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Robert H. Keller Papers, 1860-2000
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Keller, Robert H.
- Title
- Robert H. Keller Papers
- Dates
- 1860-2000 (inclusive)18602000
1975-1996 (bulk)19751995 - Quantity
- 4 linear feet
- Collection Number
- XOE_CPNWS0172kellerr (collection)
- Summary
- This collection documents the personal and professional endeavors of Robert H. Keller, including work on environmental issues and the "Rand Jack Whatcom County Council" campaign of 1979. There are also extensive research materials on Canada, particularly Canadian Indians and Canadian National Parks.
- 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
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection documents the personal and professional endeavors of Bellingham-area teacher, scholar, and political activist Robert H. Keller. The papers include lecture notes, publications and other material related to environmental issues and the "Rand Jack Whatcom County Council" campaign of 1979. There are also extensive research materials on Canada, particularly Canadian Indians and Canadian National Parks.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Robert H. Keller Papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The Robert H. Keller Papers are organized according to the following series arrangement:
- Series I. Canadian Indians Research Materials circa 1930-1995
- Series II. Professional Papers circa 1860-2000 ( inclusive) circa 1972-1996 ( bulk)
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Related Materials
Materials of related interest can be found in the "Initiative 256" Keep America Beautiful Act of 1970 records located at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.
Acquisition Information
Robert Keller Jr. donated these materials to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, date unknown.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series I. : Canadian Indians Research Materials , 1930-1995 Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Bibliographies and Manuscripts
|
circa 1970-1984 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | "A Selected List of
Publications on the Indians of British Columbia" - published by the British
Columbia Provincial Museum |
1976 |
| 1/2 | "Native Law Bibliography" - by
Linda Fritz for the University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre |
1984 |
| 1/3 | "Thesis and Dissertation Titles
and Abstracts on the Anthropology of Canadian Indians, Inuit and Metis from
Canadian Universities, 1970-1982" - by Rene R. Gadacz and Michael I. Asch for
the National Museum of Man Mercury Series |
1984 |
| 1/4 | Miscellaneous
bibliographies |
circa 1980s |
| 1/5 | Moxberger, Daniel L. papers on
Indians of North America - United States and Canada |
1977-1987 |
| 1/6 | Incomplete, unidentified
manuscript |
undated |
| 1/7 | Incomplete, unidentified
bibliography |
undated |
Correspondence
|
circa 1973-1987 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/8 | General
correspondence |
1987 |
| 1/9 | Letters accompanied by chapter
notes |
circa 1973-1987 |
| 1/10 | Native Law Centre
(Saskatchewan) |
1987 |
| 1/11 | Union of Ontario
Indians |
1987 |
Culture
|
1956-1991 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/12 | "Canada's First People"
poster |
undated |
| 1/13 | First Nations House of Learning
- The University of British Columbia |
circa 1987-1991 |
| 1/14 | Ethno-historical
articles |
1972; 1987 |
| 1/15 | Historical articles |
circa 1971-1977 |
| 1/16 | Indian Act
materials |
1978-1985 |
| 1/17 | Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada - Annual Report |
1985-1986 |
| 1/18 | Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada - Jeffrey A. Ross articles on tribal self-government and Indian land
titles |
1985 |
| 1/19 | Hunting and fishing
articles |
1963-1987 |
| 1/20 | Legal articles |
circa 1967-1984 |
| 1/21 | Papers: Tom Berger - "Reveille
for First Nations: the Politics of Agression and Defense"; W. Rudnicki -
"Native Rights in the New World: A Glance at History |
1979 February 24; 1987 January 15 |
| 1/22 | Neilsen Report (from a meeting
between the Provinces/Territories and Federal Government to clarify federal
initiatives and policy directions for the 1980s) |
1985 |
| 1/23 | Indian Self-Government in
Canada: Report of the Special Committee (also known as "The Penner
Report") |
1983 |
| 1/24 | "Under Attack: In Grassy
Narrows" - transcript from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
1983 |
| 1/25 | Native Women's Association of
Canada - Guide to Bill C-31: An Explanation of the 1985 Amendments to the
Indian Act |
1986 |
| 1/26 | Government Programs - Corporate
Management Plan |
1987 April |
| 1/27 | "The Manitoulin Letters of the
Rev. Charles Crosbie Brough" - from Ontario
History
|
1956 |
| 1/28 | Economic Programs |
1980-1988 |
| 1/29 | Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
(Lubicon Band) materials |
1990 |
| 2/1-2/2 | Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
(Lubicon Band) materials |
1984-1991 |
Cultural
Claims
|
1985-1995 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/3 | "Fisheries and Aboriginals: The
