Coastal Plains Regional Commission. |
| Folder 320 |
Lumbee Homecoming, 1975 and 1986Printed programs for Lumbee homecoming event in Pembroke, N.C., sponsored by the Lumbee Regional Development Association, Inc. |
| Folder 321 |
Indian Rights Association, 1973Letter from Theodore B. Hetzel of the Indian Rights Association, with a copy of the association's May 1973 "Indian Truth" newsletter. |
Folder 322-327
Folder 322Folder 323Folder 324Folder 325Folder 326Folder 327 |
Lumbee tribal roll, 1977-1980Correspondence, notes, and reports. |
Folder 328-329
Folder 328Folder 329 |
Lumbee tribal roll: Background materialsDrafts of reports and research materials regarding the development of a Lumbee tribal roll or census as part of efforts to gain federal recognition. |
| Folder 330 |
North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs, 1977-1978Copies of legislation. |
| Folder 331 |
Indian Rights Association: "Indian Truth" newsletters, 1977 and 1982 |
| Folder 332 |
Indian Rights Association, 1980-1984Grant proposal from Indian Information Project, a 1981 written report "Federal Recognition of Indian Tribes: An Analysis of the Process and its Alternatives" by the Indian Information Project and the Indian Rights Association, and correspondence and printed items related to the Indian Rights Association's centennial year celebration in 1982. Also includes copies of Indian Truth newsletter, 1980-1984. |
| Folder 333 |
Indian Rights Association: Scheirbeck education article, 1981Letters from editors of the Indian Rights Association newsletter regarding an article, "Developments in Indian Education," written by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck for the Indian Rights Association centennial anthology. Also includes article by Scheirbeck, "Retrospect and Prospect: The Past, Present, and Future for Indian Women." |
| Folder 334 |
North Carolina Indian Policy Conference, 1981Correspondence, notes, and printed items related to a presentation by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck at the 1981 North Carolina Indian Policy Conference. |
| Folder 335 |
Native American Archives Project, 1983Correspondence chiefly between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and David Wilkins regarding archival research education workshops at the the 1983 Tribal Archives Conference, organized by the Native American Archives Project, a consortium through the Society of American Archivists. |
| Folder 336 |
Lumbee oral history project, 1983Proposal, correspondence, and notes related to a Lumbee oral history project in schools in Robeson County, N.C. |
Folder 337-352
Folder 337Folder 338Folder 339Folder 340Folder 341Folder 342Folder 343Folder 344Folder 345Folder 346Folder 347Folder 348Folder 349Folder 350Folder 351Folder 352 |
Lumbee recognition files, 1935-1995Research materials, correspondence, clippings, and administrative and legislative reports related to efforts to gain federal recognition. |
Folder 353-354
Folder 353Folder 354 |
Proposed amendment to Lumbee Act, 1974Copies of legislative documents, correspondence, legal briefs, background materials, and notes regarding a proposed amendment to the Lumbee Act, H.R. 12116. |
| Folder 355 |
Lumbee Indians and federal funding, 1975Photocopied correspondence and a report. |
| Folder 356 |
Lumbee acknowledgement hearing, 1988-1989Legislative and professional correspondence regarding the petition for Lumbee recognition. Includes briefing book on 1988 hearing for Lumbee recognition conducted by Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other copied legislative documents. |
| Folder 357 |
Lumbee recognition, 1995-2007Correspondence, clippings, and research notes. |
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Subseries 3.2 Indian Information Project and Related Organizations, 1976-1994.
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Correspondence, clippings, grant proposals, and other administrative, financial, and research materials relating to the evolution and activities of the Lumbee Regional Development Association (LRDA), the Indian Information Project (IIP), and the United Indians of America (UIA). The IIP developed as a component of the LRDA, and the UIA developed as an extension of the IIP as a related organization. The IIP and UIA served as advocacy, information, and dissemination offices concerning the rights and needs of American Indians in the eastern United States. UIA materials document conferences and projects focused on eastern American Indian tribes, particularly in Virginia.
Series includes photocopies of materials dating from 1650.
