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Edwin J. Allen, Jr. papers, 1872-1971

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Allen, Edwin J., Jr.
Title
Edwin J. Allen, Jr. papers
Dates
1872-1971 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 linear feet
Collection Number
XOE_CPNWS0062allen (collection)
Summary
The Edwin J. Allen, Jr. papers include materials related to Native American culture such as Attorney Frederick W. Post's files on Nooksack, Duwamish, Suiattle-Sauk and S'Klallam tribes' land claims cases before the Indian Claims Commission.
Repository
Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Edwin J. Allen, Jr. taught in the Anthropology Department of Western Washington University from 1969-1976, during which time he collected these materials.

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Content Description

The Edwin J. Allen, Jr. papers include materials related to Pacific Northwest Native American culture. Among these materials are an illustrated manuscript entitled "A Compendium of the Nooksack Indian Land Claims;" several bibliographies in various states of completion; and Attorney Frederick W. Post's files on Indian land claims cases before the Indian Claims Commission, 1950-1963. Post represented the Nooksack, Duwamish, Suiattle-Sauk and S'Klallam tribes.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Edwin J. Allen, Jr. papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Edwin J. Allen, Jr. in 1974.

Processing Note

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Description: A Compendium of the Nooksack Indian Land Claims
    Dates: Undated
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
  • Description: Bibliographies- Native American Sources
    Dates: Undated
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
  • Description: Correspondence Re: Nooksack Bibliography Project
    Dates: 1970-1971
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
  • Description: Nooksack Status Correspondence
    Dates: 1970
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4
  • Description: Report of General Accounting Office Re: Petition of the Nooksack Tribe (Indian Claims Commission #46)
    Dates: 1950
    Container: Box/Folder 1/5
  • Description: Findings of Fact- Appeal- Nooksack
    Dates: 1950-1963
    Container: Box/Folder 1/6
  • Description: Index for Post Materials
    Dates: Undated
    Container: Box/Folder 1/7
  • Description: Nooksack Defense Exhibit
    Dates: 1949-1950
    Container: Box/Folder 1/8
  • Description: Proposed Findings of Fact; Petition; Answer- Duwamish
    Dates: 1955
    Container: Box/Folder 1/9
  • Description: Duwamish Defense Exhibit 208A- Surveyor's Report
    Dates: 1862
    Container: Box/Folder 1/10
  • Description: Duwamish Defense Request for Findings of Fact
    Dates: 1959
    Container: Box/Folder 1/11
  • Description: Duwamish et. al. vs. The United States of America (In the United States Court of Claims)
    Dates: 1926
    Container: Box/Folder 1/12
  • Description: Duwamish Testimony
    Dates: 1952-1957
    Container: Box/Folder 1/13
  • Description: Suiattle-Sauk Findings of Fact
    Dates: 1951-1955
    Container: Box/Folder 1/14
  • Description: Suiattle-Sauk Exhibits
    Dates: 1800s-1900s
    Container: Box/Folder 1/15
  • Description: Sklallam Testimony (Folder 1)
    Dates: 1872-1960
    Container: Box/Folder 2/1
  • Description: Sklallam Testimony (Folder 2)
    Dates: 1953-1959
    Container: Box/Folder 2/2
  • Description: Sklallam Defense Request for Findings of Fact
    Dates: Undated
    Container: Box/Folder 2/3
  • Description: Indian Claims Commission Findings of Fact- Relating to Allocation of Point Elliott Treaty Consideration
    Dates: 1963
    Container: Box/Folder 2/4

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Subject Terms

  • Indians of North America--Land tenure--Washington (State)--History--Sources
  • Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Claims

Corporate Names

  • United States--Indian Claims Commission--History--Sources

Geographical Names

  • Duwamish Tribe--History--Sources
  • Jamestown S'Klallum Tribe of Washington--History--Sources
  • Lower Elwha Tribal Community of the Lower Elwha Reservation, Washington--History--Sources
  • Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington--History--Sources
  • Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble Reservation, Washington--History--Sources
  • Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington--History--Sources
  • Washington (State)--History--Sources
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