MZF2186.xml Guide to the Jessie Louise Donaldson-Anne Banks Papers 1922-1985 Donaldson (Jessie Louise)-Banks (Anne) Papers Kim Allen Scott, 2009; Anne Foster and Jodi Allison-Bunnell Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections 2026
P.O. Box 173320, Centennial Mall Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-09-17. Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2026 Updated restrictions to meet DACS and department SOP standards. Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections Jessie Louise Donaldson-Anne Banks papers 2186 Collection 2186 5.6 linear feet 1922-1985 Jessie Louise Donaldson Schultz was the wife of writer James Schultz, a teacher and worker on the Blackfeet Reservation and Wind River Reservation, and an author of books about Nativer Americans. The collection consists of recordings and rough drafts of an autobiography; research notes; drafts of published and unpublished stories; royalty papers; legal agreements; correspondence with publishers, writers, friends and colleagues; color illustrations; pencil drawings; newspaper clippings; photographs; student papers and memorabilia. Collection materials are in English

Jessica Louise Donaldson Schultz Graham was born in Minnesota on August 17, 1887. She received her BA from the University of Minnesota in 1913. From 1915-1918, she taught in rural schools in Gallatin County, Montana. From 1918 to 1929, she taught at Montana State College (now Montana State University, Bozeman) in the English Department as an Instructor, Assistant Professor and was Acting Head of the Department during 1923-1924. During her time there, she directed a pageant of the Gallatin Valley in 1919 and in 1927, the production "The Masque of the Absaroka" depicting the Crow Indian cosmogony that involved Native Americans, students and townspeople. Interested in furthering programs for women students, she helped found Cap and Gown (the precursor to Mortar Board), the Women's Athletic Association and most notably the Spurs, for which she wrote the initiation ritual. She resigned from the college in 1929 and earned her MA in Anthropology from the University of California in 1930. In 1931, she married James Willard Schultz, noted for his books about the Blackfeet Indians, with whom she co-authored the book "The Sun God's Children" (a story of the Blackfeet) and started a career as a worker at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation at Browning, Montana. There she became the Community Worker under the WPA from 1937 to 1941. She helped to establish a craft shop at St. Mary, Montana for Blackfeet that featured their native costumes, equipment and tools. These craft industries eventually became a cooperative that substantially raised the income of the Blackfeet. She fostered the careers of individual Indian artists and was instrumental in the establishment of the Plains Indian Museum in Browning. She started a lending library and did social welfare work among the members of the tribe. From 1941 to 1953, she served the same type of position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming for the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes. The cooperative movement she started was embraced by many Northern Plains Indians and still functions across many reservations of the west.

Following the death of James Willard Schultz in 1947 and Jessie's retirement in 1953, she married Harry L. Graham and moved to California where she continued to work on fictional and factual writings about Native Americans of North America. Her published works appeared in Ladies Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Popular Mechanics, Montana the Magazine of Western History, and various educational journals. She worked extensively on a primer series about Native Americans for young school children that was never published. She continued to visit Montana and the Blackfeet [Sisika (Blackfoot), Kainah (Blood) and Peigan] of Montana and Canada during the summer months. In 1961, she was the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Montana State University. In the late 1960s, she donated her collection of Indian artifacts, photographs, and James Willard Schultz papers to the Museum of the Rockies.

In the early 1970s, the Museum of the Rockies arranged for her to tape record her autobiography. Jessica wrote a rough draft from the transcriptions of these tapes and Anne Banks (Museum volunteer) edited and created an autobiography from that material which was never published. In 1974-1975, she established the James Willard Schultz Indian Heritage Award for Indian students of Montana which was administered by the Museum of the Rockies. Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham died on June 30, 1976.

The collection consists of recordings and rough drafts of an autobiography; research notes; drafts of published and unpublished stories; royalty papers; legal agreements; correspondence with publishers, writers, friends and colleagues; color illustrations; pencil drawings; newspaper clippings; photographs; student papers and memorabilia.