Folder 358-359
Folder 358Folder 359 |
Lumbee Regional Development Association: Reports, 1976-1979 |
| Folder 360 |
Lumbee Regional Development Association: "Project I.D.," 1978Funding proposal for creating a workshop of women leaders in American Indian communities, including Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, titled "Project I.D. (Identity): Women in Action to Preserve and Protect Their Identity." |
Folder 361-367
Folder 361Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366Folder 367 |
Indian Information Project: Correspondence, 1980-1984 (bulk 1981-1982)Chiefly copies of letters from Helen Maynor Scheirbeck regarding funding, projects, and legislation related to the Indian Information Project and other issues concerning American Indians in the eastern United States. Correspondence often deals with Indian Information Project proposals for new funding sources, internal administrative operations, and efforts to gain state or federal recognition for American Indian communities east of the Mississippi River. Includes a mass letter from the Indian Information Project, 24 May 1982, and accompanying responses to IIP efforts to organize protests of the Reagan White House Indian Policy Statement, arguing that the policy ignores American Indians not living on federal reservations. |
Folder 368-369
Folder 368Folder 369 |
Indian Information Project: Financial materials, 1980-1985Checks, bank statements, and receipts documenting expenses of the Indian Information Project. Also includes isolated correspondence, printed items, and bills related to fundraising activities of the Indian Information Project. |
| Folder 370 |
Other funding for Indian Information Project, 1981-1983Correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and staff and executive directors of the New World Foundation, the Youth Project and Tribal Sovereignty Program, the Public Welfare Foundation, and the Field Foundation related to grant proposals submitted by Scheirbeck for the Indian Information Project. |
| Folder 371 |
Other United Methodist Groups, 1981-1983Correspondence, notes, and reports related to ongoing activities and funding of projects in the Indian Information Project by other groups in the United Methodist Church. Includes copies of grant proposal for project "Eastern American Indians: Recognition through Self-Determination." Includes materials from the National Fellowship of Indian Workers, and the Joint Strategy and Action Committee of the Indian Ministries Task Force. |
| Folder 372 |
Indian Information Project: Administrative files, 1981Memoranda, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, and other administrative files related to the internal operations of the Indian Information Project. |
| Folder 373 |
Indian Information Project: Personnel, 1981-1982Correspondence, resumes, and contracts for staff, volunteers, and consultants. |
| Folder 374 |
Indian Information Project budget, 1981Handwritten notes. |
| Folder 375 |
Indian Information Project: "Pig-Pickin'" event, 1981Press release and planning notes for fundraising event. |
Folder 376-379
Folder 376Folder 377Folder 378Folder 379 |
Commission on Race and Religion,1981-1984Correspondence, grant proposal, and progress reports on grant from the United Methodist Church Commission on Race and Religion for a project titled "Recognition through Self-Determination," created by the Indian Information Project. The project was accepted for funding through the Minority Group Self-Determination Fund of the United Methodist Church. Materials include correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, project director at the Indian Information Project, and Woodie W. White, general secretary of the Commission on Race and Religion, and progress reports sent from the Indian Information Project to the Commission on Race and Religion. |
| Folder 380 |
Indian Information Project: Outreach and programming, 1982Correspondence, clippings, and printed items, including event announcements and invitations, related to programming and outreach activities conducted by the Indian Information Project. Includes Redliner newsletter, Spring-Summer 1982, and program for a conference hosted by the Indian Information Project, "Survival Strategies for Eastern American Indians in the 1980s." |
| Folder 381 |
Lumbee River Center for the Arts evaluation, 1983Evaluation written by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck; also includes correspondence and isolated clippings. |
| Folder 382 |
White House Indian Policy, 1983Copies of Indian Policy Statement from the White House press secretary, and correspondence and written statements of politicians, the Indian Information Project, and the Lumbee Regional Development Association, in response to the White House policy statement. Includes correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and various congressmen and senators, including Senators Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond. |
| Folder 383 |
United Indians of America, 1978-1989Correspondence and official documents related to the corporate status of United Indians of America Inc. |
| Folder 384 |
United Indians of America: Correspondence, 1982-1989Professional correspondence of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck in her role as project advisor at the United Indians of America, chiefly with leaders of American Indian communities, regarding financial support of summer camp organized by the United Indians of America, subscriptions to the newsletter Redliner, and other tribal concerns. |
Folder 385-388
Folder 385Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388 |
United Indians of America: Proposals, 1982-1987Drafts of various grant proposals, official proposal forms, correspondence, and printed items related to proposals submitted by the United Indians of America. |
| Folder 389 |
