Parker M. Nielson audio-visual collection, 1950-1983
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Nielson, Parker M., 1932-
- Title
- Parker M. Nielson audio-visual collection
- Dates
- 1950-1983 (inclusive)19501983
- Quantity
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16 reel-to-reel audiotapes
33 wire recording
22 audiocassette - Collection Number
- A0429
- Summary
- The Parker M. Nielson audio-visual collections consists of records concerning the termination of the mixed-blood Utes pursuant to the Ute Termination Act of August 27, 1954 (25 U.S.C., 677, et. seq). The collection documents the events leading up to termination and the representations made to the Indians by tribal attorneys and officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Included are meeting recordings, interviews and discussions, and conference recordings. This collection is not yet digitized. Contact Special Collections if interested.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Audio-visual materials can be fragile and require specialized equipment to play back. For this reason, access to audio-visual materials is provided through digital copies, and it might take longer to provide access to items that are not yet digitized. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Parker M. Nielson (b. 1932) received his J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law and practices in Salt Lake City. He has represented "mixed-blood" Ute Indians and is the author of The Dispossessed: Cultural Genocide of the Mixed-Blood Utes.
Content Description
The Parker M. Nielson audio-visual collection consists of materials concerning the termination of the mixed-blood Utes pursuant to the Ute Termination Act of August 27, 1954 (25 U.S.C., 677, et. seq). The collection documents the events leading up to termination and the representations made to the Indians by tribal attorneys and officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It includes recordings of meetings, discussions, interviews, and speeches. Recordings of some keynotes and panels from the Indian Self-Rule: Fifty Years Under the Indian Reorganization Act conference in 1983 are also present. This collection is not yet digitized. Contact Special Collections if interested.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Item Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Collection kept original order from donor.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Parker M. Nielson in 1997.
Processing Note
Processed by Special Collections staff.
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Separated Materials
See also the ACCN 1642 Parker M. Nielson papers in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections and the P0758 Parker M. Nielson photograph collection in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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AUC 468
Reel-to-reel audiotapes and wire recordings.
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Description: Reel 1 - 464 "Competence"; 708 Boyden-Watkins Coercion; 708 20-30 years restricted pd.; Planning Board (Tribe) Meeting
open reel audiotapesoundDates: 26 January 1954Container: Reel AUC 468 -
Description: Reel 2 - Tribal Planning Board Meeting, Part 2
open reel audiotapesoundDates: 26 January 1954Container: Reel AUC 468A -
Description: Planning Board Meeting Minutes
open reel audiotapesoundThe year might be 1954 instead.
Dates: 26 January - 01 February 1953Container: Reel AUC 468B -
Description: Penddleton, Oregon - Jim Weaseltail
open reel audiotapesoundDate is an approximation.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468C -
Description: D-1 Dub - In Ute Language
open reel audiotapesoundDate is an approximation.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468D -
Description: D-2
open reel audiotapesoundIncludes a note: "Robert Bennet or Bob Barker meeting with all 3 bands. Probably May 1954." Date is an approximation.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468E -
Description: D-3 - Radio Broadcast
open reel audiotapesoundDate is an approximation.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468F -
Description: D-1M - Whiterocks Meeting; Pawwinnee Sidney Atwine; Jim Atwine; Indian Reogranization Act. Discussions
open reel audiotapesoundDate is an approximation.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468G -
Description: D-2M - Whiterocks Meeting; McKinley and Oran Curry; Treaty report; Rex Curry, nomination; Minnie Grant, housing; Bob Bennet, grazing; Lawrence Appah
open reel audiotapesoundDate is an approximation.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468H -
Description: Whiterocks Meeting; Bob Bennet, Cesspooch; McKinley
open reel audiotapesoundDate is an approximation. Tape is poor shape.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468I -
Description: Phillip Carter; Brief Speech by L. Appah
open reel audiotapesoundDate is an approximation.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468J -
Description: Untitled
open reel audiotapesoundMight be blank or empty.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468K -
Description: Convention Speech; 1960 by Lawrence Appah, Denver, Colorado
open reel audiotapesoundDates: 1960Container: Reel AUC 468L -
Description: Untitled
open reel audiotapesoundDate is an approximation.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468M -
Description: 1960 NCAI Speech of Lawrence Appah; Indian Dances
open reel audiotapesoundDates: 1960Container: Reel AUC 468N -
Description: Untitled
open reel audiotapesoundMight be blank or empty.
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468O -
Description: Wire Recordings
wire recordingsoundThe Marriott Library cannot digitize wire recordings at this time. The recordings include:
- Frank George, Chairman - NCIA Meeting
- Crazy Horse
- Sept. 24, 1949 Committee Meetings and General Forum
- Dedication of Crazy Horse, Speeches of the Delegates, President N. B. Johnson, Mayor of Rapid City, S.D.
