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Title: Earl Coffman Papers
Dates: 1923-1949
Accession number: 2006.046
Creator:
Coffman, Earl
Collector:
Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce
Collection Size:
2.1 linear feet
500 items
Repository:
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Palm Springs, California 92262
Abstract: Correspondence, telegrams, transcripts, and other documentation created and/or collected between the years 1923-1949, pertaining
to relations between the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians. The Indian Affairs
Committee, a subcommittee of the Chamber of Commerce, was made up of non-Indian business owners who organized their interests
through pooled resources. Phil Swing, the subcommittee's lawyer, pursued the group's interests at the national level in Washington
D.C. Earl Coffman, son of Nellie Coffman, acted as president. Notable events recorded include the attempts of the Chamber
of Commerce to seize control of the Indian Canyons and Agua Caliente Hot Spring on Section 14, the Indian Affairs Committee's
demand for retraction of Indian Canyons entrance and horse riding fees, the arrest of the Agua Caliente Band's traditional
leaders, the 1937 federal takeover of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, and other topics pertaining to tribal land rights
and sovereignty.
Physical location: Stored off site. Advance notice required for access.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
Ownership of the physical collection belongs to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum does not
hold the copyright.
For research purposes only. All copies and reproductions by permission of copyright holder[s].
[Identification of item], Earl Coffman Papers, 2006.046, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.
Transferred from the Palm Springs Art Museum.
Biography / Administrative History
Earl Coffman acted as president of the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce's Indian Affairs Committee. The Indian Affairs Committee
was made up of non-Indian business owners who organized their economic and political interests through pooled resources.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, telegrams, transcripts, and other documentation created and/or collected between the years 1923-1949, pertaining
to relations between the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians. Notable events recorded
include the attempts of the Chamber of Commerce to seize control of the Indian Canyons and Agua Caliente Hot Spring on Section
14, the Indian Affairs Committee's demand for retraction of Indian Canyons entrance and horse riding fees, the arrest of the
Agua Caliente Band's traditional leaders, the 1937 federal takeover of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, and other topics
pertaining to tribal land rights and sovereignty.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Coffman, Earl
Swing, Phil
Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce
Indian Affairs Committee
Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians
Palm Springs
Atwood, Stella
Coffman, Nellie
Agua Caliente Indian Reservation
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Coffman, Nellie
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Murray, Welwood
McCallum, John Guthrie
Atwood, Stella
Lipps, Thomas
Roberson, George
Roberson, Elta
White, Cornelia
McManus, Austin
White, Isabel
Coffman, Helen Bayless
Garlick, Hobart
Powers, Nora Judd
Brophy, William
Crocker, Francis
Agua Caliente Hot Spring
Indian Canyons
Palm Canyon
Andreas Canyon
San Jacinto National Monument
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Allotments
Termination
Indian Defense Association
Agua Caliente Bathhouse
Palm Springs Property Owners Association
Maloney, William
Ellis, Charles
Arenas, Guadalupe
Patencio, Francisco
Wilson, A.D.
Peter, Marcus
Hatchitt, Juana
Belardo, Willie Marcus
Miguel, Saturnino
Mott, L.T.
Dady, John
Ickes, Harold
Rogers, Will
Atwood, H.A.
Willis,Purl
Sloan, Thomas
Andreas, Anothony
Andreas, John
Rosencrans, William
Collier, John
Patencio, Albert
Santiago, Baristo Sol
Willis, Purl
Castillo, Adam
Pinney, Warren
Hicks, Alvah
Boyd, Phil
Pinney, Warren
Pinney, Guy
Boyd, Philip L.
Quackenbush, H.H.
Rosencrans Report
Smart, Leta Myers
Forlein, Jack
Sheppard, Harry
Segundo, Clemente
Lugo, Lena
California Federation of Women's Clubs
Imperial Irrigation District
Metropolitan Water District
Whitewater Mutual Water Company
Palm Springs Water Company
American Indian Defense Association
Coffman, Earl
Wadsworth, H.E.
Miguel, Richard Amado
St. Marie, Ruth
Boyd, Florian
Rosencrans, William
Desert Inn