Recorded publications, 1983-1984Correspondence, notes, and receipts related to the creation of a recording titled Eastern American Indian Legends for the United Indians of America. Includes guides to American Indian music resources in the Library of Congress American Folklife Center. |
Folder 390-394
Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394 |
Eastern American Indian Festival, 1983-1985Correspondence, planning notes, invoices, and printed items, including programs, promotional fliers, maps, and press releases, for the Eastern American Indian Festival in Alexandria, Va. |
| Folder 395 |
United Indians of America: Financial materials, 1985-1989 |
Folder 396-397
Folder 396Folder 397 |
United Indians of America: Board of directors, 1986 and 1989Agenda and supplemental materials. |
| Folder 398 |
Eastern American Indian Conference, 1987Conference program, planning notes, certificates of participation, and copies of "Indian Credo" created by Tommie Dial. |
| Folder 399 |
United Indians of America: Youth proposals, 1988Federal assistance proposal submitted by the United Indians of America to fund proposed Business Development for Native American Youth Project. |
Folder 400-401
Folder 400Folder 401 |
United Indians of America: Legends, undatedPhotocopied folk tales of different American Indian tribes, annotated with notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
Folder 402-403
Folder 402Folder 403 |
New Jersey Indians, 1976, 1982-1984Printed items and correspondence related to the Lenape (also known as the Delaware) tribe in New Jersey. |
Folder 404-405
Folder 404Folder 405 |
South Carolina Indians, 1979-1987Correspondence and reports related to the Council of Native Americans of South Carolina. |
| Folder 406 |
South Carolina state order on Indian Heritage Week, 1986Copy of Executive Order No. 86-24 establishing the Palmetto Indian Affairs Commission in the State of South Carolina. |
Folder 407-408
Folder 407Folder 408 |
Virginia and eastern Indians materials, 1988Correspondence and memoranda related to the United Indians of America's work with American Indian groups in Virginia and with other eastern American Indian preservation and advancement projects. Also contains a copied draft of the "Bibliography of Resources on Native Americans in Virginia." |
| Folder 409 |
United Indians of Virginia: "Powhatan Tribes", circa 1990 |
| Folder 410 |
Virginia Indians research, 1977-1996Chiefly correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and Wes White, also referred to as Wes Taukchiray, who performed research in archival collections of American Indian materials. Also includes two black-and-white photographs printed by the North Carolina Museum of History in 1977. One image is of 2 Indigenous people hauling wood in a cattle-drawn cart; the second image is of an Indigenous family of 4 in front of a log cabin house/structure. |
| Folder 411 |
Virginia Indian legislation, 1650-1970Photocopies of historic legislative documents, including laws and Acts of Assembly, related to the treatment of American Indians in Virginia. |
| Folder 412 |
Virginia Indian recognition, 1982Notes related to efforts to gain recognition of American Indian tribes in the state of Virginia. Includes minutes of the 1982 Joint Subcommitee Studying Relationships Between State and Indian Tribes. |
Folder 413-415
Folder 413Folder 414Folder 415 |
Virginia Indian bibliography and conference materials, 1987Correspondence, research, and project proposal materials related to American Indian tribes in Virginia, including the Nansemond tribe, presented or created for the conference "Virginia's Indians: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow," at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., 3-4 April 1987. Also includes letters of thanks sent to conference presenters from Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, in her role as project coordinator at United Indians of America Inc. in Alexandria, Va. According to Scheirbeck's correspondence, the purpose of the conference was to bring together scholars and leaders from various tribes in Virginia "to discuss ways to improve the interpretation of the history and contributions of Virginia Indians in the Commonwealth's textbooks." Also includes correspondence and proposal materials for a bibliography of resources on Virginia Indians. |
| Folder 416 |
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, 1987Notes, financial materials, outlines, grant proposal forms, and related materials from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. |
| Folder 417 |
Virginia Foundation on Humanities: Hampton Project, 1988Printed items, correspondence, clippings, exhibition text drafts, and research materials related to an exhibition on American Indian education at the Hampton Institute at Hampton University in Hampton, Va. Helen Maynor Scheirbeck contributed to the exhibition as research consultant, catalogue author, and project advisor. Also includes reports from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. |
Folder 418-421
Folder 418Folder 419Folder 420Folder 421 |
Virginia Indian bibliography project, 1988-1990Grant application, correspondence, research notes, clippings, and printed items related to the development of "a historical bibliography of Virginia Indian materials." Efforts to develop the bibliography were led by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck in her role as chair of United Indians of America Inc., along with advisor Kathy McKee and board member Robert Williamson. Includes 1985 guide to "Manuscripts at the National Anthropological Archives: Virginia Indian References," with typed lists of indexed manuscript collections held at the National Anthropological Archives in the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution. |
| Folder 422 |
Virginia Indian bibliography draft, 1989 |
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Subseries 3.3 North Carolina Indian Cultural Center, 1981-2002.