The collection has been arranged into three series. Series 1 contains materials related to an autobiography of Jessie Donaldson created by her and edited by Anne Banks. It includes recordings and transcripts of her autobiography with her margin notes and corrections; rough drafts by Jessie; a final draft by Jessie and Anne Banks' final edited version; an extensive set of correspondence Jessica had with Anne Banks and Leslie C. Drew, Director of the Museum of the Rockies; Anne Banks' correspondence with David Andrews (editor of the Piegan Storyteller, the newsletter of the James Willard Schultz Society), Harry James and others.

Series 2 includes Jessie Donaldson's research and writings, papers, correspondence and memorabilia. It has extensive college anthropological research notes on Indians of North America from a variety of published sources, their characteristics and especially their religion with emphasis on the Blackfeet tribes [materials include a kinship list, traditional Blackfeet designs with color drawing by Paio-Taki "Flying Woman," a large collection of myth stories, Sun Dance charts and stories of her initiation into the Matokiks, The Women's Buffalo Society of the Blood Indians]; a preliminary typed plan and drafts for a series of primer books for children (with watercolor illustrations by Olga Ross Hannon); papers including play scripts or typescripts related to her production of "The Masque of the Absarokas," information and correspondence for the James Willard Schultz Indian Heritage Award, her Honorary Doctorate of Letters and congratulatory letters, her activities with the Spurs, three diaries of her activities in the 1950-1960s period and personal correspondence.

Series 3 is Jessie Donaldson's papers related to the publication of James Willard Schultz stories including the posthumous books: "Blackfeet and Buffalo; Memoirs of Life among the Indian," edited by Keith C. Seele, a book derived from his stories: "Bear Chief's War Shirt," edited by Wilbur L. Betts and four books edited by Eugene Lee Silliman: three books of James Willard Schultz collected stories ("Many Strange Characters: Montana Frontier Tales," "Floating on the Missouri," "Why Gone Those Times? Blackfoot Tales") and one book of collected western stories ("We Seized Our Rifles: Recollections of the Montana Frontier"). The series includes correspondence, carbon copied and copy draft manuscripts, galley proofs, work papers and memorabilia of Eugene Lee Silliman's books; typescripts and photocopies of published and unpublished stories exchanged by Silliman and Betts; photocopied stories by Harry James about James Willard Schultz; assorted correspondence with numerous publishers including Houghton Mifflin, the Faucett Company, University of Oklahoma Press, Cavalier Magazine and others; royalties statements; and publication agreements by James Willard Schultz and Jessie Donaldson including television and film rights.

Series 1: Autobiographical material, 1969-1979

Series 2: Jessie Donaldson research materials and personal papers, 1928-1976

Series 3: James Willard Schultz's published and unpublished works, 1922-1985

Collection is open for research.

The bulk of the papers of Jessica Louise Donaldson Schultz Graham and Anne Banks were donated by the Museum of the Rockies in 1985 and 2000. Integrated into the collection are accessions 2288 (donated by Anne Banks in 1993), 2216 (donated by Eugene Lee Silliman), and 2278 and 2387 (donated by David C. Andrews in 1972 and 1998).

This collection was processed 2009 May 14

[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT. In addition, the Museum of the Rockies and Anne Banks must be given written credit in any publication citing or incorporating the material in this collection.

