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White, Lida Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1891–1952
Source: 
Papers, 2.50 feet

Description
Teacher. Correspondence (1891–1952) regarding White’s employment, her historical research, her investments in Montana real estate, and personal matters with family and friends; leases and contracts (1936–1947); notebooks (n.d.) containing lecture notes; unorganized research notes (n.d.) entitled “Indian Lore”; and four notebooks containing typescripts of interviews (1934–1942) that White conducted with elderly Indians in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and with early settlers of the Oklahoma City area. In addition to biographical and socio-economic information, the interviews focus on the education of Indians and the establishment of schools in Indian Territory and Oklahoma.