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Correspondence, strategic planning documents, financial reports, and printed items related to the planning, construction, fundraising, and operations of the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center (NCICC), a community center and cultural heritage site in Pembroke, N.C. Helen Maynor Scheirbeck served as director of the NCICC, 1987-1990, was involved in the development of the Pathways/Lifepath youth cultural literacy and leadership program, 1993-1994, was a member of the Developer Committee for the planning and construction of the NCICC Complex, 1994-1995, and was a member of the board of directors, 1993-2002.
| Folder 423 |
"A Feasability Study and Concept Plan for the North Carolida Indian Cultural-Tourist Center," 1981Bound report prepared by Wilbur Smith and Associates for the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs. |
| Folder 424 |
Master plan, 1988Bound master plan for architectural design of North Carolina Indian Cultural Center. |
| Folder 425 |
Indian Village Complex, 1990Draft of narrative for grant proposal to support construction of an Indian Village as part of the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center Complex. |
| Folder 426 |
Planning documents, 1990-1994Outline and formal reports of a strategic plan, market analysis, and "interpretive prospectus" for the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center, prepared for the NCICC by external consultants. |
| Folder 427 |
Annual reports, 1990-1994Printed booklets circulated to Friends of the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center donors. |
| Folder 428 |
By-laws, 1991 and 1993 |
| Folder 429 |
State legislation, 1991-1995Copies of Senate Bill 774 approving funding for improvements to North Carolina Indian Cultural Center site, as well as other legislation relating to the NCICC. |
Folder 430-437
Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433Folder 434Folder 435Folder 436Folder 437 |
Board of Directors materials, 1993-2002Correspondence, fundraising materials, promotional materials, and meeting agendas. |
| Folder 438 |
Pathways/Lifepath Program, 1993-1994Correspondence, meeting notes, program outlines, and other planning materials related to the Pathways/Lifepath program, designed as a summer program for developing North Carolina Indian cultural literacy and leadership in young people. Planning materials include budgets, timetables for program development, and drafts of program descriptions. |
| Folder 439 |
Financial reports, 1994-1995 |
| Folder 440 |
Fundraising and public relations, 1994Press releases, mailings, brochures, and survey materials sent by board of directors to potential donors for a North Carolina Indian Cultural Center fundraising campaign. |
| Folder 441 |
Friends of the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center, 1994Newsletter, meeting notes, and correspondence, including announcement that former North Carolina Governors Terry Sanford, James Holshouser, and Robert Scott were named honorary co-chairs of the Friends of the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center. |
| Folder 442 |
Correspondence and related materials, 1994Correspondence relates to land lease, design and construction plans, fundraising, and budget issues in the development of the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center Complex and NCICC Fund. Also includes scattered meeting notes and budget proposal outlines. |
| Folder 443 |
Developers Committee, 1994-1995Correspondence, meeting minutes, budgets, project outlines, and work plans created by the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center Developers Committee, a group dedicated to overseeing the planning and construction of the NCICC Complex. |
| Folder 444 |
Indian Unity Conference, 1995 and 1998Conference programs for North Carolina Indian Unity Conference, sponsored by the United Tribes of North Carolina. |
| Folder 445 |
"Go Native in North Carolina," 1998Bound report titled "A Native American Cultural Center for North Carolina: Project Identification Analysis, 'Go Native in North Carolina.'" Project analysis prepared for the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center by consulting group Rural Economic Development Inc. includes an overview of the NCICC's operations and expenses, recommended actions, projected costs, and prospective returns on investment. |
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Series 4. National Museum of the American Indian, 1990-2007.
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Correspondence, legislative materials, memoranda, and reports and outlines of program development plans for the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) at the Smithsonian Museum. Also includes scattered printed items and one wooden plaque. Materials reflect the involvement of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck with the NMAI as a trustee and as director of Public Programs, 1987-2007.
| Folder 446 |
Legislation and related materials, 1987-1989Materials related to the establishment of the National Museum of the American Indian. Includes a copy of S. 1722, the National American Indian Museum and Memorial Act, and H.R. 2668, a bill to authorize the establishment of the museum, 15 June 1989. Correspondence includes Senate memoranda and other communications about the legislation and establishment of the museum. |
| Folder 447 |
Museum announcement draft, circa 1990Draft of text for an advertisement to announce the development of the National Museum of the American Indian. |
| Folder 448 |
Initial Task Force, 1990Materials created and used for program planning at the National Museum of the American Indian, including memoranda and concept papers outlining the mission of the museum, program development plans, and various committees and implementation teams. Also includes an agenda for the Indian Nations at Risk Full Task Force Meeting, 13-18 October 1990, and a charter appointing the Task Force to advise the Secretary of Education about issues related to Indian education in the United States. |
| Folder 449 |
Correspondence, 1990-1991Memoranda related to internal affairs of the board of trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian. |
| Folder 450 |
Grand opening reception invitation, 2004Tickets and printed invitation for the grand opening reception of the National Museum of the American Indian. |
| Folder 451 |
National Congress of American Indians Federal Leadership Award, 2005Wooden plaque presented to "the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian opening core team," including Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, presented by the National Congress of American Indians at the 7th annual Leadership Awards Ceremony, 28 February 2005. |
| Folder 452 |
Symposium, 2007Copies of papers presented at the National Museum of the American Indian symposium, "Past, Present, and Future Challenges of the National Museum of the American Indian," 10 October 2007. Presenters and papers include: Duane Champagne, "Native Voices at the National Museum of the American Indian: Representation, Identity, and Renewal"; Frederick Hoxie, "The Conviction of Things Not Seen: Intellectual Authority and the National Museum of the American Indian"; Gerald McMaster, "2020: Creating a New Vision for Native Voice"; David Hurst Thomas, "Rick West's Vision for the National Museum of the American Indian: The Eighteen-Year Odyssey"; and Rosita Worl, "The Repatriation of the National Museum of the American Indian." |
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Series 5. Writings, Speeches, and Other Materials, 1942-2008.