Original audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Andrews, David C. (David Chisholm), 1924--Correspondence Bear Chief (Siksika Indian)--Fiction Drew, Leslie C.--Correspondence James, Harry C. (Harry Clebourne), 1896-1978--Correspondence Schultz, James Willard, 1859-1947 Silliman, Eugene Lee-We seized our rifles Banks, Anne Betts, Wilbur Ward Donaldson, Jessie Louise Hannon, Olga Ross Silliman, Eugene Lee Fawcett Publications, Inc. Houghton Mifflin Company Montana State College--Faculty Museum of the Rockies SPURS National Honor Society University of Oklahoma-Press Gallatin Valley (Mont.)-Drama Missouri River--Description and travel Montana--Social life and customs Montana Bozeman (Mont.) Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.) Boats and boating--Missouri River Crow mythology Frontier and pioneer life--Montana Historical drama-Montana-Bozeman Indian students--Montana Indians of North America Indians of North America--Religion James Willard Schultz Indian Heritage Award Kainah Indians Piegan Indians Siksika Indians Siksika Indians--Fiction Siksika Indians-Folklore Siksika Indians-Religion Siksika Indians-Social life and customs Sun dance Women college students--Montana--Bozeman--Societies, etc. English teachers--Montana--Bozeman Women authors, American-Montana-Bozeman Women college teachers--Montana--Bozeman Masque of the Absaroka Social life and customs Colleges and Universities Literature Native Americans Pioneers Publishers and Publishing Water and Water Rights Women Montana Bozeman Sound Recordings Photographs Audiotapes Diaries Galley proofs Illustrations Photographs Plays Short stories Autobiographies Fiction Fiction Photographs Autobiography of Jessie Donaldson Schultz Graham 1 1969-1979

CD copies of audiotapes and original audiotapes; transcriptions with corrections and margin notes; a rough draft manuscript by Jessie Donaldson Schultz Graham (JDSG); an edited final version by Anne Banks and JDSG's note scraps about transcripts or manuscripts and assorted typed draft pages. Correspondence of JDSG, Anne Banks (includes correspondence with publishers exploring publishing edited version), Leslie C. Drew, other Museum staff and related mail. Audiotape CDs entries list partial subjects covered from audiotape label notes and the corresponding transcription pages. The series is organized by audio transcriptions, CD's of audio tapes, manuscripts, research notes and correspondence. (Original audiotapes are restricted) ***

 Transcription: Tape A - E 1 1 Transcription: Tape F - I 1 2 Transcription: Tape J - M 1 3 Transcription: Tape N - P 1 4 Transcription: Tape Q - V 1 5 Transcription: Tape W - Z 1 6 Transcription: Tape AA - DD 1 7 Transcription: Tape EE - HH 1 8 Transcription 1 9

Marked II, no audio version present.

 Digitized versions of all audiocassettes 2 1-40 Early childhood, grandparents, Minneapolis A 13 1

(pg 1-6)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Childhood, dolls, sports, parties, Iowa B 13 2

(pg 6-14)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Teaching school, hunting season, dudes, Xmas celebration D 13 3

(pg 29-42)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 After X-mas, teaching college, flu epidemic, Horse Butte E 13 4

(pg 42-56)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Trip to Grayling, College trips: Madison, Yellowstone, Gallatin F 13 5

(pg 57-70)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Spurs, Chicago and European trip G 13 6

(pg 70-76)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 To Crow Agency, visits with Indians, reason for trip H 13 7

(pg 77-91)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 New courses, production of Masque I 13 8

(pg 91-98 including revised pages)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 No more masques, up to Blood Reservation, Matokik initiation J 13 9

(pg 99-111)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Visits to Blackfoot reservations, photos and stories K-1 13 10

(pg 112-124)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Back to College, 1928-1929, review of experiences, Sacred Child K-2 13 11

(pg 124-139)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Start Craft Shop, Count Folke Bernadotte, transfer to Ft. Washikie L 13 12

(pg 139-152)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Farewell to Blackfeet, reminiscences, Blood adoption M-1 13 13

(pg 153-160)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Arapaho mattress factory, women/shop, character of Shoshone M-2 13 14

(pg 161-174)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Petroglyph trip, Arapaho weaving, hotel drapes N 13 15

(pg 175-189)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Death of Apikuni, trip to Browning O-1 13 16

(pg 189-204)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Services for Apikuni, Sun Dance trips with craft workers O-2 13 17