Enclosing Paradigm" - by David Orton for the Learned Societies Conference in
Montreal |
1995 June 5 |
| 2/4 |
Living
Treaties: Lasting Agreements - Report of the Task Force to Review
Comprehensive Claims Policy |
1985 December |
| 2/5 | "Specific Claims in Canada:
Status Report" |
1985 December |
| 2/6 | "Comprehensive Land Claims
Policy"; "Speaking Notes for the Honourable Bill McKnight, Minister of Indian
Affairs & Northern Development" |
1987; 1986 December 18 |
Land
Claims
|
1980-1991 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/7 | Papers and research materials
related to Canadian Indian Land Claims |
circa 1982-1990 |
| 2/8 | Clippings related to Canadian
Indian Land Claims |
1987-1989 |
| 2/9-2/10 | Clippings and other materials
related to Canadian Indian Land Claims (British Columbia) |
circa 1990 |
| 2/11 | "A History of Native Land
Claims Processes in Canada, 1867-1979" (and accompanying materials) - prepared
by Richard C. Daniel for the Research Branch of the Department of Indian &
Northern Affairs |
1980 February |
| 2/12 | "Indian Land Title
Extinguishment" (and accompanying materials) - prepared by Brian Davey,
Nishnawbe-Aski Nation; "In All Fairness: A Native Claims Policy" |
1984 November; 1981 |
| 2/13-2/14 | Clippings and other materials
related to Gitksan Claim (British Columbia) |
circa 1987-1991 |
| 2/15 | Articles related to Canadian
Indian Land Claims (Western Canada) |
circa 1982-1984 |
National
and Provincial Parks - General Information
|
circa 1980-1993 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/16 | General information |
circa 1983-1991 |
| 2/17 | Regulations |
1981-1987 |
| 2/18 | Bibliographies of
publications |
1987 |
| 2/19 |
Cultural
Survival Quarterly - "Parks and People" |
1985 February |
| 2/20 | National Indian Arts and Crafts
Corporation |
1987 |
| 2/21 | National Parks Act; Act to
Amend National Parks Act |
1974; 1986 |
| 2/22 | National Marine Parks
Policy |
1986 |
| 2/23 | Park maps |
circa 1980s |
| 2/24 | Government information
sources |
undated |
| 2/25 | Correspondence and clippings
from environmental organizations re. parks' effect on Indian land
claims |
1987 |
| 2/26 | Policies |
1987 |
| 2/27 | Sneed, Paul G. - "Toward
Co-Management of National Parks in Canada and the U.S.A." (written for the
Cultural Ecology Specialty Group Symposium 89th Annual Meeting of the
Association of American Geographers) |
1993 April |
National
and Provincial Parks - Regional Parks
|
circa 1930-1993 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/28 | Pacific Rim National
Park |
undated |
| 2/29 | Stoney Tribe National Park,
Alberta |
1966-1987 |
| 2/30 | Yoho National Park, British
Columbia |
1978-1987 |
| 3/1 | Lac La Croix/Quetico Provincial
Park |
1970s-1993 |
| 3/2 | Jasper National
Park |
1968-1987 |
| 3/3 | Great Slave Lake National
Park |
1985 |
| 3/4 | Wood Buffalo Park |
1977-1986 |
| 3/5 | Kluane National Park, Yukon
Territory |
1985-1987 |
| 3/6 | Western Arctic
Claim |
1981-1984 |
| 3/7 | Tungavik/Nunavut |
1986-1993 |
| 3/8 | Auyuittug National
Park/Ellesmere Island National Park, Northwest Territory |
1982-1987 |
| 3/9 | Riding Mountain National
Park-Clear Lake Indian Reserve |
1981-1987 |
| 3/10 | Pukaskwa National Park,
Ontario |
1982-1987 |
| 3/11 | Prince Albert National
Park |
1941-1987 |
| 3/12 | Rocky Bay/L. Nipigion
Provincial Park |
1985-1987 |
| 3/13 | Georgian Islands National Park:
Nawash/Saugeen |
1930-1987 |
| 3/14 | Parc Natonal de la Mauricie
Quebec |
1976-1987 |
| 3/15 | Mingen Archipelago National
Park |
1984 |
| 3/16 | Micmacs Parks: Kedjimijuk, Cape
Breton, Louisbourg |
1981-1987 |
| 3/17-3/18 | Queen Charlottes |
1980s |
| 3/19 | Haida Park
Agreement |
1990-1993 |
Reserves
|
1985-1991 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/20 | Ministry of Native Affairs,
British Columbia |
circa 1990-1991 |
| 3/21 | Reserve schedules and
descriptions |
1985 |
| 3/22 | Chiefs and Indian Band
Offices |
1987 |
| 3/23 | Maps of Indian Reserves and
Settlements in the National Map Collection (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,
Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories) |
1981 |
| 3/24 | Tobique Reserve (New
Brunswisk) |
1987 September |
| 3/25 | "Survey of Documents Available
for Research in the Treaties and Historical Research Centre" |
1987 July |
Treaties
|
circa 1957-1990 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/26 | Jay Treaty (Treaty of Amity
Commerce and Navigation) (1794) |
undated |
| 3/27 | Chippewa and Ojibewa Treaties
(1850-1923) |
circa 1957-1967 |
| 3/28 | Cree and Saulteaux Treaties
(1874-1875) |
1966; 1969 |
| 3/29 | Blackfeet Treaty
(1855) |
1966 |
| 3/30 | Treaty #8 (1899 June
21) |
1966 |
| 3/31 | Treaty #9 (James Bay Treaty)
(1905-1906) |
1964 |
| 3/32 | Treaty #10 (1906 July
12) |
1966 |
| 3/33 | Treaty #11 (1921 June
27) |
1957 |
| 3/34 |
Canadian
Native Law Reporter - Ronald Edward Sparrow (Appellant) v. The Queen
(Respondent) and the National Indian Brotherhood / The Assembly of First
Nations et al. (Interveners) |
1990 May 31 |
Series II : Professional Papers , circa 1963-2000 Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/1 | Correspondence to William D.
