Access
Use
Related Archival Materials note
Scope and contents
Custodial history
Acquisition
Processing history
Preferred citation
Biographical note
Title: Minnie H. Linton Collection of Indian School Papers and Drawings,
Identifier/Call Number: MS.1316
Contributing Institution:
Autry National Center, Braun Research Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
(3 folders)
Date: before 1919
creator:
Linton, Minnie H.
Access
Collection is open for research. Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit http://theautry.org/research/research-rules-and-application
or contact library staff at rroom@theautry.org. An item-level inventory is available from library staff.
Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Braun Research Library at the Autry National Center. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Braun Research Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Related Archival Materials note
Materials were originally part of MS.209, the Joseph Amasa Munk Collection at the Braun Research Library Manuscript Collection.
Scope and contents
This collection consists of an autograph book from the Hayward Indian School in Hayward, Wisconsin; drawings from the Hopi
Indian Reservation in Keams Canyon, Arizona; and written exams from the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California. The Sherman
Institute is now known as the Sherman Indian School.
Most of the work seem to be created by school-age children. The exams were written by 7th and 8th grade students.
All work is hand-written or hand-drawn and undated.
Custodial history
Collected by Minnie H. Linton and acquired by the Southwest Museum of the American Indian in November, 1919. Accession number
60.G.
Acquisition
Acquired by Minnie H. Linton, November 1919.
Processing history
Finding aid completed by Anna Liza Posas August 23, 2012. Final processing of collection and publication of finding aid made
possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Preferred citation
Minnie H. Linton Collection of Indian School Papers and Drawings, before 1919, Braun Research Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.1316; [folder number] [folder title][date].
Biographical note
Minnie H. Lipton worked with the Hopi Indians on the Hopi Indian Reservation, Keams Canyon, as a teacher at the "Moqui Indian
Training School, Ariz." from 1899 to at least 1906, possibly later. She also worked with Ojibwa Indians in Hayward, Wisc.,
at the Hayward Indian School.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.).
Autograph albums.
Drawings.
Education.
Examinations.
Hayward Indian School (Hayward, Wis.)
Hayward, Wis. -- History.
Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
Hopi Indians.
Indians of North America -- Education.
Keams Canyon (Ariz.)
Ojibwa Indians.