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Personal and professional materials created or collected by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. Materials include correspondence; clippings; research materials, including audiocassettes containing interviews with American Indian leaders, presumably conducted by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck as part of dissertation research; notebooks; drafts of writings, including speeches, articles, and poetry by Scheirbeck and others; genealogical files; isolated financial papers; and other assorted personal and professional materials. Professional materials included in this series were separated from other professional papers by the collection donor.
| Audiocassette C-05526/1 |
Interview with Chief W. R. Richardson, 20 September 1977Audiocassette |
| Audiocassette C-05526/2 |
Interview, 1977Audiocassette |
| Audiocassette C-05526/3 |
Interview with Rev. Wilton Lowery and James A. Jacob, 1977Audiocassette |
| Audiocassette C-05526/4 |
Dissertation, 21 November 1977: tape 1Audiocassette |
| Audiocassette C-05526/5 |
Dissertation, 21 November 1977: tape 2Audiocassette |
| Folder 453 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: Dissertation background report and research budget, circa 1978 |
Folder 454-458
Folder 454Folder 455Folder 456Folder 457Folder 458 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: Speeches, 1966-2007Outlines, notes, drafts, and final versions of speeches by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. Also contains isolated correspondence and printed items, including programs of events where Scheirbeck delivered speeches. |
| Folder 459 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: Head Start speeches, 2007Speech delivered by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck at the 2007 Higher Education Grantees Meeting, presented by the Office of Head Start, and related correspondence. |
| Folder 460 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: History of Indian education speech, 1979Notes, drafts, outlines, and research materials related to a speech by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
| Folder 461 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: PoetryHandwritten and typed poems by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and others. |
| Folder 462 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: Virginia Polytechnic Institute graduate writing, 1975Essay by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, "Selected Federally Financed Institutions of Higher Education with Particular References to American Indians, Black Americans, and the Deaf," for course on higher education in the United States. |
| Folder 463 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: "Native American Higher Education," 1975Essay written by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, with research clippings and notes. Also includes stationery and letterhead from the American Indian Education Association in Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Folder 464 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: "Confronting the Continuing Dilemma"Essay by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
| Folder 465 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: "Past, Present, and Future Education of American Indians"Incomplete draft of an essay by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck on the history of American Indian education. |
| Folder 466 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: "Status of Eastern Tribes" and related materials, 2006-2007Speech drafts and notes created while Scheirbeck was Assistant Director of Public Programs at the National Museum of the American Indian; also includes isolated printed items. |
| Folder 467 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: Indian Information Project, circa 1982Outlines and drafts, primarily of speeches written by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck as project advisor at the Indian Information Project: "Evaluation of Women in the American Society: The Native American Perspective," "Organizing and American Indian Women," "Retrospect and Prospect: The Past, Present, and Future for Indian Women," "Education and the American Indian Today," and "A Community's Indian Heritage and Your Role in It." |
| Folder 468 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: Academic files, 1953-1980Academic transcripts of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck from Berea College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Columbia University. Also includes various printed items. |
| Folder 469 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: Book proposal, circa 1980Correspondence, drafts, and outlines of proposal for a book by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck about the history of higher education of American Indians. |
| Folder 470 |
Writings by Scheirbeck: Book proposal notes, circa 1980Research materials and notes on the higher education of American Indians compiled as part of book proposal. |
| Folder 471 |
Notebook, circa 1967Notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck related to her work with Wisconsin Indians and with the Menominee tribe. |
| Folder 472 |
Notebook, 1999-2000Notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck about various professional activities. |
| Folder 473 |
Notebook, 2005-2006Notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck about various professional activities. |
| Folder 474 |