Ruchelshaus on his appointment as Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency |
1973 May 7 |
Educational
materials
|
circa 1977-1996 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/2 | Canada-Maine
exchange |
circa 1982-1988 |
| 4/3 | Anthropology 390
class |
1987 Fall |
| 4/4 | Lecture on Indian
Policy |
1990 |
| 4/5 | Canada Comparative History
research materials |
circa 1981-1988 |
| 4/6 | Film catalog |
1984 March |
| 4/7 | Film receipts |
1987 |
| 4/8 | "Shamanism" class at Fairhaven
College |
1995-1996 |
| 4/9-4/10 | "Rand Jack for County Council"
campaign - radio advertisements (reel-to-reels) |
1979 |
| 4/11 | Fairhaven College
materials |
1977-1978 |
| 4/12-4/13 | "Sovereignty Workshop"
materials (reel-to-reels including the following subjects - Tape 1: Native
American fishing rights, Oliphant v. Sugquamish (reservations); Tape 2: Native
American law, sovereignty, and jurisdiction, United States v. Washington; Tape
3: Indian Sovereignty Symposium) |
undated |
Legal
materials
|
1974-1991 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/14 | Photo Album of images from Fairhaven College and Indian Students Association |
undated |
| 4/15 | Georgia-Pacific chlorine plant
lawsuit materials |
circa 1974-1975 |
| 4/16 | Heaton Rezone |
circa 1990-1991 |
| 4/17 | Royal Commission on the Donald
Marshall, Jr., Prosecution - Digest of Findings and Recommendations |
1989 |
Research
and publications
|
circa 1950-2000 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/18 | "Pukaskwa National Park and the
Prehistory of the North Shore of Lake Superior" - by K.C.A. Dawson;
"Archaeological Survey in Proposed Development Areas, Pukaskwa National Park" -
by Peter Lane and Harley Stark (Manuscript Report #439) |
1979; 1977 |
| 4/19 | "Oral History of Pukaskwa
National Park" - by A.D. Revill Associates (Manuscript Report #427) |
1980 |
| 4/20 | "Prince Albert National Park
Archaeological Survey" - by Michael Forsman; "Tradition and Fact:
Archaeological Examination of the Cypress Hills Massacre" - by Jack Elliott
(Manuscript Report #92) |
1972 April; 1973 May |
| 5/1 | "Heritage: Giving Our Past a
Future" - discussion paper from the Ontario Heritage Policy Review and
correspondence re. Iroquois and Allied Indians |
1987 |
| 5/2 | "Report on Historical Research
in Episcopal and Other Archives" |
1963 |
| 5/3 | Correspondence re. "The
Protestant Church's and Grant's 'Peace Policy': A Study in Church-State
Relations" |
circa 1968-1973 |
| 5/4 | Correspondence re. "The
American Indian 'Peace Policy' and the Protestant Churches,
1869-1882" |
circa 1980-1985 |
| 5/5 | Photographs for "The American
Indian 'Peace Policy' and the Protestant Churches, 1869-1882" |
circa 1860s-1870s |
| 5/6 | Contract, manuscript
preparation and editing for "American Indians and National Parks: A Political
History, 1864-1994" (University of Arizona Press) |
1996 |
| 5/7 | Correspondence re. "American
Indians and National Parks: A Political History, 1864-1994" |
1996-1999 |
| 5/8 | Reader evaluation for "American
Indians and National Parks: A Political History, 1864-1994" |
1996 |
| 5/9 | University of Arizona Press
materials |
2000 |
| 5/10 | 4 Corners maps |
circa 1950s-1980s |
| 5/11 | Miscellaneous maps |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Environmentalism--United States--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Canada--Government relations--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Canada--Land tenture--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Canada--Social life and customs--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Canada--Treaties--History--Sources
- Indians of North America--Government relations--History--Sources
- National parks and reserves--Canada--History--Sources
- National parks and reserves--United States--History--Sources
- Political campaigns--Washington (State)--Whatcom County--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Keller, Robert H.--Archives
Corporate Names
- Fairhaven College--History--Sources
Finding aid revised by Rozlind
Koester, 2011 Feburary.
2011
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