Arless Collins Collection

Arless Collins Collection, 1908-1981

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Collins, Arless
Title: Arless Collins Collection
Dates: 1908-1981 (inclusive)
19081981
Quantity: 0.3 cubic feet
Collection Number: OrSlTCC Collins
Summary: The collection contains photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Arless Collins's family, restoration of Siletz tribal status, and establishment of the Siletz Reservation.
Repository: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, Tribal Cultural Collections
402 Government Hill Rd
Siletz, OR
97380
Telephone: 5414442450
robertk@ctsi.nsn.us
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor: Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant rewarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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Collection photographs primarily focus on Arless Collins's family, including husband, Eddie Collins, with a secondary focus on life in Siletz and Toledo, Oregon. Newspaper clippings predominately follow the restoration of Siletz tribal status and establishment of the Siletz Reservation. Correspondence includes letters written and received by Arless Collins's daughter, Edell Richards.

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Preferred Citation

Arless Collins Collection, Siletz Tribal Cultural Collections, Siletz, Oregon.

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Separated Materials

A framed portrait of Ada Collins and her children is located in an oversize container.

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Subject Terms

Siletz Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Geographical Names

Newport (Or.)
Siletz Indian Reservations (Or.)--History
Toledo (Or.)

Form or Genre Terms

Correspondence
Newspaper clippings
Photographic postcards
Photographic prints

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