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MicFilm E 98 M6 A54X

American Indian Correspondence: The Presbyterian Historical Society Collection of Missionaries' Letters, 1833-1893.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978. Presbyterian Historical Society. 
35 Reels. 35mm.

SCOPE :

            Includes approximately 14,000 letters written byPresbyterian missionaries working with 39 Indian tribes from 1833-1893, now kept in the library of the Presbyterian Historical Society. "The letters include much discussion of aboriginal and post-contact Indian culture," material about relations between missionaries and the United States government and information about Indian education.

ARRANGEMENT:

Follows the numbering system used by thePresbyterian Historical Society Library.

FINDING AIDS:

User's Guide to the American Indian Correspondence . Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.

MIC FLM E 98 M6 A54X

Includes an author index and a tribal index.

SUBJECTS:

GUIDE   Indians of North America -- Missions

            United States -- History -- 19th century

            Missionaries, American

            Presbyterian Church -- Missions