(pg 205-220)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Crafts at Wind River, Teton workers, annual meetings P-1 13 18

(pg 221-239)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Donner Summit, Medicine Bundles, family P-2 13 19

(pg 239-257)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 St. Helena, primer project, work offers Q-1 13 20

(pg 257, 260, 262-275)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the digital copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape Q-2: Visit historic places, Cheyenne Reservation, Indian affairs 13 21

(pg 275-293)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape R-1: Rethinking MSU resignation, Schultz's divorce settled 13 22

(pg 293-309)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape R-2: Great Falls Tribune stories, Cal.- M.A., career 1933-1940 13 23

(pg 310-326)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape S-T: Canada, sun lodge, discuss time-meaning, descriptions of tipis 13 24

(pg 326-343)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape U-V: Bozeman exhibit, Apikuni Memorial, Isabelle McKay 13 25

(pg 343-359)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape W: Vida's letter, Pepion visit, Illness, Albuquerque 13 26

(pg 360-378)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape X: Kutenai (Napi) myth, masque, mythology 13 27

(X1: pg 1-5; X2: pg 1-5)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape Y: Stepmothers, psychiatric readings, vision plates, missions 13 28

(pg 379-393)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape Z: Gladys' trailer, meditation-Buddhism, wood tick and dog 13 29

(pg 393-409)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape AA: Point Reyes, oysters beds, husbands' different personalities 13 30

(pg 410-425)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape BB-1: Remarriage possible, dog given away, boat trip 13 31

(pg 425-440)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape BB-2: Marriage (Harry Graham), reception, Bodega Bay 13 32

(pg 440-453)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape CC-1: Visiting friends, retired life, reminisces 13 33

(things changed) (pg 453-467)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape CC-2: Trip along 49er Trail, learning California history 13 34

(pg 467-478)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape DD-1: Mining town crime vs Montana vigilantes, Nevada visit 13 35

(pg 479-493)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape DD-2: Visiting Harry's/Jessie's families, Death Valley 13 36

(pg 493-508)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape EE: Death Valley, Lake Mead, Yosemite, nature walks and lectures 13 37

(pg 509-524)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape FF: Yosemite cont., Cloverdale, baseball, character of Montanans 13 38

(pg 524-546)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape GG: Little things, Spurs award, letters, vision interpretation 13 39

(pg 546-560)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 Tape HH: Spurs poem, love of life, loss of husband and friends 13 40

(pg 560-581)

Audiotapes made by Jessica Donaldson Schultz Graham are restricted due to fragility. Researchers should use the set of CD copies or the transcriptions. Permission required to access the original audiotapes.

 JDSG typed draft manuscript: pg. 1-100 3 1 JDSG typed draft manuscript: pg. 100-149 3 2 JDSG typed draft manuscript: pg. 150-226 3 3 JDSG typed draft manuscript: pg. 227-276 3 4 JDSG typed draft manuscript: pg. 277-350 3 5 JDSG typed draft manuscript: pg. 351-404 3 6 JDSG typed draft manuscript: pg. 405-450 3 7 JDSG typed draft manuscript: pg. 451-492 3 8 JDSG typed draft manuscript: pg. 493-549 3 9 Anne Banks typed draft manuscript: Introduction 3 10 Anne Banks typed draft manuscript: pg. 1-48 3 11 Anne Banks typed draft manuscript: pg. 49-91 3 12 Anne Banks typed draft manuscript: pg. 92-137 3 13 Anne Banks typed draft manuscript: pg. 138-200 3 14 Anne Banks typed draft manuscript: pg. 201-249 3 15 Autobiography - JDSG prerecording notes 4 1 Autobiography - JDSG notes from tapes for manuscript 4 2 Autobiography - JDSG assorted draft pages for manuscript 4 3

(numbers do not match tapes)