- Turkey Dance Song
- Caleb Carter, Lapniai, Idaho
- Wyoming Sundance Songs
- Meeting at White Rocks, Utah
- Fire Thunder, Rapid City Convention
Dates: 1950-1959Container: Reel AUC 468P
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AUC 755: Taped interviews
Taped interviews with Bill Reed on 9/1/73; Preston Allen, Cal and Elmer Hackford on 6/29/80; Wanda Hackford on 10/23/80; Julius Murray on 10/31/80; Cal Hackford on 10/79.
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Description: Discussion with Bill Reed 1
audiocassettesoundDates: 01 September 1973Container: Cassette AUC 755A -
Description: Discussion with Bill Reed 2
audiocassettesoundDates: 01 September 1973Container: Cassette AUC 755B -
Description: Discussion with Allen and Hackford 1
audiocassettesoundDates: 29 June 1980Container: Cassette AUC 755C -
Description: Discussion with Allen and Hackford 2
audiocassettesoundDates: 29 June 1980Container: Cassette AUC 755D -
Description: AUC Meeting 1977 - Parker's Statement
audiocassettesoundDates: 14 May 1977Container: Cassette AUC 755E -
Description: Affiliated Ute's Meeting 1977
audiocassettesoundDates: 04 June 1977Container: Cassette AUC 755F -
Description: C. Tabb George
audiocassettesound"In Baton Rouge."
Dates: 28 December 1978Container: Cassette AUC 755G -
Description: Tabb George
audiocassettesoundPossible continuation of AUC 755G.
Dates: 1978Container: Cassette AUC 755H -
Description: Wanda Hackford
audiocassettesoundDates: 23 October 1980Container: Cassette AUC 755I -
Description: Julius Murray / Cal Hackford
audiocassettesoundDates: 31 October 1980Container: Cassette AUC 755J -
Description: Laura Lockhart describing Preston Allen
audiocassettesoundDate is an approximation.
Dates: 1970-1980Container: Cassette AUC 755K
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AUC 842: Tapes of American West Center, Sun Valley Conference
"Indian Self-Rule: Fifty Years Under the Indian Reorganization Act. August 17-20, 1983, Elkhorn Inn, Sun Valley, Idaho."
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Description: ISR 201A - Keynote: Termination, James E. Officer
audiocassettesoundDates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842A -
Description: ISR 202-1A - Panel: Termination, 1945-1960
audiocassettesoundWith panelists Ada Deer, R. David Edmunds, Philleo Nash, Gary Orfield, Sol Tax, and Rupert Costo (Moderator).
Dates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842B -
Description: ISR 202-2A - Panel: Termination, 1945-1960 (continued)
audiocassettesoundWith panelists Ada Deer, R. David Edmunds, Philleo Nash, Gary Orfield, Sol Tax, and Rupert Costo (Moderator).
Dates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842C -
Description: ISR 202-3A - Panel: Termination, 1945-1960 (continued)
audiocassettesoundWith panelists Ada Deer, R. David Edmunds, Philleo Nash, Gary Orfield, Sol Tax, and Rupert Costo (Moderator).
Dates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842D -
Description: ISR 205-1A - Panel: Relocation and Other Termination Policies and Programs
audiocassettesoundWith panelists Philleo Nash, Helen Peterson, Gerald One Feather, LaDonna Harris, and Helen Schierbeck (Moderator).
Dates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842E -
Description: ISR 205-2A - Panel: Relocation and Other Termination Policies and Programs (continued)
audiocassettesoundWith panelists Philleo Nash, Helen Peterson, Gerald One Feather, LaDonna Harris, and Helen Schierbeck (Moderator).
Dates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842F -
Description: ISR 205-3A - Panel: Relocation and Other Termination Policies and Programs (continued)
audiocassettesoundWith panelists Philleo Nash, Helen Peterson, Gerald One Feather, LaDonna Harris, and Helen Schierbeck (Moderator).
Dates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842G -
Description: ISR 206-1A - Panel: The Impacts of Termination: Yesterday and Today
audiocassettesoundWith panelists Mary Ellen Sloan, Russell Jim, Joe De La Cruz, Sol Tax, and Suzan Harjo (Moderator).
Dates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842H -
Description: ISR 206-2A - Panel: The Impacts of Termination: Yesterday and Today (continued)
audiocassettesoundWith panelists Mary Ellen Sloan, Russell Jim, Joe De La Cruz, Sol Tax, and Suzan Harjo (Moderator).
Dates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842I -
Description: ISR 206-3A - Panel: The Impacts of Termination: Yesterday and Today (continued)
audiocassettesoundWith panelists Mary Ellen Sloan, Russell Jim, Joe De La Cruz, Sol Tax, and Suzan Harjo (Moderator).
Dates: 18 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842J -
Description: Commissioner Robert L. Bennett, Sun Valley
audiocassettesoundDates: 20 August 1983Container: Cassette AUC 842K
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Land tenure--Utah--Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation--History--Sources
- Ute Indians--Government relations--Sources
- Ute Indians--Land tenure
Geographical Names
- Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah)--Sources
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Nielson, Parker M., 1932- (fmo)