Notebook, 2007Notes by Helen Maynor Scheirbeck about various professional activities. |
| Folder 475 |
Day planner, May-August 2005Record of professional appointments and notes. |
| Folder 476 |
Day planner, July-September 2007Record of professional appointments and notes. |
| Folder 477 |
Writings by others: Steve Adkins, Virginia Indian manuscript, 2007 |
| Folder 478 |
Writings by others: Ethel Davis poetry, circa 2006 |
| Folder 479 |
Writings by others: Lawrence C. Kelly, "National Policies, United States: 1900-1970"Typed essay by Lawrence C. Kelly of the Department of History at North Texas State University. |
Folder 480-482
Folder 480Folder 481Folder 482 |
Writings by others: Martha E. Lyman dissertation, "History of Indian Education in the United States," 1942 |
| Folder 483 |
Writings by others: Noah Woods, "History and Development of Indian Education in North Carolina," 1971 |
| Folder 484 |
Writings by others: Miscellaneous articles, circa 1982Copies of articles collected by or sent to Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, related to American Indian history and social issues. |
| Folder 485 |
Personal: Miscellaneous printed items, 1971-1975Information pamphlet regarding Federal Civil Service Retirement Law, postcards from the Upper Mattaponi Festival, and humorous booklet published by the American Indian Press Association titled Shove It, Buster... We'd Rather Have Our Land!: A Candid Look at Modern Indian History in the Making. |
| Folder 486 |
Personal: S. Kann Corporation and Woodward and Lothrop, 1973Credit account bills. |
| Folder 487 |
Personal: John Scheirbeck files, 1964Legal and personal correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, her husband John L. Scheirbeck, and attorneys regarding the couple's divorce. |
| Folder 488 |
Personal: Mary Scheirbeck files, 1971-1976Drawings and writings of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck's daughter Mary Lorelei Scheirbeck as a young child. Includes school assignments and educational materials. |
| Folder 489 |
Personal: Biographical and family materials, 1980-1990Curriculum vitae and biographic narratives for Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, notes on genealogical family research, and hand-drawn maps of property belonging to Lacy W. Maynor in Pembroke, N.C. |
| Folder 490 |
Personal: Maynor estate, 1980-1981Correspondence and legal papers related to the condemnation of the life estate of Sally B. Maynor in Pembroke, N.C. |
| Folder 491 |
Personal: Indian preference verification, 1978-1979Correspondence and official paperwork from the United States Department of Interior for Helen Maynor Scheirbeck to verify American Indian affiliation as part of employment in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and health care from Indian Health Services. Contains copies of vital records of Scheirbeck's family, including marriage licenses and death certificates. |
| Folder 492 |
Personal: Health files, 2006-2007Correspondence and printed items related to health issues, chiefly fibromyalgia. |
Folder 493-494
Folder 493Folder 494 |
Personal: Miscellaneous files, 1960s-1970sPersonal and legal correspondence, as well as other writings, printed items, and clippings related to various personal and professional activities of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
| Folder 495 |
Professional: United Methodist Native American Women's Gathering, 1987Correspondence and printed items, including schedule of events, program, tickets, meeting minutes related to the United Methodist Native American Women's Gathering. Also includes scattered brochures related to scholarships and student financial assistance for American Indians through the United Methodist Church. Helen Maynor Scheirbeck was the keynote speaker at the gathering. |
| Folder 496 |
Professional: IllumiNation Convening, Ford Foundation, 2006Correspondence, printed items, meeting notes, and presentation notes related to a convention of grantees of the IllumiNation Project, a Ford Foundation initiative focused on Indian American arts and culture. Includes printed presentation slides, and a draft of a grant proposal by the National Museum of the American Indian. |
Folder 497-498
Folder 497Folder 498 |
Professional: American Indian Women's Conference, 2008Printed programs for 2008 American Indian Women's Conference held at University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and meeting agenda for American Indian Women Planning Committee. |
| Folder 499 |
Professional: North Carolina Association of Educators, 2008Program for 2008 convention of North Carolina Association of Educators, and correspondence regarding the awarding of the President's Award to Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. |
Folder 500-502
Folder 500Folder 501Folder 502 |
Professional: Miscellaneous files, 1964-1973 and 1980-1982Includes a range of materials from Scheirbeck's various professional roles. Includes a 1965 invitation to the inaugural ball in honor of President Lyndon B. Johnson, clippings about Scheirbeck, conference materials, research notes, and other printed materials from different projects in her career. |
| Folder 503 |
Correspondence: Eva Baer, circa 1992-1994 |
| Folder 504 |
Correspondence: Vine Deloria, 1976-1979Chiefly correspondence between Vine Deloria and Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, reflecting their work together with the Institute for the Development of Indian Law. |
| Folder 505 |