 Correspondence - JDSG / Leslie Drew 1969-1976 4 4 Correspondence - JDSG / Anne Banks 1974-1976 4 5 Correspondence - Ann Banks / David Andrews 1977-1978 4 6 Correspondence - Ann Banks / Harry James 1977-1978 4 7 Correspondence - Ann Banks / publishers 1977-1978 4 8 Jessie Donaldson research materials and personal papers 2 1928-1976

Handwritten and typed research notes and files; typed draft manuscripts; maps and lists; programs, brochures, and pamphlets; color illustrations; photographs; newspaper clippings, newsletters and magazine articles; diaries; citations, certificates and a diploma; photocopied and original personal and professional correspondence; essays and essay rules; book series materials; and assorted ephemera. The series is organized from general research materials to more specific topics, draft manuscripts and working papers, professional correspondence and then to personal correspondence and collected materials.

 Anthropology note cards - file 5 Bibliographies 6 1 Course notes - University of California - California Indians 1930 6 2 Course notes - University of California - California Indians - drawings 1930 6 3

(tools, etc.)

 Course notes - University of California - Geography 1930 6 4 Course notes - University of California - Religions 1930 6 5 Ethnology notes - Native Americans of North America 6 6-8 Ethnology notes - Native Americans of North America- mythologies and stories 6 9-14 Maps 6 15 Mentor Grandmother, Sacred Child and Fire Magic myths 7 1 Research - Fire Magic 7 2-3 Research - Mentor Grandmother 7 4 Sacred Child - He walks with the Sun - Kutenai - rough drafts and research 7 5 Sacred Child - He walks with the Sun - typed manuscript 7 6 Blackfeet Indian designs 7 7

[color illustrations by Paio-Taki (Flying Woman)]

 Blackfeet Indian game 7 8 Blackfeet kinship lists 7 9 Blackfeet Sun Dance charts 7 10 Wind River Reservation - booklet of collected Shoshone children's stories 7 11 Matokik file - typed manuscripts of two versions of JDSG's initiation into the Matokik society and related papers 7 12 Typed manuscripts of two stories by JDSG 7 13 Typed manuscript of The Shadow Moccasin 7 14

(author unknown, possibly JDSG)

 Typed copies of papers written by JDSG 7 15 Let's Play Indian (children's primer) research papers 8 1 Let's Play Indian working papers 8 2 Preliminary outline of a primer featuring "Star Boy" and "Bird Girl" 8 3 Indian Owl Magic primer story rough manuscripts 8 4 Let's Play Indian Pre-Primer "The Squirrel and the Rabbit" manuscript 8 5 Let's Play Indian proposed primer for Native Trails Readers series with color illustrations 8 6 Let's Play Indian primer for Native Trails Readers series with color illustrations (cont.) 8 7 Manual for Woodland Indian primer 8 8 Notes and program for production of the "Masque of the Absaroka" 8 9 Itemized cost lists (1939) 8 10

Itemized cost lists for tipi painting [Count Bernadotte (1939)] and "Masque" production

 Correspondence -publishers and others - related to primers and JDSG stories 8 11 Correspondence with Leslie Davis - publishing of assorted collected stories 8 12 Appointment diaries 1956 1963 1968 9 1 General correspondence 1928-1976 9 2 Gifts to Museum of the Rockies - correspondence 9 3 Heaslip, Thomas - correspondence 9 4

(fan of James Willard Schultz from Ireland)

 Honorary Degree: citation, program, diploma 1961 9 5 Honorary Degree -congratulatory letters 1961 9 6 Indian Heritage Award - correspondence 1974-1975 9 7

(proposal, arrangements, rules)

 Indian Heritage Award - essays and lists of applicants, presentations, letters from winners 9 8 Memorabilia: typed poems, photos, brochures, pamphlets 9 9 Museum of the Rockies: brochures, pamphlets, membership newsletters 9 10 Newspaper clippings and newsletters 9 11 Retirement: citation and correspondence 1953 9 12 James Willard Schultz's published and unpublished works 3 1922-1985

