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Llyn De Danaan Papers, 1971-2012

Overview of the Collection

Teacher
De Danaan, Llyn
Title
Llyn De Danaan Papers
Dates
1971-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.0 cubic feet
Collection Number
US-WaOE.PP.1976-12.D433
Summary
Repository
The Evergreen State College, Malcolm Stilson Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Daniel J. Evans Library
L2309
The Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, WA
98505
Telephone: 3608676126
Fax: 3608676790
archives@evergreen.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public for legitimate research only. A request with a description of the research project and the documentation being sought is required. Digitized materials are for in-house use only.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Initially funded through a National Endowment for the Humanities (We the people" grant for Washington Women's History to the Washington Women's History Consortium, a part of the Washington State Historical Society. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

LLyn De Danaan, emerita faculty, The Evergreen State College, writes fiction and non-fiction. Her most well known and acclaimed works are Conversations with the Inner Dog and Koans with the Inner Dog. She has been a research consultant for Washington Indian tribes since 1991. Her non-fiction publications include social studies curricula, produced in collaboration with Indian educators and the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction's office. She was a recipient of the Washington State Historical Society's Peace and Friendship award in recognition of her role in fostering an understanding of Washington's cultural diversity.

Her field work experience includes ethnographic work with farm laborers in Yakima Valley, long term projects in Sarawak and Kelantan, Malaysia, and short term work in Thailand and Rajasthan, India. She collaborated in the documentation of Transylvanian winter ceremonials during a Fulbright fellowship in Romania 2006-2007. Her recent Mountain of Shell project focuses on the life and work of the Japanese and Japanese American community on Oyster Bay, Washington. An article based on this work appeared in the Winter 2012 Columbia Magazine. Her nonfiction book, Katie Gale: A Coast Salish Woman's Life on Oyster Bay (University of Nebraska Press) will be available October 1, 2013.

De Danaan, aka Lynn Patterson, grew up in Ohio. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sarawak, Malaysia, 1962-64. She worked for the Xenia Daily Gazette before attending Ohio State University where she graduated cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She sings and plays guitar and lives on Oyster Bay, Washington State.

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Content Description

Materials include research materials accumulated by Llyn De Danaan or by other anthropologists working in the same fields of study with whom she collaborated. Also included are research materials from which her non-fictional and fictional writings have been created. Additionally, the accession includes physical objects presented to Ms. De Danaan by friends and acquaintances including a collection of poetry competition trophies from events held within the Native American Community.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

In all cases, publication or display of our materials must carry the credit line: "From The Evergreen State College Archives". Citations of specific materials should include the accession number, provenance and series title, file folder heading (if any) followed by the specific item's identification (title or description).

Use of the materials in this collection should be cited as the Llyn De Danaan Papers.

Restrictions on Use

Duplication by the archives in no way transfers either copyright or property right, nor does it constitute permission to publish in excess of "fair use" or to display the materials.

A copy of any publications arrising from the use of this material must be sent to The Evergreen State College Archives to be added to the Llyn De Danaan Papers collection.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The original order is by Native tribal name, book title, and topical subjects mostly relating to Northwest Native American tribes and geographic areas. Part of the accession is the research of other anthropologists working in the same areas of study at an earlier time. These papers, mostly from the collections of Barbara Slovadkin and Robert B. Lane are arranged according to the Lane's own arrangement described in the section on their papers held in the De Danaan accession. Revision of the original order is anticipated where materials currently forming more random accumulations will be brought together into series reflecting the donor's research units.

Acquisition Information

De Danaan, Llyn

Acquisition Information

donation

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Correspondence

  • Description: Publications

  • Research Notes and Materials, 1971-2012

    24.0 cubic feet

    • Native American Tribal Historical Research, Circa 1850-2012

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Personal Names

  • (owner)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Lane, Barbara Savadkin (former owner)
    • Lane, Robert Brockstedt (former owner)

Finding aid prepared by Puanani Nihoa, Sarah Nopp, W. Randolph Stilson
2012

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