Correspondence: Vine Deloria, "Minorities Report," 1979Letter and report from Vine Deloria regarding issues in the treatment and education of minority populations in the United States. |
| Folder 506 |
Correspondence: Bob Dellwo, 1975-1979Letters from Robert D. Dellwo to Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, reflecting their personal relationship and their work on the Executive Council of the National Congress of American Indians. |
| Folder 507 |
Correspondence: Dillon Platero, 1992 |
| Folder 508 |
Correspondence: Elmer Rusco, 1982-1983Correspondence and an essay about Helen Maynor Scheirbeck based on an interview conducted by Elmer Rusco. Also includes paper presented by Rusco at 1982 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, "Bills of Rights in Tribal Constitutions." |
Folder 509-510
Folder 509Folder 510 |
Correspondence: General, circa 1980-2000Mixed personal correspondence, birthday cards, and holiday cards from friends and colleagues. |
| Folder 511 |
Correspondence: General, 2006-2008Printed email correspondence between Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, friends, and colleagues. Materials reflect Scheirbeck's personal and professional activities, including her retirement and departure from the National Museum of the American Indian and move from Washington, D.C., to Pembroke, N.C. Also includes scattered clippings and printed items. |
| Folder 512 |
Clippings, 1982-2008Article on Helen Maynor Scheirbeck's work with Save the Children published in the Carolina Indian Truth, 14 October 1982. Also includes various pamphlets related to personal finance. |
| Floppy Disc FLD-5526/1 |
Untitled, undated |
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Series 6. Judge Lacy W. Maynor Papers, 1939-1972.
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Correspondence; speech notes, drafts and an audio recording; clippings; printed items; and financial materials of Judge Lacy W. Maynor, father of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and Judge of the Recorder's Court in the Maxton District, Robeson County, N.C. Materials document Maynor's career as a judge and advocate for Lumbee rights, education, and federal recognition, as a leader in the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association of North Carolina and the National Congress of American Indians, and as public opponent of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina. Maynor was recognized for helping to run the Klan out of North Carolina at a 1958 Ku Klux Klan rally in Robeson County, N.C.
Folder 513-515
Folder 513Folder 514Folder 515 |
General files, 1939-1968Speech notes and drafts by Lacy W. Maynor, correspondence, printed items, and clippings about Maynor's career and about his opposition to the Ku Klux Klan. Printed items include a booklet of meeting minutes for the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association of North Carolina's 1960 annual session, and copies of a speech by Maynor at the National Congress of American Indians 15th annual convention, 1958. There is also one black-and-white photograph of Maynor, circa 1960. |
| Folder 516 |
Berea Baptist Church treasurer's record book, 1950-1957Notebook with records of contributions to Berea Baptist Church in Pembroke, N.C. |
| Audiotape T-05526/1 |
Lacy W. Maynor speech, 15-19 September 1958Label description identifies reel-to-reel audio tape as recording of Lacy W. Maynor at the 15th annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians in Missoula, Mont., at the Hotel Florence. |
| Folder 517 |
John F. Kennedy inauguration invitation, 1961Printed invitation to attend and participate in the inauguration of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, with calendar and information about inaugural activities. |
| Folder 518 |
Lumbee education speeches, 1962-1965Typed outlines and drafts of speeches, and copies of news clippings. Includes a speech presented to the Bureau of Indian Affairs on behalf of parents of Lumbee children, 30 June 1962, and a dedication speech for the Reverend D.F. Lowry Student Center at Pembroke State College, May 1965. |
| Folder 519 |
Tobacco crop reports, 1965-1971Printed notices from the United States Department of Agriculture regarding the market value of tobacco and estimated value of tobacco land owned by Lacy W. Maynor; also includes a map of Maynor's property. |
| Folder 520 |
Robeson County Board of Education, 1967Correspondence and employment contract related to the appointment of Lacy W. Maynor to the Robeson County Board of Education as Home-School Coordinator. |
| Folder 521 |
Clippings, 1941-1968Clippings from the News and Observer of Raleigh, N.C., the Robesonian of Lumberton, N.C., and other North Carolina newspapers, related to American Indian issues and events. |
| Folder 522 |
President Lyndon B. Johnson, "The Forgotten American," 1968Copy of printed speech by Lyndon B. Johnson advocating the expansion of federal support for Indian Americans. The text features some underlining and annotations, presumably by Lacy W. Maynor. |
| Folder 523 |
Funeral materials, 1972Sympathy cards, telegrams, funeral program, and clippings of obituaries for Lacy W. Maynor. Also includes a small black-and-white photograph portrait of Maynor. |
| Folder 524 |
Burnt Swamp Baptist Singing Convention Minute Book1922-1948Records of the Burnt Swamp Baptist Singing Convention's meetings. Also contains records for Burnt Swamp Sunday School Convention, a history of the singing convention, and a roll call. |
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Series 7. Photographs, circa 1940s-2003 (bulk 1970-2003).