Included materials are correspondence, royalty statements, and copies of legal agreements for published works of James Willard Schultz; photocopied articles, carbon copy and photocopied draft manuscripts, galley proofs, work papers, correspondence, newspaper clippings and memorabilia of books edited by Eugene Lee Silliman; copies of manuscripts and published articles exchanged by Silliman and Wilbur Betts; correspondence of Jessie Donaldson Schultz Graham with publishers and editors regarding posthumously published James Willard Schultz books, TV and film agreements and correspondence. The series has been filed alphabetically by subject.

 Film and TV agreements and correspondence 1952-1971 10 1 Harry James stories about James Willard Schultz undated 10 2 JDSG / Eugene Lee Silliman correspondence 1971 10 3 Kutenai stories told to James Willard Schultz by tribal members 1929 10 4 Magazine story "The Wolfers", American Boy Magazine 1922-1923 10 5 Magazine story "The Wolfers" correspondence 1960-1961 1976 10 6 Publishers - correspondence - Faucett Publications Inc. 1952-1972 10 7 Publishers - correspondence - Houghton Mifflin Company 1930-1970 10 8 Publishers - correspondence - periodicals - Cavalier and others 1952-1969 10 9 Publishers - correspondence - University of Oklahoma 1957-1967 10 10 Publishers - publishing agreement - Houghton Mifflin Company 1914 10 11 Publishers - publishing agreement - University of Oklahoma 1960 10 12 Publishers - royalty statements - Houghton Mifflin Company 10 13 Publishers - royalty statements - others 10 14 Silliman: Betts - exchanged manuscripts by James Willard Schultz 10 15 Silliman: Betts - exchanged manuscripts by James Willard Schultz (cont.) 10 16-18 Silliman: correspondence: Miscellaneous 1972-1979 10 19 Silliman: correspondence: Mountain Press Publishing Co. 1979-1985 10 20 Silliman: correspondence: Other publishers 1974-1979 10 21 Silliman: Floating on the Missouri, drafts of introduction 11 1 Silliman: Floating on the Missouri, carbon copy of draft manuscript 11 2 Silliman: Floating on the Missouri, set of page proofs 11 3 Silliman: Many Strange Characters: Montana Frontier Tales, drafts of introduction 11 4 Silliman: Many Strange Characters: Montana Frontier Tales, drafts of some included stories 11 5 Silliman: Many Strange Characters: Montana Frontier Tales, carbon copy of draft manuscript 11 6 Silliman: Many Strange Characters: Montana Frontier Tales, author/editor galley proof 11 7 Silliman: We Seized Our Rifles: Recollections of the Montana Frontier, drafts of introduction 11 8 Silliman: We Seized Our Rifles, drafts of authors biographic sketches 11 9 Silliman: We Seized Our Rifles, photocopies of published and/or typed drafts of stories 11 10 Silliman: We Seized Our Rifles, carbon copy of draft manuscript 12 1 Silliman: We Seized Our Rifles, carbon copy of draft manuscript (cont.) 12 2 Silliman: Why Gone Those Times? Blackfoot Tales, draft introduction 12 3 Silliman: Why Gone Those Times? Blackfoot Tales, carbon copy of draft manuscript 12 4 Silliman: Why Gone Those Times? Blackfoot Tales, carbon copy of draft manuscript (cont.) 12 5 Silliman: transcriptions of stories not used 12 6 Silliman: photocopies of stories not used 12 7 Silliman: manuscripts of four original short stories by Eugene Lee Silliman 12 8 Silliman: copies of photographs suggested for publications 12 9 Silliman: miscellaneous working papers 12 10 Silliman: papers, agreement, royalty statement - Mountain Press Publishing Co. 12 11 Silliman: publication announcements and newspaper articles 12 12