Arrangement: Loosely chronological.
Photographs are chiefly snapshots of various events in the professional career of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. There are also some scattered family photographs, portraits of Scheirbeck, and archival prints of American Indian schools collected in the course of research.
| Image Folder PF-5526/1 |
American Indian Schools, circa 1890-1910Reprinted black-and-white photographs of building exteriors, students, and teachers in American Indian schools. Photographs are labeled "Goodland Indian School. Bailey Spring, Principal. Hugo, Okla." and "Graduating class, 1875, of the Young Ladies Seminary, near Tallequah. Building cost $45,000. Erected by the tribe in 1857, with their own money." |
| Image Folder PF-5526/2 |
Helen Maynor Scheirbeck portraits, circa 1940s-1960sTwo black-and-white photographs and one color photograph of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck as a young woman. |
| Image Folder PF-5526/3 |
Miss Indian America reception, circa 1970Black-and-white candid and posed snapshots of individuals at a reception where Miss Indian America was present. Individuals identified in one photo, marked "Capitol Reception," include Robert Burnette, Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians, and Senator Ted Kennedy. |
| Image Folder PF-5526/4 |
International Year of the Child, 1979-1980Black-and-white snapshots related to the Office of the International Year of the Child, including Helen Maynor Scheirbeck. Includes snapshots of the staff in the office, of a meeting, and of children posing with staff at an event. Includes one color photograph of children posing with staff. |
| Image Folder PF-5526/5 |
Head Start at the White House, 1993, 1995Color photographs of White House events featuring Head Start staff and students. Includes several 1993 photographs of President Bill Clinton with children and staff and one 1995 photograph of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck with Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
Image Folder PF-5526/6-7
PF-5526/6PF-5526/7 |
Head Start, circa 1995Color snapshots of events for Head Start. |
| Photograph Album PA-5526/1 |
Head Start, 2000Photograph album containing color snapshots of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck and colleagues at Head Start during an office Christmas party, as well as isolated photographs from other events. |
| Image Folder PF-5526/8 |
National Museum of the American Indian, circa 2000-2001Color snapshots of events related to the National Museum of the American Indian. |
Image Folder PF-5526/9-11
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Miscellaneous snapshots, 1975-2000Black-and-white snapshots of a reception featuring young women in tiaras and a man with a guitar, circa 1975; polaroid snapshots of people inside an office and of the exterior of a school building and car, circa 1990; and color snapshots of various other unidentified professional events. |
| Image Folder PF-5526/12 |
Miscellaneous photographs, circa 1963-2003 (bulk 1990-2003)Color snapshots of two weddings and of various unidentified friends or colleagues. |
| Image Folder PF-5526/13 |
Family portrait, circa 2000Color photograph of Helen Maynor Scheirbeck with her daughter Mary Lorelei Scheirbeck and two grandchildren. Includes several prints of the same photograph. |
| Photograph Album PA-5526/2 |
Art gallery, circa 1995Photograph album containing color snapshots of an art gallery opening. Chiefly photographs of paintings featuring landscapes, wildlife, and historic Indian American scenes, with isolated snapshots of friends or colleagues. |
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Series 8A. Papers and Reports, 1957-1973 (Addition of February 2023)
Acquisition Information: Acc. 20230331.1.
The Addition of 2023 contains press releases, articles, newspaper clippings, research notes, and Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Subcommittee reports. Subcommittee report topics include: Constitutional Rights; Wiretapping and Eavesdropping; Constitutional Rights of the Amercian Indian and amendments to the Indian Bill of Rights. These materials were primarily assembled by Scheirbeck during her service on the staff of Senator Sam Ervin’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights while working on the Bill of Rights for the American Indian (Title II, Civil Rights Act of 1968). Research files are from Scheirbeck's file of background material for a speech at Pembroke State College, Senator Sam Ervin's Cherokee speech, and other matters.
Folder 525-526
Folder 525Folder 526 |
Research materials, 1957-1973Scheirbeck's file of background material for a speech at Pembroke State College, Senator Sam Ervin's Cherokee speech and other matters. |
Folder 527-529
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Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Subcommittee reports, 1961-1970Subcommittee report topics include: Constitutional Rights; Wiretapping and Eavesdropping; Constitutional Rights of the American Indian and amendments to the Indian Bill of Rights. |
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Press release statements, 1960sPress releases from U.S. Senator Samuel J. Ervin. |
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